isn't it ironic how I'm absolutely enamoured by a game about letting go, moving on and going towards a new future, to the point that I can't let go of it after more than 3 years? truly a magnificent work of art. I'm really glad it's achieved the cult status it absolutely deserves

@braaifilms4584

Жыл бұрын

Impermanence. Outer Wilds is fundamentally impermanent, and I'm only truly realizing that fact now. From the second you start the game you find a world that is constantly moving, always changing, but so full of things to for you to discover and "fix". The time loop allows you to delay the impermanence, reliving the same moments again and again, but the supernova acts as a constant reminder that your time is borrowed. After every death, all you have are the memories and knowledge you've gained, but can use them to discover somewhere new. You face the fragility of life in the ruins of dead bodies you explore, culled by no more than unfortunate happenstance. The realization that every star is dying out, that the universe is coming to an end, makes you question your role in "fixing" what's impermanent. Once you figure out what you need to do to reach the Eye, you have to decide whether or not to remain in the loop, or face the impermanence. At the end of everything, all you have are the memories and knowledge you've gained, but can use them to create something new. Life may be fragile, but the meaning is in the connections we've made along the way. It can be tempting to try and relive those moments again and again through others' playthroughs, but it's clear you can never truly return to Outer Wilds. All we can do is take our memories with us as we face what comes next.

@LordTelperion

Жыл бұрын

That's the thing... it's also about not letting go... it's about building our legacy for the next world.

@DimitriSabadie

Жыл бұрын

This is the sole game that I truly wish I could completely erase from my memory, just to rediscover it all over again. Yes, it’s that good. That excellent.

@Zero-4793

Жыл бұрын

i can't seem to let it go, in part since i never got the proper experience :(. i did not get the game for myself until i had watched another's playthrough, it wasn't until the DLC that i got to go in blind. I had no friends recommend i play this game blind, only a KZread series in my recommendations that i watched in entirety before deciding to purchase the game. And so, i watch endless more playthroughs to live vicariously thru others blind discovery. and i pester my friends, trying so desperately to help them experience what i missed. Yet few of them care to, it's not their type of game or some other reason. I'm mad at myself for not stopping that first playthrough earlier, for not taking the leap of faith and getting the game before i spoilt everything. Even having not gotten the proper experience, this is still one of my favorite games. And i wish i could wipe my memory so i could play it properly, for the first time, the only time.

@paulbrancieq5614

Жыл бұрын

I was about to write the same thing

“This is the version of space I dreamed of as a kid” The child like wonder this game emulates is something I CHERISH.

The fact that this video is exactly 22 minutes long is some great attention to detail! Also, I loved those quotes from the game throughout the video

@Purple_Gu7

Жыл бұрын

To people who dont get what he means, the sun goes super Nova after 22 minutes

Жыл бұрын

Literally the first thing I noticed after opening it - lovely :-)

"[...] To me they died then, and I was left alone to grieve." A powerful statement which I sympathize with. Intellectually we always know that the Nomai are all dead. As surrounded by their corpses and ruins as we are, that sense molding death should be painfully obvious to us, as immutable as the stones we walk upon (or sometimes, even more so). And yet, as we read about their stories, their struggles and hardships, their hopes and dreams, they come to life in our minds. As long as we can trace the outlines of their souls in the marks they left on our world, they remain alive, nearly as potent and tangible as our fellow astronauts. Theoretically, the Interloper should have been a disappointment. It's a minor plot thread that reveals essentially no new information, filling in a measly three entries in the ship log. We already know that the Nomai are long dead, so what difference should knowing the circumstance of that genocide make? And yet, locked within the same tomb that once sealed the fate of a civilization far more advanced than your own, it all hits you. Their deaths, once confined to the clinical sterility of fact, is suddenly made tangible. In that moment, their deaths is no longer a statistic or piece of trivia one might find in a history book, their tragedy is truly your own. You stand beside them as the bleak realization of their situation rises, you cry out with them in desperation as they try in vain to avert the disaster, and for the first time you truly mourn them, as the hopes of an entire civilization is snuffed out. In theory, nothing has changed. The nomai remain dead, and we are no closer to finding out how to save ourselves. In practice, this is when the Nomai die for us. The flickering flame sensed in their creations and writings turns to a cold haunting wind.

