
Subnautica 2 is an underwater survival adventure set on an all-new alien world, developed by Unknown Worlds. Play alone or with friends in 4-player co-op. Adapt to survive by building custom bases and crafting tools. Explore the unknown to uncover the mysteries hidden within the depths.
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Subnautica 2 is an underwater survival adventure game set on an all-new alien world. It is the next chapter in the Subnautica universe, developed by Unknown Worlds.
Driven from your home by ongoing conflict, Alterra offers you the chance at a new life. But as the colony ship CICADA shepherds you and your fellow Pioneers to your new home, something goes awry. The ship’s AI insists that your mission should continue. Stranded and faced with near-insurmountable odds, you must do everything in your power to survive. The future of humanity on this world is in your hands.
Subnautica 2 is being crafted as a single-player experience that you can optionally play in online co-operative multiplayer with up to three friends. You can choose from four pre-designed characters, with more characters and customization options coming throughout Early Access. Work together to explore long-forgotten ruins and learn to adapt to a planet that might not want you there.
To survive the depths and make this planet your home, you’ll need to utilize all the tools at your disposal. Traverse vibrant and breathtaking biomes with your Tadpole submersible. Design and customize bases to return to when your adventures push you beyond the safety of shallow waters. As Early Access develops, so too will your array of tools, equipment, and vehicles. Upgrades will help push you beyond your boundaries and unlock the secrets of this strange world.
Scan and study a rich world of biodiversity to understand life here. Discover everything from the smallest creatures to towering Leviathans. Experience the wonder, and sometimes danger, lurking around every corner. Every dive is an opportunity to uncover why the ship's AI is so determined to continue the mission and what mysteries lie beneath the surface of this breathtaking new frontier.
Subnautica 2 is an Early Access title in active development. Throughout this journey, we will continuously expand the world with additional biomes, creatures, and craftables, while expanding the narrative. You may encounter bugs, in-development features, and performance issues. Your feedback is the cornerstone of our development process. Join us and help shape the next chapter of the Subnautica universe.
Subnautica 2 is being developed by Unknown Worlds, the studio behind the award-winning Subnautica and Subnautica: Below Zero. Our journey began with the 2003 Half-Life mod Natural Selection, and today we have evolved into a fully remote, globally distributed team spanning from the United States to the United Kingdom, France, Australia, and beyond. Defined by a philosophy of open development and over a decade of community-focused innovation, we invite you to dive back into the depths with a studio dedicated to pushing the boundaries of the survival genre.
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Takes forever too get new content for this game
glitches make this unplayable and enemies are invincible. Embarrassing in comparison to the first title.
From one of my most favorite game to biggest disappointment. Subnautica 2 feels like an unpolished demo. The thrill from Subnautica and from Below Zero is gone. Biomes are tasteless and the story both blurry and uninteresting. There are little additions compared to the others except the coop -- which at least is well done and enjoyable. Icing on the cake, we bumped into a major bug at the very end preventing all progression on the main story line. We had to watch the last 30 minutes of gameplay on YouTube. Early access sure, but that really ruined the already poor experience. So overall, a barely okay game; and a massive disappointment compared to the two previous ones.
