I love that there's a running joke with the Nomai trying really hard to source all their materials without depleting the Hearthian planet because they saw they were probably gonna evolve into sentience and they'd need metals and shit... and then the Hearthians just went to space using wood.

1. Play the DLC. There is significantly less reading. 2. The autopilot doesn’t have a collision avoidance feature built in because the Hearthians just don’t care.

Ah yes, the "How did my ship get that far away!?" game. Good stuff.

Voice acting isn't always an improvement to the characterization of people. Sometimes you just want to voice act them yourself and imagine what they sound like, which usually fits better than scrapped together VA that goes against what you would think the character would sound like. If they casted everything perfectly then sure, but I think it has a chance to make the game slightly better, with a much greater chance of making it significantly worse.

The very first NPC you meet actually tells you that the autopilot doesn't account for objects in between your destination. Also, play the DLC. It fixes all of your issues with the game. DO IT NOW.

i thought they characterized riebeck perfectly, even him playing the banjo makes sense, i imagine hes scared under his big helmet and hes playing it to calm himself

My reaction to the ending was a single tear and saying to myself "I fucking love video games" in my dark room. I then called my mom and did it all over again just to show her (I couldn't shut up about the game for weeks by that point and she loves space travel), she loved it. I think everybody should experience this game at least once in their life, it's just that good of an experience.

Outer Wilds got overshadowed in its release year and its a complete tragedy. Releasing only months apart from “Outer Worlds,” a much worse game with a much larger company. The games having the similar element of space travel made it even worse, so many less people even know the game exists. So while not as many people have played Outer Wilds, it’s whole heartedly a much better constructed game with a company who’s poured their hearts and lives into this project. It’s community might be small, but it makes up for it with lasting impacts and connections between those who found it. I played through this game as a spectator to a friend that I never really had anything in common with. After we worked together to finish this game we grew closer than ever. For that reason, I’ve never even played the game, but I love it so much from all the memories and bonding we had in it. I don’t want to boot it up and “overwrite” them with something different. That’s why every time I come across a video like this, I have one specific phrase I’ll leave in every comment section: “It’s the best game I’ve never played, and likely never will.”

Quite honestly, this game is my number one game no doubt. The themes really connected with me especially towards the end of the game and the exploration was fantastic as exploring these areas felt like once in a lifetime experience.

Outer wilds is so good and as soon as you read the comments telling you to play outer wilds I got so excited. Also the dlc is a horror game so play it you will enjoy it.

I don't mind the lack of voice acting in general, but i feel like with the written notes (which the majority of the story is told through) it wouldn't really fit.

Honestly I would call the autopilot flying you into the sun a feature. Hey even one of the Hearthiens tells you that the auto pilot is a bit wonky and that you shouldn’t rely on it too much

4:50 is a puzzle meant to show you that you need to get there sooner, also that tower goes to the sun station so if you can't easily navigate the room its because the station is close to being destroyed, which prevents you from dying.

That cactus part on ash twin made me so mad cuz I thought I had to fly through the cacti Then I figured out that you had to use the ash before it went down Then I rammed my self into the cacti to rid myself of my pain

You should talk to the guy next to the campfire near the ship after flying it into the sun through autopilot. Also just subbed like 2 hours ago my timing is celestial.

There's a character that tells you the auto pilot will run into things. Its working as intended.

Outer Wilds is seriously such a fascinating game that only works because it's one of the most well-designed games out there. I have an in-depth game design analysis video on my channel that I think you'd like and explains why it's so well-designed. It hits on every design point and how ingenious the game is.

In regards to the voice acting, I do see your point. When I played, the only two characters who I felt connected to were Feldspar and Solanum. All the recurring characters you read about sort of fell by the wayside for me as I was prioritising puzzle-solving that by the time I realised there were characters in the text I'd already lost track of who was who. I don't personally think voice-acting would be the best solution (and apparently there's a very good voice-acting mod you can use), but thinking on it now I do think the game would benefit if each Nomai had a unique colour to help you remember who is who, as it took me a long while to remember names. And as someone else said, the DLC has barely any reading. They use these crazy things called pictures.

