Space is the place
First-person adventure game Outer Wilds is a beautifully intricate thing, a multifaceted mystery set across a simulated solar system which runs like clockwork within a 20-minute time loop. Chasing threads reveals a little more, then a little more, and a little more, until you have revelations which suddenly change how you understand something, leading you deeper into the mystery to chase new inquiries. Discovering and solving its secrets is a joy, and sometimes a terror. A big sense of wonder. Splendid.
“Outer Wilds has more character in its handful of planetoids thanNo Man’s Skyhad in 70 squinjillion,” Brendy said in ourOuter Wilds review. “I have loved my time trekking across the dust or ice of these distant dirtballs, seeing the curvature on the horizon and wondering ‘what’s over there?’ This is a solar system in miniature, full of secrets and marvels.”
Game Pass doesn’t include the recent Outer Wilds expansion, mind. And that is a cracker, as Matthew’sEchoes Of The Eye reviewtries to cautiously explain without spoilers.
As for Embr, it’s a silly co-op game about putting out fires and saving people using water and weird gadgets. I’ve heard it’s fun?Haven’t played it.
Yes,The Outer Worldsis still on Game Pass, damn its eyes. God I hope I’ve got through this post without using the wrong name for either game.
