Subnautica is actually scary - here's why.

[@randomfireisbad]

No insults towards league of legends players were in this video because they're so afraid of water none of them will watch this. 🌚🌚🌚🌚🌚🌚🌚🌚🌚🌚🌚

[@tylerchew3732]

only real fans know what the original pinned comment was

[@Slomsy]

I wrote a lengthy comment about the video but I feel it's better to leave some feedback here. 1- Make your speech and microphone levels consistent. You suddenly get too loud or too silent. 2- Take a step back, we don't need this to be an ASMR video. I don't want to hear your lip smacks and breaths. 3- Speaking of breathing, get better lungs. But seriously try some cardio, it will increase your lung capacity helping you to talk longer without having to breathe again. It will overall be a better and more consistent experience for both you and your viewers. 4- You had such good moments to add a laviathan scream here, or show a clip with a laviathan shadow there, but you never did. I found myself saying "I wish he did this, or that" multiple times in this video. Aside from these, great video. Keep it up. Hope to see more of your videos.

[@lostspace2310]

@@Slomsy Crazy thought ik, but its his video, so his editing style, the way he speaks, his lung capacity. You can give suggestions, but those weren't suggestions, it was a subtle passive aggressive assault on his video and person, which is odd cause you followed it up with "great video, keep it up." If you want to give criticism, consider looking up the definition "Constructive Criticism" and practice going about it that way, so you dont sound like a massive tool! :)

[@reconquista_v2237]

Based 💀💀

[@ImpatientPlatypus]

@@SlomsyI would just delete or edit this entire thing, you sound like a goblin

[@PKP_2137]

- you stare into the void *- the void stares back*

[@Cricket-mo4vr]

And then swims at you with a mouth full of teeth and a brain full of hungry

[@Hvision0000]

entering ecological deadzone..

[@riri-hj9by]

is this omori

[@harrymawson3203]

then you see 2 giant eyes open gleaming into your soul as 4 more open up around it...if you can see them then THEY CAN SURE AS HELL SEE YOU

[@mangotheproto4714]

you whisper into the void, the void screams ba- wait no, that's a horde of ghost leviathans

[@Pharry_]

i like that the leviathans weren’t meant as enemies to be killed. they’re threats to be avoided. what really helps this is that most of em, like reapers and sea dragons, continuously sound off their presence when you grow near. like a distant warning siren.

[@rustkarl]

I prefer to think of it that way. Yes you can go out of your way to hunt them down with a stasis rifle and a knife if you want, but that takes the majesty out of it.

[@snoipergaming]

When the reapers roar, it isn't just an alert that they're near. It's alerting you that it's hunting you down.

[@Hypocrite_Void]

​@@snoipergamingif you hear its roar, it knows where you are.

[@bruhlena]

W

[@lilyflower5895]

@VoiddyMans That's just lore. It has no real application in the gameplay. As long as you don't pass a certain distance, it won't ever attack you even if you hear it roar.

[@minniefinn9841]

The biggest surprise is when you realize that subnautica was never intended to be a horror game, makes it even scarier😅

[@thegood_soup]

They actually did intend to make it scary

[@wandewboi]

@@thegood_soup after they realised that people were being scared by the environment, it was originally just supposed to be an underwater exploration game

[@Victoria_Huot]

@@AnonymousextbI mean it’s not as scary when you realize an angler fish is like 2cm

[@Victoria_Huot]

@@Anonymousextb okay yeah but it’s cute so it’s okay like I just wanna cuddle it. It’s like a giant sea dog

[@MeepDoesStuff]

​@@Anonymousextbpretty sure they just mean the appearance, not the size or what they eat/do You dont have to be emo or goth to think any creature is cute lol

[@Cricket-mo4vr]

Wandering out too far and getting accosted by adult Ghost Leviathans was a founding moment of my deep-seated fear of deep dark water. I went in a public pool and happened to look down over the edge of the depth transition (swimming area vs diving area), mentally recalled seeing those big glowing faces, and noped out to the sauna 😂😂

[@humonchronos9048]

I went on a holiday and we were on this public beach with a steep cliff: When you swam like 50m it suddenly got very deep and you couldn't see the floor anymore. I got such whiplash (Subnautica PTSD?) I had to rush back. Since then murky deep waters just fill me with dread haha

[@teenagetoddler]

*detecting multiple leviathan-class objects in your area.*

[@alsooon]

I don’t know if anyone else too, but the size of aurora made me feel really uncomfortable, like anytime I would come up to the surface I felt weirdly scared of the scale of this ship

[@ellieraber5352]

Megalophobia baby✨at one point it got so bad for me I couldnt go outside and look at the sky without feeling sick🤭

[@caralho5237]

Honestly for me the size makes it super cool. Still kinda scary that there was something big enough to take it down.

[@infiry300]

submechanophobia+megalophobia. started sweating just approaching the back of the aurora in the dirty murk waters. the roaring leviathan did not made it better. had to stand up and pause for a minute😅😂

[@theunusualcatmonster5794]

Haven’t played the game yet and the spaceship is scary for some fucking reason 😭

[@youngmonkey2504]

One time at night I hit the radar and the aurora lit up, scared the shit out of me. Also meant I was probably surrounded by reapers OOF

[@jzpowell2108]

One of my favorite quotes from the game is one of the most fear inducing "Detecting multiple leviathan class lifeforms in the region. Are you certain whatever you're doing is worth it?" It causes so many players such dread Also fun fact… skipping the intro spawns you in the lifepod without it being on fire

[@Leschwa89]

The first time I heard that phrase, I was like "alrighty, I'm out. Bye!" and left the biome as fast as I could lol

[@jzpowell2108]

@@Leschwa89 I was a bit foolhardy and was like “oh, I bet there’s good items here” 5 minutes later and I was down a P.R.A.W.N. Suit

[@amaliaschwartzmetz2949]

Yup!

