Astrophysicist explores the Outer Wilds - About Oliver's Supercut

One of the most unique Outer wilds playthroughs, includes basically all uncommon/ very rare things that could happen during a run, including one very special find at 1:45:10 ::)
This video covers videos 1-35 from Oliver's unedited playthrough: • Astrophysicist plays |...
The remaining parts and the ending are in the DLC supercut: • Astrophysicist witness...
Thumbnail art made by me, inspired by Oliver's thumbnails.
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[@AboutOliver]

I'm honored for being featured here 🤩

[@porcuspine2368]

Oliver, we mean it when I and many more of us say that your playthrough of Outer Wilds is the DEFINITIVE playthrough of the game on KZbin. You are so smart and clever and tuned in and more than any other playthrough I've seen, yours is easily the most enjoyable and immersive.

[@robinkrejbjerg]

Are you Danish?

[@robinkrejbjerg]

Jeg havde slet ikke tænkt over din accent før du nævnte det med at plukke en høne. Vildt godt engelsk.

[@vVex_]

hey! is the title of your 42nd outer wilds video a tron reference?

[@fomalhaut_the_great]

@@robinkrejbjerg He is

[@theotherbird8381]

"This is a super high frequenzy of supernovas, in our galaxy they occur about every 200 years" ... yeah, this is awesome

[@Darien_England]

"This is honestly a really concerning amount of supernovas to see...Oh hey, theres another one."

[@vintrontheexonite5745]

I love that he instantly noticed the frequency of supernova.

[@playerreaper1]

I was so blown away by how fast he realies that and thinks its terrifying

[@DJ_AwesomeSauce]

@@playerreaper1 He's a lot like Chert, in a way.

[@xxxFreelancerxxx]

Professional eye, I guess :)

[@zzodysseuszz]

Not really fast thinking, he just recognised it because he’s seen it before in his studies or field. You think an astrophysicist wouldn’t know the stages of a Star going supernova? It’s quite a common topic of discussion

[@seantaggart7382]

He's like: *that is Way too fast!*

[@AnarkistRising]

"Approximate time until Sun Station is destroyed by expanding star: 0 minutes, 7 seconds" had me CACKLING

[@seantaggart7382]

"7 seconds? WAI---"

[@Tryforce8000]

Lol, I had a similar experience. I was desperately trying to get to the Sun Station, and then when I read that readout, it was 12 seconds instead. So I was like... "Welp..." And then died.

[@Tempy_Galactic]

Yeah I had something like this, except when I checked it, it was at 0 seconds remaining, turned around and immediately died. pretty glad I got a clip of it.

[@blackroserevan6939]

@@Tempy_Galactic Dude I wanna see that clip now. Share brother

[@Tempy_Galactic]

@@blackroserevan6939 okie dokie, I uploaded the remnants of the clip (it was over a year ago and the only version I could find of it was a trim)

[@7r17r1]

Love how the guy is able to literally snipe supernovae from the moon right at the beginning but doesn't notice the sun being 4 times it size, red, and exploding until the very last second xD

[@cleverman383]

If you watch the full playthrough, he keeps looking over at the sun and back, saying "...was it always..? I must be going crazy"

[@scpadministrator5944]

11:27 "Man the music is really putting me in the vibe." 💀

[@SomeUsernameSomeoneElseTookIt]

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[@scpadministrator5944]

@@SomeUsernameSomeoneElseTookIt Have you played Outer Wilds?

[@jessicapassey2471]

Lmaoooooo

[@tommapar]

That classic 57:53 moment where a tree or quantum shard spawned on top of your ship, launching it at incredible speeds towards you pulverizing every bone in your body in seconds. Only in Outer Wilds, lmao

[@Foranoda]

ohhhh, I thought he might have gotten hit by one of the chunks that hollow's lantern spits out, but that's even funnier 🤣

[@Erin-000]

Ohhhh! That's what happened! Thanks!

[@hotpocketsat2am]

i've been turned into a fine paste while trying to read the quantumn poem far too many times

[@swings3184]

Quantum Slap

[@bradberkely7448]

I WONDERED WHY I IMMEDIATELY DIED WHEN I FIRST LANDED ON THE QUANTUM MOON

[@jamesonmcmullan5722]

"Go into the mouth, maybe there's a secret" is this best reaction to anglerfish I've seen.

[@kolos0139]

I think this is the most "competent" playtrough of Outer Wilds I have seen yet.

[@TheAbdou27]

Until the "plug the hole" shenanigans

[@damianstruiken5886]

"Destroys space time"

[@Karanthaneos]

@@TheAbdou27 I had the same problem and spent way too much time thinking of that solution until I realized what I was supposed to do xd

[@TryHardGamerYT]

Dude literally figured out the quantum rules from his own experiments.

