Hearing this, muted, as you slowly pass by the anglerfish knowing that you CANNOT FUCK UP is both the most stressful and amazing experience in any video game ever.
I remember having to eject just in front of the last entrance because I was being eaten by one, and hearing it while approaching to the ship was a great experience
My hands were literally trembling while going through the Bramble when this was playing. A very bad thing to have happen to your hands in an area like that!
My favorite part is leaving my ship and slowly floating past the anglers. Reminds me of that scene in WWZ where the main character is able to walk by the zombies undetected.
When it dawns on you, when you finally realize what you were trying to do, what you were supposed to do this whole time: to take the Warp Core and place it in The Vessel...The entire game, all the cycles, just for this one moment, shooting across space into the Dark Bramble to find The Eye. It's stunning.
One of the best paced games I've ever played...and...shockingly, you do it all yourself. Every step, is you, you making that discovery, you piecing it together, you spreading your wings and flying. It was always there from loop 1, everything, waiting for you to learn how to master it. Just a masterpiece of a game. WOW.
And the best thing is: you have absolutely no idea what will happen next, or what the Eye actually is. You don't even know if the ship actually works, or if it's completely useless. And yet you are willing to gamble the only thing that kept you alive thus far, on the off chance that you'll find something that can save the universe. The realization that the everything has ended, and I'm probably the last remaining thing alive hit me like a brick wall. I assumed that the Eye can save everything, but that was just a childish hope from my part. What an absolute masterpiece.
@@TheMegaOne1000 Absolutely! And one of the amazing things is the game starts with naive optimism and despite all the dire things you learn along the way it transforms your thinking into resilient optimism, an optimism grounded in reality. And in a crazy way a game for entertainment transcends to proverb status and teaches us how to not lose hope while admitting the gravity of our situation. Just...wooooow.
I finished the game today and it really is incredible when you have all the pieces of the puzzle and know exactly what you have to do, incredible game and ending
@@nickcalderon2637 This. It's one of the big dawning realisations the game leads you to. The universe is doomed regardless of what you do. All you can do is try to make something good out of it for your friends, angry fish be damned.
I was just as gobsmacked as everyone else here was when I took the core and this started playing. Rushed all the way to the Dark Bramble and slowly-but-urgently made my way to the Nomai Grave to send my scout, just in time for me to crash my ship against the vines and learn for the first time that you can damage your fuel tanks and permanently lose the fuel leaving your ship inert. Knowing what had to be done, knowing how close the Vessel was, and feeling the crushing weight of it all I decided to make my way with only my suit. Just as I had did with my ship before, I silently coasted by the three anglerfish with no wood and steel to separate me from them. As soon as I could I went full steam toward the signal and managed to make it through the last seed to reach the Vessel. I tell you what, NOTHING will compare to the way this song made me feel during that last-ditch flight. Amazing game. Amazing. The ending was everything I needed and I will carry it with me for a long time.
Before I did my final run, I practiced the entire run a number of times. I found out how hard I could press on the thrusters and not wake the fish. I mastered inputting the coordinates in zero-G, I had it all down perfectly, I even optimized the run as if I was trying to speed run it. Then I pulled the warp core and the music started. The precision I practiced was thrown out the door and I trembled my entire way there. Luckily, my training with dark bramble held as I quickly navigated through. I stumbled over inputting the coordinates longer than I'd like to admit despite the gravity making it easier. I find it amazing how one single event where we are all doing the same thing can have so many different ways to experience it.
@@BarkleyBCooltimes I had done the run a couple of times trying to figure out the vessel puzzle (was at the time unaware of the warp core in ATP) and boy when I figured that out. Just like you I panicked HARD. Couldn't think straight. The realization that it's do or die, no more loops. The warp core in your hand is the collective hopes and dreams of an entire species, whatever the eye is it will have to do something or it's all finished. I speeded to dark bramble and didn't engage the auto-pilor, didn't slow down either. Crashed into the upper entrance of dark bramble - ship was fucked and disabled. I was distressed, panicked, and depressed of how I crumbled under the pressure. It's silly... but the game had me so immersed the feeling was genuine. As you say most people experience will differ and that moment I've never experienced anywhere else. But all who have been there relate. Andrew perfectly matches the severity of the moment with this music - and rounds it off with such a heartwarming moment that is the travelers theme around the campfire.
@@aluas4654 Essentially, yes. You get a credits scrawl, but the game will immediately reset afterwards same as any other loop, with all of your progress intact. Thank god too, would've sucked to have lost everything because of such a dumb mistake.
@Aluas dying in such a way causes the words “YOU ARE DEAD” in orange text to fill your screen in place of the nomai statue replay thing, after which the ‘bad end’ credits play
Figuring out where the Ash Twin Project is, finally seeing the Advanced Warp Core and realizing it has to go across the solar system with you to The Vessel in Dark Bramble,...and failing over and over and over again...until you get it right, just once.
"If they thought of powering the Ash Twin with the Vessel's core... then I can power the Vessel with the Ash Twin's core... Of course, the price for that experiment will be that I allow the universe to end, let all of my friends die their final death, and risk it all for an unknown discovery, which I will have moments to experience before I am myself engulfed in the flames". "I'll do it".
Wasn't the Vessel's core. It was burned out. They made a new one, or several for High Energy Lab and Ash Twin Project. They needed the power of the sun in a then lifeless (except a 4-eyed jelly) solar system. The Ash Twin Project failed thousands of years ago. They needed a Supernova and couldn't cause one. Now the suns are dying of natural causes. It triggers the Ash Twin Project naturally, causing the start of the loop. It doesn't happen in the past. It starts the second you wake up.
@@BurtisBean Had to be. The Nomai had records, and the skeleton of the Anglers. The Jellyfish are unclear. The Hearthians seemed to find the jellies on Giant's Deep and one frozen on the Bramble. I don't think the Nomai mentioned them. The module doesn't sink until the moment you wake up and the cannon fires. Not sure, go to r/outerwilds we can both find the answers. lol. Also at the time of the Nomai, the Bramble was only a seed. Isn't it wonderful that we're thinking about this a year after this game came out??
I remember the first time I heard this. I was...early...I hadn't solved ALL the mysteries yet. I'd stepped out of the ATP with this in my hand. Heard the horrifying music, realised it was way too early for it and that the song was different. Was like "Probably...probably shouldn't have done this...I'll...I'll just go put this back."
That's part of the genius of this piece -- If you shut down the ATP prematurely, the music unsubtly warns you that you're doing something NOT to be done lightly!
I went the entire game without linking End Times with the supernova, not consciously at least. It was just pretty background music to me as I explored. A part of me I think did become more aware of the sun and how long id been out as it played. This version however, while I still didn’t link it with the sun, still rang as a familiar tune that gave me anxiety, which with the remixed version subsequently turned to adrenaline to get to the Vessel asap. Either way this song caused stress
I remember going inside the ATP and taking the core for the first time, then this song began playing and I realized: "Holy shit. The end is inevitable. The time loop is not going to happen again." I immediately paused the game. I had not felt this way from a game in a long time. The chills man. Everyone deserves to play this game.
I also freaked out thinking the sun is about to explode, but after realizing that's not the case i practiced a few vessel runs and then reseated the loop to finish the game.
I've never experienced such a feeling in a game. I don't know how the devs do it, but holy shit I get chills thinking about it to this day. This is definitely one of my all time favourite games.
Brave Lil' Toasty 1273 don’t be afraid of experimenting, the only thing that’s stopping you from beating the game is knowledge of the ending so you can just start a new save if you fail. (But if you do don’t forget about solanum)
finding the nomai that tried to return to the vessel only to end up going to the wrong signal is up there too, and of course witnessing the supernova for the first time if you went in completely blind is incredibly memorable
Outer wilds is a metroidvania where knowledge takes the place of upgrades, and it is a masterfully crafted game that will probably stick with me until the end. I am so happy I played this game.
THAT'S why my mind kept wandering to the notion of equipment upgrades while playing this. I knew there was something scratching the metroidvania itch besides the exploration, but that explains it nicely.
@@Kris-ck2mdfor the longest time I held off going to the interloper cause I was waiting for the upgrade that helps with ghost matter, forgot this wasn’t that sort of game lmao
When you unplug the atp, and this music starts playing you realise this is IT, the final cycle has begun before the world as you know it ends in a matter of minutes. It's sad and terrifying all at once. This is hands down the best horror game I've ever played
jammydodgerman Not really horror, but more of terror since it practically manipulates your mind in ways a game should not be able to, it makes your subconscious think that there is only one chance, you’re at the end of your life and there is only a few more minutes to save it, and any mistake will be your last. Horror is more of a conscious thing and for jump scares and such, terror is your subconscious going haywire and really trying to tell you to get out of there, like you’re going to die. There is only one other game that has done this to me and it is Subnautica. No other game has came close at all to this level of terror. Outer wilds devs are so god damn good at tricking your subconscious.
@@syncshard waiiiit is it only a few minutes? if i remember correctly all i did was: start fresh, waited until i could reach the warp on twins, took the core and after that into the ship in dark bramble. i think u had plenty of time or am i mistaken / dont remember it correctly?
Less than 14 minutes. Sounds like enough time but it feels like it's ticking down impossibly fast when you've just switched off the universe's failsafe machine. At the same time though, you've never been more filled with motivation. For the bravery of fellow Hearthians, for the curiosity of the Nomai, for the kindness of a stranger you don't know, and for the ones who come after.
End Times is a sorrowful, yet calming tune that tells you your time is up and that you have no choice but to just wait for the inevitable and start over. Final End Times is a song of hope, invigoration, and drive. This song you've heard hundreds of times before is no longer a sad, somber melody telling you to stop and wait for the reset, but now an invigorating, hopeful song telling you to push forward. It feels like every being in the entire universe is watching, counting on you. Our time is up, but we can finish what the Nomai started, and guarantee a new universe for the next cosmic generation. As you drift through Dark Bramble, you can almost hear everyone from all corners of the universe, with their eyes all on you, saying in unison, "You can do this." "You can do this." "I believe in you." "Run, little Traveler, and carry the Nomai across the finish line." "Don't let our universe die for nothing." Outer Wilds is a game that somehow manages to empower the player's hope after taking it away so many times.
I still have and play the original Alpha of the game... it's been in development for so many years, and I never once thought that this was what the little Alpha would turn into. I fucking love this game to death.
