I know in my community post recently, I said I'd play the Outer Wilds soon but I started it not too long ago, and I can't. It's a little too painful for me. Being lost out in space, falling into a black hole. I think I need more time.
That's perfectly okay. The game won't be going anywhere anytime soon, and as I can tell you've discovered through the music alone it is a game that can dig into the depths of your soul and lay it all bare. It is legitimately a game that changed my view on life, and I know I'm not the only one it's touched this way. And I think I can speak for most of the Outer Wilds community in saying that the reason we advocate for people to play it is because of how beautiful of a game it is, being one of the few games that has truly done what no other medium can do. The last thing any of us wants is for someone to suffer playing through it. Take your time, it will be waiting when you feel you're ready. As will we.
That's super understandable. Outer Wilds is a game in which the horror coexists with the wonder. I do hope you can overcome that feeling, though, this game is the most beautiful experience I've ever had, and if just is music can make you feel so deeply, the game will definitely be something else. Will you record it? I don't know if you're aware, but most people who have played this game are always looking for new playthroughs, and I'd love to see how you experience the music as it plays in the correct context (because, in my experience, videogame music is at its peak when it's situated in the appropriate context) Be curious on your journey! ::)
Outer Wilds feels like a love letter to everything that makes us human. Fear, curiosity, loss, love, loneliness. Sitting around a campfire and shaking hands with tragedy to play a beautiful song that's already hidden inside everyone, though they've never listened to it before. Outer Wilds makes you face it all head-on, and you can't help but come out of it feeling that everything is going to be okay. Everyone deserves to experience this game, and I don't think anything could ever take it away from my #1 spot.
Outer wilds might not be for everyone but I will never stop recommending it to everyone. Because if it is for you, it is an insane 20/10 gaming experience that will change your view on what a game can be and potentially your outlook on life. The way this game took ahold of me when I was playing it is like none other. If you understand French or can bear auto-translated subtitles I can only recommend the video of "theGreatReview"
“I learned a lot, by the end of everything. The past is past, now, but that’s… you know, that’s okay! It’s never really gone completely. The future is always built on the past, even if we won’t get to see it. Still, it’s um, time for something new, now.” -Riebeck
"I'll tell you what. It's been really fun. I got to help make something pretty cool so I've got no complaints. Well, not me exactly, but close enough. It's the kind of thing that makes you glad you stopped and smelled the pine trees along the way, you know?"
“I believe we’ve reached the end of our journey. All that remains is to collapse the innumerable possibilities before us. Are you ready to learn what comes next?”
Andrew composed a final track called outer wilds reprise. It feels like he is saying goodbye to the game, remembering the journey of the game, and the journey that the game itself went through development.
This Soundtrack could just be summed up by two words. Beautiful sadness. There's this somber feeling about it. A longing for adventure, yet feeling contempt with your place the universe. It's Like the dying universe is telling you: "It's fine, enjoy."
Everything has an end. And there is new beginning after that. You can be sad that it's ended, but be also happy that it's happened That's one of the things a got from this game
That last line hits home. It feels like despite your loneliness in this world you know you've made at least a couple people happier, and that's all that matters.
You couldn't save your world, you couldn't save your people, but you could save their memories and you can still honour them by carrying that memory forwards into this new universe. In the memory of Timber Hearth and the Hearthian people, you will boldly go on...
I got engaged last summer and while neither of us have started thinking too much about the wedding (we're both in our, hopefully, final years of uni and we're long distance) the only solid decision we made was that 14.3 Billion Years will *absolutely* be the aisle song. We'll likely cut it down but the part where the guitar comes in at around 3:44 in this video through to about the 4:47 mark is just... I can't let it go. My life has been one hardship after another but this game changed something in me, man. Solanum put it best, into words I've gotten tattooed on me because they made me openly weep: As a child, I considered such unknowns sinister. Now, though, I understand they bear no ill will. The universe is, and we are. I am ready.
