Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye, a Complete Playthrough

Outer Wilds, a game about exploration and discovery. An experience you can only play once -- ever -- in your lifetime. This is the DLC -- a continuation of the story, and a piece that elevates this game to greatness.
Originally streamed Jan 19, 2023
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[@Barmem]

45:51 "I miss dark bramble" he says. Don't worry, monkey paw already curled it's finger.

[@quantumblur_3145]

How is a continued absence of bramble or anglers a "monkey's paw"

[@DarkFallen001]

@@quantumblur_3145 Basically says that PointCrow will get what he asks for. He doesn't say the exact words that he "wants" Dark Bramble, but he will get it regardless.

[@PloverTechOfficial]

22:41 putting that at 22 minutes and blowing out a candle? We are being pampered by Pointcrow.

[@thebookwyrm235]

After recently beating both the base game and the DLC, this has become one of my favorite STORIES of all time. I respect Pointcrow greatly for giving this the love and recognition it deserves.

[@Kilyion]

the moment at 1:21:56 is so famous that i've seen it now in many outer wilds video essays

[@thespeedyyoshi]

Thank you for the warning ^^

[@flarithen]

the jump or crow's clip?

[@Kilyion]

@@flarithen yes

[@penutnq]

14:34 chatter: "Don't worry, sequence breaks in the DLC is harder than main game." **Immediate sequence break**

[@GutesGemuese]

Nice catch haha

[@Drakenwild]

I did not connect with the DLC nearly as much as I did with the base game when I played it but gotta say, seeing other people play it has given me a lot of retroactive appreciation for it, so thank you ::)

[@Palitato]

This is super simple explanation of the story for anyone who still finds themselves confused by the overall arch: . . . . . . . . . The Eye of the Universe was the Beginning of the Universe, the thing that made it in the beginning. The universe grew and expanded. Stars and planets formed. Civilizations rose and fell. During the this time, the The Owl-elk creatures managed to receive a signal the Eye was sending out. They became obsessed with it, decimating their home to build a star ship to reach the Eye. Upon reaching it, they realized that if it was ever activated/awoken, it would collapse what was left of the universe in on itself and destroy it. They became scared, and built a device to seal the signal away, so no one else would ever find it. Then they became despondent, realizing they'd destroyed their home on a fool's errand, to chase down something that would destroy everything. So they built the digital space, to go back to their home and live forever. The Prisoner didn't like this. He (probably) thought the Eye was the Natural Order of things. He woke himself up, and turned the signal blocker off. The others realised what he did and stopped him, imprisoning him and turning the blocker back on. The Nomai had already caugh the signal though, and made their way there. Before they could get to the Eye, however, the Interloper Comet appeared, and wiped them out. Then the Player's species evolved and grew, and eventually learned to reach the stars... that were fading out. Stars were winking out, the night was going darker and darker as the universe itself reached Entropy- the Heat Death at the end of the universe. The natural end of things. Player's species (through the game) unravels the secret of the Eye, reaches it, and activates it. The Eye, as it was always meant to do, pulls what's left of the dying universe into itself again, and reforms a new one from the thoughts and memories of the player and the character's they've interacted with. The Eye brings forth a New Universe, like it was always supposed to do, and is probably out there, sitting quietly and waiting for the Death of this new one to begin before it will start sending it's signal out again, to set the cycle in motion once more.

[@lando8156]

In one of the dream areas, you can find the simulated version of the Prisoner's house, now burnt down- judged by it having a telescope in the same formation as the one back on the owlks planet. In it, you can find a painting- perhaps of a vision they saw- of the same skull with grass growing out of it the owlk saw when scanning the eye. From it grows a flower in the shape of the eye of the universe, which emits planets and life, flowers now growing from the death. I took that as the reason the Prisoner understood the eye's true purpose was growth, not destruction. Maybe they were the only one who scanned the eye completely? Maybe it was simply a hunch. But I like that tidbit since it's easy to miss and assume the Prisoner just knew, when there's a whole detail in the game that explains it!

