For those of you not immediately convinced to go back and watch Keith's original series: The Witness is a truly special game, genuinely incomparable to anything else in quality, beauty, and intelligence. This game is Important. It is something that deserves to be experienced blind, by yourself preferably or vicariously through a blind LP if necessary. And, of all the LP's on youtube, Keith's is the only that I have seen that gives the game the amount of respect and effort that it needs to shine. Very few playthroughs go through truly blind, with no walkthroughs or outside help. I have never seen another playthrough that achieves 100% completion. Keith's Witness series does *both*. All the while, Keith provides consistently intelligent and insightful commentary that expands and explores on the ideas the game is working through. It's a brilliant series, and I have rewatched it something like four or five times. Go watch it. Watch it if you haven't experienced the Witness before, and watch it even if you have.
I remember watching some video about how some game called "The Witness" was a bad game in some way (forget why), and after watching the video, Keith's playthrough was recommended through the algorithm. Not sure if it was still ongoing or finished, but I loved Keith's style and subscribed and patreoned.
Once you have gone through and reminded yourself of the world design/mechanics on the normal randomizer, I HIGHLY recommend you play the Expert version. It’s like a completely new game because you see puzzle rule combinations that don’t appear in the base game. Also has some additional surprises…
In your original videos of the Witness, you didn't get stuck all the time, nor did you cheat and look up the solutions. And at the time I think that really set you apart from all of the other lets plays, just calmly and steadily progressing. I found you through that, after searching through a lot of other the witness lets plays, and have been watching ever since
I remember discovering your channel by The Witness playthrough. Found it randomly on youtube and got instantly captivated by the gameplay and your awesome commentary.
I found his channel through Souls games, but his playthrough of The Witness is what got me to take a closer look at puzzle games and appreciate them. I'll often watch an the first episode or two of a puzzle game, and his feelings about it lends quite a bit of weight on whether it is something I want to try out for myself.
I've only noticed 2 non-randomized puzzles that were: literally just a straight line at 22:00 and the small grid at 29:36. That's amazing, this randomizer is great, thank you, sigma144. About "let's player blindness" (nevermind the inaccuracy of the name): even if controlling the character and other mind-occupying things were out of the way, both the player and the viewer notice some things the other doesn't BUT the player immediately shows that to the viewer and often there isn't even enough time for the viewer to think "I missed that". I definitely miss some very obvious things while watching but I don't remember them and there's a much lower chance I will comment about it even if I do.
That first one doesn't count as a puzzle anyway since it's just a switch, like the countless ones that control rotating panels and probably more I'm forgetting.
YES! I am so stoked to watch this series. The Witness is how I found your channel and I think I’ve watched your original playthrough probably three or four times. Can’t wait to see how this goes.
Awesome, I'm currently watching your old playthrough and am almost done. [Spoiler-warning, I guess] 6 years late, but congrats on beating that dreaded time-trial challenge with the classical music in the background. For a hot minute, I thought the game would defeat you mentally. 🤣
OH??? This is exciting, I missed this game! As with a lot of people here, this was the first playthrough of yours I watched and I adored it. I'm super stoked to see how this randomizer goes!
lol that ending ,had to look up how long I’ve been watching you. 4 years, so it’s not since the witness but I remember that the witness play through was a big reason for me sticking around. Jesus the years fly by and here I thought I was a recent subscriber… Probably because the channels been so consistent with uploads, or the TH-camr picks one game and that becomes their thing which turns people off. Here’s to another four years Keith , I’ll continue to feed on your free content.
What a nostalgia trip. I never thought about it like that before but you’re so right about YTers just bouncing off this game and funneling people to you! This was the first game I saw from you and it was because I had gone through like three youtubers who just never finished it. I’m pretty sure I was pretty late to the whole Witness scene too. I’m glad that that all happened though :)
As a watcher who's been here since the firsy airing of the series (holy shit 6 years) it feels cool to get back to one of the coolest playlist on the channel! Glad to have been here for so long, love the channel and the community, keep up the good work
This and Tunic at the same time? I don't know if I can handle so much excitement! The Witness "Brain Infection" is so real. It's faded a bit over time, because when I first started playing these, I was seeing them _everywhere_ , and now, my brain only see's super obvious ones.. But yeah..
