If anyone hasn't played this game yet: don't read the article!
I highly recommend you experience this for yourself while knowing as little as possible about it. Top tier game.
A million percent agree. If you haven't played it yet, look nothing up and play it as blindly as possible. I'm so glad I did and wish I could do it again.
My go-to game for the question: "if you could forget a game just to experience it all over again" such a perfect game
For real. It's an amazing game that just can't be the same again once you know all its secrets.
I bought it for two of my friends, and they both ended up hating it lol. I don't blame them, but I think it's very much to do with the mentality of how you approach the experience.
One friend just got plain stuck and gave up. The other found it frustrating that they were doing the same thing several times over, and just wanted to rush as quickly as they could to make progress.
Personally, I enjoyed the slow pace of discovery. I loved that feeling of being a true explorer, discoving facets of lost civilisation. Watching in melancholic awe as a world crumbled around me. Finding just a small piece of new information was always a joy, and made it feel worthwhile to get there, even if I'd done 90% of the journey before.
Slowly getting richer in a game where the only currency is knowledge.
This was the game where I couldn't figure out how to fly the space ship properly, and then I went to land on a strange abandoned space station and couldn't figure out what to do there beyond reading some alien text that didn't make much sense, right?
I'm sure I didn't give it a fair lick, it's just it took up 2 hours of my time and didn't hook or particularly engage me up to that point, so I didn't feel like going back in and slogging through the slow burn to get to the good stuff.
That's on me I suppose, I should try it again!
Does it pick up and get a little more interesting and robust, at least? I'm not looking for hardcore shooter action, but like, I dunno, interesting people, engaging quests and cool places to go whilst doing them, and such. Something to keep me interested, you know?
Everyone's different, of course, walking simulators with the occasional small bit of world building text to read just aren't for me is all.
Without giving any specific spoilers, the game has a primarily archaeological feel, you will be following breadcrumbs around to various places in the solar system (your journal is important!!!) and learning about the ancient civilization that mysteriously disappeared. finally piecing together the whole picture is one of the most powerful moments I've ever had in gaming. while there are some NPCs to talk to, the game is primarily driven by your own exploration and the knowledge you pick up along the way.
there's no "correct order" to do things in, so if you feel like you've hit a dead end or you can't figure out what you should be doing at a particular place, consider going somewhere else. and most importantly: follow your curiosity
There's two essential ship functions, auto pilot and match velocity, it makes flying much easier
Don't feel bad, on my first flight I ran into the sun by accident.
Kept working on it and was rewarded with the rest of the game. For real I continued to die to spaceship piloting issues but it didn't ruin the game for me.
Don't feel bad, on my first flight I ran into the sun by accident.
There's an achievement for that though, so it all works out.
It really should be part of the title of the game. Outer Wilds: don't look anything up, just play it.
I very nearly had to use a guide at one point but I stayed strong as everything I'd read said I'd regret it if I did. So glad I didn't as the joy of discovery in this game is unparalleled. Top 5 gaming experience of all time, I reckon.
If I could erase any game from my mind and experience it again for the first time, it would be this game. One of my favorites of all time.
When you do, please leave yourself a note reminding you to send me the mind eraser afterwards.
One of those games you can only experience once. Such a masterpiece!!
Once you finish it, it's actually really fun watching other people's playthroughs as well - getting to relive some of the moments vicariously through other people's eyes is almost as much fun as experiencing them yourself the first time.
It's also quite amazing just how different each playthrough can be, since the game is so non-linear, people take some crazy paths to get to the end ! It can be frustrating as well when someone just can't see what is in front of their face though :)
There are also so many subtle elements scattered around that most people miss on their first playthrough, and watching someone else play it really made me appreciate many of the details I missed on my own playthrough and even make connections I didn't before, and understand aspects of the story that I didn't fully get the first time.
I played this game and loved it but never finished it. I feel like I was either too dumb to figure out what to do next, or I could tell what I needed to do but couldn’t maneuver my ship/character well enough. Total skill issue on my part, though I intend to dive back in at some point.
Read a walkthrough if you have to. The ending is 10,000% worth experiencing, even if you need a little help to get there.
In fact, getting to the end with help from strangers actually feels more in keeping with the themes of the game.
On the same boat.
I definitely want to go back and complete it some day.
The Outer Wilds community is very helpful. Just post where you're stuck and people will give you hints without spoilers!
one of my top favourite games of all time! And one of the two narrative experiences on that list that I can't talk about with the "uninitiated" (other is Inscryption)
if you like space, and you like thinking - don't look up anything about this game. Watch maybe 5 minutes of some gameplay if you're hesitant.
Though a word of warning, this is a game that'll take all of your focus, it's very hard to play it with a YouTube video or a movie in playing the background. And yes the ship movement can feel clunky at first, you'll get used to it don't worry - the story is worth it
In my experience, if people are going to bounce off the game it’ll come down to one (or more) of three reasons:
It’s one of my favourite games of all time, and it has good reasons for all of the above, but it’s definitely not for everyone!
