The worst part of watching these episodes back is knowing how much harder I accidentally made things for myself. I stumbled around in the dark of the Shrouded Woodlands for two days, might not be obvious from the editing but the outfit change should be a giveaway. 😂 BUT I found what ends up being my favorite location in the DLC by the end of the episode so it’s like I got a reward 💪🏻 I do remember thinking during the Shrouded Woodlands that I felt like the DLC was giving less hints than the base game. No, I’m just silly and should’ve come back to this area later. Onwards!
lol, I definitely think this is intended to be the last thing you figure out. It's by far the thing that trips up most playthroughs I've seen. I also think it's amazing that you found the unburned version of the slide before you found the burned version!
i actually did the same thing- i solved the shrouded woodlands before i ever found the reel that hints into how to get past the fire, haha, because i was like "this is the only orange fire i've seen so far in the entire DLC! that is very suspicious!"
Making things harder on yourself than they're supposed to be is a staple of OW and EotE playthroughs, for sure! For me at least, a non-trivial amount of time watching these playthroughs is spent forcefully pointing at the screen going "LOOK! LOOK! IT'S RIGHT THERE!"
This is what made me bounce off of EotE, that it has the Outer Wilds "no guidance, just exploration" concept but is ultimately linear. meaning if you get stuck, you're just stuck.
this has been the most casual bruteforcing of the shrouded woodlands forbidden archive in my live. like fr our girl skipped almost all of the real stranger and got straight to the endgame
The very first time I entered the loading zone, I thought "wow, this is almost pitch dark, I wonder if there's a quantum thing going on" so I blew out the candles on the raft...and dropped into the Forbidden Archive area.
@@ReverendTed To date this is the only skip I have yet to see in a let's play. I have seen the other two (Someone circumventing the Endless Canyon using secret bridge & someone finding out they could walk through starlit cove alarms after trying to use the fire to "reset" the loop) Still, going into the fire without being hinted to is something pretty rare to see!
@@blitzprog In the very first playthrough of the DLC that I saw the streamer walked through the fire without getting hinted. I've seen at least one other person do it too, but this is the first time I've seen someone see the uncensored version of the River Lowlands slide reel before seeing the censored version.
@45:00 one of the things that makes this game so brilliant is we discover the entire Nomai civilization through only words and (basically) no images, while we discover the Stranger's civilization through only images and no words.
I always enjoy messing with the scary owl people. They're so serious and dignified and you're just this annoying little fish creature that comes out of nowhere to interrupt their ancient routines and make a nuisance around the place, flipping their light switches and leaving doors open.
49:50 this right here is the moment that makes this DLC so amazing. Realizing it was never about the codes but about knowledge is just so uniquely Outer Wilds
It's a really interesting change in design philosophy for the DLC. In the base game, they were VERY strict about adding in anything that didn't relate to the plot (aka why Timber Heart has huge plains of nothing) so as to not distract the player from the "interesting" places to explore. Here they added a lot more props and worldbuilding and the world definitely feels more lived in. You can imagine an Owlk sitting in one of their chairs and just watching the river or fishing.
Spoiler It really makes you think if an Owlk walked by the alarm bell sometime in the last 280000+ years and noticed that they couldn't hear the bell anymore. Very sad.
I love how empathetic you are to them. I've seen people get stuck thinking they're zombies, or that they became evil after they died. But no, they're just chillin' and vibin'. Also, I think they represent how most of us would react to the Eye. The Nomai are what we would aspire to be, but these guys are actually us.