[@daguru5459]

@@lando8156 Yes. In the updated version of the 2nd burned reel, there's a small sprout starting to grow out of the skull before the Owlk leader interrupts the vision and becomes disheartened and then angry. This implies that the Prisoner saw the complete vision.

[@lando8156]

@daguru5459 Oh wow! I only noticed the grass, that's a nice catch!

[@KamitsukiLuciela]

Specifically, I think the Nomai likely caught _Echoes_ of the signal (wordplay intended) going around in the twisted spaces of Dark Bramble, hence why they jumped *there* when they came to the system. I say this because there's a Nomai log that talks about signal confusion in there, where they were hearing two identical Vessel signals (and went for the closer one, just to find a seed echoing the signal they were hoping it actually was, though they apparently couldn't have made the further trip by the time they made a decision to begin with). Dark Bramble messes with signals a lot, so I'm guessing that the Eye's signal that they actually jumped to was a duplicate from Dark Bramble, hence why they very suddenly had massive thorny vines tearing their Vessel apart.

[@lando8156]

@KamitsukiLuciela Yes! That's what I think too, it's such awful luck that a area echoing virus is in the same solar system the eye is in, and it's so cool how there's a good reason as to why the nomai warped right in the middle of dark bramble

[@Nathan_Toaryyy]

And another banger. This channel is huge for a person like me on a complete different time zone who can’t see the lives, or doesn’t have the time to watch the VODS. Thank you so much 🙏🏻

[@lando8156]

It's so nice to see someone else have the deep seeded terror that traversing this dlc did to me. It makes me feel oh so good. My heart was racing throughout all of the night sections...

[@Bokugo1]

39:20 I can hear the inner monologue of "Oh I figured something out :D ..... :I Where the fuck did they go?"

[@KkachiKashaKarma]

I CAN SEE IT LOOOOL

[@wolfflayme]

1:36:15 Not only are these massive projects a wonderful video series, but things like this (in the lower left corner) are such nice QOL things to add to this! Thank you so much everyone for all your work on this!!

[@thatjacobchild]

In the middle of the DLC and I'm so stoked to come back to this when I'm done! I love how much you love this game and I so appreciate getting to see it again through your eyes

[@crumblast]

"...I can't get there yet, but it looks like I have learned" ~PointCrow 2025 Truly an inspirational quote

[@owynvalkyns9478]

This is a really nice quote. Where in the video is it? Like at what Timestamp?

[@NintenHawk]

Just finished playing the DLC on Wednesday! What a game! Definitely gonna remember this adventure for a long time. I really enjoyed watching this playthrough and kinda experiencing it again :)

[@katunu6030]

Pointcrow single handedly saved “its a small world after all” for me. Now everytime I go to disneyland Ill remember him pissing himself

[@whelpimaghost]

I remember watching both playthroughs when you streamed them. Oh, what a journey in life I have had since then. Thanks for giving me things to remember, Pointcrow

[@Tawnyooo]

One of the greates playthroughs of the game plus the dlc ive seen so far. Thank you for sharing your experience with us, and congrats on getting through this game without spoilers, while streaming. Thats not an easy feat, so shoutout to your mods, they did an excellent job. Truely one of the most games of all times...

[@zShiso]

::)

[@Abarbad0]

39:23 your reaction is so worth it.

[@volvoxbazooka]

2:18:29 This is exactly how i describe Outer Wilds as well; perfection isnt possible, but it got closer than any other game ive ever played

[@JacksonJones-po3nf]

I have subscriptions to 30 channels and yet when i see the blue dot next to this one, it's always the new greatest moment of my life. Thank you, Pointcrow.

[@markleonard7077]

Dude I just saw the dlc and was like “man I wonder if pointcrow ever played this” and this immediately came up on my recommended!

[@kunabanana]

Alright yeah being given the same warning of "don't watch this until you've played it yourself" that the base game did, this video is going into Watch Later and the DLC is going into my Steam cart. See you in a few days Edit 1/27 - just beat it, didn't realize it was a horror game until everything went dark ::( I really liked it though! I absolutely understand why PC wants you to play it before you watch someone else's playthrough

[@lorettabes4553]

Have fun!

