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LTTP: Outer Wilds is one of the best games I've ever played
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I fell off the game, the groundhog day started to grate on me, and the exploration was good at first, curiosity was being satisfied but the codex parsing and lack of QoL mechanics to prevent you from redoing and rescanning areas wore me down.
Liked the concept, but I couldn't continue.
Liked the concept, but I couldn't continue.
You're god damn right, OP. I love traditional narratives in video games (The Last of Us, Red Dead Redemption, and Metal Gear Solid 3 are some of my top 10 or so games of all time), but playing Outer Wilds I couldn't help but think that it was the best execution of storytelling in interactive media that I've ever experienced. It's my favorite game to come out since Bloodborne in 2015.
Definitely wouldn't call it laid back.
Outer Wilds is Myst-like, actually quite scary and stressful sometimes
Great game. Although I got a bit frustrated with the puzzles towards the end. It's one of those games that doesn't seem like much at first, but wow it gets intense as you dive further.
Very Different.
NMS is a survival game as you say in an infinite universe.
The Outer Wilds has you piloting, walking and jetpacking around an immaculately designed, intimately sized Solar System. Getting the know the nooks and cranny of each moon, planet and object becomes a big part of the game.
If you've ever felt open world fatigue, then this is the perfect cure, as there is no repetition and the joy of the game is getting to know where everything in this "small" space is.
The variety of environments, which are tightly knotted to the level design are sublime.
Outer Wilds it's a narrative game, the only resources you have are Oxygen, Time and Knowledge. You have too play with Oxygen and Time while exploring to gain Knowledge. It could get really intense.
Unless there was a patch after it received an X enhancement, the X enhancement significantly degraded performance to the point it has some real bad drops below 30.
Oh, I hope so. I would totally double dip on a game of the generation.
I believe I played it on the X fairly recently. February, perhaps. Didn't run into any issues - not nearly as many as I did on the OG Xbox, at least.
Controls are so so on console - personally I found flying the ship in space especially frustrating. Also be aware that this is a walking simulator game as far as the core gameplay loop. If you don't like those you will not like this game either.
Hmm. I think I dropped the game before then, so perhaps it did indeed receive another update that improved performance.
I like that it's like a metroid-viena, but instead of getting power-ups to get into locked off areas, you gain knowledge.
I loved the game but i stated to get burnt out near the end of my play-though. One of the mechanics in the game is waiting, and I was annoyed that I had to wait several minutes before I can try to do the thing I wanted to do, and if I messed up I had to do it all over again. I finally broke down and watched a you-tube to finish it.
I loved the game but i stated to get burnt out near the end of my play-though. One of the mechanics in the game is waiting, and I was annoyed that I had to wait several minutes before I can try to do the thing I wanted to do, and if I messed up I had to do it all over again. I finally broke down and watched a you-tube to finish it.
In a year with Sekiro and REmake 2 I still agree- Outer Wilds is fucking incredible.
Admittedly it took me nearly thirty hours to complete with only two hints.
Nah. It's Myst in space. It's an adventure game through and through with puzzles and mini-quests.
Enjoyed most of my time with it but I would get frustrated when I could not figure out the certain things. The very last thing I needed to figure out was required for the ending and i was getting increasingly upset so eventually I looked it up, and just did it and went into the ending pissed off. Still a great game but that frustration lessened it for me. Brilliantly designed game though.
Apparently I'm thinking of another game. There is a game similarly titled coming to switch in a couple weeks.... what am I thinking of?
I kinda forgot about this as it's EGS exclusive. I'll make a reminder to pick it up in a Steam sale at some point, maybe in the xmas sale.
Obligatory main theme link to make everyone emotional looking back on their great experience with the game:
It's not; it's also on game pass/ windows store.
Edit. I'm wrong.
I put like 20 hours in, then I kept falling trying to find the hanging city and I just couldnt do it anymore. Then I built a new PC and it doesnt have cloud saves for some reason so I have to start over.
Cool game, but hitting a wall where you keep falling through the black hole trying to just figure out where to go ruined it for me.
Cool game, but hitting a wall where you keep falling through the black hole trying to just figure out where to go ruined it for me.
God DAMN, even though it's only a minute long, the way the theme ties in to your adventure brings me back to that sense of amazement and satisfaction I felt right before the credits roll every time. Amazing theme, amazing game.
When I beat this game I became sad that I could not replay it and get the same experience again. One of the best games I've ever played, easily the best this gen.
no other game made me feel the way this did and it single handedly proved video game's place as a story telling device and what can be done with interactive story telling that cannot be done in any other medium.
no other game made me feel the way this did and it single handedly proved video game's place as a story telling device and what can be done with interactive story telling that cannot be done in any other medium.
A very unique, memorable game. I don't think i have ever played a game quite like it.
Glad you enjoyed it too, OP. I feel the same way about it.
Glad you enjoyed it too, OP. I feel the same way about it.