[@RigobertosTacoShop]

That’s THE quote of the game lol

[@robinolsson7003]

@@Leschwa89 Same, straight up did a 180 and headed back to base.

[@matiaspereyra9392]

Also, the cyclops is stated to need 3 people to be considered a REALLY bare bones skeleton crew so it also sends home the idea that "this might be too much vehicle for you… which is why this is valuable"

[@FurinadeFontaine-u3l]

6 people can fit comfortably in the Cyclops. 8 or even 10 if y'all don't have personal space XD.

[@lucky6961]

​@@FurinadeFontaine-u3lbut in function it's very little, a pilot and co-pilot and someone else piloting the prawn suit

[@Buffalo_billi]

@@lucky6961I would think pilot and copilot on the cameras and managing other instruments in the cockpit and then the third managing everything in the back

[@diveblock2058]

​@lucky6961 concidering how often it overheats, i would guess 2 mechanics 2 navigators one diver someone to man the prawn suit and a technician would be a complete crew

[@lucky6961]

@@diveblock2058 it barely overheats unless you use the emergency speed but yeah, having a mechanic would be useful

[@NoahTheNoah]

Funny story, my first playthrough of this game I managed to beat the entire game without ever seeing the Reaper Leviathan. I didn't even know that it existed. So imagine my surprise when I went to replay the game, thinking that I would easily get through the game, only to see a creature I had never seen before swimming toward me while screaming. In case your wondering I lost a Seamoth to that Reaper

[@Drekromancer]

That's the most poignantly horrifying thing I've ever heard. 🥲

[@belalaloca]

how in the world did you manage to do that

[@Verdantixx]

but the game requires you to go in the lava zone which has a levithan.

[@williamevans5608]

​@@Verdantixx he said reapers

[@aoisora1445]

he might have heard them but thought it was something else, since there are much louder creatures not counting below zero with their annoying loud not reaper@@williamevans5608

[@Humphrey115]

I’ll never forget accidentally leading the reaper from the front of the aurora to the safe shallows. It had an all you can eat buffet of peepers so it just wouldn’t leave 😭

[@alexthegamer8433]

Bro expanded his palette

[@FS-Flame]

Bros bouta be a peeper leviathan

[@Stefan2010a]

@@FS-Flame THE PEEPER LEVIATHAN IS REALLL

[@TooLazyToThinkOfAnUsername]

@@Stefan2010acuddlefish leviathan should exist

[@proteous8100]

@@TooLazyToThinkOfAnUsernamehoverfish leviathan>

[@personanongrata47]

i always liked how well they made wrecks look small from the outside but seem massive when you go inside

[@Mk-ly9re]

My cousin was looking at subnautica a while back and knew I played it so he asked me if I recommend it and the like I said “yeah, but it’s a horror game” and he blew me off saying “it can’t be that scary it’s not in the tags!” He went on to buy it and start playing it. A week later a got a call “so I ran into whatever the f*** that thing is by the ship, you were right it’s a horror game” I about died

[@Allantitan]

Well you technically weren’t lying 😂

[@SeaBunni0]

LMFAOOO

[@emmerzleigh5540]

Basically did the same to my sister. But she is already terrified of the ocean so i didnt take it super seriously and did a good job of knowing nothing about the game. My boyfriend was on call with me when I met the reaper, with no seamoth, just seaglide. I screamed so loud 😂

[@AFarCryGames]

My favourite part about Subnautica is aside from the warpers there's no enemies. It's all just animals. Living their lives, protecting their territories, hunting prey. It's so great to have a game that's not horror. But terror. You have to learn your place on the food chain the hard way. Shame about Below Zero. Hopefully the new Subnautica being worked on is as good as if not better than the first. When all the greatness was accidental and organic. Edit: Also damn. The Crabsquids sound SO DAMN COOL. The sound design is immaculate in Subnautica as well. Second Edit: I actually play this game with a more realistic filter. It's darker. The silty water is harder to see in, and nights on/under the water are like they are in real life. Pitch. Black. Outside of luminescent life.

[@ranekeisenkralle8265]

What I like about the Warpers is that once you complete the story, they stop bothering you and you can explore in (relative) peace. Their teleportation is why i finished the story first, before taking care of the trio of punks in the basement. Didn't want to get pulled out of the Prawn at ..inopportune moments.

[@AFarCryGames]

@@ranekeisenkralle8265 like that time they pulled me out of my prawn suit into thermal damage in the LZ because I didn't find the reinforced suit. That almost killed me... The Prawn Suit falling 100 meters and hitting me? THAT killed me. It was pretty catastrophic...

[@ranekeisenkralle8265]

@@AFarCryGames I usually found the reinforced suit in one of the wrecks in the sparse reef - which incidenally also is one of my favourite places to build my bace because there is so much open space - and no warpers to annoy me (which is an advantage over the Sea Treader's Path next door...)

[@BowenEros-gt8gn]

You animal

[@temmie9430]

I think you would like the game rain world, or at least the enviroment. All the animals are actualy trying to survive and is realy cool

[@diamonddawg12]

I have beaten this game multiple times and I am still scared shitless of it

[@hyrule_hobbit3988]

I had to force myself to beat it without cheating about a year ago. Every other game I started would cause me to end up using the no damage cheat because I’m such a coward. It’s the only game I’ve played that’s ever truly scared me. I finally beat it fairly though and it’s easier each time I play. I tend to steer clear of the dunes and mountains though. In fact, I’ve never been to either of them. My first time playing, I had the unfortunate displeasure to get the warning of “There are multiple leviathan class predators in this area. Are you certain what you are doing is worth it?” I immediately said “Nope, not worth it at all”, and left.