I respect every youtuber that makes a 22 minute video for Outer Wilds, shoutout

Even several years after completing this game, I still get a warm feeling whenever I think about it.

Despite all the loss we have gone through with this game, it feels as though it forged a bond between all of us who experienced it. Its a bond I can see every time I decide to watch another person play this game for the first time, as we talk in riddles so as to not give away secrets that are still to be discovered. Its as if our hearts and minds are connected in this one, honestly ridicoulus, tiny thing. Even those I meet for the first time that have been touched by this game, they already feel like they have been friends for an age. And then its gone again, as we once more split off to our own little lives in an unfathomably huge universe.

@braaifilms4584

Жыл бұрын

A shared song we all carry.

@Nuriawall555

Жыл бұрын

Maybe we're all one of the Nomai clans, meeting every 10 years for a festival that is always different but still the same, until the end of the universe

@Kratos_TM

Жыл бұрын

For the past 2 weeks, I've been watching 3 of my friends individually play this game, and speaking in riddles and code is the most fun I've had around this game since I played it the first time

@thiefofelsweyr7652

Жыл бұрын

"We do not have much connection, you and I. Still, this encounter feels special. I hope you won't mind if I think of you as a friend." ❤❤❤

The one thing that hit me the hardest when playing Outer Wilds was in Echoes of the Eye when you show the prisoner the story of the world after the strangers action. God fucking dammit that hit me so hard knowing that I found all that, and I was at the end.... this was the story I had spent my time to piece together and I just started tearing up.... god fucking dammit Outer Wilds you were so good and I'm happy I got to enjoy you and sad that it had to end.... Thank you.

@braaifilms4584

Жыл бұрын

Even though you can talk to other travelers throughout the game, the vision you show to the stranger feels like the first chance to just dump everything you’ve gone through onto someone else. It’s an amazing amount of catharsis and emotion to break that loneliness after so long.

@VIUSmusic

Жыл бұрын

I get chills from even just thinking about that part of the DLC. I constantly replay the music from that bit too.

@craftboy338

Жыл бұрын

The song that plays during that scene is powerful

@MrFreakRite

Жыл бұрын

That scene with the prisoner hit SO hard. Omfg I just beat EotE yesterday and it hit SO hard

@xanathar8659

Жыл бұрын

I agree. I didn't really cry at the end of the base game, I was sad and also happy, but it didn't really hit me. When I finished Echoes of the Eye and started hearing the sound of the banjo playing I immediately lost it. After finishing the cutscene there were so many genuine tears I was struggling to view the screen. Then hearing the prisoner's howl of what I interpret to be joy that his attempts at releasing the eye weren't wasted, I thing I was actually sobbing.

one of the best videos about outer wilds ive seen, perfectly encapsulates how it feels to play the game and what comes after that. all with incredible shots and visuals, nice work! edit: OH MY GOD YOU FEAUTURED MY ANIMATIOON AT 21:28 WHAT

@braaifilms4584

Жыл бұрын

:D

Nah, I'm good. Just sobbing at my computer because the universe is a grand wonderful place that we all get to share, but we know that we all have to make way for what comes next and sometimes problems aren't solvable in the way you think they are, but ultimately even though you may be forgotten, your impact on the world will never be gone. I'm totally fine.

