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Oh that. I remember now. There are

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additional areas that are collectively known by that name I think, which is why it didn't click at first.

Have you found the place where you would use the information you were looking for?

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I think you've probably learned what was supposed to be inside that panel you found, back when you were trying to get through that painting/door in the tower. What you saw in "matrix view" was the digital signature of it having been destroyed. It's up to you to work out how to get past the corresponding lock without that information.

I'll offer some general advice about this stage of the game:

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You're essentially inside the Strangers' video game. The supernova has you on a time limit. So you've got to work out the speedrun glitches to get through it in time. (You will not actually be that pressed for time if you navigate correctly.)

Yep I thought there were

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two more areas, Starlit Cove - the secret world entered through the ritual room in the tall tower in Cinder Isles - & The Submerged Structure but I forgot all about even exploring the secret world in River Lowlands - The Shrouded Forest - which I'm currently doing. I guessed they would house some sort of Forbidden Archives style location that's tricky to get to. I'm at the point in Shrouded Forest where I've followed one of the creatures across to that building were the ritual style music is coming from. There's a short time to do it as the ritual room in the river lowlands gets leveled by the first tidal wave pretty soon into the loop.

To break this up a bit (I'm playing, then writing a bit) I've now

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got right into the building in the shrouded forest, after following the creature under the tunnel. I'm in the room, there's loads of the creatures there, the door locks behind me & I've no idea what to do. I've tried staring at them, concealed my flame on the artifact, shined my light on them, I've looked for a teleportation statue that might be upstairs in the room but I've had no joy. Am I missing something? I know I've to walk through the lit fireplace to get to the forbidden archives of the Shrouded Forest but the creature is right there as I tried to run past it & got grabbed, my flame getting blew out.

Regarding the place where I'm looking the information for

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do you mean the 3 areas that you need the correct symbol order for in the secret world of the submerged structure?

It's hard to keep track of where I've seen certain reels, gained the various pieces of knowledge etc. I've only recorded the last 3-4 reels on my PS5 so I can go back & watch them to work out exact locations of the stuff I'm looking for.

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panel, I think I remember seeing a slide of that getting destroyed, but it was hours before I actually got to that point so I'd forgotten about it. When you say corresponding lock, you don't mean that it's in the forbidden archives near that panel? Are you talking about the ones in the submerged structure that I talked about in the earlier spoiler block of this post?

Oh yeah in regarding your last spoiler block, it seems you can go by

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raft in the shrouded forest to all the other locations, I found that out in the last 30 mins or so. I'm guessing you need to do a task in the shrouded forest, jump on the raft, go to the endless canyon do something there, eventually getting to the submerged structure at the end of the secret world to finish of a chain of events.

Thanks again for the help Vargen

Spikeout wrote:

To break this up a bit (I'm playing, then writing a bit) I've now

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got right into the building in the shrouded forest, after following the creature under the tunnel. I'm in the room, there's loads of the creatures there, the door locks behind me & I've no idea what to do. I've tried staring at them, concealed my flame on the artifact, shined my light on them, I've looked for a teleportation statue that might be upstairs in the room but I've had no joy. Am I missing something? I know I've to walk through the lit fireplace to get to the forbidden archives of the Shrouded Forest but the creature is right there as I tried to run past it & got grabbed, my flame getting blew out.

What you are missing... is time.

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Have you ever been in the simulation and gotten booted out because of something that happened in the real world? If so, that should give you a clue as to how to get through "the party house" (the developers called it that in an interview).

Spikeout wrote:

Regarding the place where I'm looking the information for

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do you mean the 3 areas that you need the correct symbol order for in the secret world of the submerged structure?

Yes. You will learn what you need to learn to get through that, though that knowledge does not take the obvious form.

Spikeout wrote:

It's hard to keep track of where I've seen certain reels, gained the various pieces of knowledge etc. I've only recorded the last 3-4 reels on my PS5 so I can go back & watch them to work out exact locations of the stuff I'm looking for.

