My five year old son watched me play and finish this recently and was fascinated. He is now obsessed with space. He woke me up crying the other night saying he didn’t want the universe to end because he didn’t want me and his mother to die.
Real talk, cultivate that. That could grow into a massive driving force of motivation to focus on astrophysics, or even a medicinal longevity focus like gene therapy. Amazing that something as small as exposing your child to a thought provoking game could create that reaction.
@@tonytramel3118 building upon that, you can maybe bring up the concept of finding his own Eye of the Universe, both to ease his worrying about the end of the universe, and to cultivate interest
@@007avatarofvishnu Been telling people to get it all day, now that it's on steam. Have fun. And try to keep as far away from spoilers as possible. The less you know, the better ;)
It's this and the Kingdom Hearts opening title screen music. Both are absolutely beautiful. They kindle a special kind of fire inside of our hearts like when we were just children in a big big universe looking up at the stars in the sky with the gentle summer night breeze and all the little lights shining around the harbor with the waves crashing and the feeling of wonder and excitement to just get out there and experience this universe.
@@Randompancakes12345 ori and the blind forest,hollow knight,hyper light drifter,undertale,crypt of necro dancer,dead cell,risk of rain 2,journey,celeste,gris,mo astray thats my personel fav
@@Randompancakes12345 If you enjoy Metroidvanias, Hollow Knight is a masterpiece. Celeste is good if you like super difficult 2D platformers. UNDERTALE isn't as difficult as the two I just mention, so whether that's a pro or a con for you, I don't know; but it's something I think could be recommended to almost anyone.
I remember the first time I loaded up this game. The main menu music + graphics completely caught me off guard. It just gave me this super weird feeling I never felt before when playing a video game. I listened to the whole theme before I even started playing.
@@AlejandroTecman true. Knowing that I'm gonna die every 22 minutes anyways and always rewind kinda takes that edge away though. And yes there's some freaky creatures in subnautica if you don't have a fear of the ocean you will I highly recommend.
Was walking home from my friend's house mildly drunk listening to this loop, one of the best moments of my life. When i got home, i cried for like a minute, thanking everything that i have and thanking that i live, that i'm alive. No other track or song made me so emotional in my life.
Wow, amazing. I... have a different feeling when listening to it. I feel like nothing makes sense, nothing really matters when the universe is so big, what am I doing with my life, I need to improve and do something before my time runs out.
If I could pick one weird superpower to have, this would be the one. There are so many games that are masterpieces like this where, once you experience them once, you can never truly experience them a second time.
Reading all these comments just makes me cry for how cute people can be and how games can change people minds sometimes. And even though i dont know where everyone is from, but as the song that everyone in the game is playing from different planets. They are playing one song. Even though they are far apart, they are together with something they love and do at the same time. God bless the game and developers.
One of my favorite things from this game was... (spoiler alert for the "true ending") ...how Solanum was found by us and brought together to the campfire with the Hearthian explorers by the end, and invited to partake in the song the explorers play. Even though she mentioned before that she wished she knew our language, so she could understand us like we understood her with our translator, right before her time on the universe ends, she and the Hearthians are able to communicate perfectly with each other through the universal language: music. In the very end, she wasn't alone. She was one of us.
All of the money and work that goes into shovelware crap like marvel movies... This is art, no amount of money can buy this. Art has the power to make people feel and understand corners of the human experience that otherwise would be inaccessible to them in their lifetime. It brings us all a bit closer and breaks down barriers.
Outer wilds is one of two games out of the thousand I've played that has made me cry genuine tears. I even cried right now while listening, remembering the final scene and what it reminded me that I had forgotten.
Played this game with my younger brother during my mid-year work vacations and his school vacations. I don't think we've ever been this immersed into a videogame. Each time before we started I would stop at the menu before pressing start, or ask him to wait a little while, just to take in this intro. The day we knew we were close enough to finish the game to the point we knew we would finish on that playthrough, I remember I said to him "Dude, one day some years from now on we will listen to this song and feel SO nostalgic over the days we spent playing this game together, haha!" That was literally last week. I'm feeling nostalgic reminiscing over our days exploring the galaxy right now.
That's a beautiful memory you've made with your younger brother. Hell, I'm slightly jealous that you can share something so precious with a loved one! Maybe one day you two will be all grown up and catching up, talking over a bonfire as this song begins to play and both of you get hit by warm, blissful nostalgia of a well spent youth.
