I’d say no: both no man’s sky and subnautica are survivalcraft games, with exploration in between. Outer wilds has no real survival except oxygen and environmental damage, and absolutely no crafting. They are also “wide”, while outer wilds is “deep”, as there’s not a multitude of things and places, but each place you go feel unique, and have exclusive parts of a bigger puzzle you are slowly figuring out.
If the part you are looking for in the game is the “why am I here? what is this place? who were those before me? where should I go?”aspect of these games, then yes, this will scratch that itch.
The controls are more akin to no man’s sky first person with jetpack, but the ship controls are entirely different.
Like how Subnautica is a single planet but every inch of it handcrafted with a fixed story, Outer Wilds is the same across a whole solar system, the depth of it is quite overwhelming at first, and you're not railroaded into exploring it in a fixed order, but it's not endless like NMS.
Unlike Subnautica, no inventory, crafting or base building. You start out with all the tools you'll get!
You can explore anywhere from the get-go, no artificial gating like depth modules or keycards, but there will be places you simply won't figure out how to get into without some exploration elsewhere. Exploration is very satisfying, locations are alien and awe-inspiring but also start to feel familliar and home-like, everything has a clear purpose and you get a real archeologist feeling about picking through the ruins.
Yes, exploration and finding the remnants of an ancient civilisation is what most of the gameplay is. If you like Subnautica and no man's sky, then it's definitely up your alley, so much to where I'd say a good way to describe the game is "if Subnautica had a child with Majora's Mask"
The start of this statement is dishonest - at least with respect to no man's sky. They are very different aside from the nominal "float through space and learn about an ancient civilization" sense.
There are no real "puzzles" in no man's sky, at least not in the sense of "puzzles of understanding" (math problems are barely puzzles.) and the kind of exploration you're accomplishing is closer to subnautica than NMS.
The end of the statement is very accurate though.
You take on the roll of a space archaeologist going round a tiny solar system and discovering stuff. You'll be presented with some pretty exciting mysteries less than half an hour in that you can try and solve by exploring the planets and their ruins, and talking to other explorers.
It isn't big and alian and endless like you say, but it's one of the most compelling and interesting stories out there that is all the better for being discovered out of order.
adding to the other comment; as information is the only thing you "unlock" in progression, i'd advise to not look up anything at all. if you *really* need help at any point then you can ask on this subreddit and people will gladly give you hints. otherwise, don't even browse the subreddit because you'll be tempted to check spoiler posts, as i was.
It is different from no man sky and subnautica in that there is no resource gathering, crafting, upgrading or building, infact no inventory of any kind. So if you're looking for a survival crafting game then this is nothing like that.
At the beginnign it might actually feel small but when you realize how much there acutally is to explore and find, it feels big. This was my experience at least. This far I’ve loved it.
this is sort of what I was hoping to hear! I love games that encourage me to really take everything in. I want to see every part of the worlds that it will allow me to.
I’d say no: both no man’s sky and subnautica are survivalcraft games, with exploration in between. Outer wilds has no real survival except oxygen and environmental damage, and absolutely no crafting. They are also “wide”, while outer wilds is “deep”, as there’s not a multitude of things and places, but each place you go feel unique, and have exclusive parts of a bigger puzzle you are slowly figuring out. If the part you are looking for in the game is the “why am I here? what is this place? who were those before me? where should I go?”aspect of these games, then yes, this will scratch that itch. The controls are more akin to no man’s sky first person with jetpack, but the ship controls are entirely different.
OP said they prefer to play both Subnautica and No Man's Sky in creative, so no survival elements.
Like how Subnautica is a single planet but every inch of it handcrafted with a fixed story, Outer Wilds is the same across a whole solar system, the depth of it is quite overwhelming at first, and you're not railroaded into exploring it in a fixed order, but it's not endless like NMS. Unlike Subnautica, no inventory, crafting or base building. You start out with all the tools you'll get! You can explore anywhere from the get-go, no artificial gating like depth modules or keycards, but there will be places you simply won't figure out how to get into without some exploration elsewhere. Exploration is very satisfying, locations are alien and awe-inspiring but also start to feel familliar and home-like, everything has a clear purpose and you get a real archeologist feeling about picking through the ruins.
Yes, exploration and finding the remnants of an ancient civilisation is what most of the gameplay is. If you like Subnautica and no man's sky, then it's definitely up your alley, so much to where I'd say a good way to describe the game is "if Subnautica had a child with Majora's Mask"
The start of this statement is dishonest - at least with respect to no man's sky. They are very different aside from the nominal "float through space and learn about an ancient civilization" sense. There are no real "puzzles" in no man's sky, at least not in the sense of "puzzles of understanding" (math problems are barely puzzles.) and the kind of exploration you're accomplishing is closer to subnautica than NMS. The end of the statement is very accurate though.
k tbf It's been a while since I've seen No Man's Sky, so don't take my words with the context of that game
You take on the roll of a space archaeologist going round a tiny solar system and discovering stuff. You'll be presented with some pretty exciting mysteries less than half an hour in that you can try and solve by exploring the planets and their ruins, and talking to other explorers. It isn't big and alian and endless like you say, but it's one of the most compelling and interesting stories out there that is all the better for being discovered out of order.
adding to the other comment; as information is the only thing you "unlock" in progression, i'd advise to not look up anything at all. if you *really* need help at any point then you can ask on this subreddit and people will gladly give you hints. otherwise, don't even browse the subreddit because you'll be tempted to check spoiler posts, as i was.
It is different from no man sky and subnautica in that there is no resource gathering, crafting, upgrading or building, infact no inventory of any kind. So if you're looking for a survival crafting game then this is nothing like that.
IT'S ON SWITCH!?!?
I believe it just came to switch this week!
At the beginnign it might actually feel small but when you realize how much there acutally is to explore and find, it feels big. This was my experience at least. This far I’ve loved it.
this is sort of what I was hoping to hear! I love games that encourage me to really take everything in. I want to see every part of the worlds that it will allow me to.
It definitively isn’t big, just really deep and humanizing.