When this started playing and I looked up at the inside of the Stranger, I knew this DLC was going to be something special

The first drop into the river felt just as awesome as the sun station hatch opening

THE moment you realize they fucking did it again

1. "This DLC cant bring me that joy anymore" 2. Go inside the stranger. 3. Flip the switch and look up into the center of the stranger. 4. First statement is now false.

You guys ever realize the symbolism of the Stranger mirroring the Ash Twin Project's core, and the Strangers themselves mirroring the Nomai? The inside of the ATP is sterile, dark and utilitarian, while the Stranger is massive, lush, and serene. The Nomai made every effort to not disrupt their surroundings while constructing the Ash Twin Project, whereas Strangers destroyed their home to build their Ark. The works of the Nomai outlived their species by millenia, allowing one tiny being to eventually hold the universe in it's palms, while the Strangers still cling to "life" in a simulation as little more than ghosts, their greatest work almost unseen. The Nomai risked everything, repeatedly, to see the eye, while the strangers tried to silence it out of fear and spite. The Nomai were extremely open, writing their plans down writ clear for all to see, and the living one we see even immediately opens up to an alien, while the strangers made every effort to obfuscate the truth, burning historical documents and hiding themselves away because they could not stand the truth, reacting with immediate hostility to the first outsider they see, even after millenia of isolation.

This song is like 75% of the reason why piloting the raft is so fun. It really makes me feel like I'm having an epic adventure. It kinda reminds me of Assassin's Creed's music for some reason, maybe because of the vocals?

“Camping in space” has become “white-water rafting in space”

For a more accurate gameplay experience, play only 5 seconds of this song, stop, wait a couple seconds, play another second and then stop again.

This fading in the second you hit that switch to drop your raft into the river, followed by a view that literally stopped me in my tracks is what immediately sold me on this dlc. I've still gotta finish it, but I had to look up this track because of the impact it had.

This kicking in during that initial reveal of the Stranger being a Halo-style ring world immediately sold me on this dlc. What a fantastic moment!

I can only hope Mobious continues to work with Andrew on their future projects.

Hearing this music you're like *we are definitely somewhere new*

I wish I could erase this game of my mind so I could play it again. The sense of discovery, the fear and fascination of the unknown, I miss it all.

Andrew captured the thrill of rafting over a river and the amazement of finding yourself in a new place wonderfully. The sense of wonder and excitement is there.

I fell asleep to the Hollow Knight OST and woke up to this beautiful song. 10/10 would fall asleep to Hollow Knight and wake up to The RIver again

This DLC is more than i expected

This music drives me crazy with its beauty, just like the soundtrack in the ruins of Nomai. Although, it should be noted, absolutely every track is made with soul and love, just perfect!

Oh man, guys. What a cool, relaxing place to go whitewater rafting! Nothing bad to see here, no sir-ee.

Getting dropped down, being confused by being on a raft and looking up to see the incredible view of the Stranger's interior just as the music ramps up has to be one of the most memorable moments in gaming for me.

Having this blastin' as you see the dam break for the first time is just BWHAAAAAAAAA. BWHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Splashing into the river, confused about what I had just found, I looked up at the ring world above me and my jaw dropped. Best introduction to a video game area I've seen in a long time!

Who in their right minds would make a sequel and then call it a dlc. Mobeius would

The river has become the only source of enjoyment for all of us. The rafts work. Numerous have been stationed throughout the ship and lessons are being given to the younger members. They love it. They race, to see who can get the best time, and they laugh when they fall off and almost get carried away by the rapids. All of the older members that will be boarding the ship are overjoyed to see them so content, but I know they feel the same as me. I can only smile, not because I am happy for them, but because I am envious of them. This signal that we found... it's strong. It's louder than any signal we've picked up before, which is implausible considering the distance. We are planning to move towards a neighboring solar system that is closer to it, with the goal of locating and analyzing it. It's undeniable that it will be dangerous. This is something big. I am envious of those kids, because I wish I could be as blissfully ignorant as they are now.

The feeling of sheer awe when you looked up for the first time. Lack of knowledge is a power videogames need to utilize more.

Andrew Prahlow is *so goddamn good at this*

the sound of hands sliding down the strings really spooked me when I first played the DLC, for some reason to me it kind of sounded like a someone's whining or crying

When you first saw the Stranger, we're you blinded by it's magesty?

POV: Your mind just got blown

I could totally imagine a Final Voyage-like version of this, where you're racing against time through the rapids for...some reason. I can't think of how it would fit into the lore, but there's potential for a fan remix.

