Fauna Plays Outer Wilds: Episode 2 【Feldspar】

[@Spitznock]

-plants flag "I claim this discovery on behalf of my fellow brethren!" "Fauna you just landed back home again."

[@SirExal]

"It's awfully lonely in space!" "Heyo, Fauna!"

[@rcm616-j5t]

Goes to Dark Bramble for her first planet. Parks ship outside and flies inside with only her jetpack. Cruises through the correct route and finds Feldspar first try before any angler fish even notices. What an absolute boss kirin.

[@Yukino-014]

All of that, a whole 15 minutes after finding out how to launch scouts. Absolute boss kirin indeed.

[@TheFeelTrain]

Somehow I'm not surprised to know that Harry is a sapling

[@9clawtiger]

Signalscope Chad.

[@jmfe10]

She's built different

[@vyxxer]

It amazes me just how smart (Either accidentally or not) are when playing this game. I saw one person do the quantum moon as their first puzzle!

[@jamess7540]

faunas reaction to the sun exploding was hilarious 1. "oh the musics too loud did I do something wrong??" 2. "oh that seems bad!" 3. "goodbye cruel world"

[@GamerLord64]

Also she thinks its a asteroïde not the sun

[@spitfire184]

First Hearthian she meets off world is Feldspar and she parked the ship outside Dark Bramble. Unbelievable, Jeff.

[@zohlus6728]

Past Fauna has no idea how much she's flexing by finding Feldspar on her first try without even using her ship. My oshi is such a gamer

[@TeaToaster]

Fauna spent more time looking for scout launcher than she spent looking for Feldman. Honestly impressive

[@Shilag]

In this episode Fauna kindly illustrates the full-range spectrum of "Not Gamer Mode - Gamer Mode".

[@FadeRadio1]

HOW. HOW did she manage to find feldspar not only before figuring out how the scout launcher works, but she managed to NOT SEE even a SINGLE anglerfish along the way??? The sheer blind luck is incredible.

[@sohairtayyabbutt1456]

I don't know if any anglerfish spawned in or not during her run. But going in ship less helps a lot. In my experience, it makes it really difficult for the anglerfish to notice you.

[@TheTealHydra]

All skill baby, that's our gaming kirin

[@ZeezyTop]

It's actually not that dangerous to find Feldspar, it's a pretty safe route if you are just following the signal

[@wantapples]

@@ZeezyTop man, in the VERY beginning of the game? literally before even knowing about the supernova, dude, that's crazy, my jaw dropped. when i saw feldspar in 2nd episode's title i thought that was kind of first acknowledgement something about him BUT WHEN I SEE THIS

[@DerHuegel]

@@wantapples I always thought that was the normal "progression". Like, the only other hearthian I met was the dude on the moon (Which is the closest to home, thus a logical first stop). He talked about the Harmonica back on timber, so I checked and found the seed. Next step was going to Dark bramble.

[@boznia9320]

The duality of missing the scout launcher instructions with quickly understanding what's going on and dark bramble exploration. This was an excellent episode.

[@statickaiinaweirdworld179]

Really glad Fauna prerecorded this. Chat absolutely would spoil, infact some didn't realise this isn't live and tried to backseat anyway. This game is best experienced blind.

[@_-pf_gd-_]

Fauna is legitimately one of the coolest vtubers for doing this, get yourself an oshi that will record an entire playthrough just so you don't miss her during her break. Fauna LOVE!

[@침묵하는선비]

And Fauna prepared short video before. She always takes care of saplings.

[@pedrofelipefreitas2666]

Fauna is a very doting mama 💚💚💚

[@TheSubbyGod]

So true.

[@Turtyo]

I like how Fauna can be the most clueless to the most gamer in the span of one hour the story is getting interesting, I would not have expected a time loop !

[@dit-zy]

i have often struggled to watch other streamers play this because their exploration is affected so much by the chat. i really love the fact that fauna is deliberately not playing live. it makes her exploration so much more authentic. yeah, sometimes you end up going all over when the answer is right in front of you, but we've all done that countless times and it's part of the experience of games like this

[@rcm616-j5t]

Completely agree. This game shouldn't be streamed. Not only because of backseating and spoilers, but the chat just being there distracts from the natural process of exploration. I'm so glad Fauna decided to do it as a lets play

[@9clawtiger]

I recommend PlayFrame for another blind Let's Play.