Well, they are actually not just chillin' and vibin', they have been doing the exact same routine for thousands of years, trapped in a fake version of their homeworld. There is even an ending that shows how much you can "lose sight of yourself" in this simulation
I mean, to be fair, the Nomai never found out what the Eye would do once a conscious observer went inside. The Owlks found out it would be the literal end of the universe. So understandably, they wanted to circumvent that. Now, did the Owlks almost doom the universe to a full stop death whenever its time ran out instead of allowing for the cycle of death and then rebirth?? they have the right to remain silent
Love the attention to detail that you let yourself enjoy when investigating. Stuff like watching the Owlk die when the reservoir breaks, going back to see if their homes are open, looking through all their paintings. A lot of people miss this stuff in their playthroughs
14:49 I never noticed that the shadow the owlks’ antlers makes looks like a hand. That explains the hand shaped grabbers. It’s crazy how I still notice new details to this day even after knowing every intricate detail in the game’s lore and gameplay😅
A new video is out tomorrow! So sorry on the delay. :(( and thank you for your generosity Details on why no posts last week: Death in the family + getting the flu while traveling to the funeral is a nasty combination. My family is doing okay all things considered, and I’m still sick but will be better soon! Ty for the concern. And also, I’m sorry for the heavy reply 🙇🏻♀️
@@BeccaBytes I’m very sorry for your loss, I was there a few years ago when I lost my mom (equally heavy reply, I know). I very much look forward to the video tomorrow but of course the fam comes first
Becca: (sees the slide reals that explain how the Strangers completely decimated their home planet to get to the eye of the universe, only to get there and realize that the eye would mean the death of their species, and that they destroyed their home planet for something that they perceive to be worse than nothing) Also Becca: "I wonder if their story is gonna be a sad one" LOL, girl, I love your content, because if that isnt MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE LMAO
I'm realizing now why they don't spell out how to actually enter the shadow area until later. The sheer amount of brute forcing continues to be wild and impressive.
Absolutely insane that you found the true slide real before watching the burned one lol. I think you were thrown off by happening to try the right thing with the artifact - most people get stuck there and are forced to keep exploring the Stranger!
I never actually saw the owl people in the simulation dissolve after the dam breaks for myself or connected the noise that occurs after the dam break with it. I knew what happened overall, but I never caught or connected the dots to those specific details. Now it's even sadder. :C The devs did a pretty good job making sure we know the owls are not "evil" I think with the little set pieces like the bandstand, all of the little paintings, and the owl person who's just hunched over watching the same slide reel of their home over and over. They're sad and afraid and angry, which is pretty reasonable given the circumstances. The Hearthians are unnaturally chill in comparison, lol.
Ngl becca never ceases to amaze me with how she can somehow brute force things through sheer mental power. Really serves to show how unique her content is.
45:20 woo I already saw there were furnitures inside these 2 buildings when the door quickly opens, but I've never seen anyone get inside after they're gone! Amazing video once again, really great job into finding so quickly the solution for this area as it's often the hardest people get!
I was really excited to see the doors were actually open into their houses!!! I was dying to see inside them after I spent a while trying to sneak in. Initially in the DLC I was really sad that the signalscope wasn’t important anymore because I loved using sounds to solve mysteries in the base game. But after the Shrouded Woodlands I realized they were still using sound just as much to give us hints, which was so darn cool!
@@BeccaBytes SPOILERS!!! . . . . . i never noticed until this playthrough, but i love how the signalscope doesnt work in the stranger cause why would it! theyre specifically trying to hide in this system and we eventually see them use *signal blocking* technology! another really neat detail is that, while the dam breaks over the loop, it seems to lose its *structural integrity* ;)
Have to agree with the comments about Big Feldspar Energy. This is the fourth Outer Wilds playthrough I've watched and every one has been delightfully unique! And just a huge shout out again for the excellent editing.
Watching you solve so many conundrums without hints makes me feel dumb for struggling to solve them, even WITH the hints. 🤣 Seriously though, great job! It’s been fun to watch, too! 😀
Not a spoiler (and I assume you've finished the whole DLC by now anyway) but the name of the song they're singing at the "concert" is Elegy for the Rings. 😭😭😭 Edit: @36:26 - omg I never saw that up close! Wow.