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panel, I think I remember seeing a slide of that getting destroyed, but it was hours before I actually got to that point so I'd forgotten about it. When you say corresponding lock, you don't mean that it's in the forbidden archives near that panel? Are you talking about the ones in the submerged structure that I talked about in the earlier spoiler block of this post?

Yes.

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Oh yeah in regarding your last spoiler block, it seems you can go by

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raft in the shrouded forest to all the other locations, I found that out in the last 30 mins or so. I'm guessing you need to do a task in the shrouded forest, jump on the raft, go to the endless canyon do something there, eventually getting to the submerged structure at the end of the secret world to finish of a chain of events.

Oh, that's rather important. And relevant to the question I asked in my first spoiler block. That was basically the first thing I learned how to do in there, so it didn't actually occur to me that you might not have found that. It's amazing to me how this game can have such a tight knot of puzzles and mystery and still have so much room for different paths through.

Spikeout wrote:

Thanks again for the help Vargen :)

You're very welcome. I haven't yet figured out how to wipe my brain so I can play this again myself, and helping other people with their journey is as close as I can get.

Had another couple of runs tonight. That advice was quality Vargen

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there was one point before I'd read your post when I was outside the party house with the big fire. The building in river lowlands collapses & takes you out of the shrouded forest back to ritual room, submerged under water. The thing is I was behind one of the creatures following it into the house & exactly when that happened it let out a scream, holding its hands up. I just thought they are effected by what's happening in River Lowlands too. When you said I need time I thought I'd try to get to the shrouded forest via one of the other ritual rooms. The Hidden Gorge taking you to Endless Canyon (that your completely safe from any interference) or the tower in the Cinder Isles (that gives you a bit of extra time before the tower is submerged) taking you to Starlit Cove.

I ended up going straight to the

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the Hidden Gorge via the hole in the ship, set the artifact down & located the secret bridge over to the elevator. Went down, took the raft until I got into the Shrouded Forest. The thing I didn't realize was that you had to extinguish the door in the cave as it blocks your path coming via the raft from the other locations if you don't. I restarted & eventually done the right things & got back to the house. I walked through the fire, went down the elevator & watched the two slides. One of which was revelatory, letting you know that you can get to an out of bounds area when your passing through the caves & a new area is essentially loading in. I tried exactly that & next thing I know I'm falling through the air towards a big area of water. I land on it without going under & holy crap I can walk all around, there are buildings I can't reach, but there are two things I figured out. One is that I have access to the Forbidden Archives of the Shrouded Forest (which I'd literally just gotten to 5-10 mins before that) by using this shortcut. The second thing was realising this was the area of the three puzzle blocked paths/routes of the Submerged Structure. I extinguished the middle green light on the big casket across the far side (that you'd get to if you went in via the Submerged Structure). I've no idea how to get to the point where you can extinguish the other two lights on the big casket.

My thinking at the minute is that I need to get to the only area's

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Forbidden Archives I haven't fully got to, the ones in Starlit Cove that are down the spiral stairs in the middle of the lake. I've gotten down but whilst exploring got caught by one of the creatures. I hope I find something else that is on the same level as putting the artifact down, walking away to go into matrix mode or the cave glitch that gets you to that secret area

Yeah I just want other people to experience Outer Wilds so I'd be the same in helping someone navigate through without spoiling any major story beats or elements of discovery.

The one you're stuck on is one where I just had to Video Game my way past the obstacles. My general approach is in the spoiler. It's a little less subtle than my other hints.

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Once I got down the spiral stairs I set the artifact down and scouted in Matrix mode. That let me get a good look at how many Strangers there are and their default patrol patterns. And get a good look at the terrain to know what my obstacles were. From there I was able to pick a line. Then it was a matter of watching an antler silhouette pass back and forth in front of a light in order to time my run.

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I've no idea how to get to the point where you can extinguish the other two lights on the big casket.

You already know how to do what you need to do for one of those.

