LogFAQs > #967387446

My guess as to why the game is polarizing: it has difficult combat, AND difficult cryptic puzzles. So you have to like both things, to like the game. You're not really allowed to skip either aspect...

And I imagine it's probably pretty rare, for game players to like both of those things. You know, personality-wise, I'd think people only like hard action OR hard puzzles, not hard both.

StartTheMachine posted...

For those that pieced together The Golden Path on their own, was the satisfaction worth it? The Witness definitely had Golden Path-esque intricate puzzles I DID dedicate myself to, pen and pad out, and felt super rewarded for it. So I kind of wonder if I should have braved The Golden Path and missed out.

I also figured out the golden path, and the satisfaction was raddd...

...BUT I don't think you should regret not spending more time on it, if you didn't figure it out. It's not exactly a fair puzzle--you kinda just need a eureka moment. And why wait around for a eureka moment, when you had no way to know if the answer was actually satisfying?

Unless you mean, you just didn't bother to do the effort part of it. That was totally worth it, very fun. The sort of thing where you keep saying "ohhh those sneaky jerks."