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I finished it a few weeks ago and had a blast, but (late-game spoilers) the anglerfish sequence was just awful; even if you came in knowing the "safe" way past them, it was still a bit trial-and-error to figure it out exactly. And if you messed up, you had to start all over with the Ash Core, and then the loooooong drift through the dark bramble. Which, after the first time through, became much less tense and more straight-up boring. It seemed odd to have such an unforgiving sequence in a game that revolved around very chill exploration and problem solving. The concept of the anglerfish and learning the method to get past them was a cool idea, but I hated the implementation. It sucked a lot of the joy out of what was otherwise one of the best games I've played in recent years. All that said though, this was one of my favorite story-driven games. I'd put it up there with Gone Home, Tacoma, and Return of the Obra-Dinn for sure.
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It's only a few minutes. You can beat the entire game in 10 minutes.
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Jun 15, 2020 06:43
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I need to play the obra din for shure.
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Jun 15, 2020 09:34
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Cactus posted:I need to play the obra din for shure. Yes, you do. It’s really excellent once you start to figure out the mechanics and everything begins to come together and make sense. It’s one of those games I wish I could eternal sunshine out of my brain and play again clean.
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Jun 15, 2020 13:39
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TK-42-1 posted:[Obra Dinn ] is one of those games I wish I could eternal sunshine out of my brain and play again clean. Same, along with that tiny-solar-system-time-loop game whose name escapes me.
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Jun 15, 2020 14:01
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For the newcomers, a late game hint about Dark Bramble: Keep calm. Suppress your instincts. Be patient. edit: Ok, I'll change it ymgve fucked around with this message at 15:39 on Jun 15, 2020 |
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Jun 15, 2020 14:16
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ymgve posted:For the newcomers, a late game hint about Dark Bramble:NAW SON That's not so much a hint as straight-up telling people how to get past one of the only walls in the game... PantsBandit fucked around with this message at 22:34 on Jun 15, 2020 |
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Jun 15, 2020 14:20
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Yeah, I would likewise recommend that newcomers definitely not read that. Some people do find that part frustrating, but unfortunately it's very difficult to give hints for without outright spoiling it. All I can really say is that if you're finding a part of the game frustrating or inconsistent to pull off then there's probably a detail of the mechanics that you're missing. Note: This advice may not apply to achievements.
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Jun 15, 2020 14:58
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That's not a hint, that's literally the entire solution to the puzzle lol
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Jun 15, 2020 15:00
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Yeah, I would recommend that anyone who intends to play this be especially careful not to read spoiler text, more so than for most games. The entire experience and value is in making discoveries.
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I agree do not read any spoiler text unless it is in response to something you specifically asked.
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Jun 15, 2020 15:34
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never read spoilers
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I will also add that, especially in this game, just someone mentioned an area you've been to isn't a guarantee that it won't spoil something for you. I finished this game and then a few months later came in this thread and learned I could go somewhere I didn't realize and got some new info for the rumor board. Don't risk ruining this game for yourself, because there's so much to explore and find.
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Jun 15, 2020 20:10
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PantsBandit posted:That's not so much a hint as straight-up telling people how to get past one of the only walls in the game...
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TACD posted:You are now preserving the spoiler in your quote FYI Fixed!
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This just launched on steam with a discount- $16.65 to play one of the best games of this whole generation  Looking forward to doing it all over again with achievements 
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Jun 18, 2020 17:15
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hell yeah time to repurchase this game
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Jun 18, 2020 17:54
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Told a fellow goon: Too bad I bought it on EGSme : Same, probably going to buy it again though... I did everything I could in the game. Even a speed run  with melee only Are you thinking of The Outer Worlds? um....wait....yes
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There's a BAFTA webinar on the creation of Outer Wilds in less than an hour from now. E: That was quite enjoyable and I hope some of you were able to catch it as well! Telum fucked around with this message at 21:07 on Jun 18, 2020 |
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Jun 18, 2020 19:12
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Got this on Steam today and almost got mad and refunded because I couldn't save and had to get the launch codes twice. Killed myself in space and now I'm good. Does it matter that I ignored the NPCs when I had to get the launch codes again? I also didn't do the Zero G cave thing. Look Sir Droids fucked around with this message at 23:50 on Jun 18, 2020 |
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Jun 18, 2020 23:46
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Look Sir Droids posted:Does it matter that I ignored the NPCs when I had to get the launch codes again? I also didn't do the Zero G cave thing. Eh, give it about twenty-two minutes and they'll forget you ignored them. There might be some rumors that are missing in your ship's log if it was on a completely new save file.
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Zack Ater posted:There's a BAFTA webinar on the creation of Outer Wilds in less than an hour from now. drat, i hope it gets uploaded somewhere
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Look Sir Droids posted:Got this on Steam today and almost got mad and refunded because I couldn't save and had to get the launch codes twice. The most spoiler-free advice I can give is: just play, and don't worry about doing anything "wrong". WhiteHowler fucked around with this message at 04:25 on Jun 19, 2020 |
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Jun 19, 2020 01:15
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Look Sir Droids posted:Got this on Steam today and almost got mad and refunded because I couldn't save and had to get the launch codes twice. What do you mean you had to get the launch codes twice? Like you got to the launch codes but then exited the game before the loop ended? If nothing saved from the first time you played, you might have some info missing from the rumor board, but you don't have to do anything you don't want to.
