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In terms of story and game play, the 22-minute loop has a lot of appeal.

The clues left behind by long-dead alien visitors provide a glimpse into their lives and hopes and loves - and their disagreements as to how far their experiments should go - without ever being heavy-handed about it. All the clues fit together, though, and all lead to the same place. You really can explore in any direction and in any order you like, following one line of clues or another.

#THE OUTER WILDS SWITCH HOW TO#

As for the writing, this game should be held up as the very model of how to integrate a tight, coherent narrative into an open-world setting. (I'm tempted to say: 'you know, like a game published by Annapurna.') The game-play mechanics are well crafted: navigation - in ship or in suit - and walking work smoothly, and all the tools the player has available function as they should. The aesthetic is stylized, but consistent - and consistently appealing. Each planet may be small - on the scale of hundreds of meters in diameter - but together they offer up a wide variety of dynamic and visually striking environments. The setting is a miniature solar system in which the planets are subject to something like realistic orbital mechanics. The This is very nearly a perfect game: beautifully designed and executed, intelligently written, and engaging from beginning to end.

This is very nearly a perfect game: beautifully designed and executed, intelligently written, and engaging from beginning to end.

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