Yeah, like a number of people here the Witness how I found your channel -- I think I bought it myself and discovered it really did not run well on my clunky old laptop, and when I was trying to find an LP that didn't bug me for one reason or another, here's where I ended up! Very few times since then where I haven't been watching at least one of your ongoing series, so thanks for that.
It's been a long time, but this is making me want to boot up the witness and play it again after having not touched it in the last couple of years. I actually remember watching you original playthrough back in the day. The most memorable part was, if I'm remembering right, a whole discussion you had about how awesome columnar joining rock formations are.
My very first playthought of yours was the witness, I remember watching the episodes as they came out back then, and I still come back to it every now and then to watch it again. I'm happy to see it back again
I love the Witness, I played it at a friends house, we almost got to the ending but couldn't pass the King Under The Mountain. I have to watch your Myst series (+Obduction)
Such a joy to see you play through this again! Thoroughly enjoyed chilling out to you doing it years ago. May have to give this randomiser a go myself too!
Hi guys I think I was the guy that moaned at him for not waiting till he found the waterfall, but I must add I knew about the enviromental puzzles before the waterfall, I was just making the point that the feeling of working it out before hand was probably not what the developer intended. I'm sorry I was wrong and should be belittled because of it. I was younger and we all make mistakes. 😂
What a throwback. I don't remember for certain but I believe your original Witness playthrough is how I found your channel (it was either that or Hollow Knight). Fun to see you revisiting old memories.
I literally finished re-watching your The Witness playthrough like a week or two ago, and for a few moments, thought TH-cam was recommending me one of said episodes again for some reason. Nice!
This is so exciting! Your first playthrough of The Witness is definitely one of my comfort watches; I pick it back up almost every summer, so this is perfect timing for me. Can't wait to see you play it through this time 😁
Here we go again, i love your original lets play of the witness, and i think its one of the best ones i have seen , and trust me i have seen a lot of playthroughs after mine. its the truth in your discovery , the blind wonder and the knowledge you use as an power up more and more that impressed me. even the unabridged mountain king. But when the goal from the game is to leave the island, i consider your "secret ending" the only real possible ending because with all other ones you stay . just my opinion. therefore your "things" i consider not optional , i think its an evolution of perception and learning the language . just my personal view, dont judge. i think its a genius idea to take such a simple mechanic and take it to eleven. i recommend the noclip video to the witness. really good. have a nice day.
Oh wow, just looking up your The Witness playthrough again to watch (because that and the Talos Principle is how I found your channel in the first place) and now I see this, so I HAVE to watch it!
Hey Keith, that is so great that you are doing this game again. Your original playthrough is a favourite of mine :) I love the Witness, such a thought provoking, and both calming and enraging game haha. I wonder what it's like with the randomizer, gotta check it out myself later.
I don't remember much of the original playthrough but that just makes it all the more interesting to watch! Your puzzle game playthroughs are always very relaxing to watch.
This is cool! It's quite interesting to hear your thoughts on various aspects of the game and the reaction to it now that you've returned to it. I'm really glad you've been able to succeed in this career so far :)
I'm really excited for more Witness. It was the playthrough that I found this channel with. Thinking back I'm pretty sure I probably saw the achievement hunters video and then went searching for more content. I remember checking a few different playthroughs out but yours was the one that really stuck with me and I've been here ever since. Still loving your puzzle games and occasionally some of your other content, lost dimension for an older one (shame about the rng for that one i would have loved more of it), and currently i'm loving tunic.
To be fair, the world puzzle mechanic intro is not really designed to be near the end, as I think the game expects you to go to the top of the mountain after you complete your first area and fire your first beam. After all the beam clearly points somewhere and I think the intention is for the player to go see what it is. For me and I assume a lot of players, it was near the beginning, not near the end.
Well this is a fun one to revisit. I remember joking a couple years back on one of the old witness videos in response to a "it takes years to be able to replay games like this" remark that it had already been 4-5 years and it was prime time to come back lol.
I don't even remember how I heard about the Witness in the first place, but your Witness playthrough was how I discovered you and pretty sure was one of the first times I actually got into watching people play video games 😅 before then I was like the boys on South Park being baffled about other kids watching other kids playing video games instead of playing the games themselves 😅
I think the reason why this game was called a "scam" is because it doesnt have a satisfying ending and it feels like all the gameplay was for nothing. Which is ironic because that is literally what the game is critiquing: the unquenchable human desire of enlightenment and to seek for the truth.