[@martinvicktor]

Im the same, i have hundreds of hours, and i still clench my butt cheeks every time im in the deep blackness and hear the roars. I hate the water already. lol this game is terrifying but also one of my favourite survival games I've ever played. My favourite will always be The Forest franchise. I dont know what it is about horror games having the best survival and base building mechanics.

[@Zachary360Games]

It’s scary until you get a stasis rifle or prawn suit😂

[@diamonddawg12]

@@Zachary360Games even then, the fear of a Reaper picking you up or you missing a shot lingers

[@CHNineveh]

I have at least been to the lava zone three times in hardcore mode, (beating it one of those times) and am also still scared shitless of it.

[@That_one_introvert146]

My first leviathan encounter was honestly worse then the aurora and reaper. I was on a seaglide trying to get to the island where the alien building is. I didn’t realize that the darker clouds were islands so I just decided to swim into one direction, see if it’s there, and turn around if it wasn’t (I thought there would be a clear wall kind of barrier at the end of the map) I went into the dead zone without knowing it, I had the message appear but ignored it cause I was set on finding the island. A few seconds later I looked down to change the seaglide battery and see a giant blue face appear out of complete darkness and try to attack me. I swim on the seaglide deeper into the dead zone to get away(my mind was in panic mode and I was crying) when I see a giant blue thing jump out of the water infront of me. I was even more panicked because now I couldn’t go foward or backward. I was balling my eyes out trying to get away going in any direction I could. I turned left and was eaten. I literally never wanted to explore the game afterwards and ended up never finishing it until a few years later 😭😅

[@TrayTerra]

This is almost exactly what happened to me 😂 came back years later and ended up enjoying it so much that I grabbed Below Zero right after, played through both 4 times, twice survival twice hardcore. It still keeps my heart rate up though, every time I play.

[@brendanrobb5642]

dude was balling his eyes out 🏀

[@magoomjey2287]

Bro cried over a game

[@Safineya]

​@@magoomjey2287 Bro's scariest game played is stardew valley if you think it's weird to cry due to something in a game 🤡

[@That_one_introvert146]

@@magoomjey2287 I was 11 😂

[@shlerpp]

The fact that subnautica combines survival and horror but unitentionally making it classified as a "horror" game is actually so amazing

[@disiant7800]

A little tip: turn your engine off during a creature attack, like if you’re attacked by a Reaper. The sound of the engine is what is attracting them toward you, so turning it off will cause them to leave

[@jonaut5705]

speaking of, idk if it helps or not, but I turn off the interior lights of the cyclops when i'm in a dangerous area, and either way, it makes it way scarier

[@thisguy9540]

yeah the cyclops is invisible with its engine off

[@crow3190]

There’s a mode in the cyclops that makes you slow but really quiet, so it’s great for sneaking around reaper leviathans

[@minties51]

dang, i wish i knew that before i brought a reaper within 300 meters of my base on my first save file

[@Dashinater]

You can literally get out of the driver seat and any creature attacking will just pretend you don't exist, same for both games

[@happyhippoeaters4261]

It's not like a boss fight, it's like hunting, if you start attacking them, they will eventually try to flee your attacks. That's where the real thrill is, taking down a large prey creature that could prey on you.

[@ranekeisenkralle8265]

yes - although I typically left the Reapers alone. Cleared out the Ghost River and after finishing the story the lava cavers - but only because the ..locals.. kept getting in my way. The Reapers you can circumvent fairly easily - unlike the stuff that is waiting downstairs in those caverns.

[@irregular_banana]

@@ranekeisenkralle8265 exterminating inhabitants to convenience yourself is such a human thing to do.

[@ranekeisenkralle8265]

@@irregular_banana only ill-mannered ones though.

[@fran3ro]

@@irregular_banana exterminating inhabitants to convenience yourself is tight.

[@Rattlehead-gy9ct]

​@irregular_banana Kill or be killed. I'd rather be alive than not

[@TheLastBacon]

Great video! :) I've played many hours of Subnautica but looking down in the void and seeing nothing but the pitch black depths below will never not be terrifying!

[@Ng8htmere]

Yo, the most 🐐 Subnatica KZbinr

[@arturkey9084]

yooo baconnn

[@burdeegirl]

Scares the shit out of me. I'll willingly dive down deeper in game until I can see the bottom before I look down into nothing

[@FurinadeFontaine-u3l]

IT'S THE GOAT!! HI BACON!

[@galathinyus8307]

I think I'm scarred for life honestly, this game fascinates me, but my heart is pouding everytime I leave the safe shallows xD

[@Lan_opl]

And also the problem is that this game keeps you attached to it because when you start going deeper in the game and see many strange things your brain starts to be more curious than terrified so it start to make go deeper and deeper into the game and with the fact that every time you want to craft something new you need more new resources so you go to deeper thus more scary environments.

[@YourAverageJoek]

“A sense of relief washes over you as the immediate danger of being baked like a f*cking potato is pasted”😂😂😂 highlight for me

[@laniakeas92]

This game helped with my art block. I have severe thalassophobia but my curiosity was stronger than actual fear. I finished the game with almost 100 % achievments. Countless times I just quitted because it was so horrific, but I always came back. In the end I realized something about myself, it's not the actual horror I'm scared of but the anticipation. It can be applied to many aspects of our lives, same with drawing (in my case) or gaining any skill. It's not the mistakes I'm scared of making but the anticipation of making them. So I just slowly started to get familiar with uncomfortability of making mistakes and it changed my attitude to drawing to much less perfectionistic side. This game helped me with my neurosis. I just love when games affect us that way. I not only learned something about this world, but I also learned a lot about myself. Thank you for this review!

