Is this the perfect puzzle game? Uncovering an ancient advanced race and their bitter end is probs my favourite sci-fi storyline. It taps into the part of me that loves Indiana Jones, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Subnautica and In The Mountains Of Madness. And the story of Outer Wilds stands with all of those.
Like all great sci-fi stories it manages to weave philosophy, metaphysics into its high-concept fabric.
To take quantum theory and relativity and forge an antihero story is peak sci-fi writing. It sticks its landing without resorting to a celestial mysticism to justify itself (looking at you Interstellar). Every beat of this game peels back another layer of the journey with perfect pacing, to reveal a genuinely fulfilling if melancholy ending.
I loved playing this game but also loved not playing it. As only the best games do, your mind wanders back to it during the day, desperate to uncover its mysteries. What a game man.
TLDR: Clang. clang. clang-a-lang-a-lang-a-langa langa lang....
Like all great sci-fi stories it manages to weave philosophy, metaphysics into its high-concept fabric.
To take quantum theory and relativity and forge an antihero story is peak sci-fi writing. It sticks its landing without resorting to a celestial mysticism to justify itself (looking at you Interstellar). Every beat of this game peels back another layer of the journey with perfect pacing, to reveal a genuinely fulfilling if melancholy ending.
I loved playing this game but also loved not playing it. As only the best games do, your mind wanders back to it during the day, desperate to uncover its mysteries. What a game man.
TLDR: Clang. clang. clang-a-lang-a-lang-a-langa langa lang....