[@GabeDevine]

joseph anderson also has a crazy playthrough - one could say even more competent

[@TacGeckoold]

Damn, it's so impressive he managed to find the rule of quantum imaging on his own.

[@quantumblur_3145]

I think he mentioned Doctor Who at some point; there's a venn diagram for this somewhere

[@KurosakiYukigo]

He is an astrophysicist and familiar with the concept of quantum mechanics. If you understand that quantum objects exist in all states at once until observed, it's probably not too far of a leap in logic to wonder if an image counts.

[@stormlordeternal7663]

Hey I did that too in the quantum grove. Had no idea what the puzzle there was so I thought that I had to get the poem and stone together. When I got them together I had the thought, "looking at them makes them stay?" and it worked! I still feel smart from that.

[@sindurwavesismaturf]

Even Jerma managed to figure it out on his own lol

[@quantumblur_3145]

@@KurosakiYukigo I mean, he's familiar with the _pop-sci_ concept of quantum mechanics, not the real one.

[@9600bauds]

this is simultaneously the smartest and the buggiest outer wilds playthrough I have seen

[@famcamp3414]

Right? He figured things out so much faster than I did, I thought NO WAY he just immediately made that connection. Also, every time he stepped on a teleporter, it just happened to be aligned and immediately warped him, so he thusly came to the incorrect conclusion that they always warp you upon contact. He also had a lot of low probability jump scares like when he steps out his ship on brittle hollow and IMMEDIATELY gets pile drived by falling debris. Had me laughing so hard

[@thegeekofalltrades]

I'm just getting to 1:17:10, where he has two islands on Giant's Deep clipping into each other. That happened to me once on my playthrough.

[@tinyturtle1898]

@@thegeekofalltrades lol, I didn't know that could happen. I assumed the Islands (and planet orbits) were "on rails" as in their movement was scripted and not simulated. this bug makes me think the Islands and possibly planets' physics are simulated in real time which is kinda impressive

[@halio]

​​@@tinyturtle1898 From what I remember from the documentary, yes they are simulated in real time. Same for the lava rocks hitting brittle hollow, their trajectory is not scripted

[@zyansheep]

@@famcamp3414 part of it could be that this is a supercut and that a lot fails or missed opportunities were cut

[@MrGoobl]

1:52:05 "GO INSIDE OF THE MOUTH, MAYBE THERES A SECRET?? GHJDKHGDH" there was indeed, no secret

[@eyelight33]

2:12:30 He actually did it on his own, I'm amazed. This man a genius.

[@smileytrashbag5221]

I legit didn't know you could get that ending this way, I got it by messing up the core stuff XD

[@zzodysseuszz]

@@smileytrashbag5221I don’t even know where that was. I never noticed that area.

[@quantumblauthor7300]

The stress-tester's instinct

[@bliksemvis]

bruh, I think even a particular video about different endings didn't include that one, I've never seen that one

[@MrGoobl]

he violated causality then did a little "heh" chuckle, what a doll

[@Virgil_dendrict]

Dodge this supernova might be the funniest comeback I've ever heard

[@darkshadow578]

Those were some great last words from Feldspar lmao

[@pkjohnson7477]

hahaha 1:59:23 for those looking for the part

[@strymoon]

woow the fact that he stumbled into the stranger is crazy. ever since the dlc came out I wondered if something like this happened to anybody. that's the best way to discover it imo. most creepy and confusing way

[@NewsofPE]

you should look at lil indigestion's playthrough, autopilot made him go to the stranger at the relative beginning of his playthrough

[@tbotalpha8133]

It definitely feels like the DLC is designed with the expectation that the player will enter the Stranger from the dark side, and get to have *that* reveal. Furthermore, that's a moment I always look for in DLC supercuts, so I'm going to be very sad if Oliver ends up skipping it because he remembers that the structure had a light side.

[@Pikaton659]

@@tbotalpha8133 I had been spooked when I first found it and didn't want to go to the light immediately so I had flown around and into the light side

[@speedude0164]

I love how that allowed him to think for a bit he accidently discovered the Eye. The curiosity in his mind must've been insane from that.