[@randomfireisbad]

For real though. I was struggling with writing the script for the entire process because I had so much I wanted to say. Thanks for sharing!

[@Avenray19]

Bro. Yes. I'm adopting this for combating my own perfectionism.

[@omegadragons321]

im proud of you for doing something i couldnt do

[@ObliviouzRomantic]

Well shit that maybe my issue as well. I'm going to try to work on that thank you.

[@nathanaelhendrawan6722]

I always come back -the guy im commenting on

[@ChaosOnyx]

The most terrifying thing about the reapers is the fact they use echolocation, so if you can hear it... it knows where you are. Also he talked about how the music isn't scary but uh, the music that plays when you enter the bloodkelp biome for the first time is the most anxiety inducing thing I've ever had the displeasure of listening to

[@spoopy1180]

That's just for lore, that mechanic is not actually implemented in game, they use the same type of detection as any other hostile creatures. You can test this by being near a reaper and you'll see he won't come after you, but if you get in his LoS he'll chase you.

[@ranekeisenkralle8265]

Oh hell yes.. that stinger at the start of the soundtrack is really something else. No idea why they called the track Lava Castle though. THAT comes later and with its own source of ...ambience... ...in stereo. Fun fact, I used that exact track of the soundtrack when I sent my Shadowrun group into an underwater habitat to take out a cult. The Subnautica soundtrack was perfect for that.

[@ChaosOnyx]

@@ranekeisenkralle8265 shadowrun? I confused I feel like it's smth dnd related

[@horseytax]

Don't forget the absolute dread when you're in the dark and the music just cuts out.

[@kylegonewild]

In the base game this isn't true mechanically, but it is a neat piece of lore. There are mods that fix this behavior though and they're even more terrifying.

[@Caelus32]

Funny thing about this game is I indeed suffer from Thalasophobia so this game does terrify me. However, you are absolutely correct about not having to engage with the story. I prefer the base building over anything else so the only reason I leave for resources is when I need them to make my base better. I especially love my little Markiplier bobble I place on a shelf in my room

[@hyrule_hobbit3988]

Where do you get that? Is it a mod?

[@Caelus32]

@@hyrule_hobbit3988 No, if you play pc, it can be found in one of the 3 coordinateless pods in the mountains

[@thegreatcactus4922]

@@hyrule_hobbit3988its in a lifepod, i forget which one

[@Kenspiracy664]

Nope cant do it. I can plow through most horror games, even enjoying the spills and thrills. Subnautica.....no can do. Been trying for years and have played less than an hour. Swim around for a bit, feels like "alright i could play this game" then swim over a cliff or something and the water gets deep and murky and NOPE im out.

[@glacity]

@@hyrule_hobbit3988The bobble head is in the base game. No mods required. The blueprint I believe is by Life Pod 7 in the Crag Field (the big rock spires that are by the thrusters of the Aurora) :>b

[@KittyGamer1514]

The worst noise you can hear when playing is the PDA saying: "Entering ecological deadzone."

[@Romalou183]

bro at 6:23 that edit of us going through the reaper leviathans mouth was dope, thank you for your efforts!

[@rainestorm6029]

The dread of the void still affects me and I've played it many times. Just the feeling of how you can keep going further and further down and how you hear the leviathans screaming

[@julianlaresch6266]

I saw a video of a guy who built a base going into the void. The leviathans will show up but they can't get you.

[@Blu3r4bb1tking]

I remember when i first played subnautica and i was 8. When i had to go to the aurora for the cyclops fragments near the engine, i had to get my dad to come in and help me. That’s how scared i was. Having played the game through again since, i have to say that they aren’t as scary as the first time, but are still bloody terrifying to see their blank, monstrous eyes and huge gaping mouth emerge out of the murk. 10/10 game, would play again for sure.

[@Zeldon567]

Was your dad scared?

[@Blu3r4bb1tking]

@@Zeldon567 no

[@etherraichu]

the game itself isn't scary. Its the idea of what *might* be there that's scary. The water in games like Skyrim and Oblivion freaks me out because of that... Even though I have opened the games in the editor and seen with absolute certainty that there is nothing weird in the water, it still freaks me out.

[@killpuddle9977]

im 23 and i dont think i could do that stuff now nevermind when i was 8

[@BlueWhiteBros]

Another thing that makes it scary is the lore, like the fact that the reaper leviathan knows where you are if you're close enough to hear it's roar, even though that isn't an actual mechanic in the game. Just having that information but not knowing it's not an actual mechanic is terrifying

[@itsumayo]

I have 3 scuba certifications and years of experience under my belt, but this game… it still scares me 5 playthroughs later. Sure I’ve experienced some scary things scuba diving (nitrogen narcosis included), yet this game competes with that stuff. But at the same time, a lot of the scary stuff in Subnautica is also fascinating and peaks curiosity. Look at the Leviathan Class creatures and tell me those don’t look interesting. That curiosity is what gets you into the scary situations and I love that. I’ve even started putting my base in the Jellyshroom Caves since my third playthrough since it’s so gorgeous. So as someone who does real scuba diving and knows a boatload of marine biology (pun totally intended), I give this game the most solid 10/10 ever.

[@Cryolord68]

“The only useful blueprint there is the prawn suit” cries in neptune escape rocket

[@Ng8htmere]

I will never beat this game, I just can't bring myself to go into even a slightly deep area without having a panic attack.

