

Some challenge, without overriding their core exploration and Unknown Worlds proved their mettle in making demand meters that add D’AWWWWW!Īnd there’s two parts to why I’m fine with this. Example: This little Pengling is catching fish. Subnautica’s world remains beautiful, and feels alive as heck. You if you stand too close to them) are any indication, it probably Heating pads or strange, radiator like eyeball flowers (Which burn Cold hasn’t yet been implemented, but if the Given way to other filter plants, that give a burst of oxygen, thenĭeflate for a while. Have before, and the bubbling filter plants of the previous game have Oh, still mostly oceanic, still beautiful as hell…īut, for example, gigantic mantis shrimp are now a problem you didn’t The alien tech that… Caused all the trouble in the previous game),Īnd, of course, the world being colder, and somewhat different to the The previous game, the Alterra corporation (Who would want to exploit Remnant of the alien race that (indirectly) caused all the trouble in

What Below Zero currently has going for it is that the main conflictsĪre established within the first couple of hours: An unfriendly There isn’t a whole lot of story in the game as of yet, but Since the MYSTERY starts earlier, I can post the obligatory MYSTERY screenshot now, yay! Goal was to leave the planet, many, myself included, felt the world There was a lot of swimming, submarining, and, while your Self-destructive) left behind by a now seemingly extinct alien Narrative about the sole survivor of a star cruiser being shot down,Īnd their encounters with the lost technology (some of it very

Toward a more exploration based playstyle, with a moderately strong Great), but was able to shift its focus very quickly Right, quick refresher: Subnautica was a first-person survivalĪdventure set on an oceanic world, where things started a littleĪnnoying (Grab X Lea- where the heck do I get lead? Oh, near Really seems like she’s going to have a terrible time. Of Subnautica, even in the deepest of Arctic winters. Repeat, but, like me, Robin Goodall loves the heck out of the world

Unfortunately for her, the Alterra Corporation is still a dystopianįuturist hellscape, the alien artefact shenanigans are due for a If you find cultural items, we’ll just take ’em. “If you find useful tech, we’ll pay you less than it’s worth, and buy out your rights. Like me, the player avatar is very excited to be there, beingĪ xenolinguist who finally has a job. It’s still a beautiful world, but now… It’s aīeautiful, cold world, eyeball penguins and everything. The crash of the Aurora was a major boo-boo that affected theĬlimate drastically. Where it appears either the world is stranger than first appears, or Yes, folks, welcome to Subnautica: Below Zero, sequel to Subnautica Ahhh, sunny Subnautica, where the equatorial ice shi- wait, what? Equatorial region… iced?
