Outer Wilds on Steam
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Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
  • TechieDamien@lemmy.mlEnglish
    171·
    15 days ago

    Go get it. It is an amazing game but do not look it up beforehand. It is best played blind.

  • Ogmios@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    13·
    15 days ago

    Hands down one of the best games I’ve played in recent years. The only negative I can think of is that there is zero replayability, because the entire point is to learn about what is happening on your own. For the same reason, I can’t even explain anything about what happens in the game, because it’s all spoilers. If you’re at all considering it, you definitely need to pick up this game.

    • hOrni@lemmy.worldEnglish
      24·
      15 days ago

      I would say, the steering of the space ship was a huge negative. Almost made me give up on the game right away. What made me give up 2 hours in was the stupid poison fog which killed you instantly but You could only see it with a static camera from a few meters away. What an unbelievably dumb mechanic.

      • Ogmios@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        9·
        15 days ago

        Whelp… spoilers I guess? The space ship has an autopilot, and you only need to actually steer it in certain sections. As for the “poison fog,” once again there are only a small number of areas where it actually becomes important to use the camera to navigate it. Most of the “fog” can be easily circumvented entirely, and the most significant area where you can’t is entirely optional.

        If those are the two things that you found difficult, I’d recommend giving it a second chance. Also, there is an extensive mod scene for the game, and you can literally remove things which are giving you grief if you really want too.

        • Stiffneckedppl@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          15 days ago

          Honestly, people complain about the ship controls but it’s not bad at all. Play around with it for 10 minutes and you’ll be zipping around in no time.

          • Ogmios@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            21·
            15 days ago

            The part that I struggled with at first was trying to reach other planets, which is legitimately difficult without the autopilot.

            • Stiffneckedppl@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              15 days ago

              I mean, that’s the entire point of the autopilot mechanic. That’s how players are meant to travel between planets.

              • Ogmios@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                21·
                15 days ago

                Right. I’m just saying I can somewhat understand it if they, like me, managed to overlook that at first. Didn’t take me too long to figure out my problem, but someone who gets more easily flustered might have a bigger problem with it.

          • blackris@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
            1·
            15 days ago

            I heard a games podcast, where one of the hosts played the game with kbm. He really struggled, especially in DB, because the thrust has no step-ups. By that time it was an annoying flaw with the game and there was only a mod to fix that, which was, by itself, broken.

            Played the game on a PS4 a while ago and loved everything about it.

            • hOrni@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              15 days ago

              No way worked for me. First I tried kbm. Then I bought an Xbox pad specifically for this game. It got better but was still too annoying.

              • blackris@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
                2·
                15 days ago

                I am sorry to hear that, because for me, the game was a really special experience.

                Yes, the ship controls needed a bit getting used to it, but when you get the hang of it, it’s really easy to navigate. And I loved it, that they tried to immitate real sky mechanics and didn’t make the ship behave like a boat or racing car.

                But as far as I heard, you are not alone with the struggle.

            • Ogmios@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              11·
              15 days ago

              DB is just painful all around until you figure out a method that works for you, which is the intention I’m pretty sure. The way I solved it, I never used anything but full thrust or no thrust anyways.

        • hOrni@lemmy.worldEnglish
          31·
          15 days ago

          I started the game at least 4 times before uninstalling. No point starting again. I just read the plot summary.

          • vxx@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            15 days ago

            I get you. I played for about 4 hours before giving up. It was kind of boring and I heavily strongly disliked the mechanics. The story didn’t get me at all at that point. Maybe one day when the universe thinks it’s my time.

            I haven’t been spoiled yet, though.

            • Ogmios@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              21·
              15 days ago

              Thankfully the community is actually really good with spoilers.

              I bought it on sale and it sat on my computer for literally years before I finally dove in, and it just so happened to be the perfect time in my life to engage with it. I don’t know how such synchronicity occurs, but I hope you also find your time to enjoy it, for once you do get into it, it really is worth every moment, even the really frustrating parts.