I wrote about games following in the footsteps of The Witness.

"Taiji’s compact 2D world feels much more like a clever space crafted to house puzzles and I never felt at home there... Taiji avoids aping the musical score of The Witness and is free to be Taiji. And there were times where I wished Taiji had put even more distance between itself and its inspiration."

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