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  • A problem with The Witness is that the game’s single biggest excitement comes from a twist that revealing completely spoils

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    The environment puzzles

    So it’s stuck in the position of letting 80% of its player base walk right past the best part, or preserving the moment of discovery.

    I’m personally grateful it has the integrity to let me find it on my own, but it’s also a bummer since at least two of my friends beat it without ever realizing












  • spunkycomics@lemmy.worldtoboardgames@feddit.deSpiel Des Jahres winners
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    1 year ago

    I’ve played Akropolis and Planet Unknown.

    Akropolis is a competitive city builder where you’re having to make the choice of expanding outward or nullifying previous tiles by building on-top / upward for more points. I really enjoy it, my favorite new one of the year. (I tend to enjoy stylish, colorful, solo puzzley games)

    Planet Unknown is a grid-planet that you’re terraforming with tetronimos. There are several tracks of environment types with different bonuses. I enjoyed the gameplay well enough but found it a little slow for my tastes; wife liked it more than I did.
    What I did really appreciate is how replayable it seems. There are tons of planet variants, terrain tracks, and challenge cards that seem like you could really build the experience you want