Andrew's song, "Echoes of the Eye," from Outer Wild's DLC (AKA sequal) is hands down the most beautiful piece of music I've heard him do. I very much relate to the feeling of loss and death, but also to the feeling of renewal and calm acceptance that permeates his tracks. So far, Outer Wilds and its DLC are the only games that've managed to make me cry, and I cannot recommend those two games highly enough.
@@Asterion_Mol0c Holy shit i was thinking exactly the same, even if I had the good ending. Damn, legendary games are so rare but so f*cking incredible !
Although all the original instruments were gone, the song continued to play. No matter how many times I listen to this soundtrack, it keeps bringing the emotions of when I first played the game. Out of all the innumarable possibilities this game could have been, I'm really glad I've got to observe it to the end.
It's rare to find music that is both sorrowful and heartening at the same time. Every time I hear this, I can't help but think of just how much I miss my grandpa and all the happy memories I have with him. Never easy to lose someone.
I lost my father 15 years ago, when I was 7 years old. And you know... the sadness never really goes away. But it gets a little easier to bear, after a while. And music like this helps me think about all the things I wish that I'd had with him but couldn't. It's like... allowing yourself to be sad, because to miss something that much means that for at least a little while, you had something beautiful.
I lost my mom when I was 12. I had to pause this video to grab my phone and just send a quick message to my dad telling him I love him. I'm so sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing.
For me, this song isn't truly bittersweet or true loss. Rather, it's the beginning of the end, and the end of the beginning. It represents the passing of time in the sense that all good things must come to an end, but through that ending, something new springs up. The track is full of hope, new adventure, and just a little big of crazy. There's a sense of longing, but it's not the focus of the track. The net result being an extremely beautiful track that, if you played the game itself to completion, hits completely differently. Which I do recommend. On my second playthrough years after the first, after playing Echoes of the Eye (which I likewise recommend), it still hit me just as hard the second time around as with the first. Also, try Elegy for the Rings if you just want to continue.
Always so heartwarming to hear the relationship you had with your dad. And of course gut wrenching to know hes gone :( But music is something magical that can help you relive memories you miss, love, put a smile on your face and will never forget. ❤❤❤❤❤
Outer Wilds is a masterpiece of a game that, personally speaking, has changed my outlook of life, and I'm glad that you're enjoying it too! I would personally recommend doing and finishing the game with its DLC as not only does it bring more beautiful soundtracks, but in addition really concludes the game as a whole on such a heartwarming note. I hope that you can finish your Outer Wilds playthrough and wish you the best of luck with the "owl"-iens!
So glad you listened to this piece, it is truly one of a kind. Within the context of the story, this song hits the absolute hardest for me. The second the banjo pops in it is just a floodgate of emotions and then the cello taking over in the end is...it breaks you in the best possible way. I played Outer Wilds while going through some major depressive episodes and the game, somehow, grounded me. It's a difficult game, emotionally, at times but the characters, stories, and lessons it brings into focus are worth it once you feel you are ready to play it.
Okay, I know i just said I wasn't gonna say anything, but screw formalities. This game is easily the most gorgeous thing I've ever experienced in my entire life. I don't think any media has really impacted me even close to as much as this, the thought of existentialism, (these arent spoilers btw this is what I took away from it) contemplation of existance, and I think marco summed it up perfectly to how this game made me feel. life is beautiful, life is worth it. I was in a really low spot finishing this game (and a year later, its DLC) but outer wilds always reminds me just how incredible life is. my family makes fun of me for sitting around outside during a nice sunset, always enjoying the clouds, or feeling the grass and leaves on the trees, but whenever i do that, i just remember my time on timber hearth, staring up into the solar system wondering what is and what could be. Its why timber hearth is probably my most listened to track, it just makes me want to live. I have more to say, but I think ill leave this one off here. My condolences to your father, Marco. Sounds like the relationship people dream of having with their parents.
Of all the game soundtracks I've listened too... Outer Wilds really is something special. It makes me feel a lot of things from one song to another... yet at the core of it there's always a fuzzy, small warmth to it. Even when it makes me cry, a part of me just feels... alright.
