Jonathan Blow Wants to Test Your Brain With The Witness

@peanut said:

No. I could see it being a real snooze fest. However, I could also seeing it being really addictive if the puzzles and world are engaging. It could go either way.

Looks fantastic. It'll probably hit PC before I'm ready to spring for a PS4, though. Also, Jonathan Blow is still kind of a smarmy dick, a talented dick whose games (okay, game) I like, but still a dick.

You're not alone. I can't help but feel like I'm missing something based on how pumped a lot of other people seem to be. I'm just not seeing the fun. I can clearly see how beautiful it is graphically but that be said for a good deal of these next gen titles.

Mediaeval Baebes - Glass Window

25 hours of next-gen Myst? No thanks, 30 minutes of the first one was enough for me.

@mooseymcman said:

This probably isn't the place for this, but Braid isn't "about" the atom bomb, at least not in the way that I read it. It just used the search for the atom bomb as one of its several avenues for exploring the idea of what it means to get what you've been looking for for what feels like your whole life. Braid is a game where the story is truly there in service of what the gameplay is communicating, which is one of the things that makes it such a compelling experience. The endless search for what Braid is "about" is a bit misguided, because Braid isn't at all convoluted or duplicitous about what it's about; Braid is about solving puzzles.

Braid does have the side effect of being one of gaming's great Rorschach tests, though. Everybody either thinks it's about the atom bomb or thinks it's about an abusive relationship. Which story thread a person thinks is a metaphor for the other probably says something about him or her.

Anyway, hot damn I am all the way excited for The Witness. As I think I've posted before here, this game is probably my most anticipated thing coming out this year, across all media.

This is probably my favorite of the conference games showed. Looks intoxicating.

So they've just ripped off Riven / Myst etc and packaged it up with shiny pixels for the PS4....no thanks.

Probably my absolute most anticipated game of this year. So ready for this.

Myst 2.0! I'm super excited for this!

Myst minus the convoluted plot and bad acting? Sure, I'm interested. (Brad Dourif could still be in it though).

This game has a definite Myst vibe to it.

This painterly, cel-shaded art style makes me wonder what a new Jet Set Radio or XIII might look like.

This game looks beautiful and what hints of the gameplay we've seen look super intriguing. I mean, it might be a decade of game-adrenaline burnout, but I am finding myself drawn more and more to calmer fare like this, Proteus, and Antichamber... if only for a mental palate cleanser between the more stress/conflict-heavy big name titles.

I want this pretty bad. I've been waiting for Jonathan Blow's new game for a while, and I have never been more excited for it.

If Jonathan Blow getting behind Sony than things are looking good.

I want this game more than anything , I think .

This game looks beautiful.

So, if his last one was about the atom bomb (maybe?), then is this one about Agent Orange?

Looks potentially very enchanting. Looking forward to it.

Am I alone in thinking this looks stylistically awesome, but incredibly dull?