I feel like Below Zero's world was prettier with more varied and interestingly designed wildlife and biomes. But I feel like original Subnautica's world and wildlife was A LOT scarier and more hostile.

You should check your keybinds! IIRC the prestige menu is locked behind a keybind (default is like P)

Your stupid subtitle noises scared me most than the whole video

btw you could do videos more then 20 mins i dont think people will be mad or sum

subnautica did it better because it's eerie and scary and they look cool af and you aren't expecting it. Below Zero, it's crueler, not as scary and just straight up "we don't want you here." rather than "You can be here, but you're going to hate very moment of it." One is memoerable, the other isn't.

name the pig tree cuz he likes trees

I love how Subnautica made a filter feeder absolutely terrifying. The Ghost Leviathan isn't there to kill you because it's hungry. It's just there because it's pissed you're in its territory. Also, it's fun to see how they designed the games around the fans. In the first game players didn't know the void was dangerous. They might have been expecting an invisible wall to stop them, but the game keeps letting them go. The PDA gives an ambiguous message. And then the Ghost spawns. It's giant, it's glowing, it's terrifying. They panic. This might be the first leviathan they've encountered, apart from Reefbacks. Is it dangerous? They hesitate for a moment as they consider scanning it. But by then, it's too late and they're far from safety. Meanwhile, in Below Zero, the devs know both the players and the player character are aware of the dangers of the void. The PDA gives a straightforward warning that makes you think it might already be too late. And then you see a gigantic version of this game's Reaper. An active hunter, both very large and very hungry. There is no doubt about the danger this time.

yooo! might be too late buy I think you can also burn your excess saplings for fuel

I want the next leviathan they make to be bobbit worm-inspired

The void chelicerate always sneaks up on me its terrifying

Below Zero leviathans don’t have that same fear factor, they just seem like big fish. Subnautica leviathans look like actual monsters

I’ve finished Subnautica twice. I’ve yet to complete Below Zero even once.

You should get the mulch for your bonsais! Brown mulch is really easy to get and is a lot better than dirt

conclusion, the bigger the better

I perfer below zeros, if the void chelicerates was more detailed differently, like more mandibals or some kind of change to the plating

People in the comments saying which game is better than the other meanwhile im just here loving both games so damn much. Below Zero is amazing, and so is the first game. Im just a big lover of Specilulative Zoology and the Ocean

Is no one talking about the fact that they are slowly reviving this game ? , also orgininal looks a bit better than below zero but not too sure

IMO Below Zeros is more terrifying, you can only see them when they are very close to you and they just come from the pitch black void with their mandibles flailing to get you.

Below Zero did it better and always will for me specifically, a big part of that is not letting the player immediately know they are in the void. The voice-line is deliberately delayed riiiiight when the void chelicerate spawns (which being unique is really cool compared to the adult ghost which is just re-used from the grand reef) gives that line so much more meaning and fear, it makes the void into an actual threat where in the first game you just... turn around almost immediately when you get the PDA message. For me personally, this happened perfectly. I was doing a no vehicle, no base hardcore run of below zero and since I had no vehicle I was staying on the surface for 02. At one point I accidentally mixed up Marguerite's icicle base location and started heading South instead of East. This eventually lead me directly into the void and even though I turned around IMMEDIATELY as the PDA notice took effect and swam full speed in the other direction I remember the void chelicerate's teeth clipping through my camera meaning it was RIGHT on my tail with no protection in a hardcore run, by far the most scared I have ever been in either subnautica game. However this was the most interesting part of the run, the game is very easy to beat hardcore without vehicles or bases otherwise and I would actually recommend it as a new fun way to play in both games.

I don't like how BZ's PDA warns you. Adding "The prospect for survival is fast approaching zero" is like saying "Hey, this place is scary and dangerous, you should be scared" whereas the original is much more ominous and vague. I do think the void chelicerates are a lot creepier than ghost leviathans though, at least they have a different appearance when the ghosties are just bigger. I also think people hype up the ghost leviathans WAY too much. It's literally a giant neon blue worm, the only time they're scary is when they jumpscare you lol

Its a fair point that Subnautica just made an existing Leviathan bigger when it was creating the dead zone. However theres a few important counter points. 1.) Lost river is towards the end of the game. You dont encounter the ghost first in the lost river youre far more likely to encounter it in the void because you got curious about whats in the deadzone. (The counterarguememt to this is that you could have just seen one in the other deep biomes first like the bulbs or mushrooms but these are still later game areas or areas where its a rare chance to see a ghost). 2.) Despite being a size increase and so not a creative creature, the size of void ghosts makes them absolutely incredible compared to the smaller bellow zero counterparts. And the void being so dark and lifeless makes their glowing bodies really stand out and feel like ghosts appearing from the dark to get you. 3.) The ghosts are easier to avoid, making them a cool boss system for the end of the map. If youre clever enough you can go for km without dying in a seamoth or even a cyclops sometimes. This is also true in BZ but from what ive seen its harder to do that.