And for anyone wondering, my counterpoints to the above would be:
in my experience as a impatient person you simply need to make peace with the timer, it stings at first but then- i think thanks to Outer Wilds i can play souls likes now ::: spoiler because it shows clearly how death is simply a part of the learning experience, it's not a failure :::
i have no idea if this spoiler is working
I have a friend who stopped for a whole other reason. But I can't talk about it without revealing too much. But basically had to do with bramble and deep, things that don't bother most people much, triggering some actual phobias.
One of the many games just sitting in my steam library, waiting to be played.
Play it today. You need to go in blind. It's straightforward to learn and super rewarding to ay.
I still wish I didn't watch a playthrough
My condolences
At first, the game will not make sense. But somewhere around the 20 minute mark (it varies depending on what you do) you will encounter The Event. It will happen. You will know it has happened. It will be, unmistakably, The Event. Nothing else could be The Event. Nothing else could possibly be as momentous as The Event. And then you will have your first real understanding of what the game is about, and it will be very, very exciting.
After that happens, look at the computer in the back of your ship (to the right as you enter). For the rest of the game this will be your most important tool. You'll understand why. Once it happens.
Have fun.
But somewhere around the 20 minute mark (it varies depending on what you do) you will encounter The Event. It will happen. You will know it has happened. It will be, unmistakably, The Event. Nothing else could be The Event.
I love explanations like this, at first you don't know what it might be, so anything could be the event, is this the event? No, is that the event? Also no. And then you come across the event and you just know, yes, that's the event
A friend begged me to play this and I just didn't for a couple years despite owning it. Once I finally did it quickly became an all-time favorite. You should fix this yourself.
This is one of the best games I have ever played. I know this phrase goes around every day, but I wholeheartedly mean it.
This is the type of game you can only place once, and the experience is incomparable to much of anything else
I had the solution to the main game spoiled for me YEARS ago. I have the game sitting on an external hard drive, just waiting for my brain to forget.
The game is magical even with that one spoiler. Hell, I'd go so far as to say the puzzles aren't even as important as the themes and story.
You should definitely play it!
This game is a Masterpiece!
I'm really struggling with this game. I got it on sale and played for 3+ hours, but somehow it didn't grip me. It was really annoying having to constantly start over. Not trying to detract from other people's experience of it.
So one thing I didn't realize right away is that in the ship there is a board where the game auto stores your discoveries detective-style. It really helps provide guidance when you feel like you're out of leads or don't know what to do.
On the one hand, if you don’t enjoy the game that’s fine. It’s a masterpiece, but that doesn’t magically mean that everyone will enjoy it.
That said, if you want to enjoy it more, focus on one thing per loop, everything is designed to be completable in a single loop, (or maybe a few for the more complicated puzzles if you get stuck). And if something is frustrating, do something else.
Things really go wrong if you keep smashing your head against a brick wall or if you keep jumping around and never manage to finish anything.
We’re trained to think of death as a major failure by other games, it’s not in this one, it’s just jumping back home, repairing the ship, and starting from a central location and a known state.
It takes some getting used to. And maybe looping games isn't everyone's cup of tea(e.g. Majora's mask).
But the exploration, the knowlesge based progression, the cleverness of the story, and its delivery is absolutely brilliant.
It's a hard game to get into. Played for 2 hours on my first run and didn't know where to go.
After 2 weeks or so I tried again because everyone was recommending it to me. Now it's one of my favorites, even though it took another 2 hours before I had any idea what I was doing.
I beat it last week. Amazing game.
Can't wait to get the DLC and play it!
When I got echoes of the eye, I was confused as to how to play it. Once I figured it out, my mind was blown for a second time. I wish, as others have said, I could re-experience this game.
I still remember how confused I was when story DLC was announced for a game which I considered to be complete story wise.
Turns out the story was not complete.
My favourite lets player has finally picked this up. I will neverbe able to experience it fresh ever again.... So watching others is the closest I'll ever get.
After playing this game I watched so many streams and let's play of it. I enjoyed seeing how people did it differently than me.
I also convinced my partner to play it on Christmas as my gift for me to watch. (They were instantly hooked)
This is one on my favorite games ever
There’s a really well done VR mod for this game. It’s actually the only way I’ve played it so far. If you can run Steam VR I highly recommend it! I had to do a reinstall of some stuff so haven’t finished the game yet, but it’s been high on my ‘to-do list’.
Yes it is wonderful, especially floating in space and just drifting. But be aware, certain parts are... intense in VR.
I'm testing it in VR, the modder did an amazing job. Unfortunately my GPU absolutely blows with VR games (Intel Arc A770)
one of the best games of all time🙏
if you haven't played please don't spoil yourself as The Outer Wilds is an incredible and enjoyable journey that many and I wish to experience for the first time again
this is a game classified in the legendary status
fellow mods; if possible I'd like to personally request a pin for silverchase's post
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