- [RoboKast] Survival games
have always held a special place in my heart. They're definitely one
of my favorite game genre of all time because they're
extremely replayable, and I like games where
I have a long-term goal, like building a base,
finding who took my son, or just planning out meals to survive in a Canadian
wilderness for as long as possible. Returning at each gameplay session to continue where you left off is a super satisfying experience, especially in games where
you have full freedom to play however you want. That is the utter beauty of survival games and that's why I always come back to them. I have played most of the popular ones like, "The Long Dark,"
"Stranded Deep," "Rust," "The Forest" and pretty
much all the rest of them but there's one that
I've always held off on for literally no reason at all. "Subnautica" looked like a cool game and it looked like something
that I would enjoy playing. Way back when it first came out, I remember watching a
"Jacksepticeye" series on it and it was pretty freaking epic, but I just never purchased it and actually played it for myself. I don't know if it was
from a lack of multiplayer or if I was simply
preoccupied with other games, but it never appeared in my
steam library until recently. And after an hour or so of
initially slow game play I fell in love with this epic
underwater exploration game and it moved up on my list as another one of my
favorite survival games, passing "The Forest" and "Rust" and being up top with the "Long Dark". It's a truly amazing and unique experience and it's one that I recommend to anybody giving survival games a shot. But I'm sure you wanna
know why it's so awesome and what's so good about it. So, I'm gonna tell you
exactly that in today's video talking about why
"Subnautica" is so awesome. If you enjoy a drop a like on this video to show your support
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more videos like this. As always, we're gonna start by talking about "Subnautica" as a whole and what the game is about. From there, we're gonna go into detail about the specific mechanics, features and aesthetics that go on to make it
a polished masterpiece. "Subnautica" is a single
player survival game set on a strange alien ocean planet with miles and miles of oceans
being the only landmarks for as far as the eye can see. After an intense crash landing
of your ship, the Aurora, you barely get away with your life and end up in a lone escape
pod in the middle of nowhere. Your goal from this point on
is to investigate the planet, discover the strange
alien species and the lore and survive for as long as possible all while staying under water and making do with what you have. It's an interesting concept and it's one of the only
games that I'm familiar with that allows you to play and survive without stepping foot on land. There's underwater
base-building, exploration, a fairly complex crafting system, a story, a surprisingly large amount of lore and lots of interesting things to do. Just like any survival game, you're bound to be intrigued
with what's going on and you're gonna try your
hardest to make the best out of a dire situation. But "Subnautica" is much different than many other survival games. And it's not one that you
can compare to anything else. The excitement and fear that comes with exploring
in underwater environment can't be matched and it
is a great experience. Many games don't know how to
pull off an underwater world, in fact, I can't even think
of one that does it well except for "Subnautica." And this brings me to my first thing that makes this game so
awesome, the world itself. Within the ocean that
you have to survive in there are over 30 different biomes. Yes, you heard that right,
30 different biomes. Ranging from the shallow,
safe and sandy starting region and going all the way to
underwater luminescent caves and sketchy depths, there are countless different
environments to explore. Each environment has different lifeforms, resources and experiences, and exploring them is always interesting and bound to keep you on
the edge of your seat. For example, in the Jellyshroom caves you'll find a beautiful array of cool-looking plants and animals, and absolutely terrifying giant worms, and other noises that will make you wanna
turn around instantly. In the Kelp Forest, you can find pieces of
the Aurora's wreckage, creatures known as Stalkers and lots of other plant life that you can use in crafting recipes. And in the Crash Zone you
can find the Reaper Leviathan which will absolutely make
you wanna turn off the game and curl up into a little ball vouching to never play video
games again in your life. But, we'll get to that in a second. Each of these regions are
part of a big open world and there are no loading screens, or anything like that when
you're exploring them. And that's a good thing, because
you're gonna be in and out of each of these regions quite often. As you progress through the game you're gonna wanna unlock
new recipes for base parts, vehicles, equipment and more. You find these recipes by scanning pieces of the wrecked Aurora and different regions will
have different recipes that you need to unlock. And they do get harder to
find as more rare recipes are in deeper and more dangerous regions. You can travel between these regions by swimming using a Seaglide which is like a little motorized thingy, a Seamoth, which is a small submarine and a Cyclops which is a big submarine that you could also use as a base. The further you get away
from the starting sandy area the more dangerous it becomes, and then you begin to find
out how freaking scary this game actually is. When I say that this game is
scary it is an understatement, "Subnautica" is terrifying. I've grown up in Florida my entire life and I've spent a lot of time in the ocean, however, after playing this for 20 hours I don't know if I'm ever
gonna go back in it again. The developers of this
game really did a good job at making the deep blue ocean
as intimidating as possible. As you ventured further away and begin to go deeper
and deeper into the abyss the creatures that you
find start to intensify. You will inevitably come
across the Reaper Leviathan but not right away. It's almost guaranteed
that you'll first be teased with a few long distance
sightings of them, and when you see them, you don't wanna go any