I remember that AH video. That's actually what got me to find your series on this. They played a bit, then I wondered if you completed it, since it was up your alley
Fidel Dungeon Rescue was how I came across your channel and The Witness series cemented me as a long-time supporter. Weird to think it's been so long ago already. Fuck, I'm old
Jonathan Blow is currently working on a new programming language to write games in because he was so frustrated with C++. He is also shipping an open-source sokoban game as an example of how to use the language, so who knows how long that will all take.
In regards to the puzzle that is "supposed to" teach you about the environmental puzzles... I'd like to point out that it is not at the "end of the game". It's accessible immediately after leaving the initial courtyard... in fact many, if not most, players visit it fairly early on (for example, I followed the first laser I activated to see where it was going). I watched (most of) your playthrough last year, and I remember rolling my eyes when you very stubbornly decided early on not to go up there until you had done everything else the island had to offer first. I wasn't upset, just a little baffled as to why you refused to take a peek... "why not try to get a clue as to what you are working toward?". But my point is... that was only the end of the game FOR YOU... don't fault anyone for finding out about that mechanic from the waterfall puzzle instead of sooner. Game designer probably expected most people to go up much sooner than you chose to. In regards to the guy being angry and in disbelief that you found out anyways... that's silly. Despite going up there and solving the seemingly pointless panel very early on, I left without catching the hint. A few more lasers in, I saw an environmental puzzle so clearly defined that just knew what it wanted me to do.
Cool. Return to one of the best play through on channel. Keith, in new Myst remake randomised mode is implemented by default. So maybe you add this game to list too. Original Myst with modern pretty graphics and random puzzles)
This was the series that got me here. I just searched up on youtube, and no one was really doing it as a series. I played previously, and wanted to see someone else take a crack at it.
On steam is a free parody of the witness called the looker. idk if its good but i will check it out. Kredolis and Hourglass are a little bit inspired by the witness . Hourglass uses a complete diffrent mechanic but the island scenario was taken after one developer played the witness. Kredolis will come out this year hopefully.
Interesting, someone just recently uploaded a 7 hours compilation of the witness of Keith Ballard playthrough. I think is called Keith Ballard The Witness the movie?
I had no idea a Randomizer would be made let alone possible for this game (I know the puzzles could be randomized as shown in hall of the montain king, but idea of modding this game never entered my mind) Part of me wishes/hopes modders could go further and add Puzzle elements. The game is long and there are so many puzzles already, but case and point if you know the mechanics you can solve most of them, but having new ones to have to learn and mix with old ones would be so cool. a Spiritual sequel in a game that couldn't really have one.
In my opinion, it also has to do with some vocal fans apparently considering this game an absolutely perfect, flawless masterpiece, which sets expectations high, and subsequently may cause disappointment. It's what TV Tropes calls "Hype Backlash". Personally, I consider it a great game, and I would definitely recommend it to a fan of puzzle games. It's just that I find here and there a few aspects that could be improved. But any of those vocal fans won't hear any of it and always go "how you dare to say this game isn't perfect, there's nothing that needs to be improved".
I discovered the channel because I was trying to find a Witness playthrough to watch, but in the first two I found, the players were not smart enough to make progress.
DUDE NO WAY. the witness playthrough was the first thing i watched of you, and it's the one playthrough i rewatch all the time. i thought this was an old video until i see the new keith on the thumbnail
@@msolec2000 Wait oops, I don't know if you know how it works or not, but either way I should be letting people experience it through Keith first, sorry about that
I love The Witness, but I think calling it a scam was kinda fair when considering how the game was advertised: "You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you. You don't remember who you are, and you don't remember how you got here, but there's one thing you can do: explore the island in hope of discovering clues, regaining your memory, and somehow finding your way home." This makes it sound like a story-centric mystery, like a point-and-click or something.
The Witness is how I found your channel! Watched the whole playthrough twice (first time when I needed help). I always wondered... did you ever find the intro level puzzles you missed in your videos?
"Let's player's blindness" more like "viewer's blindness towards their own advantage of not having to bother with the controls on top of the commentary"
Well, let's hope you don't lose your mind. At the very least, I now know modded games are a thing now. This is definitely going to be an interesting playthrough.
