"Come, sit with me and watch the stars die."

Spoilers for the game... The moment that really got me in my playthrough was when I had explored nearly the whole system, discovered the secrets of this ancient civilization and was nearly ready to make my journey to the eye of the universe when I decided to visit the Interloper. The wandering comet that had seemed unrelated to the entire mystery unfolding before me. I died many times before reaching its core. And I finally reached the center. I discovered a recording of a deadly material contained in the comet I was currently floating in amongst the corpses of dead nomai surrounding me. As I listened a slow realization overcame me. These nomai, this ancient civilization capable of near time travel, was not destroyed by their own technology or their own ambition, but simply a wandering comet. Their downfall was random chance, a volatile comet hurtling through space that happened to hit the nomai at the height of their achievements. And just as it was random chance that they were destroyed, it is random chance that the sun's death happened to coincide with your voyage, triggering the nomai's failed technology and allowing you to complete their journey thousands upon thousands of years later.

After watching the first 5 minutes of this video, I stopped it and went and got myself a copy of Outer Wilds. I just finished it and came back here to rewatch this video. What a ride.

"i look at the supernova, like i have many times before, and begin to run."

This game feels like the premise concept of Majora's Mask elevated to a new, higher level. It's incredible.

I did not want this video to end. Outer Wilds was not just a game, it was an experience of a lifetime. I doubt anything like this is can ever come into existence again. I don't want it to. I'll remember this game fondly all my life and the childlike joy and fear I had playing it. If this game was $60, I'd still buy it; again and again for every death I had. I never knew something as dark as death could make this game shine as bright as it does. There's something, or everything, in this game that changed my perspective on life, and on death. And that's just one aspect of it. The mysteries, details, control (or lack thereof) all come together to make a masterpiece the faults of which don't seem like bugs or glitches but the imperfections just this life has. I want to forget it and start all over again.

God I'd love to analyse this game, but I know I couldn't top this video

"Inside is a quiet love note to someone I'll never meet" That got me, there's something in that which is so haunting yet peaceful and beautifully tranquil it gives off an emotion I can't describe. Like any relic from a time gone by in real life, past civilizations, ruins, even cave paintings, but that quote specifically is just so human and heart warming but equally sad.

You know, I really like 6:32 , it's super poetic. But it's *so* annoying, knowing that right below you there is a switch to turn the teleporter around, making it work.

Holy shit. You perfectly encapsulated how I felt playing Outer Wilds myself. Fortunately(?) for me, I discovered the way to enter the Ash Twin Project way after I'd already discovered the Nomai Mothership and the location of The Eye of the Universe, and thus, when I found that warp core at the center, I immediately knew what to do with it. Still, it was a mad, heart-pounding race against time as I tried to navigate the eldritch labyrinth of the Dark Bramble, knowing that for the first time in my journey, I'm truly mortal. What would happen if I died now? Would the game delete my save, wipe all my progress? I mean, technically, you never really have any progress to lose since you only have 22 minutes every time before you're sent back to the beginning, but the thought still scared me. Trying to sneak past those horrible anglerfish was the most terrifying thing I've ever done, becase this time, I was truly afraid of death. This time, I had no idea what would happen after. And I'm not ashamed to admit this - the first two or three tries, I accidentally alerted the anglerfish by trying to rush through too fast, and I just straight-up Alt+F4'd out of the game before they could get to me, that's how terrified I was of dying. In a VIDEOGAME. Where dying is usually just a mild inconvenience at best or a frustrating failure at worst, but never an existential nightmare. I don't think any other game has ever made me fear death so intensely, or so organically, and I think that's because it made me fear death for the same reason we fear death in real life - because we don't know what happens after, but we know there's no going back. And you'll never convince me that wasn't intentional. Outer Wilds really does revolve a lot around death, doesn't it? And yet, it's also so very beatiful and peaceful. I think that might just be the whole point of the game. Death is inevitable no matter what we do, both in Outer Wilds and in real life, but that doesn't mean you can't enjoy the beauty of everything else the world has to offer, and then face death calmly and contentedly. And you do just that at the end of the game, which also holds an important lesson - yes, the universe ends and everyone you ever knew dies, but a new universe comes right after, full of life just like yours was, only different. That's also, I think, a profound allegory for real life - you'll die one day, and that will be the end of everything for you, but the world will carry on, and countless other people will be born, live, and die, only to be replaced by other people still. Outer Wilds was the only game to make me fear death, but it also teaches you how to accept it in the end, and that's the most beautiful thing about it I think.