closer to begin with. The absolute terror of this game is another thing that is done perfectly and another thing that
is so freaking awesome. Throughout your time in the planet you'll hear lots of roars and sounds that are extremely intimidating. You constantly feel like
you're being watched and the presence of these
sounds will make you question what else is truly out there. On top of this, as you venture into the
more dangerous regions the music often intensifies
and becomes creepy, the sounds increase and your visibility goes down to nothing. These things combined
make you stay on edge throughout the experience, and it makes it much more tense and exciting to adventure
into the unknown. On top of this, the game
builds off of this aspect and often makes it even scarier by adding automated messages that come up saying things like- - [Voice] Leviathan class
lifeforms in the region, are you certain whatever
you're doing is worth it? - [RoboKast] These things make it known that what you're about to do is risky and that maybe you should
question turning around. On top of the Reaper Leviathan, there are actually some other monsters that are even scarier, but these ones are rare
and honestly super exciting to experience for the first time, so I don't wanna ruin them for you. But just be prepared because you're gonna need
to change your shorts after they get you. Any other survival game that I can think of off the top of my head will give you an incentive
to fight the bad guys. You wanna kill them to get some resource or to create peace of mind, but "Subnautica" does exactly the opposite and it makes it to where you
don't wanna fight the things that you come across. Killing a monster gives you nothing and there will be plenty more
of them to take their place. This shifts the focus of
the game to staying alive and staying smart instead of
just strengthening yourself to become invincible. It makes it to where the
challenge and the fear that I mentioned earlier is always there. You never quite get comfortable coming across a Reaper Leviathan because you never really
have a chance to kill it, making it seem less scary. It's the complete opposite. And that's another thing
that is so awesome. The world and environment
are extremely intriguing, but that by itself isn't usually enough to make a game worth buying. But mixed with the survival
aspects found in "Subnautica" it creates a very good time. The survival experience
in this game is top notch and the developers did a good job at balancing the different mechanics to change up the gameplay constantly. The main gameplay loop consists
of scavenging the Aurora, building a base, upgrading
things, finding new parts and then continuing your adventure further and further into the depths once you increase your capabilities. The base building is some of my favorite in any survival game that I've ever played for a few different reasons. First of all, your base is always modular. Everything can connect
to every other thing and you can design your
base to your liking all while keeping a very
satisfying aesthetic. When it comes to the specifics of what you can do with your base, there's a wide range of options. It does start out pretty simple but once you explore and find
new recipes for new modules, you can build things like vehicle bays, and nuclear reactors and
your base can develop into a full blown
underwater science station. On top of this, you're gonna
wanna build multiple bases throughout your experience where you can have things like battery recharging stations for your vehicles and
places to spend the night when it gets dark and you're
too scared of all the noises. Or if you wanna go a
completely different route you can even make due with a mobile base in a giant submarine if you wanna risk it. On top of the base building
the gathering mechanics are also fairly simple but
complex enough to be exciting. Different regions have different resources and harvesting them
isn't that complicated. There's only a few different nodes that can give you minerals and
the difficulty of the region that you're in changes
which nodes can be found. You don't have to mind tons of rocks just to find what you're looking for and it's easily known which tier of node gives which type of resource. When it comes to food and water you do all of that by fishing
and fabricating the fish into what you need, or later
on you could build a farm. The food and water does
run out fairly quickly which does get annoying in the early game but it isn't ever proving to be a problem. And finally, the crafting is pretty great. It's not overly complicated and you can do it all in one
place on your fabricator. Every recipe shows what's needed and the GUI is extremely
simple and easy to use. So if you wanna get some new equipment or craft some cool gadgets,
you can do it all with ease. These simple mechanics mixed with the epic underwater environment and extremely atmospheric
and immersive experience helps to make this game
such a masterpiece. But there's one more thing that people often don't think about when it comes to the
positive aspects of the game. The story. "Subnautica" does in fact have a story starting with a crash
landing on the planet and progressing until you
can find a way off of it. I'm not gonna spoil it for you because it's actually
extremely interesting, but it is satisfying and the dream of making it
off the ocean planet alive to see what else is out
there is truly amazing, and it keeps you wanting to do all of the things mentioned above
in order to get to that point. It makes this perfectly
with a stunning world and amazing mechanics to create a great one of a
kind survival experience. And add the VR aspect into it and, oh my God, you are going
to die and go to heaven. (upbeat music) "Subnautica" is an outstanding game and it is definitely worth a purchase. You can easily get 50 plus hours out of it and it goes to show
that early access games sometimes can be good. If you ever feel like trying
out a new survival game I would recommend putting this
one on the top of your list. Anyways, guys, that's gonna
be it for today's video, so I hope you all enjoyed. What are your thoughts in "Subnautica"? Is the game truly as scary as I say it is, or am I just over-hyping it? And what other games would you
like me to make a video on? Let me know in the comments and be sure to drop a like
and subscribe to the channel if you enjoyed the video. I'll see you guys next time and peace.
