![]() For some, it's at the top of the mountain, staring down at the river below. The moment when it happens is different for everyone. Each of these videos offers a different glance at the same reality through a different lens, and all of them can be interpreted as 'true' by people who believe in them.Īnd then, while you're wandering around the island after a dozen hours or so, solving puzzles while staring at the same pieces of architecture, the same clouds, the same trees for a while, something happens. Additional videos provide different modes of thought - one shows new agey gurus speaking of finding one's self, another shows a lecturer from the 1950s discussing that universal truth exists somewhere between science and the abstract, and to devote one's self to one or the other exclusively misses the forest for the trees. Clifford who discuss the nature of doubt. ![]() Audio diaries also include teachings of the Buddha, or philosophers like William K. A code hidden behind that first complex puzzle door seems inconsequential at first, until you use it in a makeshift theater found underneath the windmill, which then plays a video describing scientists as the "true driving force of humanity".īut that's not the only truth that The Witness provides. One of the diaries mentions the life-changing process of seeing the smallness of the Earth from space (known as the overview effect (opens in new tab)), another mentions a quote from Arthur Eddington describing the scientific impossibility of entering a room. ![]() Meanwhile, you're likely noticing those aforementioned stone statues and audio diaries, trying to piece together some semblance of meaning on this island. ![]() But as you explore, you begin to make some order out of chaos, figuring out where various puzzle 'concepts' are located by noting landmarks, and taking the knowledge gleaned from those places and applying them to trickier puzzles throughout the island. This continues while you play, as you notice that some areas are currently inaccessible to you because you lack the knowledge to interact with their puzzle grids. ![]()
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