I actually got down to the

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Starlit Coves - Forbidden Archives by going into the Matrix Mode to scout it out last night. I went in from the tower at the Cinder Isles to Starlit Cove, conjured the lower part of the tower into existence with the little pier for the raft. I then jumped in the water to go back to the ritual room, took the raft to the Hidden Gorge & went to Endless Canyon. I knew at some point late in the loop the creatures would be taken out of the Starlit Cove as the tower in the Cinder Isles eventually falls over & the ritual room is submerged with water. I was down the spiral staircase with the two patrolling creatures when this happened, I got to go down into the Archives where there were three reels to look at. I only got through two of them before the loop ended. I'll need to go back & just time running down the long stairway past them both much earlier in the loop.

In reference to the second bit are you talking about the

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segmented platforms that show up in Matrix Mode for the first puzzle block section that would be on your left if you were to enter through the submerged structures ritual room? Or the bridge with the eye sentry with the light shining down on it?

Spikeout wrote:

I actually got down to the

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Starlit Coves - Forbidden Archives by going into the Matrix Mode to scout it out last night. I went in from the tower at the Cinder Isles to Starlit Cove, conjured the lower part of the tower into existence with the little pier for the raft. I then jumped in the water to go back to the ritual room, took the raft to the Hidden Gorge & went to Endless Canyon. I knew at some point late in the loop the creatures would be taken out of the Starlit Cove as the tower in the Cinder Isles eventually falls over & the ritual room is submerged with water. I was down the spiral staircase with the two patrolling creatures when this happened, I got to go down into the Archives where there were three reels to look at. I only got through two of them before the loop ended. I'll need to go back & just time running down the long stairway past them both much earlier in the loop.

Yeah, I tried that approach at first myself, but didn't have enough time to see much.

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In reference to the second bit are you talking about the

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segmented platforms that show up in Matrix Mode for the first puzzle block section that would be on your left if you were to enter through the submerged structures ritual room? Or the bridge with the eye sentry with the light shining down on it?

I was referring to the first one.

Tuesday update. I've now visited all

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3 Forbidden Archives, watched all the reels & am at a loss for what to do next. I obviously need to extinguish those three symbols on the casket in the secret world, entering via walking off the raft in the cave or through the ritual room in the submerged structure. In the reels it shows one of the creatures bringing an older one into the bubble beside a green fire. The older creature seems to die but then the flame lights on the artifact it's holding & it seems to go back to the natural world/sphere of the stranger alive & well (or maybe it's the other way around but the place does look bright & full of greenery).

The other reel

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shows you two creatures in the ritual room, one gets pulled out of the secret world via the bells ringing, the signal goes to it's brain & it disappears back to the ritual room. The other creature, who quite frankly looks dead but is walking around in the secret world, doesn't get pulled out. It's brain isn't receiving the signal of the bells, it seems to be off the grid (like the walking off the raft in the pitch black caves between each of the secret worlds locations scenario). I've no idea how to translate this into something I can utilize myself

On the subject of the

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platforms in the matrix mode that go across the water in the first puzzle block of the secret world within the submerged structure, they are too far or too high to jump between.

I basically don't know what my next move is so Vargen, I need that little push again :p

I'll add what I'm guessing at

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It seems that all 3 of the forbidden archives look out upon the lake you can walk on. I know I can put out the middle symbol on the casket/vault by going in via the cave glitch & walking across to the look through statue to extinguish said symbol. Are the other two connected with the Archives? In that is there a way through each archive that will enable me to put out the remaining two symbols?

Hey have you ever watched a speed run of the base game? It's pretty wild. It starts out about like you'd expect. They parkour up to the museum and hit the statue ASAP, then yeet themselves off the cliff because dying is the fastest way back to the launch pad. Then they wake up, take a couple steps forward, and kill themselves by standing in the fire . Apparently the game doesn't unlock the ability to sleep until you've died twice, and they need that to line the planets up right.

Anyway...

About the bit with the bridges

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that you can see while in Matrix mode, the fact that you can see the bridge sections means you're very close. If you did have the combination for that bit, what do you think it would do?

Only seen a small portion of a speed run in Outer Wilds, it looked pretty crazy with the ways the player used the ship, in one instance on the ash twins the thing they did was very creative.