[@DriftJunkie]

I discovered the stranger by not catching that the red blip out of natural orbit is the mapping probe. I flew there, knocked it out of orbit, broke the map, turned around towards the sun and... there it was, a giant black spot over the sun. I thought I've discovered the eye & end game prematurely, by finding the "actual eye probe" (the mapping satellite) 😅

[@coalburn7916]

2:45:17 funniest possible outcome of visiting the sun station

[@blackmage1276]

I was dying laughig

[@niusav]

Leave it to the astrophysicist to figure out the quantum mechanics on his own, to explain the location of the eye through the behaviour of electrons in atom physics, and to tear the fabric of space and time just from sheer curiosity... What an absolute gamer, I got immense joy watching his journey

[@spaced_out3947]

Doesn't hurt that he has a really cute voice, too. :3

[@madavuk]

absolutly agree! best playthrough ive watched , i understood most of it my self though when i played and im nowhere near an astrophysicist, just a mere mechanic with good general knowledge, regardless, it was great to watch someone with an actual understanding of whats happening around them as opposed to most blundering youtubers haha

[@NoNameAtAll2]

this dude was supposed to be Chert but Dark Bramble reveals that he definitely has Feldspar vibes

[@opfragile]

He's been waiting his entire life for astrophysics to involve blowing through an obstacle course in a spaceship at high speeds, we gotta give it to him!

[@CassetteGlitch]

That Dark Bramble section was the perfect mix between Feldspar and Riebeck honestly 😂 Outrunning the fish, but shitting himself the entire way there

[@bondfall0072]

If i were to cast an outer wilds movie/show based on streamers, oliver would be chert, joseph anderson would be feldspar, and soviet wombo would be gabbro.

[@euriii]

@@bondfall0072womble is so immensely riebeck imo

[@bondfall0072]

@@euriii ive only seen wombles outer wilds playthrough, and his energy there came off way more laidback then riebeck imo, but I'll take your word for it lol

[@VorthodWiler]

1:45:56 I absolutely cannot believe he actually managed to find The Stranger completely on accident. 2:12:45 AND he managed to get one of the rarer endings.

[@eXponentia]

My favourite part of any Outer Wilds playthrough is when the player asks a question that I know the game answers, because I just grin thinking about how amazed they're going to be when they learn it. And that makes my favourite playthroughs the ones with the most inquisitive people who think out loud. This was a delight.

[@speedude0164]

I was laughing at how absurd some of his supernova predictions seemed, but overtime it became clear that the major piece he was missing was just how long ago the Nomai disappeared. Once he learned that in the Sun Station, everything started making sense.

[@benji-menji]

It's like seeing your friend noticing a gift under the christmas tree and watching them open it.

[@theInfiniteEgg-z8i]

You realize he’s streaming this, right? He’s talking to chat. Every streamer does this 😂

[@Evanz111]

25:05 - holy heck, I’ve never seen someone fly through the quantum moon, only to be looking at the quantum moon. That must be some crazy unlikely odds

[@rootzparty3053]

No, this happens every single time unless you take a picture of it. Not sure why, something to do with the fog maybe? But it's a consistent behavior.

[@NoNameAtAll2]

@@rootzparty3053 comment wasn't about the rule of quantum imaging it was about the odds of the moon reappearing right in front

[@rootzparty3053]

@@NoNameAtAll2 Ah, my bad then

[@GabGoten]

funny that I have seen this happening to a lot of people, but on my playthrough I don't remember this happening

[@o.steinman3855]

this happened almost every time for me, how odd

[@DronidChannel]

holy hell the stranger discovery here is legendary

[@1Roupy]

So true!

[@MannFace51]

timestamp?

[@Neeeeyt]

@@MannFace51 1:45:06

[@princeofnothing8339]

The first time I discovered the stranger was funny as f*ck I was playing this game while my brother was watching to criticise my playstyle and I said I was scared of accidentally flying into the sum. He responded with: "Oh, I'm more scared of you crashing into the-" Then I flew right into the stranger

[@DarwinAwardWinner]

The best part is that he didn't land on it and then lost track of it, so he can't pinpoint it in the ship log, which means he has to go back and find it the correct way despite having stumbled on it by accident.

[@superj1e2z6]

Nothing gives me more euphoria than watching someone piece together the timeline of events, the reason for the loop, the realization of the impending doom, and the realization of the goal.

[@speedude0164]

It seems he figured out while in the Probe Tracking Module that the Nomai were using the loop to fire infinite probes. I didn't figure that part out until getting to the Ash Twin Project, and even then it took me time thinking after beating the game to realize I had technically experienced 9 million prior loops and not remembered them.

[@limejet]

​@@speedude0164 well they all happen at once so technically nobody experiences the first nine million loops

[@mikelagaffe]

this is exactly the reason why im watching every playtrough i can find. because sadly you can only experience this game to it's fullest potential once in your entire lifetime. replaying it doesnt give tou that sentiment of Eureka. because you already know. i waited almost a year to replay it hoping i would have forget enough but nay, never got that feeling again..so i'm vicariously living it trough them.