Damn I gotta stop staying up past 5am watching outerwilds playthroughs. Your's is one of my favorites right now though, up there with Lukael Plays. Many people do not put two and two together with the screaching noises and the fires going out from the flooding, cool you did :). Also, good job figuring out the fire was fake. This game is so much fun when you do stumble around clueless and have to piece things together, as new information really hits hard that way. The worst playthrough I've seen was by the channel Pirate Software, who "used the wrong formula to get the right answer" the entire playthrough. For example, he was jumping around on the raft and just so happened to jump the wrong way and fall off right as it was passing through the tunnel. He managed to skip so much through pure boneheaded luck, that he managed to get the ending even though he never actually found the hidden village you just found. He skipped so much content by doing stuff like that in the main game as well that when he got to the end of the loop inside the Stranger, he was very confused by the ATP non-death loop end animation, because he thought the loop only ended when he died. I'm glad you are getting that chance to explore and understand the story, can't wait to see more.
Its funny how the 2 Echoes playthroughs Im watching right now (this and Rufioh 8) both accidentally stumbled into the simulation by trying to cook a marshmellow but accidentally dozed off instead. 😂
35:06 “I hope they’re not extra super dying cuz… that seems sad” Well if it makes you feel any better, they’re only extra super dying a few minutes earlier than everyone else 🥲
When I first started watching this series, I thought the self-interview at the campfire in your intro was corny and overdone. But it's like become your trademark now. I really like the way you use the dialogue options as a sort of low-key self-retrospection.
Hi!! I’m so sorry to concern everybody, I’ll be pinning a comment on the video I’m releasing tomorrow explaining my absence, but to assuage your concerns now (sorry the info might be a bit heavy?): Why no videos last week: Death in the family + getting the flu while traveling to the funeral is a nasty combination to say the least. My family is doing okay given the circumstances, and I’m still sick but will be better soon! I appreciate the concern!
I'm so glad you finally found the "Hidden" Gorge! (I put hidden in quotes because literally all you have to do to find it is look up!) I feel like your experience of the game has really suffered from accidentally discovering the Dream World too soon, because then it made you focus on the dream world waaay too early when there was still so much to see in the "real" world.
The worst part of watching these episodes back is knowing how much harder I accidentally made things for myself. I stumbled around in the dark of the Shrouded Woodlands for two days, might not be obvious from the editing but the outfit change should be a giveaway. 😂
BUT I found what ends up being my favorite location in the DLC by the end of the episode so it’s like I got a reward 💪🏻
I do remember thinking during the Shrouded Woodlands that I felt like the DLC was giving less hints than the base game. No, I’m just silly and should’ve come back to this area later.
Onwards!
lol, I definitely think this is intended to be the last thing you figure out. It's by far the thing that trips up most playthroughs I've seen.
I also think it's amazing that you found the unburned version of the slide before you found the burned version!
i actually did the same thing- i solved the shrouded woodlands before i ever found the reel that hints into how to get past the fire, haha, because i was like "this is the only orange fire i've seen so far in the entire DLC! that is very suspicious!"
@@MasonLopez yeah i'm not sure i've ever seen anyone find an unburned version of a slide before the burned one!
Making things harder on yourself than they're supposed to be is a staple of OW and EotE playthroughs, for sure!
For me at least, a non-trivial amount of time watching these playthroughs is spent forcefully pointing at the screen going "LOOK! LOOK! IT'S RIGHT THERE!"
This is what made me bounce off of EotE, that it has the Outer Wilds "no guidance, just exploration" concept but is ultimately linear. meaning if you get stuck, you're just stuck.
this has been the most casual bruteforcing of the shrouded woodlands forbidden archive in my live. like fr our girl skipped almost all of the real stranger and got straight to the endgame
The very first time I entered the loading zone, I thought "wow, this is almost pitch dark, I wonder if there's a quantum thing going on" so I blew out the candles on the raft...and dropped into the Forbidden Archive area.
lmao that's even better
@@ReverendTed To date this is the only skip I have yet to see in a let's play.
I have seen the other two (Someone circumventing the Endless Canyon using secret bridge & someone finding out they could walk through starlit cove alarms after trying to use the fire to "reset" the loop)
Still, going into the fire without being hinted to is something pretty rare to see!
@@blitzprog That's what surprises me about it a little bit - given our experience in the Lakebed Cave, it seems so obvious.
@@blitzprog In the very first playthrough of the DLC that I saw the streamer walked through the fire without getting hinted. I've seen at least one other person do it too, but this is the first time I've seen someone see the uncensored version of the River Lowlands slide reel before seeing the censored version.