I played this game in May 2020 after a month-long bout of Covid. I was not doing well physically or emotionally. The sickness had given me heart problems that were only starting to subside, and I feared death like I had never before. It also came in the midst of my family disintegrating over extremist politics and paranoia. Then, I played the game, and, while I initially thought it was a good distraction from my troubles, I slowly realized that is was doing more. It was like it was taking my troubles and saying, "This is not who you are. You are not so small that 1 illness or 1 broken family can define you. You are a function of the whole universe. The you that you are, the deep down you is the universe, and the you that sits at the surface of your being, absurdly feeling small and fragile, is its eye." As Alan Watts said, "You are something that the whole universe is doing in the way that a wave is something that the whole ocean is doing." When the end finally came and all I could see was a wall of white, tears stood in my eyes, and I imagined what it would be like to be there, and I knew what I would think watching the whole of the cosmos be reborn - Yes, let's go again.

This is the greatest video essay about the game I've seen, and I've probably seen them all. Putting this game into words is an impossible task, but you pulled it off and brought me to tears multiple times throughout your story. Thank you.

Videos about this game never cease to amaze me, the community is incredible and so so talented. I said goodbye to my childhood dog a few days ago and at 18:15 when you spoke of "memories you had to leave behind", that touched me. Thank you for making this video.

I think this has to be my favourite tribute to Outer Wilds. I admittedly didn't have such a deep emotional connection to the game as yourself, but it still had such a profound impact on me, and I still think about it a lot. There's so many games I've felt sad about finishing - Subnautica, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Hollow Knight, Portal 2, to name a few - but I vividly remember looking up at the night sky on the day I finished Outer Wilds, and just feeling a kind of sadness that I'd never felt before. I also love that the game essentially helps you to process that sadness (given that it's entirely centred around the idea of letting go and embracing whatever comes next), yet saying goodbye to Outer Wilds is so incredibly difficult because it's just SO. DAMN. GOOD. The irony is beautiful, almost poetic. I genuinely cannot express how this game made me feel in words. I think you've done such an incredible job of doing that for me (and for much of the fanbase). I hope Mobius gets to see your video. Thank you for such a moving tribute :)

@Zero-4793

Жыл бұрын

"I also love that the game essentially helps you to process that sadness (given that it's entirely centred around the idea of letting go and embracing whatever comes next), yet saying goodbye to Outer Wilds is so incredibly difficult because it's just SO. DAMN. GOOD. The irony is beautiful, almost poetic." 100%

You have me tearing up at my desk at work. Bittersweet, with the fondest memories. And I, for one, will revisit Outer Wilds now and again, to have that marshmallow and banjo around any of the campfires. Thanks for this.

@c4sualcycl0ps48

Жыл бұрын

Same!

Look, I was already crying going in. I just found your amazing animation tribute. But this masterpiece destroyed me. Solanums dialogue about friendship can make me cry at the drop of a hat and you just *had* to paraphrase it to cap off a wonderful and amazing video. And the way you referenced so many other things from the fandom, the other videos that I've watch and cried over... This is a beautiful and entirely fitting tribute, as emotionally deep and devastating as the game itself. Thank you, friend.

@plantagominor722

Жыл бұрын

I too am a blubbering mess after this video.

Outer Wilds is probably the only game most people want to forget ever playing...

@Cookiekopter

Жыл бұрын

agreed if i will be alive by the day the memory removal will be available i will pay any amounts of money to just erase all of the outer wilds out of my mind (other than the fact that i erased my memories to play it again)

Its hard to express how amazing this game is. Hits the feels. Thanks for this.

I didn't even get the full experience, not even close, as I watched somebody else play it through and it's is still by far my favourite game.

@braaifilms4584

Жыл бұрын

It’s easy to embellish my own playthrough, given how long it’s been. I often omit that my first exposure to the game was a Jacksepticeye playthrough, and at the time I thought it looked bad and didn’t watch any more. It took me stumbling onto a video essay by Jacob Geller to convince me to buy the game, and honestly the fact that playing the most influential piece of media in my life came down to pure chance kinda… scares me. Still, even though I went in knowing a whole lot more than I should’ve, I can’t help but feel it happened the perfect way for me, given I’m still thinking about it all these years later.