Sir, you have a flair for the melancholy. Can't wait to see more.

Best part is: even the 'good' ending of outer wilds isn't a happy one. Its a bittersweet one.

“And I start to run” why does this mess me up so much?

I tried to escape that cursed world once. I jumped in my ship, hit the pedal and start to move towards the outer space. I flew like 15 minutes, faster and faster! I thought I cheated the system. It was horrifying when I saw that glitchy, stretched blue texture slowly crawling at me, despite the fact I gained insane amount of velocity and the game let me do that. It was horrifying, brutal.

You captured this masterpiece perfectly.

I only watched 3 minutes of the video so sorry for that.. but it's because those opening 3 minutes was enough to push this game from something I've been following with interest to something that I think I'm likely to play. I'll come back to this in a month or so haha

“I will not say do not weep, for not all tears are an evil.”

Beautiful and horrifying all at once, thank you for a gorgeous existential crisis

Fiction, fanfiction or otherwise, i have never read a story with a timeloop where the main character breaks the loop accidentally, and contemplates their own sudden and inevitable mortality. This was a beautiful video, and your own narrative was amazing.

I have not played the Outer Wilds but I saw the words "Ray Bradbury" and "Kaleidoscope", my favorite Bradbury story. So, I will not watch this video. Instead, I will go and play the game and only then I will come back to watch this.

I just watched a video about a game I've never even heard of and was captivated the whole time. You, sir, are one of the best content creators on KZfaq. Phenomenal.

why did this make me feel so many things thank you

Thank you for making this video. Death is constantly on my mind, and i only choke up in fear. But when i watched this video i cried grieving for your plyer character. Last time i had a panic attack about death it ended abruptly. The fear slipped away. The video was a tipping point, and now i have found peace with it. Thank you

6:24 you should know that you could have just taken the elevator to the level below and been able to rotate the station to speed up the alignment :)

After playing Breath of the Wilds I though what it was going to be the peak in exploration and discovery in games for years, but then this game came and obliterated me. It's just so good and organic and mysterious, the I don't think I'll ever forget the mind bending mechanics of the Quantum Moon, or the sheer terror of the Dark Bramble. And that black/white hole, it still make me really nervous when I look at the light distortion that they make, I just can't look at it for too long

An amazing game. First few times playing it I was full of awe and fear. Every new planet I landed on had something to fascinate me and mysteries to solve, but the ticking clock was always there. The entire time I played it I thought that once I solve this mystery I'll save the universe, the sun will live, and I'll go back home with my friends. I was gutted to find out there's no saving the universe. Or at least the universe as I know it. It was beautifully painful having to end the loop and watch as time passed on as usual; sun explodes destroying all in its path, but the universe is still alive full of life yet to come. Death is very much inevitable, but so is life.

I doubt that I will ever play the game, but the video on it's own, having never heard of the game before, is absolutely beautiful, and I'm very thankful that you made it. The dialogue between Bradbury and the game narrative that you experienced worked extremely well. Do you have any plans to set up a patreon any time soon? I'd be first in line.

I've been struggling with quitting my addiction and resulting worsened anxiety the past few days, and your videos genuinely make me want to cry because they calm my head for 20 minutes at a time. Keep doin what you do because it is beautiful.

This is the greatest video game of all time, and its not even close. Not only is it a master craft in game design, in puzzles unraveling before you, in mechanical challenges being frustrating but amazing when completed, but its also a hauntingly beautiful narrative about the certainty of death, and the importance of holding the connections you make close, because in the end, that's all that ever mattered anyway.