It's always awesome seeing new people play this game

As much as voice acting would be cool, not sure how it'll work in the game. It might be more distracting and I personally would read the subtitles anyway XD As for the character personalities, it's actually cool that you'll learn more about Nomai characters and connect to them than those that you actually see in the game :D Lastly, autopilot not being perfect is a good thing to me. Nothing in the game is given to you. You have to earn them and use them correctly :) Also, the game is mostly a simulation so most likely it'll be really hard to actuallly program an auto-pilot with auto-avoidance.

YAY more Outer Wilds content! Watching someone else play this game for the first time is SUCH an experience!

No one had told me directly to play it, but I also heard the non stop fan Girling all over the internet. Tried it two days ago. Fuck, they were right

Very happy your only complaints were intentional design features. Masterpiece.

Fun fact there’s an eject button. It’s on the dash or something I don’t know I haven’t played in like a year. It’s useless because it destroys the ship.

I will say, that is a point of the autopilot--it's designed that way by the devs, and by the hearthians.

as an italian, i can confirm, those are our predecessors.

you just pump out banger after banger man, can't wait for the next vid

I've had this game on backlog for like 2 years and your video convinced me to finally play it. Outer wilds is now possibly my favorite game of all time. It's a masterpiece.

1:35 😂😂 I wish I watched your stream I fully respect your first flight decision

Dude i just started watching your videos today and you are my new favorite youtuber, idk how you do it or what you do but you keep me interested the entire time without making me feel overloaded with information Also play the dlc, i will not elaborate

4:47 LOL, I mean, you did try the hardest possible solution to get through that area. If you get there as the sand is still lowering, you can just walk through on top of the sand. No cactus to worry about. ^_^ Did you ever do the DLC? It's fantastic.

I just finished Outer Wilds last week. Amazingly good game. Good thing I wrapped it up so U could watch this video. Good shit. Did you play Echoes of the Eye, the DLC? It’s as good as the main game, so many fantastic moments and discoveries. Highly recommend if you haven’t checked it out yet.

When i first went to dark bramble and encountered the anglerfish i was wondering what the light was and approached it tentatively, and then it appeared out of the darkness and scared me SO FUCKING BAD and hit the boosters on going backwards and i hit a wall and fell back towards it and died

Hope you play/upload a separate video on the dlc, it’s definitely worth your time.

I gotta heavy disagree on the voice acting tidbit honestly, and I can't really put my finger on why. I truthfully just think voice acting would have detracted from the atmosphere, I'm glad it was just text.

5:43 that guy has way better teeth then us

chert - plays the drums, gets existential by the end of the cycle gabbro - chill time buddy slate - space engi riebeck - afraid of space esker - funny whistle man

I’m glad you played it and enjoyed! I want everyone to enjoy and play this game so I’m off to nag some other poor soul to play this game lol.

ur so entertaining u deserve at least one million subs

You should play the DLC aswell, it's as long and awesome as the main game!

"i can't tell you a single characters name" bro gabbro is fucking dope don't diss my mans best time loop friend fr also the autopilot is supposed to be trash

"Mute the tab, and let the video play out." I already do that, Jay

I've already played and beat it and am glad that you played it!

Is your full playthrough available to watch somewhere? Looks super entertaining.😂

Autopilot isn't broken. It just doesn't have safety measures. Your ship is largely constructed of wood. You think Hearthians care about safety? lmao. There's even dialogue that mentions this.

0:22 I really liked the *Lapis philosophorum* in the background at some parts in this video

I just have one thing to say, the OST, MMMMH, so good

play the dlc. it's more of the base game but creepier and somehow more polished design wise. also no more reading so that should be a plus

I had a lot of fun playing through the Outer Wilds, but some of the puzzles I had to google the solutions to. I had gathered all clues but just couldn't piece the information together at times, which is more of an issue with me rather than the game itself

YEAAA THE SONNY BOY OST? bro i love you

There's a way easier solution to getting through the cactus building on ash twin. Also hard disagree on the voice acting take. I much prefer sticking to just reading Also #2 autopilot draws a straight line to where you are going so when you fly into the sun thats kinda on you

This is the first time I hear the Sonny Boy OST apart from listening to it by myself!

There’s a mod that will add voice acting made by the community so hopefully that will help with the dialogue

Is there a recording of his playthrough anywhere out there

THAT END CLIP THO

Youve talked about good games enough, im in.