It's insane to see how, during this journey, you improved in expressing what music made you feel. Your reactions have never felt fake, and yet the words become more accurate and specific as reactions come - it really shows how music is a whole separate language that is much more primordial than words
I'll say this, and I legitimately mean it. Outer Wilds and it's accompanying DLC will remain my number 1 favorite game of all time for the sole reason that It changed the way I look at life. It's such a beautiful game and I wish I could express how much it means to me to the developers because I cannot suggest this game to other people enough. Everything about it is perfect and that extends of course to the soundtrack. I'm glad other people are able to experience it in at a piece through your video and highly suggest other people pick it up and play it for themselves, spoiler free, cheat free. This game is an incredible experience and you were able to experience a bit of it through this song. Much love, Brother.
I got a pavlovian reaction everytime I hear the begining of this music. I have shivers. I have goosebumps at the Nomai part. And at the end, the final major chord just sends me.
Listening to this song during the credits of Outer Wilds really hits on a different level, I always feel like it tells the story of the game through that song.
Yes, indeed, one of the best experiences gaming can give you. It's impossible for to judge the music on it's own because my memories of the game make it so this music becomes an unquestionable masterpiece. Remember, it will all pass.
Many, when they think about space, tend to contemplate existence and our place in its vastness. It's no wonder it that Outer Wilds' OST has caused you to do so, that just means it is doing its job and doing it well. ♥
My grandma passed away a year or so ago. She made me feel loved in a way that I hadnt and havent felt before or since, and her passing didnt hit me until I watched this video. You really nailed it with the title, this feeling is truly indefinable. Its such a profound mixture of true grief and happiness, regret and joy. I remember distinctly there was a day I visited her, maybe a month before she passed. My extended family was all there with her, but she was asleep. She woke up for me. She saw me and said my name and smiled like everything was okay again. She had been asleep for a week by that point. I wasnt old enough to understand how much that meant to me at the time, but hearing this song and listening to you speak on it really hit me where it... something. It dosent hurt, but it aches in that indescribable, maybe good way I mentioned before. Thank you, Marco. This music is beautiful, but I'd argue your words are equally so. They have allowed me to truly feel this grief for the first time.
I just finished outer wilds recently and I took it slow and had it for almost a year without finishing it, I thought I was doing things wrong and thought I wasn't giving it justice and now only just after finishing it, I am so glad I took it as slow as I did and wish I took it slower I couldn't figure out most of the puzzles because I dont really play puzzle games like I would have never knew how to get into giant's deep, Never would have known what is on the hourglass twins never. Even though I wish I was smart enough to just persevere and keep trying rather than just looking it up But I still love outer wilds and will always tell every one to try for HOURS rather than looking up a guide.
It make me feel like i was ending Spiritfarer again . A feeling that something change in me , even if i don't know what it is . Outerwilds OST is truely marvelous .
outer wilds music will always have an emotional hold over me whether it’s the music or the game itself. i absolutely recommend the most recent outer wilds album, the lost reels (specifically the spirit of water or older than the universe)! it’s a love letter and goodbye to the game by the composer
the most cathartic thing for me is not just listening with you to my absolute favourite songs out there, but also watching the emotion i feel mirrored on your face. especially with a soundtrack like 14.3 billion years, the leitmotif of outer wilds is just so profound even though it's so simple. it's tender but there's also the underline of "beware, we are so small in this big, big universe. yet here you are, here is life, you exist." And something about that makes me feel very safe and content with my life. thank you so, so much, marco.
The river is one of my favorite track from echoes of the eye. This music does speak to the soul, always brings me to tears, while filling me with wonder; I tend to gravitate back to this ost when I need it, glad you can appreciate it as well🖤
I played Outer Wilds and its DLC (which is equaly amazing) earlier this year because I heard the "Travelers" OST randomly on youtube. It directly went in my top 3 of my favourites games. I hope you will be able to go through it once you feel ready and enjoy it. It definitely is a masterpiece !
