This will be a somewhat short post, because I want to give a super-charged recommendation for
Outer Wilds[1] (and
its DLC, which is almost a separate [yet still connected] game all on its own), but it's one of those "the less you know going into it, the better" kind of games. In any case, I just finished the last bit of the main game after doing the DLC at the last, and I have to say it's probably in my top ten all time favorite games. Maybe top five.
About the only thing I can say that isn't a spoiler is that
the music is pretty great.
Oh, and here's a 15 minute long video essay I found that says quite a lot about the game (and games in general) without spoiling much of anything.
Outer Wilds is one of my all time favorite video games, but it's a game that's hard to talk about without giving away the magic of what makes it so special in the first place. This video aims to discuss why Outer Wilds is a masterpiece, without ruining the magic of the first playthrough.
[1] - Not to be confused with
The Outer Worlds.
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