Outer Wilds - I was expecting a bargain bin No Man's Sky and what I got was one of the most genuinely hopeful, life-affirming, eating-the-strawberry-on-the-cliff games I've ever played.
Especially the new DLC - It's like if you took that "In the end? Nothing ever ends" quote from Watchmen, made it more poignant and then stretched it out into a seven hour game about
I cannot recommend this game enough. I didn't play it for way too long because something about the trailers made me think it was way less open world than it is. It's Myst with a manually controlled spaceship and full 3D access to an entire solar system, and such a peaceful and hopeful ending.
Outer Wilds - I was expecting a bargain bin No Man's Sky and what I got was one of the most genuinely hopeful, life-affirming, eating-the-strawberry-on-the-cliff games I've ever played.
Especially the new DLC - It's like if you took that "In the end? Nothing ever ends" quote from Watchmen, made it more poignant and then stretched it out into a seven hour game about
spoiler
the digitized ghosts of alien barn owls.
Absolutely deserved all the awards it got.
I cannot recommend this game enough. I didn't play it for way too long because something about the trailers made me think it was way less open world than it is. It's Myst with a manually controlled spaceship and full 3D access to an entire solar system, and such a peaceful and hopeful ending.
You know that story! I love that story, it's half of what keeps me getting out of bed!