OUTER WILDS! This has been my favorite thing in all of media since it came out. I am so happy to see you interacting with it! Thank you I'll watch every one 🍿
I can’t go 5 seconds when listening to these songs without shedding a tear. I don’t know what it is but outer wilds is one of those games that just grabs me and puts me in a mood i can’t describe. It’s like happiness a pleasureful mood, then a sad depressing one. I think it’s from the story mixed with their choice of music. *but all the same it’s one of the most beautifully crafted games i have ever played…*
Marco, I think you have such a beautiful soul. Your appreciation and emotional connection to music really opened my eyes to the beauty that exists in all these amazing video game tracks, and all the incredibly talented people that are out there creating these works.
Definitely one of the best musical game soundtracks of all time. The instruments are all so simple, but the complete refrain with all the instruments together is absolutely beautiful. The way Prahlow worked the cues into the game's important moments is pure genius.
I often wonder if this is how my face looks when the song starts. Every note playing on an emotion or memory as if every sound is unraveling some sort of knot in my mind. Being pulled into the anxious abyss then graciously being let go to be reunited with myself again.
I remember once reading a book that had a line that always stuck with me. " No matter who, when someone loses their parent whether they're 5 or 35 they always show their true self" I feel as though this music conveys the same feelings as we had during childhood which explains the strong emotions it gives off.
To me, Outer wilds is possibly one of the best games ever created. the sense of wonder, the curiosity, the thirst for answers, the horror of isolation, of the unknown... The game plays towards all those aspects masterfully. If ever there were a genre defining game for a Castlebrainia type game, this is it.
The music and game deals with a really deep level of death, loss and acceptance. It comforts me on such a deep level and moves me to tears so often. It's sent me to sleep at night on hundreds of occasions. I'll never stop listening to it
Y'know... This track always felt like it was saying goodbye to me, but that it was a good thing. And tbh I feel like thats the whole crux of the experience, and a powerful lesson the game does an amazing job of hammering into you. 14.3 Billion years will always have a special place in my heart, and I'm so glad you and others feel these sort of things, as sad as these things can be it's beautiful. It's moving in the best ways possible
This game and the soundtrack alone is above the possible imagination of emotions. I love how melancholic it is, especially with context of the story. It's truly masterpiece. I want to highlight one specific track, that is not a part of main album, it's called Reprise. I literally have no words for it, just feelings... Without spoilers, but only thing i can say, i relive whole main story with this track, again, and again...
I said it on your other video, but this track means so much to me that it played during a portion of my wedding ceremony. I love it, and always will. Watching it resonate in a similar way with someone else with brings back that initial gut-wrenching feeling of the loss I was trying to heal when I first heard it, but also the feeling of hope and acceptance that I felt as I moved forward in life. It makes me smile. I don’t really know how to explain it properly, as you said, but thank you.
I lost my dad last month, and, yea, wow... hearing the points you brought up, the feelings you brought up about this song and music in general is just so well said. The biggest thing I've noticed for me, is just how much music can change after such a large loss. Even music I've listened to almost every single day. These pieces that, still, certainly were impactful and actually profoundly important to me, have changed (or maybe morphed is a better word) sometimes for the better; bringing back memories and emotions of my time with him, but sometimes, well, for the worst; bringing out pain of things not done or said, or the pains of the NOW being here without him. And sometimes it's just what I needed. Sometimes I literally need help to cry because I couldn't. And that is honestly beautiful, even if right now I still have these horrible days and don't feel that way at all.
I lost my grandmother 13 years ago. The pain never goes away, indeed, but it has become a driving force of my life to carry on her legacy. On the game, I tell you it is one of the most wonderful experiences I've had in my life. Please give yourself as much time as you need and allow yourself to embrace the childlike wonder of playing it.
