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A Deftly Executed Mix Of Pacifistic Exploration And Entertaining, If Uneven Puzzle Solving From just the sheer wonder of watching planets soar over ahead on atmosphere-less moon, to observing a planetoid teeming with life slowly split apart in real-time as you attempt to navigate your away across it and all manner of other types of science bending phenomenon, there is ample opportunity for getting lost in the opulence of Outer Wilds doomed universe, that much is for sure. With a focus on pacifism, exploration and discovery, Outer Wilds makes the most of its Groundhog Day style premiseĪnd what natural beauty there is to admire.

It says something about the world(s) that developer Mobius Digital have created however because, in spite of a time limit that would initially seem to rush you from one point to the next, it’s entirely possible to linger on these far flung locations, admiring the natural beauty of each as the apocalypse approaches. Such seamlessness proves to be a boon too, not least because of the fact that you’ll often find yourself ping-ponging from one planet to the next, eager to make the most of each 22 minute timeloop in order to make as much progress as possible on Outer Wilds veritable smorgasbord of cosmic mysteries. And indeed such endeavours are seamlessly presented too, as walking about on one planet, taking off in your ship, exploring space and landing on another, results in not one loading screen appearing to trouble you, the lone exception being when you are brought back to life.

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Once you’ve spoken to the affable locals, fixed up your ship and blasted into space in a ship fashioned out of wood and charmingly haphazard electronics (it looks like it was built by IKEA rather than NASA), you’re free to explore the solar system and uncover its mysteries. And by ‘closely knit’ I mean that literally as each of Outer Wilds numerous planetoids and galactic locations all appear super close to each other – effecting the look of some sort of condensed cosmic diorama, rather than any sort of stab at scientific realism.

The premise is to uncover the cause of the timeloop and find a way to stop it, however long before you do that you’ll be spending a lot of time exploring various planets, moons and other points of interest in Outer Wilds closely knit star system. Outer Wilds boasts a sense of discovery quite unlike anything else on the market right now