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submitted 1 year ago by GeekFTW@kbin.social to c/AskKbin@kbin.social

Whether you started with a 2600 and a joystick in your hand, an N64 with a blistered palm or building your first PC in your teens, what is that one video game you've played at some point that to this day sits at the top of your list.

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[-] zalack@kbin.social 41 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The Outer Wilds. IMO, non-violence-based gameplay design is an underexplored space, especially in 3-D games. The Outer Wilds manages to feel like a fully-fledged game, rather than a traditional walking simulator, using exploration as it's core gameplay loop.

Further, it's main progression system is you, the out-of-game player, learning about the world. There's no abilities you gain or keys you have to find. You unlock new areas, not as a programmed game mechanic, but as a function of reasoning about what you've discovered and gaining insight into how the game world works. Any playthrough could be beaten in about 15 minutes -- there's nothing physically blocking you from triggering the end of the game -- but it takes you 15 hours or so of flying around the solar system to accrue the necessary insight to get there.

It's really a special game.

[-] azura@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

The music towards the end aaa

[-] PepsiMax@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

And an amazing soundtrack to match the thrills and sadness of the journey. Dlc was awesome too.

[-] atlhart@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

It’s a toss up for me between Outer Wilds and Subnautica. I found Outer Wilds after playing Subnautica and looking for something with the same feeling.

Anyone that liked Outer Wilds should also play Subnautica. Although the game play is more similar to No Man’s Sky (even though Subnautica is definitely much better than NMS)

[-] MxM111@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

The first Subnautica.

[-] poo@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I wish I had the guts to play it - the anxiety I got from the water-tornados and huge vast emptiness of space, the black hole - the game did such an amazing job at giving me an overwhelming sense of dread that I had to just stop playing. I consider that a compliment towards the game lol

[-] Gwaer@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I'm so happy this is the top answer. The best game of all time imo. Needs more clones.

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