First time I showed my girlfriend this game, she was absolutely lovestruck by the title theme. She was almost in a trance, the title alone drove her to the brink of tears. When I realized this, I thought "she's going to love this game." I was right. She and I both sobbed at the ending. This game is an absolute masterpiece.
bro, they did an amazing job with this intro(no spoilers) You just launched the game for the first time and all you see are stars and you hear grasshoppers, it gives you an immediate sense of how big space is and how small you are, like you're stargazing in a field or something. The music gently breezing over to strings while the studio's logo are displayed and then this buildup, darkness of space and instruments join one by one WITH THE BONFIRE IGNITING STARTING THE TRAVELERS THEME and giving this sense of "this all is a part of something very big, important and mysterious, take part in it." It isn't overwhelming, it's not trying to be cool or to tell a story right away, either, it is just perfectly inviting and enticing to instantly make you feel connected to the game on some level. After experiencing all that it's near impossible to not give it a chance. Notice how the Outer Wilds logo doesn't appear for a couple of seconds, giving you time to process your thoughts? During that time frame I personally fell in love with the game, it's such a powerful moment. At first you notice the fire, then the trees, then you see a guy strumming his banjo, next is the ship. These 10 or something seconds give so much personality to this game you know nothing about yet. It almost felt personal the first time. I sometimes launch the game just to see this intro again, but I always end up flying around and trying to go find something new even though I've beaten the game and the DLC. AND I must talk about how they made the genious choice to go with "New Expedition" instead of "New Game" or something similar. You can't treat your first playthrough aThis is your first expedition, not you first save file or your new game, it's more than that. The music keeps playing along with grasshoppers when it turns to a fading beeping until the beeping is the only part of the music still audible. Then it ends only to start the whole song again. After beating the game you understand what they meant with that, maybe that wasn't intentional but they hit the spot with the lonely beeping in the end. In conclusion, play the damn game, it's worth it.
this theme has such a cozy, cheery, *hopeful* feeling to it. it makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside and i love it so much. it feels like the musical equivalent of a cuddle.
I legit tear up at this title screen. I recently got the game a few days ago on Steam and I'm savoring my first playthrough. Went in knowing basically nothing and it has been a defining moment in terms of my gaming life. I will never forget this game and I will always return here to this campfire.
Takes me back to when festivals and going on camping trips with friends was still a thing. Nowadays every days the same sitting at home in lockdown studying for university.
I haven’t touched this game in over two years. I loved every second I played, but I was playing this game to help take my mind off of the imminent passing of my dad. The day he passed, I remember loading up this game hours afterwards when I was finally by myself and just listening to this song in the menu, crying for hours until a cried myself to sleep. Never turned on the game again.
Hey, sorry about your dad's passing. I hope you'll be able to carry his memory with you for many more years. Btw, I hope I don't come off as too intrusive, but since you said you never turned the game on again, I'm assuming you never finished it? I know I'm just a stranger on the internet meddling on what is none of his business and possibly a painful subject to bring up with you (and I'm genuinely sorry if that's the case), but I can't help but feel like I should ask you to try and finish the game. Especially because of this unfortunate happening. I lost my grandma in 2013 (although I felt like I lost her since she's had a stroke in 2009 and was never able to walk or talk ever again), a cousin who was my very best childhood friend in 2017 and my dear dog in 2019. Every time I remember them all it makes me smile, but it also used to hurt a lot thinking they were gone forever from my life. In a stormy night in 2021, me and my younger brother played Outer Wilds together, and once we reached the end of the game, it made me cry like I never cried in my life. To me this was like one of those miraculous things we sometimes see in movies that pull out from our chests a pain we didn't even realized we were carrying for many years. If you ever reach the end, I'm sure you'll understand why and how that happened. I played a lot of "emotional" games in my life (To The Moon, That Dragon Cancer, Firewatch, Undertale, OMORI, TLoU), but while those games had beautiful stories, none had ever actually changed something in my like Outer Wilds did. I'm not exaggerating when I say that after the end of that game, I was no longer afraid to die. And at the same time, I wanted to live like I never wanted to before in my life. It still stings a little when I think my loved ones are gone forever, but not nearly as much as it once did. I hope once you reach the end of the game (if you ever do), it'll also speak to you on the same level it spoke to me. I hope I didn't sounded like I'm trivializing what happened by referencing some silly game, or sounded like a charlatan wanting to sell a product. I just felt like sharing how this game healed some wounds I only realized I had the moment right after they were healed. I know it can be difficult to touch something that has such a painful memory associated with. Please ignore this if you think booting up the game again won't be possible or worth it. And regardless of any of that, I hope your heart is healing now. Have a great week, friend.
I absolutely loved this game, its gameplay, its story, everything!!! I was extremely sad when I finally figured out the ending with like a week of effort because after that, there was nothing left to explore there.....
Not necessarily true. I finished the Outer Wilds recently, and I still go on for some miscellaneous fun. For example, yesterday, I wanted to see if you could tell the person at the seed on Timber Hearth that you talked to Feldspar. I went to the Dark Bramble, talked to him, and attempted to get out. When I couldn't, I looked it up, and found out someone made a map of the Dark Bramble on Reddit. This brought joy to my heart. So even if you beat the game, there's so much you can do. You could also just relax. :)
Best main screen ever. Doesn't need a monthly update like Sea of Thieves to look good. (A lot of the time they don't look good anyway) Also, I left the game open overnight once, and apparently the title slowly breaks apart.
