the ending is different, you should play though it again

Definitely by a design

It really is!

no no no no no no no please

The Eye is a sort of universe reset. When you get to it in the normal game it starts a new big bang, effectively destroying everything that was left and starting things anew. The Owls saw it as just the Eye killing them, but didn't grasp the larger picture that by that point the universe was already dying.

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@@PhyreSpore To them, it wasn't dying. They saw the vision thousands of years ago, before the Nomai even received the eye's signal.

@@mojonojo I meant more like, by the time The Eye would have killed the Owlks, the whole universe would be dying along with them.

@@mojonojo they didn't know when the vision was coming to fruition, they just interpreted it as something that would happen at some point, and felt betrayed a regretful.

Thats how I found the lanturn. It just is all so cool.

This is the thing I love about this game. You can do literally everything on the first loop, the only "power up" you get is just your own knowledge

yup, in true outer wilds fashion. its all been there since the start

Same i discovered it compleatly on my own. Outerwilds really is the type of game to make you think outside the box.

i found the boat glitch by accident, but also on purpose at the same time. ironically i found the last piece of the puzzle first. i was just like, "lol what if i jump out in the dark" and it worked

Yeah, i understand ur feelings :(

just incase someone wanted to recreate the ash twin project and brute force the solutions using a time loop.... or you know, datamine the game ig

I brute forced the third lock (the alarm bell one) so I didn’t know you were supposed to get the end card after jumping in the water. Waking up to the prisoner’s now unlit lantern was a really cool moment that I’m now realizing most wouldn’t see.

I did just the same ^^ very thoughtful of the makers

yeah and me in my new save i didn't discovered the nomai ship so it was different too!!

It'd be cool if there was even more detail. Like if it shows us finding the coordinates and warp core, showing the prisoner that we *can* reach the eye, thanks to them.

One of the most poignant moments that really stuck with me is when you are exploring a burned out temple to the Eye, you can open a hatch at it reveals a picture of new life regrowing on the skull. Somehow this image survived the purges. But that image comes from the slide of them getting visions of death from the Eye. Right before they freak out after reading what the Eye meant and that all will die, the Owlek begins to get a vision of this death leading into a new life. But the fear of the death made them stop paying attention to that part and immediately they focused on saving themselves from death. But those that still believed in the Eye were focused on the part of the image that showed new life. It is such a minor detail... but the Owleks were too scared at the vision of death that they didn't even let the vision finish to show life.

@@Daniel4119 As far as i'm aware, the building you find that image in isnt a temple to the eye, but the prisoner's home; he was the only one who could realize the eye would also cause the rebirth of the universe while the others were only concerned with its death.

Locking up this stranger for all of eternity is messed tf up i couldnt forgive them for hat unless the antler bird people knew the damn would break and their simulation would end. Maybe but if its the one before thats unforgivable

I'd say the Nomai. While the Owlkin had a nice cloaking field, signal blockers, and the ability to simulate themselves after death, the Nomai excelled at every other level. Liquid metal displays, Gravity Manipulation, instantaneous travel, Tech that can be moved just be looking at, a seemingly psychic ability to manipulate stone, and let's not forget, had the sun station succeeded, essentially time travel.

@@hyperx72 don't forget the Owlks predated the Nomai by potentially hundreds of thousands of years. Owlks were progressing well ahead of the Nomai until they stagnated. But aside from that you're right

@@matthewcox7946 I don't think the Owlkin really advanced their technology much until an external need arised. Look at their architecture for example, in every instance we can see (flashbacks, the stranger, and finally the dreamworld), the classical wooden houses remain unchanged, even though we know they've had a good amount of other materials and metals to use. Then there are the slide reels. Don't you think it's strange how, even in the untold number of years it took them to get from their home system to the Nomai/Hearthian's, they they never upgraded their history storing methods past choppy slides, heavy reels and large lanterns? Also note how that remains their ONLY method of storing their history compared to the Nomai's text, picture, liquid metal displays and audio logs. And lastly there's the stranger itself, a home in disarray that never had it's blasted apart airlock holes fixed, it's design flaw with the dam ever iterated on, and it's burned temples just littering perfectly good open spaces. Let's also not forget their main theme Elegy of the Rings, which sounds like it hasn't been iterated upon in a millenia.

@@matthewcox7946 Their vision torches, a near-magical device that can read and project memories; display in the same still-frames as their slides. Their Dreamworld, an amazing simulation that allows for life after death, and potentially any kind've reality they want; one environment, permanently at night, same architecture and tech as their old home. And worst, when their are annoying reminders of how imperfect the simulation is; Having to carry a lantern with you at all times that should never be put out, And the well-known glitches, never get patched out. It's my believe that while the Nomai are fundamentally curious, and would always drive greater technological prowess for the good of all involved, the Owlkin are fundamentally incurious, and save for the time they slipped into religious fervor, would be comfortable living in the past without needing to invent anything past what they've already got.

definitely the nomai. the elk had to destroy their entire planet to make a ship capable of reaching and understanding the eye. the nomai had instant travel and much better ships where they could casually take trips across the universe. and even after the vessel got destroyed in dark bramble, they managed to rebuild, create warp stations, a sun station (which admittedly didnt work) and created a time loop which could detect the eye despite the elks' best efforts.

No. The final message is the Prisoner saying to you that you will not be alone when you'll witness and be the cause of a new Big Bang. He will be there for you And, because the new universe will be born literally in the music, he answers the call and play your culture's note with his people's culture instrument

indeed, man - very strong moment when you realize that he entered water (dying) and, in fact, invites you to do the same - so you together can go on in those who will come after

​​@@lollononcegana7327It is technically the same, the prisoner is just inviting you to follow him to the afterlife. We can debate wether that means he knows you're gonna create a new universe or die as soon as you touch the water. Remember that he doesn't know of the time loop and that he knows that in order to reach inside of his prison you must have left your physical body behind, so it's logical to asume he thought you were going to die there as well. But he could also asume that perhaps you found a solution to that and were indeed going to reach The Eye. In the end however it's the exact same thing, since in both cases he is telling you to go with him to your final travel. The afterlife.

You're right. The music in this game is so perfect.

@@XIIIMPC Andrew Prahlow is a god

There's also some footsteps by the pole that lead into the water. He walked into the water and extinguished his own flame

Ya

Legit screamed out loud.

Yeah I was playing while we had a guest over and they hear this OH MY GAW -HkH-