Just finished this and…What an experience
I need to talk about this.
What exactly was happening to the protagonist in the end? Was he already dead when he dropped into the eye? Like I sort of get it but I also kind of don’t how would what happened to the protagonist look like from an outside observer who didn’t become quantum?

Also
How did the nomai lose the eye signal in the first place? Is it supposed to he assumed its a glitch?

>>715187527 (OP)
You are at the end of the universe being a conscious observer who causes the quantum state of the next universe to collapse and form a new big bang. I don't think you die until the actual big bang happens, everything up to that is a weird quantum reality where your experiences help shape what comes after. That's how I interpreted it at least

For your second spoiler play the DLC

>>715187527 (OP)
1. Do the Quantum Moon
2. Do the DLC

>>715187527 (OP)
1. It's cryptic garbage just like the ending to 2001: A Space Odyssey. You can interpret it however you want
2. Play Echoes of the Eye

>>715187707
>>715187761
I didn’t think the dlc would add to the main story. Okay time to do it right now then thanks

And I did do the quantum moon I get its something similar to what happened to solanum but I guess the part I don’t get is all the schizo visions the protagonist gets, like, why? Is it all his cognition?
Also one last question, what happens if you die when delivering the core into the nomai ship? I assumed it deleted my save so I was extra careful

>>715187527 (OP)
1. Intentionally left up to interpretation.
2. Do the DLC

>>715188309
Exactly what you think happens. And, what save? There isn't even a save TO delete.

>>715188309
It doesn't delete your save, it just causes the credits to roll
you can reload after like nothing happened

>>715188309
>if you die when delivering the core into the nomai ship?
You get a death screen and get sent to the Title Menu, but your 'save' (as in, your ship log) remains.
You can also get another ending where you take the core and pilot away from the supernova, the protagonist survives and since the core is out you don't timeloop back, but it counts as a bad end

>>715188449
I mean the “saving” system seemed to be the entire fucking mechanism, since that was causing the loop, so I assumed it was going to be meta and actually delete my save file if I failed. Curiosity did get the better of me in the end though

>>715188593
Kinda cool that they thought of this scenario

>>715188724
There's quite a few special game overs you can get. You can also break space-time which is a really cool ending

>>715188309
On the quantum moon we learn that mutliple states are possible at the same. i.e. solanum is both alive and dead. In the Eye EVERYTHING is possible as long as there is an observer. (you) are essentially God. The visions of your friends are real and actually happen. Your friends are actually at the campfire with you. But it's really up to your own interpretation.

>>715188619
They couldn't really delete the save because you didn't make any progress.

>when they announce a crossover between Outer Wilds and No Man's Sky

>>715187527 (OP)
>How did the nomai lose the eye signal in the first place? Is it supposed to he assumed its a glitch?


I'm pretty sure everything that happened from the moment the Nomai ship detected the signal including the signal disappearing, the crash caused by dark bramble, the arrival of the interloper etc was on purpose. The whole chain of events was meant to result in you being there at the end since the eye needed an observer to create a new universe after the current one dies

>>715187527 (OP)
Oh, to be a retarded child again and be able to enjoy frivolous games like this...

>>715189652
I was literally around 30 years old when I first played this.

How scared were you when you fell into the black hole for the first time? Where you expecting death?

>>715189598
You need to play the DLC too

>>715189598
The neat part was none of it was meant to happen. You got lucky. Through seer coincidence and curiosity across multiple civilizations one humble explorer was able to create a new universe. To say everything was meant to happen ruins the magic

>>715190009
i didn't even notice i was falling in and only realized what happened after I was suddenly teleported

>>715187527 (OP)
You're at the eye for an untold amount of time You basically witness the last galaxy fade in the woods. You have the power to bring back the universe however you see fit but decide to bring back your friends first to help figure out how you want the new universe to be made.

Now play the DLC

A spoiler free hint, the low scares option is also a low difficulty option. Don't look up what it affects, you'll know if you want it to be easier or not when you get to what it affects.

>>715190442
I finished the base game ages ago and I don't really feel like doing another playthrough just for the dlc

>>715191180

>>715191180
>another playthrough
You didn't play the game. Why are you lying?