[@thespeedyyoshi]

Have funnnnnn ^w^

[@scorp-ion-battery]

^^w^^

[@thespeedyyoshi]

Yeah one of the main reason I couldn’t bring myself to play it 😅😅 Glad you were able to get through it tho ^^ hope you enjoyed your journey of knowledge. while there is part of me that regrets that I won’t ever know whether or not I would have been able to solve these puzzle early, I don’t regret not scaring the bageezes out of me 😂

[@TheSandboxMaster]

I beat it but I beat it accidentally. I discovered that weird simulation filter bug on accident, and for the bell waking me up, I just used thinking and decided to kill myself on the fire. Lo and behold, it worked

[@TerraWispr]

Loved watching these vods, now i get to watch it edited and for an algorithm boost!

[@saram3449]

God echoes of the eye was just masterfully done…everything about it is just perfect and I LOVE the indigenous pnw influence on the owlks’ culture/art/morifs, so well executed

[@o340]

I know its a long shot but theres an indie game i love that i wish would get more attention called in stars and time, the story and characters are so great

[@devilvocano420]

Cool

[@theperiidot]

I was fully prepared for "I don't know, but they more." to be the full sentence, it actually surprised me when he continued 😭

[@Fire_Phix]

Ahhh! I had just finished watching the Outerwilds play through!

[@JAEVideogroup]

You got astonishingly far in without actually encountering an owlk. I felt like I was bumping into those guys left and right during my playthrough. Great video and I can't wait to see what's next!

[@bluethan806]

The art for these thumbnails are so wonderful

[@Benno_427]

14:34 "Beep Beep thanks for the prime" *proceeds to get scared*

[@Vivian_Does_Stuff]

Said it once and I’ll say it again, truly one of the best games of all time ❤

[@Nnat-g7g]

I will always cry to the ending. It hurts. And we won't understand why until we reset.

[@AliceinEntropy]

I love how, like with pointcrow, seeing the "there is a make the game less scary option" prompt gets into our head and makes us fear things that aren't even scary. If that prompt didn't happen walking up the tower around 25 mins wouldn't be scary, base game wouldn't have really been a problem. it faded with me decently quickly because I realized this isn't supposed to be a horror game DLC fast, generally.

[@mythaniakeroberos2405]

That prompt that the game is scary, makes it so much worse. Gives so much dread. All in all, the DLC is nothing compared to Dark Bramble, heck you can even retry if you get caught. But tell you it's going to be scary, and then messing with light so much really does well to set the mood.

[@AliceinEntropy]

@@mythaniakeroberos2405 I watched another video, and actually that prompt improves the experience tangentially to what I saw in the comments there. The story/moral of the DLC is overcoming fear and you can only beat the DLC by stopping being afraid of the Owlks and the unknown of the DLC. That happened early for me but for others they held on longer.

[@squibster81]

the pointcrow playthough I've been waiting months for

[@hedgehogmorph7248]

Thanks a lot to you and anvahhhh for doing this compiled version of a playthrough, since i miss a bit of streams lately and might've never catched it otherwise

[@TheJustikar]

Hey, I have to say, I really enjoy these videos and the whole channel! This kind of content really reminds me of oldschool letsplay-videos. Keep up the good work, exited for the next ones!

[@throwaway3227]

Thank you for that disclaimer intro, I wish all Outer Wilds videos had the same. I could not imagine having watched a playthrough before going through this game myself first.

[@techesh2165]

HECK YA! I recently rewatched these vods, and I'm so excited to see the supercut!