As someone who did not notice the environmental puzzles until they were pointed out to him thank you for your remarks on my lack of curiosity and my ability to miss the obvious. :P Admittedly I certainly noticed that the patterns existed but I didn't notice what they were since I just thought it was neat to see the aesthetic from the puzzles carried over to the environment. In passing I may have tried clicking on the waterfall from the top of the mountain but I think that since my view just snapped back to the panel in front of it I moved on. It's not like it's the only panel in the game that didn't seem to accomplish anything. You seem a bit more optimistic than Blow about the number of people who realise that the environmental puzzles are a thing. I recall him saying that maybe half the people who finish the game miss out on them... Maybe he was being generous with that statement though.
@@AJ-uf4sh The loose panels with the triangle puzzles that you find scattered around the place. Of course in the end they do do... something. Just nothing all that explicit or immediate.
@@robertskitch Oh but those still do something in a way, even if it doesn't change the environment significantly; to teach you the mechanics of the triangles. The waterfall puzzle is just as simple as the first two you ever come across at the start.
@@AJ-uf4sh Yes, besides teaching you that there are panels with no apparent functionality they also teach you how to solve other panels with no apparent functionality... What point are you trying to make? That if I was able to solve the non-puzzle to get out of the first chamber I should have been able to solve the waterfall puzzle? Just trying to rub in the fact that I wasn't able to solve it by talking about how simple it is?
@@robertskitch No... my point is that every puzzle has a purpose. I'm certain there's no puzzle in the game in the game that doesn't both power anything *and* introduce something new or challenging. Also, it's just plain false that the triangles aren't involved with any functionality. Without knowing about them, you wouldn't be able to get under the mountain in the first place.
For those of you not immediately convinced to go back and watch Keith's original series: The Witness is a truly special game, genuinely incomparable to anything else in quality, beauty, and intelligence. This game is Important. It is something that deserves to be experienced blind, by yourself preferably or vicariously through a blind LP if necessary. And, of all the LP's on youtube, Keith's is the only that I have seen that gives the game the amount of respect and effort that it needs to shine. Very few playthroughs go through truly blind, with no walkthroughs or outside help. I have never seen another playthrough that achieves 100% completion. Keith's Witness series does *both*. All the while, Keith provides consistently intelligent and insightful commentary that expands and explores on the ideas the game is working through. It's a brilliant series, and I have rewatched it something like four or five times. Go watch it. Watch it if you haven't experienced the Witness before, and watch it even if you have.
This is why I want him to play Ether 1 soooo badly… he’s the only one who would do it justice.. such a beautiful story
The witness was the first playthrough of yours I saw. Looking forward to see you play it again after all these years
Same!
I, also. I've remained subscribed, just in case.
Same
Same here I been a fan ever since!
I remember watching some video about how some game called "The Witness" was a bad game in some way (forget why), and after watching the video, Keith's playthrough was recommended through the algorithm. Not sure if it was still ongoing or finished, but I loved Keith's style and subscribed and patreoned.
I can't wait until you rediscover the "windmeal."
Once you have gone through and reminded yourself of the world design/mechanics on the normal randomizer, I HIGHLY recommend you play the Expert version. It’s like a completely new game because you see puzzle rule combinations that don’t appear in the base game. Also has some additional surprises…
oooh, would love to see this! hope keith sees it.
Oh my God, I can't believe you were so focused on the game that you didn't notice the guy in the gorilla suit walk by.
*starts to ominously play "Hall of the Mountain King"*
In your original videos of the Witness, you didn't get stuck all the time, nor did you cheat and look up the solutions. And at the time I think that really set you apart from all of the other lets plays,
just calmly and steadily progressing.
I found you through that, after searching through a lot of other the witness lets plays, and have been watching ever since
I remember discovering your channel by The Witness playthrough. Found it randomly on youtube and got instantly captivated by the gameplay and your awesome commentary.
I found his channel through Souls games, but his playthrough of The Witness is what got me to take a closer look at puzzle games and appreciate them. I'll often watch an the first episode or two of a puzzle game, and his feelings about it lends quite a bit of weight on whether it is something I want to try out for myself.
The Witness is a perfect game to show off your key skill that keeps me coming back: talking us through your thought process.
I've only noticed 2 non-randomized puzzles that were: literally just a straight line at 22:00 and the small grid at 29:36. That's amazing, this randomizer is great, thank you, sigma144.
