How Subnautica Accidentally Created The Best Horror Game Ever

[@robertkennedy4114]

A reaper Leviathan's roar still gives me chills to this day.Even in creative mode I don't go near the aurora

[@robertkennedy4114]

@Mighty_Alex05 i do for cool base building..

[@realmrgoo]

@Mighty_Alex05 the same people who play minecraft in creative

[@nexuvareldari7418]

@Mighty_Alex05 streamers, anyone testing out mods perhaps?

[@YourCasualGargantuanLeviathan]

​@Mighty_Alex05 I play survival and creative.

[@Primarch_Sanguinius]

Jumpscares NEVER get me, but Subnautica did it flawlessly. Using my little seamoth to look for base parts, and with no moonpool fragments anywhere, I had no choice to look in places I didn't dare to go. My PDA chirped. "Detecting multiple leviathan-class lifeforms in this region. Are you sure whatever you're doing is worth it?" Yeah. I NEED a moonpool. I want to upgrade my seamoth, and I've checked every wreck I came across in the safer regions to no success. I pressed on, shuddering as I heard the distant howls of leviathans, stalking through the darkness... but I knew there HAD to be at least a wreck or two out here. Suddenly, it was silent like the grave. For a region teeming with reapers, it was disturbingly quiet. Like the game itself is urging me to leave while I still had the chance. Then, from below, I was snatched. The reaper bellowed as it crushed my seamoth effortlessly, and with no moonpool, I had no means to get the perimeter defense module. I was trapped in the jaws of death itself. With my seamoth destroyed, I clambered into the nearest wreck, knowing I was on borrowed time. My oxygen was running low, and I could hear its roars as it circled the wreck. This game TRULY terrified me

[@viscerface]

Indeed. Same happened with me, and I was like 12 at the time, so that was scary asf

[@Primarch_Sanguinius]

@viscerface But your video didn't fail to deliver on what makes it so horrifying, it was spot-on in every regard! The hopelessness, the tension, the build-up... the denial. I can't wait to see how the second game turns out!

[@gbiel7385]

the simple task of searching on the unknown while thinking the most horrifying things possible is exactly what made subnautica good

[@NemzyVT]

I don't believe that they accidentally created one of the best horrors in the game history. I believe that it was fully intentional but even if not fully it was always on the back of the developers minds.

[@viscerface]

I'd say it wasn't 100% on accident, but 50/50. They didn't want to make it a horror game and them doing that made it scarier.

[@NemzyVT]

@viscerface yeah. That's what I meant in the last part Slavic brother

[@minecad2828]

They definitely wanted to just make an ocean exploring game at the start but tapped more into horror when people started finding the game scary

[@hellfiremorningstar6651]

I mean I would agree except they came out and stated they never intended to make a horror game. It’s just that the sea is naturally scary. that’s why they tried making below zero brighter and less “scary”

[@sabretoothtiger4314]

My final Leviathan encounter will forever live in my head(Spoilers ahead). I had just cured Karrah and was returning to my cyclops. Only to find that it had been mobbed with lava larve and was on 4% power. Ok, no big deal, I have a thermal module. I get out of the Cyclops to kill the larve. Only to be swatted aside, and I realized the Sea Dragon had followed me to my cyclops! I raced back to my cyclops and set speed to maximum. The sea dragon following close behind. It had brought down my Cyclops to 50% hp but I managed to escape, kill the larve, recharge the cyclops and get back to the surface. To this day, that encounter haunts my nightmare, the roar of the Sea Dragon, its vicious fireballs, Abandon Ship blaring in my ears, alarms and fires, this game is a masterpiece.

[@kraqquens5468]

the sea dragon (atleast to me ) is cute not scary idk why

[@Triangle-2121]

@@kraqquens5468 I wouldn’t say it’s cute but i really don’t find it scary

[@KoalaTheBestt]

​@@kraqquens5468 It's a little too similar to a Jurassic Park dinosaur. plus dem big ol' eyes.

[@1th_to_comment.]

Tge cyclops shield module damages lava larvae.

