LogFAQs > #965224016

I beat The Witness yesterday, a game I've been meaning to play for years. It is very good! The puzzles are intuitive and almost* always feel fair, I like the environment and overall atmosphere, and the game does a good job of teaching you its mechanics. My only drawback is that the game feels a little sparse in the story department, I'm not sure if I've missed stuff or I'm supposed to piece together more than I have about the island etc but as is, the themes and writing all seem a bit too abstract to me. Of course that's fine, I'm sure plenty of people love that it's like that, but personally I would like a bit more concrete substance there beyond a handful of (admittedly cool) audio logs. I'm not sure if there's multiple endings or something, I definitely haven't done all the puzzles.

I went into this game knowing nothing of its content other than 'line puzzles', and I intentionally stayed away from guides to force myself to think things through, but now I'd like to know if it's worth going back and attempting to clear things up. I've done about half a dozen of the extra puzzles where you draw lines into the surroundings, but I already know that I will be banging my head against the wall trying to find the right angle if I have to do all of them. There's also that one area where you need to look at the order of the branches on the trees, I think I've done that one but it didn't lead to anything. With these kinds of games I'm usually alright with the main puzzles, need a bit of help with the optional ones, and completely give up with the absurdly difficult ones (hello, Fez). Is it worth attempting everything?

And in general what do you think of the game overall? It was received positively but I don't hear people talk about it much, I'd like to hear what opinions people here have! It has not done very well with gfax as a whole :(
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7965-division-7-round-1-yakuza-0-vs-the-witness
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/6570-best-of-2016-indies

*screw the 'changing water levels' room in the desert, hands down the worst room in the game.