When I first played outer wilds, it changed my life. As soon as the first note played, I immediately burst into tears and cried on the floor. I was instantly struck with every emotion known to man as soon as the game booted. This game cured my depression, saved my life, brought my dog back, and gave me a kiss on the lips. Absolutely perfect game.
Wide range of emotion from the music in this game, cozy like this one. End Times giving me chills knowing it means my doom has arrived, the quantum objects giving off a strange creepiness. This game was just fantastic in almost every way.
Sometimes when I play the game, I don't even go to play the game. I sit here. On the main menu. And I sob. There's something about the song itself, like I know the game isn't going to not make me cry when I finish it. Everyone's telling me it will. I know damn well I'll cry. But there's something about just this song. Like I'm reminded of people I used to know, my friends, my family. Especially my deceased older sister (I won't go into detail, but let's just say I think this song would certainly have put a smile on her face). Andrew Prahlow, you are a fucking genius. The devs were fucking geniuses. And I am a 19 y/o man, sobbing at a main menu song. This will likely be a game that stays with me for a very long time.
This video, this music convinced me to finally get the game. Despite the great main theme and the overwhelmingly positive reviews I went into it with moderate expectations. Wish I could do that again.. start it up without knowing anything about the story. The best gaming experience I've ever had. So thanks for making this video!
i played this for the first time with my ex in the last few weeks of our relationship, he was relentless with getting me to try it out (i hate these types of games). i played the entire thing + dlc with him sitting next to me quietly observing. looking back it really was the last "good" time we had together. now it's my all time favorite game and this song with the ambience triggers a very powerful bittersweet feeling in my tummy from the memories.
This song literally made me reminisce of just my younger days for some reason. Just that type of song I guess. Great music and kudos to you for making this video.
I'm happy this game is not famous. It's like a diamond that can be found if you understand the true meaning of life. If you are one of those who can spread hope and love, you can understand how this music has a soul. There's no hate, no hypocrisy, just love and hope. Hey man, just listen to this loop and watch stars at night. Focus on the fact that each point can be a world. Unfortunately inaccessible. So take care of the world that we into. Just let go frustration and sadness and get the goal to spread love and hope. Those who lives with depression, just spread love.
I've just lost my cat today and it's also today i've discovered this sound. Everytime i'm listening it i can see the flash-back of he and I spending time together. I'll never forget you my friend. Hope you're well wherever you are ❤😢
I'll never forget the first time starting this game up. This music let me know I was in for something truly special. The only other game that ever did that was Mass Effect.
I opened this game up for the first time and I sat for maybe 45 minutes just listening to the song before I actually started playing the game. I new just from the main menu that this this was gonna be a great game. And I was right
i will never forget the day i first booted this game. i had heard all the praise i knew it was supposed to be good, but i didn't know how good. The moment i get to the menu and the fire lights up, that is the moment i knew i'd fallen in love with this game. i knew this was going to be something special
Yeah its truly a one of a kind game. I’ve tried to convince some of my friends to play, but they wouldn’t budge. It’s not meant for everyone I guess :(
i am addicted to this video, if i ever feel sad i turn it on and the banjo just soothes my mind so well, it has a very nostalgic feel to it that makes you remember all the happier simpler times of childhood
@@christorres8809 well now this is odd... I can't seem to find a video of this happening on the title screen anywhere, but I know I've seen it happen...
Not to be too grim or anything, but I would genuinely like it if, when I get to the end of the road, I could listen to the menu theme as I pass on. I've been a huge space nerd since I was a kid and have an extreme soft spot for low tempo beautiful musical arrangements. And now I'm crying. Damn.
I heard this game had an amazing story. I love these types of games. When I first booted this one up, I cried listening to the title theme... I forget the name of nostalgia for something not yet experienced. I'm currently going through my playthrough and keep going back to this song. I love it so much.
Not many games upon first boot up let me know "You're in for a wild ride." quite like this one, I remember being glued to this screen and unable to press New Expedition just from how stunningly it all works together.
This game.... I remember years back I randomly stumbled upon its creation diaries or something, and guys, the devs went from almost stick figures and ugly balls in space , with maybe 3 or 4 times smaller solar system to this masterpiece... It took what? 5? 6? 7 years? I don't remember, but my gratitude, respect and deepest bow to the developers, because they created a gem, a piece of art that I will keep in a special place in my heart. Thank you, Mobius Digital! Games can be art
This game hit different, ive always liked gaming but playing this was something else. I LOVED it. After I complete it and created our current universe I felt complete. Like all my time gaming led to that moment.
My only regret playing this game is giving up on finding most of the achievements and looking them up as I could have given me so much more time with it
This game makes you try as hard as you can to survive because you only have one life, but also risk it all in one go since that life repeats over and over again. I guess it gets the best out of both worlds...
