The Wild Astrophysics that Outer Wilds Simulates

And on PS4 on the PSN Store

Photos of ancient Egyptian astronomy:

[sleeplessindefatigable]

I will never forget the moment I worked out how truly bonkers Outer Wilds' physics was. It was about ten minutes into the game, when I was wandering around the Hearthian town, and I came across the little screen where you could take pictures from a satellite. I took a picture, thought, "hey, that's neat", then my mind exploded when I saw that when you took another one, the image was different, and that if you took the pictures fast enough, you could basically make a video of the planet. Then I looked up and saw it. I realised that the planet had a fully working satellite in physically modelled orbit, and I fully understood the scope of what I was in for.

[bigbone_]

Not even a minute in and he's talking about Half Life 2 physics experiments he did in highschool. Never change George.

[silentfisher]

10:32 Google Maps directions from Butts County to Cumming.

This isn't your average everyday humor. This is advanced humor.

[blisterfingers]

Ah Outer Wilds. The game I preached about for a whole year only for no one I know to even take a cursory glance at it.

[LowSpecGamer]

This game was not even on my radar and now I have bought it. Thanks.

[NiteSaiya]

1:49 "Non-violent" they say. Like they've never been to Dark Bramble.

[Saltine]

The best game I've ever played. Weirdly, my experience with this game was just as emotional as it was scientific. The game really captures the spirit of space exploration just as much as it captures the physicality of it, and it's beautiful for that.

[BigLowry]

Outer Wilds is easily game of the decade. Have not had that much fun or felt so enamored with a game since I was a kid. Absolutely brilliant and beautiful.

[blackcowboymusic]

Love how slowly over time this channel has morphed from "Hey guys isn't Metal Gear weird??" to lessons on astrophysics and history

[Hyuttah]

"outer wilds is a non violent exploration game"

game:
"oh yeah, let me just get the autopilot to fly you into the sun" "let me just crush you with sand" "let me just crash your body full force into a peace of ground"

[justindenton]

I love George's Disco Elysium cosplay

[coolkusti]

Having the dust settle on a WiiU was an *incredible* choice.

[ShinkeiDEI]

Big prop for the Carl Sagan's Cosmos homage.

[Schneeregen_]

I fell in love with this game when I realised the black hole in Brittle Hollow linked into a white hole at the edge of the solar system (actually my first loop, I ended up staring at the white hole until I figured it out and promptly suffocated), and while that's not accurate to real life physics it is a part of theoretical physics.

[potatoboy]

this game is a gem, its what i would have imagined gaming would be like in the past, using the advancements in technology for more complex simulations, and then warping those complex simulations into fun scenarios, while not everything in the game is realistic, everything that happens in the game makes sense, because it follows a consistent logic, i love that the only real 'upgrades' you get is understanding the world more allowing you to manipulate it better, its a shame we dont get more games like this...

[Somethingbloody]

I love that this game took me from being absolutely terrified and in awe of a black hole, to jumping across it and figuring out how to vector myself so I could slingshot further away from it than I started. After a few tries I could jump from the inner walkways of Brittle Hollow and land on the surface.

[desdenova]

Kerbal Space Program is the game that enabled me to almost intuit orbital mechanics.

[ZERO]

"Outer Wilds" and "Outer Worlds" are way too closely named to each other. Every time I see "Outer Wilds", I see it as "Outer Worlds".

[SledTillDead]

11:00 George looks like a shaved Harry DuBois from Disco Elysium

[wallhackio]

I adored my time with Outer Wilds last year. I've studied physics at the graduate level and was surprised by how accurately gravity was modeled (although it's clear from the interviews in the video that they actually broke some rules here and there, but it definitely feels realistic if you know a thing or two about gravity and planetary orbits). I can say that the presentation of quantum mechanics in the game isn't realistic. While the game's interpretation of the collapse of a superposition of states does reflect the physical concept effectively, Outer Wilds' take on entanglement doesn't reflect the actual physical principle much at all. Not a big deal, since what they did suits the game perfectly, but I don't want people to come out of this game thinking they received a realistic model of Quantum Mechanics.