I wanted to stop. I did start the Witcher 3, which I am enjoying, but every time I see The Outer Wilds on my Ps4 home screen, I get this annoyed, kinda bummed out, feeling, and this sense of obligation to finish what I started. Also I’d hate to have completely wasted the money I spent on this game.

No game has ever nagged at me like this game does. Like an annoying, terrible itch, that screams out to me to be scratched, this is the type of burden this game has become for me. How badly do I want to just dive into The Witcher 3 and get lost there, but something continues to call me back to this game I find completely unfun, and frustrating. A game which manages to break my soul every time I put tons of effort into a “quest” only to slip and fly off into the sun, or maybe even miss a singular piece of information all together resulting in me having to re do it.

I’ve sorted to using guides to get me through each planet without spoiling the story. A friend of mine, who is a much bigger gamer than I am, told me there’s no shame in resorting to guides, so that’s what I’m doing.

I think I’m near the end?

I cannot wait to be done with this, so the terrible itch will go away.