This might be the most powerful reprise I've ever heard in a soundtrack. Over several loops of exploration and unraveling the mysteries of the Nomai, End Times has hinted at the fate of the solar system as the supernova's time draws near, with a side of peaceful reassurance that you'll get another chance, another perspective of the situation, in the next loop. And then when you unplug the source of that loop, this song fades in. The familiar melody of End Times, but with an added sense of urgency, as you have now accepted that looming fate, and whatever happens this time around -- whether you let the supernova consume you, find some way to escape it, or try to finish what the Nomai started -- whatever happens, it happens for real this time. No more do-overs. Sure, the game still lets you continue and update the ship log as if you're still in the loop, but even when I died on my first attempt (smacked into Brittle Hollow and anticlimactically ran out of air), that knowledge never detracted from the weight of the moment.
@@bellicosebean That's the theme of the game though, isn't it? Time and death are inevitable, but you live on through the torches you've passed on to future generations.
@@bellicosebean That was the great "OH. Oh Wow." moment I had in the final couple of hours of my playthrough. I realised that although I was playing with this mindset of trying to find the Nomai's secrets of how to save the universe... in truth there were no such secrets. The universe was going to end regardless, and this cataclysmic event was so beyond the ability of mortal minds to prevent that in the end, why bother? Why not just enjoy the universe for what it is, why not just spend a few precious final moments with friends, why not just stop to smell the pine trees? In the end life is what it is, and the universe could not possibly care less. This is the tragic beauty of the meaning of life (or lack thereof) that I believe that Outer Wilds was trying to portray.
A really nice touch - this track is obviously an adaption of 'End Times', but at the start you can faintly hear the Nomai distress beacon signal. Throughout, you can also hear the churning sounds of the quantum signal. These two sounds guide you throughout many parts of the game. Everything clicks together for this final loop. You're using the remnants of the Nomai to reach the source of the quantum energy in the solar system, the Eye. I think the soundtrack of this game is just as incredible as the game itself.
Or me, who gets to the Eye, and suddenly gets “you have destroyed spacetime”. I had been too nervous to take the core on a previous loop with no time and unknowingly left ‘myself’ die, thus violating causality while at the eye. I was treated to kazoos.
@@doriantermini The summation of all of the generations of work by an advanced (but departed) alien species, any hope of salvation for your own life and species (although misplaced), and the very continuation of the universe rests on you successfully piloting a death trap of a spaceship across the solar system and through a nest of a Cthulhuian murder-fish in under twenty minutes in one attempt. From a meta perspective, you as a player face the possibility of save file deletion for a 20 hour game. Stress is definitely a natural reaction to these circumstances.
Technically, you arent even a hero. *SPOILERS* Making the trip to the Vessel so it can warp to the Eye isn't something that is needed to happen so the next universe can thrive. You are there just to observe the making while it reflects your mind. The universe could careless about your existence. It will happen with or without you. That's what I love about it. You arent a hero saving the day. There's nothing to save. You are just an observer.
@@connorambrosino1741 I can get behind that message, but I don't think that's the intention. Yes, you are just an observer, but the game has shown you again and again that observers DO make a difference, particularly when it comes to quantum mechanics. Solanum's dialogue (especially in the Eye when you are about to jump into the flashing orb thing and pick "not yet") heavily implies that whatever happens in the ending is an extrapolated version of the way you see quantum objects behave throughout the game: "...unless they are collapsed by an observer, they will never be more than possibilities". The "Big Bang" you see at the end is portrayed to be the wave function collapse of all possible combinations of universal constants that define the laws of physics. So, basically, it's Schrödinger's universe. One that has no defined state until it's observed, and the only way to observe it is through the Eye. This is an awfully convoluted way to say that you ARE responsible for the creation of the new universe. If you don't believe me and you are interested in the lore, check out The Lore Explorer's videos on the game - he's done a much better job at explaining this than I ever could. At the very least, this is what the game wants you to believe. Of course, you can interpret it in a few different ways - maybe conscious observation isn't a requirement and you've been deceived by God himself (the Eye) in order to give your life some semblance of meaning and fulfillment. That's my headcanon.
@@physical_insanity If you mean the Ash Twin Project, yeah you can go back there and put the warp core back for the loop to continue ! If you go to Dark Bramble, then I guess you should know why you would do that ^^
I thought the game would end with a black hole transporting the solar system to another star or something like that. The more and more I played I realized there was no salvation, the universe is on its final moments. Seeing the vessel and the puzzle, the symbols in giants deep, and finally that warp core in the ash twin project, how it all connects and suddenly after all the loops finally YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO, going through those angler fish mf's that I now can perfectly pass after all the deaths, the beautiful music, the jump to the eye, man this game is one of the best I have played. A MASTERPIECE.
i love the whole red herring stuff with the sun station and you think youre supposed to shut down the sun station to save the system, but then as you learn more you realise the whole game was a result of nomai trying to prevent the end of the universe, there was no enemy, and you arent supposed to be a hero. and i love that. all you can do is take your last shot to do whatever you can to finish what they started. the universe will end, and as the nomai learned, theres no stopping it. They may have been infinitely more advanced with warp technology, control of black holes and time travel and even they couldnt stop it, and neither should you expect to. I think this was so powerful.
@@Barusuzin Com certeza, to mais ou menos na metade da dlc e o bagulho tá tão incrível quanto o jogo base. Os caras simplesmente não conseguem falhar em trazer conteúdo bom
@@atumnalataecachorra2313 o desfecho da DLC é perfeito. Eu diria que chega até ser melhor que o jogo base. Você vai se surpreender assim como eu quando descobrir a verdade por trás de tudo.
@@Barusuzin o desfecho do jogo base é provavelmente meu final favorito de qualquer jogo. Se o final da DLC for melhor eu mal posso esperar pra chegar lá
The first time you hear this, you remember your mortality. No step back, no loop that makes you start again. Just you and your mortal self. This is truly "Final End times". Masterpiece.
And yet. Nothing matters in the end really. You give up your time looking to see the truth. The truth is the end of the Universe. And the rebirth of that very same Universe. The truth is an Infinity of death and rebirth
@@janusceasar7851 That is one way to look at it, I suppose. But this way you get to put your mark on the new universe. I would say the devs did not want us to draw the conclusion: "Nothing matters in the end" from this game.
@@janusceasar7851 I don't believe the eye would have had an infinite amount of time with regards to having a conscious observer enter it. Most star systems were dying out and other than the Hearthians, no one else is close enough to the Eye to collapse it into a big bang. Maybe the present day Nomai can eventually get to it, but chances are higher that no one will enter the eye. And as the last star dies, life will fade away, along with any chance of collapsing the eye of the universe.
The moment when you see the core and all those big, yet separate chunks of carefully, maticulously gathered information instantly click together and you KNOW what to do and what WILL happen if you dont is one of the best feelings I ever had
Got extremely Wasted last night and tried to beat it the very first time, went through dark bramble and got swallered up and got jumped scared. I’m gonna try again tonight
I kinda both like and dislike the angler fish, I like it coz it gives you the intense stress along with time and I dislike it coz it eats you with the slightest sound
The absolute determination this gives you to see your journey through, For all that ever was to actually mean something. It's an amazing feeling....with there being nothing like it in gaming today. Spectacular Game!!!!
When I first heard It, I thought if you died, you would have to restart the game from the beginning, so I was so stressed up when i entered in Dark Bramble haha
I love how if you leave the ship near where "you know where" and you take out the "you know what" and then you return to the ship, if you do it in a let's say normal time, neither very fast nor slow, at the moment you take off and you start the engines to go to "you know where" this part begins to play 0:22, it is the perfect timing, literally, the Final End Times
This song really perfectly encapsulates the situation. You just pulled the plug on the thing that's keeping you immortal and are carrying it around, possibly not even knowing what to do with it This game did in-universe respawning so perfectly, it made this section feel so, SO fucking intense. And actual life an death situation.
There will never be anything like the first time you pick up the quantum core and know what you have to do. Knowing full well what it means to remove it. Knowing you have no choice but to succeed. Knowing what's at stake. And then this starts playing.
The first time I heard this song, I thought turning off the Ash Twin project would also stop the sunstation from blowing up the sun. I was so young and foolish, then.
@@Jixaw15 Yes but reaching the sun station is one of the most tricky thing in the game. I remember thinking about it under my shower and suddenly, a revelation... "I CAN WALK ON THE SAND FOR A BRIEF MOMENT !!"
TFW when you have the warp core and less than 20 minutes to get to The Vessel...and you come out to find your ship being sucked up and away by Ember Twin
What I find interesting is that everyone had that same anxiety of “This is my only chance. If I die now, it’s over for real…” Despite the fact that even if you do die and get a game over, the only thing different than dying normally is you go back to the title screen first and then the camp fire. That’s it. Get back in your ship and try again. But the feel, the atmosphere, the knowledge of what this means, immerses the player so much that they feel like everything is truly riding on this one last trip.
i know they wouldn't have done it, cause it's such a dick move, but deep in my heart I woulda loved if they deleted your save file, or deleted your game if you lost. no 'reload save'. you missed your chance, now you start the game as someone else and it's their turn to save the universe!
After taking off from Ash Twin, my brother pointed out I hadn't marked the vessel, so I decided I should probably do that do that before heading to Dark Bramble. I forgot how close the twins are to the Sun. It was only after I was already in the logs that I noticed the burning sound and that the ship's interior seemed to be getting brighter. On the bright side, I technically got my first ending on that run.
the first time i heard this song it gave me many feelings but it mostly me me feel really tense and stressed, now i hear it and wish i could go back and play this game for the first time again, and this huge wave of nostalgia passes over me when i listen to it now....and....im not crying over outer wilds ost again
_when you take off from Ash Twins after grabbing the core and this music drops, and you know it's the last time you'll ever hear it, that your journey has finally come to an end, you found no way to stop the inevitable; the sun will so supernova for the final time_ Then an anglerfish eats you and the moment is *SO* over
yep, same thing happened to me - made it outta ash twin, into dark bramble, crash the ship, lights flaring, alarm blaring, i eject, coast into the nest of space anglerfishes, 200m from the signal, then... OOOOOOAMMMMM. gone.
I cope by telling myself that because I technically died and “ended the loop” yet I get to continue, that loop never happened, it was simply a thought the main character had whilst asleep lol.
