Subnautica
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An oppressively beautiful portrayal of an undersea environment, and a well-wrought survival game with a vaguely eco-friendly message.
A smattering of technical issues keep Subnautica from true legendary status, but only just.
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.
Performance problems aside, Subnautica will rekindle your faith in the overcrowded survival genre, and scare you senseless.
With a robust crafting system and several amazing secrets to find, Subnautica never ceases to entertain
Subnautica is a terrifying, mystifying, massive, and brilliant survival game.
When Unknown Worlds announced they were bringing this one to Switch we were hugely excited, this is one of our all-time favourite games after all, but it was excitement tempered with a degree of scepticism as to how on earth they'd manage to cram the entire experience onto Switch in a properly playable manner. As it turns out, we needn't have worried as this is a super solid port that - besides a few loading stutters here and there and some scenery pop-in that's present in every other version of the game - successfully delivers one of the very best survival experiences on any platform to Nintendo's hybrid console.
Subnautica is not without its issues, but it successfully manages to combine a strong sense of exploration and discovery with an interesting story hook and an exceptional soundtrack to make it one of the very best examples of the genre.
Industry Coverage
“You All Deserve The Full Story”: Ousted Subnautica Devs Are Now Suing Krafton In "Painful Way"
"Suing a multi-billion dollar company in a painful, public and possibly protracted way was certainly not on my bucket list."
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Subnautica 2's Leadership Team Was Let Go Because They "Abandoned The Responsibilities Entrusted To Them", Claims Krafton
Krafton has gone into more detail regarding Unknown Worlds' leadership struggles and the decision to delay Subnautica 2.
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Despite Subnautica 2's Ousted Lead Saying The Game Is Ready, Krafton Might Be Preparing To Delay Early Access
Krafton has admitted Subnautica 2's schedule may have to be adjusted.
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Krafton Reportedly Delayed Subnautica 2 Right Before It Was Due To Pay Unknown Worlds Staff $250 Million
Unknown Worlds' recently ousted co-founders were reportedly planning to share the bonus between every member of the team.
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