Ok I got completely thrown off the

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codes because I didn't need one for the middle puzzle (as you can get to the other side via the cave glitch anyways). I remember getting a couple of the symbol combinations in the secret room at the tower in Cinder Isles but some were burned away/destroyed & I thought they might have been the ones for first & third puzzle boxes. It's silly on my part as the devs aren't gonna put those symbol keys right in front of where you need to get across or past. That begs the question where the hell do I find the codes for them? Did I miss some in the secret room in the tower or are they elsewhere?

I might have been a bit too clever with my "tangent" about the speed run...

On the slide reel that you can't quite translate:

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You've seen the physical forms of the Strangers that are walking around in the simulation. Do they look alive to you?

And a bit more if you feel the need:

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Do they wake up when the bells ring? They're lying right there beside you when you wake up.

On the codes:

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You don't need to know them. You do need to interact with one of the code input cylinders. Just make sure you can see what they're doing.

Vargen wrote:

I might have been a bit too clever with my "tangent" about the speed run...

On the slide reel that you can't quite translate:

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You've seen the physical forms of the Strangers that are walking around in the simulation. Do they look alive to you?

And a bit more if you feel the need:

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Do they wake up when the bells ring? They're lying right there beside you when you wake up.

On the codes:

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You don't need to know them. You do need to interact with one of the code input cylinders. Just make sure you can see what they're doing.

My bad, I get what your saying now in relation to the stuff in EOTE.

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Yeah the Strangers are all seemingly dead but this simulation is keeping them alive. I ended up looking back at one of the reels I'd saved a video of in my media gallery. The old stranger who got brought into the bubble (by the younger stranger) & died, who's artifact's flame came alight & drew him/her into the simulation & by the looks of the ritual rooms that's what they've all done to exist/live on.

It didn't dawn on me about the using the

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input cylinder as a way to manipulate the other parts of the platforms. I didn't think that far outside the box.

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sentries I actually had to go to the IGN walkthrough & read what I had to do. Does it give any indication in any of the reels or otherwise that standing on a flame & 'dying' transports you into the secret world? I wouldn't have tried this in a million years, I've walked on a green flame before but seen that it was damaging me so stepped off it. I also don't know if I would have put the whole 'your dead so the sentries are unable to wake you up' idea together either.

Part of this is maybe me playing this over such a long period that I've completely forgotten what some of the earlier reels have contained & the fact that I didn't save videos of the majority of them in my media gallery. If this was obvious somewhere I'll be frustrated. I'm actually gonna read through all my ship's log again just to see if I've missed crucial info.

Appreciate you being so careful with spoilers all the same Vargen, I'd rather be stumped at what you say for a while rather than you straight up telling me exactly what to do.

Oh jeez I just looked at my first spoiler block & have answered the last spoiler blocks question I was asking. Still though

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to make the jump of seeing an older stranger die beside the flame in the ritual room & getting drawn into the simulation to you actually having to step into the flame to die wasn't that apparent to me. My mind was connecting that with him/her being too old/sick & it give them life.

I'd actually like to hear some others input on the above if anyone else who has completed the DLC wants to jump in & give feedback on how they found that particular part.

Was there anything that you actually had to look up yourself Vargen? just out of interest.

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Oh jeez I just looked at my first spoiler block & have answered the last spoiler blocks question I was asking. Still though

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to make the jump of seeing an older stranger die beside the flame in the ritual room & getting drawn into the simulation to you actually having to step into the flame to die wasn't that apparent to me. My mind was connecting that with him/her being too old/sick & it give them life.

I'd actually like to hear some others input on the above if anyone else who has completed the DLC wants to jump in & give feedback on how they found that particular part.

I had recently watched the speedrun I described, so when I saw the reel of

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the Stranger being uploaded at the moment of death, I thought to myself "I know how to die in that room. I'll try that."

I brought it up to try and give the same context that got me to the solution. That said, I can see how it might not look like that would work. According to my interpretation of the reels

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the reason why sleeping and meditation take you into the simulation is because it calms your brainwaves and lets the system get a good read. It's easy to see how dying of old age would lead to a similarly compatible pattern of brainwaves. Burning to death... kind of the opposite of the calm and peaceful that the system seems to want.