The first time this music played to me it didn't had much power, because my first ending was the Solanum's Fate ending (Quantum Moon). But when I listened to the Main Title again I knew it wasn't over, I haven't finished my mission... I kept my mind straight to point, all the way to the Vessel, but I remember the feeling of "having the destiny of the Universe in my hands" that this music made me feel. Everytime I listen to it, I can feel the exact same thing, that I have to do it, even if it's hard or stressful or scary, I *have* to do it.
Outer Wilds is my favorite game for many reasons, but taking the ATP for the second time to really complete my mission, without even knowing where I am going, is one of the best
I Think this game is a masterpiece. Everything in this game is just so well thought and fits perfectly with all the other pieces. Its maybe like the most innovative game ive ever played. My favourite one too. And it stil has such a High Level even in the technical aspects. I hope so much that more games learn with this as a example how much potential there is in this medium. This game combines a perfect narrative where literally everything in this world really is relevevant (every place and every information) with yeah an non linear open world. And even its not just a normal static open world like we see it just like everywhere. It is a living world which changes by time. This is so well crafted and such a example of how to make every open world game better. And everything fits so perfect in this world. It is ahead of its time. I think it got easally the potential to be a classic like it is Portal. I even think this game is more innovative than Portal and more like groundbreaking for the whole Industrie. But it is just not that. It even delivers one of the best soundtracks like ever. Which is capable to give it so much more feelings and emotion. Or just underline the feeling of curiosity. I hear into it often. This has so much love within it. So much emotion and so much feeling. Heads up for everyone who worked on this game. From Alex who had the Vision to Kelsey who had the writing to Andrew who delivered the tracks. Just everyone of Mobius I want to congratulate on this work. Its really something to be proud of. It is something unique. Something that touches me in my very heart. THANK YOU
The first time I took the core I knew that it was too late to do anything with it. Suddenly, this new theme started playing, and I was both excited and scared. And sad. A lot. Without knowing why. Anyway, for the first time in the game, I ran away from the sun, trying to avoid the imminent explosion. I tried to do that other times and I knew it was useless... but it wouldn't have been useless that time. I didn't know about the multiple endings, I didn't know that there is an ending in which you actually escape with the core, dying alone in the universe. But it doesn't matter, because I didn't pick that ending: I looked back to see the sun one last time, with this theme playing in the background and with the core in my hands, knowing that the explosion would have been definitive this time, killing everyone I met and destroying everything I explored... well, I decided that I had to die there too, looking at the sun, not escaping from it. In a certain way, the "You Are Dead" ending is the most powerful and poetic: it is a failure, but we failed fighting and trying, exploring and studying. Obviously, in the following days, I obtained all the other endings too... but this one remains the best for me.
I remember emerging from the ash twin project with that warp core in hand. Looking up to my dying red star growing and groaning. All The anxiety and purpose I felt as I turned my gaze to dark bramble. A maze of foggy horror under a stellar time limit of just a few minutes, just to see the unknown. This is what I feel when I hear this song
I was in such awe of this song that I listened to it until the sun exploded. Its sad to think that my character actually wanted to just die as a result instead of finding the eye as intended.
End Times: The universe comes to an end, and not you, not the Nomai, nor anyone else can do anything to stop it. Final End Times: You, and only you, can save the universe. You have five minutes.
It was never about saving the Universe. It's about carrying on everyone's legacy, the Heartheans, the Nomai, and the Strangers all only exist within YOU.
I know this have not sense at all but, the first time i took the core and ran to dark bramble i was really worried 'bout time but then i felt something else that i dont know how it's called. I felt like those high-pitched sounds in the song were all the nomai dreams and hopes, all their desires to reach the eye, I felt like if all their beings were by my side inside that small ship crossing the whole solar system, i knew i MUST complete my final objetive, not just for myself, for all the Nomai and the Heartians people. I did it at my "first try"(i actually trained myself to get a secure way to get to the ship so when i had it i did the whole thing at my very first try with the core). That was awesome, the best way this game could end. It's weird how a single song makes me felt a lot of emotions at once, but im glad i played this game dude, i wish i could play it again for the first time.
i'm gonna upload the soundtrack song by song this week for everyone - along with a tutorial on how to play the main banjo riff. hopefully it's helpful!
@@andrewprahlow oh snap the dude himself! please put them in a playlist as well for easy listening. and thanks for putting together such a wonderful soundtrack. the game definitely wouldn't be as good without it
I remember when I played that part. I crashed my ship on the vessel. I somehow survived, but my ship was permanently broken beyond repair. It was my ship's final mission and it completed it successfully at the cost of its life.
A million years early, a millions years late, this is a song only we will hear. To any futures ahead, good luck, and the zero or gazillions futures behind, god rest
Getting into Ash Twin was the last thing I had left to do, which was mostly by accident, as I tried to get inside that planet a few times before, just couldn't figure out how and later, when I did have a hunch, I was too occupied with all the lore and other discoveries this game has to offer. Needless to say, after entering and having all of the known to me pieces of the story laid down in front of me, the one last piece finally clicked - the "why" question (I was quite dumb not to notice it by then lol) I opened the core and, to my absolute surprise, I saw what I saw - honestly I don't know why I didn't expect it. I took the core, the music started playing and I knew precisely what has to be done. All of my experience, all of my training, all the discovery has lead me to this single moment - and I felt pressure of it all inside of me. Ash Twin, Bramble, Graveyard, Vessel, Coordinates. Such a perfect experience, would've been only better if I found more accidental obstacles on the way or if I was mere seconds from supernova burning me away.
I remember wasting too much time getting to the bramble when this kicked off. Then wasting more time floating too cautiously through it. Got nervous and boosted by an angler like an idiot. Was so angry at myself as it ate me that I went for broke and hit the eject as the jaws closed around me. It was terrifying going the rest of the way so exposed. By the time I finished entering the coordinates in the vessel the sun went boom. Made it to the end sequence by the skin of my nuts. Fought off big manly tears to the ending. Its a memory I will cherish. One of my absolute favorite games of all time.
@@The_Dragon_Tiamat I finished this a few days ago (was lucky enough to have avoided almost all knowledge of the game and went in essentially blind), and I honestly spent the entire not realising there was an eject button. Didn't know until I checked the achievements list after wrapping it up to see what else I could get up to in the game.
It's so fucking good, it's like this building up and then you enter to Dark Bramble and it fades away, you know it's the end, you know it all, now you know what happened, and it's time to put an end to the Nomai's mission but you will have the test in the most mysterious planet you need to find his ship before the fishes eat you, you don't have much time left and you know it but you made, you made it to the eye of the universe. So fucking beautiful, I love this game
*Spoiler Warning* "I have only one purpose now. I must find the Eye. For so long I have been stuck in this loop. For so long I had wanted to save my friends and family. but I cant, and I realize that now. I no longer can. But that wont stop me from doing what I was meant to do. The Eye is my destiny. The Eye is where I must go. I feel it calling me. I had nothing to hope for anymore, but the Eye is here for me now. I am no longer scared, for I have lost the need to be. Except for when I pull this plug, supposing that even triggers my emotion. I will no longer be happy, for I have lost the ability to be. I am only filled with sadness and a void surrounding it. But in that void somewhere, there is confidence. That confidence is the need for me to find the Eye. My mind is self-driven toward the Eye of the Universe. When I get there. I will walk into whatever it throws at me. I will walk through terror without any hesitation. I will walk through until my legs collapse from pain I no longer can recognize. In the end, I will be something. I have an incredible purpose. And when I reach my goal, I will be crying. Not of sadness, but of; joy. Joy, something I haven't felt in so long. I crave it. But only if the Eye allows it. For the Eye will guide me to my destiny. Whether it be happy, or sad. I will reach the Eye of the Universe and I will succeed in giving whatever it wants from me... (Background Story in comments)
This is my character's story. He had hopes and dreams like any regular person. But as each loop went by, he began to worry that things actually wouldn't be alright. He began to crave Nomai information to keep his mind at bay. He began to lose emotions like pain, because every 22 minutes he felt the same scorching pain over and over again. Pain soon faded away from recognition. He no longer felt fear, because he always woke up the next cycle without any consequence. He no longer felt happy, but did find in himself tears of astonishment from the beautiful supernova. He lost hope of everything, until he heard of something the Nomai referred to as the "Eye of the Universe". He thought of it as just another weird Nomai thing. But soon he began finding information that told him the Nomai came to the system to find the Eye and the loops are going on to find the it. He wanted to know what was so important about this Eye. Soon he found out enough to try to find it. This is where he devotes his soul to finding it. It was his only lead. He was no longer a normal Hearthian. He was a shell of what he used to be. He became the Eye's war-shipper in a sort of way. His sorrow for his people was soon replaced by desperation to fulfill the Eye's wishes. He finds the Vessel and later finds the main core of the project. He then knows what he wants to do. After pulling the plug, he feels something strange. Is it fear for his life? He hadn't felt that since his first launch all that time ago! But he makes it first try, because he had to. This is where his "log" ends. And he reaches the Eye. He is so amazed by its glory. It speaks to him in an alien tone and he understands it. He spends moments of silence before entering it. And when he does, he doesn't understand it. Not yet. He sees his friends, and each one brings back something similar to his long missing emotion. Solanum was there too. In the end, he learned what the Eye wanted from him. No longer destroyed inside due to his returned emotions. He cried tears of all types. Still dedicated, he realized his purpose. He realized what the Eye wanted. And he accepted it. Thus came the new Universe. HOLY SHIT! I NEEDED TO LET THAT OUT SO BADLY!
@@mattomo6825 As a pessimist, about half way through, I thought there is no way to fix this except to pull the plug. Apart from yourself, the world dies anyway. This loop is eternal torture. The only way is to let nature do it's thing. Now..how the F do I do that? Every string leads to oblivion. And when it ends..to me..was a beautiful moment of tears and peace. Not just for you. For the Nomai and the Hearthians who had no clue. Just one last long heartfelt kiss to say goodbye. Most don't get that opportunity. In all of 40yrs. of gaming, this is among my favorites of all time.
This music confused me heavily, because I thought the first time I heard it that it was just the normal End Times, so I gave up instead of trying to get to Dark Bramble, figuring I was already too late. Turns out I had almost half the loop left.
David Prater well, I didn’t figure I had to, after all, End Times was playing (or rather, I thought it was) so there wasn’t really a point to checking the sun, I knew what that music meant. Honestly it all comes down to my sense of time being fucking awful, to the point I can mistake 9 minutes for 3.
