What’s the Story?
Because the game lacks a linear concept, the story in the Witness relies more on unveiling story elements and stitching them together to make sense of it all. The Witness has a story, but it will not be given in the traditional way. Players will experience the narrative as they play the game through contextual story-telling and scattered audio recordings left by former inhabitants of the island.
What drives the game is not some overarching narrative, but rather the mystery revolving around the island and the mountain the player seeks to illuminate. Like many exploration-based games of recent years, the game answers player questions as well as the player is willing to explore and put forth an effort to discover.
In the same way the puzzles are set up to create moments of epiphany for the player, the story also rewards exploration with a sense of narrative discovery.