[@ZuluVarria]

Subnautica is the only game that instills me a genuine terror. Every time I saw or heard the leviathan, my heart was skipping the bit. Eventually, I got over my fear of reapers and the depth. Though there's no way I'm going far into the Dead Zone. Ever. It gives me nightmares

[@Reaper17023]

I think the scariest things to encounter in this gamer are reaper leviathan and ghost leviathan. Reaper scarss me more because I usually use sonar on the seamoth so when I'm exploring in an area in the dark and use sonar just to sea the outline of reaper leviathan in the distance sends chills down my spine. Ghost leviathan is my favorite but also scary. You only encounter it in darker areas so you just see this bioluminescent creature screaming and charging towards you in the dark just is cool and scary. 20/10 game.

[@voxfoxclips8684]

What was also scary? The countdown to the Aurora’s imminent explosion. Hearing the glitching countdown, watching it blow up and hearing the clicks of the radiation now spreading into the safe shallows… knowing that the place you need to go to would be an irradiated tomb that’s surrounded by reaper leviathans. That’s some fear, there.

[@rudolfzivkovic7148]

Video game essays really suit you. You have a great way of breaking things down and making them engaging. You definitely could "dive even deeper" and explore this type of content more. It’s clear you’ve got a knack for this.

[@viscerface]

Thank you very much my g. I'm not entirely sure yet, but I might go ahead and make a few more videos like this later down the line.

[@ssginfinitegoax]

I remember playing this during early development. Its one of my favorite games of all time. Hell my very first twitch stream was of this gem. Now that i got a new PC im finally going to revisit Subnautica and Below Zero just in time for Subnautica 2 to be available. A 35 year old Navy man can still be scared of the deep ocean. And love it just the same.

[@aerostarsreal]

haven’t gotten even 1/11 of the video and i know this is a banger

[@viscerface]

💪💪

[@RandW17]

Yeah bro this guy is so underrated, earned my sub

[@aerostarsreal]

@@viscerface how many times have you changed the thumbnail

[@guardian-angel615]

Any game with large bodies of cloudy water that contain hostile fauna is by default considered the best horror game ever. Crysis, Far Cry, Assassin's Creed, GTA etc. I still remember trying to skin the maneater shark in Far Cry 3. It took me 20 minutes to lure it as close to the shore as possible, 20 more minutes to wait for other sharks to get as far away as possible, and 10 more minutes to brace myself for the dive.

[@viscerface]

I mean subnautica bellow zero has large bodies of water, but it was extremely bad and not scary at all

[@guardian-angel615]

@viscerface It was just as scary for me, if not scarier in some biomes due to the desolate arctic atmosphere. Like the Arctic and the Tree Spires. And I still consider Tree Spires to be the second scariest biome after Void.

[@xxdripxx]

bro the music, and the sounds the creatures make, gives me chills down my spine alone

[@Bird-s2r]

It’s gotta be the gargantuan Leviathan scary(banger video)

[@Bendwbend]

Caseoh saying “WHAT IS THAT!!!!!?” Got me so good 😂

[@lgonezero]

I only got scared twice in my playthrough, both because I got teleported by a warped & I wasn’t prepared. I wasn’t afraid of the reaper, I just thought the ghost leviathan was cool but called it a over-sized worm, & tried to kill the Sea Dragon with my Drill arm

[@necronticgaming6186]

I knew what to expect from the get go, but still it's horrifiying. Even the roar of a reef back scares the living sh!t out of me.

[@bobbycarnie2993]

i played the game in beta as a 7 year old, went to the aroura because i thought it was a good idea, gets jumped by two reapers and now has thalassophobia

[@Th05m]

OH DEAR GOD I JUST THOUGHT OF THIS. Uhh so the gargantuan leviathan has eyes on the side of its head.. making it prey to SOMETHING as eyes on the side of a creatures head are prey traits.

[@viscerface]

Oh no bro 💀

[@100_meters_away_and_approching]

I don't fear the reapers, the reapers fear my prawn suit drill arm.

[@Tacky_I]

that jesse holding a scanner at 1:43 is so beautifully edited

[@OllieC-me3uk]

I don't know why but the sea dragon was never scary it just made me feel like i was in a boss fight not the others

[@Rowlet-is-talking]

Real subnautica players are not scared of reapers, they are scared of Warpers and crash fishes

[@viscerface]

Nah, the scariest things is the little biters

[@Rowlet-is-talking]

@ yeah

[@user-hj1ly1xq1p]

this is most underrated channel i’ve seen on youtube in a long fuckin time honestly, your minecraft vid should of been trending.

