Overwhelmingly Positive? Not a chance.

[MrRiXter]

That score should be exclusive to universally liked games. Games with an extremely low chance that someone will not like them. Games like Deep Rock Galactic, Inside, Subnautica etc.

Outer WIlds is more like marmite so don't do the mistake I did and waste precious holiday time on it. The story does not make up for all the frustration throughout.

You'll begging for it to end only to find out the ending is dumb and according to the scientific knowledge we currently have plain wrong. You have been warned.

[Keiq]

Publicado originalmente por MrRiXter:

That score should be exclusive to universally liked games. Games with an extremely low chance that someone will not like them. Games like Deep Rock Galactic, Inside, Subnautica etc.

Outer WIlds is more like marmite so don't do the mistake I did and waste precious holiday time on it. The story does not make up for all the frustration throughout.

You'll begging for it to end only to find out the ending is dumb and according to the scientific knowledge we currently have plain wrong. You have been warned.

That's your own poor opinion sadly.

[Kaitto]

Never understood why this game attracts so many people so desperate to prove the game isn't good, most of the time it's trolling but I'm pretty sure that's not just it.

[Solar]

Publicado originalmente por Jiffypop:

Publicado originalmente por c.reibenstein:

I have already been playing for 70.1 hours, and I still love this game. This is one of the best games I've ever been playing.

I still don't know how this game will end, but I think I'm on a good way to find out.

Of course, there are people who don't like those games. But there are also people who do like it.

My brother in Christ it's like a 10 hour game 💀

Outer Wilds Mod Manager gave me hundreds of hours.

[Solar]

Publicado originalmente por MrRiXter:

Publicado originalmente por Psymon²:

there's some amazing "ah ha" or "penny drop" moments as you make discoveries and learn about this solar system and its history.

I played the entire game. Comments like this make me wonder if the suspected illiterates that hang about this forum ever read a good sci-fi book.

Bruh, just if someone likes a game you don't really care for doesn't make them illiterate or something. Even though I love the game, I can understand that there's not a single game in the world everyone would like. And there never will be. So can everyone just, I don't know, let this whole thing go??

[Solar]

But really, I'm not trying to prove some point or say "YOUR TASTE IS GARBAGE THIS CHANGED MY LIFE BEST THINGY EVER 11/10!!!1!!11!!" but i just wish ppl would stop saying all this rude stuff to each other over different taste.

[anothermoth]

"the ending is dumb and according to the scientific knowledge we currently have plain wrong."

oh no! the fictional science in my fictional video game isn't actually real science! oh no!!!!!

[CrispyMuffin]

if 95% of reviews are positive, that would just mean you're one of the 5% who didn't like it. not everyone needs to agree with you, as not all games are made for all people

honestly, i was a little bummed when i got to the end because i knew there wouldn't be much more left to do in the game, despite that, i still find myself coming back to this game, start a new save and go again. its definitively a different type of game, which i am happy to see, the puzzles here do need some brain usage, since this game doesn't hold your hand in any way other than the ship log keeping track of things you've already found

and no, scientific accuracy is NOT what we came to this game for. yes, it does tap into real world cosmology, very loosely at that, but the sheer absurdity of this game's artstyle is what lets it stand out so much, do its own thing and be such a good storyteller without getting stale.
it wouldn't exactly be fun having to fly 100km straight up into space after each loop, would it? i guess it goes to show games can still look pretty even if its enough to give DeGrasse Tyson nightmares

i personally love this game as one of my all time favorites, it tried something new and did it so well. i can understand if this isn't your cup of tea with the focus on puzzles and storytelling, but at least i can explain why so many people love this game

[HFocus77]

Publicado originalmente por Hedgepig:

"the ending is dumb and according to the scientific knowledge we currently have plain wrong."

oh no! the fictional science in my fictional video game isn't actually real science! oh no!!!!!

Who would have thought that a game with a teleporting moon would need to be scientifically accurate? This game is obviously inspired by cosmology and quantum physics, but the scale of time, space, and quantum phenomenon are messed with significantly to make it work better as a game. OP says that the universe in game was trending towards a Heat Death scenario , but suddenly at the last moment switches to a Big Crunch scenario when the new universe is created .

But from my interpretation, there was no indication that a Big Crunch had ever occurred. The Eye is shown to produce objects that exist in a superposition of states that collapse into one when under observation, and the Eye itself is an entrance to some dimension made of these superpositions. When you enter the Eye you see the remaining stars go supernova and the universe go dark. The game likely takes inspiration from quantum tunneling here, which theorizes that there is a tiny, nonzero probability that particles can exist in states forbidden in classical mechanics. This could include forming a singularity to begin a new universe. Since you left the universe through the Eye, you remain the only observer left, and so by observing the possibilities for the new Universe that the Eye provides you collapse that possibility space into the new Universe and allow it to be born. The requirement for an observer isn't real science, but the possibility of all particles in our universe tunneling together to begin the universe anew remains feasible on the infinite timescale that is the heat death of our universe.

Regardless, the game doesn't need to nor should be scientifically accurate. It makes cool references to physics and does leagues better than most science fiction with its representation of gravity and inertia. Its as internally consistent as a time travel game can reasonably be, and includes some easter eggs for when you violate causality . But it never pretended to be Interstellar and try to simulate real world science.

[SMJSMOK]

So much troll feeding in this thread. Just don't give him any more jesters, it normalizes this BS.

[sursurrus]

The devs actively went around removing negative comments and reviews, including many of mine, for essentially being too accurate. Apparently pointing out that keyboard controls are unplayably bad is grounds for butthurt among the devs.

[Quillithe]

Publicado originalmente por sursurrus:

The devs actively went around removing negative comments and reviews, including many of mine, for essentially being too accurate. Apparently pointing out that keyboard controls are unplayably bad is grounds for butthurt among the devs.

Keyboard controls are perfectly fine though

[SMJSMOK]

Publicado originalmente por sursurrus:

The devs actively went around removing negative comments and reviews

Developers can't remove reviews, I probably don't have to explain how this would be abused if they could do it. The most they can do is mark it as off topic or abusive, and someone from Valve then has to come in an verify whether this claim is justified or not and act accordingly. If the point of your criticism was that you don't like the controls, then it's definitely neither off topic nor abusive, so Valve wouldn't take that review down.

[ElBarto56]

low level trolling....

[Max]

> plays fantasy game
> surprised to see scientific inaccuracy

[polerberr]

>The story does not make up for all the frustration throughout.

Hmm, sounds like a skill issue. Outer Wilds is not a difficult game unless you are new to gaming in general or just not especially attentive. Maybe try out Dreamlight Valley or one of the Lego games to ease yourself in?

Happy new year!