>>715191180
the DLC is entirely self contained, it's basically a sequel

>>715189090
Computer logs?

>>715187527 (OP)
Just realized Outer Worlds/Wilds are two different things, which is the revered masterpiece

>>715192158
Wilds is kino
Worlds is sloppa
guess which one got a sequel and which developer proceeded to fall off the face of the earth.

This thread is realing making the meme true

>>715187527 (OP)
>What exactly was happening to the protagonist in the end? Was he already dead when he dropped into the eye?
None can honestly answer that because it's build on metaphysical concept outside science current understanding.
It manage with what lies beyond both death, and beyond our universe, following the theory that it does end.
It implies sentience is something peculiar and the last sentient being entering the eye start the process of creating a new universe.

>How did the nomai lose the eye signal in the first place? Is it supposed to he assumed its a glitch?
You get an acceptable answer in the DLC.
Frankly, it fit so well I'm starting to believe the dev already planned it from the start.

A nice success for a guy who was basically a new hire, until a convention where he showed his demo convinced the studio they had no reason to do anything but his game.

>>715187527 (OP)
Not looking at spoilers as I still want to get the OW.
Apparently there's a VR mod for the game. Has anyone tried it?
I heard the game is one of those "one time experiences" so I wanted to know if you can play through the whole thing in VR or if I should just play normally.

>>715192269
>which developer proceeded to fall off the face of the earth
Meh, Obsidian is pretty hated now a days.

>>715187527 (OP)
You should've just said the black parts

>>715192502
I think the game would be too dizzying in VR personally but I see no reason it shouldn't otherwise be playable.

>>715191180
The DLC is good if you don't expect to fly the spaceship.
It addresses the "Dark Forest" answer of the Fermi Paradox about a HOSTILE alien race.
It's an enigma in a rotating space station where you are expected to cheat to learn the truth.

I can spoil it all for you if you don't ever intend to play
Stranger alien detected the Eye before the Nomai and travelled there the SLOW way, no warp drive
On arrival they didn't like what the Eye was, the proof that everything will eventually end
They burned everything
Didn't help they demolished their native planet to build the ship which is nowhere as good
So they installed a jammer to block the eye signal, then went on to live in a simulation of their homeworld
One of them deactivated the jammer for a while, the other imprisoned him in the simulation
Some raged so much they then made it impossible to ever free him the normal way
Eventually their bodies died, they only live in their simulation
You arrive, you discover the empty station, then the simulation, you puzzle together all the above, then find a way to reach the prisoner, which involve dying and embracing the darkness
Finishing the DLC then going for the Eye you get a new person around the firecamp.

>>715192158
"Outer Wild" is the exploration mast...really good game.
I don't want to oversell it, it does have its limitation.

Myself I played it for a while.
Stopped frustrated.
Year later I go back to it to "finish it at least".
Thing is, this time my mind was pure and everything made sense. Finished it in 20h
Then there's a DLC that's also worth 20h, no spaceship gameplay.

>>715192502
>VR mod for the game
Never tried VR but the game, especially one part of it is ridiculously dizzying.
I'm NOT JOKING.
I ACTUALLY GOT NAUSEA.
Once you discover new ways to that one place, you no longer have to go through the dizzy part.

I can understand why someone would make a VR mode tho, it's definitely a good game for that, and a good test to see if VR make you sick.

>>715187527 (OP)
You have to play the DLC dude, you could have played it along the main game,

>>715187527 (OP)
All the stars die, so there is no light in the universe for any survivor to see anything. Therefore, the remaining observer of anything, is you.
The game implies that the Eye is an object if infinite quantum uncertainly.
This means that means how all of reality collapses when you observe the universe through the eye is how it will continue to exist, until the cycle repeats again.

>>715194840
That's not exactly true.
It takes a lot of time to explore the Stranger, understand anything, and it's not directly interacting with the main game,
By that, I mean that discovering something on it will not reveal a cue for the main mystery.

So it is best played after reaching the game once.

>>715195925
Agreed.
It really doesn't have the same narrative impact without having understood the main loop first. It also just kind of exists in its own whole little separate gameplay world; they are not really "intertwined" in that sense. Yes I realize they included clever endings to handle the cases that do overlap but if you know that then you already know what I'm saying is true.