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Outer Wilds doesn’t give you any direction in where or when to go places. What truly exceptional about the rumor log is how it can be used for exploration. While what I’ve talked about up to this point is useful, none of it is exceptional. As with before, this creates a useful database to reference in the event that you forget any information. A connective line is drawn between the two entities, and the nature of their relationship is stored within the connection. If you make a discovery that references a settlement you haven’t found that relationship is stored alongside whatever you just read. This keeps all of the information you find centralized and also gives you reference material in the event that you forgot a piece of info.įurthermore, the rumor log records how entities relates to one another. The rumor log tracks every discovery you make in a handy post-it note before pinning it to a board.

Keeping track of this information in your head would be an inhuman task as there is far too much to remember.

In addition, you’ll make discoveries about how specific settlement on the planets relate to one another. Scrolls and data banks of knowledge left behind by the Nomai are all over the solar system. This is explained in game even if it’s a bit contrived, but it does help to give a story reason for why you keep getting brought back whenever you’re horribly killed in the expanses of space.Īs you explore the known universe you’ll come across a lot of information. You have twenty two minutes real time to explore before the Sun goes supernova and explodes wiping out all life.