@Cernunn0s90

Жыл бұрын

@@braaifilms4584 Wow, thats exactly my experience. I thought the game looked "meh" and the toy universe didn't appeal to me. Then I watched the Jacob Geller essay, purely by chance, and I bought it immediately after, and here I am, years later, crying to your video, because I feel the same way about Outer Wilds as you do...

22 minutes, I got the reference

@braaifilms4584

Жыл бұрын

When I saw that the video draft was coincidentally within a minute of 22, I knew I had to ;;)

@NeroZashi

Жыл бұрын

@@braaifilms4584 :D Awesome

@VIUSmusic

Жыл бұрын

Ahahah I didn't even notice that - brilliant!

FUCK NOW IM CRYING- This was a fantastic video! Every little piece resonated in all the right ways, even if it makes me hurt inside. I know I'll never get the experience of playing this game for the first time back, nor me playing partway through the DLC (Spoilers are dumb and I hate them; I'll never get to properly play through the rest)... But getting to experience this once-in-a-lifetime journey, whether because you found the game on KZread, had a friend recommend it to you, or got it mixed up with the Outer Worlds... getting to play this fantastic game is something that I'll never be able to pretend I take for granted. And to be able to share this passion I have for this silly little space game with others, or having others share it with me, has genuinely made me appreciate humanity more. Thank you so, so much, for making this video, fellow Traveler ::)

The sorrow of saying goodbye to a good friend you'll never see again... but know they'll always be with you.

Poor Chert, he's the first to realize the truth - the universe was dying. There were signs during the game, but when that realization hits you, it changes everything.

If you have the chance, I would recommend playing the game in VR. There's a fantastic mod called NomaiVR. I was fortunate enough for my first playthrough to be in VR and it was absolutely incredible. The sights, the sense of presence, the grand scale, and of course the ending, It was all absolutely mind bending. Everything about the game that was amazing just lifted up even further.

@HermanHiltsman

Жыл бұрын

NomaiVr is awesome! Playing through Echoes of the Eye in vr is absolutely terrifying.

@braaifilms4584

Жыл бұрын

It’s certainly a priority the second I get a VR headset. I feel like its almost an injustice to call NomaiVR a mod too, because it’s more polished than the majority of VR releases lol.

@chewbaccabox

Жыл бұрын

I too had the fortune of my first playthrough (DLC included) with NomaiVR and going in blind! It was an absolutely amazing experience, would highly recommend!

@billballinger5622

Жыл бұрын

wow I was thinking how good it would be in VR. Seems almost built for it. I gotta try that

@MrTuas

Жыл бұрын

Seeing the inside of the Stranger for the first time in VR must be insanely wild.

22 minutes on the dot. Nice ::)

One of the best videos on this game so far. For me, the sheer gravity of the game didn't fully hit me until after I finished it. Truly something special; beyond words, almost. Thank you for this video.

This video made me uncontrollably sob. I love this game so much. All of the music. All of the writing. All of the geography. Every little aspect of this game is perfect

it's funny how something that can seem so small and inconsequential can have such a broad and meaningful impact. how a single adventure can leave millions with an impossible bond, one that makes us more friends than strangers, despite having never spoken to one another, despite how different all of us may be. outer wilds is possibly the greatest shared experience i've ever had, and as much as i wish i could have that experience for the first time again, i don't think i'd trade those memories for anything in the world.

The solanum quote at 20:07 hit me like a truck, oh my god.

Awesome stuff! Really looking forward to see what you do next!

@braaifilms4584

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Marc, was stoked to hear you were an outer wilds fan

This video encapsulated my experience, but not only that. Everyone’s experience, with the game and with life. Your amazing editing, music, voice, I don’t even know what else. It gave me chills. Chills that lasted longer than I’ve ever experienced before, equivalent to the game the video is about. You did well, you left me in tears as if I played the game again. And also, I have to commend you for getting the video to be exactly 22 minutes, that in itself is an amazing achievement.