The DLC music for me is even worse, because although the base game is about overcoming loss and finding warmth, the DLC is about succumbing to that fear. The music makes me cry everytime
This piece, to me, has always told the story of a reunification. I have to imagine that it’s near perfect for a wedding march for some nerd out there. I’d have tried so hard to make it mine had it existed then. Just after that moment of dissonance in the middle, it feels just like an inevitable joining. And to hear that your mind and your context in this moment brought you to feel that “inevitable joining” with your dad makes me love the track all the more. Thanks for sharing.
This game was a complete journey there and back..I love my games, I love my game music. When a song can feel like it’s pulling a string of your emotions with every note or sound… when a construct of sounds plays your emotions like a melody of instruments.. that truly is something special and something this game did in waves. It holds a place in my heart as an emotional gem nothing could take !
Outer wilds story's story and themes is fundamentaly one about fear of loss, and learning to let go, to allow new things, feelings, relationships to be born, thanks for opening up on what it inspires to you
This music is simply: magical. It's amazing how its notes can heal and touch you. This song saved me in one of the worst moments I remember this year, when I was on the verge of a panic attack. It allowed me to calm down and feel peace. Later I could play Outer Wilds without knowing anything about the game and I can say that it has changed me completely. My way of looking at life is different and I feel completely happy. It is an incredible experience that I will never forget. Thanks for the video and for sharing your experience ♥
I lost my grandad 6 months ago, coincidently just a week after I finished the Outer Wilds for the first time. He was the closest thing I had to a dad and we were very close. Every time I hear 14.3 Billion years, I can't help but cry and think of him, and how much I miss him.
This game taught me to compartmentalize and grapple with the loss I've experienced in a good and healthy way, but good god do those first few notes make me break down every goddamn time I hear them.
Wow man, just discoverd you Channel but already fell in love with it. I love how real you are. You truly feel, enjoy and see music as more then just music. Thanks for sharing your story. Must have been a hard time for you, but you pulled through and youre such a strong person for managing it. I adore your philosophical view on music. Thank you for this fantastic video. For me its hard to describe what i feel while playing Outer Wilds and listening to the Soundtrack. But damn this music is a masterpiece. It makes me feel so much and so little at the same time. Its eternal, otherwordly and etheral but also warm, cozy and hearthfull. Its feel like a new begingn but also like the end of something beautiful. Outer Wilds itself is one of the few games that changed me as a person and my view on so many thing. On Death and Life, on the small moments, on friends and fate. I will give a TW from here on. It taught me to accept Death and certin fates and that i dont need to be sacerd of death. It taugth me enjoy life itself and the small beautifull moments that life creates. Just like sitting around a campfire and listening to the music. Id formed my view on life in to something almost nihilistic and im so glad for id, because i fell peace and hapiness. Life happens wherever you are, whether you make it or not. Even if it can be hard, sad, difficult and heartbreaking and at somepoint everything ends but for me thats ok. This music and the game makes me appreciate the beauty of life itself. Life just like Outer Wilds is filled with sadness, tradergy, loneliness but there are also moments of love, curiosity, compainship, happines that you can enjoy even more because of the dark parts of life. Never have i ever played a game that changed me so much and taught me so much about life. For me this music and this game is are truly masterpieces. It speaks to all the inner parts that make me human.
Years after playing the game and being my most listened track for years in a row on spotify, this song makes me teary 100% of times still. It is incredible.
I've not played the DLC, I have never heard this song before and it was not the one I was expecting, it brought me to tears and I can't begin to explain why
Lose is something so incredibly difficult to truly understand, and even then each of us react and process it in such different ways. The relationship you described with your father is one that I relate to as well. Not only father and son, but friend. Something that very few can recognize in their life and fewer value. When a truly amazing individual is a part of your life, it leaves such a weight in the wake of loss. I feel for you Marco, and I cannot fathom how it may feel, not yet. But your comment on how it will feel to see him again made me smile, and I agree my friend. Life is a multitude of ups and downs, but just as the stars line the sky in an endless ocean of cosmic wonder, may the joys of life be just as innumerable. And may such sweet music as this score the reunion.
