mod: SBtT.TheOutsider

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mod: SBtT.TheOutsider

A quite large story and puzzle mod that takes place on Dark Bramble. (by @StreetlightsBehindTheTrees)

https://outerwildsmods.com/mods/theoutsider/

[xen-42]

Good mod! Highly recommended

[knusperbacke]

Extremely creative to use Dark Bramble that way. And every puzzle felt very logical and solvable too!

[yodaxy]

Very cool mod, and great story !

[illogicalbrit]

some clever puzzles, worth your time.
got chills from the realization in the observatory.
like the study tower puzzle
needed more to lead me to the secret door puzzle solution though its a very cool concept.
loved the solution to the observatory and projection room, felt earned and on par with some puzzles in the main game.
sweet ending

highly recommend.

[BURG3R5]

Amazing mod with a good story and great puzzles. Personally I'm not that great at flying, so one section was difficult and could've been made simpler, but overall awesome. You can really see the effort put into this.

[LautaroPRZ]

i don´t have words, this mod, is incredible, i tell you with four words, it made me cry, when i found Datura, it was incredible the feelings that this mod made me go throug, thank you so much for doing this.

[Terokon1]

I like music and non standard game mechanics in this mod. Graphics part is more or less ok. Story, imho, is bad, illogical and poorly correlated with original OW lore.

[GreatGoldenchip]

This was the first mod I ever played and it was so perfect. The story was everything I could have asked for. The music was amazing and I loved all of the puzzles. Dark Bramble is really scary for me, but everything being mostly outside of it really made it special. This mod made me cry and I think everyone should play it.

[LegendaryBigsy]

Probably the best 'fanfic' mod out there. It checks all the boxes on what an expansion to the story should be:

1. Large, spanning over multiple planets and drastically changing the surface of dark bramble
2. Lore-friendly, even if it may be lore-inaccurate
3. Tying up a loose end with an unexplained phenomena in the base game (Not going to spoil it)
4. The puzzles are in the spirit of Outer Wilds, using what is available to you as the key to a puzzle
5. SPOILERS, DO NOT READ IF YOU WANT TO EXPERIENCE THE MOD

   I can't believe making your ship a timed explosive is the solution to a locked door

10/10 Would purchase as DLC

[TheBeanPolice]

I do feel somewhat bad leaving a negative comment amidst all these, but I want to be fair where I feel it necessary since this was highly recommended to me going into it. I mean no disrespect to the creator's efforts, modding is very respectable on its own, my issues are solely with the lore content rather than the playable/visual content, which cannot be realistically expected to stand up to the base game. Even then, the custom models/textures are good where they do show up. Tried my best to dodge spoilers for both the base game and the mod, but I'd still proceed with caution (Do play the mod first, I'd rather not potentially sour the experience for those that would enjoy it as-is).

• The dialogue felt out of place. It's very accessible and spoils numerous important events in a rather blunt fashion, so it isn't the cleanest content expansion (Though that is just a nitpick on my part). Characters were also a bit difficult to differentiate personality-wise, which made the large amounts of text blend together over the course of the mod, and the overall style clashes a bit with the base game.
• The focal character is very jarring, in terms of how much they end up knowing/experiencing, how they relate to the rest of their kind, and their direct relationship with a named character who - based on where they grew up (And I do mean their literal in-game home) - would have been quite devoted to something.
• The presence of the friend is also a bit boggling timeline-wise since a certain signal wouldn't have traveled instantly. Even handwaving that, the focal character couldn't have encountered a certain location. I'm already pushing it here, but it has to do with the available means of transport and how they can't line up.
• The added lore around the [rock of infinite sadness] was a bit out of left field for my tastes. The description of its physical properties were nice, but the end result of the other information drastically changes the tone. I think corny is the right way to put how it came off, but that feels harsh.
• I'm unsure of how to feel about the end of the mod, almost like more was taken away than added. I was very impressed with the artistic side of things which does a great job of emulating the base game's style, but I was left feeling unsatisfied by having things cut short like that. This is definitely more of a personal issue, even compared to my other points.
• A certain named character's added dialogue just comes off as overly rude and annoying in a way that felt very forced. This I am less forgiving about.