@45:00 one of the things that makes this game so brilliant is we discover the entire Nomai civilization through only words and (basically) no images, while we discover the Stranger's civilization through only images and no words.
I always enjoy messing with the scary owl people. They're so serious and dignified and you're just this annoying little fish creature that comes out of nowhere to interrupt their ancient routines and make a nuisance around the place, flipping their light switches and leaving doors open.
Lmfao imagine if a little lizard creature just stumbles into your vr chat lol
“Sir, we’ve been here for like 800,000 years…”
@@sobutto5698 “hey what does this do!”
I love how the strangers in the concert house pause when you interrupt them, like they're saying, "uh... you're not invited..."
49:50 this right here is the moment that makes this DLC so amazing. Realizing it was never about the codes but about knowledge is just so uniquely Outer Wilds
The real treasures are the glitches we met along the way.
It's a really interesting change in design philosophy for the DLC. In the base game, they were VERY strict about adding in anything that didn't relate to the plot (aka why Timber Heart has huge plains of nothing) so as to not distract the player from the "interesting" places to explore. Here they added a lot more props and worldbuilding and the world definitely feels more lived in. You can imagine an Owlk sitting in one of their chairs and just watching the river or fishing.
Spoiler
It really makes you think if an Owlk walked by the alarm bell sometime in the last 280000+ years and noticed that they couldn't hear the bell anymore. Very sad.
I love how empathetic you are to them. I've seen people get stuck thinking they're zombies, or that they became evil after they died. But no, they're just chillin' and vibin'.
Also, I think they represent how most of us would react to the Eye. The Nomai are what we would aspire to be, but these guys are actually us.
Well, they are actually not just chillin' and vibin', they have been doing the exact same routine for thousands of years, trapped in a fake version of their homeworld. There is even an ending that shows how much you can "lose sight of yourself" in this simulation
They are chilling and vibing until you walk up to them without artifact. Then your spine is chilling and vibing ;:)
I mean, to be fair, the Nomai never found out what the Eye would do once a conscious observer went inside. The Owlks found out it would be the literal end of the universe. So understandably, they wanted to circumvent that.
Now, did the Owlks almost doom the universe to a full stop death whenever its time ran out instead of allowing for the cycle of death and then rebirth?? they have the right to remain silent
Love the attention to detail that you let yourself enjoy when investigating.
Stuff like watching the Owlk die when the reservoir breaks, going back to see if their homes are open, looking through all their paintings.
A lot of people miss this stuff in their playthroughs
14:49 I never noticed that the shadow the owlks’ antlers makes looks like a hand. That explains the hand shaped grabbers. It’s crazy how I still notice new details to this day even after knowing every intricate detail in the game’s lore and gameplay😅
I think that's just the shadow of the hand holding the artifact 😅
@@mozeytownlol I think you’re right. My bad
But shouldn’t their hand be closed? Unless it’s their other hand but it looks to straight up for it to be that
it's their hand
@@jesse.james28 It is closed, but they have veeeeery long fingies :D
Thank you for being my new source of serotonin. Been a while since you posted, hope everything is ok. Can’t wait for the next one
A new video is out tomorrow! So sorry on the delay. :(( and thank you for your generosity
Details on why no posts last week: Death in the family + getting the flu while traveling to the funeral is a nasty combination. My family is doing okay all things considered, and I’m still sick but will be better soon! Ty for the concern. And also, I’m sorry for the heavy reply 🙇🏻♀️
@@BeccaBytes I’m very sorry for your loss, I was there a few years ago when I lost my mom (equally heavy reply, I know). I very much look forward to the video tomorrow but of course the fam comes first
Becca: (sees the slide reals that explain how the Strangers completely decimated their home planet to get to the eye of the universe, only to get there and realize that the eye would mean the death of their species, and that they destroyed their home planet for something that they perceive to be worse than nothing) Also Becca: "I wonder if their story is gonna be a sad one" LOL, girl, I love your content, because if that isnt MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE LMAO
“LET ME IGNORE ALL THESE RED FLAGS AND KEEP DREAMING” - me
@@BeccaBytes 🤣🤣🤣
I'm realizing now why they don't spell out how to actually enter the shadow area until later. The sheer amount of brute forcing continues to be wild and impressive.
