This review contains spoilers

Such a treat for fans of Witness's puzzle mechanics, felt like a 2D addendum to the game, with such lovely spritework and a zen atmosphere. The finale (Black ending) was spectacular, I wouldn't have minded even more of those types of puzzles.

Spoiler for White achievement:




The White (meta) puzzles were... mostly good. The orchard one is by far my favorite, and the ruins one was neat to spot, too. I think there were some flaws with the other ones, but the Mill one is pretty bad!

While I spotted the solar panels in the Mill matching the shape of the meta puzzle, I could not find anything on them and was a bit lost. When I finally looked up the answer and saw it involved something similar to the desert puzzles in the Witness, I was excited to see the tiles light up in the right spots, but I struggled to even make them out. It's a bit awkward to get different viewpoints of the panels and even when I did, the shading differences were so subtle I don't think I ever would have noticed them. Surprised this wasn't called out by any playtesters in development, it really stood out as bad design in a game packed with such careful attention to it otherwise.

Edit: It has been reported to me that you can simply walk onto the roof. How did I complete this game again

Reviewed on Oct 02, 2022


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