Spikeout wrote:

Was there anything that you actually had to look up yourself Vargen? just out of interest.

My wife was on the couch beside me the whole time, and between the two of us we didn't have to look up much. Having the two of us there gave us more patience for wandering around while trying to work out what to do next. My wife did look up

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the location of the hole in the outside of the space station

because we were having trouble finding it with just the ship's headlights. I think she might have looked up a couple other things but didn't tell me.

Oh, and I think our play pattern helped. We did a bunch of ~1 hour sessions on consecutive nights. That made it easy for at least one of us to remember what we were doing and gave plenty of time for our subconscious to work.

Huh. There was a patch, and the notes are appropriately vague:

Mobius Digital Games wrote:

Outer Wilds Patch 12 is now available! For all of you who might want to play Echoes of the Eye during the holidays, we updated and polished portions of the expansion and fixed a number of bugs on all platforms. The patch may take a little longer to publish on XBOX but should go live shortly.

Patch 1.1.12 Changes:

Gameplay
Significant changes to Endless Canyon level design
Changes to Starlit Cove level design
Fixed bugs and buffed certain behaviors during dark sequences (to clarify intended design)
Made it more obvious that party crashers have nowhere to hide
Significant revisions to several mid-game clues
Revised several elements of a certain tower puzzle
Certain locks in Echoes of the Eye now visibly open when released elsewhere
Updated/fixed several ship logs and their associated pictures
Made it more difficult to skip dark sequences by surviving certain falls

Tech
Fix for softlocks when meditating in various situations
If the input save fails to load, the game will reset to default settings
Removed a duplicate cosmic event from the map
Potential fix for stray Brittle Hollow chunks
Optimized rendering of Echoes of the Eye characters
CPU optimizations for Echoes of the Eye scripts
Fix for the player ending up in an unexpected place when falling into the water during a transition
Fix for a water body not being visible in the Scout's view under certain circumstances
Fix for a particular moon locator being oriented backwards
Fixes to various visual and physics bugs caused by leaving your Little Scout in certain locations
Fixing a bug where you could obtain You'll Never Take Me Alive achievement without the Echoes of the Eye expansion
Added evidence of a day/night cycle to a certain location
Fix to a bug where rafts were floating in outer space
Certain elevators and islands do not disappear anymore when a certain cosmic event happens
Additional visual effects added for Echoes of the Eye characters
Fix for a softlock caused by the player being able to drop an item in an end game situation
Fade effects added for entering certain tunnels in an alternative view mode
Visual improvements to a few specific windows on the Stranger
Fix for undesirable behavior when entering vision torches at an unusual angle
Standing under a particular elevator now kills the player more reliably
Minor fixes to base game end sequence
Stars in a certain location now respond to a specific event
Fix for a certain group of trees in the Stranger not always having collision

Art
Fixed incorrectly inverted spacetime during a certain late-game story beat
Added visuals to lend sense of finality to Echoes of the Eye end sequence
Updates to several slide reels to improve clues
Updated several murals on the Stranger
Small visual fixes around the Stranger, Brittle Hollow and Quantum Moon

Localization
Numerous small fixes

PC Only Changes
Lowered mouse sensitivity minimum setting
Input rebinding save resiliency improved

Most of those sound interesting. Not sure I'm a fan of "Made it more difficult to skip dark sequences by surviving certain falls" though. I definitely used that in one key location and I don't feel like it detracted from the game at all.

I'm curious to see what the level changes are.

Finished the Echoes of the Eye the other day & only getting a chance to post now. I didn't realize I was so close to the end & that the last spoiler questions I was asking lead directly to the end part of the game.

I think it's quite a disservice to call Echoes Of The Eye DLC, this is more an expansion, I put a substantial amount of hours into this, I'm guessing around the 20 mark. All in all I loved the experience.