[@TheTealHydra]

​@@rcm616-j5t Streaming without reading chat is an option that people need to take more often. Of course this is pretty much equivalent (and great)

[@takonaegi2967]

I would agree with you, but Ame's Sun Station landing happened exactly because part of the chat were telling her it's impossible, thus creating one of the most epic streaming moments that I've seen.

[@srkares]

a guy i watched for many years now streamed it... a year or two ago for the first time and it was really enjoyable. hes smaller, with only like ~300 live viewers, so that definitely helps, along with having fostered a great community and having good mods. and there are moments it does help having chat around. for example he got stuck because he eventually completely forgot about the ship log, because he didnt need it up to that point, so chat told him to read through it. definitely possible, but probably not when you are the size of hololive talents, with no moderations and randos from across youtube coming in.

[@stratty.b]

that went from hilarious (RB! RB, PAST FAUNA!!!!) to impressive (Dark Bramble Feldspar speed run GG EZ first try 360 no scope, using a solution I didn't even know was possible). Loving this series so far!

[@Akumasama]

Technically it was 360 *with* scope.

[@telefrag.]

Are there other solutions than just following the signal? It's how you solve everything in the Bramble

[@stratty.b]

@@telefrag. It's been a minute since I made that comment, but I think I was referring to parking her ship and going into the bramble from the outside with only her jetpack.

[@Bodehi_The_Archivist]

You do not understand just how committed I am to this new let’s play format. Consistent one hour Fauna-Bytes are easier for me to sit down and sit through all at once, and I don’t feel any pressure to catch it while it is live. Doesn’t mean I’ll be skipping on the streams or any potential ASMRS after break lol

[@vyxxer]

I really enjoy this format. I miss it. And this is absolutely the best game for it too since every person on the planet wants to spoil so removing chat greatly enhances the experience.

[@DestroyedArkana]

"New" well this used to be the way that everybody watched stuff, there were no streams.

[@Bodehi_The_Archivist]

@@DestroyedArkana trust me, I know. I was up to date with Pewds on his infamous Dark Descent all those years ago. However, I more so meant new to her and Hololive as a whole. They have never branched out from the “game stream” format and I get it but I’m exhausted with it. Still love and support the talents I enjoy, but man is literally anything else a breath of fresh air.

[@Duplucky5]

Because of the timezone, I rarely am able to follow her streams so that let's play is really kirinsend for me.

[@Hailinel]

Fauna: "I hope you're enjoying it. I'm enjoying it!" Also Fauna: [Backseating herself in the chat.] Yep, she's enjoying it!

[@beornwagner1]

I keep seeing people say that on the previous video, do you have any idea how to bring up the premiere chat now, viewing the video?

[@Shilag]

Also, honestly completely fair to miss the Scout thing when your RB wasn't registering. If that happened to me I'd also just assume "it's telling me how to use it once I find it".

[@takonaegi2967]

- Fauna of the past, what is you greatest strength? 🌿: I can clear Dark Bramble in 2 minutes (very strong) - Ok, what is your weakness? 🌿: I can't find my scout launcher (very weak) It was hilarious episode, thank you Fauna! I am enjoying this format very much

[@TrophicFault]

casually finding feldspar. she is a genius

[@fragmentofself]

Hopefully enough people are into this to encourage her to do it again sometime. Talk about a welcome surprise. I'm always down for a Let's Play.

[@JbZeta]

It wasn't even 5 minutes between reaching Dark Bramble and finding Feldspar, I am amazed.

[@cronky05]

her not reading the top right of her screen and figuring out that she can use the scout launcher was so frustrating LOL, i love fauna

[@gadman85]

I really love how Fauna did this so we had something to watch while she was on Holiday Break.

[@YTPaul3]

Past Fauna really is clueless about the game. 35 minutes in She was finally realised she had the scout launcher all along. This is too hilarious and I laughed so hard. Thanks past Fauna. Also how can you find the harmona guy in such lightling speed withoug losing in the maze and even without ship. What a gamer status!

[@Keyven_]

The scount launcher is kind of cursed lol, ive seen so many streamers and lets players somehow completely miss that they have a scout launcher. shes one of the few that didnt ignore the seed tho and kept trying to figure it out.

[@octoglazed3693]

Thank you for telling us that she actually found it! I can rest easy now

[@Magicannon_]

She may have been clicking RB as well randomly with it not responding. Unfortunate bug that kind of happens with alt-tabing I believe, which she needs to do a bunch for her setup and recordings. I know I lost the ability to lock on from it unless I restarted the game or I guess rebind the control as Fauna was able to.