[@1God1Fury]

make better oxygen tanks, make Seamoth, make Air Bladder (pretty good to get to surface super quick if you don't have vehicle)

[@Filollisejmina]

@@1God1Furytook me 5 years to beat this game

[@Monkey_DMalik]

@@Filollisejminano fucking wat

[@robinolsson7003]

I've owned this game basically since it was first available. I've played hundreds of hours. I'm just now starting to get close to the end of it, and I love/hate every second. I'm not sure if it was covered at some point in the video, but one thing I like about the game is that it is "realistically" difficult. Cave diving is dangerous for the same reasons as they are in real life. The animals are dangerous for the same reasons animals in real life are. Resources are valuable for the same reasons that they are in real life. Sure it might be easier to control the character in the game than it is to be in the water irl and having to swim and hold your breath etc, but it's still difficult for the same reasons.

[@staydetermined6717]

I want to as well, mainly cause I want a base, like I need silver and gold, Damn it! I’m terrified of the caves, the guppy’s who crave death does NOT HELP WHATSOEVER

[@koi_bee]

One of my biggest regrets is watching so many play throughs of Subnautica before playing it myself-- it killed most of the horror for me, since I knew what was coming. Almost all of my fear came from the idea of losing progress, a feeling closer to anxiety than terror. I still love the game, it's one of my favorite games ever, actually-- but it isn't scary, which is sad. Warpers and Reapers still scare the shit out of me though.

[@hctaz]

Ironically, my thalassophobia is so powerful that it didn't matter if I knew where the spooks were. Even after watching Markiplier play through the game, face off against Stalkers, Sandsharks, and Reapers, I still pissed myself the first time a Stalker swooped in from behind. To this day, I cannot encounter a reaper without agonizing terror. Like even sitting inside of a glass tube where they can't get me, I still am terrified. Even when the Cyclops was completely immune to their attacks, I was still petrified. But it's only thalassophobia that gets me. It's the fear of the open water and the fact that I know there's a threat lurking SOMEWHERE. It's one of the reasons I dislike the Reaper specifically much more than I dislike the others- There are significantly less locations where you're just out in open water. The Void and the Ghost leviathan that can attack you in the Grand Reef are absolutely terrifying, but the Ghost leviathans inside of the Lost River do not scare me AT ALL because they're much more visible, and I can back myself into a corner which cuts off the available angle that they can attack me from. Similar situation with the Sea Dragons- The one in the lava castle area is TERRIFYING because that area is surprisingly open for a volcanic cave, and it's extremely murky. The Sea Dragon near the containment facility, however, I am not scared of in the slightest because the verticality of that area is tiny, and it's so bright from all the lava that my visibility is fantastic. So it's interesting that it really isn't WHO or WHAT is in the void, it's knowing that you're inside of a void with some kind of monster that can strike you from literally any possible direction you can think of that terrifies me. Which makes sense. It's probably a similar evolutionary trait like how most people are afraid of the dark when they're born. It's not the darkness itself that is scary, it's not being able to see a potential threat that makes it scary. It's your brain conjuring up the faces of demons and murderers lurking in the shadows that you're scared of.

[@try9449]

i watched zanny's video's on this game before playing it and so far the biggest scare ive had was one of those jellyfish things coming up behind me while im not in a vehicle made me jump so hard XD

[@anamendes5481]

@@hctaz So, you're telling me that there is still a chance for me to be scared? Well, thank you, I want to play the game now

[@BrokensoulRider]

I've played both games on ps4. I can absolutely confirm you can still be scared shitless despite knowing everything. @@anamendes5481

[@abbiepancakeeater52]

​@@hctazomg right. i only recently overcame my fear of reapers by forcing myself to go up to one and scan it, but i still get uneasy when in areas they can spawn. in my most recent playthrough, i forced myself to go to the dunes to face my fears, and for some reason, a reaper spawned directly behind me and was chasing me. i saw its red mandibles out of the corner of my eye and brushed it off, but then i saw it again and realized what was happening. i got away but for some reason, its roar was totally silent. HORRIFYING knowing it could grab me at any time and i'd have no warning. and horrifying knowing it was chasing me for like a full minute and i had no idea because it was glitched to be silent. my seamoth was just barely fast enough apparently. fun fact the cyclops at normal speed is the same speed as an adult ghost (idk about the onee in the void though.) i overshot my trajectory once and ended up driving straight into a ghost in the grand reef. it chased me backwards for a minute straight until it finally backed off. it was really fun actually. i was using my cameras, heard a scream, exited the cameras and had a ghost swimming towards my face. the only other leviathans that truly scare me are the void ghosts. i've gone off into the void by accident way too many times from overestimating how big the map is and it scares me every time. the other ghosts, especially the ones in the lost river, dont scare me too much. the void is just dread. i hate the vulnerability of open water on all sides.

[@unnamedvisitor1649]

Thanks to this game, I developed serious megalophobia. That was a really bad way to get into SCUBA diving, since I now start having panic attacks when faced with very large structures underwater.

[@SebAstian-jb4cb]

I think that’s actually submechanophobia

[@TheCoffeeCrow]

as an artist i was both captivated by the beuty of the shallows and the creepvine forest, but as a paranoid peerson playing on creative, the radio terrified me. the little "ALTERRRRAA" noise from your device when you boot it up for the first time scares me. i get anxious just thinking about going into cave where "massive lifeform detected". no, im not going to "increased levels of radiation" i had to quite because i got petrified at the games sounds way too often. heck the menu music played by the ps4 when you hovered over it, that scared me after awhile too!

[@K_Jay]

The sad thing when i downloaded the game I knew everything in the game which made me scared to explore areas such as the back of the aurora. The game would never be the same as me finding out every nook and cranny.

[@almighty_gaming200]

Honestly didn't expect such great and funny content. I just clicked this video for fun and I was not left disappointed so you just earned yourself a loyal subscriber

[@randomfireisbad]

I didn’t expect to get such nice viewers! Thanks for subscribing!