I didn't expect the changes to the mechanics to be a fair departure from the base game but EOTE felt fresh because of it

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the primary mode of transportation being the raft, not needing to worry about oxygen, the 360° river that encircled the strangers ship & how it housed secrets & modification of the environment through the dam busting. The usage of light to open doors, or use elevators, steer the raft, attract the strangers attention, light candles, the many uses of the statues through using light etc

I've now watched a spoiler video to fill in the gaps. It's so easy to misunderstand some of the reels or to miss details when you do get what their putting across. I think the fact that there's barely a single word spoken the story is mostly told through the reels &

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the vision staffs

its one hell of an achievement.

This change up how they deliver the lore going from the nomai

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& their walls of text that felt like you were getting to know these characters through their chatter, their hypothesis on the experiments & ultimately their revelations. The strangers were the opposite, you had to rely on a lot on their facial expressions in the reels, their actions in cloaking the eye, trying to live on in the simulation, why they locked the prisoner away, deciphering yourself what they were trying to achieve in their search for the eye of the universe & it's consequences.

There were many standout moments for me first seeing the

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black hole move across the sun when your out in space near the satellite

it's harrowing, you know what your going toward is something big & you question what is contained inside it. Seeing the

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360° River run right around the inside of the ship, looking up from River Lowlands & seeing Hidden Gorge above you essentially on the ships ceiling, so cool.

I was wondering when the 'horror' parts of the game would actually arrive

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I literally thought it would be within the ships natural space, finding some huge underground space under one of the bigger buildings. The secret world really hit the tense, horror atmosphere perfectly with its subtle but forbidding music, the darkness & things like hearing the footsteps above you when your walking around the cabins in Starlit Cove. The first time seeing one of the strangers is terrifying. It's such a brilliant transition from the base game.

Each reveal of crucial information to piece the story together was fantastic

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from how to use the artifact, the secret passageways that were under your nose the whole time, finding out there was an explosion that blew a hole in the side of the ship.

Shout-out as well to the insanely creative

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glitches that are some of the coolest things I've done in a game this year. Setting the artifact down & walking out of range is just a holy sh*t moment in the best possible way. Getting off the raft in the dark caves in-between loading in areas to fall into the secret lake, magic!

The ending was so powerful

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meeting the prisoner housed deep within the vault & seeing their story & them seeing yours through the vision stick, emotionally so resonant in your journey up until that point & filling in the blanks of the prisoners own path

Final thoughts, this is one of the best expansion/DLC's I've ever played, this is easily contesting for my 2021 GOTY & I will buy anything released by Mobius Digital in the future. Take a bow folks!

Sorry if this has been discussed, I’m a filthy skimmer, but can anyone give me advice on how to get into this game. I’ve heard so many good things and want to experience it. I’ve started it once and had trouble with the initial lack of direction. I feel like if there something to give me a foothold and momentum, it would be smooth sailing after that. I’ve avoided looking for tips online because I want to avoid spoilers. Heard the less you know about the game the better. So any advice?

IUMogg wrote:

So any advice?

Hmm...

When you do the introduction and go talk to the folks at the museum, there's one person who asks you what you're going to do first. The available responses to that question are all pointers to things you can investigate. So I guess my advice is to answer that question honestly; pick something from that list that sounds good and follow that lead. From there your ship's computer will keep track of what you've found and how things are connected, so keep consulting that and try to fill in the gaps it shows you. You will be able to get to all of them so there's no FOMO to worry about with that choice.

Go find the astronaut on Giant's Deep before you get too far into your wanderings. Not necessarily right away, but definitely after an hour or two. They unlock a game mechanic that is pretty helpful, though not strictly necessary.

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Finished the Echoes of the Eye the other day & only getting a chance to post now. I didn't realize I was so close to the end & that the last spoiler questions I was asking lead directly to the end part of the game.

Have you gone back and beaten the base game again? I hear getting to the end of the DLC will add some stuff there. I haven't managed it yet, as my skills are rusty. But for some reason I can't bring myself to just YouTube it either.

I was actually thinking about doing that. It's easy enough to get

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the warp core & go straight to dark bramble

so I might give that a try fairly soon. There's also the

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Quantum Moon

ending that I never got around to.