自分は移動拠点が好きなのでサブノーティカ1の乗り物でサイクロプスがとても気に入ってました。 でかい船で内部にファブリケーターやストレージ配置したり 2のタッドポールのような小型船や採掘用のロボットを一台搭載することができ、 目的地まではサイクロプスを運転し、ロボットに乗り換えて細かい探索をし、手に入れた素材などは サイクロプスに戻り、ロボットを格納、内部のストレージに保管。 巨大生物に出くわしたときはサイクロプスのエンジン出力を下げ、気づかれないよう微速前進、 真っ暗な深海ではソナーを使いながら地形を把握。 狭いところは船にとりつけられた複数のカメラを切り替えてぶつからないように移動。 わくわくしました。しかしビロウゼロや2はどんどん乗り物が縮小されていって正直おもしろくない 建築はやりやすくなってますが…こういう方向にゲームを作ってるということはユーザーが求めていて 自分は少数派なのかなと思いました。
TLDR Subnautica2 is a corporate safe and sterile version of the original Personally, I believe that the reviews are only so high because the original game was much loved. Subnautica 2 is not a worthy successor of the original. The better graphics actually harm this game. The first had a soul, quirks, and therefore some charm. This new game gives corpo slop vibes. There's something missing from it, it feels lifeless in the same way AI generated content feels lifeless. Subnautica 2 feels like a sterile shadow of the first, and that's because the lifelike elements have been removed. The story is not great; "Oh you died? That's fine, we'll just print you in a new body!" Ok, so, what's the point? All consequence and risk have been removed (from a narrative point of view, there are of course mechanical downsides to dying) if the player can just print new bodies. The removal of the survival knife, and the general en-safening / non-violence stance taken on everything in the game is completely ridiculous.
面白いか面白くないかでいえば面白いとし1とゼロから順当に進化してよりプレイしやすくなっているとも思いますが1とゼロよりおすすめできるかって言われたらうーんって言いたい 個人的にですがサブノーティカの敵性生物って無条件で襲い掛かってくる敵よりは進行上必須で通らないといけない場所に縄張りを持っててその中で警戒を怠ると襲われるかもしれないぐらいの存在で、この生き物感や襲われるかもしれないってドキドキ感、いざ襲われたときにまっすぐ逃げる、怯ませて突破する、どうしてもって時には討伐するといったように各々の対処法が用意されているといったとこが楽しいと思っていたのですが、 サブノーティカ2の敵性生物は縄張りに入った瞬間に真っ直ぐ襲い掛かってきて偶然生息していた敵性の生き物ってよりはただゲームの都合で配置されたエネミーといった印象を受けますし、 襲われないようにやり過ごすのが不可能なくせに対処法も怯ませて対処するかダメージを食らいながら強行突破するしかなくてつまらないです。 正直敵性生物関連に関してはアプデでいくら対処法を増やしたところでそもそものデザインがサブノーティカとして間違っているから良くならないのではないかと思います。 ソースが不明なのでなんとも言えないのですが本当に今の野生生物からの被害を放置してただ自然を害さないことだけを共生だと言っているならその程度の認識で環境保護や共生を語るの恥ずかしいだけなのでやめた方がいいと思う
I understand not being at the top of the food chain. I understand that it's not survival, if you can kill everything with a knife. It's also not "survival" if every creature is immune to damage and nothing dies... except you. Hit a critter with your vehicle, nothing. Swing your "survival tool" at a fish, nothing. Watch as a local predator gets tired of eating human, and goes after a local fish, the attacked fish swims away, unharmed. I am no longer living in an alien ecosystem, I am witnessing someone's personal crusade against "humanocentric" violence. If you do not delight being a victim, with no way to defend yourself, besides temporary distractions, this may not be the time to play Sub 2.
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It's a fun game with beautiful scenery and a laundry list of creatures that will cause anxiety and terror through chase sequences and just the unknowns of what may be lurking. My reasoning for the thumbs down however is that the game is still in Early Access and the price tag for it doesn't reflect the value of what is offered at this current time in terms of Story and re-playability. Subnautica 2 is estimated to be completed 2028-2029 according to the Developers. Subnautica 2 has the potential to be a great game based off Subnautica 1 alone but only time will tell whether that rings true or not. TL;DR: Wait for the full version of Subnautica 2 unless you don't mind paying a premium price for something that is incomplete and will be for the foreseeable future.
Aquariums are not currently available in the way they are in the base game. Pretty much ruined my base trying to build one with a highly recommended tutorial. Additionally, since the scroll wheel function is not added to the refund base's inventory storage, I have to drop every single item it refunded onto the ground until I get to what I need because of one misplaced room structure. This is unintuitive.
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