I LOVE this game, really, my favourite game ever for sure. So, coom facts about the music: -The composer made this song using a recording of himself playing the banjo from some years ago. Whi h goes with the loop and time and life and all -and he composed first the starting song and finally the endinf song because he wanted actual time between both songs so that they could really feel like time passed between them Gotta love the team, you have a whole behind the scenes on youtube and It is trully amazing
@@rocky6345 Spoilers for titanfall 2: At the end when BT7274 sacrifices himself, and actually 1 more time after that, this game named wandersong (i highly recommend checking it out) the ending of that made me cry as well.
Still haven't forgotten this game and how many good memories it gifted to me. Still by far my favorite game I've EVER played. This song still brings me to the brink of tears every time I heard it.
![Warhammer 40,000 Mechanicus OST - Children of the Omnissiah[Extended]](/img/n.gif)
This should be a 22 minutes loop
I just got this comment. wow.
best comment of the year
Kudos. Didn't think of that.
It is, sort of: The song ends on 2.20 exactly.
yes
it would be perfect
This game has soul
that's the best way to put it
Just like firewatch, dragon age
Keep calme
"Video games just don't have soul like they used too"
This game IS soul.
My five year old son watched me play and finish this recently and was fascinated. He is now obsessed with space. He woke me up crying the other night saying he didn’t want the universe to end because he didn’t want me and his mother to die.
Real talk, cultivate that. That could grow into a massive driving force of motivation to focus on astrophysics, or even a medicinal longevity focus like gene therapy. Amazing that something as small as exposing your child to a thought provoking game could create that reaction.
@@tonytramel3118 building upon that, you can maybe bring up the concept of finding his own Eye of the Universe, both to ease his worrying about the end of the universe, and to cultivate interest
thats so cute! You should tell him that if everyone died it would be ok and death is normal and nothing to fear
That’s sweet
Thats enough to crack the ice on a cold heart my man 2💙❤
This was the moment I knew I was going to love this game.
Right here, at the very start.
yup it makes you see that ell ITS COUNTRY IN SPACE!
If the soundtrack is good, it's a good sign. Rarely will you get a crap game with a good soundtrack...Sonic maybe, but I love it anyway :)
Amen brother. You just know at that exact moment.
Got in steam today. Fixated at the menu music for 5-10 mins straight.
@@007avatarofvishnu
Been telling people to get it all day, now that it's on steam.
Have fun.
And try to keep as far away from spoilers as possible. The less you know, the better ;)
I don’t think I’ve ever loved a main menu screen so much
same
Right up there with Mass Effect 1 and Civ 4.
Half my played hours are me sitting in the menu
@@ElasGrzmot I always listen to it one full time every time i play the game
It's this and the Kingdom Hearts opening title screen music. Both are absolutely beautiful. They kindle a special kind of fire inside of our hearts like when we were just children in a big big universe looking up at the stars in the sky with the gentle summer night breeze and all the little lights shining around the harbor with the waves crashing and the feeling of wonder and excitement to just get out there and experience this universe.
Best. indie. game. ever. Period.
Easy now ;) I absolutely love it, but it's in some great company
Dark_Eternal finished outer wilds yesterday, i love it! What other indie games do you recommend?
@@Randompancakes12345 ori and the blind forest,hollow knight,hyper light drifter,undertale,crypt of necro dancer,dead cell,risk of rain 2,journey,celeste,gris,mo astray thats my personel fav
@@Randompancakes12345 If you enjoy Metroidvanias, Hollow Knight is a masterpiece. Celeste is good if you like super difficult 2D platformers. UNDERTALE isn't as difficult as the two I just mention, so whether that's a pro or a con for you, I don't know; but it's something I think could be recommended to almost anyone.
SeamusTheHunter Undertale is another game that has so much soul and wholesomeness.
When the campfire flickers into life at the start I get chills every time
Hits hard man
This game should be called Melancholy
Every goddamn time, so true
I remember the first time I loaded up this game. The main menu music + graphics completely caught me off guard. It just gave me this super weird feeling I never felt before when playing a video game. I listened to the whole theme before I even started playing.
by far the most horrifying game I ever played
loving every second of it
yeah despite happy tune and cartonish style this game scared me as no horror film did in long time
Yeah for all I loved the ending it's a fukkin gut punch. :P
You think this is scary play subnautica
@@vincentaguirre1635 im pretty sure subnautica has enemies, or at least territorial creatures
this game has NONE, and still manages to be horryfiying
@@AlejandroTecman true. Knowing that I'm gonna die every 22 minutes anyways and always rewind kinda takes that edge away though. And yes there's some freaky creatures in subnautica if you don't have a fear of the ocean you will I highly recommend.
Was walking home from my friend's house mildly drunk listening to this loop, one of the best moments of my life. When i got home, i cried for like a minute, thanking everything that i have and thanking that i live, that i'm alive. No other track or song made me so emotional in my life.
This one is insane too (it's not an ad or whatever, just a genuine music I share because I love it)
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Wow, amazing. I... have a different feeling when listening to it. I feel like nothing makes sense, nothing really matters when the universe is so big, what am I doing with my life, I need to improve and do something before my time runs out.