I can't fault the mod too much for having bits of inaccuracy here and there, everyone will experience and internalize the events of the game differently and there was still a lot of effort behind this. I hope you continue to make mods and improve, the puzzles and overall playable content were good, so building up more strength in your narratives will make for an excellent experience in whatever you set out for in the future.

[fed4justice]

If you loved the original game, i really advice this mod, pretty short (1-2 game sessions to complete it)!

[Epinator88]

the story of this mod is the most gut wrenching thing on earth. some of the lines in this mod made me tear up, and turning the corner at the northern observatory and seeing what happened was absolutely jarring, without even going up close. my one complaint is that the new eye ending of the mod could have some gameplay in it, but apart from that, beautiful story. please make full games.

[BlepBlep]

Very cool mod.

Cons:

• For some reason the translator tool does not pause the game when viewing text from this mod, despite it being on in the settings.
• The dialogue feels extremely out of place. The Nomai didn't really talk or act like the Nomai.
• Some grammar mistakes that stood out sometimes.
• Some of the "surprises" are very obvious if you've played the original game and DLC already, tho I'm not sure if that's intended or not.

Pros:

• Dark Bramble as a setting was done very well, when I heard it took place there I was a bit concerned that it'd just be more "shooting probes into seeds and blindly flying around" but am pleasantly surprised it wasn't that.
• The interaction with Giant's Deep is very cool, loved that.
• Music choices/changes were good, idk if I've even heard some of these songs before.
• The puzzles are extremely well done, some of these are really cool, like getting into the observatory.
• The ending was really well done (would say a bit more of why, but spoilers)

8/10 really well done.

[TheVolya]

First story mod i play after playing the base game and DLC. There was a lot of good ideas and it was satisfying to see the outerpart of dark bramble being used. Most of the "puzzles" really felt in line with the base game.
However in my opinion the biggest and unfortunate flaw was the writing that clearly felt amateur and not in the same vibe as the real game. Some of the word choices or the rhythm of dialogues felt unbalanced or totally out of place , and the way the solution of some puzzles were delivered felt not subtle at all, which is unfortunate because it would've been more satisfying otherwise.

[Lowengeist]

Thank you for sharing, it was a wonderful little adventure...

[Scourge2421]

that's amazing, it can be a DLC

[PotatoBearSMO]

This is the greatest Outer Wilds mod I have ever played. Out of all the story mods that use the vanilla solar system, this is by far the most emotional, the most intuitive, the most unexpected, and the most canon (even though it's not, it feels like it could be, and at least it doesn't use a random rule of the universe to dodge the question like a certain Vision). Excellent work on all fronts. It even has unique music that captures the feel of the original soundtrack, and not just because it uses samples from the original soundtrack. Everyone who has beaten the base game and DLC needs to play this mod (although for spoiler reasons I don't recommend it before that point).

[silverhammermba]

Makes really good use of Dark Bramble. Cool places to explore and interesting puzzles.

I really disliked the story, however. It does not integrate well with the timeline and continuity of the original game and the writing style does not match the original at all. The ending in particular felt bizarre and soured the experience.

[Moonhorse96]

I really really liked the story.
All the puzzles were great, the music you added for when you take the item from the Stranger into Dark Bramble is just fantastic!

[glitchlw]

the story felt a bit goofy at times (but that might just be the translation), but other than that (and a certain part of the end) it was wonderfully done!! it's a creative take on the two species having a cross-over and i love that + solanum content hell yea

[TereschenkoPavel]

i really didn't like dialogues and character of a certain nomai in this mod. i get how it was supposed to be one of those 'what if' experiments, but for my tastes there are too many such experiments, so i haven't played the mod fully. thouh there might be some interesting mechanics that i've missed out on, so maybe i will give this mod another try

Early game spoilers/critique

1) owlks and nomai meeting don't make sense, at least not in the way mod presented it. all owlks have died of old age when nomai got here. Understandably, players would like for nomai and owlks to be friends, but that's too wild of a speculation for me. 2) the main nomai of the mod is really rude. i don't think it's appropriate to dishonor the nomai as species, but being ignorant and rash is contrary to nomai philosophy - identify and explain. him being against the eye is not that much of an issue for me, but the way it was presented made me quit. 3) some mechanics are broken - like time doesn't stop when you read, which is a really convenient feature of the main game, made specifically to make players think and feel something when they are reading, without fearing for their lives. those are the main reasons why i quit the mod after starting it.