Subnautica Reviews
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Subnautica is a gorgeous game and even with some stuttering and FPS drops, is still really wonderful to see on Deck so far.
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However, slight niggles aside, Below Zero absolutely delivers in providing more of the excellent deep sea survival antics that we know and love from the original Subnautica. This is a super solid port too, a joy to sink time into in both docked and portable modes, with only a little stuttering here and there as you enter new biomes - and the series' ever-present scenery pop-in - to mention in terms of technical shortcomings. Unknown Worlds has served up another superb slice of survival shenanigans here, one that we highly recommend diving right into.
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Although these issues weren't constant by any means, it was enough to hinder my enjoyment of the game. I felt that Subnautica could do with a little more work to iron out these performance problems to make it even more fluid and seamless, which would then make it then a top contender in the survival genre. Until then, I’m left with a little salt in my mouth and it’s not from the ocean.
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Aside from a few technical issues, Subnautica is one of the best survival games out there. Not only is the world to explore beautiful but the narrative will keep pulling you along,
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Subnautica is one of the better and relatively unique takes on the open-world survival genre that not only executes its expected features well but also provides new ones that help it stand out among its competitors.
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Performance problems aside, Subnautica will rekindle your faith in the overcrowded survival genre, and scare you senseless.
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A great game that took five years to make. Subnautica is an open sandbox sci-fi fantasy that can inch it's way into horror as you explore the depths of the ocean world. Just be ready to farm!
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Subnautica is an underwater survival game with a compelling narrative, although some design choices, oversights, and bugs hampered my enjoyment of the title.
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When I first plunged into the depths of Subnautica’s vast sea, I was filled with awe. This underwater world is both familiar and otherworldly, with giant coral tunnels, uncharted caves, and alien-looking fish. Everywhere I turned, I discovered something exciting and grandiose, making this gripping survival game a joy to play.
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There's nothing as frightening as crashlanding on an alien world, especially if this world is made up of a vast ocean filled with strange lifeforms. Crashlanding on an alien world can also be an exciting experience, as the joy of discovery gradually takes away any sort of fear one may feel. This is Subnautica, a masterfully crafted survival game where it's easy to forget that danger is lurking behind every corner. Developed by Unknown Worlds Entertainment, otherwise known for Natural Selection 2, it finally launched at the end of January after a couple years of Steam Early Access.
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On board the spaceship Aurora you suddenly find yourself plummeting toward an alien planet after your ship is shot down. Inside a one-man escape pod you crash into a vast ocean biome and are knocked unconscious on impact. After waking you climb atop of your broken but floating pod to witness the burning carnage that was once the Aurora. What is this planet you’ve landed on? What shot down the ship? Are there other survivors? A lot of questions remain unanswered at this time although what yo...
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The best survival game ever released, and an indie game that goes toe to toe with AAA titles out there.
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Subnautica is a template for what open-world survival games should strive to be. It’s fantastical, fresh, and frightening from surface to seabed, with a story that kept on surprising me and a cast of sea monsters that quite literally haunted my dreams. Even with more than 50 hours sunk, I have yet to discover all of its secrets. It’s a testament to how enticing those secrets are that I’m willing to face my fears and plunge my submersible into the darkest corners of its unforgiving ocean again and again.
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We’ve talked about it in a podcast, describing it as a horror game. And we were half right, there are moments of tension that rival any first-person jumpscarer. I may have overcome my apprehension of the saw-toothed Stalkers in the kelp forest, among other alien animals. But there are caves I haven't faced yet, depths I haven't so much plumbed as prodded. The pressure of the ocean - its abyssal darkness - is something that ought to make you feel uneasy. The reason Subnautica is one of the best survival games is because it will get me to conquer that...
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