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I wish I could forget everything about this game............
........just so I could do it all over again.
If I could pick one weird superpower to have, this would be the one. There are so many games that are masterpieces like this where, once you experience them once, you can never truly experience them a second time.
Reading all these comments just makes me cry for how cute people can be and how games can change people minds sometimes.
And even though i dont know where everyone is from, but as the song that everyone in the game is playing from different planets. They are playing one song. Even though they are far apart, they are together with something they love and do at the same time.
God bless the game and developers.
One of my favorite things from this game was... (spoiler alert for the "true ending")
...how Solanum was found by us and brought together to the campfire with the Hearthian explorers by the end, and invited to partake in the song the explorers play. Even though she mentioned before that she wished she knew our language, so she could understand us like we understood her with our translator, right before her time on the universe ends, she and the Hearthians are able to communicate perfectly with each other through the universal language: music.
In the very end, she wasn't alone. She was one of us.
All of the money and work that goes into shovelware crap like marvel movies... This is art, no amount of money can buy this.
Art has the power to make people feel and understand corners of the human experience that otherwise would be inaccessible to them in their lifetime. It brings us all a bit closer and breaks down barriers.
Outer wilds is one of two games out of the thousand I've played that has made me cry genuine tears. I even cried right now while listening, remembering the final scene and what it reminded me that I had forgotten.
Enkufka what’s the other
@@shrys3915 Assasins Creed Black Flag
@@shrys3915 Life Is Strange
This and Bastion for me
To The Moon for me is one.
This game is the reason I learned how to play guitar. I couldn't get this out of my head
I feel like this game should make you wanna play the banjo not the guitar
@@TokyoKazama it can be played at the guitar as well
I also bought a guitar so I could play outer wilds songs
Same here
I play that right now
Played this game with my younger brother during my mid-year work vacations and his school vacations. I don't think we've ever been this immersed into a videogame. Each time before we started I would stop at the menu before pressing start, or ask him to wait a little while, just to take in this intro. The day we knew we were close enough to finish the game to the point we knew we would finish on that playthrough, I remember I said to him "Dude, one day some years from now on we will listen to this song and feel SO nostalgic over the days we spent playing this game together, haha!"
That was literally last week. I'm feeling nostalgic reminiscing over our days exploring the galaxy right now.
That's a beautiful memory you've made with your younger brother. Hell, I'm slightly jealous that you can share something so precious with a loved one!
Maybe one day you two will be all grown up and catching up, talking over a bonfire as this song begins to play and both of you get hit by warm, blissful nostalgia of a well spent youth.
played it 2 years ago and I still listen to this every now and then - emotional impact is great even after 2 years
I wish I could play this with my brothers but they all hate this game
Seeing this by the first time you open the game
vs.
Seeing this after you beat the game and roll the credits
Two completely different experiences
First time I showed my girlfriend this game, she was absolutely lovestruck by the title theme. She was almost in a trance, the title alone drove her to the brink of tears. When I realized this, I thought "she's going to love this game."
I was right. She and I both sobbed at the ending. This game is an absolute masterpiece.
bro, they did an amazing job with this intro(no spoilers)
You just launched the game for the first time and all you see are stars and you hear grasshoppers, it gives you an immediate sense of how big space is and how small you are, like you're stargazing in a field or something. The music gently breezing over to strings while the studio's logo are displayed and then this buildup, darkness of space and instruments join one by one WITH THE BONFIRE IGNITING STARTING THE TRAVELERS THEME and giving this sense of "this all is a part of something very big, important and mysterious, take part in it."
It isn't overwhelming, it's not trying to be cool or to tell a story right away, either, it is just perfectly inviting and enticing to instantly make you feel connected to the game on some level. After experiencing all that it's near impossible to not give it a chance.
Notice how the Outer Wilds logo doesn't appear for a couple of seconds, giving you time to process your thoughts? During that time frame I personally fell in love with the game, it's such a powerful moment. At first you notice the fire, then the trees, then you see a guy strumming his banjo, next is the ship. These 10 or something seconds give so much personality to this game you know nothing about yet. It almost felt personal the first time.
I sometimes launch the game just to see this intro again, but I always end up flying around and trying to go find something new even though I've beaten the game and the DLC.
AND I must talk about how they made the genious choice to go with "New Expedition" instead of "New Game" or something similar. You can't treat your first playthrough aThis is your first expedition, not you first save file or your new game, it's more than that. The music keeps playing along with grasshoppers when it turns to a fading beeping until the beeping is the only part of the music still audible. Then it ends only to start the whole song again. After beating the game you understand what they meant with that, maybe that wasn't intentional but they hit the spot with the lonely beeping in the end.
In conclusion, play the damn game, it's worth it.
this theme has such a cozy, cheery, *hopeful* feeling to it. it makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside and i love it so much.
it feels like the musical equivalent of a cuddle.
"the musical equivalent of a cuddle"... I liked this comparison :)
Hopeful is such a good way to put it. It describes the Nomai pretty well.