[@Xhantoss]

Woah. She just speedran Dark Bramble! I never knew that going into it shipless was also a solution to navigating that place. Past Fauna really showed us her skills!

[@sohairtayyabbutt1456]

Going in shipless makes it really difficult for the anglerfish to spot you in my experience so it's a legitimate strategy.

[@ApexGale]

the jetpack is also significantly quieter than the ship itself.

[@Kirisapostle12]

From not knowing she had a scout to finding feldspar in one fell swoop, this sure is an amazing playthrough..XD

[@Treviath]

Well damn. It took Fauna only the second iteration to understand what the music meant.

[@Naplingbat]

Extremely impressive considering you'd have to remember the music after something extremely confusing and then put two and two together immediately. Sasuga gamer Kirin

[@ScipioMassimo]

Yeah, I thought that was particularly observant of her. Just another example of gamer Kirin!

[@tertene]

But she still thinks it's a comet hitting her lol

[@Saltynerd]

from frustration to not being able to see the top right of her screen, to amazement at how fast she cleared dark bramble

[@naturalharvest3096]

14:35 When the music hits and the sun explodes and you start over... It's such a amazing moment. That's when you know this game is going to be breathtaking. Also the first try on dark bramble is very impressive.

[@m05513]

Honestly can't wait until she realizes its the entire sun going supernova and not just a comet.

[@copathechopa2802]

This has been a lot of fun Fauna! I'm a vod watcher usually anyway so I'm very appreciative you did this let's play for us while your on vacation vacation ❤ enjoy yourself, be safe.

[@colorfulanon]

Past Fauna is so uncomfortably cute and unintentionally hilarious. I could barely breathe with how hard I was laughing. Thank you for this episode, I'm so very excited for the rest!

[@linearskillzz]

Fauna is so kind and considerate for doing this for us It's really appreciated! Also very funny when Present Fauna backseats herself Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Fauna! Enjoy your well-earned break

[@Kayessi5]

Wow Outer Wilds is crazy Also your backseating of past Fauna is hilarious

[@roarlandsteelskin6084]

Thank you for the Let's Play Fauna. Always exciting to see how people explore Outer Wilds and which order they go to places. Always a different experience for each.

[@VoidRAZ]

I haven't watched a lot of Fauna, but I'm already incredibly impressed with this LP. Despite the long bout of controls confusion, Fauna is already show that she's very observative of the world around her and invested in the personlities of the characters. I've seen too many LPs of this game dragged down by the player being confused by the open ended, we're not explaining anything start to the game. Often, impatient twitch chats, or just disregarding important info like "Oh, I exploded. I guess that happened." without asking questions about it can make this a frustrating game to watch others play sometimes. Fauna is really on point here, not even mentioning her solving one of the game's tougher mysteries immediately. I'm really looking forward to the rest of this.

[@duarpeto]

The first part was incredibly funny, it's the first time I've ever seen someone trying to look for a scout launcher like that, I was laughing so much The rest was impressive though, navigating the bramble is often not that easy to figure out, well done! Looking forward to more episodes!

[@ACatPassingBy]

This is legitimately the best way to do an Outer Wilds playthrough. Since it's more focused on immersion, and the joy in watching others play it is by seeing them get invested in the game which is almost impossible on a livestream where there's the pressure to keep entertaining chat and ofc potentially getting spoiled. I'M ALL FOR THIS TYPE OF CONTENT FAUNA! Enjoy the holiday!

[@Hailiums]

This playthrough is AMAZING! I'm loving this game. I've never played it or seen anything about it so im discovering it with you Fauna lol. Can't wait for the next one.

[@Vorthein]

It may have taken you a bit to find the scout launcher, but in your defense getting the glitch that breaks the button is a bit unlucky Man after that you were gaming though, I've never seen someone go to dark bramble so early and make it through with no issues like that. Excited to see where things go next

[@sistani3313]

You have to admit, Fauna overthinking the situation and having just one-inch visual field(not noticing the Equip Scout Launcher in the upper right of the screen) was pretty funny.

[@D3LTA48]

Loving this! Hope you're enjoying your break Fauna. This is one of my favorite games, can't wait for you to uncover the mystery

[@srkares]

i've seen a couple of OW playthroughs since it was released and never have i seen someone go to dark bramble first nor got through it successfully first try.... and after bumbling around in the first half of the episode, no less man, i love fauna

[@Yukino-014]

Poor past Fauna realizing that the "first planet" she landed on was... still her home planet.