I first watched this video about a month after it was released. I thought it was a well done demonstration of how the structure of a game, rather then the dialogue, has the most potential for emotional impact. But I didn't think much more of it then that. Having just watched it again, given current events both global and personal, it hit me a lot harder. The way you talk about death, facing it, embracing it, surviving it, and running from, I think I needed to hear that. Thanks Jacob, for making this. It helped a lot.

I want to thank you for the crisis you caused, for the dread you brought upon me, and the joy you pulled forth out of my soul. This video was a terrifying masterpiece and by the end of it you left me more curious than scared. Thank you

I love how you're talking from the mc's perspective, goes to show how much he suffered... Imagine having to repeat endless cycles of death while being all on your own trying to save your world.

it’s incredible how you played the game in such a completely different order than I did, and yet we both lived that same experience. Outer Wilds truly is a masterpiece.

I'M CRYING, OK? I CRIED UNCOUNTABLE TIMES WHILE PLAYING THAT GAME... FOR ME, FOR MY FRIENDS, FOR MY PLANET, FOR THE LOST CIVILIZATIONS, FOR... the universe, for life itself. It was hurtful yet beautiful, it was... inevitable. I felt so lost, so desolated, so confused. I felt amazed, I felt free, I felt blessed. There were just so many feelings I couldn't understand... I just cried. And I still cry, everytime I think of it. A cry of sadness, of joy, of hope. That was nearly the best experience I've had in my life. And then my life continued to go on. I did everything I wanted and everything I could think of and then just left the game and moved on. But... it taught me so much and I almost forgot it. Never really did think about it again. ... And, here is this video, reminding me of everything. Everything I lived, everything I saw, everything I felt, everything I've learned so far. And it just made me cry again. So... thank you 😳💙

finding the vessel filled me with hope. i can pile all of my new friends in and we can find salvation together. but we don't. i am alone when i journey to the eye of the universe. the ancient civilisation that died thousands of years before i was born dreamt of this moment. the last remnant of said civilisation, trapped on an impossible moon dreamt of this moment. i am alone when i discover there is no salvation. death is inevitable in the outer wilds. i am not sad. the eye brings my friends together and we play one last song as the universe dies.

"This time, I look at the supernova And I start to run." hit me like a fucking ton of bricks.

It will always be funny to me that the developers made well cooked (not burned) marshmallows heal you and even added an achievement called something like "Yum! Carcinogens!" for eating five burned marshmallows. And yet, so many people have no idea because they personally like their marshmallows burnt. Also, how the marshmallow's cycle of being put on a stick, eaten or burned, and then replaced is eerily similar to our own

Major Spoilers Ahead: Your video has inspired me to share my own experience with inevitability in Outer Wilds. After spending several hours exploring, I knew that the Sun Station was a core piece of the Ash Twin Project. I had learned that the Nomai built the station to destroy the sun so they could use the resulting energy to charge their time loop. I had been putting the pieces together and was convinced that disabling the Sun Station was going to be one of the major steps of my final voyage. I believed that my ultimate goal was to stop the time loop, keep the sun from exploding, and save the solar system. Upon reaching the Sun Station, I learned the truth. The Sun Station had been a failure. The sun was simply at the end of its life and there was nothing I could do to keep it from going supernova. I had to accept that I was not the hero of this story. Accepting the inevitable led me to an even greater appreciation of the game. Outer Wilds is cosmic poetry at its finest. It is existential, beautiful, and timeless. My only wish is for more people to experience this masterpiece.

"this time, i look at the supernova and i start to run" gives me chills everytime

Spoilers btw When I started this game 2 months ago I laughed at the home screen. I started it and talked to everyone. I launched and slammed into a tree like an idiot then my reactor blew up. Everyday I played trying to figure out the mysterys of this beautiful game. At some point I was so confused on what I was meant to do and I sat there on ash twin wondering why I laughed at this game when I saw the campfire in the dark forest. Everyday for a month I played the game for at least an hour and I was certain I had finally discovered everthing there was to discover. Then I got past the anglerfish in which I previously could not pass. I discovered the vessel and saw where I needed to put the warp core. I panicked. And got super excited at the same time. I loved this game. And as I entered into the center of the ash twin I felt different. I loved this game and I knew I had won once the music started playing when I started heading towards dark bramble. I made it to the vessel and activated the warp core. I saw the Universe die and be rebirthed. In that moment I cried because I knew I had no reason to play this game anymore. And I sat down at the campfire for the last time. And then deleted the game.