I legit tear up at this title screen. I recently got the game a few days ago on Steam and I'm savoring my first playthrough. Went in knowing basically nothing and it has been a defining moment in terms of my gaming life.
I will never forget this game and I will always return here to this campfire.
the timing of the banjo as the fire is lit. perfection
So literally just bought this game and this tune caught me really off guard ... I love it ... I feel like it's going to be a good ride :)
Status report:
Ride was good?
the theme music get way more emotive and full of meaning after you finish the game
I’m guessing you have depression now?
How was the ride?
Who can feel down while listening to this? Makes me think of roasting marshmallows every time :)
I loved that you could roast marshmallows at spawn, even though I hate marshmallows 😆
It’s the nostalgia for me.
Takes me back to when festivals and going on camping trips with friends was still a thing. Nowadays every days the same sitting at home in lockdown studying for university.
I haven’t touched this game in over two years. I loved every second I played, but I was playing this game to help take my mind off of the imminent passing of my dad. The day he passed, I remember loading up this game hours afterwards when I was finally by myself and just listening to this song in the menu, crying for hours until a cried myself to sleep.
Never turned on the game again.
Hey, sorry about your dad's passing. I hope you'll be able to carry his memory with you for many more years.
Btw, I hope I don't come off as too intrusive, but since you said you never turned the game on again, I'm assuming you never finished it? I know I'm just a stranger on the internet meddling on what is none of his business and possibly a painful subject to bring up with you (and I'm genuinely sorry if that's the case), but I can't help but feel like I should ask you to try and finish the game. Especially because of this unfortunate happening.
I lost my grandma in 2013 (although I felt like I lost her since she's had a stroke in 2009 and was never able to walk or talk ever again), a cousin who was my very best childhood friend in 2017 and my dear dog in 2019. Every time I remember them all it makes me smile, but it also used to hurt a lot thinking they were gone forever from my life.
In a stormy night in 2021, me and my younger brother played Outer Wilds together, and once we reached the end of the game, it made me cry like I never cried in my life. To me this was like one of those miraculous things we sometimes see in movies that pull out from our chests a pain we didn't even realized we were carrying for many years. If you ever reach the end, I'm sure you'll understand why and how that happened.
I played a lot of "emotional" games in my life (To The Moon, That Dragon Cancer, Firewatch, Undertale, OMORI, TLoU), but while those games had beautiful stories, none had ever actually changed something in my like Outer Wilds did. I'm not exaggerating when I say that after the end of that game, I was no longer afraid to die. And at the same time, I wanted to live like I never wanted to before in my life.
It still stings a little when I think my loved ones are gone forever, but not nearly as much as it once did. I hope once you reach the end of the game (if you ever do), it'll also speak to you on the same level it spoke to me.
I hope I didn't sounded like I'm trivializing what happened by referencing some silly game, or sounded like a charlatan wanting to sell a product. I just felt like sharing how this game healed some wounds I only realized I had the moment right after they were healed.
I know it can be difficult to touch something that has such a painful memory associated with. Please ignore this if you think booting up the game again won't be possible or worth it. And regardless of any of that, I hope your heart is healing now.
Have a great week, friend.
If you haven't yet, and if now is a good time, from one random internet stranger to another: it’s a fine day for a launch.
I absolutely loved this game, its gameplay, its story, everything!!! I was extremely sad when I finally figured out the ending with like a week of effort because after that, there was nothing left to explore there.....
Not necessarily true. I finished the Outer Wilds recently, and I still go on for some
miscellaneous fun. For example, yesterday, I wanted to see if you could tell the person at the seed on Timber Hearth that you talked to Feldspar. I went to the Dark Bramble, talked to him, and attempted to get out. When I couldn't, I looked it up, and found out someone made a map of the Dark Bramble on Reddit. This brought joy to my heart. So even if you beat the game, there's so much you can do.
You could also just relax. :)
Honestly, Just pray for early onset dementia...
I have no idea why but as soon as this song starts, I begin to tear up. No matter what I do.
Tears and goosebumps, man. It's the experience, the ride you took, that provokes it.
I have spent literal hours in the menu just listening to this, every time I catch myself almost falling asleep. This is a musical masterpiece
I just bought this game yesterday and stayed like 20 minutes straight at the main menu. I'm already loving this game
Coincidental timing hahah
Best main screen ever. Doesn't need a monthly update like Sea of Thieves to look good. (A lot of the time they don't look good anyway) Also, I left the game open overnight once, and apparently the title slowly breaks apart.
Confirmed, I noticed that about the title too. The broken pieces of the word Wilds seem to move at a tiny speed.
That, and all the stars die. Should be entirely gone by the 22-minute mark (when the time loop resets).
The only song I know that doesn't get old after hours of listening to it. It strikes me as a sort of humble masterpiece.
It's really sad that You Will never be able to actually play this Game again.