It could have been just a coincidence but when I left a comment on your last Risk of Rain video on Once in a Lullaby and recommended this game and soundtrack, I came back that next morning to see you taking a look at the Outer Wilds opening soundtrack. I felt so personally moved by that and your appreciation for the music literally made me tear up as well. I saw you said you were trying to play it as well and I just appreciate you taking a look at it. It's a game of mystery, discovery, and ultimately facing your fears as there are SO many different aspects about each planet and genuine phobias that it can and will challenge ("all my homies hate the dark bramble" - Bricky). Don't worry about it, take your time, and learn bit by bit how everything is put together. If it helps too I'd rather you play it for you rather than for us. Also fair warning too the DLC hits SO much harder with the design and emotional beats. Just for fun check out the "Terrible Fate" track for the outer wilds. You get this if you really screw some stuff up in the game lol. On a more serious note the Echoes of the Eye song from the named DLC made me cry on it's own (though it is heavily tied to some story elements in the game) and I'd love to hear your take on it next time you look at an outer wilds song. Outside of the Outer Wilds I am and forever will be a fan of Darren Korb from Supergiant Games. Doing work on Hades, Pyre, Transistor, and Bastion. Some really amazing work all over the place there. Love you so much, thanks for listening to my rambling, I can't wait to see what you get up to in 2023!
Well, first - is there a VOD of that livestream you are talking about, where you listened to Outer Wilds music? Would love to watch it. And second. It's always great to see, when this game gets attention. I think, it's painfully not well-known piece of art and for it's greatness not enough people know about it. Which is very sad, and I would like to see more playthroughs from famous youtubers. And from you, obviously : ) I saw your comment about that and I totally understand, I also had some difficulties and frustrations with this game. Especially with controls. But emotions I got and the world I discovered are sooo worth it. Feelings of wonder, fascination, discovery and even primal brain-freezing fear. Such a great game maaan, easily consider it my favorite. Also you are not the first death-discussing-Outer-Wilds-guy I saw. This game helped one other youtuber to bear with passing of his mother and take a different view on life. Just a fact I remembered, nothing more.
I lost my older brother in 2021. in the same year, I was having trouble even focusing on games, which is not like me. I played outer wilds and the emotion after I beat it was unreal... I needed it so much, a game where I could take my time get to know things slow and really feel like I was part of somewhere else for even a moment. The ending was sad but... not sad, like a small amount of my grief was lifted. The game gave me a chance to just try again and again, and cry for moments I lived in game or in life. It really was a breath of fresh air.
I have played this game to death, I've listened to the soundtrack dozens of times. And just hearing the piano riff come in in the beginning had me openly weeping again. Full blown crying, because of a connection of the piano song to... something in the game. And what it takes to hear this song in-game. I'm glad you're giving the game a try. Take your time. It can be a lot. It's the most emotionally gut-wrenching game I've ever played and I love it far too much.
This game will always and forever hold a special place in my heart. It was a game that i needed at a specific time in my life. For the first time in my life i got to experience for a year what loving someone was like and all the wonderful, scary, sad, happy, things that cane with it. Her and i both realized there were too many things in the way abd too many hurdles to jump over for us to get to where we wanted to be and we had to end things. It was almost harder because we both wanted this so much and both were very in love still but we couldnt have what we wanted. This game showed me how beautiful the future can be even if we dont know what will happen but it also taught me to appreciste the journey i got to experience and the incredible adventure i got to be a part of. The past is the past but you know...thats okay.
