Everything works so well together that I couldn’t help but have a smile on my face each time I constructed these features. There’s also the Prawn Suit, a mech that you can use to power through the seabed, and the Seatruck, a vehicle with multiple components that can be attached to the pilot’s hub. Later, you can construct vehicles to help you get around such as the Snowfox, which is basically a hoverbike that you can use while on snowy fields. With some basic items, you should be able to explore the biomes near your drop pod. Lastly, there’s Hardcore mode which presents all the challenges and even perma-death. Likewise, there’s Creative mode that eschews survival elements and even the story just so you could happily build stuff. Freedom difficulty, meanwhile, no longer requires you to look for food or water. Survival mode, the default one, requires you to be mindful of Robyn’s health, hunger, thirst, oxygen, and temperature. Subnautica: Below Zero also has different difficulty modes that you can choose from prior to starting the campaign. All of these allow you to survive as you dive deeper down the ocean. You’ll follow this gameplay loop of scanning objects to obtain blueprints, collecting resources, and crafting until you obtain better gear. You can even make a Habitat Builder if you wish to create bases in other parts of the world. You’ll use your Fabricator to create a scanner, compass, and oxygen tank. You might not even realize how a lot of time just passed.Īfter you discover your drop pod, you can start collecting various minerals, components, and even fish so you can craft items. Thankfully, the game will keep you playing for hours. If you’re brave enough, you can even reach darker zones with crystalline caverns or mysterious locations with alien artifacts.Īll of these would be for naught if Subnautica: Below Zero didn’t have gameplay mechanics to keep you engaged.
There are places with enormous floating lily pads and those with twisting branches. This area of the planet, Sector Zero, has multiple biomes too. There are also deadlier creatures that can prove to be meddlesome, such as Sea Monkeys that steal your items and gigantic Leviathans that can annihilate you in a flash. You’ll encounter different kinds of fish, such as the edible kinds that prevent you from starving or getting thirsty. Visuals are brilliant and crisp, and animations are fluid (pun intended). However, most of the action in Subnautica: Below Zero takes place underwater, and diving down the depths is quite a treat. While you’re out and about, dynamic weather effects will have the winds buffet you as hailstones crash down. Also, watch out for the deadly Ice Worm that can suddenly erupt from the ground. Walk around, and you might spot some Pengwings (penguins) and Snow Stalkers (furry crocodiles). There are parts of the game where you need to make your way through glaciers or reach bases beyond frozen peaks. Subnautica: Below Zero‘s graphics, while a little on the cartoony side, still manage to amaze. The locations and creatures of Subnautica: Below Zero There are also lots of journal entries and PDAs to better flesh out the backstory about what happened. That’s what makes the introduction of new characters who guide you along your path more than welcome. Most of Robin’s journey is spent all by her lonesome with barely anything to hear but the bubbles and the wail of sea creatures. This highly advanced spacefaring civilization arrived on Planet 4545B thousands of years ago, and only one of their kind, a being known as Al-An, seems to be the only one left.Īll in all, I quite enjoyed the narrative pacing of Subnautica: Below Zero. Likewise, there’s an even bigger mystery related to the Architects. Along the way, you’ll meet a survivor, Marguerit Maida, who seems to know more about your sister’s exploits. You take on the role of Robin Ayou, a xenobiologist who’s trying to find out what caused her sister’s death.
Similar to the original game, Subnautica: Below Zero takes place on Planet 4546B, albeit in an entirely different sector. However, there were a few minor issues that marred what could’ve been a perfect journey.
Needless to say, Subnautica: Below Zero surprised me. I constructed vehicles, built bases, and met intriguing characters.
I tried my best to survive a frozen hellscape, all while exploring the seas. What greeted me was an experience like no other. Granted, I hardly played the original, and I wasn’t able to check out Subnautica: Below Zero‘s development in prior years. Much like the original, this sequel has been in Early Access for quite some time, allowing developer Unknown Worlds to fine-tune the experience based on community feedback. Subnautica: Below Zero is set to release soon.
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