Absolutely no one will care about this

[King in Yellow]

But I've been gaming for 30 years now and over time got pretty jaded with video games in general. I was having a hard time investing myself in a game like I used to. I was finding myself skipping dialogues, barely paying attention to storylines anymore when I used to devour every little bit of lore I could get my hands on.
I chalked that up to a side effect of growing up. A consequence of having a job and overall a lot less time to dedicate to gaming. Until I played this game last year.
Outer Wilds managed to reignite that spark of genuine curiosity. It made me feel like a child again. It touched me on such a deep level that the ending actually made me cry, which hadn't happened since Aerith's death, way back when. And for that I'll be forever grateful to the people at Mobius Digital, as sappy as it sounds.

And just now I found out that not only there's a DLC coming out very soon, but that the release date is going to be my birthday, and that just made my day on so many levels. I had to share it with someone but sadly none of my friends got to play the game (they're terrible human beings). So there, thanks for reading my ramblings. And most of all thanks to everyone involved in making this game. I can't wait to see what Echoes of the Eye is going to be about!

[Psymon²]

good to see some happiness for a change.
thanks for sharing.

[Nert]

You're not alone, quite a few similar stories are out there with this game in particular! It's what got me back into gaming too

[Archer]

Same. Stay curious.

[mckracken]

ive also been gaming for more than 30 years..but computer graphics will never make me cry...ever...LOL
did you play it in vr ??

[CrazyJayBe]

I'm actually caring very much about this!

[DrMadHatten]

We feel what you feel. I'm glad you shared.

[llefty]

I'm also glad you posted this. It's cool to see how this game has affected other people.

[SMJSMOK]

Hey hey, I do care :P
I also found the game completely magical. I know it's not for everyone, but for me it's just a package where everything clicked. And the ending is really something else, I agree. It gave me a strong vibe of 2001: A Space Odyssey. The way it devolves into weirdness and uncertainty once you pass the point of no return, but then expands into epicness despite that. Kind of structured similarly, now that I think about it (which is a good thing, it's my favourite space movie).

[King in Yellow]

Thanks to everyone for the wholesome replies! Wasn't expecting this post to get noticed at all haha

Haven't got the chance to play it on VR but I wish I did!

Also I got that 2001 vibe too but what really got me in that ending was how personal it felt despite the cosmic scope of everything happening. Man, when they all started to play the song it just hit me hard for some reason. It just felt so... pure.

I can't wait to see how Echose of the Eye is going to tie into the main plot!

Keep on exploring!

[Hikari.ws]

When I see posts like this I wonder why ppl love so much the game :-O

I started playing it yesterday because I was looking for a time loop game and this one has many positive reviews. It starts very boring and gameplay is wacky, so I came to forum see what ppl are talking and figured I should flee from spoiler.

Anyway, I disagree with u. I'm the opposite, in the past when I didn't know english I didn't like RPG or any kind of game where text/lore was relevant and just played adventure games and any game that action was enough. It was years later that I started prefering games with deep plots where I need to delve into its lore. I'd rather spend hundreds of hours in a game if it's entertaining and explore all its environment and content, than rush games to end them quickly and go to next one.

[Fear Ghoul]

I also didn't like the beginning and was watching my playtime closely to make sure I didn't go over that two hour mark in case I wanted to refund it. The beginning made me think it would just be some super pretentious game where you don't really do anything, but thankfully I started exploring space before I reached that two hour mark and loved it, so I kept going.

[Hikari.ws]

In fact, the gameplay is horrendous. And LShift frequently bugs, mouse frequently bugs, Space for jumping when we wake up frequently bugs. I just didn't stop playing because wasting the time closing the game and reopening usually fixes it.

[SMJSMOK]

Originally posted by Hikari.ws:

In fact, the gameplay is horrendous. And LShift frequently bugs, mouse frequently bugs, Space for jumping when we wake up frequently bugs. I just didn't stop playing because wasting the time closing the game and reopening usually fixes it.

What do you mean by "frequently bugs"? Is your game crashing? Have you tried reinstalling and checking game files integrity?

[Hikari.ws]

They stop working while I'm walking or controlling the ship.

[SMJSMOK]

Originally posted by Hikari.ws:

They stop working while I'm walking or controlling the ship.

That's not normal. I would try reinstalling the game.