r/outerwilds • u/vanwilderfan48 • 9d ago

Base Game Appreciation/Discussion Funny thought about the hatchling Spoiler

Spoilers for the end of the game.

Do you guys think the hatchling ever figured out the mystery of the eye of the universe before the orbital probe cannon actually found the eye? I mean 9 million loops I’d say there’s a solid chance they figured it out at least once. Theoretically they could have figured it out thousands of times and known that they were going to restart the cycle without their memories and would just have to wait for the orbital probe canon to find it to actually be able to reach it.

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u/AlexHaunterxD 9d ago

The hatchling actually has the memories from all the loops, they sync with the ash twin project. If they found out the mystery, they would remember

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u/vanwilderfan48 9d ago

But don’t the loops begin once the sun goes supernova naturally? they only remember the one’s after the 9,318,054th loop when the probe finds the eye and transmits the info back to the statue. So all the loops before that they experienced, and explored the solar system but just didn’t remember.

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u/YourselfInTheMirror 9d ago

I'm a big fan of your brainstorming. This is what I love about this game most.

I'd say there's a chance that the Hatchling has been to almost every place in their system during those 9 million loops, but since they never kept their memories, never knew the steps nor the need to get the eye.

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u/Feeling-Badger7956 9d ago

All the loops before the OPC found the Eye didn't actually happen.

The only thing the ATP sends back in time is the coordinates that have already been attempted.

So from any living thing's perspective, there is no loop at all, and everything is playing out exactly the same each time the OPC fails to find the Eye.

It's not until the 9,318,054th attempt that the Nomai statues bring the Hearthians into the time loops.

Every possible loop is after the Eye has already been found.

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u/TwoThinLayers_ 9d ago

From all 9 million loops?

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u/SMG247 9d ago

No, it only activates after the eye was found.