9 Video Game Titles Which Lied To You

1. Outer Wilds

FFIV title
Annapurna

Mobius Digital's Outer Wilds is one of the finest games of this and indeed any other generation, a paradoxical tale of cosmic exploration condensed into just 22 perpetually looping minutes. It's less about what you find, and more about what you learn, with the keys to unlocking the galaxy's secrets stored entirely in your mind, as each fresh run of the Groundhog Day scenario iterates upon the last.

Despite the title - named for your spacefaring company, Outer Wilds Ventures - you're not exactly a Ray Mears-esque bushman, a wilderness survivalist in spite of his perfectly ironed, spotless shorts. The task is really more archaeological than it is cartographical, with much of the solar system already well charted.

And not just by your colleagues, who'll you'll find encamped on and even inside each of the galaxy's five planets. Dig deeper, and you'll discover trails of an ancient, lost race who conquered and colonised this untamed sector of space centuries ago. The clue it's not true wilderness is that there's a school in it.

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Benjamin was born in 1987, and is still not dead. He variously enjoys classical music, old-school adventure games (they're not dead), and walks on the beach (albeit short - asthma, you know). He's currently trying to compile a comprehensive history of video game music, yet denies accusations that he purposefully targets niche audiences. He's often wrong about these things.