Did you see the secret

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music room

in EOTY Vargen? it's well extremely hidden but a really fun Easter egg. I watched it on YouTube.

Spikeout wrote:

I was actually thinking about doing that. It's easy enough to get

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the warp core & go straight to dark bramble

so I might give that a try fairly soon.

I haven't re-learned how to dodge the fish. I've been meaning to practice while my wife is at work, but baby minding keeps me distracted.

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There's also the

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Quantum Moon

ending that I never got around to.

Oh, that's worth doing. I might even remember it well enough to give hints.

I wonder what happens if you go see the post-Echoes ending without doing that.

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Did you see the secret

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music room

in EOTY Vargen? it's well extremely hidden but a really fun Easter egg. I watched it on YouTube.

I think so. We had to turn on the "Reduce Scares" option to sneak past a certain part and found an easter egg. The secret was neat but mostly I was relieved that it wasn't on the critical story path and I could still say I completed that without nerfing the challenge.

I really need to play this. Put the shortcut on my desktop to remind me and it sits there for months...

I picked this back up again today after not being in a really good place to enjoy it in the fall when I first spun it up.

Remembered exactly the degree you need to find a certain something with a telescope. And immediately realized why I put this down last time again.

I need to play this in VR. So I'm going to try playing through the DLC in VR. Will report back on how successful that ends up being

Stele wrote:

I really need to play this. Put the shortcut on my desktop to remind me and it sits there for months...

Truly a black mark against your gaming credentials :p

Spikeout wrote:
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I really need to play this. Put the shortcut on my desktop to remind me and it sits there for months...

Truly a black mark against your gaming credentials

Well I partially blame you. Message me when you're enjoying something because I'll probably like it too. I do you the same courtesy, mate.

Stele wrote:
Spikeout wrote:
Stele wrote:

I really need to play this. Put the shortcut on my desktop to remind me and it sits there for months...

Truly a black mark against your gaming credentials

Well I partially blame you. Message me when you're enjoying something because I'll probably like it too. I do you the same courtesy, mate. ;)

I accept my part in this travesty. I'll keep you in the loop in future

staygold wrote:

I picked this back up again today after not being in a really good place to enjoy it in the fall when I first spun it up.

Remembered exactly the degree you need to find a certain something with a telescope. And immediately realized why I put this down last time again.

I need to play this in VR. So I'm going to try playing through the DLC in VR. Will report back on how successful that ends up being

You put this down?? Staygold, are you okay? *hug* Hope the VR is successful!!

Alright I finally started during kids nap today. Got 3 or 4 runs in. Hm...

Pretty sure I spent a lot longer than 20 minutes wandering around the village. That first run doesn't start until you launch maybe? Anyway, flew to the moon first, and then that led me to Brittle Hollow. Boy that planet is strange.

Found a few things, some Nomai text, and a couple astronauts. Intriguing.

Thinking about playing after the kids are asleep.

staygold wrote:

Remembered exactly the degree you need to find a certain something with a telescope. And immediately realized why I put this down last time again.

Wait, what? That sounds like it's important but I have no idea what you're talking about here.

Unless you're trying to find the DLC? If that's the case I can tell you how to do it without measuring the angle of anything.

Alright lost a few more hours last night and today to this one. Think I've now been to every planet once, no comet yet, and still I don't feel like I've solved anything. Spent a few runs on certain planets thinking I was close to... something... and still can't finish what I start.

This is a weird one. It's fun but frustrating. And I need some answers!

Don't want to get a guide. But I'm wondering if I should look up some more hints. Like for instance, the twin planets...

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Knowing when x/y/z is covered/uncovered would be nice. I've discovered some things but been too late/early to access them.

Just minor annoyances, and I feel like I waste a run if I don't get a new entry about SOMETHING in my ship computer at least.

Oh sh*t... YOU ARE DEAD.

I knew I shouldn't have

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taken out that warp core.

Still, that was a great run. Finally I understand the basics of what is causing this 22 minute loop. Now to figure out why...

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the cannon is breaking, and if I can somehow stop/fix this...