Outer Wilds

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  • Summary: Outer Wilds is an open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.

    Welcome to the Space Program! You're the newest recruit of Outer Wilds Ventures, a fledgling space program searching for answers in a strange, constantly evolving solar system. Mysteries of the    Outer Wilds is an open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.

    Welcome to the Space Program!
    You're the newest recruit of Outer Wilds Ventures, a fledgling space program searching for answers in a strange, constantly evolving solar system.

    Mysteries of the Solar System...
    What lurks in the heart of the ominous Dark Bramble? Who built the alien ruins on the Moon? Can the endless time loop be stopped? Answers await you in the most dangerous reaches of space.

    A World That Changes Over Time
    The planets of Outer Wilds are packed with hidden locations that change with the passage of time. Visit an underground city of before it's swallowed by sand, or explore the surface of a planet as it crumbles beneath your feet. Every secret is guarded by hazardous environments and natural catastrophes.

    Grab Your Intergalactic Hiking Gear!
    Strap on your hiking boots, check your oxygen levels, and get ready to venture into space. Use a variety of unique gadgets to probe your surroundings, track down mysterious signals, decipher ancient alien writing, and roast the perfect marshmallow.    … Expand

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OUTER WILDS | Coming To Xbox Series X|S + PS5 September 15

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  1. Silentflame
    Aug 27, 2023
    10
    A discussion for this game is difficult, as it is a game that is best experienced on your own terms. Expressing the details of this game wouldA discussion for this game is difficult, as it is a game that is best experienced on your own terms. Expressing the details of this game would only lessen the impact it would otherwise have on a first-time player. Imagine it like your favorite, most impactful movie, but every detail is a spoiler.

    Don't be put off by its seemingly "simple" or "indie" art style or gameplay. I myself am an action-oriented gamer, specifically FPS games, but I was lucky enough to play this game on a bored whim. I played it blind, and I came out changed.
    If you give it a chance, in time, your curiosity will find it charming, the story within compelling, and the experience...beautiful.

    This game had something important for me. Let it have something important for you.    … Expand
  2. Matteoarts
    Aug 27, 2023
    10
    Every so often, a film or book comes out that is so important, so incredible, that it can change your life and the very perspective with whichEvery so often, a film or book comes out that is so important, so incredible, that it can change your life and the very perspective with which you view that life. "Outer Wilds" is that, but for video games.

    There's so much I want to put in this review—and yet, the very nature of the game almost obligates me to reveal nothing. There is something so valuable and meaningful about the first time you play through this game that anything I could reveal to you would only make your experience lesser than it is.

    So, this is what I'll say—I put off playing this game for two years, never saw the appeal behind it, thought it looked like a simple, quirky Indie game. By the game's end, I felt emotionally shattered in the best possible way. There is a lesson to be learned from this game in the same way that there are lessons to be learned in all the best stories we hear growing up. Life is inexorable.

    No form of media can ever be perfect. But if they're about as close as they can possibly come, then they're worthy of that 10 rating—and damn, if "Outer Wilds" isn't one of the most worthy of them all.

    In the simplest of terms: if you wish to know if the game is worth playing, the answer is a resounding yes.    … Expand

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