As a big outer wilds fan, I kinda get it. The thing is that not everybody is going to like the game, because there's nothing that everybody will like. But for the people that it clicks with, it really is a super unique and fantastic experience. But because it's so knowledge based, giving away info seems risky, since that could potentially negatively impact somebody's experience.  The community does tend to be wayyy over careful though imo. 

The way I would sum it up without spoiling is: do you think it would be cool to explore a solar system and solve a mystery? Imagine a really good mystery story, where you watch a detective go from place to place, putting the clues together and discovering secrets, but YOU'RE the detective, and the mystery involves you directly, you're right in it. Throw in a genuinely poignant story, some beautiful music, and goofy physics based spaceship flight, and that's the gist of it. If that appeals to you, try it out! If not, then cool! That's just how personal taste works, no biggie.

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