[@niyudi]

Funny that the first thing this guys thinks when he learns in the probe tracking module is that they are running a monte carlo simulation lol definitely an astrophysicist

[@DriftJunkie]

But didn't figure out that the difference in current launches & the eye discovery launch is the amount of loops he experienced 😅

[@daltonysme8954]

This is the canonical outer wilds playthrough. Thank you for all your supercuts!

[@DarwinAwardWinner]

While there is no wrong way to play Outer Wilds, it turns out that there *is* a correct way, and this is it.

[@TheAechBomb]

@@DarwinAwardWinner the only wrong way is not playing

[@Epicawesomeness64]

Ignoring, of course, the fact that some of Giant's Deep's islands happened to clip into each other while he was examining the Statue Lab...

[@cyberfoxvii6253]

@@Epicawesomeness64 And that he shattered reality at the High Energy Lab. :P

[@JD-qq8fz]

@@DarwinAwardWinner Exactly! The best way is going in blind, not having a chat spamming spoilers at you the whole time, and non-apologetically spending entire loops theorizing about the stuff you observed. Perfection

[@stevengucum]

Wait, did he just roast marshmallow the right way on the first try?!

[@deadhookerproductions1068]

He is the chosen one

[@THExRISER]

And figured out quantum imaging and found the stranger on his own, and entered the Sun Station warp tower without walking on sand, he IS the chosen one.

[@MyynMyyn]

He also landed the model ship perfectly on the first try... he's an Outer Wilds GOD!

[@Evanz111]

Damn, these astrophysicists are surprisingly smart!

[@stacey738]

I was literally at the end of the game when I realised the marshmallows heal your health. In fact, it took me about 20 hours to figure out the health indicator was the red line person on the top left.

[@izefreeze]

His comprehension of the details of this game is incredible. He's putting things together so quickly and accurately. Very fun to watch.

[@TikeyBoss]

consider this is edited

[@tritonis54]

@@TikeyBoss Honestly, I watched the whole playthrough and his point stand.

[@HaronYoungerBro]

This man said the ending of the game (collapse of the universe's superposition to a single possibility) out loud before experiencing it! Ok, his interpretation wasn't entirely correct (which doesn't take away from how fascinating his interpretation is), but very close indeed. You can tell he's an astrophysicist who's writing a phd :D He's sharp!

[@zzodysseuszz]

I’m no astrophysicist but so was I. The concepts in this game are extremely dumbed down versions of real science concepts and physics. I figured out the quantum moon as soon as I noticed it disappeared, I used the probe launcher to rapidly speed or slow down using Newton’s third law. It’s not the hardest thing ever. Hell I noticed the sun turning red a lot sooner than he did. You think of certain science concepts and it starts to make sense. The only thing I’m struggling with is figuring out how to get to the sunless city because I suck at tracking time and I get lost on that planet easily. But other than that the game is pretty simple to understand and I usually find most secret stuff eventually usually by coincidence

[@izefreeze]

@@zzodysseuszz that's cool man.

[@ForgeofAule]

1:20:50 As a note, he didn't "land" in his ship. The game automatically does this whenever you are in/near your ship or it falls through at the same time as you do. This is to make sure someone who was in their ship would stay in their ship, but as a side effect can make people end up in their ship who weren't in it when it fell through.

[@TlalocTemporal]

Ah, that would explain why several playthroughs have had that happen. Otherwise the chances of that seem astronomical.

[@scriptos9698]

Fun fact, if you launch immediately and set the autopilot to dark bramble, due to the starting position of it and Timber Hearth you’ll almost always get thrown into the sun.

[@theInfiniteEgg-z8i]

Who upvotes this drivel? Good lord.

[@spaced_out3947]

@@theInfiniteEgg-z8i Drink dogwater you sniveling pretentious prick. Default profile pic no personality pseudo-intellectual ahh type asshole.

[@mistermustachiogmc1256]

​@@theInfiniteEgg-z8i🤨

[@FernTheRobot]

This is the funniest unluckiest playthrough I've ever seen XD Death by Giant's Deep islands clipping (1:18:36), sniped by Hollow's Lantern (57:51), auto-pilot failure 100%, hit in the head by falling pieces of Brittle Hollow (1:27:30) But of course, the game bears no ill will. The universe is, and we are.

[@izzy3120]

I'm pretty sure that was the quantum rock clipping into his ship and launching it at him, not hollows lantern, which is even funnier imo

[@arufu6339]

I just want to ask. What is your opinion to a playthrough that ended while never been able to find the White Hole Station. While also being in front of it multiple times while she question what it is

[@oliverer3]

​@@arufu6339It's been many months and this still haunts me.

