Outer Wilds

Sometimes we all feel like a little alien boy at the end of the universe.

Immaculate experience, the only thing I don't like is that I can't play it for the first time again.

Literally life changing experience

play this. good game. 10/10. even better actually. 22/10.

Do yourself an favor and play it

The music was nice. That's about where my praise ends. Outer Wilds is built entirely around a mystery, and the mystery is supposed to be what pulls you forward. For me it never did. The intrigue just isn't there, and once you get to the end, the story underneath all that buildup is subpar at best. The ending is where the ambition outruns the writing. Rather than delivering a payoff that reframes everything before it, it hands the job of finding meaning over to the player. That's a familiar trope, and this game falls right into it. Then there's the "go in blind" culture around it. Nearly every recommendation comes with a warning not to learn anything beforehand, because knowing the plot supposedly ruins the whole thing. Think about what that admits. If both the story and the gameplay lose their meaning the moment you know what's coming, the mystery is the crutch holding the entire game together. A story that's actually good holds up when you know where it's headed. A lot of the praise here comes from people protecting that illusion rather than from anything the game delivers. Save your money and your time. If you want a story that earns its reputation, play Silent Hill 2, NieR: Automata, BioShock Infinite, or God of War Ragnarök. Their endings snap shut and change how you see everything that came before. Outer Wilds just asks you to believe it did.

I understand that many like this game. I just cannot get behind the ship controls, too tedious for me to enjoy the rest.