About "let's player blindness" (nevermind the inaccuracy of the name): even if controlling the character and other mind-occupying things were out of the way, both the player and the viewer notice some things the other doesn't BUT the player immediately shows that to the viewer and often there isn't even enough time for the viewer to think "I missed that". I definitely miss some very obvious things while watching but I don't remember them and there's a much lower chance I will comment about it even if I do.
That first one doesn't count as a puzzle anyway since it's just a switch, like the countless ones that control rotating panels and probably more I'm forgetting.
Yep, it does it well... gives some more replayability.
neither one can be randomized because they are either important/literally a straight line
YES! I am so stoked to watch this series. The Witness is how I found your channel and I think I’ve watched your original playthrough probably three or four times. Can’t wait to see how this goes.
Awesome, I'm currently watching your old playthrough and am almost done.
[Spoiler-warning, I guess]
6 years late, but congrats on beating that dreaded time-trial challenge with the classical music in the background.
For a hot minute, I thought the game would defeat you mentally. 🤣
That bloody challenge gives me flashbacks whenever I hear Grieg's music.
ive been trying to beat the mountain challenge, my sanity...
OH??? This is exciting, I missed this game! As with a lot of people here, this was the first playthrough of yours I watched and I adored it. I'm super stoked to see how this randomizer goes!
Awesome. I still re-watch your original "The Witness" playlist, among a few others that I keep coming back to. I'm pumped for this! :)
Same! I love seeing the reactions of players discovering the environmental puzzles.
It's funny to watch this after just finishing watching all the original episodes hahahha everything is so fresh for me
lol that ending ,had to look up how long I’ve been watching you. 4 years, so it’s not since the witness but I remember that the witness play through was a big reason for me sticking around.
Jesus the years fly by and here I thought I was a recent subscriber…
Probably because the channels been so consistent with uploads, or the TH-camr picks one game and that becomes their thing which turns people off.
Here’s to another four years Keith , I’ll continue to feed on your free content.
Wow. Literally 2 minutes ago I thought about rewatching your original Witness playthrough. That's pretty incredible!
mad that I've been watching you for 6 years since this came out! keep up the good work, Keith. looking forward to this replay
What a nostalgia trip. I never thought about it like that before but you’re so right about YTers just bouncing off this game and funneling people to you! This was the first game I saw from you and it was because I had gone through like three youtubers who just never finished it. I’m pretty sure I was pretty late to the whole Witness scene too. I’m glad that that all happened though :)
As a watcher who's been here since the firsy airing of the series (holy shit 6 years) it feels cool to get back to one of the coolest playlist on the channel! Glad to have been here for so long, love the channel and the community, keep up the good work
This is going to be the best randomizer play through, but that's a given considering this was also the best main game play through.
This and Tunic at the same time? I don't know if I can handle so much excitement! The Witness "Brain Infection" is so real. It's faded a bit over time, because when I first started playing these, I was seeing them _everywhere_ , and now, my brain only see's super obvious ones.. But yeah..
It's called the "Tetris Effect" in psych literature and oh was it a trippy few months for me after I watched the let's play.
Huh, I never saw them irl. Makes me wonder why.
Yeah, like a number of people here the Witness how I found your channel -- I think I bought it myself and discovered it really did not run well on my clunky old laptop, and when I was trying to find an LP that didn't bug me for one reason or another, here's where I ended up! Very few times since then where I haven't been watching at least one of your ongoing series, so thanks for that.
After I'd played the Witness myself, I went looking for playthroughs, and yours was the first one I found. Been here ever since!
Thank you for the thorough spoiler warnings, I still have to finish the main game.:)
It's been a long time, but this is making me want to boot up the witness and play it again after having not touched it in the last couple of years. I actually remember watching you original playthrough back in the day. The most memorable part was, if I'm remembering right, a whole discussion you had about how awesome columnar joining rock formations are.
My very first playthought of yours was the witness, I remember watching the episodes as they came out back then, and I still come back to it every now and then to watch it again.
I'm happy to see it back again
I love the Witness, I played it at a friends house, we almost got to the ending but couldn't pass the King Under The Mountain.
I have to watch your Myst series (+Obduction)
Such a joy to see you play through this again! Thoroughly enjoyed chilling out to you doing it years ago. May have to give this randomiser a go myself too!