[@arufu6339]

@@oliverer3 Lmao It was painful and hilarious, seeing chat go crazy "it's in front of you!"🤣

[@banks7825]

God thank you for the title, it killed me that it took him hours to mention he was a literal Astrophysicist

[@Rimuru1]

4 minutes*

[@banks7825]

@@Rimuru1 I am referring to the original let’s play lmao

[@andrewvaldez8866]

@@banks7825 lol 😂

[@pladasker]

@@banks7825 49 minutes, in that case

[@danielbueno8474]

Didn't he do it in the first video in the museum, when he first saw the supernova model?

[@Renodhal]

I absolutely love that moment of complete realization at 2:46:30. The "OOOOOOOH MY GOD I THINK I CRACKED THIS" is so great.

[@eelis2]

Hello, I just wanted to say thank you for all of the support these past days. I originally intended to make this video as a 1000 subscriber special, but it seems like that goal went by fast :D This playthrough is probably my favourite one, I just really like the way Oliver figures out this game. If you guys could do me one favour I would really like to see as many of you as possible write something nice on About Olivers channel, maybe on the latest video. Please do check out his channel, I really feel like many of you would enjoy the “vibes” there. Anyway, during the editing process, I made some notes of things I had to cut, which you will find in the unedited vods: Multiple attemps at timing the loop and forgetting about it attempting to land on the quantum moon (flying straight through it) lock-on bug frustration Analysis about all kinds of symbols and marks the nomai left behind. Trying to remember everyone’s names. Small theory on how eye of the universe is on the attlerock (episode 12) “Universe is sick” theory (episode 24 + in a few other episodes) DLC + ending supercut coming soon-ish!

[@Evanz111]

I’ll head over and leave a comment now, and bookmark some videos to check out!

[@TheEighthWorld]

I don't know where you came from or why you decided to build a channel off of editing ridiculously long videos but I thank you for it. Not many people are willing to make supercuts. Thank you! :D

[@petermelsaeter]

​@@TheEighthWorld Yeah seriously, whoever they are they're doing gods work. I would never have known About Oliver if it wasnt for this and holy shit what a good playthrough and interesting new person to watch.

[@Henji96]

You should pin this so more read it

[@TheOxyMoron5]

@@petermelsaeter I just finished this video and I'm now solidly a fan of oliver and eelis. KZbin and google aren't perfect but I'm glad they at least recommended this channel to me.

[@Evanz111]

Wow, you weren’t kidding about the crazy occurrence at 1:45:10. I always wondered how somebody would react if they somehow stumbled across the stranger without looking for it!

[@icantthinkofanamerightnow7967]

When I first got the dlc, on my way to the satellite I somehow flew into the stranger, I had no idea what it was, it just happened to be in between me and the satellite

[@finleymorris04]

53:02 I love this, this man logically figured out 2 of the quantum rules back to back within 30 seconds

[@emdash8944]

2:46:23 I've never seen anyone have such a mind-blowing epiphany

[@theharvinator]

literally the coolest thing

[@3rdJan]

Fuck yeah that moment gave me goosebumps, both when I played it and when he had the realization. So fucking cool

[@Nechrome9]

​@@theharvinatorhomestuck & outer wilds fan? unfathomably based

[@theInfiniteEgg-z8i]

@@Nechrome9the amount of people on the internet who still bring up homestuck has made me never want to read it 😂 yall are obsessed 😂

[@jacksonhardaker2520]

2:46:17 this is what i watch playthroughs for, him feeling those feelings and me living vicariously through them. gotta love it

[@ItsMoorbinTime]

Pretty cool how he literally started discovering the quantum rules by himself at 52:56 Edit: And then he did it again with the Stranger from the DLC at 1:45:13 !

[@Pablo-ob2bx]

I really think it is a fake blind playthrough, and the more i watch it the more I get to that conclusion...

[@ItsMoorbinTime]

@@Pablo-ob2bx I disagree. At every point I can see how he would come to his conclusion, which really just goes to show how well-made the game is, in my opinion.

[@jams_toast1]

@@Pablo-ob2bxhe thought the sunstation was blowing up the sun though

[@Medusa6789]

@@jams_toast1 The sun station was designed to blow up the sun, it just didn't work.

[@brunokingz]

@@Pablo-ob2bx you need more faith in humanity my man

[@Mbonge-p1w]

That's the best Outer Wilds playthrough I've ever seen! Imo that is exactly the way how outer wilds is supposed to be played. I even recommend to watch full version of this masterpiece, despite it's 20+ hours long. In this case longer duration just means more content.

[@Yggdrasil42]

Yeah, I did. He's funny and clever. Also runs into some hilarious bugs that are even more confusing than the game usually is.