SPOILER WARNING: The moment in "Outer Wilds" that really got me wasn't even a in-game moment. The Ash Twin project was one of the last things I got to; I had explored everything else first. As soon as I got in, I started reading, exploring and messing around. Then I opened the core and realized I could turn off gravity and grab it. I realized this core was what was causing the time loop, but wasn't sure what to do next. And then, all the pieces from everything else in the game fell into place-and my first reaction was "no. No. You don't expect me to grab the core and take it to the crashed ship. That...no, that can't be how you beat the game!" But it was. Nothing else lined up. Nothing else made sense. I waited until the supernova happened so I could see the Ash Twin work, quit once the game autosaved and didn't play it again for a few days. When I did, I immediately flew to the Ash Twin, and attempted the end game run. And as soon as I got back into my spaceship, the supernova song (what I call the Song of Panic) started, but it was different. It had a driving background beat that turned a peaceful song into an urgent song. And told me, in no uncertain terms, this was it. (I'd like to say I beat the game on this run, except the stupid anglerfish did me in. At least my fears that the game would delete my save were unfounded).

The part about taking a breath and just floating into the void not being such a bad idea hit hard. Great writing and the game is amazing.

I’ve not heard of this game, but this video was meticulously executed and passionately narrated. I watched it once and was in awe, then I immediately watched it again and wept.

"We float for a second above everything, and then we fall back into the sea" Poignant and beautiful, such as life.

You have to turn the White Hole Station btw. There's a floor underneath you where you make the entire tower rotate.

This is one of, if not my favorite video "essay" I have ever watched. It perfectly encapsulates my feelings toward Outer Wilds and it feels almost calming I guess (?) to put words towards these feelings I have towards the game. I have actually watched it like 6 times over the last 2 weeks. No matter how many times I watch, it always evokes those same feelings. I have actually shown this video to three other people and two of them actually played the game and thanked me for it. So thank you for this absolutely wonderful video for one of my favorite games of all time, it truly is amazing.

This video is what convinced me to buy Outer Wilds. Three weeks later, I beat the game for the first time this evening. Hearing the instruments join together one by one was so genuinely moving that I started tearing up. If you're reading this, please play Outer Wilds. It's well worth your time and money.

I haven't played the game, but this was such a beautiful video that I can't help but feel intrigued. Fantastic work Jacob! Not that I expected anything less ;)

After beating this game long ago upon release Loving it so much to call it my favorite game of all time, this video was so enjoyable to watch. The whole mystery to solve starting with no knowledge of anything. I didnt even finish the trailer to avoid any spoilers. It took me like 20 deaths to figure out the sun was even exploding because I was always indoors reading solving the puzzle. The worlds being so exotic with so many specialities of each making them so different blew my mind. I felt so excited to play the game I waited so long for. And it felt so good to solve ever secret and mystery and the story itself with no help. I couldn't get my hands off of the game from just being so amazed of it's beuatiful scenery and amazing story. After beating it, I couldn't do nothing but just want more. A game that amazing felt like I finished it so quickly wanting nothing but to listen to it's soundtrack and stare at it's Beuatiful universe. The game was so great that I left like a story for a review. I will never play something as relaxing and amazing as Outer Wilds. This video made me happy to watch bringing back the whole experience in an amazing KZfaq video.

I can't believe I missed this brilliant homage to one of my all-time favorite games. Outer Wilds is a once-in-a-lifetime game. Thank you for helping me feel those feelings again.

Outer Wilds is easily one of the best game concepts in maybe a decade. Just such an amazing idea!