Hi guys I think I was the guy that moaned at him for not waiting till he found the waterfall, but I must add I knew about the enviromental puzzles before the waterfall, I was just making the point that the feeling of working it out before hand was probably not what the developer intended. I'm sorry I was wrong and should be belittled because of it. I was younger and we all make mistakes. 😂
omg... you're an OG legend!
Great vid! I hope you'll also give the expert randomizer a try, after. It's a whole lot of fun.
I really hope he tries it too... it's not simply harder, I don't know how to describe it...
What a throwback. I don't remember for certain but I believe your original Witness playthrough is how I found your channel (it was either that or Hollow Knight). Fun to see you revisiting old memories.
I literally finished re-watching your The Witness playthrough like a week or two ago, and for a few moments, thought TH-cam was recommending me one of said episodes again for some reason. Nice!
How did i miss this!? I LOVE the witness! I actually discovered your channel because of this game.
This is so exciting! Your first playthrough of The Witness is definitely one of my comfort watches; I pick it back up almost every summer, so this is perfect timing for me. Can't wait to see you play it through this time 😁
Here we go again, i love your original lets play of the witness, and i think its one of the best ones i have seen , and trust me i have seen a lot of playthroughs after mine. its the truth in your discovery , the blind wonder and the knowledge you use as an power up more and more that impressed me. even the unabridged mountain king. But when the goal from the game is to leave the island, i consider your "secret ending" the only real possible ending because with all other ones you stay . just my opinion. therefore your "things" i consider not optional , i think its an evolution of perception and learning the language . just my personal view, dont judge. i think its a genius idea to take such a simple mechanic and take it to eleven. i recommend the noclip video to the witness. really good. have a nice day.
Oh Witness?
Now that I'm reminded of your amazing first playthrough of Witness, I can watch it again for the millionth time :D
Oh wow, just looking up your The Witness playthrough again to watch (because that and the Talos Principle is how I found your channel in the first place) and now I see this, so I HAVE to watch it!
Hey Keith, that is so great that you are doing this game again. Your original playthrough is a favourite of mine :) I love the Witness, such a thought provoking, and both calming and enraging game haha. I wonder what it's like with the randomizer, gotta check it out myself later.
Wow, I love this game and I watched your playthrough of it but I didn‘t know that it helped you become a content creator as a full-time job. Magic!
When I saw this in my feed I had to double take haha. I am SO excited for this!
I don't remember much of the original playthrough but that just makes it all the more interesting to watch!
Your puzzle game playthroughs are always very relaxing to watch.
This is cool! It's quite interesting to hear your thoughts on various aspects of the game and the reaction to it now that you've returned to it. I'm really glad you've been able to succeed in this career so far :)
I'm really excited for more Witness. It was the playthrough that I found this channel with. Thinking back I'm pretty sure I probably saw the achievement hunters video and then went searching for more content. I remember checking a few different playthroughs out but yours was the one that really stuck with me and I've been here ever since. Still loving your puzzle games and occasionally some of your other content, lost dimension for an older one (shame about the rng for that one i would have loved more of it), and currently i'm loving tunic.
To be fair, the world puzzle mechanic intro is not really designed to be near the end, as I think the game expects you to go to the top of the mountain after you complete your first area and fire your first beam.
After all the beam clearly points somewhere and I think the intention is for the player to go see what it is. For me and I assume a lot of players, it was near the beginning, not near the end.
Fun Fact: Symmetry on expert mode is a nightmare without pen and paper. Still fun tho.
I was definitely one that found you through AH’s video of The Witness. It was a great find. You do such a good job.
Definitely was brought to you by the original playthrough, watched it a few times now, very excited to see this happen, can't wait to watch
Well this is a fun one to revisit. I remember joking a couple years back on one of the old witness videos in response to a "it takes years to be able to replay games like this" remark that it had already been 4-5 years and it was prime time to come back lol.
I know exactly what you mean. TO THIS DAY, I still see those things around me whenever I see a bloody circle XD
I don't even remember how I heard about the Witness in the first place, but your Witness playthrough was how I discovered you and pretty sure was one of the first times I actually got into watching people play video games 😅 before then I was like the boys on South Park being baffled about other kids watching other kids playing video games instead of playing the games themselves 😅
Same here. His Witness series was the first let's play series I ever watched. Hooked me on them and he's still my favorite let's player today!