[@ZachElmurry]

He figured out how to break spacetime on the first visit to the high energy lab too. This man is astute! 2:12:00 Loving the playthrough. Going to give his full episodes some love after this for sure.

[@RadioactivFly]

Man, so many of these youtubers get to the sun station by flying through the cactus maze instead of using the sand. Major Feldspar energy

[@forgetfulstranger]

100% Feldspar energy, no way I could've pulled it off without the sand

[@spootot]

I guess call me Feldspar bc I found that kind of navigation kind of easy maybe I've been playing videogames for too long 🥲

[@Bookslayer10]

I can't believe how many physics bugs this guy got smacked in the face by, peak slapstick humor, especially when compared to other playthroughs of the game

[@jibus3556]

2:46:31 this is what it's all for, this moment when you get just enough pieces of the puzzle that it finally all falls into place, the incredible realization quickly followed by the emotional weight of what it all means. Can't get enough of watching other people play this game and reliving these moments through them

[@simochilo]

This playthrough is like a Nomai playing Outer Wilds and it's amazing

[@matthewzaloudek]

The most impressive part is at 1:55 when he lands the model ship first try.

[@chrishall8765]

9:34 That is peak quantum gaslighting, The timing and positioning couldn't have been better.

[@fauxstard57]

“It’s not like they just launched a probe in random directions hoping to find the Eye. That just wouldn’t work!” Yeah… that would be so stupid…

[@quest9905]

See, it would be really dumb... if they didn't have a plan to invent time travel!

[@fangorn23]

@48:00 this dude instantly figures out the timing of teleportation being /slightly/ in the realm of time travel. damn no wonder he passed the classes

[@7Comic7mischief7]

I cannot believe the guy didn't even realize the nomai were trying to blow up the sun until he was IN the sun station. Crazy how the flow of information is different in every playthrough. What a game.

[@rollerdaddy]

i didn’t know you could figure that out before the sun station lol, that’s when i figured it out

[@theonetheonlyepic7981]

Most people got the dlc after beating the game, so seeing him experience a bit of the dlc whilst in the main game is a new experience for me.

[@Cow-Moth-With-A-CRT-Head]

25:42 That makes 5/5 people whose playthrough I've watched (including my own) who forgot their leather spacesuit when exiting their wooden rocket ship and died in the uncaring vacuum of space. It's a rite of passage at this point, I swear.

[@Mario07101997]

The insights given by Oliver actually made me experience what I thought was impossible: relieve the game as if it was the first time I've played it

[@ForgeofAule]

Thank you for keeping my Outer Wilds craving fed in a (somewhat) time respective manner.

[@meridiasbeacon7669]

Oliver is one of the smartest players I've seen, his Obra Dinn, Subnautica and now Hollow Knight playthroughs all reflect that, with him predicting and understanding things hours before they happen At times, he would come to a seemingly far-fetched conclusion (altho one I know is true because I played these games) and then he explains how he got to these conclusions and I end up learning something new I didn't even consider. Currently watching him watch Hollow Knight, and he already figured out several major parts of the story and lore, a game where I'm not gonna lie - even after finishing I needed some Mossbag lore videos to fully understand. He just doesn't know he's correct yet.

[@danielhanlon8438]

i love the little details he is noticing, like how gabbro floats when his island is shot into space or how launching the scout will give the character a bit of recoil

[@danw3441]

1:49:30 bro really pulled out some feldspar levels of fancy flying and out maneuvered multiple angler fish

[@seastrangers]

at around 55:30 when he figures out the quantum image rule all by himself...... literal jaw drop. what a delightful playthrough

[@ihopeyouandicanbefriends]

I remember watching this playthrough, I loved this guy's mind and his analytical nature, was a very fun watch. very relaxing voice and a lovely accent as well. appreciate the compilation version!

[@ihopeyouandicanbefriends]

oof the ending is so ominous I love it

[@kashino55archive94]

The way he discovered both the rules of quantum imaging and entanglement simultaneously by using his scout way before he was supposed to learn any of that is such a cool testament to how internally consistent the game is to the point where you can make discoveries entirely on your own. It's so great. Sequence breaking literally just requires enough curiousity and out-of-the-box thinking.

[@darksunrise957]

Oh, wow. I've loved all your supercuts so far, but after 14 minutes of this one, I just HAVE to go watch the original uploads. This guy is picking up so many things that others don't, and small things I've never seen anyone else pick up, like the comet's two tails in the diagram, or that the devs put in actual constellations. To other things like that other stars are going supernova in the background (On his first loop, no less), or how he figured out the terminology of the quantum shards seconds after seeing the first one, that no matter how well it's cut, I feel like this supercut might miss some great small observations he makes. Thanks a lot for all of these, though. They're excellent!