Definitely game of the year for me. How the game gives you hope for salvation only to snatch it away again just to teach you that all things end, and that the fact that it began and lived its life is all that really matters. How you learn how to control the seemingly uncontrollable only to throw you for a loop and make you realize there was no controlling it to begin with, how it was nothing more than a coexistence. How you learn to appreciate the quiet moments amongst friends the most.

I just recently finished this game and everything you talked about really resonated hard with me; I think you really hit the nail on the head with the exploration of its themes, also this video made me cry on the train home good job

Brilliant! I'm a huge fan of Bradbury (and The Illustrated Man in particular), I have no doubt he would have absolutely loved this. Several years ago "Build, Fly, Dream" portrayed the exemplar KSP experience, us Outer Wilds fans now have this!

This is the only Jacob Geller video I never watched. Because I knew I wanted to experience this game myself truly blind (I didn't even know the core mechanic) I finished the Outer Wilds last week and it is the first game in... a long time... that I had dreams about afterward. It is indescribably impactful and amazing. Thank you for attempting to describe it though.

after finishing this game i still catch myself from time to time humming the travelers tune to myself and think to the journey i completed and how great is was.

This is the best sales pitch I’ve ever had the honor of hearing

The whole game for hours teaching you that death is not THAT scary and terrible and it can be reversed It makes you to get used to the fact that death is nothing in there, that you have nothing to fear, you can start all over again, Its not a big deal But when you take out the power source and just walk around with it realisation strucks too late, you feel fear for the first time after getting used to dying, you know that this is the end and you are terrified

The fact that I watched this video before playing meant I had a pleasant surprised when the White Hole station... worked as intended. I think it's fascinating that you got this melancholy message from not realizing how to get to the on switch.

This game was one of the few games to make me emotional. On my first completion I found the vessel and the coordinates to the eye of the universe. I grabbed the warp core and headed to dark bramble, even though I had been there before and I had experience with the anglerfish I was still super cautious and worried about being slow and so that they wouldn’t hear me. I was scared about dying in those moments because I didn’t know what would happen without the warp core powering the ash twin project. As I was about 2km away from the final threshold to the vessel and then... a screech. I had been heard, they knew where I was and the anglers were coming for me. I had mere moments to think before they would be on me, so I had a split second realization that it wouldn’t matter where I was 10 minutes from now. That the world would still turn and I would have to do it again if I failed, that no matter what happens the sun would implode. So I made a choice. I slammed in the acceleration. My ship picked up speed and I heard all the anglers in the area screech, more than just the one. I kept going. And then, I saw my goal, the entryway to the vessels locations was inches away. And I made it. Then, dead silence. I had made it. I had made it the vessel and I put the warp core into the tele-porter. I enter the coordinates for the eye of the universe and step into the black hole after the teleport. On the surface of the quantum plane I am haunted by it’s almost terrifying beauty. When I eventually fall into the forest, the forest that looks oh so similar to my home planet. And I am surrounded by hundreds, if not thousands of dying solar systems, dying universes. I am speechless as what I witness, these systems are being wiped out, civilizations are giving out their final cries. And then, a tree. A sapling. A mere leaf in the ground. A campfire. I see Esker and his chair next to my fire, he tells me to find the others. My friends. So I do, I seek out Riebeck and his Banjo, Gabbro and his flute, Chert and their drums. And then Feldspar and his harmonica, as I walk towards the signal I see the angler coming straight for me. This creature almost killed me before I got here but now, I am not afraid. I am defiant as I walk firmly forwards. I do not run, I do not turn back, for this time, I am the one with the power and it is just a skeleton, a husk of the beast it once was. It poses no threat to me. And finally, I am ready to go towards the piano, the song that was too beautiful for me to forget. I see skeletons gathered around a stump. I click my light 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 times. And before me stands a shuttle. A vehicle I have only ever flown once but something that carries great symbolism as it was built by the Nomai, the species that dared to reach for the stars. I launch forward and grab the mask of Solanum, the last of the Nomai, a story that’s quite heartbreaking. She was trapped on a moon lost in time, where time moved differently, and where she outlived her entire species. Finally, everyone was at the campfire, Riebeck said we could begin and I told him he could play. I told everyone else that hey could begin a song, even Solanum who had seen very few Hearthians in her life, was eager to bring music to everyone. The great blue bubble formed above us, and as I spoke with my companions I realized that none of them were scared. They weren’t afraid of the unknown. Feldspar, long called the fearless gave me a last quote of “Ahh, I hope there’ll be beasties in the next one.” Due to their bravery, I was not afraid, I faced the expanding portal in front of me with open arms. I jumped through and it seemed as though time had stopped completely. Then, there was no one, the forest expanded endlessly and then went dark. Was it over? Was everyone just, gone? But, that was not the case. An explosion of sound and light spread across my view and enveloped me. As I accepted Eternity, it accepted me. As the screen faded back to black I wondered what happened next, then I saw a forest in the corner, and other beings gathered around a campfire in joy. I had been the first to witness the fall of a civilization. How glorious that I was able to witness the rise of another,.

