Subnautica 2

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What I liked: -Co-op is well implemented, and the proximity voice chat radio feature is really fun. It forces you to actually stay and work together instead of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ off and doing separate things. I also think accessing each others backpacks is good at encouraging players to share rather than hoard. ALSO the eyes of fellow players will track your in-game face when you look at each other, such a subtle but really immersive detail. - No game ruining bugs so far, don't get me wrong there are bugs here and there that were minorly annoying like the "being revived" box getting stuck on screen; but nothing that a quick restart couldn't fix. - I love the improved graphics, they're not just realistic but actually styled around oceanic beauty and the aesthetics of the alien world. - I was initially disappointed by the lack of "mining." Because in the original game you had to chip at outcroppings to then acquire minerals. This disappointed was pretty quickly forgotten when I remembered the grind and annoyance of not getting the right mineral drops from outcroppings in the original. I don't think this change affects the game negatively, but it does indicate that this game has a much greater story emphasis rather than survival emphasis. The loss of chipping outcroppings really becomes obsolete to me because I enjoyed the satisfaction of the later unlocked sonic and feedback resonator, it was fun and straight forward. - I love all of the biomods that you can upgrade your characters with, it both adds a level of play-style customization and encourages exploration to discover new creatures to scan. - The submechanophobic alien structures that litter specific parts of the map genuine look terrifyingly beautiful. I found myself just staring at them in the distance with both horror and curiosity. - The Collector leviathan is really scary and looks wicked, albeit it's a bit easy to avoid if you just stick to the surface. Thoughts: I honestly thought I'd dislike the game after hearing a lot of gripes from reviews of people comparing it to the original. I think that is why a lot of people don't seem to enjoy this installation, they're expecting the polish that the finished og game has currently. People forget how long it took the og Subnautica to reach its state of being a polished well respected game. For what it's worth, this is the most fun I've had playing a co-op game, even if the updates are slow, I'm sure me and my homie will be coming back to replay it. What I didn't like: - The Shiver leviathan that lurks in the out of bounds areas is honestly kind of lame, it sounds so much scarier than it actually looks. I wish it was a little less.. shark-like?-I guess. - The building is pretty damn solid, but a little janky around the edges, just needs some polish. Sometimes the game will not let you delete moonpools just because some random object is placed in its room or an adjacent one. - The voice acting is usually pretty good for most of the game, but some of the recordings can be really awkward. Someone will literally be yelling about how they're going to die and how somethings actively trying to kill them and they're saying it with the most bland acting you could cough up. What I want for the future of the game: - Please add better ways to defend yourself than just the sonic resonator and flares, or at the very least buff those to be a bit more impactful, there were quite a few annoying building moments where organisms kept attacking me despite my efforts to subdue them. - This ones more of a personal desire, but I'd love to see more creatures that are akin to the looks and behavior of the Crabsquid from Subnautica 1. It's both so scary and so beautiful at the same time. In my opinion more weird lil dudes swimming around that don't immediately resemble a fish on Earth is a good thing. - Consider toning down or reworking some the scary ambience in the deep sections, on one hand I love how absolutely terrifying the sounds are, but you pretty quickly notice the repeated audio loops of roars and rumbles of things that are not there. So far the game is genuinely a blast and I'm super excited to see what the future beholds for this game.