I’ve been trying for 2 years to describe how I felt playing Outer Wilds and I think your video has finally put to words what I felt for most of my playthrough. Thank you for this video it’s one of the best I’ve seen on Outer Wilds.

The egg, by epic mountain form the “your journey” section is such a subtle, yet deep touch. One of many things making this video, reach my heart. God I have no idea where to even start, I’ve seen so much, played hundreds of games, and viewed thousands of videos, movies and episodes throughout my life. I thought my life changed when I played Celeste, and well it did. But, this game it’s well I’m not sure if theirs a word for it. I got an emotion that I can’t easily describe, almost like a blend of every emotion in a way, right in the center of that rainbow. I’m still young, and I haven’t experienced life very much. I’m scared of what is to come of adulthood, yet I’m optimistically curious. I know my time on Gaia is short and limited compared to it. But I feel like I have more than enough, however long that is. Sure I may feel like the prisoner, the only person in the universe, that has their way of thinking. Until he met the hatchling, until he learned he wasn’t truly alone. I’ve yet to find that person, but I know thier out there. My soul has been vindicated. And my passion resurrected. I will make art like this game. To help others like how art helped me…

@braaifilms4584

7 ай бұрын

“I will make art like this game. To help others like it helped me” 100%

This brought me to tears, thank you for making this ♥️

Omg I didn't knew you were the one who has done the tribute animation until the end ! I loved it so much when I saw it, and this video is a beautiful tribute too

I've played this game 8 times, and I've watched 18 Lets Plays and I will play it again and again and ill find more Lets Plays to watch, I can't stop

thank you so much for this. i've just gone thru a speed bump of life and this is what i needed to see and hear. thank you.

Usually when I go into Outer Wilds video essays I expect to cry but dear goodness this had me bawling like a baby. Most essays focus on the feeling Outer Wilds gives us yet never really reach the breadth of sheer awe and wonder I had when playing it for the first time. With this being said, this is the best I’ve ever come across. Your words put my indescribable emotions into something tangible to help me better understand why I couldn’t let this little indie game go. Your use of crescendoing scores, overwhelming imagery, and familiar phrases really helped me to relive all the feels that come with playing, and ultimately finishing this game. Even if it was brief, thank you so much for visualizing the emotive journey of Outer Wilds for all of us fans out there.

I don't know how I've stumble upon this vid but I'm truly glad. You just hit me so god damm hard... I was doing something else while starting the video, but soon enough you started capturing my attention: your voice first, at some point I could feel how you felt saying those words out loud. The editing and visuals of the video, I was rapidly impressed by everything that was put together before my eyes... I was just there as I spectator, and I already felt like this was a marvelous video. I think the meaning behind all of these phrases started resonating in my heart toward the end of the video, which made me cry loudly. I don't even know why I was crying, it just happened and was going on for a while. Thanks you the the magnificent video and the strong emotions, and of course the message.

Thank you... thank you for giving me not closure but the knowledge that im not the only one who's gone thru this wonderful...im not really sure how to describe outer wilds in less than a book but...thank you

This game reached deep into my brain and activated me like a damn sleeper agent making me go around converting others

Only a handful of things in my life have made me cry. And this video.. No this piece of art was another one of those things, It made me realize all the amazing pieces and echoes this game has left behind in my mind. Still there just scrambled and confusing like the ancient ruins the Nomai left behind. I hope you realize what a talented driven artist you are and never stop creating Braai!