How funny, I 100ed the game 3 days ago and I've been bingeing this for 2 days… and you posted this one yesterday ?
Oh sheesh, i didn't know this randomizer was a thing, i watched all your the witness videos, now there's more, here i go again
I think the reason why this game was called a "scam" is because it doesnt have a satisfying ending and it feels like all the gameplay was for nothing. Which is ironic because that is literally what the game is critiquing: the unquenchable human desire of enlightenment and to seek for the truth.
Wow, this was unexpected!
Looking forward to watching this, though. The Witness is how I first found out about your channel back in 2019-2020!
I remember that AH video. That's actually what got me to find your series on this. They played a bit, then I wondered if you completed it, since it was up your alley
Fidel Dungeon Rescue was how I came across your channel and The Witness series cemented me as a long-time supporter.
Weird to think it's been so long ago already. Fuck, I'm old
oh boy i hope we get Hard Mode randomiser too, because some of the shit it pulls is beyond cursed and hilarious
YAS!!! I’m so excited I’ve been waiting for this since you mentioned it!
Because of the witness you became my favorite let's player. Great to be back!
I will never say no to more The Witness
If there is one game i would not expect to have randomiser that would be The Witness. or any puzzle game tbh.
Today i learned.
Tbh, the game itself has a built in randomizer element, so if any puzzle game could be subject to randomization, it's that one.
for fun i wanted to rewatch your playthrough of this game, i did not expect this
Jonathan Blow is currently working on a new programming language to write games in because he was so frustrated with C++. He is also shipping an open-source sokoban game as an example of how to use the language, so who knows how long that will all take.
Holy shit. I am so on board for this. Let's puzzle!
In regards to the puzzle that is "supposed to" teach you about the environmental puzzles... I'd like to point out that it is not at the "end of the game". It's accessible immediately after leaving the initial courtyard... in fact many, if not most, players visit it fairly early on (for example, I followed the first laser I activated to see where it was going).
I watched (most of) your playthrough last year, and I remember rolling my eyes when you very stubbornly decided early on not to go up there until you had done everything else the island had to offer first.
I wasn't upset, just a little baffled as to why you refused to take a peek... "why not try to get a clue as to what you are working toward?". But my point is... that was only the end of the game FOR YOU... don't fault anyone for finding out about that mechanic from the waterfall puzzle instead of sooner. Game designer probably expected most people to go up much sooner than you chose to.
In regards to the guy being angry and in disbelief that you found out anyways... that's silly. Despite going up there and solving the seemingly pointless panel very early on, I left without catching the hint. A few more lasers in, I saw an environmental puzzle so clearly defined that just knew what it wanted me to do.
This is a blast from the past. The Witness was the first or second playthrough I saw on this channel (It was this or Yakuza 0). Good times....
Good god damn it does not feel like it’s been 6 years since your witness videos. That’s crazy
Keith is the only Let's Player smart enough to make a Witness playthrough interesting
Cool. Return to one of the best play through on channel.
Keith, in new Myst remake randomised mode is implemented by default. So maybe you add this game to list too. Original Myst with modern pretty graphics and random puzzles)
Just saw this posted on the The Witness discord. LETS GOOOOOO
This was the series that got me here. I just searched up on youtube, and no one was really doing it as a series. I played previously, and wanted to see someone else take a crack at it.
This looks like the kind of game I can lose myself in. Gonna have to pick it up!
I'm so irrationally excited for this playthrough!
OMG NO WAY?! THIS MADE MY DAY.
On steam is a free parody of the witness called the looker. idk if its good but i will check it out. Kredolis and Hourglass are a little bit inspired by the witness . Hourglass uses a complete diffrent mechanic but the island scenario was taken after one developer played the witness. Kredolis will come out this year hopefully.
Interesting, someone just recently uploaded a 7 hours compilation of the witness of Keith Ballard playthrough. I think is called Keith Ballard The Witness the movie?
Found it
www.youtube(.)com/watch?v=N8-xTdRoA_o
this game is still so brilliantly beautiful for something that came out six years ago
Games that choose an art style over realism usually look good later.
Oh I've missed your pondering the landscapes and locations.
this is a great idea, KB!
I had no idea a Randomizer would be made let alone possible for this game (I know the puzzles could be randomized as shown in hall of the montain king, but idea of modding this game never entered my mind)
Part of me wishes/hopes modders could go further and add Puzzle elements. The game is long and there are so many puzzles already, but case and point if you know the mechanics you can solve most of them, but having new ones to have to learn and mix with old ones would be so cool. a Spiritual sequel in a game that couldn't really have one.