[@spark8719]

​@@randomfireisbad Alright, now... Below Zero?

[@zoaholic7732]

I remember myself getting lost in the dunes at night I was following my home coordinate on my way back from the Lava zone. I didn’t realize I was in the dunes until my cyclops picked a multiple signal of huge creatures tailing my cyclops and then it happened…a Reaper Leviathan emerged from the darkness and rammed it’s head into the cockpit window. Greatest jumpscare ever.

[@MasterOfTheBrood]

24:30 "you're stranded at the bottom of the ocean with a Prawn Suit, and that's not meant for long distance travel." Me with the grapple attachment slingshotting myself halfway across the map: "hehe, Prawn Suit go Vroom!"

[@cokesrule2529]

Lmao right my only real disagreement with the video. I hated it in my first run, now, in my 3rd, it'd basically all I use. Xd

[@sarahbuck2506]

Hard agree. I don't even bother building the Cyclops until I need the part from its fabricator to finish the game. Prawn suit all the way

[@Sexnuf4u]

​@sarahbuck2506 but cyclops is so freaking cool. I love building it.

[@RigobertosTacoShop]

Prawn suit is true pog

[@SelemaTatsuhiko]

Same, I cannot stand the Cyclops (it’s too bulky so I immediately ditched it) my go-to option was just my seamoth until I finally made my prawn suit and then there was no going back. Just make sure I’ve got at least 4 extra batteries before I set off.

[@ayoitsgreggo6896]

Another incredible aspect of the subversion is that often when getting the “leviathan class predators” message you encounter reefbacks, which gives you reasonable doubt until a reaper encounter that the supposed large creatures might be the harmless and pretty reefbacks

[@wdf_skar]

a fun fact, there are at least 2 prawn fragments outside the aurora, one in the underwater islands wreck and one in the sea treader path wreck

[@persephassa217]

I believe the fact that it isn't advertised as an horror game (and it wasn't consciously made like one) is the key, at least for me. I felt a lot of fear playing Subnautica, but it was an enjoyable feeling because the game never jumpscares you or resorts to common horror practices - in fact, even if it's pitch dark, you always get some kind of warning. It's fair, you are venturing into the unknown in an alien world you know nothing about. It's scary, but it's not really meant to be, therefore giving you an enjoyable and memorable experience. Great game 10/10 Excellent video 11/10

[@rar000000000]

Considering what they focused on in the DLC Below Zero, It's actually plausible that they didn't intend to make a horror game, or at least didn't intend to make subnautica as horrifying as they actually made it.

[@Leschwa89]

I was definetly jumpscared by the first sand shark I ever encountered. Bro just shot out of the sand right in my face when I didn't expect anything bad from below me, the ground, a place that I thought was safe. I screamed :D

[@rar000000000]

@@Leschwa89 It was the red reef fields huh? cause same haha

[@Thelittlecartman-o6n]

@@rar000000000it’s a SEQUEL not DLC stupid

[@scribblingjoe]

The first time I encountered a reaper leviathan, I didn’t even see it. The computer warned me that it detected something big, then something roared, hit me, and then I was swallowed whole.

[@thedrunksteve14]

ive beaten the game twice already, my favorite moments are when you are about to go towards a dangerous area, but you have to in order to progress, and you just s t a r e at the area that you KNOW damn well you could get curb stomped inside of (in my case a sea dragon would've)

[@jacki3_lant3rn]

At first I could only think about his mic quality, but the content quality of the video was so good it became an afterthought Edit: This isn't a backhanded compliment, I genuinely respect his ability to have the vision of the video shine through so effectively that you no longer worry about quality, but about where he'll go next.

[@kelvingriffiths6017]

That jarring feeling you speak of whwn your forced to leave your sub is exactly what it feels like on days gone if you lose your bike and you are very far away from an encampment.

[@memesta2204]

That transition from the reaper's mouth to the next scene was clean af

[@Sarc0xi3]

Entering ecological dead zone.

[@jahimuddin2306]

I have only ever played this game on creative mode. A really scary thing to think about are the sizes of the Leviathans. The Reaper is 180ft (54.9M), that is nearly twice the length of the largest animal on Earth (Blue Whale, 100ft (30.5M))

[@arcticgalaxies9160]

haha i have to pretty much play with all hostile enemies modded out, i cant deal with any of that, im a big baby haha whats funny is that i was still so scared of warpers just getting up and attacking me at the warper lab even tho they were turned off

[@misstweetypie1]

Yeah I’ve played with aggression turned off, but even then I get jump scared every time I hear something scream!

[@dawnbreaker1104]

Subnutica really went: “Are you afraid of the ocean? No? Well do you wanna be :)” And we all just let them huh-

[@UnReliable14]

I really like this video essay peeling back the curtains on the psychological tricks this game plays on you.. but I also dont want to finish it and spoil the exact experiences you're talking about by knowing whats coming. I just started my very first playthrough 2 nights ago and its crazy how spot on you described my experience so far. Before even starting this video, I had literally had the thought while playing earlier that I was starting to "Get good at this game" and I realize now i am falling into the same trap that you talked about.

[@kratos6412]

This is a great video! I can’t believe you only have 3.6k subs. My only feedback would be to make your voiceover more consistent/step back from the mic, but I can’t wait to see more vids from you!

[@randomfireisbad]

I will do better just for you

[@kratos6412]

@@randomfireisbad Hahhahaha thanks

[@ranekeisenkralle8265]

5:00 Minor correction.. the Prawn-Suit fragments are not technically exclusive to the Aurora. There are a few other pieces scattered around, but not enough to get the full blueprint. So in order to get it you do have to go aboard, that much is correct. Just saying they can also be found elsewhere.