[@viscerface]

Thank you my g

[@blazingrage1427]

Shout out to Appsro and Neebs from neebs gaming for being the people who contact you from altera to tell you about the rocket. Funny and amazing people

[@leohedge-g7x]

if you want a really hard challenge, knowing you beat the hardest mod, try it with having to capture every fish, and kill every leviathan while starting in the void

[@ImAWeirdYellowSmileyThing]

The reefback leviathan is not harmless. This is due to the fact that tiger plants have a chance of growing on them. Tiger plants then can shoot spikes at you, and kill you, though it would take a long time.

[@NemzyVT]

Subnautica is the perfect blend of thalassophobia, nyctophobia and xenophobia

[@lool8421]

at the same time the game kinda makes you want to act fast due to the infection and the emperor calling you, so kinda you want to stay safe but at the same time you want to act fast

[@kent6651]

I was in cyclopus in lava biom and dragon was like super peaceful, I even swam to it on glider to scan it

[@nexuvareldari7418]

The thing that horrifies the most is best described by my first experience with my least favorite biome, The Blood Kell zone, many players first time is the entrance to it which had a drop off from 100 M to fucking 600, granted I was in prawn so nothing can easily kill me but when I suddenly dropped several hundred meters with no jet upgrade of grapple arm I was terrified, especially cause of that thumping music and weird looking vines with blood pustules and weird ass crab squid hybrid things , Horror and terror are two different things, horror is a reaction, terror is a state of mind brought on by being removed from your comfort zones

[@wowowowowo1234]

another truly scary thing about the game is the fact that you dont ever obtain something that makes you *truly* safe from the big scary water creatures, yes the stasis rifle can stun levithans and make for an easy kill, but will that always work when you run into one?

[@JatusphereTabar]

"cannot be defeates with your puny hands" me with a thermal blade and stasis rifle: 🗿

[@OperatorKevlar]

Well that takes a long time to get to that point. The new players probably uninstalled the game before they could scan any of those fragments

[@JatusphereTabar]

@OperatorKevlar these 2 are dirt cheap to make and easy to find wdym

[@Dreadnought535]

Bro those aren't your hand

[@4-gamerbros]

So basically a gun to freeze time and a heated knife is your own hands?😂

[@0q728h]

Everbody knows that you're so underestimated , please continue.

[@killerclone2177]

im more scared of subnautica's planet 4546B because of the unknown of the depths of those waters than i am the dark corridors of the Ishimura

[@disfatbidge2952]

The editing this video is fukinh hilarious 🤣 you got a sub and like out of me

[@Shadow-hm3uq]

New subnautica vid from the funny slavic man, epic

[@viscerface]

Vodka go brrrr

[@jakubdyk3330]

i have never actually encountered a reaper since i was so scared that my friend had to do it for me but the rest of the game, i did by myself and honestly, none of the other leviathans really scared me (and the sea dragon)

[@MateoNieto-u3f]

Bro this dude can break down any essay in minutes and he can explain why u have thalassaphobia bro 👍

[@viscerface]

💪💪

[@Aurau3u]

never though i would find this hidden gem while eating W vid fr

[@viscerface]

Hope the food was also good

[@Aurau3u]

@@viscerface watching a gem like this just instantly makes it x5 better than before

[@negogen1406]

When i first completed subnautica, i really didn’t feel anything and tought the leviathans were kinda cool and fun😂

[@viscerface]

XD

[@soappygoodness]

On day 100 of my save file I was celebrating with my pet ghost leviathan, cupcake Only tried to bite me a couple of times

[@viscerface]

They are so sweet aren't they

[@loganbreedt2048]

time to sh** my pants because that just scared the living sh** out of me

[@viscerface]

💀

[@TacticaLLR]

Cool vid! :D

[@gedutispetravicius1398]

subnautica is that type of game even if you know it's safe you are still scared [ well on your first playthrough]

[@viscerface]

Indeed

[@h5gvip]

Tbh, this game is scary untill you get the stasis rifle, at that point just kill everything

[@DamianLooksBlocky]

I have it I’m gonna try and get every cyclop fragment back of the aurora on my 9 hour hardcore world wish me luck

[@Pegi_sw]

I need a park builder with subnautica creatures

[@giantgames5124]

Nice video!