"I won't wait a minute" Outerwilds dev team: OH YES YOU WILL

God this is a great video man literally inspired me to download an buy this game. Your channel never disappoints

"overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out." -Arthur C. Clarke

I am always so amazed and impressed at how you make connections from one piece of media to another the way you write seems effortless 😳 am in love with your work and the way it makes me think and feel literally every essay on this channel has really left an impact on me and the way I see the world and how I enjoy video games. Can’t thank you enough for that honestly much love to my favorite video essayist in the game ❤️

Your use of the Caretaker is always so well timed and carefully selected. It gives me chills every time

To quote the best description of Outer Wilds that I've ever seen: "We start the game wanting to know everything. We finish the game wanting to forget everything and start again." - Some random Steam review

Your videos are just the best, KZfaq recommended you and I have never been more grateful for an algorithm. God bless

Your take on games is just beautiful. Looking forward to your future uploads

Jacob, you are an absolute gem. Your videos have been such an inspiration to me and my wife. Not only have I been using your videos as solid recommendations for incredible games, but your takes on those same titles have also opened my eyes in a way. I have started looking for more meaning in the media that I consume. I have started thinking more and more about what a story really means. Thank you for asking me to be a more conscious person.

I just died myself the same way. I didn't know what the core did, though in retrospect I should have suspected it. I just heard the sun go supernova and took the thing. I don't know why, it wouldn't have mattered if I came back. But I didn't. The time machine was off, and so was the universe. Beautiful video, by the way. I wish I could show my friends, but I want them to play the game first.

Man you really have a way with words. All of the videos of yours I've watched so far have been about games I've never played and by the end I have a nostalgic longing to feel the way they made you feel.

This video has been in my Watch Later playlist for probably almost a year. I finished the game earlier today and finally watched it. It did not disappoint.

See, this is how you make an interesting and compelling video. No screaming required.

This is poetic and very well described. Having played the game I know those feelings well. You should do another one on the hope the actual ending has.

Bro, i watch this video everytime i'm starting a project, or a presentation, even dashboards... You captured perfectly. Top 3 Games of all time.

The whole quote of "It's not about the destination, but the friends we make along the way" was never more true than in this game. The universe is dying and we'll die with it, we can't stop that, but enjoying the end surrounded by friends playing our favorite song around the campfire makes it feel alright.

I once crash landed my ship. I was being a bit careless because, while death is inevitable, so is the reset. I look at my ship that has fallen to pieces. It will be ok. But in the end, when I've explored everything, when I've learned the awful truth, the true inevitability of death. It won't be ok. Nothing I do will make it ok. I am merely delaying the final death. Then, I accept death. I make conscious efforts to make it final. No more reset. After this, it will never be ok again. I do what has to be done, I make the final perilous journey, and I choose to end everything. Everything and everyone I knew is now gone. And then I am gone too. But somehow, life continues. Even without me. In the end, everything will be ok.

