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[–] [email protected] 170 points 1 year ago (7 children)

to clarify, this is the Corporate Hellscape in Space rpg "Outer WORLDS", not the comfy mystery game (with existential dread elements) "Outer WILDS".

[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Man. Such a shame those games came out at the same time with effectively the same name

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Outer Wilds is probably older. There was a prototype in 2012 for the guy's master's thesis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2AIOT24MWk

And I remember playing a beta version 3 years before release or so with a few less planets and much more primitive graphics.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

Yep, i also mistake them the first time.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

It also certainly doesn't help me remembering which is which when in Outer WILDS you explore different worlds and in Outer WORLDS the tutorial area is kind of an overgrown wilds in which you explore very few worlds. When I have to talk about either one of them I just say "You know, the one with the crazy gravity physics and planets" or "You know, the one that's basically just Firefly the video game."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This is the reason I own it already

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's even more confusing talking about the game because you can fly your ship into the sun in both.