Outer Wilds

it's a fantastic game but it's brought down by several problems in my opinion

- loops are too short, there were many times when i was cut off from exploring cool areas and being immersed cause the stupid sun kept exploding
- the underground city on the ember twin was fucking annoying as fuck. i hated how the sand kept piling up as you explored, felt completely antithetical to the game's "explore and go anywhere you want" philosophy"
- it relied too much on reading text, basically tells most of the story through audio logs which is kinda lame

theres other stuff that annoys me about it but desu the stuff it does right (like the feeling of freedom and exploration is incredible) it does so right that it still makes it worth playing

i hope someone expands on the game's concept and improves it in the future

I definitely agree with your second point. I get the idea of Ember Twin and the cave system, but that particular bit can get pretty frustrating. I think that fucked me up more than the Dark Bramble.

Yes totally. honestly once you learn that the anglerfish will leave you alone if you don't use your engine and coast as much as possible it becomes a breeze

I love the game and enjoyed my time with it, it has a great atmosphere and does so many things right. And DESU I kind of like the time limit in some ways, it felt like Majoras Mask in space. It makes each loop feel like a mission where you decide where you want to go and what you want to accomplish. I think the loops could have just been a little longer or something

GOTD

Too short for the price, and I got it 40% off. Also, due to lack of physical interaction with the world around you a lot of the puzzles were also pretty much "go here at this time" instead of an actual puzzle to be solved. It felt pretty much like a walking simulator instead of a challenge, except for the Ash Twin Project which was pretty much just bullshit.
6/10, 7/10 at best if you got it on sale. And I don't use the scale of retards where anything below an 8 is irredeemable trash. The game was nice, fun, and better than average, but that's all it was.

One of the best single player experiences and by far the best exploration-based game I've played.
I wish you could have saved the whole logs of things you've scanned and read them on your ship though, and maybe freeze the time while you're reading something? I often felt like I had to scan everything I could get my hands on frantically before the sun explodes and read the TL;DR version in my ship later.
Also, the time limit was otherwise annoying at certain places like said. Great game otherwise.

>and maybe freeze the time while you're reading something?
That was in the options.

Welp I'm retarded then

>Giant's Deep in VR
>Black hole in VR
No thanks

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GOTY 2019

Very good game but it wasn't the mindblowing masterpiece some people like to claim it is.

It was good. Interesting premise, didn't outstay it's welcome.

I don't think there's enough there for a full price game, but on sale it's worth picking up. I can't say it's a completely unique experience, but it's certainly different enough, and extremely well executed, that it's worth experiencing.

I want to play more but the isolation scares me. Id fucking love to progress but giants deep and dark bramble are fucking terrifying and complete no go zones in my mind. I think that's due to this game being so immersive, most Ive been immersed in a game in years

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I loved it but my only complaint is that autopilot makes skillful flying pointless. The orbital mechanics are so good but nobody uses them because you can just point at your target and hit auto

Eventually you push past it. Dark Bramble and the deeper caves of Ember Twin were definitely the hardest for the sheer isolation factor. Giant’s Deep was kinda rough too getting into the core. Holy fuck it’s dark in there goddamn

Try landing on the sun station

I loved it. The fact that the game was basically a passion project is obvious, and the fact that the story and lore all fits so well together makes it a pretty satisfying ending.
I think it was a lot of people's first Riven-esque type game? I love that there aren't any gear unlocks or anything, but knowledge that's stopping you from progressing.
Great experience imo. There's a certain existential dread that comes with realizing that the universe is experiencing a heat death and even if that wasn't happening, your home would eventually succumb to the bramble seed. Or finding out that Solanum would have spent thousands of years on the Quantum Moon without knowing it because she doesn't even exist alive anymore until you meet her at the 6th location.

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Ember twin gets worse with isolation? I've liked that one so far. Man, you don't know me. I can handle anything else spoopy just not videogames.

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What other games have the same premise? I'm fucking itching for another game like this

An actual masterpiece in atmosphere and exploration. No other sort of game/ different media comes close.

Mostly just getting to the black hole lab since it requires you to make a run through a tunnel that’s constantly filling with sand. It’s not as bad once you know where the secret entrance to the Sunless City is since you can get in and start traveling down it with a major head start

if it helps, the secret entrance is right next to the orbital cannon and it’s kind of hidden by some rocks

>tfw in ember twin caves and the sand starts rising

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