[@WillHouldy]

After the start of this ep with all the Scout Launcher stuff I thought we were in for a good time but watching you first try Dark Bramble was pretty amazing tbh. Thanks for the vid Fauna.

[@Road_to_Dawn]

I don't know this game very well, so it's fun getting to explore it for the first time with you! And maybe watching this will give me the push I need to continue playing it for myself! Have a wonderful holiday break, Fauna.

[@DarukaEon]

No... flippin'... way... YOU FOUND FELDSPAR RIGHT OFF THE BAT!? Ha ha ha ha ha! Nice!

[@TheLetterP]

This is honestly such a treat. I'm gonna enjoy this.

[@soughtseer5099]

Very much enjoying the playthrough, thank you, Fauna

[@sir_squeeb]

Fauna genuinely doing so well and picking up on everything in the game so quickly. Hope she plays all the way to the end, its such a beautiful game.

[@irongiantftw6295]

14:52 "Oh noeh, that seems bad, oh noeh OH NOEH!" is the most relaxed reaction I've seen to a supernova players experience for the first time 😆

[@razp1869]

Watching this lets play series really takes me back from before so, its really comfy! Im getting hooked into the game so thanks for doing this, (Past) Fauna Congrats on finding Feldspar Looking forward to the next episode!

[@fwori]

Merry ChristmasThis episode really hooked me, and I can't wait to continue watching your journey through Outer Wilds

[@MobiusFun64]

Man, past Fauna is so cool for finding Feldspar within 2 hours of starting the game and not even getting eaten by a fish. Past Fauna is my oshi.

[@Kyoumadfan]

I love how Fauna keeps looking good "chat" every now and then, wxpecting a response.

[@whong09]

I waited to watch episode one until this came out, so hah hello Fauna of the past several minutes later in the future. Those sure are some wilds.

[@ValDJesus]

Loving the new format! Thank you for preparing content for us in advance as always

[@Zannmaster-]

Just finished watching it and I'm loving this let's play. Such a great idea to do this while on break.

[@durrem]

My god, I've never seen anyone crush Dark Bramble like that. Usually they fumble around a bit, get eaten and never go back until they get stuck on Giants Deep. That was amazing.

[@rokenji4446]

thank you fauna

[@ElDapperCaballo]

Past Fauna is hilarious and also ridiculously lucky and goated gamer for reaching Feldspar so quickly after figuring out how to find him. What an incredible playthrough! I can't wait to see the rest, episode 3 let's GOOOOOOO!

[@anonomous1015]

Great series so far, watching Fauna retrieve the Scout launcher had me chuckling.

[@avglover5]

Commenting again post-watching: Somehow I both accurately predicted and had no idea what was going to happen this episode. Had a feeling we were going to Dark Bramble, but wasn’t expecting it to be with no scout, no ship, and first try I can’t believe you figured out the music cue meaning so quickly, it took me getting about halfway through the game before I realized. She really is our 900IQ gaming Kirin Reading the controls on screen is overrated anyway

[@Eiroth]

I'm really glad to see that she's taken to the signalscope! It's a tool that thrives on and feeds curiosity. It's what made me fall in love with the game in the first place!

[@kaprediem_ch]

Loving the let's play format, it takes me back All it needs is the dubstep 3d intro

[@jembawls]

The bonk at 30:05 is unrivaled.

[@prettybuzz7632]

The biggest gamer move is doing a gamer move without knowing For anyone who hasn’t played Outer Wilds just know that Dark Bramble is quite a harsh planet

[@doctordd-ey]

That was such a funny episode! It is fun to see present Fauna struggles with past Fauna. Thank you!

[@kitsunami7251]

It's very cute that you got lost for 30 minutes because you didn't read the UI, do you have a very wide screen or something maybe?~ The fact that you still enjoyed your time show that you have fun with the game

[@Mineur123]

The plot thickens Thank you for the 2nd episode

[@reinrein6948]

14:52 “Ooooh no, that seems bad” could be my exact reaction at the end of the world

[@8-bitromance43]

I've watched so many playthroughs of this but I think by far this might be my favourite ever so far. Thanks for the videos Fauna hapoy holidays ❤️

[@jhawley031]

Honestly some may disagree but its fine to stumble across felspar early. Its set up so you could fairly easily get to him without finding fishies. And as long as you check out the seed first, it doesnt really spoil much or break any storytelling "order". (If you can think theres order in a non-linear game)

[@Nolzhan]

Feldspar is ALIVEEEE

[@reanamet1901]

Absolutely insane ups and downs in this episode. Green woman love.

