But it’s true. Play Outer Wilds. Don’t look anything up!
Outer wilds was great but going to some of the planets gave me the willies so hard I haven’t finished it.
Unpopular opinion warning: After absolutely adoring Subnautica I was excited to try Outer Wilds as I was told it was similar. But for some reason despite my best efforts I just never got myself to care about it. It must be having to start over and over again and having a time limit to do anything that just annoys me too much. I get what they were going for and you can really tell it was made with a lot of love. But it was just not for me.
Unpopular opinion warning: after playing and adoring Outer Wilds, I played Subnautica and, while it’s a fine game, I’m having trouble getting engrossed in it. I’ve never been much of a fan of survival games, though (apart from Minecraft if it counts?) and Subnautica may be my favorite in that category… But it’s still firmly in that category
I really enjoyed it up until the end, where I knew exactly what needed to happen, but I couldn’t figure out how to do it. When I finally looked it up, it was the most unintuitive solution that felt more like an easter egg than the intended path. I would have never finished it on my own, which left a bad taste in my mouth.
Yeah, the flow of the game is interesting and unique but the trick is bullshit
Maybe I’m just weird but haven’t played it yet because I don’t have much reason to play it… I want to know why I should play it but not enough to just go play it.
That usually means it’s a knowledge-based game and the fun is in the figuring out. Tunic had a similar feel even though the gameplay was very different.
It’s weird, I absolutely adored Tunic, it’s one of my favorite games of all time, yet Outer Wilds was just “alright” for me? Like IGN 7/10 good but nothing to write home about.
Part of that was probably because I felt constant nausea due to being unaccustomed to playing 3D games with controller - the fact half of the game occured in space with two additional axis of rotation significantly worsened it.