[@Nytraz]

I watched the entire play through as he was uploading it to KZbin and I really can’t recommend it enough. He does a lot of self monologuing about his thoughts that really can’t be contained in a super cut. While this is great for people who may not have the time to watch a full play through, I think this is one that really deserves that time spent.

[@jexicon618]

@@Nytraz fr olivers playthrough is honestly my favourite ever, i started it while he was about half way through uploading the series and ive been watching his channel ever since

[@HazeEmry]

​@@Nytrazuuuu now I feel like I've wasted some of my time watching this instead of those. Definitely have to watch his actual playthrough

[@Vinzaf]

Probably the best playthrough of the game to date. There are very few playthroughs where I watched every single video, but this was one.

[@Trick.Sparrow]

Echoing everyone else's sentiments, this guy putting together the plot and iterating on his theories was SO SATISFYING to watch - I'm gonna go watch his other content because this was fantastic, thank you for the compilation

[@TequilaSunris3]

Man it cannot be overstated how grateful I am for these uploads. I really appreciate how much effort must go into finding the edits for these. Hope you never stop doing these, I'll be watching each single one!

[@KaasGrater]

2:04:30 "They are using Monte Carlo Simulation." Spoken like a true Astrophysicist

[@vantom253]

It's been so great to follow Oliver through this. The way he came up with so many theories and even found out about the quantum lore was so amazing to follow. And how genuine hearbroken he sounded seeing the Nomai.. it made me emotional as well. He seems like such a great and genuine guy thank you for this supercut

[@poisonassassin1356]

Its really really weird but I connected more emotionally with the game while seeing his reactions than I did when I played the game myself. Like when I played it I was clinically detached and found it all 'interesting'... But hearing this man curse under his breath in despair at his realizations, his excited ramblings when he figured things out... I don't know why but it made me connect with the story so much more than before and I have to thank you for this so much.

[@beaumagedefrite]

1:33:03 I love this hypothesis so much ! this leap of faith idea is really great

[@Stiftoad]

been looking for this comment, and with the games apparent attention to detail its not far fetched at all. Especially since the solar system (for gameplay or aesthetic reasons or whatever) is like miniturized/condensed. Its an idea ive played with even before hearing this, infinities in multiple dimensions? Like we obviously have infinity in space (statistically space is infinitely recurring if its infinite as we think), time (give everything enough time and everything will happen again and more), quantum mechanics (basically parallel universes, everytime a quark changes spin we branch off basically) but what about scale like, 99% of an atom is just empty space innit so what if our infinite universe is also just part of like an atom of an infinitely larger universe and even that repeats ad absurdum. (think like a mandelbrot set? it wouldnt invalidate that space repeats and even allow for spatial parallel universes but also reveal a larger pattern upon zooming out or in) Not to mention possible infinities with simulating realities, infinities of perception and memory (think of something like a Boltzmann Brain, for a split second a concious mind materializes with memories of entire lifetimes, universes and physical rules, they dont even have to make sense since it materializes out of pure randomness) Its crazy and has fucked with my mind ever since, if quantum behaviour as we observe in game is at a tangible, macro scale then it isnt far fetched of them to assume the "eye of the universe" to just be a valence electron?!

[@zoelio999]

Poor guy can't stop getting bonked by falling things

[@randomguy5565]

That's definitely the smartest let's play I've seen so far! Also how do so many random things happen to him xD

[@stalincat2457]

Right? I can't recall ever getting hit by something on Brittle Hollow and this man just gets assaulted by random rocks.

[@gorankrajnovic]

It was great to watch through the entirety of About Oliver's playthrough, and it is great to watch your supercut. Talk about ending it on a cliffhanger...!

[@GiftingStray]

53:02 He discovers quantum entanglement and quantum imaging without even going to those shards, that is crazy.

[@theirishviking9278]

"i have a hen to pluck with you" is a great version of that saying

[@taradactdole3638]

"This is a very unusual number of super novas" Oh, we're only getting started

[@injuredninja1848]

Cheers for making all of these, its crazy that your taste in games AND creators is practically identical to mine haha

[@Bobio]

"We arrived on Brittle Hollow .00001 units of time before we left. Which obviously, er...is problematic." lmao! It's lovely to find a fresh blind playthrough of Outer Wilds every so often in order to relive it vicariously. This is by far one of the best. Thank you Oliver for the amazing, insightful commentary. And thank you Eelis for the supercut :)

[@SloMoMonday]

Definitely going to check out this guy's full playthrough and other stuff. Very intuitive and chill vibes all round. Thanks for the on-point supercuts. Also love how everyone can agree that the Nomi are chill based on the use of puns and being considerate of other species.