@@mr.cup6yearsago211 Same thing happened to me, except one quick thing clicked me, the hourglass was still running, the sun was still bright and i still had time, of course, much less than what i would have had if i hurried up the first time, and that made everything even more intense.
when I finally figured out how to get into the core of ash twin, I knew the time was coming to a close, but I had already grabbed the warp core. Meditated, but then got the "you died" ending. lol
People interpret the ending as the protagonist entering the Eye of the Universe to be essential for the universe to be reborn, but I don't think that's the case. I think that part of the magic of Outer Wilds is that what you're doing ultimately does not matter in the grand scheme of things. Nothing you do really matters, the end is always inevitable, yet you're invested in it. It matters to *you*, and it matters to finish what the Nomai started. The entire point of the game is that you're kinda led to believe that you can stop the Sun from exploding, but you can't. Inevitability is a major theme. The universe will die and be reborn whether or not you're there to see it. To the universe it could not be less important if you're there, but still, it matters to you. And the fact that the game manages to make you so invested and so nervous when flying towards the vessel and typing in the coordinates, when there basically are no stakes whatsoever, is what makes it so amazing. You don't go to the Eye to save the universe, you go there because you want to witness it, because you feel like it's your purpose now. The Nomai are long dead, but you, and only you, can finish what they started, even if it ultimately doesn't matter to anyone except yourself.
i would agree with you apart from for one detail that shows the protagonists (all of the travelers) were necessary for the universe to be reborn: with 5 players around the fire, a universe is created, but with solanum there too, it is given life - there are mantis aliens on the end screen to see. that shows that either, another person being there, or another species being there, gave the next universe its life so it wouldnt be unreasonable to extrapolate and assume the same would be true for the other 5 travelers, leading to nothing if nobody plays the song.
i think this interpretation doesn't hold up in the game. inevitability is a huge thing in the game, but like, there is absolutely nothing that hints to the observation of the eye not mattering, and at least one or two things hinting to that it does
I agree with you about your interpretation because the game is quite a bit existential in a true sense. Nothing that we or the Nomai do would have changed the ultimate outcome, but it is about trying our best to really being there to see it - trying to get to the very core of existence and attempting to understand what it is about, even if it will end tomorrow. Even the Nomai had no control over the sun (not) going supernova while they were still alive, like we have no control over the sun going supernova in our lifetime.
When I got to the Ash Twin Project, I had yet to figure out the state of the vessel. To me, I have just been presented the option to... Pull the plug. I grabbed the core, watched it all go dark and thought to myself. Is this really it? Will I end it all if I just take this way? This game always had a way of making me question myself, but it always gave me the time to think and come up with the answers. I don't have to guess if saying I'm a cleric is going to get someone angry at me or not on the spot. So... I plugged it back. I walked away... And I talked to our buddy in Giant's Deep. And I talked to everyone honestly, but I went to our time buddy first and told him what I had found. And he did have words to say about it. "Maybe it's for the best, no one wants to be stuck in a loop of death." and it struck me... Yeah I have to end it. With my own hands, I can't save everyone, and I have to be the one that ultimately has to accept that nature is just running its course. The Nomai never intended this device to trap someone at the end of the star's lifespan. But I found the vessel, I had the coordinates and I knew, I knew I had a way to achieve what they wanted to. All I've experienced and learnt, with little to no fear of consequences, was thanks to their inventions. All I've seen and practiced now came together for a final hurrah for both our sakes, and this was the perfect song to encapsule that feeling. Of both pulling the plug, and getting ready for one last discovery. Before I got lost and died on the bramble.
Im so glad I played this game from start to finish with my brother with the multiplayer mod. Sharing this experience with another person was beautiful. We worked together to solve the clues, to reach the unreachable and to push to that final goal as a team. This game was no doubt amazing to play alone but with the mod, it made it that much more perfect.
I've just finished the game and oh boy my heart hasn't beaten up that hard before I'm so grateful that I played this game hands down a total Masterpiece
Everyone saying how awesome it was to go through dark bramble knowing they can't mess up this time, and me having to restore a save because i didn't realize there was an anglerfish behind me... kind of reduces narrative tension the second time around, tell you what. still awesome though, made my heart pound every time.
When Perseverance was landing, I had perfectly set myself up so that touchdown would end at the same moment as this video. That even worked out to making the starting time be just after the pod had really started aerobraking. Impossibly tense, to be in that moment.. Incredible, life changing experience.
I'm loving hearing that this part got ALL of us. Got ALL of our adrenaline going and stuff. My story isn't as exciting but is still my unique experience. I had grabbed the core and only then realized what was happening. What I was holding. I got ready to leave the Ash Twin but checked on one of the pedestals really quickly to see how much time I had before the supernova. About 10 minutes left. Then the music picked up and my heart started going. I thought for a second "wait, I should restart the loop whilr I can to buy myself time." I took a few seconds to think about it. I said "Screw it. I'm committing. I'm doing this." And I jumped into my ship so fast and hauled it to Dark Bramble, and dude my heart was racing but I didn't realize it, having chills my entire way over there. Of course when the music slowed down as I went past the angler fish, only then did I realize how hard my heart was beating just...gliding...slowly...patiently...I've already got a phobia with GIANT creatures that can swallow ships whole in space and the ocean. So I already was afraid of them. But this time? It was all at stake. So I kept my eye on them as I glided past. Once I thought it was okay, I hauled it to the Vessel. And once I jumped out of the vessel, dude, I was flying so fast slamming against the walls nearly damaging myself from how I was just zooming through the hall. Put the core in and honestly was just trying my best to figure out the code and how to use the controls. The rest you know. This entire game is a journey and an experience in itself. Absolutely amazing. But this part? This is the part that gets EVERYONE. And I LOVE reading these stories
Hearing this, muted, as you slowly pass by the anglerfish knowing that you CANNOT FUCK UP is both the most stressful and amazing experience in any video game ever.
That’s when you just Feldspar it
@@BackByUnpopularDemand yeah. Vroom vroom.
@@BackByUnpopularDemand the one "room" where 2 fat fishes are guarding the entrance though 👀
And screaming in your head: “hurry up, come on hurry up.. i need reach that ship fastest i can”
I remember having to eject just in front of the last entrance because I was being eaten by one, and hearing it while approaching to the ship was a great experience
EVERYBODY GANGSTA UNTIL THE GAME TURNS INTO A RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK FOR REALS.
Pulling the core and realizing, "Ah...I forgot what it felt like to fear death."
Anyone else’s heart beat intensely the entire time going through dark bramble and with this music playing?
YES!!! I think about it every time I come back to this song
My hands were literally trembling while going through the Bramble when this was playing. A very bad thing to have happen to your hands in an area like that!
Ωmega me and you both lmao. Then to hear the angler fish scream and try to jet away fast as possible 😭
Jawstheoceanian so terrifying 😩
My favorite part is leaving my ship and slowly floating past the anglers. Reminds me of that scene in WWZ where the main character is able to walk by the zombies undetected.
When it dawns on you, when you finally realize what you were trying to do, what you were supposed to do this whole time: to take the Warp Core and place it in The Vessel...The entire game, all the cycles, just for this one moment, shooting across space into the Dark Bramble to find The Eye. It's stunning.
One of the best paced games I've ever played...and...shockingly, you do it all yourself. Every step, is you, you making that discovery, you piecing it together, you spreading your wings and flying. It was always there from loop 1, everything, waiting for you to learn how to master it. Just a masterpiece of a game. WOW.
And the best thing is: you have absolutely no idea what will happen next, or what the Eye actually is.
You don't even know if the ship actually works, or if it's completely useless.
And yet you are willing to gamble the only thing that kept you alive thus far, on the off chance that you'll find something that can save the universe. The realization that the everything has ended, and I'm probably the last remaining thing alive hit me like a brick wall. I assumed that the Eye can save everything, but that was just a childish hope from my part.
What an absolute masterpiece.
@@TheMegaOne1000 Absolutely! And one of the amazing things is the game starts with naive optimism and despite all the dire things you learn along the way it transforms your thinking into resilient optimism, an optimism grounded in reality. And in a crazy way a game for entertainment transcends to proverb status and teaches us how to not lose hope while admitting the gravity of our situation. Just...wooooow.
@@vulpinemachine I could not have said it better myself. This is the best story telling I've seen in any medium ever.
I finished the game today and it really is incredible when you have all the pieces of the puzzle and know exactly what you have to do, incredible game and ending
tfw a fish dooms the entire universe
So many times
But the Universe was dying anyways, how is it the Fish’s fault, unless we talking about the Anglerfish, then never mind then.
Hate that fish. Big portion of trauma in such beautiful game
@@piotrqueltas Your telling me, I straight up went full thrusters into a seed the moment I heard the Growl that signaled it woke up.
@@nickcalderon2637 This. It's one of the big dawning realisations the game leads you to. The universe is doomed regardless of what you do. All you can do is try to make something good out of it for your friends, angry fish be damned.
I was just as gobsmacked as everyone else here was when I took the core and this started playing. Rushed all the way to the Dark Bramble and slowly-but-urgently made my way to the Nomai Grave to send my scout, just in time for me to crash my ship against the vines and learn for the first time that you can damage your fuel tanks and permanently lose the fuel leaving your ship inert. Knowing what had to be done, knowing how close the Vessel was, and feeling the crushing weight of it all I decided to make my way with only my suit. Just as I had did with my ship before, I silently coasted by the three anglerfish with no wood and steel to separate me from them. As soon as I could I went full steam toward the signal and managed to make it through the last seed to reach the Vessel. I tell you what, NOTHING will compare to the way this song made me feel during that last-ditch flight. Amazing game. Amazing. The ending was everything I needed and I will carry it with me for a long time.
Beautifully put. :')
Before I did my final run, I practiced the entire run a number of times. I found out how hard I could press on the thrusters and not wake the fish. I mastered inputting the coordinates in zero-G, I had it all down perfectly, I even optimized the run as if I was trying to speed run it. Then I pulled the warp core and the music started. The precision I practiced was thrown out the door and I trembled my entire way there. Luckily, my training with dark bramble held as I quickly navigated through. I stumbled over inputting the coordinates longer than I'd like to admit despite the gravity making it easier.
I find it amazing how one single event where we are all doing the same thing can have so many different ways to experience it.
@@BarkleyBCooltimes I had done the run a couple of times trying to figure out the vessel puzzle (was at the time unaware of the warp core in ATP) and boy when I figured that out.
Just like you I panicked HARD. Couldn't think straight. The realization that it's do or die, no more loops. The warp core in your hand is the collective hopes and dreams of an entire species, whatever the eye is it will have to do something or it's all finished.