The video quality is not that good

How cool would it be if they had a giant monster emerge its head out from the depths and chomp down on you

I love the void chellies. They feel so much more intimidating than a scaled up ghost leviathan. They also don't glow as much, so seeing them jump out at you from the darkness is genuinely horrific.

enjoying this series keep it up

Always annoyed me when people say the Void Chelicerates were lazy, when the void ghosts were literally just made bigger.

0:36 jumpscare warning

When below zero was in development I was hoping they would put shadow leviathans in the void or make a new one for it but sadly they didn’t

One is good one is disappointing

IMO the scariest thing to in the whole series is the void chelicarate it is just so gross to look at and creepy especially with the updated water graphics and how hard it is to see in the water

Subnautica was just more iconic

See, the scariest thing to me isn’t a fast moving, loud deep sea giant. The scariest thing to me would be a truly ENORMOUS, super slow, silent creature that you may not even know is right on top of you until you see it emerge from the murk. Or worst of all, you don’t even realize you’ve been swallowed til you hit the inner wall of its mouth…

Say what you want about BZ, but the chalicerate's visual design is perfection! Exactly what i would expect an alien seamonster to be, especially this void variant. Absolutely terrifying to look at.

below zero was a massive disappointment couldn't even finish it got bored but i have over 1k hours in the first game they really failed the vibe check with below zero

Subnautica (S) vs Below Zero (BZ) dead zones comparation: 1) PDA: The first game has an edge imo. BZ's warning is not bad but there is something eerie about S's warning - it is NOT telling you "directly" that the place is dangerous but it conveys that very feeling. S takes the win here. 2) Ambiance: S takes the win, no doubt. The transition from normal terrain to void in the first game is so imperceptible and immersive. In BZ I stumbled upon the void all the time, by accident (since the map is very small) and the transitions seems artificial and less natural than the first game. 3) Leviathan: Ghosties all the way man. Chelis are alright (a wannabee reaper's replacement) but are not scary enough. 4) Lore: S takes the win. BZ doesn't even give you an entry regarding the void. It's like the game assumes you played the original and know about the void's lore.

i think bz is scarier, void chelicerate its just so unsettling to me

I prefer below zeros version, because it makes a bit more sense to me. There is no in game explenation as to why the ghosts just kind of stop at 107 meters despite theoretically having no size limit, meanwhile in below zero, its basically just old, decaying chelicerates that feed off of whatever they can find, knowing that the younger, healthier and more agile chelicerates would obliterate them.

"ecologically dead zone" that one leviathan: I EXIST!!

great start to a series

Can you try to get the stuff in your chest on one place, it makes me mad if it's anywhere

The Shadow Leviathan was a better candidate for the edge in BZ

can you not click a layer to bring it to the bottom in the smelter?

Below Zero feels so much like an unfinished game its insane

Both don't use completely original leviathans (ghost appears in other locations too) so I'd say below zero's is better because of the way the map doesn't drop off as rapidly and can trick you into going further in.

For what is the iron bucket if you have one of clay

This is imo one of the things BZ does better than the original. I like the original better overall but i think BZ is still a great game.

Below Zero's a little crueler about it. Original Subnautica being a volcanic crater and such, there's a straight drop off, you know where the edge is. Below Zero just being a normal landmass just starts steadily declining downward, you're in the deadzone before any drop off of where they stopped designing the map. You can be absent mindedly collecting materials and following a decline down thinking all is fine, no drop off yet, then you suddenly hear a Cherlicerate come screaming at you.

there is no doubt, the oryginal subnautica wins on this one

Void Chelicerate is 65m or 213ft Ghost Leviathan cant stop growing but most of them are 107m or 351ft

the text coming in at 1:58 scared me