The DLC makes the loss that much tougher to handle; it feels impossible to forget this game, now knowing what the DLC had to offer, also I will never forget a sound track that is as amazing as Outer Wild's

I can't explain why I love this game so much, but this video really puts it into context. I will always love Outer Wilds

Man.. I finished the game about 6 months ago, and not a single day goes by without me thinking about it. It changed the way I view space, it changed the way I view death, and more important; it changed ME. Your video made me smile, laugh, and cry. And I thank you for that. Outer Wilds will forever be in my mind and a part of me. To everyone reading this, i hope you’ll take the time to smell the pine trees along the way, because theses are the most important ones.

i completed the game a couple days ago yet it feels so distant... like a dream too good to fully remember i want to go back so badly but i know whatever i do won't feel the same and it's such a sad but beautiful feeling the feeling that i've experienced something so special and so wonderful that i will never be able to replicate it ever again

Thank you for making this ❤️

I want to thank you for trying to put words to the unspeakable. I, you, and others, have struggled to put to words the emotions you present here. Frankly the task is insurmountable, but your effort is commendable. From one traveler to another, We may not have much in common, you and I. Still, I consider you as a friend

When i first played outer wilds, i was too stuck in the feeling of frustration, that i couldnt solve the puzzles, that i couldnt progress, I failed to see the deeper meaning in many things and looking back at what i was doing, it felt like trying to fit a square in a triangle shaped hole I ended up looking up a few things, spoiling some stuff, and albeit minor, it added up, it was andrew's music that kept me going because i just loved it so much, eventually things started to click but, it was too late, i was already past all the discoveries and all that was left for me was getting to the eye, during the ending i just sat there in silence and shed a couple tears, nothing compared to what ive heard others experience Then i bought the dlc, i vowed not to look anything up and, I did it, i got to the vault, no clue what was going to meet me when i got there and, all my emotions were let out, all the frustration, confusion, solemnness all compacted into a couple moments, i broke down when I realised the prisoner left one last vision, and watching it broke me down even more, and the i broke down more when i realised they also, left, they jumped into the water, to be gone, and thats where my love of outer wilds really began I know, i had a terrible experience compared to most, i was stupid, but in the end i understood, and thats all that matters, thank you mobius

I have no complaints for this Amazing Masterpiece of a Game, except I wish I could play again for the first time :D

You summed up my experience with Outer Wilds in the intro. Staring at the ceiling thinking about the game, crying to the ending song. This game really helped me figure out my views on life and interpersonal values. It's not the ending that matters it's the marshmallow we have cooked along the way. It embraced my already forming views on optimistic nihilism and for the last 2 years my general views have improved, I have become more open-minded in regards to other people's views and opinions. I might be more impressionable that your regular person, but this game literally changed me... Thank you for the video 📸

Damn, I had same feeling at first, I didn't like the game at first as it felt like another indie game with guitar song. With all that I still wanted to understand what was so special about the game, then it hit me, experiencing those crazy gravity shifts in Giant's Deep, mysteries slowly unravelling, some of the music beats. Yeah... I changed my opinion to absolutely loving it and cherish my last several hours of playthrough just by doing fun stuff and enjoying it because before hitting the end, I knew my replays wouldn't be this special ever again. This gam- ah screw it, this Art is a once in a life time experience I'll never forget.

at least there's a dlc... there's still something that can fill the void... until I finished that

this video is an intoxicating reminder of my experience with this game. thank you for bringing me back again, and i feel your pain. this video and its animated counterpart are really something. thanks again

Dude... The lenght of the video... It's all just perfect. I have literal chills right now. Thank u. Thank u for tour work. I can feel u put your soul and heart in this video. U touched me with your words, and i experienced some old emotions once more. I hope u don't mind if i consider u a friend :)

Love the goodbye at the end so much... With a little of every travelers speech

that was truly beautiful, mate i'm glad to have found my feelings in your words

This video did something special. It gave me the feeling that I was playing Outer Wilds again. It made me remember what I lost after finishing it and I started to tear up. God I love this game, it makes me sad and happy at the same time. I truly want to thank you for making this video and giving me that amazing feeling again.

this game didn't really change the way i thought about the universe too much, but it changed the way I approached the life around me. To take in small details and enjoy the things I had. It taught me to be curious and to seek out answers about things I don't understand and connect them. I went into this game not really reading and connecting the dots, just going through the motions of playing the game. I came out of the game wanting to learn as much as I could about this tiny world.

