Outer Wilds

turning on ‘reduce scares’ for the stealth sections if you keep getting caught. I got through one without it, second had a puzzle twist so was easily overcome, but third one I eventually just turned on reduce scares as it was annoying me trying to get past the damn owls in total darkness. The option just makes the owls easier to run past from what I could tell.

There are game world states during the loop that do make it a bit easier automatically too.

Not all rafting routes are created equal, and some are a little more subtly placed than others 👁

Only thing I did have a gander for online was how to take advantage of one of the 'errors' at the very end, everything else thankfully I managed to figure out myself.

The only complaint I have about it is the stealth sections, which sadly I don't think work at all - they're just messy and imprecise where the rest of the game is clean and elegant.

There are three of those stealth sections, and one actually works really well - the one where you have to wait for the first area to be flooded to access the room with all the owls. That's a clever one deeply tied into the time loop, and is a smart puzzle that gave me a real 'ahha!' moment when I figured out why a seemingly impossible task was suddenly possible. The other two are just tedious sneaking moments, done under basically absolute darkness. I didn't like them, and I turned on 'lower frights' for the last stretch of the final one and have no qualms about it.

It took me ages to spot the branch of the river that leads behind the temple. From there you have easy access to everything. The ghost matter cave is actually incredibly simple to navigate - if you use your probe you can take pictures (they show ghost matter - a mechanic I had to recheck in the opening village as it had been a while, but which makes life much easier), and that reveals that there’s a clear, easy path through the ghost matter - think it’s the left side and and then the right. Once you know it you can travel around the area with ease.

Also, the hull breach shortcut makes it even easier to get to that area again if you’re doing the specific quests in that spot 😎

Took me way too long to spot the hard right. You can get easily through the ghost matter using the probe then and that gives you total access to the other side too, once you have the password you need. No need for hurling yourself across any canyons or sliver of health stuff anyway 😀 There’s also a tiny hull breach in the ship if you haven’t found it - it shows you exactly where in a slide. Enter that way and it’ll bring you right through to the top of the gorge.

If you’ve been to the three archives and got all three ‘error reports’ in your databank you’ve every bit of info you need.

The ‘no alarm’ hint had me stumped, but do what it says in the location it suggests even if it seems counter intuitive.