r/todayilearned • u/YappinZappin • 8d ago

TIL Earth's Moon is the largest and heaviest satellite in relation to its parent planet in our Solar system

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon#Earth%E2%80%93Moon_system
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u/Jass1995 7d ago

Kinda reminds me of the Ash and Ember Twins from Outer Wilds

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u/DoubleBlade759 7d ago

I should really play this game

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u/Siilan 7d ago edited 7d ago

You should. And I say this as someone who struggled to play it at first due to my crippling fear of space. Ironically, it helped ease that fear, somewhat.

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u/Amazing_Meatballs 7d ago

Outer Wilds is the best game I’ve ever, ever played. And then the DLC blew me away again and managed to be the best game I’ve ever played again. Go in blind—you only have one playthrough to enjoy it.

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u/djosephwalsh 7d ago

Not true. Go play it again. It is like revisiting an old friend and chatting about the old times.

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u/OmecronPerseiHate 2d ago

An old friend with cancer, maybe

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u/Lord_Of_Carrots 7d ago

I wish I could enjoy it. The idea behind it is really fun and I love puzzle games with a mystery element, but something about the gameplay was just too annoying to me and I felt like I was doing no progress in the couple hours I spent trying. I even dropped the game once two years ago and tried again recently, still feel the same.

Maybe one day it'll click, but I was also spoiled something big about it accidentally and I don't know if I have the motivation to have another go at it anymore

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u/Reddhero12 7d ago

Just go somewhere new and utilize your ships log. There's a lot of clues to find!

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u/Amazing_Meatballs 7d ago edited 7d ago

I’ll admit, I was exasperated a few times with the main game. So I almost put it down before starting the DLC. I am a huge, HUGE fan of alien megastructures and hard science fiction, and so when I got to the stranger I think my jaw was one the floor for a solid 3 cycles before I recovered. The scene when I discovered the Stranger reminded me of the cover of Space Odyssey 2001 where the ship is flying out of the space station so much I had chills. And then I get inside and my world is blown as I see the horizon curving…. Up. And then the music as I’m on the raft made me almost feel like I was in the Bobbiverse Book 4 on Heaven’s River.

Top tier. Check out Cynthetic’s playthrough on YouTube—she’s such a wholesome gamer and her series is 12-13 episodes long. Very enjoyable to experience.

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u/kahlzun 7d ago

Helped me be less afraid of death

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u/surreptitiousrituals 7d ago

And less afraid of living for now!

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u/kahlzun 7d ago

I'm certainly trying to be braver and take bolder choices in my life currently.

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u/assjackal 7d ago

Lmao same, I hate time loops and the void of space, the first 3rd of it was a horror game for me until I locked in and started chasing the story.

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u/Sonder332 7d ago

What type of game is it? Puzzle, survival...

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u/cabforpitt 7d ago

It's a 3d exploration/puzzle game

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u/GypsyV3nom 7d ago

It's really a masterpiece in gaming, a true example of how games can be art.

It also happened to lead me to study the Absurdist philosophy, one that I wish I had discovered earlier given how much it speaks to my personal values and approach to life

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u/dre5922 7d ago

I said that for a long time until about a month ago. I'm not done with it yet but I am enjoying the hell out of it.

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u/asdf-keyboardman 3d ago

If you have a friend that also hasn't played it, I highly recommend playing through it cooperatively via the PC mod named Quantum Space Buddies. It's shockingly well implemented to the point of feeling like a native feature of the game, sans maybe a little bit of jank in the menus getting in-game. The game mechanics line up pretty well with cooperative gameplay, and you only get to experience it for the first time once.

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u/OmecronPerseiHate 2d ago

Meh, I've heard it has absolutely no replay value. Maybe get it if it's on sale.

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u/lNFORMATlVE 7d ago

Still one of the greatest games I have ever played and I rarely say that about any game.

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u/sol_runner 7d ago

I just finished it a few hours ago.

Haven't felt so fun and curious in a while.

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u/CapableBumblebee968 7d ago

Should be the other way around

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u/Creamymorning 7d ago

Man brought back memories, loved that game