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magicalhippoyesterday at 4:09 PM3 repliesview on HN

A side note, if you've played The Witness but not yet The Looker[1], you probably have been missing out.

I quite enjoyed The Witness but The Looker was just great.

[1]: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1985690/The_Looker/


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dmonitoryesterday at 6:54 PM

The Looker is quite possibly the greatest parody ever executed in a video game. It creates the same kind of "ahah" moment that games like The Witness do, but in a way that really pokes fun at the level of pretentiousness those games tend to indulge themselves in.

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calmbonsaiyesterday at 4:48 PM

I played The Witness and didn't find it remotely fun. I've enjoyed all of Blow's other titles.

I suppose I was coming in with expectations of a modern Myst and/or Riven, but it was not that.

There was not enough active narrative to keep me engaged with the puzzles and there wasn't enough "reward" in completing them.

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orthoxeroxyesterday at 7:52 PM

I ragequit the Looker when it spawned an apple in the snake game inside my snake.