Outer Wilds on Steam
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Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
  • TechieDamien@lemmy.mlEnglish
    171·
    1 year ago

    Go get it. It is an amazing game but do not look it up beforehand. It is best played blind.

    • hOrni@lemmy.worldEnglish
      24·
      1 year ago

      I would say, the steering of the space ship was a huge negative. Almost made me give up on the game right away. What made me give up 2 hours in was the stupid poison fog which killed you instantly but You could only see it with a static camera from a few meters away. What an unbelievably dumb mechanic.

        • Stiffneckedppl@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          1 year ago

          Honestly, people complain about the ship controls but it’s not bad at all. Play around with it for 10 minutes and you’ll be zipping around in no time.

          • blackris@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            I heard a games podcast, where one of the hosts played the game with kbm. He really struggled, especially in DB, because the thrust has no step-ups. By that time it was an annoying flaw with the game and there was only a mod to fix that, which was, by itself, broken.

            Played the game on a PS4 a while ago and loved everything about it.

            • hOrni@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              No way worked for me. First I tried kbm. Then I bought an Xbox pad specifically for this game. It got better but was still too annoying.

              • blackris@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
                2·
                1 year ago

                I am sorry to hear that, because for me, the game was a really special experience.

                Yes, the ship controls needed a bit getting used to it, but when you get the hang of it, it’s really easy to navigate. And I loved it, that they tried to immitate real sky mechanics and didn’t make the ship behave like a boat or racing car.

                But as far as I heard, you are not alone with the struggle.

        • hOrni@lemmy.worldEnglish
          31·
          1 year ago

          I started the game at least 4 times before uninstalling. No point starting again. I just read the plot summary.

          • vxx@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            I get you. I played for about 4 hours before giving up. It was kind of boring and I heavily strongly disliked the mechanics. The story didn’t get me at all at that point. Maybe one day when the universe thinks it’s my time.

            I haven’t been spoiled yet, though.