[@HomeOfTheFrogGames]

i havent had a great past few days, but i was smiling the whole way through this video ::3 thank you

[@dustytusken]

God i wish space was real

[@markleonard7077]

Yeah man then we would be able to look up during the night and there would be lights instead of the dark void of nothingness

[@pasta1549]

I won’t lie, I cried a little. I’m glad we all got a chance to experience something as unintentionally profound as this

[@aisharane]

OMG another upload!!!!!! So excited to re-experience this

[@Yance-ef3vg]

I just watched all the vods of this. It took a very long time 😢

[@Maxwell4Smash]

I wish my requests for Skylanders Spyro's Adventure on the Wii didn't keep getting buried under other comments Edit: 😮

[@broicy9993]

I’d love to see him play that game

[@gobulgobbler]

I have no idea what that game is but I second that request

[@Maxwell4Smash]

@@gobulgobbler Your life is missing something amazing

[@aHappyTrashCan]

YESSSSSS fellow Skylanders enjoyer!!! 🤝🤩

[@Maxwell4Smash]

Did I finally not get buried?

[@Spriglithika]

You freaking out scared me more than the actual scare

[@bowtiebazaar263]

Watched the whole vods of this when it came out- just here to say, buckle up folks you're in for an incredible ride.

[@HenrySoderlund-ro9fi]

I woke up this morning and saw another outer wilds video from pointcrow. It's gonna be a W day

[@Moonwisp165]

10:42 'huh, is that dangerous?' gets hit by a wave of water 'oh'

[@leathmccaffrey1532]

Bruh, that call to subscribe was sick!

[@awdatzya]

the ending made me tear up, thank you:')

[@ParzivalFlame]

The Outer Wilds is amazing thanks for playing it!

[@MarkQuiton-z8t]

Suppose I’ll put in my suggestion. I think that you should play Journey (by That Game Company) it’s a short 2-3 hour game that is about well your “Journey”. It’s one of if not my favorite game I’ve played, no voce acting just context clues hope you’ll play it!

[@devilvocano420]

I second

[@RandomGS]

14:33 about finding things ahead of time...

[@Engineergaming3963]

You NEED to play Prey (2017). I loved it and it never got the recognition it deserved.

[@Abarbad0]

YES, THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED TODAY!

[@Kylied007]

Been waiting for this one!!!!

[@ArielMaliaYoung]

Hey Point Crow! I really enjoy your content and I have another game for this channel I'd like you to try out. One of my all time favorite games is this survival/exploration platformer called Rainworld. You're a small, defenseless creature at the bottom of the food chain. Trying to make your way back home to your pack, navigating your way through this post-apocalyptic world full of predators, (who are all very hungry for you!) and the routinely occurring torrential downpours of rain so strong, it wipes out any and all creatures caught in the storm. You must fight through the odds, gather food, and explore the unknown ruins of this broken civilization, all to live another day to meet your family once more. I hope you enjoy it if you decide to play. Have a great day! You the best Eric.

[@Throckmorpheus]

Accidentally finding the opening painiting _while_ talking about being worried about accidentally sequence breaking is fucking crazy

[@Mechbot21]

I’m not crying you’re crying 😭

[@jaden46]

13:45 thae. Burnt down the church for the eye

[@K00llGam3r]

Thanks! I’ll be sleeping with my lights on tonight 😊

[@SvenFoxx33]

Chat: He's touching grass! Poincrow promptly needs to change his brown pants. Me: He's touching something alright.

[@flarithen]

ive never played the dlc and probably wont, to be honest. i already know the plot of it. this was still delightful to watch and i love these supercompilations so much!!!!

[@poisonxkitten3790]

I just finished the outer wilds vod and now this comes out?!

[@Greatduck777]

I haven’t finished echoes of the eye yet but I will watch after I finish it.

[@CorrieZodori]

The DLC is an incredible addition to the main game. Upon the completion of the base game, one is left to wonder how ANYTHING could top or add to the experience that is the original game. Without spoilers, the DLC delivers satisfying gameplay and additions to the main game's story that just ties everything together even more. Its so masterfully crafted and I am echoing (no pun intended) the notion that people play it if they haven't yet.