Man oh man! I wondered what I'd do if I found the ash twin project without knowing what to do with the core! The anxiety I felt watching you leave with that thing knowing what you just did to yourself was too much! Such a beautiful piece

This channel needs to grow. Its beautiful! Keep doing this great job!

2:21 - Ah yes, my favorite Ray Bradbudy quote. lol but in all seriousness, great commentary and great perspective on a truly remarkable game.

You have an amazing way of telling a story. This is brilliant and I would love to play this game. Thanks again (still watching btw, I'm coming from the shadow of Colossus video).

This is easily your best video. At least in my opinion. Its so perfectly written and the soundtrack compliments the visuals perfectly. Thank you

Every single time I watch this video I cry but it’s such a good video and I can’t stop watching it over and over again

I no joke cried when I took the warp core out the first time and I realized that the supernova I was about to experience would truly be the end. What an incredible game.

God damn it man, that was beautiful

oh, how dare you combine my favourite short story and my favourite game in one exquisite video! I might have cried like a baby. Thank you. ❤

Dude I found your videos a few weeks ago and I've been watching this video in particular every night to go to sleep it's the only thing that calms me down, thank you for making these, your work is honestly so beautiful

This is like a poem. It’s beautiful. I’ve played this game myself, and I have to agree with you. But thank you for making this video.

[spoilers] I resonated with you starting to run at the end of the video. By the time I actually made it into the ash twin project, I already knew what I was supposed to do with the core, but the act of actually taking it was still super impactful. I actually paced back and forth and debated with myself whether taking out the core would actually kill me or not, since some of the nomai text says the ATP activates if there is an equipment failure. And then I spent long enough pacing that I wondered if I even had time to take it where I needed to take it and eventually I was just like fuck it and took it and finished the game. And I actually made it through the anglerfish on my first try. It was so cool to me and one of my best gaming experiences ever that I spent some time feeling some of the emotions the character would go through, and that I actually finished the game in the "canon" way.

I just watched this video on the cellbit stream, and I just wanted to say how thankful I am for channels like yours exist, and how I wanted more channels like this to exist! Thanks and congratulations for the video!

With every video I watch posted by Jacob I get in touch with a part of myself that feels like its grown more but only after having my attention brought back to lessons I had learned long ago without realizing it. Of course this is long after these videos had originally been posted but from videos going into the beauty of a world created for us to explore becoming more to places the feelings of isolation, alienation, and even the eventual fear of death even though we had experienced it time and time again. These videos elaborate what I believe it means to be human and I appreciate every word.

This transcended analysis and, with the help of great works, was as art to me. Go on, and as you found comfort in death, or the understanding of it, defy tribulation in your craft here. I will be watching your videos regularly, and though I am but one of billions, perhaps like the many deaths you faced, in summation you'll find meaning in it. Thank you.

I love how this was completed different to how i played and how you worked things out i worked out completely differently and at different times for anyone’s reading this comment before watching the video if you haven’t played this game yet don’t watch this video play it first it is a beautiful story that you must experience by yourself

I love this video. I didn't know I could fall in love with a video discussing a game.... This is just so beautiful

thank you for making this, it felt like i got to live through that journey of enlightment with you, i feel older now somehow, but in a good way, in a cold morning air making my lungs ache kind of way.

Absoultely Chills inducing, I watched Outer Wilds before and had the same feelings at it's End as I had at the end of this Video. Just...Incredible.

ALso goodness Im in love with Ray Bradbury writtings now for how he expresses himself now into such ways I did heard his name so many times but still I never expected to know how great it all was

I just have to say, I keep coming back to this video. In part to relive my first experience of this game which you capture so perfectly, but also because you draw parallels with a writer I had yet delved into. I just ordered a collection of Bradbury’s work, and I hope it resonates with the same beauty you instil it with here.

I'd just like to thank you for this. It was the first video from this channel I found, and I spent the better part of a weekend thinking about it, wandering around my city. It made a subscriber, and a enthusiastic fan out of me.

Bought this game after seeing this video; it's currently downloading. I am really excited/curious to play it!