So great to see a fellow South African making such fantastic content. Congrats, my dude!

Truly thank you for this. This video essay feels different, as you had nearly the exact same experience I did while playing this game. I rarely show emotion in the real world, but this game has made me cry more times in the last year than the entire decade before I played it. I thought about how my life had come to this point, and what changed as I grew. I started actually crying at the end of the video when you put all the images and videos of stuff people have made for this game, and how I even know some of those people. I love thinking about all the work people put into things they have a true passion for, and I can tell this video had passion in it. When you talked about how this game made you feel, you were emotional, and I just find it amazing that this game can do that to people. This game has brought us all together, and I'm happy your video perfectly showed that. Again, thank you, from the bottom of my heart. ::)

I'm sooo happy that my first playthrough of this game was in VR. I don't think I will ever experience anything like it again but I hope I do. With VR I was actually there and looking up at the sun from the twins was breath taking.

"The universe is and we are" I think about that all the time

Out of all videos about Outer Wilds I've ever seen, this one is the only one that really captured what it feels like to have played this game. Just beautiful, 10/10 would cry again

A beautiful tribute to one of the most beautiful games I've ever experienced.

everytime i watch this video i still cry god i miss the outer wilds even though its been so log since ive finished the game, i still havent gotten over it

Right there with you, bud.

Perfect essay, my dude. It captures my experience with the game so well. It's been years for me too since I finished the base game and it still haunts me like a ghost. In the beginning I never would've thought that this goofy-looking game with its bite-sized solar system with lumberjack aliens would hit me so hard with the subjects of giving your world meaning, facing the dread of true loss and ultimately, letting go. The latter will never happen, truly. This game became a part of us, just as our little Hearthian protagonist became part of the clockwork of their tiny vast universe.

Well. Now I'm crying.

a beautiful video mate, you perfectly captured what this incredible experience was like. thank you

This is absolutely beautiful. Nearly had me crying ❤

One thing about Outer Wilds I think makes it such a truly personal experience is the genius in how it conveys information. The lore of the game you, the hearthian and the player simultaneously, discover is the gameplay. So many games have incredible lore. I've scoured through hundreds of weapon texts in dark souls and grimoire in destiny. And their lores are so rich and deep and interesting but they never connected with me personally no matter how cool, interesting, disturbing, funny or frightening it was. But the developers of Outer Wilds did something truly genius. They made the history of this solar system the core, integral puzzle and story working in unison to fuel your curiosity and satisfy that need we have for emotion and action. You don't just read about the children on the ember twin playing a game where one kid plays blindfolded and must listen for sound. You take that information and apply it to a completely different area of the game to advance and navigate through the dark bramble. This level of environmental storytelling coinciding so perfectly with the gameplay is honestly well beyond its time and something other developers need to innovate and adapt from. It seems so simple but in reality it is incredibly complex and it is what made me fall in love with this game. Just wanted to say this video was fantastic. With outer wilds receiving its final large update it will feel like an empty vacuum of space until we see what brilliance the team at Mobius Digital have in store for us explorers next. As with any great thing though, do not be sad it is over, be happy we got to experience it. Thank you Outer Wilds for sparking the thirst for knowledge I had hidden deep within me, a trait I will utilise in my everyday life, learning and discovering new things everyday but never forgetting my roots of passion. Thank you for teaching me to remember to take in the little moments, those moments not of cosmic grandure, but those peaceful strings of a banjo being plucked by the warmth of a campfire eating marshmallows. And thank you Outer Wilds for helping me take risks in life. As after all, The Sun could blow up in 22 minutes.

This video was incredibly well made. Thank you I'm excited to see what you may do in the future

Video starts: -Im good. Music kicks on 2:17: -Oh boyyyyy Final part of the video: - ma man in crying hahrd.

Idaea still sitting in the Sun Station, contemplating the Sun, was one of the saddest moments for me. And Solanum's now quantum corpse.

