the other day amy described outer wilds as a game that's better to have played than to play, and she said it because she was frustrated with something she was dying to but i think i actually agree with her
(or, at least, i agree with this version of the idea that i'm attributing to her; i wouldn't go so far as to say it's "miserable" to play the way she did in the moment. i think she'd walk that back herself, too, she was just really frustrated at the time)
the moment to moment experience of outer wilds is usually not something to write home about, a few particular huge revelations notwithstanding. so at the time that i'm playing, the game is like, fine. it's fun! it is fun, it's just nothing that would give the reputation that it has
but i think that when you chew on the things you've learned between sessions, that's when it's special. and i can't even really tell you why, it's just really lodged in my mind in a way that makes me feel so strongly about it in aggregate, more than i do in the moment. idk
this isn't really a bad thing, i don't think. it's not really a good thing either. it just is
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