When I was told about Outer Wilds for the first time, the very first thing I heard about it was I needed to do everything I can to avoid spoilers. "If there is one game you don’t want spoiled in your life, it’s Outer Wilds." Everyone around me had nothing but vague, overenthusiastic praise, assuring me that it's an experience I owed it to myself to have. It got built up in my head as something to save for when I needed it, and simultaneously something that would probably never live up to the hype.
I started playing a couple weeks ago and have not been able to stop thinking about it since. I don't know that I can say everyone was right or wrong about the things they told me about it because nobody gave any details, but I can definitively say this: I'm so glad I finally got around to playing it. It's practically perfect, for me.
It's about curiosity and exploration and discovery and wonder, and it's about doing wacky ♥♥♥♥ to see if it will work and the feeling that you're a genius when it does. It's immaculate. The level of thought and effort that went into this shows itself everywhere, constantly. It's perfectly written and perfectly designed and in a way, it's perfectly paced, hahaha.
I can't say it's for everyone. I know it's not. I have plenty of friends who wouldn't get half as much out of it as I did! I do however think you owe it to yourself to try it out if you're curious. You'll definitely have a good idea of whether this is for you or not in under 2 hours.

When I was told about Outer Wilds for the first time, the very first thing I heard about it was I needed to do everything I can to avoid spoilers. "If there is one game you don’t want spoiled in your life, it’s Outer Wilds." Everyone around me had nothing but vague, overenthusiastic praise, assuring me that it's an experience I owed it to myself to have. It got built up in my head as something to save for when I needed it, and simultaneously something that would probably never live up to the hype. I started playing a couple weeks ago and have not been able to stop thinking about it since. I don't know that I can say everyone was right or wrong about the things they told me about it because nobody gave any details, but I can definitively say this: I'm so glad I finally got around to playing it. It's practically perfect, for me. It's about [spoiler]curiosity[/spoiler] and [spoiler]exploration[/spoiler] and [spoiler]discovery[/spoiler] and [spoiler]wonder[/spoiler], and it's about [spoiler]doing wacky shit to see if it will work and the feeling that you're a genius when it does[/spoiler]. It's immaculate. The level of thought and effort that went into this shows itself everywhere, constantly. It's perfectly written and perfectly designed and in a way, it's perfectly paced, hahaha. I can't say it's for everyone. I know it's not. I have plenty of friends who wouldn't get half as much out of it as I did! I do however think you owe it to yourself to try it out if you're curious. You'll definitely have a good idea of whether this is for you or not in under 2 hours.