![]() Many have overlaps that can help new players find something familiar, opening up another group of games they can enjoy. The survival genre is filled with unique titles, showing that there are many different takes on what makes a good survival game. It quickly becomes a race against time to build a shelter and defenses before nightfall while searching various caves to find clues about what's happening. Mutant creatures scour the island and see the player as their next meal. Players explore the island they crash into, and while gathering resources, they will start to notice that they are not as alone as they might have believed. While it doesn't have zombies, it has mutants and features a wild story for the player to follow as they try to survive and find their lost child. If you enjoy exploring for the sake of exploring then you'll likely enjoy your time with the game, but otherwise this is a title to pass on and never look back at.Fans of horror and exploration will find The Forest, or its upcoming sequel, Sons of the Forest, as a fantastic introduction to the world of survival games. In general, Subnautica is enjoyable to an extent, but rapidly becomes repetitive and boring after just a few hours, and there's no real narrative to motivate you to keep pushing forwards. Not all art needs music, but video games tend to, often giving you emotional guidance through their soundtracks, and on this level Subnautica simply does not deliver when it really needs to. Sadly, these moments aren’t complimented by extraordinary music, or even any music at all most of the time. It's actually remarkable how much your mood changes from being a timid survivor at night to acting like you’re on a sea turtle tour in Hawaii during the daytime. ![]() ![]() The darkness of night can be terrifying, especially considering you're in a potentially endless part of the ocean surrounded by all kinds of terrifying monster fish. Visually, Subnautica combines the character and weapon models found in a game like Portal with the aesthetics of something like No Man’s Sky, but with a slightly more muted colour pallette. Subnautica rewards you with being able to build more things as you scan the world and unlock research, which provides a nice feeling of accomplishment, but it can be incredibly frustrating to locate the objects you need and doing so may require you to research online (something I had to do for one particular thing). Another negative of the more 'hardcore mode' is that you will have to constantly deal with oxygen issues, which prevents you from journeying too far away from your main pod until much later in the game (when you can build a kind of transport ship). The downside is that you'll either be faced with too simple of a game or will quickly get bogged down in repeating monotonous and dull tasks, like collecting fish for sustinence and finding resources scattered around the ocean. One of the best things about Subnautica is that it offers plenty of options and doesn’t shove a particular mode down your throat. If, on the other hand, you prefer to simply explore the game world without having to worry about repetitive and realistic bodily expectations, then the easier modes are more suited for you. If you enjoy survival-like games that require you manually perform even the most basic of human functions on a regular basis, then the latter mode is definitely going to be your cup of tea. Right off the bat, you have to select between modes ranging from easy (only really worry about predators) to hard (constantly be on thel ook-out for food and water, heal when attacked, replace your batteries, and so on). The answer to that question depends greatly on the mode you opt to play and the type of person you are. ![]() Rather, the point of Subnautica is to explore the ocean and, hopefully, have fun while doing so. I should say, however, that the game is constantly being updated and could have a great deal more to offer story-wise in the future, but as it stands right now there's nothing really memorable or noteworthy about it. There are points throughout the game where you'll receive messages about people trying to rescue you and what not, but this isn't a narrative-driven title. The set-up is that you've crash-landed on a planet and have to survive. While more rooted to the ocean and less ambitious in scope than Hello Game’s No Man’s Sky, it still strives to make people excited about adventuring into the ocean. Unknown Worlds' Subnautica is another attempt at exploration for the sake of exploration. By VGChartz Staff, posted on 13 February 2018 / 5,533 Views
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