[@NickCombs]

You can definitely find enough pieces in the mountains if you’re brave enough.

[@jzpowell2108]

You can also find them in the area around the underwater islands… do be careful, lotta bonesharks

[@ihateusernamesgrrr]

A little side note for any new players to Subnautica that read these comments before getting the prawn suit - You should always always always get the suit in the Aurora in every playthrough and avoid collecting the suit elsewhere even if you see suit parts. There is a bug in the game where getting parts of the suit elsewhere can prevent the game from ever giving you the final suit part even if you go back to the Aurora. This doesn't happen every game, but when it does it bricks your save file and you have to delete and restart. Also collect the full suit before scanning arm parts because there is a similar bug caused when scanning arms early that bricks your save. First time players don't be scared off by this, this is really the only game breaking bug that bricks your save file and it's very early game so not a big deal. Still one of my favourite games ever.

[@LarsFromNorway]

Bugs aside, it's also just practical to snag it there. You have to go to the Aurora to unlock the Neptune blueprint, the Neptune is required to complete the game, and the Prawn-Suit fragments are literally on the way to the blueprint.

[@hajidle]

🤓🤓🤓🤓

[@codythecoyote3218]

it makes me so happy to see that even after years, so many people still talk about this beautiful game

[@L3TsGaM3]

So i played this in VR and this is pure horror. I am literally afraid of this game when im playing it.

[@tsani-bn2bk]

Subnautica in VR sounds terrifying holy

[@rarescevei8268]

​@@tsani-bn2bkYep. I played it a lot without VR. As you know the scaling issues the game has, wherein you can only see the scale of things from windows and such. VR fixes much of that, and it brought a new layer of terror.

[@TheCrazyEight8]

This is why I dont play in vr (actually is because I don't have a VR, I want to, I just can't yet)

[@Pfoxy567]

1:00 missed opportunity to say random fire is bad

[@peleanimationcomics3263]

5:51-I little stopped playing animal jam for a second when I heard that and it immediately gave me “Vietnam war flashbacks” 😰😰😰🥺🥺🥺

[@Tuck-Shop]

I play it in VR and I don't kill the leviathans. It is terrifying. I love it. You end up fearing spaces with no cover, preferring bad visibilty to hide yourself as opposed to the usual preferring visibility to see the danger. It's also a beautiful and relaxing game.

[@SullyCapua-h8s]

Vr Subnautica sounds scarier than anything in the world

[@Tuck-Shop]

@@SullyCapua-h8s Yes. But also the best VR game I have played as VR enhances it and is not a gimmick. It's also the most relaxing game. Sitting on a chair so hydration and food doesn't drop and chilling in an observation dome is cathartic. Cruising back and forth between bases in the seamoth. Driving the Cyclops is incredably easy with VR. Even going through Lost River is possible. Watching the sun set and hopping back into the water to look at the bioluminescence. Why am I playing WoWS right now? .. I could be playing Subnautica!

[@Tuck-Shop]

@@SullyCapua-h8s Back to scary. Hiding behind a bit of wreckage from a prowling Reaper above you is terrifying. I had a choice, be eaten by it trying to go to the surface for air or drown and then have my corpse eaten by it. I chose drown.

[@joebykaeby]

IRL I have a pathological phobia of water. Subnautica is one of my favorite games - I think because I can enjoy the awesome parts of the ocean while confronting the things that scare me about it from a place of safety. Ironically enough, the Blood Kelp Zone is probably my favorite biome in the game, visually (the enemies make it miserable to be there but I still think it's beautiful in its freaky way).

[@FunLCakeman]

I will never ever forget the moment when I first saw a Sea Emperor Leviathan. This is one of the best games ever made!

[@Neo_Silver]

I watched someone else play the game before I did so I was aware of the leviathans and their locations, but it's so crazy how you go in saying "it's okay, I know how to counter them" and then STILL get paralyzingly afraid of going near them, to the point where I would actively turn around at the sound of a reaper roar. Because of this, I was unprepared for how SILENT ghost leviathan are (fittingly). I got lost leaving the grand reef degasi base and left through a different deep reef entrance than I went in, and ignorantly shot to the surface to head back to my pod. Near the top, I looked down to check for references as to where I was, and all I saw was a giant ass ghost screaming at me. I responded in kind, and almost cried! Never will forget that moment.

[@Zerod_Out]

I recently played subnautica for the first time and am currently in my first playthrough. The starting segment on the reaper leviathans is 100% correct. Tbh I didn't know you could bump into them with the electric hull protection but you live you learn. When I first saw a reaper leviathan it was in the dunes. I personally went to the aurora extremely late because I heard there were reaper leviathans almost everywhere over at the crash zone (little did I know I wouldn't see one AT ALL IN THERE until like my 5th trip to the aurora). When I first saw it, I paniced, but luckily I was not super close and it didnt see me yet. Once I felt I was safe though, it was a completely different story. Thinking the leviathan had gone, and not seeing it through the slightly murky waters, I went a bit further to explore when all of a sudden I heard its roar. A sound so menacing and fear inducing I almost peed myself (wish this was a joke). By the time I realized what it was and turned around to see it (thinking it was some stupid sand shark or something) it had me in its... wait, what are they called? MANDIBLES? THOSE ARE NOT MANDIBLES! THOSE ARE F*CKING SWORDS! As I was saying... it had me in its face swords. Suddenly my love for marine biology turned into pure thalassophobia as *I* (an experienced scuba diver who has swam with sharks) began to scream at the top of my lungs and mentally praying to god I wouldn't die. Seconds felt like minutes as my mind scrambled for a way out, but just when I thought it was all over, it stopped. Left me be. With 13 health left on my seamoth, I bolted my way back home while every little bump and roar of anything else scared the living daylights out of me.