I speeded to dark bramble and didn't engage the auto-pilor, didn't slow down either. Crashed into the upper entrance of dark bramble - ship was fucked and disabled. I was distressed, panicked, and depressed of how I crumbled under the pressure. It's silly... but the game had me so immersed the feeling was genuine. As you say most people experience will differ and that moment I've never experienced anywhere else.
But all who have been there relate.
Andrew perfectly matches the severity of the moment with this music - and rounds it off with such a heartwarming moment that is the travelers theme around the campfire.
After you arrive at the vessel for the first time, you can mark it on your map and go there directly. Not that it really matters anymore...
@@Soul-Burn Yeah I had learned that after the fact. Made it waaaay harder on myself here lol.
Got too excited the first time I heard this and crashed into the Dark Bramble. Amazing game.
I haven't had time to test it since, but did you loop after dying while the core was out?
@@aluas4654 Essentially, yes. You get a credits scrawl, but the game will immediately reset afterwards same as any other loop, with all of your progress intact. Thank god too, would've sucked to have lost everything because of such a dumb mistake.
@Aluas dying in such a way causes the words “YOU ARE DEAD” in orange text to fill your screen in place of the nomai statue replay thing, after which the ‘bad end’ credits play
Alexolas fun fact: the same thing happens if you die before linking with the statue.
Figuring out where the Ash Twin Project is, finally seeing the Advanced Warp Core and realizing it has to go across the solar system with you to The Vessel in Dark Bramble,...and failing over and over and over again...until you get it right, just once.
"If they thought of powering the Ash Twin with the Vessel's core... then I can power the Vessel with the Ash Twin's core... Of course, the price for that experiment will be that I allow the universe to end, let all of my friends die their final death, and risk it all for an unknown discovery, which I will have moments to experience before I am myself engulfed in the flames".
"I'll do it".
Wasn't the Vessel's core. It was burned out. They made a new one, or several for High Energy Lab and Ash Twin Project. They needed the power of the sun in a then lifeless (except a 4-eyed jelly) solar system. The Ash Twin Project failed thousands of years ago. They needed a Supernova and couldn't cause one. Now the suns are dying of natural causes. It triggers the Ash Twin Project naturally, causing the start of the loop. It doesn't happen in the past. It starts the second you wake up.
@@BlakSunMassacre yes I got all that, don't worry
Dave Reed the anglerfish and electric jellyfish were alive back then no?
@@BurtisBean Had to be. The Nomai had records, and the skeleton of the Anglers. The Jellyfish are unclear. The Hearthians seemed to find the jellies on Giant's Deep and one frozen on the Bramble. I don't think the Nomai mentioned them. The module doesn't sink until the moment you wake up and the cannon fires. Not sure, go to r/outerwilds we can both find the answers. lol. Also at the time of the Nomai, the Bramble was only a seed. Isn't it wonderful that we're thinking about this a year after this game came out??
Dave Reed “Natural causes” You know, with the universe dying out so quickly it made me think: “Is this natural or is some entity ending the universe?”
I remember the first time I heard this. I was...early...I hadn't solved ALL the mysteries yet. I'd stepped out of the ATP with this in my hand. Heard the horrifying music, realised it was way too early for it and that the song was different. Was like "Probably...probably shouldn't have done this...I'll...I'll just go put this back."
That's part of the genius of this piece -- If you shut down the ATP prematurely, the music unsubtly warns you that you're doing something NOT to be done lightly!
I went the entire game without linking End Times with the supernova, not consciously at least. It was just pretty background music to me as I explored. A part of me I think did become more aware of the sun and how long id been out as it played. This version however, while I still didn’t link it with the sun, still rang as a familiar tune that gave me anxiety, which with the remixed version subsequently turned to adrenaline to get to the Vessel asap.
Either way this song caused stress
"..... why do I hear boss music?"
Your intuition served you well.
Nothing rivals the feeling you get when you hear this song for the first time while you make a mad dash to the Vessel.
I remember going inside the ATP and taking the core for the first time, then this song began playing and I realized: "Holy shit. The end is inevitable. The time loop is not going to happen again."
I immediately paused the game. I had not felt this way from a game in a long time. The chills man.
Everyone deserves to play this game.
I also freaked out thinking the sun is about to explode, but after realizing that's not the case i practiced a few vessel runs and then reseated the loop to finish the game.
What happens? I don't want to experiment.
you stop the time loop, inevitably leading to the destruction of the galaxy
I've never experienced such a feeling in a game. I don't know how the devs do it, but holy shit I get chills thinking about it to this day. This is definitely one of my all time favourite games.
Brave Lil' Toasty 1273 don’t be afraid of experimenting, the only thing that’s stopping you from beating the game is knowledge of the ending so you can just start a new save if you fail. (But if you do don’t forget about solanum)
this and the final campfire were probably the two emotionally heaviest moments for me, soundtrack-wise
Same here, and meeting Solanum too.
finding the nomai that tried to return to the vessel only to end up going to the wrong signal is up there too, and of course witnessing the supernova for the first time if you went in completely blind is incredibly memorable
@@theimperiumofman102 I was so happysad to see Solanum. Her last words were "thank you for remembering about me".
The casual jumpscare this song made.
Outer wilds is a metroidvania where knowledge takes the place of upgrades, and it is a masterfully crafted game that will probably stick with me until the end. I am so happy I played this game.
THAT'S why my mind kept wandering to the notion of equipment upgrades while playing this. I knew there was something scratching the metroidvania itch besides the exploration, but that explains it nicely.
@@Kris-ck2mdfor the longest time I held off going to the interloper cause I was waiting for the upgrade that helps with ghost matter, forgot this wasn’t that sort of game lmao
Nowadays, the term "Metroidbrainia" is used to describe these kind of knowledge-based exploration games.
Amazing comment
When you unplug the atp, and this music starts playing you realise this is IT, the final cycle has begun before the world as you know it ends in a matter of minutes. It's sad and terrifying all at once. This is hands down the best horror game I've ever played
Horror game 🤔
@@DudleyOP Absolutely
jammydodgerman Not really horror, but more of terror since it practically manipulates your mind in ways a game should not be able to, it makes your subconscious think that there is only one chance, you’re at the end of your life and there is only a few more minutes to save it, and any mistake will be your last. Horror is more of a conscious thing and for jump scares and such, terror is your subconscious going haywire and really trying to tell you to get out of there, like you’re going to die. There is only one other game that has done this to me and it is Subnautica. No other game has came close at all to this level of terror. Outer wilds devs are so god damn good at tricking your subconscious.
The anglerfish are more terrifying than anything I've encountered in a horror game - yep!
@@syncshard waiiiit is it only a few minutes? if i remember correctly all i did was: start fresh, waited until i could reach the warp on twins, took the core and after that into the ship in dark bramble. i think u had plenty of time or am i mistaken / dont remember it correctly?
Less than 14 minutes. Sounds like enough time but it feels like it's ticking down impossibly fast when you've just switched off the universe's failsafe machine. At the same time though, you've never been more filled with motivation. For the bravery of fellow Hearthians, for the curiosity of the Nomai, for the kindness of a stranger you don't know, and for the ones who come after.
End Times is a sorrowful, yet calming tune that tells you your time is up and that you have no choice but to just wait for the inevitable and start over.
Final End Times is a song of hope, invigoration, and drive. This song you've heard hundreds of times before is no longer a sad, somber melody telling you to stop and wait for the reset, but now an invigorating, hopeful song telling you to push forward. It feels like every being in the entire universe is watching, counting on you. Our time is up, but we can finish what the Nomai started, and guarantee a new universe for the next cosmic generation. As you drift through Dark Bramble, you can almost hear everyone from all corners of the universe, with their eyes all on you, saying in unison, "You can do this." "You can do this." "I believe in you." "Run, little Traveler, and carry the Nomai across the finish line." "Don't let our universe die for nothing." Outer Wilds is a game that somehow manages to empower the player's hope after taking it away so many times.
I still have and play the original Alpha of the game... it's been in development for so many years, and I never once thought that this was what the little Alpha would turn into.
I fucking love this game to death.
You forgot to mention the part at end were you some how get eaten by an anglerfish
And unlike the plot of this game, I'm failing everyone
Well said, beautiful
Thank you, this was beautiful.
It’s exactly how I felt but couldn’t put into words.
This might be the most powerful reprise I've ever heard in a soundtrack.
Over several loops of exploration and unraveling the mysteries of the Nomai, End Times has hinted at the fate of the solar system as the supernova's time draws near, with a side of peaceful reassurance that you'll get another chance, another perspective of the situation, in the next loop.
And then when you unplug the source of that loop, this song fades in. The familiar melody of End Times, but with an added sense of urgency, as you have now accepted that looming fate, and whatever happens this time around -- whether you let the supernova consume you, find some way to escape it, or try to finish what the Nomai started -- whatever happens, it happens for real this time. No more do-overs. Sure, the game still lets you continue and update the ship log as if you're still in the loop, but even when I died on my first attempt (smacked into Brittle Hollow and anticlimactically ran out of air), that knowledge never detracted from the weight of the moment.
That feeling when the universe is about to die and you have literally minutes to save it...
Oh, but that's the beauty of it, you don't save it. All you get to do is witness the new beginning
lol you thought
it made me sad how you cant save anything no matter what you do. there was at least some joy seeing life begin anew in a new world, new universe.
@@bellicosebean That's the theme of the game though, isn't it? Time and death are inevitable, but you live on through the torches you've passed on to future generations.
@@bellicosebean That was the great "OH. Oh Wow." moment I had in the final couple of hours of my playthrough. I realised that although I was playing with this mindset of trying to find the Nomai's secrets of how to save the universe... in truth there were no such secrets. The universe was going to end regardless, and this cataclysmic event was so beyond the ability of mortal minds to prevent that in the end, why bother? Why not just enjoy the universe for what it is, why not just spend a few precious final moments with friends, why not just stop to smell the pine trees? In the end life is what it is, and the universe could not possibly care less. This is the tragic beauty of the meaning of life (or lack thereof) that I believe that Outer Wilds was trying to portray.
A really nice touch - this track is obviously an adaption of 'End Times', but at the start you can faintly hear the Nomai distress beacon signal. Throughout, you can also hear the churning sounds of the quantum signal. These two sounds guide you throughout many parts of the game.
Everything clicks together for this final loop. You're using the remnants of the Nomai to reach the source of the quantum energy in the solar system, the Eye.