Absolutely insane that you found the true slide real before watching the burned one lol. I think you were thrown off by happening to try the right thing with the artifact - most people get stuck there and are forced to keep exploring the Stranger!
I never actually saw the owl people in the simulation dissolve after the dam breaks for myself or connected the noise that occurs after the dam break with it. I knew what happened overall, but I never caught or connected the dots to those specific details. Now it's even sadder. :C
The devs did a pretty good job making sure we know the owls are not "evil" I think with the little set pieces like the bandstand, all of the little paintings, and the owl person who's just hunched over watching the same slide reel of their home over and over. They're sad and afraid and angry, which is pretty reasonable given the circumstances. The Hearthians are unnaturally chill in comparison, lol.
Best I can tell, the shadow they cast upwards *is* actually just the shadow of their hand. Cause the hand is right above the lightsource.
This game is just magical, and the care and effort you put into every episode is even more so!
Sequence breaking ! Sequence breaking everywhere !
That's the beauty of it though, you can solve it in any order!
That said, this is one of the more unique paths I've ever seen!
41:40 "Fu - okay".
from anger to acceptance in one second
Ngl becca never ceases to amaze me with how she can somehow brute force things through sheer mental power. Really serves to show how unique her content is.
45:20 woo I already saw there were furnitures inside these 2 buildings when the door quickly opens, but I've never seen anyone get inside after they're gone! Amazing video once again, really great job into finding so quickly the solution for this area as it's often the hardest people get!
I was really excited to see the doors were actually open into their houses!!! I was dying to see inside them after I spent a while trying to sneak in.
Initially in the DLC I was really sad that the signalscope wasn’t important anymore because I loved using sounds to solve mysteries in the base game. But after the Shrouded Woodlands I realized they were still using sound just as much to give us hints, which was so darn cool!
@@BeccaBytes Really true! Just not the way you'd think ::D With this episode I caught up your videos, I'm sad to now have to wait 😭
@@BeccaBytes SPOILERS!!!
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i never noticed until this playthrough, but i love how the signalscope doesnt work in the stranger cause why would it! theyre specifically trying to hide in this system and we eventually see them use *signal blocking* technology!
another really neat detail is that, while the dam breaks over the loop, it seems to lose its *structural integrity* ;)
Crazy to watch someone reach an Archive without having seen the slide's burned equivalent in the real world.
Have to agree with the comments about Big Feldspar Energy. This is the fourth Outer Wilds playthrough I've watched and every one has been delightfully unique! And just a huge shout out again for the excellent editing.
I never thought to enter their homes after they passed!! That's such a nice detail.
Thanks becca for getting this in time for my lunch!
I hope you enjoy your lunchtime entertainment 📺🍿
It’s a good day when BeccaBytes drops a new video
Your video got me through my shift at work today. QUALITY CONTENT
YAY happy to hear that carrotcake 💛 I hope you and your wife are doing well 🙌🏻
"you know what? We're gonna follow him! .... - *zsssshhhh* ...no we're not."
Watching you solve so many conundrums without hints makes me feel dumb for struggling to solve them, even WITH the hints. 🤣 Seriously though, great job! It’s been fun to watch, too! 😀
The gasps when you discover *anything* are my favorite😂
Love the 35:16 transition from river cave darkness to shrouded woodlands darkness
Not a spoiler (and I assume you've finished the whole DLC by now anyway) but the name of the song they're singing at the "concert" is Elegy for the Rings. 😭😭😭
Edit: @36:26 - omg I never saw that up close! Wow.
I have a feeling I know where these skits are going, and I look forward to going with you all.
Damn I gotta stop staying up past 5am watching outerwilds playthroughs. Your's is one of my favorites right now though, up there with Lukael Plays. Many people do not put two and two together with the screaching noises and the fires going out from the flooding, cool you did :). Also, good job figuring out the fire was fake. This game is so much fun when you do stumble around clueless and have to piece things together, as new information really hits hard that way.
