OrangeRKN wrote:No Christmas name wrote:OrangeRKN wrote:> Site23 - Outer Wilds
A few hours in and I think my thoughts on it so far would really frustrate you
but I'm committed to giving it another few hours so we'll see!
I can't wait to find out you've been mistakenly playing The Outer Worlds
A brief update on this:
I think I'm slowly settling on not really liking it very much.
I have at times really enjoyed the space exploration. The solar system has some really interesting places in it and the process of flying around, landing on things, and checking them out has been a lot of fun. I also like the alien lore and the various little puzzles you do to turn on bits of technology, traverse weird caves, or find shortcuts. I think it's a pretty game, and it's not afraid to get weird, which is great.
That's a big chunk of the game that I think is cool, so I do understand its appeal.
But actually making progress is incredibly frustrating. For example, I've just been trying to explore the hollow planet with the
black hole inside it, and I keep having to restart the loop because I slip off and fall down. It's really annoying! It's hard to even remember where you were when you get there the next time! (I do know about the
white hole station but because it sends you to the middle of nowhere it's no faster than killing yourself and starting a new loop!)
I'm sure that's totally a skill issue on my part, but I'm just not invested enough to 'get good'. If a game is making me do five minute boss runs it had better be by FromSoft, you know?
Also - and I could easily look past this if the game were shorter and a bit less punishing - I don't really feel any inclination at all to follow the 'Outer Wilds Ventures' side of the story. Little lobotomised weirdos sitting around campfires waiting to deliver their three lines of cutsey dialogue -- it's just too twee for me.
I really wanted to like it so it's a shame. I actually think a quicksave + quickload mod could save (ha) the experience for me. But it doesn't exist, ho hum!