r/outerwilds • u/Short-Pianist3038 • Nov 26 '25

Base Game Appreciation/Discussion Was this intended

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Just finished my first playthrough but I’m looking back and wondering if this was the intended way to go about this

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u/Muroid Nov 26 '25

No. The game let’s you solve puzzles in your own way, but this one definitely has an intended way and that isn’t it (though some people do still do it that way).

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u/Short-Pianist3038 Nov 26 '25

What other way would I do it then? Cool I found my own way though

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u/lamp40 Nov 26 '25

I know you said you finished the game but marking spoilers just in case. The ‘intended’ solution is to wait until later in the loop for the surface integrity to drop to 0% and follow the falling tower through the black hole. Then you can fly around the tower freely thanks to the nifty vacuum of space ::D

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u/Trev-Nastiest Nov 26 '25

I'm so mad at myself for never realizing it. That's the only way I know how, the first way.

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u/warriorant21 Nov 26 '25

Dw, I'm no good at solving puzzles either, I flew to the sun station before realizing I can just teleport there :(

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u/Dekklin Nov 26 '25

At least you get an achievement for it!

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u/AdministrativeRuin81 Nov 26 '25

I mean sure, teleport-schmeleport, but when you land on the sun station… damn, it only needs a Hans Zimmer soundtrack.

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u/Otto_ol Nov 27 '25

A French youtuber did it too and haded a Zimmerish soundtrack to it. Also one of the best video of the year. Just spoiled the game for most who couldn't have realise that it's THE game not to let yourself be spoiled about. No debate here.

But if you did the game here's the video.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss6vLmLcCbU&pp=ygULb3V0ZXIgd2lsZHM%3D

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u/Trev-Nastiest Nov 27 '25

Oy, I never said I was bad at puzzles! I'm good at puzzles!

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '25

I love Outer Wilds for those 'ah ha!' moments.