[@LightKnight14]

Mild spoilers for fellow scaredy-cats: First session of jump-scare owl-deer hide and seek goes from about 1:21:56 to 1:32:14. Second session ends at 1:48:06. 🫡 I suffered the spooks for you haha 😭

[@ca3lo6]

thank you so much 😭

[@speedwagon9269]

The ending made me cry. (I don't usually do that)

[@costui_si_chiama_Mark]

Now that i have a crow in my Eye i can see the true Eye of the universe, my eyes are infinite, i saw everthing that anyone could ever immagine, i have now become a crow

[@olegerer7066]

Peak, kino, cinema even, cool puzzles, coo; story, and hit's the feels all the same

[@devak6698]

Perfect thing to watch while I crochet a blanket

[@Silly-u8i]

No joke, I remember having the wii theme song playing in the background as eric was doing the lights out mansion ;-;

[@RestExalted]

I WAS JUST WATCHING THE VODS YOOOOOOOOO

[@bakhurr]

Now that he's done Outer Wilds he needs to do Disco Elysium as well :o

[@K7N-777]

Funny because i found the ship on my 4th loop hahaha::( 14:20

[@gawinmcelhiney2534]

I would like to request Hollow Knight lots of hidden lore but very rewarding if you play the whole game

[@justbrayden4023]

I am going to be totally real. I never really messed with Pointcrow’s content. It’s just sort of not my thing- however, brother has played my FAVORITE GAMES, and put them into my FAVORITE LONGFORM VIDEO FORMAT. Might have to reconsider my opinion.

[@ackkid5430]

I just finished watching the base game video 6 minutes ago Yeah, sure, I got time

[@F5Rajax]

Can you please do one of these on Valheim? Its one of my favorite games

[@Sigbruh]

Yo Erick, I didn't know this, but because of that birthday stream, I found out that your birthday is the same as my moms😂😂😂

[@asshizu]

I like outer wilds.

[@Kyorge2356]

ITS ECHOES OF THE EYE TIME OH MY GODODOD

[@zahnscholasticinstitutestu3523]

What a cool game ::)

[@felwraithgaming]

22:41 Dark PCrow jumpscare

[@Heavens_Rejected]

I was super fortunate to play the entire game, DLC and all, in VR as my first experience. there is a mod called NomaiVR, makes the game play perfectly in VR. if you thought the DLC was scary normally, HOLY SH!T you have no clue how hard I screamed on my first encounter with the horned owl dudes, he snuck up behind me...

[@Hazy_Fforest]

Eric has now played 2 of my top 5 games (OW and SotC) on this channel already! And he played another (Hollow Knight) on his main channel. I wonder if he'll ever play Sekiro or Xenoblade on here. That'd make me a happy camper ::)

[@dolphin1574]

i love this game👍

[@currentlyatlas5074]

personally the dlc is just as good as main game however i much prefer the story style of the dlc with no text and completely visual and contextual hints.

[@momo9taru]

14:35 Cinema.

[@IRules2244]

I busted out laughing in excitement when I saw the title. Catch y’all in 2 hours 🍿

[@IRules2244]

Yep, it was good

[@BLT-g7x]

NEW PC VIDEO GUYS HOLY SHIT

[@Forkreig]

I request dayz, it has no story but it is the most realistic survival game out there

[@evyatarget_practice]

Best game ever🎉🎉🎉

[@LightKnight14]

Lol I got spooked by you asking us to subscribe XD very creative crow but please my poor heart

[@jaden46]

1:22:12 got me as well

[@olliecollins3499]

You should play Blue Dragon. It is an older Xbox game.

[@lorettabes4553]

1:25:48 You know... To them we are the one bringing the fear

[@Palitato]

@lorettabes4553 right?! Imagine being in an unchanging space for however many thousands of years they were in there, and then all of a sudden there's a 4 eyed creature appearing out of the darkness, shining it's lamp into your eyes. For them, every time you see them, it's their first time. They're reacting to a sudden intrusion on a nearly sacred space that hasn't had anything different in it for so long.

[@kcrystallz1955]

Astroneer would be so comp u gotta do the base game before the dlc

[@Thomasrice-fb1yi]

Niw you gotta do some of the story mods

[@MrAxolotl-Gaming]

You should play Firewatch