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Cojawfee posted:What do you mean you had to get the launch codes twice? Like you got to the launch codes but then exited the game before the loop ended? If nothing saved from the first time you played, you might have some info missing from the rumor board, but you don't have to do anything you don't want to. First time I got the codes, I launched for the first time and the first thing I found was a wormhole that spit me out 30km from my ship. I wasn’t going to take the time to jet pack that distance so I quit out of the menu. None of my progress was saved when I loaded it back up since I didn’t die, so I had to go get the codes again.
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Look Sir Droids posted:First time I got the codes, I launched for the first time and the first thing I found was a wormhole that spit me out 30km from my ship. I wasn’t going to take the time to jet pack that distance so I quit out of the menu. None of my progress was saved when I loaded it back up since I didn’t die, so I had to go get the codes again. drat dude. You should have explored the space station it spit you out in front of, lol.
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Arrhythmia posted:drat dude. You should have explored the space station it spit you out in front of, lol. Yeah this is a pretty thoughtfully designed game and you probably aren't going to ever end up in an annoying, dead-end situation like you thought you were in. If you want to enjoy it my best advice is just to trust that it's going to respect your time and play on
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My kids got home and I couldn’t play any longer. Didn’t stop because I thought the game hosed me over. Not sure what the design choice is for not saving, but I guess I’ll see.
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Look Sir Droids posted:My kids got home and I couldn’t play any longer. Didn’t stop because I thought the game hosed me over. Not sure what the design choice is for not saving, but I guess I’ll see. 👍 Yeah the structure has yet to be fully revealed, but basically as long as you have like 20 minutes at a time to play you won't have to worry about any save system stuff (and I think normally the game saves all the time and you don't even need 20 minutes, you just have to power your way through the intro stuff first)
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Honestly it's probably just that the game doesn't bother to save during the tutorial, and then when you get out into space the game just kind of assumes that you'll die immediately because you do something like land on a planet and then go outside without putting on your suit first. A thing that I definitely did not do, no sir. I definitely had times when I was playing where I hosed something up and was like "nope, I'm done playing for now" and quit out, and the game still saved. So I think you can only run into this problem if you quit on your very first voyage. You should know that you can't "quicksave" in the middle of exploration though. If you quit you'll just end up back at the starting point when you reload, but you'll keep all the knowledge from the previous run. So that might be something to keep in mind if you have kids and sometimes need to unexpectedly quit. That said, you'll never have to worry about needing more than... well, let's just say 22 minutes at a time.
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I have bought this game twice so far. I think I'm probably open to doing so a third time. I don't think I'm alone; it's #2 in Steam's top sellers for a reason.
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You eventually get an option to just end the loop you're on, which is like saving.
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TheOneAndOnlyT posted:Honestly it's probably just that the game doesn't bother to save during the tutorial, and then when you get out into space the game just kind of assumes that you'll die immediately because you do something like land on a planet and then go outside without putting on your suit first. A thing that I definitely did not do, no sir. My first time playing, after spending a bunch of time walking around Timber Hearth in the tutorial and talking to all the NPCs, I jumped into one of the geysers in the middle of town, got launched way up into the air and then died of fall damage. I hadn't finished the tutorial yet, so a funny thing happened: I actually got a game over screen and credits roll, and had to start a new save from the main menu again.
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Look Sir Droids posted:Not sure what the design choice is for not saving, but I guess I’ll see. Unless you're on the first loop, that is. I guess they didn't expect someone would quit immediately after getting into space, which is fair imho.
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I was told this was a chill exploration game by my sister and I'm 4 loops in and there is NOTHING chill about this game so far
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minema posted:I was told this was a chill exploration game by my sister and I'm 4 loops in and there is NOTHING chill about this game so far *tunes banjo with malicious intent*
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Oxxidation posted:*tunes banjo with malicious intent* *hand hovers over marshmallow toastin' stick, ready to draw*
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minema posted:I was told this was a chill exploration game by my sister and I'm 4 loops in and there is NOTHING chill about this game so far I'm also 4 loops in. While I wouldn't call it chill, I wouldn't say there's nothing chill about it. The starting location is very chill. Bouncing around on the planets is pretty chill. Dying is not that unchill, tbh. I did die to the big angler fish on the Dark Bramble. Is that the jump scare everybody talks about? I really haven't found the game to be stressful at all yet, so it leans closer to chill than not to me.
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Look Sir Droids posted:I'm also 4 loops in. While I wouldn't call it chill, I wouldn't say there's nothing chill about it. The starting location is very chill. Bouncing around on the planets is pretty chill. Dying is not that unchill, tbh. I did die to the big angler fish on the Dark Bramble. Is that the jump scare everybody talks about? I really haven't found the game to be stressful at all yet, so it leans closer to chill than not to me. Yes.
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Look Sir Droids posted:I'm also 4 loops in. While I wouldn't call it chill, I wouldn't say there's nothing chill about it. The starting location is very chill. Bouncing around on the planets is pretty chill. Dying is not that unchill, tbh. I did die to the big angler fish on the Dark Bramble. Is that the jump scare everybody talks about? I really haven't found the game to be stressful at all yet, so it leans closer to chill than not to me. I die about half the time I attempt to land on a planet and find it creepy whenever I'm exploring in the dark, it's possible this isn't the game for me! My husband took over for a loop and made much more progress.
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