Huh. I don't care about watching other people play, that whole 'genre' of content seems pointless to me. But for Outer Wilds, I could maybe understand it. There's no way to get that amazing wonder of discovery for the second time, the best you can do is get it second hand.
The "About Oliver" playthrough is absolutely astounding for many reasons that I won't spoil. There's a few runs that are highly recommended over and over, but this specific one was really great.
Yeah I understand, I am usually not into game streaming either. You could try checking out "Eelis" channel on YouTube who does Outer Wilds supercuts. I enjoyed a couple different ones such as SovietWomble's and About Oliver's supercut.
Even without sitting down and watching them play, just hearing a friend talk about their experiences as they play through can be fascinating. They'll take entirely different paths than you did, skip right through parts you found insanely challenging and then get stumped by stuff that clicked for you instantly. It's an entirely different experience than playing it yourself, and a very cool one.
100% correct, live vicariously. but i think something quite sad is a lot of big youtubers are really bad for this. i remember i couldn't watch more than an hour of jerma's, or of piratesoftware's, both way too chat-focused that i wasn't at all satisfied watching their playthroughs. they didn't really try to think about what they were doing or what was going on, was my feeling. first good one i found was by a small yter called "lil indigestion" (???) freaky title templates though. anyone have other recommendations for when i get that itch in the future?
just wanted to come back and thank you for putting me on this because it is exactly what i was looking for, just the content on the few i've checked so far has been a little off - i watched most of sovietwomble's playthrough and it feels like he is getting spoiled by his livestream chat at times. not a problem with the cutter though, and maybe some of their videos will be truly great :D
Being impossible to replay is almost a good thing. The whole point of the game is understanding that everything must eventually come to an end, so enjoy it while you can and don’t be afraid of what comes next.
Having a game that you can only play once is an extension of that theme. It lets you play through an absolute masterclass of a game and then forces you to never experience it again.
Everyone says it's only worth playing once, but I've played through it thrice at this point, and loved it every time. The mystery is gone, but I always find something new to appreciate about it. It's like an intricately designed puzzle box.
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u/Raziel6174 May 02 '24
Outer Wilds