Exactly what I wanted!!!!! My favourite song from the game (like for most people (i assume)). And holy sh*t that reaction... you know, when I first heard this song (in context of the game) i shed a tear too, okay maybe some more... Yeah I cried so what????? Maybe for a diffrent reason than you but still... sad, but also... hopefull, encouraging maybe. Hard to say honestly... Such a beautiful song, I can't even describe it. Keep it up, hopefully there is more Outer Wilds to come :D
I think the best way to sum up the message of Outer Wilds is this: The end of one story is the beginning of another, even if we aren't there to see it. See you in the next universe.
what you said at the end about people thinking games are childish, it's true that a lot of people see them that way even though there are a lot of great games that would be more like interactive pieces of art than anything else. I love how there are so many great games and stories for every single feeling and situation. Another great one is GRIS which explores and shows in many ways what depression is like, showing that it's more than just sadness, and it does it in a way that no other medium could communicate, in a fun and feeling-packed experience, just as Outer Wilds (been a completely different game) also teaches many things about many different feelings
Its amazing how so many memories and thoughts swell inside over three plucks of a string 😭it took me a while to understand why I thought outer wilds was so special but when it hit, it landed some place vital.
I love to see you enjoy this music with your entire body. Lost my dad roughly around the same time period as you. I have found a extend of peace with the finite of life through Alan Watts teachings, but I am looking forward to buying this game, and experiencing what it is about. I will now also stop looking at content related, cause at some point I will find spoilers and I do not want that. Thank you for this video brother. I hope you are doing well.
I usually think about our place in the world, apace and universe. Outer wilds made me love my place and helps me a lot when I feel sad (mainly the soundtrack). I lost my aunt not so long ago and I regreted That I wasnt spending enough time with her. But this music makes me feel like she is telling me: "dont worry. You did nothing wrong". My life will never be the same after playing outer wilds. Thank you mobium
I realize this is over a year old now, but i want to put this here. "Music is a mysterious thing. At times, the same piece can make the listener cry or laugh. Memories and emotions, long since buried, rise up, whether they want to remember them or not." That's an abbreviated quote from Citan from Xenogears.
I hope someday Marco you get to heal a little bit of the grief by playing this game and completing it. It’s the most influential game I’ve ever played and it has changed me forever. Much love to you! See you in the Outer Wilds. ❤️🌲🚀👩🏻🚀
"It makes me contemplate my entire existence." "Life is beautiful... stunning." The Outer Wilds experience in a nutshell. This might sound strange, but I envy you your pain and sense of loss (and that of several other commenters.) I didn't have that sort of connection with my family. I was born into bad circumstances. I don't say this to guilt anyone for having good parents or to downplay their suffering. I sure as hell don't want anyone's pity. But I sincerely hope that everyone in a loving family appreciates how even grief is a rare privilege. That said, the storytelling magic of video game music is something that's always helped me through difficult times.
andrew prahlow is a genius for his work composing all of this game's music. i've never hated a man more for the actual indescribable emotions his work has made me feel. it just feels so human, so authentic, so true to the experience of living and loving and breathing in the fresh air everyday that you get to share with your loved ones. this game is incredible, and its music is so perfect. thank you for sharing about your dad. outer wilds is not an easy experience, but i think it's one that's so important and everlasting, and even life-changing. and i agree, that this music really does feel like a reunion. when you're ready, i'm so so so excited for you to cover travelers, and travelers' encore.
I think this song is played in the game only once. And is a god damn powerful moment because it is an arrangement of all the motifs you hear throughout the game. Outer wilds is a masterpiece.
Grief is pain payed forward. Every warm moment is a promise of tears down the line. Every memory a scar to be opened when it ends. But if you did not love you are so much poorer. Grief is a pain payed forward but love is worth every scar and tear.
This game is very good at conveying that even when we feel so deeply alone traversing the darkness of space- it is beautiful the entire time. The loneliness itself can be beautiful. It's been nearly 3 years since I lost my father to his battle with cancer. You're not alone in your pain, and it's good to feel it. It's okay to not be okay. Embrace the love for your father through the waves of grief. As the years go by, the waves don't get weaker, you just get stronger at bracing against them. Be strong, you got this.
I read somewhere, that after the interlude in the middle all the instruments change playing the same tune. It's saying goobye to the old universe and the beginning of a new one. And it begins with a piano as a nod to the previous one