[@Stillbraixentho]

This felt like a lore accurate playthrough. Like,if there was a series or movie about outer wilds,id expect the mc to behave exactly like this. His inmediate reaction to supernovas in the sky,the way he messes around with quantum,the way he INSTANTLY figures out the macrolevel quantum stuff,its so fascinating. Also im so glad someone mentioned the amazing orbit and gravity mechanics.

[@Abom-qx7xz]

Exactly, this is the canonical OW playthrough

[@ZaiketsuKumori]

Oh my god this guy is an absolute genius, seeing him connect the dots, come to conclusions, and modify those conclusions based on new evidence until he discovers the truth, was absolutely peak. I can't wait for the DLC supercut and the ending

[@bondfall0072]

It's really funny yet incredibly appropriate that the most entertaining playthrough of The Outer Wilds is done by a scientist

[@Vazio3]

33:20 This game is so immersive that these kinds of things scared the shit out of me too! I have never been so immersed in a game before. This is an amazing feat by the developers.

[@seraph4143]

This was one of the most satisfying playthroughs of this game I've ever seen, the information was beautifully disected the moment he was presented with it. You could make a guess that he was a scientist even if it wasnt explicitly stated. Good stuff!

[@djarlem5719]

He is way too good wtf... He has almost all the correct guesses

[@Evanz111]

YES OMG. I saw the channel’s video on the base game and I was so glad that KZbin recommended it to me. I wasn’t subscribed or anything, it just decided “hey you might like this” and it was damn right! I was really hyped to see Echoes of the Eye also visited, it’s one crazy DLC.

[@master_smily]

2:12:30 I live that he discovered the "destroy spacetime" ending. No other youtuber I've seen tried that.

[@Andirous]

You are, in fact, one of the most clever people I have seen play this game.

[@gfyourself]

when the nomai statue does its thing and captures his memories, and he goes, "is that the autosave?" it's just funny because ... i mean... technically yeah it is LOL

[@Zerogwastaken]

This comment is really late, but how is nobody talking about 2:46:30 ? This here is quite literally where everything falls into place, he reconstructs the events PERFECTLY. It's incredible how much he pays attention and the timing of the music and everything.... The goosebumps was insane, imagine how he felt when realizes

[@rainbowsnek]

all the emergency door openings are so cinematic, nice to see someone actually appreciate them all lol

[@aarvlo]

10:12 it's really cool that being an astrophysicist he noticed this right away lol i never realized this until the end

[@Faythe1981]

2:12:30 - Just casually breaking the spacetime of all reality and that reaction was PURE COMEDY GOLD! :3

[@milo3733]

i love the way he discovers the rules of quantum entanglement and imaging himself yet fails to remember the only rule he acfually learned properly.

[@Goldpro2]

The fact that this guy can figure out some of Outer Wild's rules just based off his own superb understanding of physics is quite incredible, and really goes to show just how faithful Outer Wilds is to real science. Props to the game for being so amazing in this way and also to Oliver for being really entertaining to watch :)

[@Max_JustMax]

don't you mean ::)

[@Blargosaur]

This was an amazing playthrough, I was hoping you would do a supercut of it. Thank you for your efforts :D

[@vadimakdav1357]

After watching about a fourth of this video i had to watch the full episodes, and it was an absolute blast! Thank you so, so much for introducing me to this wonderful person with your great supercut!

[@mangosmootheee]

Outer wilds is my absolute favorite game to see people experience. So thank you for all these playthroughs!

[@makky-kat3719]

Nobody's mentioning the very relatable moment at about 58:30, where you realize you have a problem, realize you don't have enough thrust to do anything about, and that you're going to die, all in less than 5 seconds. Also this man actually succeeded in what I tried to do a couple times in my play-through at 1:54:00, threading the cacti with a jetpack instead of just waiting for the sand. "You Destroyed The Fabric Of Spacetime" oh yeah, Outer Wilds is a horror game. 2:12:00

[@crazed_milk]

This dude is a genius, he got so many things right before he even saw the answer.

[@DriftJunkie]

Watched the whole thing despite completing the game on my own and already absorbing the whole lore. This man gave the game progression a whole new spin.

[@angel-q]

the anecdote at 1:29:25 fucked me up so much and i wish i could unlearn this; why does space have to be so sad D:

[@brayerkh]

The universe is and we are.

[@doppelpunkt]

until that happens our star will be long gone (and our species as well), so do not worry about it

[@Ptpptp31]

Oliver's adventure was such a blast to follow! Thanks for making a supercut of it!