This is a One way ticket
When I first played outer wilds, it changed my life. As soon as the first note played, I immediately burst into tears and cried on the floor. I was instantly struck with every emotion known to man as soon as the game booted. This game cured my depression, saved my life, brought my dog back, and gave me a kiss on the lips. Absolutely perfect game.
Wide range of emotion from the music in this game, cozy like this one. End Times giving me chills knowing it means my doom has arrived, the quantum objects giving off a strange creepiness.
This game was just fantastic in almost every way.
God, part of me wishes I was in a time loop and unaware, so I could play the game for the first time over and over again.
the absolute best way to spend eternity
Every ending is a new beginning
It's been 3 weeks already, why I'm still crying?
At first I was like "this is a banjo version of Snow Patrol - Chasing cars". Then I was like "I don't care this is a masterpiece"
Chasing cars has nothing on this song.
Sometimes when I play the game, I don't even go to play the game.
I sit here. On the main menu.
And I sob.
There's something about the song itself, like I know the game isn't going to not make me cry when I finish it. Everyone's telling me it will. I know damn well I'll cry.
But there's something about just this song. Like I'm reminded of people I used to know, my friends, my family. Especially my deceased older sister (I won't go into detail, but let's just say I think this song would certainly have put a smile on her face).
Andrew Prahlow, you are a fucking genius. The devs were fucking geniuses.
And I am a 19 y/o man, sobbing at a main menu song.
This will likely be a game that stays with me for a very long time.
This video, this music convinced me to finally get the game. Despite the great main theme and the overwhelmingly positive reviews I went into it with moderate expectations.
Wish I could do that again.. start it up without knowing anything about the story.
The best gaming experience I've ever had.
So thanks for making this video!
Happy that I get to hear this in my lifetime.
The startup screen with the banjo in the background and the campfire being lit are forever engraved in my brain
i played this for the first time with my ex in the last few weeks of our relationship, he was relentless with getting me to try it out (i hate these types of games). i played the entire thing + dlc with him sitting next to me quietly observing. looking back it really was the last "good" time we had together. now it's my all time favorite game and this song with the ambience triggers a very powerful bittersweet feeling in my tummy from the memories.
This song literally made me reminisce of just my younger days for some reason. Just that type of song I guess. Great music and kudos to you for making this video.
It sounds a bit like Chasing Cars. Which is just such a childhood song
The music on Timber Hearth makes me reminisce about my childhood, playing outside in the sunshine and nature, beautiful
I'm happy this game is not famous. It's like a diamond that can be found if you understand the true meaning of life. If you are one of those who can spread hope and love, you can understand how this music has a soul. There's no hate, no hypocrisy, just love and hope.
Hey man, just listen to this loop and watch stars at night. Focus on the fact that each point can be a world. Unfortunately inaccessible. So take care of the world that we into.
Just let go frustration and sadness and get the goal to spread love and hope.
Those who lives with depression, just spread love.
I've just lost my cat today and it's also today i've discovered this sound. Everytime i'm listening it i can see the flash-back of he and I spending time together. I'll never forget you my friend. Hope you're well wherever you are ❤😢
This makes me cry
This music calms my soul
Gotta say I love this game. The soundtrack is epic, I just wish the music actually played more often.
I fell in love with this game the second I heard the menu music
i can’t get this music out of my head. it’s so sweet and the banjo makes we want to cry. god i love it so much
Yes the music is very peaceful But I dont really think there's a need to cry about it 😁
I'll never forget the first time starting this game up. This music let me know I was in for something truly special. The only other game that ever did that was Mass Effect.
It's hard to find something that so easily makes you feel like a kid again.
This is one of the best and more emotional musics, then i ever heard in my life
I opened this game up for the first time and I sat for maybe 45 minutes just listening to the song before I actually started playing the game. I new just from the main menu that this this was gonna be a great game. And I was right
i will never forget the day i first booted this game. i had heard all the praise i knew it was supposed to be good, but i didn't know how good. The moment i get to the menu and the fire lights up, that is the moment i knew i'd fallen in love with this game. i knew this was going to be something special
Yeah its truly a one of a kind game. I’ve tried to convince some of my friends to play, but they wouldn’t budge. It’s not meant for everyone I guess :(
This is how you know a game will be special before you even start playing it.
I can listen to this all damn day. Months later, still not a down vote :)
ONEEEEEEE!!!!!!
An anthem to a dying universe...
i am addicted to this video, if i ever feel sad i turn it on and the banjo just soothes my mind so well, it has a very nostalgic feel to it that makes you remember all the happier simpler times of childhood
Its one of those songs that generates that warm feeling in your belly.
One of the most relaxing music!
You know I get the feeling this wasn't actually a video recorded for an hour because the stars are meant to blink out over time on the title screen
Could possibly be the version he's on. v1.0.1
We're currently on v1.0.7
@@christorres8809 well now this is odd... I can't seem to find a video of this happening on the title screen anywhere, but I know I've seen it happen...
