I have conflicting feelings with this game

Outer wilds is one of the most well put together games I have ever played, The physics simulation, the art design, the different planets and the individual puzzles and challenges that come with navigating the different climates.

The world feels like it was built perfectly to fit in with the time loop mechanic the game is infamously known for, keeping track of notes and writing things down gave me the same "aha!" feeling I got from Phoenix wright or Obra dinn.

However, I just simply didn't find the story being told intriguing, I loved Obra dinn and the story it was telling but with outer wilds, I never once felt invested in the world I was constantly reliving with the time loop.

I can recall a lot of the planets, object names, rules of the world, but with my 15 hours play time, I could MAYBE recall 1 or 2 character names. My biggest gripe with the game is that with the nature of the game, there is a requirement for characters and ancient alien text that help give detail and backstory to particular landmarks and objects, however it is ALL just text.

I had moments of my playthrough devoted to just reading paragraph after paragraph of 2-4 aliens in the past having a conversation about their newest invention or the properties of a particular material. This isn't inherently a bad thing, but the world and its story was failing to captivate me and having to essentially do my homework was not helping that in any way.

The story itself is extremely well put together, it is not easy to create a world and story that can be tackled in any order, give hints to other places to give the player something new to learn as well as making sure the player has visited essentially every place in the world before discovering a way to break out of the cycle.

I beat the game, It was a gratifying moment to put all the pieces together and do one final loop and get to experience the ending sequence, it was a good sendoff to the game itself.

But again, the world just simply didnt manage to captivate me like it did for so many others.

There was even one character that appeared during the games sendoff that I didn't even recognise and was convinced that I had never met him before, only to realise that I had seen him before about 8 hours into my experience.

I think this game deserves a look by everyone, It comes off as one of those games that I think everyone should at minimum, give a shot.

Don't feel ashamed if you don't enjoy the game during your first 2 hours.

I am happy I got to experience the conclusion of the game without watching a playthrough of the game, but I also wish I had refunded the game before I had spent 2 hours on the game.

Give the game a shot, it didn't do it for me but maybe it'll do it for you

I have conflicting feelings with this game Outer wilds is one of the most well put together games I have ever played, The physics simulation, the art design, the different planets and the individual puzzles and challenges that come with navigating the different climates. The world feels like it was built perfectly to fit in with the time loop mechanic the game is infamously known for, keeping track of notes and writing things down gave me the same "aha!" feeling I got from Phoenix wright or Obra dinn. However, I just simply didn't find the story being told intriguing, I loved Obra dinn and the story it was telling but with outer wilds, I never once felt invested in the world I was constantly reliving with the time loop. I can recall a lot of the planets, object names, rules of the world, but with my 15 hours play time, I could MAYBE recall 1 or 2 character names. My biggest gripe with the game is that with the nature of the game, there is a requirement for characters and ancient alien text that help give detail and backstory to particular landmarks and objects, however it is ALL just text. I had moments of my playthrough devoted to just reading paragraph after paragraph of 2-4 aliens in the past having a conversation about their newest invention or the properties of a particular material. This isn't inherently a bad thing, but the world and its story was failing to captivate me and having to essentially do my homework was not helping that in any way. The story itself is extremely well put together, it is not easy to create a world and story that can be tackled in any order, give hints to other places to give the player something new to learn as well as making sure the player has visited essentially every place in the world before discovering a way to break out of the cycle. I beat the game, It was a gratifying moment to put all the pieces together and do one final loop and get to experience the ending sequence, it was a good sendoff to the game itself. But again, the world just simply didnt manage to captivate me like it did for so many others. There was even one character that appeared during the games sendoff that I didn't even recognise and was convinced that I had never met him before, only to realise that I had seen him before about 8 hours into my experience. I think this game deserves a look by everyone, It comes off as one of those games that I think everyone should at minimum, give a shot. Don't feel ashamed if you don't enjoy the game during your first 2 hours. I am happy I got to experience the conclusion of the game without watching a playthrough of the game, but I also wish I had refunded the game before I had spent 2 hours on the game. Give the game a shot, it didn't do it for me but maybe it'll do it for you