I think the soundtrack of this game is just as incredible as the game itself.
You can hear it at 1:00 too I believe.
I never noticed that the beacon distress sound we heard in the soundtrack until your comment :o
Once the song got muffled in Dark Bramble, that’s when I knew for sure I had the right idea.
Everyone else who died during this song: Reasonably messing up Dark Bramble.
Myself: Grabs warp core, autopilots into the sun.
Or me, who gets to the Eye, and suddenly gets “you have destroyed spacetime”.
I had been too nervous to take the core on a previous loop with no time and unknowingly left ‘myself’ die, thus violating causality while at the eye.
I was treated to kazoos.
@@BlueShellshockbeautiful
That's impressive, but I'm afraid I have to dethrone you.
...
I died from the cactus in the warp tower.
my ship got sucked off and got launched into space, i tried to stick it under the bridge between the warps
I literally haven't been this stressed out by a game for a long time
Stressed? I was filled with excitement.
@@doriantermini The summation of all of the generations of work by an advanced (but departed) alien species, any hope of salvation for your own life and species (although misplaced), and the very continuation of the universe rests on you successfully piloting a death trap of a spaceship across the solar system and through a nest of a Cthulhuian murder-fish in under twenty minutes in one attempt. From a meta perspective, you as a player face the possibility of save file deletion for a 20 hour game. Stress is definitely a natural reaction to these circumstances.
The Final End Times.
One shot. One Chance.
Make it count, hero.
stop commenting things that make me cry in every video that relates to OW music!
@@d_camara You're a month late, so there's nothing I can do about that now. Sorry.
crashes into an anglerflish instantly
Technically, you arent even a hero. *SPOILERS* Making the trip to the Vessel so it can warp to the Eye isn't something that is needed to happen so the next universe can thrive. You are there just to observe the making while it reflects your mind. The universe could careless about your existence. It will happen with or without you. That's what I love about it. You arent a hero saving the day. There's nothing to save. You are just an observer.
@@connorambrosino1741 I can get behind that message, but I don't think that's the intention. Yes, you are just an observer, but the game has shown you again and again that observers DO make a difference, particularly when it comes to quantum mechanics. Solanum's dialogue (especially in the Eye when you are about to jump into the flashing orb thing and pick "not yet") heavily implies that whatever happens in the ending is an extrapolated version of the way you see quantum objects behave throughout the game: "...unless they are collapsed by an observer, they will never be more than possibilities".
The "Big Bang" you see at the end is portrayed to be the wave function collapse of all possible combinations of universal constants that define the laws of physics. So, basically, it's Schrödinger's universe. One that has no defined state until it's observed, and the only way to observe it is through the Eye.
This is an awfully convoluted way to say that you ARE responsible for the creation of the new universe. If you don't believe me and you are interested in the lore, check out The Lore Explorer's videos on the game - he's done a much better job at explaining this than I ever could.
At the very least, this is what the game wants you to believe. Of course, you can interpret it in a few different ways - maybe conscious observation isn't a requirement and you've been deceived by God himself (the Eye) in order to give your life some semblance of meaning and fulfillment. That's my headcanon.
If you hear this, you might want to get to the centre of Dark Bramble before the sun blows up...
yup
Quick question, can you put the warp core back? Accidentally rushed through things and don't want it to end just yet.
@@physical_insanity Yes, you can put it back :)
@@xFenrisulvenx Few! So I can return to the Bramble?
@@physical_insanity If you mean the Ash Twin Project, yeah you can go back there and put the warp core back for the loop to continue ! If you go to Dark Bramble, then I guess you should know why you would do that ^^
I thought the game would end with a black hole transporting the solar system to another star or something like that.
The more and more I played I realized there was no salvation, the universe is on its final moments.
Seeing the vessel and the puzzle, the symbols in giants deep, and finally that warp core in the ash twin project, how it all connects and suddenly after all the loops finally YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO, going through those angler fish mf's that I now can perfectly pass after all the deaths, the beautiful music, the jump to the eye, man this game is one of the best I have played.
A MASTERPIECE.
i love the whole red herring stuff with the sun station and you think youre supposed to shut down the sun station to save the system, but then as you learn more you realise the whole game was a result of nomai trying to prevent the end of the universe, there was no enemy, and you arent supposed to be a hero. and i love that. all you can do is take your last shot to do whatever you can to finish what they started. the universe will end, and as the nomai learned, theres no stopping it.
They may have been infinitely more advanced with warp technology, control of black holes and time travel and even they couldnt stop it, and neither should you expect to.
I think this was so powerful.
I was so hyped when I heard this music. I was yelling “COME ON YOU PIECE OF CRAP SHIP, ONE MORE RIDE!”
This song is perfect. When I listen I can feel the lonelyness, the beauty of the universe, the cicle restarting. This game is 10 out of 10.
Carai mané, quer dizer que além de Re:zero tu também gosta de Outer Wilds. Tu tem bom gosto
@@atumnalataecachorra2313 claro kk esse jogo é incrivel
@@Barusuzin Com certeza, to mais ou menos na metade da dlc e o bagulho tá tão incrível quanto o jogo base. Os caras simplesmente não conseguem falhar em trazer conteúdo bom
@@atumnalataecachorra2313 o desfecho da DLC é perfeito. Eu diria que chega até ser melhor que o jogo base. Você vai se surpreender assim como eu quando descobrir a verdade por trás de tudo.
@@Barusuzin o desfecho do jogo base é provavelmente meu final favorito de qualquer jogo. Se o final da DLC for melhor eu mal posso esperar pra chegar lá
The first time you hear this, you remember your mortality. No step back, no loop that makes you start again. Just you and your mortal self.
This is truly "Final End times".
Masterpiece.
The fact once you beat the game, you can never truly play it again the same way really fits so well with this statement.
_That's_ the word I was looking for. "Mortality."
You have one chance to make sure the Nomai clan didn't give their lives in vain.
And yet.
Nothing matters in the end really. You give up your time looking to see the truth. The truth is the end of the Universe. And the rebirth of that very same Universe. The truth is an Infinity of death and rebirth
@@shirori2004 There wouldn't be a new universe without you reaching the Eye, though...
@@Bloodymir88
doubt it. It will happen...maybe a bit longer but it will. It will because it must. Given an infinite amount of time.
@@janusceasar7851 That is one way to look at it, I suppose. But this way you get to put your mark on the new universe. I would say the devs did not want us to draw the conclusion: "Nothing matters in the end" from this game.
@@janusceasar7851 I don't believe the eye would have had an infinite amount of time with regards to having a conscious observer enter it. Most star systems were dying out and other than the Hearthians, no one else is close enough to the Eye to collapse it into a big bang.
Maybe the present day Nomai can eventually get to it, but chances are higher that no one will enter the eye. And as the last star dies, life will fade away, along with any chance of collapsing the eye of the universe.
The moment when you see the core and all those big, yet separate chunks of carefully, maticulously gathered information instantly click together and you KNOW what to do and what WILL happen if you dont is one of the best feelings I ever had
Here it is, the Final Loop. May the Dark Bramble never get you.
"Of all the beings to perish in the coming supernova, we will miss the Anglerfish the least."
Got extremely Wasted last night and tried to beat it the very first time, went through dark bramble and got swallered up and got jumped scared. I’m gonna try again tonight
I kinda both like and dislike the angler fish, I like it coz it gives you the intense stress along with time and I dislike it coz it eats you with the slightest sound
The absolute determination this gives you to see your journey through, For all that ever was to actually mean something. It's an amazing feeling....with there being nothing like it in gaming today. Spectacular Game!!!!
Knowing that the mouse might one day break the loop, finding the cheese at the eye of the universe... you are filled with *determination.*
This is the sound of : "Well done, you've figured it out. Now don't f*ck up."
Just hearing this now, without context… goosebumps everywhere… it really is the end isn’t it…
When I first heard It, I thought if you died, you would have to restart the game from the beginning, so I was so stressed up when i entered in Dark Bramble haha
*Night of the Final Day*
This moment rewired my brain forever.
I love how if you leave the ship near where "you know where" and you take out the "you know what" and then you return to the ship, if you do it in a let's say normal time, neither very fast nor slow, at the moment you take off and you start the engines to go to "you know where" this part begins to play 0:22, it is the perfect timing, literally, the Final End Times
this is the exact thing that happened to me, it’s wonderful, i was so surprised
This song really perfectly encapsulates the situation. You just pulled the plug on the thing that's keeping you immortal and are carrying it around, possibly not even knowing what to do with it
This game did in-universe respawning so perfectly, it made this section feel so, SO fucking intense. And actual life an death situation.
I didn't think a video game could feel so heckin' REAL, but Mobius sure did prove me wrong.
I’m so glad this game got the recognition it deserved. I played it on game pass last year and it is still one of the best titles I’ve ever played.
There will never be anything like the first time you pick up the quantum core and know what you have to do. Knowing full well what it means to remove it. Knowing you have no choice but to succeed. Knowing what's at stake.
And then this starts playing.
The first time I heard this song, I thought turning off the Ash Twin project would also stop the sunstation from blowing up the sun.
I was so young and foolish, then.
Ah but we’re told on the sun station that it doesn’t work but that the sun is reaching the end of it’s natural life cycle :)
@@Jixaw15 Yes but reaching the sun station is one of the most tricky thing in the game. I remember thinking about it under my shower and suddenly, a revelation... "I CAN WALK ON THE SAND FOR A BRIEF MOMENT !!"
me: yes, 2020 is finally over
the sun: *song start plaing*
bu-but the signs are everywhere, the fires, the pandemic, I-I have...I have to look back into the star chart...
inb4 this song starts playing on new years eve
@@janusceasar7851 *PANIK
Time to travel the solar system then. Someone get the banjo.
stfu about 2020 memes they are a tired joke and just pathetic excuses on why 2020 will continue to be a bad year
stop it
TFW when you have the warp core and less than 20 minutes to get to The Vessel...and you come out to find your ship being sucked up and away by Ember Twin
"For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of stars makes me dream. -Vincent van 609H
I love how well written this song is as it takes you through an emotional ride, and also how big a fucking whiplash the first note ends up being
What I find interesting is that everyone had that same anxiety of “This is my only chance. If I die now, it’s over for real…” Despite the fact that even if you do die and get a game over, the only thing different than dying normally is you go back to the title screen first and then the camp fire. That’s it. Get back in your ship and try again.