I love that you featured so many other videos at the end. I Just want you to know that this one tops the list for me. The number of times I teared up... not as many as over the game itself, but nothing to scoff at nonetheless. This was beautiful, poetic, and I related to it in a very intimate way. Thank you. I'll never truly be able to relive Outer Wilds, but videos like these are the next best thing.

Outer Wilds is probably the first game I have ever had full confidence in calling it an "absolute masterpiece"

This is the best outer wilds video I have ever watched

That was truly beautiful. Thank you

Really love how, at the end of the video, you use sentences of the game and use it on diferent contexts, but the same feeling and meaning.

Thank you, just... thank you.

I feel like I've watched 95% of all Outer Wilds content on this platform, and I won't stop until I've watched it all!

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I've still not even played Echoes of the Eye, I don't want it to end.

Great video bro, got me into tears just like the game, I feel the same way ever since I finishedit...from time to time I have to search for new videos here traying to fill the gap the game has left me with, it´s really a feeling of heartbreak to live after experienced this mastepiece, thank you for this beautiful video.

I effing love this game it’s beautiful, amazingly clever, so different and unique and the experiences of just shock, confusion, curiosity, discovery and figuring it all out lead to a blend of uniqueness the likes of which I’ve never come across before this is easily one of the best games I’ve ever played in my opinion and I wish there was a way to erase it from my mind to do it all over again

To me, OW is about reexperiencing childhood. Its expansive world seems almost unknowable, its mysteries endless, with every answer posing more questions. Yet as you progress and unravel the secrets, your knowledge trivializes the world to the point of you navigating it with purpose and precision. And as you get to the end, you realize that the end is near and there's nothing you can do about it. All that exploration and learning has led you to this point of no return, where the universe, much like your childhood, just ends and there's nothing for you to do save for accepting it and cherishing the experience. You can never go back. And as you see your scout fly through the new universe, you relize that now it's someone elses turn to live what you have just lived.

“I learned a lot, by the end of everything. The past is past, now, but that’s… you know, that’s okay! It’s never really gone completely. The future is always built on the past, even if we won’t get to see it. Still, it’s um, time for something new, now.”

Such a beautifully crafted video. So intimate and passionate about the game. I could watch this over and over. A marvelous tribute to this masterpiece.

It's like saying goodbye to the universe, but knowing there will be another universe alike for other players to explore.

just a beautiful video, thank you for sharing this.

Amazing video. It's hard having to live with the fact that I won't be able to experience it all again as if it were the first time. You've summed it up perfectly, and even made me cry haha. I loved the writing in this, I hope you make more videos like this!

I can not stop thinking about this game, as you said it has been years. I echo a lot of your feelings and have this need to say what it means to me but have never sat down to do so. This video is a catharsis as it seems you have done just that. Great video.

I’m not an emotional person at all, same as you, but this game brought something out of me that I never knew existed. This game single-handedly changed my view on my place in the universe and have come to accept my and everyone’s enviable end. This game is truly a masterpiece about letting go yet i cant find it in my heart to leave it behind.

This was a very moving essay. Thank you.

This game will live in my heart for the rest of my life. It’s such a beautiful affirmation of how I feel when considering the scope of the cosmos, and our place within it. I’m glad you got as impactful an experience as I did.

That intro made me release a burst of emotion that was welled up inside me for a very long time, thank you.

beautiful video; im glad you didnt try to hide the genuine, real pain of realising you'll never experience it all again for real

I don't know what's better, my experience playing Outer Wilds or watching this video. I'm so glad I stumbled onto this video just like I stumbled onto Outer Wilds. Thank you (tears in my eyes as I write this).

Thank you for describing my feelings for this game in a way I never could, this was beautiful

I love how you include the outer wilds videos at the end. The Jacob Geller video you included is what got me playing outer wilds, so it obviously holds a very special place in my heart

Amazing video