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Coelacanth@feddit.nu 9 months ago
Outer Wilds at 40% off again. Does it ever get lower? I know I should pay full price because it’s supposed to be a masterpiece but I’m afraid I’ll bounce off it. Also a bit hesitant to play it because I’m afraid it will just give me more existential dread and anxiety and I have too much of that already.
I picked it up and put it down a few times because I kept getting stuck and felt like I wasn’t making any progress, but holy shit when I finally got a small amount of assistance from a friend and got things moving it was like an avalanche and it all unraveled magnificently.
The DLC was somehow even better than the base game by quite a wide margin for me, but I absolutely had to get help starting it because I couldn’t figure out how without cheating.
Yea I personally couldn’t get really into it. I mean it’s fascinating, beautiful, very intense (it has all the extremes of space)… but I’m stuck and can’t find the motivation to go further. It’s pretty cryptic. If you’re into puzzle games you might crack it better than I do
isthereanydeal.com/game/outer-wilds/info/
Store low at the major retailers (incl. Steam) is $15
According to SteamDB, 40% is tied for the all-time low.
That’s what I thought.
IMO outer wilds has a strong tone of optimism and hope in the face of existential dread, so I think you’re probably good on that front. And if you’re at all a fan of environmental storytelling and don’t hate physics sims, I think you’ll like it just fine. If you’re super unsure, maybe watch like the first hour (or less if you find your answer early) of someone doing a blind playthrough and see if the manner of storytelling grabs you.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 9 months ago
I got it cheaper during an Epic Store sale, but not by much.
Grab it anyway and the DLC, because it’s amazing. And listen when it tells you to play with a controller. Really. So many people bounce off it because they can’t fly the ship. Mouse and keyboard really is not the way.