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tetraodon, do gaming w Should I stick with The Outer Wilds? (EDIT: yes)

Tip: do use the ship log. It tells you where you still have something left to explore. So if you visited somewhere and missed some details, it will let you know.

perishthethought,
@perishthethought@lemm.ee avatar

Alright, I’ll see what I can get from that. Cheers,

randomsnark, do gaming w Should I stick with The Outer Wilds? (EDIT: yes)

Where have you visited so far? Usually I’d think you’ve encountered something other than the ship within a few hours, and most of the things you can encounter should give you ideas as to what else to explore. Have you literally only floated around in the ship, or is that a way of saying that the things you’ve found aren’t interesting to you?

perishthethought,
@perishthethought@lemm.ee avatar

Mostly the latter. Let’s see… I fell into the sun, got eaten by a huge fish, drowned in some water, suffocated on a moon with no atmosphere (and figured out what the suit is for). And just plain gotten my ship into a place it couldn’t escape from, mostly by getting stuck in the trees on my home planet nor far from the launch site. But I did talk to the guy on the Attlerock (is that the right name?) who whistles. I guess that’s something.

Really, these all just seem like random encounters and I am not learning anything yet. I get the “keep exploring” idea, but I would think there would be some sort of clue by now what I am looking for or why, but everyone I talk to is all, “keep exploring”.

deluxeparrot,

Use the ships log computer to give you an objective. It should have some areas filled in now from your exploring. Find something to do from there.

Once you start blasting off with an objective it becomes so much more fun.

You haven’t been playing wrong, but the transition from aimlessly exploring to “going out on a mission” is something that loses people.

randomsnark,

Talking to people and examining writing will usually drop references to a couple of other places to explore, or to unanswered questions that are worth looking into. Even if they seem minor, these almost inevitably lead to putting together pieces of the larger story, regardless of which pieces you start with. I don’t specifically remember what whistling guy talks about, but it sounds like that’s the only potential lead you’ve found so far. It’s certainly possible to make progress without ever talking to him, via all kinds of things that can be independently stumbled on, but if you haven’t found anything else I bet revisiting his dialogue will give you an idea on where to search next.

(Okay, I checked the wiki and can confirm that, while Esker is not the richest source of new options in the game, his dialogue does include instructions that lead to new threads for you to pull on)

perishthethought,
@perishthethought@lemm.ee avatar

Ok but wow, then those are some subtle hints. I’ll start paying way more attention to what people tell me. Thanks!

bionicjoey,

You haven’t visited the ruins on the attlerock it sounds like. That should probably be your next step. They are on the other side of the moon from the whistling guy.

perishthethought,
@perishthethought@lemm.ee avatar

Gotcha, thanks!

sim_, do gaming w Should I stick with The Outer Wilds? (EDIT: yes)

I bounced off the game originally too. There’s a lot to take in (and I never quite mastered the spaceship), but once things start clicking it’s an unparalleled experience.

perishthethought,
@perishthethought@lemm.ee avatar

I… huh. OK. I guess.

Karlid, do gaming w Should I stick with The Outer Wilds? (EDIT: yes)

It’s a game about exploring. There is a mystery. There are puzzles. Not much spoon feeding to even find either let alone ‘make progress’. The game expects you to explore to find answers. There is no penalty for dying (it is actually inevitable) other than the time it may take to get back somewhere.

perishthethought,
@perishthethought@lemm.ee avatar

I think I’m wondering if there is more story line or action at some point? I don’t need the story spoon fed to me, but a hint of which direction to go, what sort of thing to do next would be helpful. I guess I’ll just keep looming around and dying often and see if anything else happens.

raunz,
@raunz@mander.xyz avatar

Have you tried just surviving? There’ll be a pretty obvious hint after some time passes

perishthethought,
@perishthethought@lemm.ee avatar

Not sure what that would be like. Just standing still? When does the fun kick in? I’ve died and respawned about 20 times so far. I’m good to keep trying, if there’s some payoff eventually, as you said.

raunz,
@raunz@mander.xyz avatar

Well I guess knowledge is power, and power is kinda fun. There’s a reason many people say this game is special.
If you don’t feel the game right now, that’s ok, you can keep it on your list for later. But please avoid spoilers like the plague.

TheSambassador,

Explore and be curious. Have you visited every planet? Have you been using the ship logs when you’re not sure what to do next?

The game is 100% about exploring and learning about the world.

Moonguide, do gaming w What was the formative horror game of your childhood?

One of two. Ghosts and Ghouls on snes, I was like 4 but wasn’t scared. And the other one is not a horror game but for 6 year old me it was scary as shit, Halo CE. The Library level and the one before, 343 Guilty Spark, were hell for me. Beating those levels was a goddamn relief.

gaytswiftfan, do gaming w What was the formative horror game of your childhood?

F.E.A.R. and Penumbra

Callie, do gaming w Quick note about Gamescensor
@Callie@pawb.social avatar

Awesome! I was really tired of seeing that site. Definitely not a reputable publication and shouldn’t ever has been listed

BigBananaDealer, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of September 24th
@BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee avatar

starfield or fortnite all day

Kolanaki, (edited ) do gaming w What was the formative horror game of your childhood?
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Phantasmagoria.

No, not the more recent VR Game, Phasmaphobia. Phantasmagoria was a DOS PnC adventure game that absolutely scared the shit out of me when I was 9.

Skyhighatrist,

I remember that game. It came on like 7 CDs and was pretty much entirely FMV if I remember correctly.

Kolanaki,
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Yep. It had a script over 550 pages long; about the same length as an average hollywood film and also had a huge 25 actor cast, many of which were classically trained actors.

And here I am only remembering the basement and the scary sounds that made me stop playing for a week.

LoamImprovement,

Goddamn did that game push some limits. I guarantee something like that remade today would get an AO rating.

jordanlund, do gaming w Quick note about Gamescensor
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Hilarious that it even embedded the tweet so you can see it’s not an accurate quote.

Bad enough when humans do it, adding nothing.

T0RB1T, do gaming w Quick note about Gamescensor
@T0RB1T@lemmy.ca avatar

Tangentially related. Does anybody know if there’s a browser extension or database that collects the obviously LLM generated websites?

I run into lots of websites where all I think is “this can’t possibly be a human writing this, right?” All I can do is show it to my friends and family for validation.

otter,

Time to make one, or roll it into a ublock origin filter

fwygon,

yes please; we need a ublock filter

pixel,
@pixel@beehaw.org avatar

This is a great idea and if it exists I’d love to use it

MagicShel,

If the writing is that bad, it belongs on the list. If it’s that bad and is still written by a human it belongs on possibly an even worse list.

FlashMobOfOne, do gaming w What was the formative horror game of your childhood?
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I loved Resident Evil but it was the third one that really got me, with the havoc in the streets and the scare where you realize Nemesis can literally chase you from room-to-room and/or show up literally anywhere at any time.

acutfjg, do gaming w What was the formative horror game of your childhood?

Silent Hill 2 on ps2

MangoKangaroo, do gaming w What was the formative horror game of your childhood?

Not sure it counts, but I played a loooot of Killing Floor in my early teens.

drewdevorcula, do gaming w What was the formative horror game of your childhood?

The first NES Castlevania. Still a classic.

FlashMobOfOne,
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I actually have a 3E diorama of from the opening level hanging in my condo. I replay it once or twice a year. Still holds up.

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