He Who Watches

Great puzzler. You don't get much first-person stuff, but this uses it to perfect effect. A very small number of building blocks that combine into a rather high number of mechanical interactions (like Stephen's Sausage Roll, or Can of Wormholes). Looks gorgeous too, with its styled motifs (especially eyes) present everywhere. Though a minor complaint about that, at a certain progression point a few new features are added to the walls everywhere, which I think makes things look messier. Wish there were a way to undo that. Of course, we all know that nowadays having good puzzles isn't enough for your average puzzle game fan — you need some sort of metapuzzle stuff, maybe a metroidbrania-style mechanic where once you've learned it you can use it all over the place. I'm pleased to report that He Who Watches has what we crave in this. Overall, very good puzzle game. Clearly a lot of work went into setting the mood of the game, and it pays off well. Getting 100% will be a real pain, but I suppose that's a good thing.

Excellent game! I love these mechanics and the puzzles are really very good. I was planning on only playing for maybe a couple hours and ended up playing pretty much the whole weekend. As someone who gets motion sickness from first person games, I appreciate the settings that allow instant rotations. They really helped and after about the first hour, I was completely fine. Can't wait to dig in more and discover more secrets!

The further you get, the more wrinkles you attain. Trust me, this is coming from one smooth brained boy. This game is literally making me smarter. It's really fun and gets the gears turning. I give it a fully erect puzzle boner out of 10.

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Great puzzle game! The way it makes you think brings me back to the portal days. you get used to the movement really fast. Also be careful with the blocks you chain shot they will fall and will crush you. Awesome game though well worth cant stop thinking about it. Would recommend.

This game has the most satisfying puzzles I've solved in quite a while. It's very clever, unique and well-designed.

after four ours of mind bending puzzles I have to say I really like this game. I think the most interesting part of this game to me is the hint system. Usually I am against hints because most of the time they pretty much just spoil the puzzle entirely, but the mechanics of this game are so esoteric that most hints are just revealing a specific way the world interacts with your actions. I was able to solve a good 80% of puzzles on my own but if I ever needed help it never felt like I was cheating or giving up. the hint system is usually a more simplified version of the puzzle you are attempting and you still have to solve that puzzle as well as the original, but the hint always helped me get my head in the general space of what I was expected to do without making me feel like I was being spoon fed results. on a side note, the music is very relaxing and the mechanical gameplay is very unique as you are bound to a grid and thus cannot act outside the grid pattern. none of the puzzles in this game require timing as a mechanics as everything in the game happens on a sort of "turn" basis, so if you have trouble with timed events or with physical skill based things like platforming or combat (there are neither in this game) you will be perfectly fine to handle these puzzles