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Testseek.com have collected 33 expert reviews of the The Witness and the average rating is 84%. Scroll down and see all reviews for The Witness.
Award: Highest Rated February 2016
February 2016
 
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The editors liked

  • Beautiful surroundings and visuals that run at 60 fps
  • Great puzzles that unify the world.
  • Clever maze puzzles with extensive depth
  • Great use of openworld structure
  • Gorgeous locales with underlying secrets
  • Subtle
  • Intelligent teaching methods
  • Tons of content
  • Beautiful visuals
  • Intriguing world and game play
  • Wonderful moments
  • Complex yet fair puzzles
  • Great atmosphere
  • Lots of content
  • Gorgeous world
  • Completely absorbing
  • Incredibly smart game design
  • Streamlined yet complex
  • Beautiful island
  • Mind-numbing puzzles
  • Deep
  • Buried secrets
  • Clever use of unspoken mechanics

The editors didn't like

  • High barrier to entry
  • Slight difficulty in conveying ideas to the player without the actual use of language
  • Some preachy storytelling moments drone for too long
  • Several puzzles test dexterity instead of intelligence
  • Some traversal issues
  • Some panels reset when experimenting
  • You may feel motion sickness while playing The Witness
  • Lack of explicit detail for basic mechanics can obfuscate progress
  • Resetting puzzles can become a source of annoyance

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  Published: 2016-01-25, review by: ign.com

  • Abstract:  This puzzling mystery game is the creation of Jonathan Blow, developer of the award-winning game Braid.You're in a hallway, in a basement, in a house. You have no memory of who you are or why you are here. Exploring outward, you find yourself on a strange...

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  Published: 2016-02-17, Author: Jed , review by: cgmagonline.com

  • One of the biggest problems with The Witness is that the puzzles feel so disconnected from the world around them...

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  Published: 2016-02-06, Author: Michael , review by: g3ar.co.za

  • Well thought out puzzles, Incredible use of perspective and the environment, Bottomless depth
  • Colour blind people will get stuck at one point

 
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  Published: 2016-02-05, Author: Keith , review by: nzgamer.com

  • Abstract:  Positive reinforcement is a great thing – being told that you're doing something right. Games are notorious for dripping out affirmation as we spend time on them, but quite often it feels like a way of deflecting the rather senseless idea of “guilty pleas...

 
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  Published: 2016-02-22, Author: Will , review by: theguardian.com

  • Abstract:  PC, PS4 , Thekla, cert: 3) ★★★★There was considerable anticipation for The Witness and understandably so, it being the latest title from the revered indie game developer Jonathan Blow, the creative force behind the magnificent Braid in 2008. Fortunately...

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  Published: 2016-02-10, review by: expertreviews.co.uk

  • Fiendishly difficult but ever so satisfying, The Witness sets a new benchmark for first-person puzzle games...

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  Published: 2016-01-25, review by: stuff.tv

  • Island is an absolute pleasure to explore, Minimalist and pure, Environmental aspect to puzzles (that we're not allowed to talk about)
  • Brick-wall difficulty curve, Overly vague narrative
  • The Witness is daring, ingenious, beautiful and pure Of course, your humble reviewer may well be less clevver than he realises, but I reckon that beating The Witness will rank as a legendary achievement for most players. At the nerd Olympics, playing J-B...

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  Published: 2016-01-25, review by: stuff.tv/my/

  • Island is an absolute pleasure to explore, Minimalist and pure, Environmental aspect to puzzles (that we're not allowed to talk about)
  • Brick-wall difficulty curve, Overly vague narrative
  • Of course, your humble reviewer may well be less clevver than he realises, but I reckon that beating The Witness will rank as a legendary achievement for most players. At the nerd Olympics, playing J-Blow's latest creation would rank on the same punishing...

 
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  Published: 2016-03-02, Author: antoinerp , review by: actugaming.net

  • The Witness n'est pas un jeu que l'on joue à la légère. C'est un jeu qui vous prend au tripes, qui vous emmène dans vos retranchement de logique, qui vous force à sortir un papier et un stylo, et surtout de ne pas le jouer d'une seule traite. Un véritable...

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  Published: 2016-03-16, Author: Marco , review by: ingame.de

  • Geniale Rätsel, Fabelhafte Welt, Faszinierende Präsentation
  • Fehlende Hilfen
  • The Witness ist eines von diesen wenigen Spielen, das euch vollkommen in seinen Bann ziehen kann. Umso faszinierender ist es zu sehen, mit welchen einfachen aber genial eingesetzten Mitteln es Jonathan Blow's Werk mal wieder schafft, sich vollkommen in...

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