But the feel, the atmosphere, the knowledge of what this means, immerses the player so much that they feel like everything is truly riding on this one last trip.
i know they wouldn't have done it, cause it's such a dick move, but deep in my heart I woulda loved if they deleted your save file, or deleted your game if you lost. no 'reload save'. you missed your chance, now you start the game as someone else and it's their turn to save the universe!
@@we-must-live It would be a dick move... but it'd be a Big Dick move if you know what I mean.
@@we-must-livethey did when it first release. However tons of player complained so they changed it
They should add that feature back as a togglable option
but a first time player wouldn't know this. i actually assumed the save file would get wiped when i first played it.
Go to the center of the Bramble. Don't miss.
After taking off from Ash Twin, my brother pointed out I hadn't marked the vessel, so I decided I should probably do that do that before heading to Dark Bramble. I forgot how close the twins are to the Sun. It was only after I was already in the logs that I noticed the burning sound and that the ship's interior seemed to be getting brighter.
On the bright side, I technically got my first ending on that run.
the first time i heard this song it gave me many feelings but it mostly me me feel really tense and stressed, now i hear it and wish i could go back and play this game for the first time again, and this huge wave of nostalgia passes over me when i listen to it now....and....im not crying over outer wilds ost again
_when you take off from Ash Twins after grabbing the core and this music drops, and you know it's the last time you'll ever hear it, that your journey has finally come to an end, you found no way to stop the inevitable; the sun will so supernova for the final time_
Then an anglerfish eats you and the moment is *SO* over
yep, same thing happened to me - made it outta ash twin, into dark bramble, crash the ship, lights flaring, alarm blaring, i eject, coast into the nest of space anglerfishes, 200m from the signal, then... OOOOOOAMMMMM. gone.
I cope by telling myself that because I technically died and “ended the loop” yet I get to continue, that loop never happened, it was simply a thought the main character had whilst asleep lol.
The first time this music played to me it didn't had much power, because my first ending was the Solanum's Fate ending (Quantum Moon). But when I listened to the Main Title again I knew it wasn't over, I haven't finished my mission... I kept my mind straight to point, all the way to the Vessel, but I remember the feeling of "having the destiny of the Universe in my hands" that this music made me feel. Everytime I listen to it, I can feel the exact same thing, that I have to do it, even if it's hard or stressful or scary, I *have* to do it.
Outer Wilds is my favorite game for many reasons, but taking the ATP for the second time to really complete my mission, without even knowing where I am going, is one of the best
it has been almost a month and I can't stop thinking about this game
I Think this game is a masterpiece. Everything in this game is just so well thought and fits perfectly with all the other pieces. Its maybe like the most innovative game ive ever played. My favourite one too. And it stil has such a High Level even in the technical aspects. I hope so much that more games learn with this as a example how much potential there is in this medium.
This game combines a perfect narrative where literally everything in this world really is relevevant (every place and every information) with yeah an non linear open world. And even its not just a normal static open world like we see it just like everywhere. It is a living world which changes by time. This is so well crafted and such a example of how to make every open world game better. And everything fits so perfect in this world.
It is ahead of its time. I think it got easally the potential to be a classic like it is Portal. I even think this game is more innovative than Portal and more like groundbreaking for the whole Industrie.
But it is just not that. It even delivers one of the best soundtracks like ever. Which is capable to give it so much more feelings and emotion. Or just underline the feeling of curiosity. I hear into it often. This has so much love within it. So much emotion and so much feeling.
Heads up for everyone who worked on this game. From Alex who had the Vision to Kelsey who had the writing to Andrew who delivered the tracks. Just everyone of Mobius I want to congratulate on this work. Its really something to be proud of. It is something unique. Something that touches me in my very heart. THANK YOU
The first time I took the core I knew that it was too late to do anything with it.
Suddenly, this new theme started playing, and I was both excited and scared. And sad. A lot. Without knowing why.
Anyway, for the first time in the game, I ran away from the sun, trying to avoid the imminent explosion.
I tried to do that other times and I knew it was useless... but it wouldn't have been useless that time.
I didn't know about the multiple endings, I didn't know that there is an ending in which you actually escape with the core, dying alone in the universe.
But it doesn't matter, because I didn't pick that ending: I looked back to see the sun one last time, with this theme playing in the background and with the core in my hands, knowing that the explosion would have been definitive this time, killing everyone I met and destroying everything I explored... well, I decided that I had to die there too, looking at the sun, not escaping from it.
In a certain way, the "You Are Dead" ending is the most powerful and poetic: it is a failure, but we failed fighting and trying, exploring and studying.
Obviously, in the following days, I obtained all the other endings too... but this one remains the best for me.
I remember emerging from the ash twin project with that warp core in hand. Looking up to my dying red star growing and groaning. All The anxiety and purpose I felt as I turned my gaze to dark bramble. A maze of foggy horror under a stellar time limit of just a few minutes, just to see the unknown.
This is what I feel when I hear this song
I was in such awe of this song that I listened to it until the sun exploded. Its sad to think that my character actually wanted to just die as a result instead of finding the eye as intended.
End Times: The universe comes to an end, and not you, not the Nomai, nor anyone else can do anything to stop it.
Final End Times: You, and only you, can save the universe. You have five minutes.
It was never about saving the Universe.
It's about carrying on everyone's legacy, the Heartheans, the Nomai, and the Strangers all only exist within YOU.
*_BREAKING NEWS:_*_ NASA and ESA discover a strange signal from across the observable universe, claim the signal is “billions of years old”._
I know this have not sense at all but, the first time i took the core and ran to dark bramble i was really worried 'bout time but then i felt something else that i dont know how it's called. I felt like those high-pitched sounds in the song were all the nomai dreams and hopes, all their desires to reach the eye, I felt like if all their beings were by my side inside that small ship crossing the whole solar system, i knew i MUST complete my final objetive, not just for myself, for all the Nomai and the Heartians people.
I did it at my "first try"(i actually trained myself to get a secure way to get to the ship so when i had it i did the whole thing at my very first try with the core). That was awesome, the best way this game could end.
It's weird how a single song makes me felt a lot of emotions at once, but im glad i played this game dude, i wish i could play it again for the first time.
genuinely panicked for a bit when I first took out the warp core. Made the rush to the vessel all the more heart throbbing
Dude thank you so much for uploading individual songs from the soundtrack. Can you upload 14.3 billion years too? It's the credits theme
Sure, here it is: th-cam.com/video/kTm_WTaus7E/w-d-xo.html
i'm gonna upload the soundtrack song by song this week for everyone - along with a tutorial on how to play the main banjo riff. hopefully it's helpful!
@@andrewprahlow yay thank you
@@andrewprahlow oh snap the dude himself! please put them in a playlist as well for easy listening. and thanks for putting together such a wonderful soundtrack. the game definitely wouldn't be as good without it
I remember when I played that part. I crashed my ship on the vessel. I somehow survived, but my ship was permanently broken beyond repair. It was my ship's final mission and it completed it successfully at the cost of its life.
Running away never felt so badass...
I’d end a thousand family trees just to experience this game for the first time again. No words can describe it- it is perfect beyond perfection.
hoowee pie guy, i think i'd end my own family tree if it meant letting thousands of others experience Outer Wilds for the first time!
I don't think I have played a video game section ever again while being so still and with eyes all the way wide open. This game is an experience!
The fact that I can never play this game for the first time is sad. It's very rare to be able to blindly experience something like this.
A million years early, a millions years late, this is a song only we will hear. To any futures ahead, good luck, and the zero or gazillions futures behind, god rest
This better play when I'm old and start dying in the hospital as the doctors try to bring me back.
This games is amazing.
Getting into Ash Twin was the last thing I had left to do, which was mostly by accident, as I tried to get inside that planet a few times before, just couldn't figure out how and later, when I did have a hunch, I was too occupied with all the lore and other discoveries this game has to offer.
Needless to say, after entering and having all of the known to me pieces of the story laid down in front of me, the one last piece finally clicked - the "why" question (I was quite dumb not to notice it by then lol)
I opened the core and, to my absolute surprise, I saw what I saw - honestly I don't know why I didn't expect it. I took the core, the music started playing and I knew precisely what has to be done. All of my experience, all of my training, all the discovery has lead me to this single moment - and I felt pressure of it all inside of me. Ash Twin, Bramble, Graveyard, Vessel, Coordinates. Such a perfect experience, would've been only better if I found more accidental obstacles on the way or if I was mere seconds from supernova burning me away.
I remember wasting too much time getting to the bramble when this kicked off. Then wasting more time floating too cautiously through it. Got nervous and boosted by an angler like an idiot. Was so angry at myself as it ate me that I went for broke and hit the eject as the jaws closed around me. It was terrifying going the rest of the way so exposed. By the time I finished entering the coordinates in the vessel the sun went boom. Made it to the end sequence by the skin of my nuts. Fought off big manly tears to the ending. Its a memory I will cherish. One of my absolute favorite games of all time.
DLC!
Nice reflexes on hitting that eject button
Wait wait wait, this has to be fake. No one ever uses the eject button correctly. (jokes aside glad you had such a great experience.)
@@The_Dragon_Tiamat I finished this a few days ago (was lucky enough to have avoided almost all knowledge of the game and went in essentially blind), and I honestly spent the entire not realising there was an eject button. Didn't know until I checked the achievements list after wrapping it up to see what else I could get up to in the game.
@@The_Dragon_Tiamat speedrunners do and a bunch of other incredible shit.I recommend checking it
It's so fucking good, it's like this building up and then you enter to Dark Bramble and it fades away, you know it's the end, you know it all, now you know what happened, and it's time to put an end to the Nomai's mission but you will have the test in the most mysterious planet you need to find his ship before the fishes eat you, you don't have much time left and you know it but you made, you made it to the eye of the universe. So fucking beautiful, I love this game
the only sad thing about this song is that you will never feel it like the first time ever again
the first time i heard this i had no clue what was happening, it was a jumpscare sorta
*Spoiler Warning*
"I have only one purpose now. I must find the Eye. For so long I have been stuck in this loop. For so long I had wanted to save my friends and family. but I cant, and I realize that now. I no longer can. But that wont stop me from doing what I was meant to do. The Eye is my destiny. The Eye is where I must go. I feel it calling me. I had nothing to hope for anymore, but the Eye is here for me now. I am no longer scared, for I have lost the need to be. Except for when I pull this plug, supposing that even triggers my emotion. I will no longer be happy, for I have lost the ability to be. I am only filled with sadness and a void surrounding it. But in that void somewhere, there is confidence. That confidence is the need for me to find the Eye. My mind is self-driven toward the Eye of the Universe. When I get there. I will walk into whatever it throws at me. I will walk through terror without any hesitation. I will walk through until my legs collapse from pain I no longer can recognize. In the end, I will be something. I have an incredible purpose. And when I reach my goal, I will be crying. Not of sadness, but of; joy. Joy, something I haven't felt in so long. I crave it. But only if the Eye allows it. For the Eye will guide me to my destiny. Whether it be happy, or sad. I will reach the Eye of the Universe and I will succeed in giving whatever it wants from me...