SPOILERS(obviously): I just love the fact that Mobius planned the way you’d approach the Stranger from the angle of the deep space probe, putting you in that dark ominous room and suddenly dropping you into this music on the raft, but then when you start a new loop and go straight to the Stranger from the other side it actually gives you an entirely different introduction to the inside its so perfectly planned out, there will never be another experience like Outer Wilds its just so perfect

When the theme played and I got my first good look at the new world, I was gobsmacked. This friggin game still manages to amaze.

Godspeed You! Blue Hearthian

First time on the stranger was like the first time landing on the halo ring. The sense of awe and wonder at this massive alien structure took my breath away

As soon as I started the game and went to The Stranger, the second the raft dropped down all I could think was “Holy shit”

When I first saw the Stranger from the outside, I couldn't comprehend what I was looking at for a second. I thought it'd be another Planet. I entered from the side where the Raft drops you right into the River. The sudden shift from dark, metallic room, to bright river lands going above me in a halo...man. Words cannot describe the absolute awe I felt.

Yup. You can never experience the initial moments of the dlc the same way.Flying toward the stranger for the first time as the sun disappears, the stranger showing up and the “what? Okay..”. Then dropping the raft into the river the first time and looking around. And then looking up..brilliant

immaculate vibes

what does this button do? oh, it dropped me into, a river? and the river goes... up? oh

I could only imagine of Stranger's world used to look like Imagine- thousands of rivers and marshes with quite constant overcast of either forest canopies or dense fog, the dim surface dotted by probably houndreds of lights from either the inhabitant's machinery or their retroreflective eyes

The calm before the spooky storm.

“Why aren’t you stepping off the raft?” “Hold up this is my jam”

Outer Wilds music always sounds different at the end of the game than the beginning. When I first played, this sounded like adventurous white water rafting music. But by the end, my trips down the river were consumed with theorizing, planning, and considering the overwhelming tragedy of what had happened here. This track isn’t just for adventure, it’s for brooding. Pure genius.

The first time I stepped into the Stranger, and suddenly wound up on a raft on a river, inside a spaceship, where gravity made the river wrap around over your head in a giant ring... I just sat there and laughed. Not because anything was funny, but because the game had just knocked my socks off and blew away any expectations I had, and I was SO excited about that. Just the overwhelming feeling of "okay, this absolutely rules. let's go."

I hope that Mobius Digital continues to make amazing games like this one. Combining mystery, intrigue, and beauty.

This song was the reason for me to play this game

This game has such a tense feel at times, and riding down the river and listening to this is such a good break from the tension as you ride to the next point of interest

A flood of emotions go through me every time I hear this music... A deep feeling of discovery and admiration but paradoxically a feeling of nostalgia and sadness come over me... I admire the ingenuity of the strangers but I am overcome with grief thinking back to their fate... And suddenly... after 22 minutes spent in the Stranger... The sun dies creating a huge explosion behind him called a supernova fueling the Stranger which can now travel the cosmos... Curiosity alone had drawn me here but soon the Ash Twin project would take me back home This game and it's OST is really a masterpiece, It's a unique experience and I envy people who discover it for the first time... Sometimes I'd like to go back in time and play this game for the first time again and again.

The first time this started when entering The Stranger's interior, I thought to myself: "oh yeah, we're back for one last wild ride."

Printed on my eardrums, forever.

”New DLC, the maingame was big enough, so what could the DLC even do-” *drops raft* ”Nevermind”

Going from the fear and trepidation of discovering the Stranger for the first time, to the sense of awe and wonder of seeing its interior, is such an incredible feeling. Dropping into that river and looking up at the whole world curving above you, having your fear literally washed away... what in incredible DLC for an already incredible game.

Goind around on the river ignoring discoveries just to enjoy this music a while longer.

Thank you for this! This is my favorite song from Echoes of the Eye 😊

THAT FEELING WHEN YOU FIRST BOARD THE RAFT MMMMMMH YESSS

I love this one! I'll just ride the river for a while just listening to it.