[@Duplucky5]

I love how the first half of the video, I was like "Come on, just read the screen, it tells you how to launch the scout..." and the second half, I was like "No, will she really do this ? It's amazing, she is crazy !" when she just explored Dark Ramble without her ship. 🤣

[@tt612]

Great self-contained arc for an episode. And of course our #1 Gaming Kirin navigates through Dark Bramble without seeing a single Angler fish!

[@Hadfield15]

Fauna may be gone now, but the memories we made and her content are thankfully not going anywhere

[@ErayoTwilight]

Forgetting the tools you have available while you're first learning the game is definitely part of the Outer Wilds experience. Still hilarious to see somebody go on an extended tangent trying to find a tool when they have a button prompt on their screen the whole time showing that they already have it.

[@JavaStrike]

The more information we see the more I want to keep watching to find it.

[@muffelfluffel3966]

Look at this Kirin rocking her lets plays. It makes sense to play this without chat spoilers. The launcher was a great idea, I would have probably missed that and just flown straight to dark brable. Always a fun experince to watch somebody solve a puzzle =D Makes you wanna pat their head for doing a good job =^-^=

[@Lizurd249]

First planet to be explored by her, seems cool how the planet takes you to a different place like a wormhole Also glad feldspar is doing well

[@Sonicmaster2008]

2nd episode in and it is still a lot of fun to watch. Fauna being a Kirin gamer. Such a cozy stream till the unexpected stuff happens. Thanks for the 2nd Episode Fauna!

[@yesthatpaul]

Nomai be like "Okay, try not to die this ti-" Fauna: *immediately headbutts a planet* Nomi: *long sigh*

[@GENERIC_CHANNEL_HANDLE]

36:40 There are two common solutions to controller input becoming partially unresponsive. The first is to left-click the game window and the second is to just turn the controller off and on again / unplug it and plug it back in. It's been my personal experience that this problem occurs after the game window has lost focus, such as by alt-tabbing or opening the Steam Overlay.

[@orangemilkshake5798]

Despite around half of the episode being Fauna trying to get a tool she already had the whole episode still ends up being really fun, comfy and enjoyable! I don't know how she does it. Past Fauna is amazing (Current Fauna as well)

[@seabird8147]

Let’s Play format is great, hope we get some more of them sometime

[@xephon3000]

Realizing that these will be daily uploads fills me with joy. Can't wait for the episode upload!

[@ofekcohen4567]

My first trip to dark brumble gives me nightmares to this day, yet you just stumbles upon feldspar effortlessly on your first try, somehow avoiding any anglerfish on the way...

[@samnuri1]

I only ever saw the blue light when I actually knew what was going on. How did I never see it before hand in my millions of lives like this??

[@corpus1]

Thank you! It's a different experience without any chat interaction, but I kinda love it. Fauna of the past is as cute and funny as present Fauna. Can't wait for the next episode already!

[@8man_01]

No better place to start exploring than your own planet. Did not expect that part of the game. Will it keep happening forever? Or is it a race against time? See you in the next episode Fauna! Enjoy your break with Kirin fam! Merry Christmas!

[@magebear7]

so excited to have non-christmas content this time of year!

[@KeiKatsuuu]

No way she actually got into Dark Bramble without a ship, successfully, without encountering a single Anglerfish

[@rianrodrigues8195]

The first 36 minutes of this are painful to watch, but the last 21 minutes are amazing.

[@TheLeviathan1293]

I generally don't watch Fauna, but this I must watch.

[@HDSUGR993]

7:43 Hahaha. Yay the game tells her. Wonder what would have happened if she did not use the transmission thing to try and follow harmonica 12:42 lol Well.. Fauna learns about looping 34:38 Yes Equip the scout launcher 43:50 Bonked

[@KDBicoy]

Post Premiere Comment- (Spoilers maybe?) What an absolute gamer, I cant believe you found Feldspar this early and first try Like whatdaheck Dark Bramble was the only thing I knew about before your playthrough so watching you do that so easily is wild I can already feel the weight of the soundtrack too, the reset music already makes my heart so heavy. I cant wait to cry to it when the lets play is over

[@ntecleo]

my absolute favorite tradition in the outer wilds community is o7

[@MrBlinky10101]

29:50 "Maybe I need to get a scount launcher... I don't have one" I'm gonna scream

[@SeiruOkibi]

Good job finding Feldbert!!