Games that are Locked Behind Knowledge

Life feels a little emptier after knowing that the first playthrough of a Knowledge-Based Game is gone forever.
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Typically, games rely on skill-based challenges with strategic decision making in real time. Progress is tied to defeating enemies or overcoming physical obstacles.
But there's another way to progress, that's less about new tools and more about new ideas. Instead of obtaining an item or ability to interact with the world differently, the game reveals possibilities you didn't even know existed.

00:00 Experiment and Engage
00:51 Knowledge-Based Games
02:34 A Mysterious Well
04:51 A Clockwork Universe
08:51 Game Literacy
10:21 A Cruel Ecosystem
13:17 The Recipe Book
14:36 Multiple Layers
16:40 A Forgotten Civilization
20:46 You Can Only Play Once
23:04 The Hidden Layers
25:06 Life is Emptier Now

Potential Spoilers
At no point in this video do I give away the solution to a puzzle. There are examples of outcomes and the setup, but the "Epiphany" moment will never be shown. Most footage is from the first hour of each game.
Outer Wilds: First 22 minutes of the game are spoiled.
Animal Well: Mid-game and Late-game areas are shown. Outcomes of late-game puzzles are discussed, but how to solve them is not.
Tunic: Early game and first boss.
Rain World: Some late game areas are shown, but no details on their enemies or environments and how to traverse them.

Footage shown: Animal Well, Outer Wilds, Tunic, Rain World, Hollow Knight, Planet of Lana, Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree, Super Mario Wonder, The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild & Tears of the Kingdom, Risk of Rain 2, Dredge, Subnautica, Soma, Signalis, Baba is You, Chants of Sennaar, Minecraft.

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