"...as i step into the darkness my light blazes on glimmering orbs. i walk toward them, and i notice the gear on the left. But my light, darkness engulfs me: i had to walk into it to get here in the first place- i turn the gear and light hugs my eyes yet again, and as the water flow brings me to the beam, my sail is stopped and lift from the whirling waters..." me, writing on what the hearthling thoughts might have been

Best song in all of outer wilds outside of “echoes of the eye”

this song is soo good at capturing the feeling that the story is not over and theres still something new to uncover

This song right here, is what sold me on this game. just looking up, seeing how the river was flowing above, and just the pure majesty of it

Hearing this when you first start the dlc feels like a call for adventure and exploration. Hearing this after experiencing a good chunk of the dlc story feels like a call to action and an unstoppable will to finish what you started.

a game which was meant to be a project and it gradually evolved into this. i must say they put alot of work into this. 10/10 game.

Tell me a video game song better than this one and fail miserably

Just started the DLC and while the entrance to this place was creepy as soon as I dropped in here and saw the inside of the ring world I started laughing out loud What a great tune! I'm sure the rest of the DLC will be just as joyful :D

Amo essa musica, é mágico ir velejando nos rios de outer wilds ouvindo-a, me dá um arrepio tão profundo e me trás memórias boas. ❤️

Esse jogo é simplesmente espetacular. Me fez amar jogar vídeo game de novo

This song caught me so off guard The entire DLC is truly fantastic

god this song is so beautiful and moving it never ceases to bring a tear to my eye

I can practically hear the entirety of the dlc in this single song. From the opening notes of the stranger's discovery, to the knowledge and the simulations, to meeting the prisoner and freeing them. Every moment in a ring of wonders.

it fits so perfectly

This song makes me feel like I'm floating down an artificial river in an abandoned space ship

When you drop for the first time and the music starts to swell and you look up to a giant ring world with these tree and grass you feel relaxed then you see you first slide real

I cried

Weird hearing this without the splashes of the waves

You fly right into that mysterious silhouette eclipsing the Sun, finding a strange spaceship, it doesn't seem nomai, hearthian, or nothing like you've seen before, you don't know what it is or where it came from, despite that you fly ahead, driven by curiosity. You enter the hangar still confused, this place is full made of metal, it looks dark, cold and silent, there's nothing more than a few ships and you, so you keep going. The text is unreadable, but that doesn't stop you to enter in that room and open the door, leading you to a small quiet room, but this one is made of wood. Without other options, you press the only luminiscent button in the room, and suddenly you fall to what looks like a river. You look up, an inmense ring world is ahead to you, full of rivers, trees and even villages, And is at this moment when the music starts.

My favorite thing about this theme, and I'm sure others have said it, is that it's different compared to the other music. It sounds otherworldly compared to the other songs we hear.

W game W music

When I first started playing the DLC, I was so scared of everything. I was so scared of the ominous presence of the Stranger as I approached it, I was scared of the very non-Nomai and non-Hearthian ship loading bay, and I was scared of how dark everything was. But when this my raft hit the water, I got a look at the light world, and this started playing, I knew everything was gonna be ok.

you have no idea how much I got scared when the raft just fell with me on the river

Spooky room here... Huh... what's this toggle here do? WOAH! OH. OH SHIT!

10/10 would definitely smash my head on a kitchen sink to foget everything and relive it again

Another unforgettable moment

We’ll ride these waves together. And when the waves crash, we’ll break the foam together

im probably losing my mind but the singing in the back is the same as the one from elegy of the rings

This is one of my favorite songs of the entire game, the vibe is immaculate

man, this game... everything is so undescriptible, the songs, ambient, places and all, its so strange in the start, but ends in a beautiful show, with mistery and a lot of feelings, the dlc make this most special, love it.

Entering the DLC: What class of terrifying alien shit is this. 5 mins later: *BOATS GOES WEEEEE*

i dont have words to describes how unique and emotional this dlc and this game is , MASTERPEICE

I could have payed 10 times the price of this DLC and it would still have been worth it.

This track gives me incredible goosebumps every time.

when you are in the river and look up... what a feel

I remember looking at the very austere and creepy looking ship, pretty afraid, and all of a sudden being amazed by dropping into this amazing world.

Nothing in the world compares to crashing into that water for the first time, hearing this music start up as you try to take in everything around you, you don't know where this river might go...somehow, all you know is that whatever lies at the end of it is going to break your heart.

Instantly one of my favorites

i can't wait for this to be remixed, i'm going to lose my mind

Stand in the raft for the entire loop while you go and do laundry and listen to this.

now i can say, after the dlc, this causes depression

When you first saw the stranger,were you blinded by its majesty?

The song sounds like its reversed sometimes, has anyone tried reversing it to see if it actually is something?

Oh god this soundtrack is awesome

Feels like I'm rafting through a river in the Amazon rainforest!