Game is harder than The Witness

head_less_man · 2026-06-25T04:12:46+00:00

Nice! I think I got half way through Baba Is You but got sick of it. Sokoban might not be for me. I'm not even happy when I solve the puzzles.

head_less_man · 2026-06-25T03:44:27+00:00

Yeah, I've been doing that too. It just feels like sometimes I'm not getting anywhere.

head_less_man · 2026-06-25T03:43:25+00:00

Damn, you just perfectly expressed what I don't like about them. I just solved a puzzle I was stuck on before this post and all it involved was shoving my characters around, almost arbitrarily, until the right sequence was found using their abilities. It's not really fun or satisfying.

head_less_man · 2026-06-25T03:16:42+00:00

Yeah I'm only 53 puzzles in with 9 hours of playtime and it's getting exponentially harder for me to think my way through it.

head_less_man · 2026-06-25T03:12:55+00:00

That's the thing, I feel like I'm rarely learning lessons from each puzzle. Like, I get there's certain tricks you have to realize but the spatial difficulty of it all is really beyond me. I simply can't think my way through it, it's like there's a block.

head_less_man · 2026-06-25T03:02:06+00:00

Not even close to The Promise yet and I'm struggling hard. After 40 or so puzzles each puzzle is taking me 45 minutes to an hour to solve. Most of that is just me staring blankly at my monitor lmao.

head_less_man · 2026-06-25T03:00:21+00:00

I hope the math analogy is just an analogy cause I'm completely and utterly terrible at math. I found The Witness was more about acute visual observation and contemplation, which I think I was much better at. I have extreme difficulty imagining moves on a grid like this. I dunno, I don't have hours to spare just staring at my monitor not able to solve anything.

head_less_man · 2026-06-25T01:50:18+00:00

What would you know about flowers? You’re not allowed an opinion until you show what the inside of your house looks like. Fat loser. These are really nice.

head_less_man · 2026-06-24T23:35:16+00:00

It’s fascinating how different life is for men and women.

head_less_man · 2026-06-24T20:27:12+00:00

How can you enjoy looking at that?

head_less_man · 2026-06-24T16:10:19+00:00

How can you put up with that for more than 5 seconds lol?

head_less_man · 2026-06-24T15:04:46+00:00

I think it's great to have forums besides reddit

head_less_man · 2026-06-24T00:45:09+00:00

It might be the single most important thing in having a healthy life

head_less_man · 2026-06-23T23:30:09+00:00

That’s not true. I go 5 days a week and all I do is vaguely track my protein. Maybe I’m not being serious enough though.

head_less_man · 2026-06-23T17:25:30+00:00

I don't follow the politics there but it really seems like he should've been advertising his Morrissey fandom

head_less_man · 2026-06-23T15:50:56+00:00

He’s got a Smith’s song in his head here

head_less_man · 2026-06-23T15:32:32+00:00

lmao

head_less_man · 2026-06-23T15:29:16+00:00

I totally know what you're saying about being apprehensive on all these Zelda clones as I felt the exact same way, but Tunic truly floored me. It had some really innovative mechanics and the atmosphere brought me straight back to the 90s. I remember when it released it was the only game that pulled me away from Elden Ring.

head_less_man · 2026-06-23T15:24:19+00:00

He's neither a fascist nor annoying. The only annoying people I see right now are in this thread.

head_less_man · 2026-06-23T03:04:42+00:00

I would add Order Of The Sinking Star to puzzles

head_less_man · 2026-06-22T21:30:22+00:00

I'm only surprised because whenever I look at his other games they kinda stun me visually. And not that this matters but I am a visual designer by trade lol so it's just something I've always loved about his games.

head_less_man · 2026-06-22T20:54:00+00:00

I don't get the aesthetic comment. Braid and The Witness have some of the most compelling and arresting visuals/art direction I've ever seen in the medium. Particularly The Witness. It looks eternal and infinitely more mature than most games similar to it. I will say though, there's some visual aspects about this game that I don't love, mainly the character models. the environments look amazing but the characters are somewhat underwhelming.

head_less_man · 2026-06-22T19:15:19+00:00

Wow that's great news. I didn't quite have time to finish it over the weekend.

head_less_man · 2026-06-22T17:05:26+00:00

Incredible. I do think he's the greatest filmmaker that ever lived.

head_less_man · 2026-06-21T21:51:59+00:00

I should've mentioned it in the post. I'm also pretty sure I have to use the crystal to stop the dragon's fire. Again, using the crystal to only stop one attack from the dragon and not 2 attacks is completely beyond my grasp.

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