@@Nathan55411 Not just the stars blinking out, event he logo disintegrates over time and breaks apart, floating off. :)
This song gives me the best chills ever! I love this game and i wish it got more publicity ! Name is too close to another good game
this song represents happiness, content, anger, sorrow, excitment, dread and fear all at the same time
Beautiful work from the banjo, an instrument that doesn't get the love that it deserves.
Every time I play I listen to this for two loops while humming it
if this doesn’t play when the sun goes supernovae i want my money back
Not to be too grim or anything, but I would genuinely like it if, when I get to the end of the road, I could listen to the menu theme as I pass on. I've been a huge space nerd since I was a kid and have an extreme soft spot for low tempo beautiful musical arrangements. And now I'm crying. Damn.
I feel you, im there too. I want my body shot into space. I wanna become one with the universe again
Tbh sometimes i boot up this game and this song is just so good i just leave it on while i look at my phone
Man this game hits hard
i can’t stop listening to this, it brings back the experience.
In 10 years, we will look back at this game and feel nostalgic in a similar way when we think of games like Minecraft, Halo 3 and Lego Star Wars.
I wanna learn how to play this and pass down generations so one of my grandsons can comfort others with this when the star super novas
It's strange how entrancing this is... the chirping of the crickets is so strangely soothing.
I'm on holiday in Cape Verde & this music is just perfect for chilling on the beach with the waves kicking in... Pure bliss.
Most emotional theme ever heard in a videogame, in a way it's just as it is, emotion. This game really is something else.
Simplemente al entrar por primera vez al menú y escuchar esta canción, ya sabia que el juego me iba a enamorar...
Nunca me equivoque.
The way the fire is lit as the banjo with the melody begins playing is so well timed and so perfect.
1 hour of gameplay and he don't even run a party...
+1 like ! Best let's play.
I use this as a writing playlist lol, sometimes I end up looping it for a good two or three hours. Thanks for posting it!
How to make me cry in 30 seconds or less
When you leave this on at the main menu but go out for an hour, so you come back and almost have a heart attack at what became of the title screen.
@@bBalazs-eb4wf And the stars going out in the back.
"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything."
I heard this game had an amazing story. I love these types of games. When I first booted this one up, I cried listening to the title theme... I forget the name of nostalgia for something not yet experienced. I'm currently going through my playthrough and keep going back to this song. I love it so much.
Anticipatory nostalgia, it sometimes hits harder than normal nostalgia
Not many games upon first boot up let me know "You're in for a wild ride." quite like this one, I remember being glued to this screen and unable to press New Expedition just from how stunningly it all works together.
This game.... I remember years back I randomly stumbled upon its creation diaries or something, and guys, the devs went from almost stick figures and ugly balls in space , with maybe 3 or 4 times smaller solar system to this masterpiece... It took what? 5? 6? 7 years? I don't remember, but my gratitude, respect and deepest bow to the developers, because they created a gem, a piece of art that I will keep in a special place in my heart. Thank you, Mobius Digital! Games can be art
It started as a graduate thesis paper and I think it's like 15 years total if I remember correctly. One of the greatest works of art IMO.
I hope that in a few years I'll forget this game enough to play it again. If it takes longer, I will wait.
This menu theme was where I thought to myself "I am going to love this game". And I do. So much.
around 22 to 44 minutes of this beatiful song makes me fall asleep better :)
The music brings a since of peace to me, just like all the other outer wilds music.
This is my go-to video for when I'm working on stuff. Thanks for this.
One of the best games I've ever played. One in my heart this one
This game hit different, ive always liked gaming but playing this was something else. I LOVED it. After I complete it and created our current universe I felt complete. Like all my time gaming led to that moment.
My only regret playing this game is giving up on finding most of the achievements and looking them up as I could have given me so much more time with it
Memorys on 2019... a old friend played this Game and it was the best Time in my Life on 2019. A wonderful Song to Sleep and Chill out
Thank you. This’s been helping me falling asleep a lot. Love it
This game makes you try as hard as you can to survive because you only have one life, but also risk it all in one go since that life repeats over and over again.
I guess it gets the best out of both worlds...
this game on first playthrough -> AMAZING! what an experience!!!
I can’t stop listening to this
I LOVE this game, really, my favourite game ever for sure.
So, coom facts about the music:
-The composer made this song using a recording of himself playing the banjo from some years ago. Whi h goes with the loop and time and life and all
-and he composed first the starting song and finally the endinf song because he wanted actual time between both songs so that they could really feel like time passed between them
Gotta love the team, you have a whole behind the scenes on youtube and It is trully amazing
1/2 games I've ever cryed to, wishing i could replay this game.
whats the 2nd??
@@rocky6345 Spoilers for titanfall 2: At the end when BT7274 sacrifices himself, and actually 1 more time after that, this game named wandersong (i highly recommend checking it out) the ending of that made me cry as well.
Same here, this and kentucky route zero
Still haven't forgotten this game and how many good memories it gifted to me. Still by far my favorite game I've EVER played. This song still brings me to the brink of tears every time I heard it.