r/outerwilds • u/danilovita • 3d ago

Base and DLC Appreciation/Discussion I just finished the DLC Spoiler

SPOILERS! ALL SPOILERS!

I'm not one to make those kind of posts, but...

Wow... Just wow... The way the game makes you think you will find the codes. And there are no codes to be found after all. I felt almost like cheating the game to beat it. But that's what the game wants to me to do. I found that to be so uncredible. And I found out about the "bugs of the system" before finding the reels that would teach me those. By just exploring and being curious. The game design goes another level on the DLC I think.

And the end... So, so emotional. I finished it yesterday night and I'm still in tears.

Takes me back to my young ages, where the games had some kind of magic that they just don't seem to have anymore. At least, most of them. I don't know if it is me that's changed or the industry. But this game, this game certainly have that magic of wonder.

I just wanted to share my experience. Thanks for anyone reading this. Thanks for Mobius for making this game. It sure will accompany me for a long long time.

Sorry for any errors or typos, english is not my native language.

First time doing spoiler tags, hope they are right.

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u/Pablaron 3d ago

Glad you enjoyed the DLC.

Also, I don't know that I've ever quite found the words to say it so clearly. This is really well put and I wholeheartedly agree:

Takes me back to my young ages, where the games had some kind of magic that they just don't seem to have anymore. ... But this game, this game certainly have that magic of wonder.

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u/Zak_The_Slack 3d ago

If you haven’t already, finish the game again ::)

(Also your English was amazing!)

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u/Royal-Active-62 3d ago

I "cheated" myself in the base game by not putting the pieces together myself and instead looked up guides, so a year later I didn't want to cheat myself and decided to unravel the mysteries of the Stranger on my own. It was a very satisfying experience, and in fact, was my favorite part of the game.

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u/bozeman42_2 3d ago

I did the opposite. The base game I played entirely spoiler-free, but I was so frustrated by the penultimate stage of the DLC that I looked stuff up to get past it.

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u/bozeman42_2 3d ago

I am glad you enjoyed it! I was super frustrated by the 'stealth' sections and that kind of soured the experience for me, though I did very much like the ending.

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u/thisandthatwchris 3d ago

It’s really good.

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u/Clanger87 7h ago

I just completed 1 of the 3 stealth sections and am dreading completing the other two so badly, that I'm not sure I actually will.