[@viscerface]

Thanks my g

[@thedaltoid0266]

I'm scared pf loosing my stuff, and vehicles. Specifically the Cyclops

[@Crispy-TNDRS]

Damn, this video was good asf

[@viscerface]

💪💪

[@LokiGod_x]

I wish the leviathans could roam more because now that i know where all the reapers and stuff are its kind of boring because i can just avoid it and never deal with them

[@RandyR.K.O]

3:55 isnt this reaper roar from one of my degasi PDA

[@JustARandomYoutubeUser121]

Another banger uploaded.

[@viscerface]

💪💪💪. Also never mentioned this before, but you have a fire pfp, I love titanfall

[@ArchJovnusOñate]

We can all say the leviathans are the scariest because they make even Tough gamers shit they're pants

[@viscerface]

Indeed. Their design is really good

[@soappygoodness]

I made a observation base right next to the western ghost leviathan of the grand reef They are total push overs lol You can either grapple on top of then with a prawn, outspeed them, pop into one of the many caves in the area Reapers are easy to dodge Sea dragons are slow

[@ArchJovnusOñate]

@viscerface pog

[@ArchJovnusOñate]

@soappygoodness LOL

[@eldestspark985]

Subnautica use to scare he hell oit of me but then i discovered the beuty of drill arm with grabble arm

[@EeeeRrrr-wy5my]

To be honest, I never found this game scary, thats maybe because you can dodge reapers without a seaglide, it builds tension but the actual experience is just a leviathan attacking you then leaving.

[@eclipse8149]

Aw man this game gave me a perma fear of the ocean, then I played subnautica below zero and it got way worse

[@marcincwaniaczek8649]

Caseoh lol

[@RandyR.K.O]

Nothing scares me i solo them all

[@viscerface]

No way the Maida herself commented on my vid

[@RandyR.K.O]

@viscerface yep 😁

[@InfectedSans-e2t]

the Red Plague mod makes it worse

[@viscerface]

Ngl I'mma have to make a vid on that

[@InfectedSans-e2t]

@@viscerfaceI'm terrified, but also exited for your video

[@randomgamer625]

It’s funny really, they weren’t even trying and you can see it in there development. It was just supposed to be a survival crafting game but people are just that afraid of water And there’s no greater evidence then the reception to bellow zero

[@geneva5201]

how does bro always cook

[@soappygoodness]

5:16 how sure are you about that statement

[@viscerface]

Well compared to another very big fish out there it is very small

[@soappygoodness]

​@@viscerfacewas more about "cannot be defeated by your puny hands"

[@vittoriorandazzo7810]

Viscerface can you play Red plague mod

[@viscerface]

Ngl I'mma have to make a vid on that

[@Lord_evil_jim]

How did they manage to fit @caseoh in this video? 🤣

[@viscerface]

XD

[@Pol00_a]

while belowzero...

[@viscerface]

... we don't talk about that here

[@DJtheDestroyer537]

dude im so sorry, there's 911 likes i cant change it 😭😭

[@Whiplash-916]

Caseoh

[@Orbthobon]

just kill those leviathans i did and its pretty easy

[@Sparkdogg2020]

8-bitryan mentioned

[@frostysimo1394]

it's a game of terror not horror

[@nolanc9432]

☝🏻🤓

[@frostysimo1394]

@nolanc9432 it is though

[@TPTC_DK.Official]

FIRST COMMENT!!

[@Tankfan145]

SUBNAUTICA IS NOT A HORROR GAME

[@boi2192]

Man its not that scary. U just need to realise the ai of every single fish can be compared to an amoeba

[@viscerface]

I mean for me it's not scary anymore. I killed every single leviathan multiple times already.

[@UltraKiroCh]

YOU Fear this game. YOU were made this and that. Play Doom coward, this game is boring.

[@viscerface]

I played doom, it was good, but for me subnautica is better

[@tatopres]

Doom is not scary

[@UltraKiroCh]

@@tatopres Whatever this game is Subnautica right? Aint scary in the slightest. Neither is Doom, but I dont know what scary you see here. Actually the only scary game to me was Prey 2006. When i was like 12 yo.

[@tatopres]

@@UltraKiroCh I ain't ever seen anyone mention prey in like forever, thats crazy. Anyways I know dam well you've never touched Subanutics in your life cause you were to busy dickriding Doom. Your comment was mad corny bru. "I am the danger" ahhh comment.

[@tatopres]

@@UltraKiroCh You ain't even play this game and started hating on it, saying some corny ahhh line. "I am the danger" ahhh comment. 💀