The Witness Reviews – Page 2

4/5 rating based on 137 reviews. Read all reviews for The Witness for iPhone.
The Witness is paid iOS app published by Thekla, inc.

Great puzzles; horrible controls

8bitdee

This game is wonderful. I love being immersed in this mysterious world and discovering areas after hours of figuring out great and challenging puzzles. But the god awful controls are really aggravating. Touch to walk has never been a good idea. You can never move smoothly, it feels so clunky. Especially for a game where it’s all about being aware of your surroundings, you are constantly distracted by the fact that you always have to be constantly tapping where you want to go rather than, so your focus becomes tunnel vision. You are always fighting the controls, since you may tap one place but the game registers as another and your character is constantly moving to places you don’t want to. This is especially aggravating when going up or down stairs. I have no idea how they thought that not including the option for a virtual d-pad was a good idea at all. I love everything else about this game, but the controls too much in the way to fully enjoy it. Some music would’ve been nice too, to break off the monotony of going through puzzle after puzzle.


Amazing Until The End

But it doesn't

I have played The Witness on Mac and I loved it. Bought it for iPad and I’m as enthralled as ever but at the end of the game there’s is a puzzle panel that doesn’t work and I couldn’t progress.


Great game, frustrating controls

C012732

I love this game and have so many hours put into it on the PS4 version. I was enthralled with the idea of being able to take this game with me on the go and solve these puzzles on a touch screen (which makes so much sense). I was very disappointed to see that there is no option for virtual sticks which cripples the game. Touch to walk is so cumbersome. I’ve been playing for about five hours trying see if I could acclimate to the control scheme. I understand trying to push a touch to walk control scheme for a cleaner interface, but for a game that was not designed with a touch screen in mind, players need options for controls. I recommend buying this game on any other platform, but not for IOS, unless this issue is resolved


Way overpriced

irunes=garbage

Not worth a nickel. Boring game


Great game, better with controller...unfortunately.....

TheGooch76

This is a really cool game. Challenging, beautiful, and fun. I had to put it down though because it really needs to be played with a controller. I picked it up again after iOS 13, and started to play it with my Xbox controller. I was excited when it worked. Unfortunately that excitement only lasted a few seconds, because the game freezes. The games isn’t “bad” without the controller, it’s just the kind of game that greatly benefits from having one. I’ll keep checking back to see if they’ve addressed the issues.


iCloud Sync not working!!

rmsutton

Hello, My iCloud sync isn’t working! I get a message that says “WARNING: Unable to save your progress!” I have many hours invested in this game and I would like to sync my progress to iCloud so I play it on other devices. Please let me know how to fix this. —- EDIT: I managed to get rid of the warning by deleting the app, turning off iCloud and reinstalling it but now the sync is completely broken. When I try to load a saved game it shows iCloud 0% in the bottom left corner. Looking for a support email but unable to find one. Please let me know how to resolve this. — EDIT 2: I finally resolved this, albeit months ago. The fix was completely convoluted but I managed to get it to work by manipulating the extra iCloud saves. This is an excellent game. Glad the official fix is finally available.


No other way to contact support

Lissy~Lu

I am stuck. Clicking around me only gives little Xs. And with no other way to contact support, I am forced to write a negative review.


We need better control

denisvj

I dont like the controls, why is so hard to give us controls like the console. Updated for iOS 13 and still not control support Please


Updated: Beware the iOS bug

Lyo n

The game has an infuriating bug. When you download it on iPad it will auto install onto your iPhone as well. You are playing the same game on both devices, which is very cool. Unfortunately there seems to be a bug that causes the devices not to keep in sync (so you may solve some puzzles on one device but the other device shows a previous state with less puzzles solved). Here’s the problem: If you start playing on the device that shows the older state you will lose all the progress on the other device (they will both sync to the older state). So you appear to lose any progress you made. I had solved the entire Keep set of puzzles and thought I had lost them all. Blech. Luckily the various states are stored and you can reload (go to the main menu and hit Load Game). Earlier review: Professionally executed, but as others have said, the puzzles are repetitive (you draw lines in maze like patterns, over and over again).


One of the best puzzle games ever.

ToolGuy

If you give this game a fair shot and don’t LOVE it within a few days, then you just don’t like interesting puzzles (or else you are not nearly as good at puzzle solving as you think you are). Yes, there is a bit of a learning curve, but the developers have done a great job of teaching you everything you need to know to solve each different TYPE of puzzle. And to the pedants who insist that the puzzles are all the same just because you draw a line path to solve each one, you couldn’t be more wrong. The “Rules” for each category of puzzle vary dramatically, and get progressively more difficult, as well as being further combined in interesting and even more difficult ways. Indeed, much of the difficulty/fun is discovering exactly what the rules are. In the beginning, it is usually pretty obvious and unambiguous how the pieces interact with each other and how the lines must be drawn. But as the game progresses, it is very possible to have a slightly wrong interpretation but still be able to solve a few “easy” puzzles in the progression — only to find that something doesn’t work as you expected and you have to rethink everything. But it is these “AHA” moments that provide the most fun and are unexpectedly delightful. And there are a lot of joyful surprises when you suddenly notice a (obvious in hindsight) clue that allows you to do something almost magical and discover something new. And, IMHO, the best part is that I have not yet encountered ANY brute force type problems (which I hate). There are only a few that require something other than pure logic and I’ve been able to find the appropriate “clue” by simply exploring the glorious, beautiful, gigantic environment and paying careful attention. Five Stars is not enough!!