Checking back in did you play the dlc

Conveniently I’ve been considering getting Outer Wilds

Voice Acting is literally subjective thing and preferences, the best would be having VA but also allowing players to turn it OFF, but in my opinion in this case it's not needed, Outer Wilds really don't need voice acting because it's helps to focus on yourself and gameplay/information rather than listening to someone, this game is not about good written characters (tho can't say they are too bad, they're more like just basic need to be added so the game doesn't feel empty) it's about exploration and being alone with yourself most of your time doing your things while dying and learning/discovering something new P.S. and yes, i personally agree with the idea that you should leave the voices to your imagination (in such cases as this game) as you imagine them instead of other people creating their versions of them for you to hear without immersing yourself into it with your imagination, and that's not about being lame or lack of work/effort and budget.

After hearing about this game so much and constantly avoiding spoilers I finally decided to buy it after watching 48 seconds into this video. (don’t worry I kept the video running in the back) Me and my friend have been playing it for the past five days and beat the DLC the second day, beat the main ending yesterday and completed all the alternate ending today. 🤣 It was an extremely enjoyable game for the both of us so thank you Stellar Jay for making this video, and convincing me to be finally play Outer Wilds!

This is one of the games I put aside in a specific category called Experience Games. It usually has the essence of misdirection or complete surprise of where the plot is going. Another factor is the breadcrumb/no direction choke. It's a good style in many cases when you have faith in the player to comfortably progress. This, Subnautica, Shadow of the Colossus, Majora's Mask, Red Dead Redemption are a select few that are in this category because you are very aware by the end that you'll never get to play it for the first time again.

Please do the dlc it absolutely blew my mind

There's a mod coming out btw which implements voice acting into the game

okay you're told that there is no collision avoidance on the autopilot, so when you put an astral body between you and your destination that's YOUR fault

Autopilot sucks on purpose, they actually make a few jabs at it with Slate

Played this game the first time I tried weed. Didn’t know the controls but had played No Man’s Sky. Flew around the entire solar system multiple times in pants shitting panic just trying not to crash. Mentally screaming while narrowly avoiding planets at break neck speed. It was amazing.

now echoes of the eye

I haven't watched this yet, but I can tell you all of those people are right.

mans goated using the sonny boy soundtrack

The DLC is better than the base game imo. Trust!

Full playthrough where?

This is a game I WISH I could play for the first time again. It’s almost impossible to play again bc you already know how to beat it and there’s no tangible progression haha

Is there anywhere to watch your playthrough?

I thought I was the only one that got outer worlds and wilds mixed up

Dude you should play outer wilds

does anyone know the name of the song that plays in the background while link is riding the horse at 3:17

Is there a place to watch your playthrough? It definitely looks fun. I figured it would be on your twitch channel, but there is literally nothing on there

Auto pilot is janky on purpose, so people won't relly on it too much. The npcs literally tell you it could fly you into the sun

One of the greatest games ever played

you forgot the DLC, it’s such a good thing to play, and if you get the chance, play it

Now you just need to do the dlc.

This will be one of my favourite games of all time

I wanna watch all the gameplay you had ;A;

You want to play a challenging game? Play Spelunky 2. Don't judge by it's cover. Just buy it and play it! Tons of secrets and so addicting

Thank you for the Katana Zero OST :))

5:00 they made it like that on purpose the first guy you meet says it

Outer wilds and disco Elysium and superliminal came out the same year Kreygasm

I was fucking hoping for this video :'33

2 anime songs in a single video. Nice.

yeah i know what you mean when you say that the names are hard to remember. but i honestly dont think it matters to remember their names, just the info that comes with their dioulgue

I love how his only criticism is how he doesn’t like reading.

I couldn't shut up about this game and its expansion DLC. It is a truly fucking amazing game, and it's such a unique experience.

1:30 just started and hes already a pro

the first time i played this i was on 500mg of edibles lol. good times

I always get Outer Wilds and Outer Worlds confused 😂

what is the song playing at 1 40 that shit is so pretty

Truly another amazing video as always Btw have your tried Rain world? The game has the BEST A.I in the world so far Basically it has an entire ecosystem So the enemies aren't there just to challenge you They actually hunt for prey and they don't despawn And it's really hard

I always feel lost and I always ended up losing my ship it'll just float away

dude, do the dlc, its masteful

HE DID IT LET'S GOOO