Oh wow I hadn't heard about this, awesome!
I feel like the weird backlash towards this game could be boiled down to "this game makes me look dumb, so i don't like it" 😂
In my opinion, it also has to do with some vocal fans apparently considering this game an absolutely perfect, flawless masterpiece, which sets expectations high, and subsequently may cause disappointment. It's what TV Tropes calls "Hype Backlash".
Personally, I consider it a great game, and I would definitely recommend it to a fan of puzzle games. It's just that I find here and there a few aspects that could be improved. But any of those vocal fans won't hear any of it and always go "how you dare to say this game isn't perfect, there's nothing that needs to be improved".
I discovered the channel because I was trying to find a Witness playthrough to watch, but in the first two I found, the players were not smart enough to make progress.
DUDE NO WAY.
the witness playthrough was the first thing i watched of you, and it's the one playthrough i rewatch all the time. i thought this was an old video until i see the new keith on the thumbnail
Welcome back into the puzzles. I'm guessing only the panels are randomized. EPs cannot, since that would imply changing the environment.
@@AJ-uf4sh Given that I started with "I'm guessing...", what do you reckon? ;)
@@msolec2000 Wait oops, I don't know if you know how it works or not, but either way I should be letting people experience it through Keith first, sorry about that
I love The Witness, but I think calling it a scam was kinda fair when considering how the game was advertised:
"You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
You don't remember who you are, and you don't remember how you got here, but there's one thing you can do: explore the island in hope of discovering clues, regaining your memory, and somehow finding your way home."
This makes it sound like a story-centric mystery, like a point-and-click or something.
The Witness is how I found your channel! Watched the whole playthrough twice (first time when I needed help).
I always wondered... did you ever find the intro level puzzles you missed in your videos?
I am all for this!
"Let's player's blindness" more like "viewer's blindness towards their own advantage of not having to bother with the controls on top of the commentary"
This was the game where I discovered your content.
weird I just re-got into the witness playthrough and shall finally finish it soon
Oh ya... getting all the strikes, it has been a while for sure.
OH GOD THIS IS EPIC
I loved The Witness when it came out but have never seen or played Myst though I've heard it's good.
Well, let's hope you don't lose your mind. At the very least, I now know modded games are a thing now. This is definitely going to be an interesting playthrough.
love a nice revisit
Same the witness was how I first saw your channel.
As someone who did not notice the environmental puzzles until they were pointed out to him thank you for your remarks on my lack of curiosity and my ability to miss the obvious. :P
Admittedly I certainly noticed that the patterns existed but I didn't notice what they were since I just thought it was neat to see the aesthetic from the puzzles carried over to the environment. In passing I may have tried clicking on the waterfall from the top of the mountain but I think that since my view just snapped back to the panel in front of it I moved on. It's not like it's the only panel in the game that didn't seem to accomplish anything.
You seem a bit more optimistic than Blow about the number of people who realise that the environmental puzzles are a thing. I recall him saying that maybe half the people who finish the game miss out on them... Maybe he was being generous with that statement though.
Wait what other panels don't do anything?
@@AJ-uf4sh The loose panels with the triangle puzzles that you find scattered around the place.
Of course in the end they do do... something. Just nothing all that explicit or immediate.
@@robertskitch Oh but those still do something in a way, even if it doesn't change the environment significantly; to teach you the mechanics of the triangles. The waterfall puzzle is just as simple as the first two you ever come across at the start.
@@AJ-uf4sh Yes, besides teaching you that there are panels with no apparent functionality they also teach you how to solve other panels with no apparent functionality...
What point are you trying to make? That if I was able to solve the non-puzzle to get out of the first chamber I should have been able to solve the waterfall puzzle? Just trying to rub in the fact that I wasn't able to solve it by talking about how simple it is?
@@robertskitch No... my point is that every puzzle has a purpose. I'm certain there's no puzzle in the game in the game that doesn't both power anything *and* introduce something new or challenging.
Also, it's just plain false that the triangles aren't involved with any functionality. Without knowing about them, you wouldn't be able to get under the mountain in the first place.
I still have no idea what the nachos do
I wish there where more playtroughs of this game