Battle of the Backlog

[the-pi-guy]

dropping or pausing the witness and braid from you list is the wrong move.  realistically you should be playing them next because they better games than anything else on your list.

I dropped PC because I don't really have a GPU capable of playing much.
(And to be honest, playing games on PC isn't my favorite)

I have The Witness on PS4 though, forgot to add it to the list. 

What is going on with Braid on PS4/PS5?

[Legend]

I dropped PC because I don't really have a GPU capable of playing much.
(And to be honest, playing games on PC isn't my favorite)

I have The Witness on PS4 though, forgot to add it to the list.  

What is going on with Braid on PS4/PS5?

Just gotta wait till early 2021.

[kitler53]

I dropped PC because I don't really have a GPU capable of playing much.
(And to be honest, playing games on PC isn't my favorite)

I have The Witness on PS4 though, forgot to add it to the list.  

What is going on with Braid on PS4/PS5?

ah, gotcha.  i saw your statement on the PC backlog but i didn't get that your PC wasn't capable.   

i highly recommend the witness.  it's fantastic.  i think braid was probably better overall with a surprisingly awesome "story".  i mean, the story suck all the way until it doesn't but it was one of my top gaming moments when it happened.   hopefully that was cryptic enough to not count as a spoiler.  i'm going to double dip on that when it re-releases.

[Legend]

ah, gotcha.  i saw your statement on the PC backlog but i didn't get that your PC wasn't capable.  

i highly recommend the witness.  it's fantastic.  i think braid was probably better overall with a surprisingly awesome "story".  i mean, the story suck all the way until it doesn't but it was one of my top gaming moments when it happened.   hopefully that was cryptic enough to not count as a spoiler.  i'm going to double dip on that when it re-releases.

I played The Witness before playing braid.

Braid wasn't as good imo. I think knowing that its highly rated almost makes it feel more dated. Still a great game that Pi should play, but good to keep in mind that it influenced so much and from a modern perspective is less unique.

[the-pi-guy]

I'm going to play infamous -> The Witness

I'll wait for a PS4 version for Braid.

[Legend]

I'm going to play infamous -> The Witness

I'll wait for a PS4 version for Braid.

First time playing infamous?

[the-pi-guy]

First time playing infamous?

I played infamous 1 and 2 on PS3. Underrated good games.  

I have only played an hour or so of SS.

[kitler53]

I'm going to play infamous -> The Witness

I'll wait for a PS4 version for Braid.

infamous second son was pretty good so that's not a bad choice.  

I didn't love it as much as I loved the original.  mostly it just didn't "grow" from the PS3 version other than being pretty.  

second light was really good and well worth the play. 

[Legend]

Other M is pretty good so far. I understand people having issues going from stoic Samus to this weirdly edgy teenager with bad writing but it's ok. The world itself is a pretty good metroidvania.

Having some slight control issues that make fights a lot harder than they need to be lol.

[the-pi-guy]

I put about an hour, maybe a bit less into the Witness just to see what it's like.  


I dunno.  Never played a game like this.  

[Legend]

I put about an hour, maybe a bit less into the Witness just to see what it's like.  


I dunno.  Never played a game like this.  

It's really unique. One of the best games I've ever played, but not for everyone.

[the-pi-guy]

I'm not even sure how I feel about this.  

Puzzle games aren't really my thing, so uh keep that in mind before hating me.

I am in a state of boredfun. I somehow just blew another hour. Which is pretty indicative of being immersed, but I don't really feel like I'm having fun?

[the-pi-guy]

Now that I have had time to think about it.  

The game is definitely fun, but it's not really the kind of fun that I generally play video games to have.  

The game is very pretty.

There are some things that are really interesting about the game. (And I know I am preaching to the choir here....)

The game doesn't teach you the rules. A lot of the panels are silly easy.  But for a lot of the panels, a bigger part of the challenge isn't so much finding the solution, but figuring out what the rules are.  

The other bit I find interesting is that many of the puzzles interact with the world somehow. Sometimes even how you solve the puzzles matters beyond simply solving the puzzle.  

I don't know how much time I will invest in it. But it's very different from pretty much anything I've played. And that might be a good or a bad thing for me.  

[kitler53]

preach on!!

it doesn't have to be "your bag",.. the simple fact you can appreciate the game is good enough for me.  i LOVE these kinds of games and the witness is one of the best.  i forget exactly how jonathan stated it but he made some statement about how different a beast it is "developing a game where the fun isn't what's going on in the game but rather what's going on in your head."   reasoning out the rules is soo much fun to me.

i'm glad you at least gave it a try.

some of the later puzzles are pretty difficult.  i tried for a few days to best the "impossible challenge".   i got so very close a few times but in the end i gave up. 

[the-pi-guy]

~4 hours in.

Solved over 90 puzzles thus far.