It’s a sonic dreamscape that will positively lift your quarantine days. If you’re unfamiliar, check out the trailer below or listen to the full soundtrack, streaming on Amazon Music, Spotify, and most other platforms. Indeed, Prahlow’s score also received numerous Video Game Music of the Year accolades. Storytelling and gameplay aside, Outer Wilds is equally about its compelling and immersive music, composed by Andrew Prahlow. Outer Wilds, from Mobius Digital and Annapurna Interactive, debuted on PS4, Xbox One, and PC last year and almost immediately soared to the top of many game of the year lists. Just as films rely heavily on their scores (try to imagine Star Wars without John Williams), so too do games bank on the quality of their music. One of the most significant ways games can invade our sensitive emotional spaces is via music. Games can be gorgeous, immersive, emotional journeys – often in deeper and more meaningful ways than a film or novel can be. ![]() Even if you’re not a gamer, I think it’s fairly obvious that video games have come a LONG way since those of us who grew up with the medium spent our childhood afternoons smashing buttons and watching pixels collide. Please consider supporting our show, starting at $2 per month.It kind of boggles my delicate little brain that “Are video games art?” is still a thing people feel compelled to argue in 2020. This standalone segment is supported by backers on Patreon. Outside is Overrated is presented by Premier Health. Hyper-agility, unique weapons, and customizable abilities deliver an explosive and irreverent adventure in the end times. Zip, grind and wall-run across Sunset City with an unconventional arsenal. Next month on Game Pass Forever we will discuss Sunset Overdriveby Insomniac Games.ĭescription: Sunset Overdrive transforms an open-world apocalypse into your tactical playground. If you are not interested in narrative or struggle with less-than-perfect controls, it may be best to avoid this title. If you enjoy cerebral games that allow you to explore at your own pace and gradually chip away at an overarching mystery, there is a lot to enjoy in the Outer Wilds. Hobby Box Joe Burns pointed out how seamlessly the game blends lore, exploration and questing. Opinions on the game varied on the podcast. I have limited time for gaming, I’d much rather head to Giant’s Deep with some idea of what I needed to accomplish – rather than randomly heading out to see what I see. Being a self-paced exploration game, I struggled with how to progress the story along. ![]() My other gripe is purely personal preference. I never mastered the art of touching down gracefully. I frequently crashed into other planets, particularly if I was frustrated with how the last run ended. My frustrations with the Outer Wilds were primarily driven by user error and personal taste. ![]() I enjoyed the art style and loved having the freedom to chart my own path. ![]() The exploration was mostly fun, especially using your jetpack to boost over gaps and accomplish different environmental puzzles. While you may start off mindlessly wandering the galaxy, eventually you will see the complex net of many different story threads intertwining. On another world, tornados shoot unexpecting explorers back into space.Īs you uncover new information your ship logs entries, allowing you to carry information from one run to the next. Certain areas are only available when the sand is on the sister planet. In one instance, two planets orbit each other and siphon sand from each other. Due to different environments in the biomes, some areas of planets are only accessible at certain times. What starts as a mission to gather information on a long-last race evolves into a mission to free the universe from the loop.ĭuring the adventure, you visit different planets and explore ancient ruins. At the start of each loop you blast off into space to explore the solar system. The Outer Wilds is a combat-free space exploration game. In this standalone segment of the Outside is Overrated Podcast, the gang breaks down The Outer Wilds by Mobius Digital.
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