The Witness review – an incredibly impressive collection of puzzles

The long-awaited game from the makers of Braid takes the format of classic PC adventure Myst and draws you into a world of puzzles

Seven years is a long time to speculate, but despite Jonathan Blow and his team at Thekla revealing few details expectations for this game have remained high. After all, the company's legendary platform adventure Braid was important not only for its role in the rise of independent games but for showing what video games could be.

People have watched trailers for The Witness and theorised that the game's little mazes are secondary to the real, deeper purpose. But those maze puzzles are the game. The Witness answers the question: what would a very smart man who loves puzzles do with a lot of money?