I have been playing The Witness for a while now, and apparently, I'm not very good at it. According to Steam, I have been playing for 50 hours (although, I often minimize the game instead of closing it) and I have only finished 299/+14 puzzles.
The game location is a beautiful island with many 'places of interest' :
'Camelot Castle' with the challenging mazes,
'Autumn Forest' & 'Spring Forest', 'Magic Mountain', 'the Quarry', 'Swamp Village', 'The Ship', ... and many more
(these are my names for the places).
Scattered throughout the island 'Black Monoliths' hum menacingly. Did they somehow turn the people
on the island into stone ???
Or is this entire island some kind of a memory, or monument, to commemorate a special event (Good? Bad?)
These images, to me, summarize what 'The Witness' is all about :
This is what I like about the game :
Some game treasure (images do not do the game justice) :
This is what didn't work well for me :
In conclusion : 'The Witness' is a beautiful game that is much more then the sum of its puzzles. It evokes
a sense of adventure and wonder, and leaves one with a feeling of "But what does it all mean ?" ....
Serious side effect : be prepared to see traces everywhere (in real life) !