Hands On With the Beautiful, Mysterious World of 'The Witness'

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Hands On With the Beautiful, Mysterious World of 'The Witness'
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For most of my time at E3 (http://mashable.com/category/e3/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=), I roamed the showroom floor. Sometimes, I ducked into a closed-door demo; other times, I tested out indie creations with developers explaining their concepts. The whole experience was loud. Overwhelming. Chaotic.

So when I sat down in a nearly empty room for an hour to play The Witness (https://hameed.nwar.uk/vb/%E2%80%9Chttp://the-witness.net/%E2%80%9C), the highly anticipated sophomore game from Jonathan Blow, the first thing that struck me was the quiet. This is a game of patience and focus

See also: E3 2014: The Games We Really Want to Play (http://mashable.com/2014/06/03/e3-game-guide-2014/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)


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To begin, there’s ** guide or text to explain your goals when you drop into this world. ** wise*****ing companion, and **t even a thought bubble from my character. For about 20 seconds, I wondered if this game was going to be too opaque, too abstract for my mental state at the time. Then, I was **nverbally presented with the controls in the shortest, simplest tutorial I’ve ever seen, and released into the game Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/14/the-witness-hands-on-e3-2014/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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