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[Chat]er Wilds
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR_wIb_n4ZUIf you haven't played this game what the fuck is wrong with you
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I watched a playthrough.
it seemed pretty indie and quirky to a degree beyond my tolerance
I got confused about the game named Outer Worlds so never got around to it
I see the legitimacy of this concern but I would also say it is actually an exactly tolerable amount of indie/twee.
Like the cute twee shit is a very small proportion of what the game focuses around (aside from the fact that it's basically a little toy solar system), and used in a charming rather than cloying way.
It is absolutely my one "I wish I could erase this from my brain and do it again" game because it is damn incredible. Easily a top ten game of all time. Easily.
If you fire a cannon and kill a guest at the shower, what do you even do for the gender reveal? A scorpion missile filled with pink or blue antipersonnel metal balls?
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It's Majoras Mask in Space
I did not like Majoras Mask at all
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and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
And now that you ask, I’m not even sure where to start!
If it was a good chat it would be about Oscar Wilde.
but they're listening to every word I say
I would argue that the game handles its time loop mechanics with a lot less friction than MM does
Granted there are definitely times playing it where you will die on a loop and be like "fuuuuuuuuuuckkkkk I have to do this again"
But it's a good kind of fuck
it is DEFINITELY not majoras mask in space
I mean, it kind of is; everyone involved in the project explicitly said that MM was a major inspiration, and there are plenty of thematic similarities
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
Waiting for the deep discount sale.
Also potentially can't run on my PC.
It's on xbox too!
Break into someone's house and steal an xbox, it's worth it! Make them play it with you!
Is there a repeating time mechanic where certain things allow for progress towards the final goal?
hopefully outer wilds can tick a few boxes
mass effect 2 hits a large number of these boxes and is my favorite space game, stellaris is also up there and ticks even more once you add steam workshop in
Repeating time mechanic, yes.
"Certain things allow for progress" -
It is an information based metroidvania with realistic orbital mechanics basically.
A puzzle game where you can blast off to space.
but they're listening to every word I say
Yeah, definitely not appealing
The ending actually made me slightly less depressed for a while!
I am not a doctor.
sounds like you want outer worlds rather than outer wilds
Bolded are featured in Outer Wilds
Italics are arguable