(Background Story in comments)
This is my character's story. He had hopes and dreams like any regular person. But as each loop went by, he began to worry that things actually wouldn't be alright. He began to crave Nomai information to keep his mind at bay. He began to lose emotions like pain, because every 22 minutes he felt the same scorching pain over and over again. Pain soon faded away from recognition. He no longer felt fear, because he always woke up the next cycle without any consequence. He no longer felt happy, but did find in himself tears of astonishment from the beautiful supernova. He lost hope of everything, until he heard of something the Nomai referred to as the "Eye of the Universe". He thought of it as just another weird Nomai thing. But soon he began finding information that told him the Nomai came to the system to find the Eye and the loops are going on to find the it. He wanted to know what was so important about this Eye. Soon he found out enough to try to find it. This is where he devotes his soul to finding it. It was his only lead. He was no longer a normal Hearthian. He was a shell of what he used to be. He became the Eye's war-shipper in a sort of way. His sorrow for his people was soon replaced by desperation to fulfill the Eye's wishes. He finds the Vessel and later finds the main core of the project. He then knows what he wants to do. After pulling the plug, he feels something strange. Is it fear for his life? He hadn't felt that since his first launch all that time ago! But he makes it first try, because he had to. This is where his "log" ends. And he reaches the Eye. He is so amazed by its glory. It speaks to him in an alien tone and he understands it. He spends moments of silence before entering it. And when he does, he doesn't understand it. Not yet. He sees his friends, and each one brings back something similar to his long missing emotion. Solanum was there too. In the end, he learned what the Eye wanted from him. No longer destroyed inside due to his returned emotions. He cried tears of all types. Still dedicated, he realized his purpose. He realized what the Eye wanted. And he accepted it. Thus came the new Universe.
HOLY SHIT! I NEEDED TO LET THAT OUT SO BADLY!
spoilers, be carefull
@@d_camara Fine :)
@@mattomo6825 As a pessimist, about half way through, I thought there is no way to fix this except to pull the plug. Apart from yourself, the world dies anyway. This loop is eternal torture. The only way is to let nature do it's thing. Now..how the F do I do that? Every string leads to oblivion. And when it ends..to me..was a beautiful moment of tears and peace. Not just for you. For the Nomai and the Hearthians who had no clue. Just one last long heartfelt kiss to say goodbye. Most don't get that opportunity. In all of 40yrs. of gaming, this is among my favorites of all time.
Though this music signals an end. When I close my eyes and find myself adrift in my mind-space - the first thing I envision is a beginning.
Out of all species to die the anglerfish will be missed the least
everybody gangsta until this song starts playing out of nowhere
This music confused me heavily, because I thought the first time I heard it that it was just the normal End Times, so I gave up instead of trying to get to Dark Bramble, figuring I was already too late.
Turns out I had almost half the loop left.
...You didn't think to pull up the map and check the sun?
David Prater well, I didn’t figure I had to, after all, End Times was playing (or rather, I thought it was) so there wasn’t really a point to checking the sun, I knew what that music meant.
Honestly it all comes down to my sense of time being fucking awful, to the point I can mistake 9 minutes for 3.
@@mr.cup6yearsago211 Same thing happened to me, except one quick thing clicked me, the hourglass was still running, the sun was still bright and i still had time, of course, much less than what i would have had if i hurried up the first time, and that made everything even more intense.
Gotta thank Larry Hyrb for tweeting about this game. Made me check it out and play through it. Beat it a couple times. Just so amazing honestly
when I finally figured out how to get into the core of ash twin, I knew the time was coming to a close, but I had already grabbed the warp core. Meditated, but then got the "you died" ending. lol
Should have plugged it back in.
People interpret the ending as the protagonist entering the Eye of the Universe to be essential for the universe to be reborn, but I don't think that's the case.
I think that part of the magic of Outer Wilds is that what you're doing ultimately does not matter in the grand scheme of things. Nothing you do really matters, the end is always inevitable, yet you're invested in it. It matters to *you*, and it matters to finish what the Nomai started. The entire point of the game is that you're kinda led to believe that you can stop the Sun from exploding, but you can't. Inevitability is a major theme.
The universe will die and be reborn whether or not you're there to see it. To the universe it could not be less important if you're there, but still, it matters to you. And the fact that the game manages to make you so invested and so nervous when flying towards the vessel and typing in the coordinates, when there basically are no stakes whatsoever, is what makes it so amazing. You don't go to the Eye to save the universe, you go there because you want to witness it, because you feel like it's your purpose now. The Nomai are long dead, but you, and only you, can finish what they started, even if it ultimately doesn't matter to anyone except yourself.
i would agree with you apart from for one detail that shows the protagonists (all of the travelers) were necessary for the universe to be reborn: with 5 players around the fire, a universe is created, but with solanum there too, it is given life - there are mantis aliens on the end screen to see. that shows that either, another person being there, or another species being there, gave the next universe its life so it wouldnt be unreasonable to extrapolate and assume the same would be true for the other 5 travelers, leading to nothing if nobody plays the song.
i think this interpretation doesn't hold up in the game. inevitability is a huge thing in the game, but like, there is absolutely nothing that hints to the observation of the eye not mattering, and at least one or two things hinting to that it does
I agree with you about your interpretation because the game is quite a bit existential in a true sense. Nothing that we or the Nomai do would have changed the ultimate outcome, but it is about trying our best to really being there to see it - trying to get to the very core of existence and attempting to understand what it is about, even if it will end tomorrow. Even the Nomai had no control over the sun (not) going supernova while they were still alive, like we have no control over the sun going supernova in our lifetime.
It's outright stated that the universe needs an observer to kick off from a cloud of possibilities to the big bang.
Hearing this while my heart is bumping 200 beats a second with all the angelfishes and and entering the eye on the last second is CRAZY
What an experience this game is.
When I got to the Ash Twin Project, I had yet to figure out the state of the vessel. To me, I have just been presented the option to... Pull the plug. I grabbed the core, watched it all go dark and thought to myself. Is this really it? Will I end it all if I just take this way? This game always had a way of making me question myself, but it always gave me the time to think and come up with the answers. I don't have to guess if saying I'm a cleric is going to get someone angry at me or not on the spot. So... I plugged it back. I walked away... And I talked to our buddy in Giant's Deep. And I talked to everyone honestly, but I went to our time buddy first and told him what I had found. And he did have words to say about it. "Maybe it's for the best, no one wants to be stuck in a loop of death." and it struck me... Yeah I have to end it. With my own hands, I can't save everyone, and I have to be the one that ultimately has to accept that nature is just running its course.
The Nomai never intended this device to trap someone at the end of the star's lifespan. But I found the vessel, I had the coordinates and I knew, I knew I had a way to achieve what they wanted to. All I've experienced and learnt, with little to no fear of consequences, was thanks to their inventions. All I've seen and practiced now came together for a final hurrah for both our sakes, and this was the perfect song to encapsule that feeling. Of both pulling the plug, and getting ready for one last discovery.
Before I got lost and died on the bramble.
Im so glad I played this game from start to finish with my brother with the multiplayer mod. Sharing this experience with another person was beautiful. We worked together to solve the clues, to reach the unreachable and to push to that final goal as a team. This game was no doubt amazing to play alone but with the mod, it made it that much more perfect.
I've just finished the game and oh boy my heart hasn't beaten up that hard before I'm so grateful that I played this game hands down a total Masterpiece
This song gives me chills now.
Everyone saying how awesome it was to go through dark bramble knowing they can't mess up this time, and me having to restore a save because i didn't realize there was an anglerfish behind me... kind of reduces narrative tension the second time around, tell you what. still awesome though, made my heart pound every time.
When Perseverance was landing, I had perfectly set myself up so that touchdown would end at the same moment as this video. That even worked out to making the starting time be just after the pod had really started aerobraking. Impossibly tense, to be in that moment.. Incredible, life changing experience.
I really hope in my lifetime to be able to experience something as great aa Outer Wilds a second time
Local fish fucks everything up
Its music is good... except when you are insede dark bramble trying to enter the vesel in its time is terifing
*This isn't the first time you've been here, but it will be the last.*
I'm loving hearing that this part got ALL of us. Got ALL of our adrenaline going and stuff.
My story isn't as exciting but is still my unique experience.
I had grabbed the core and only then realized what was happening. What I was holding. I got ready to leave the Ash Twin but checked on one of the pedestals really quickly to see how much time I had before the supernova. About 10 minutes left. Then the music picked up and my heart started going.
I thought for a second "wait, I should restart the loop whilr I can to buy myself time."
I took a few seconds to think about it. I said "Screw it. I'm committing. I'm doing this." And I jumped into my ship so fast and hauled it to Dark Bramble, and dude my heart was racing but I didn't realize it, having chills my entire way over there.
Of course when the music slowed down as I went past the angler fish, only then did I realize how hard my heart was beating just...gliding...slowly...patiently...I've already got a phobia with GIANT creatures that can swallow ships whole in space and the ocean. So I already was afraid of them. But this time? It was all at stake. So I kept my eye on them as I glided past. Once I thought it was okay, I hauled it to the Vessel.
And once I jumped out of the vessel, dude, I was flying so fast slamming against the walls nearly damaging myself from how I was just zooming through the hall.
Put the core in and honestly was just trying my best to figure out the code and how to use the controls.
The rest you know.
This entire game is a journey and an experience in itself. Absolutely amazing. But this part? This is the part that gets EVERYONE. And I LOVE reading these stories
Best video game experience, unforgotabble
Anyone else get really emotional with the first few beats? I get taken right back into the first time I grabbed the warp core and thought “this is it”
This song is actually called Final Voyage on the sountrack, which is pretty neat imo.
I have had this playing for almost over 2 weeks, help.
help
still need help
ok its fine again
Back on my bs
@@ethosaur mane, better this than whatever nonsense i hear my neighbours playing!