The worst playthrough I've seen was by the channel Pirate Software, who "used the wrong formula to get the right answer" the entire playthrough. For example, he was jumping around on the raft and just so happened to jump the wrong way and fall off right as it was passing through the tunnel. He managed to skip so much through pure boneheaded luck, that he managed to get the ending even though he never actually found the hidden village you just found. He skipped so much content by doing stuff like that in the main game as well that when he got to the end of the loop inside the Stranger, he was very confused by the ATP non-death loop end animation, because he thought the loop only ended when he died.
I'm glad you are getting that chance to explore and understand the story, can't wait to see more.
Oh no! Now I have caught up and must wait!
I wish our Hearthian astronaut could just like, bust out a kazoo and start jamming with the new aliens. See if that gets them to jam out again XD
Are there no episodes planned for this week? Not meaning to rush, just curious and I didn't see any updates on the community
Part 4 hype! The woodland tripped me up for so long too! It wasn't until other things clicked that everything fell into place for me
Its funny how the 2 Echoes playthroughs Im watching right now (this and Rufioh 8) both accidentally stumbled into the simulation by trying to cook a marshmellow but accidentally dozed off instead. 😂
I wonder when next part will drop out
Me at my car:
@@quantumblauthor7300where do you come up with this stuff 😭
This was so entertaining thanks! Such an unexpected playthrough!
IM ADDICTED TO THIS SERIES
Absolutely losing my mind at the sequence of discoveries in this playthrough
15:37
... I've never noticed the one leaning on the balcony. I never knew that animation existed.
The haunting music is very similar in melody to the end of Berlin's "Pleasure Victim".
35:06 “I hope they’re not extra super dying cuz… that seems sad”
Well if it makes you feel any better, they’re only extra super dying a few minutes earlier than everyone else 🥲
More than a few minutes as the supernova doesn’t reach the stranger
There’s the jump scare I’ve been waiting for. 😂 So minute, but still.
Lol, the amount of sequence skipping going on this episode is wild!
When I first started watching this series, I thought the self-interview at the campfire in your intro was corny and overdone. But it's like become your trademark now. I really like the way you use the dialogue options as a sort of low-key self-retrospection.
Agreed.
I cannot believe the sheer amount of things you did and tried to do before you went to the right.
Are you ok Becca? You got me worried.
Hi!! I’m so sorry to concern everybody, I’ll be pinning a comment on the video I’m releasing tomorrow explaining my absence, but to assuage your concerns now (sorry the info might be a bit heavy?):
Why no videos last week: Death in the family + getting the flu while traveling to the funeral is a nasty combination to say the least. My family is doing okay given the circumstances, and I’m still sick but will be better soon! I appreciate the concern!
@@BeccaBytesoh no! That’s sad, I hope everything’s alright
Where are you, Becca? Please give us news!
37:13 spoiler
Listen closely
I never would've noticed without this comment, thank you!!
Woah this is awesome, I didn’t even notice this in editing! Great ear!!! What a good detail
@@fiobri I can't hear it on my laptop speaker, only with headphones or on mobile.
what are we supposed to hear?
You can hear the sound the elevator makes when you point the focused artifact at the controls!
I thought the horror genre wasn't for me until I played Echoes of the Eye and realized that horror isn't bad, cheap jumpscares are bad.
Fun fac: you can get at archivement by gettin squished by ones of the elevators
YAH CLIFF SIDE BUILDING! *Fist pump*
Genuinely I was SO EXCITED for this discovery after coming up with a billion overcomplicated theories on how to get up there 😆
36:27 What an awesome reaction XD
Also, 2K SUBS LETS GOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
I'm so glad you finally found the "Hidden" Gorge! (I put hidden in quotes because literally all you have to do to find it is look up!) I feel like your experience of the game has really suffered from accidentally discovering the Dream World too soon, because then it made you focus on the dream world waaay too early when there was still so much to see in the "real" world.
Yay! Another new vid
16:17 - Dam(n) 😏
YEAH WOO ANOTHER ONE!
And I'm my lucky number 13th viewer!
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