[@Hyper_Drud]

27:33 my second encounter with a reaper leviathan was in the underwater caves under the enforcement platform. It was stuck in the walls and managed to grab my seamoth. In my frustration I shot my stasis rifle at it and started swinging my knife.

[@GoldenMinelayerTDX]

Does anyone see a nazi symbol on the reaper lythtithan

[@kleeb5742]

I have crippling fears of the ocean when more than 30 yards off shore, but also love it at the same time. When I was little I'd sometimes get anxious if I was in a pool alone and rush to get out because I kept imagining I was in deep ocean. First time I played this game was on a normal screen and It took me a long time to even go past the creepvine stuff and never got much further. I'm gonna play this shit in VR now that my computer is good and finish it. I left a fear unconquered with this game many years ago.

[@belalaloca]

you are incredibly brave. i would die of a heart attack if i played this in VR

[@AngryAlfonse]

Sir please make sure you're not alone. You're going to want somebody on standby to call an ambulance when you have a heart attack or shit out all of your internal organs.

[@jbooks7055]

I have played since 2018 and not only do you get the first anxiety but post anxiety of knowing what lays around every move i love this game and its helped me accept my grandmother’s passing

[@kornisonkiseli3248]

Glad it had a positive impact on your life

[@jupiterthree5228]

I can't even ride in the Cyclops. I'm freaked out by the voice it has, the sheer size of it, if something breaks it then good bye to all your stuff, and I am also terrified of hitting the edge of the map and not realizing it.. I usually stop the game when I unlock the Cyclops.

[@snipermagoo]

You don't need it to complete the exploration of the game. A prawn will cover everything.

[@3r0de]

This video is extremely high quality and I’d love to see you cover games like Minecraft’s deep dark.. this game is terrifying because it plays with the unknown so well

[@herosraven]

Subnautica is truly one hell of a masterpiece honestly. I remember going out of the map and entering the dead zone, then getting the PDA information on it. Reading it, and not knowing what "ill-adviced" meant- yeah, you get the story. It was one horrifying of an experience seeing a bioluminescent GIANT thing come straight for you. I've played the game several times, and even now I'm not that good at memorizing the locations. This is especially terrifying when I know I'm somewhere around the edge of the crater, and since those regions go much deeper than 300 meters, it's really hard to determine if one has entered the dead zone or not. Two regions that also come to mind are also the crash site and the mountains, due to the reapers: If you are an experienced player, you still do your best to avoid contact, especially if you don't have a stasis gun yet, since that thing is so powerful it doesn't even exist in Below Zero. I remember being wary at the crash site, looking for more loot, feeling relief when I avoided one of the reapers, just to see another one elsewhere. In the mountains, I pretty much hugged the sea bed along with my trusty vehicles, hoping the reapers wouldn't notice me whilst I went into the wrecks in that region. This makes me think that another smart decision (development-wise) was to not have powerful late-game equipments that would make one immune to leviathans or other active threats - This makes even experienced players be cautious, even if they knew what dangers awaited them in the depths. I think this is what makes Subnautica stand out a lot compared to other survival games, where if you got far into the game, you pretty much became invincible, but in Subnautica, you are pretty much always the lowest on the food chain if you aren't careful enough. It's balance when it comes to equipment makes it feel more charming - You feel safer when you are equipped with better stuff, but you still know you have to be careful regardless.

[@yippee420_]

You are genuinely so underrated. Your script is so in depth and was honestly really funny, the editing quirks were a really nice touch, and your voice is super nice to listen to. Keep up the amazing work and enjoy the subscription & like :)

[@ToastAndJellyfish]

“It’s hard to make drowning [in videogames] scary.” Sonic the Hedgehog’s simple eight notes repeated at an increasing tempo would like a word… For real, though, Subnautica is phenomenal. I have thalassophobia, cleithrophobia, AND claustrophobia, and yet I still keep coming back to it. The design is beautiful. Even the terrifying biomes are somehow enticing. It manages to exploit both our innate fear of the unknown/unseen and our innate desire to explore and learn simultaneously. Loved your breakdown of just how the game plays with our minds, in ways that we’re hardwired to have trouble overcoming and that can make even little creatures scary (looking at you, crashfish).

[@Octavia14976]

my personal favorite part that the game puts you on edge is actually related to the ambience, every now and again when you go into a dangerous area, it drops it. suddenly you feel alone, like you are standing on the edge of the world.

[@weedsdabest8726]

My first encounter came with a "hey buddy. How are you" along with a very intense heart beat and a log out

[@mulmigesmorlord]

Great video. Subnautica Horror reminds me of the first Alien Movie where nobody knew the Xenomorph.

[@vaquero2322]

bruh why would anyone want this shorter? This shit was a banger

[@mySoupDied]

0:10 was totally expecting a reaper jumpscare-

[@ahabkapitany]

I'm not a gamer so I knew nothing about Subnautica before playing it. Halfway though the game, around when I become comfortable, I got ambushed by a Reaper seemingly out of nowhere. I wasn't even aware that other leviathans existed apart from Reefbacks. I've spent the rest of the game with a constant prey animal mindset, always watching what lurks around me. This game is a masterpiece.

[@Paddywackles96]

32:16 32:36

[@armchairgravy8224]

Subnautica really does a good job with the fear of the unknown, and how familiarity breeds contempt.

[@ologames1185]

I don't play horror games so I think I can confidently say that Subnautica is the scariest shit ever made. Going by the crash zone in a seamoth and staring down to see nothing but the face of a Reaper stare right back at you is terrifying.

[@jatniel771]

The experience of playing subnatica for the first time is something I’ll never forget

[@meaninglesscommenter8457]

i watched many many gameplays of subnautica before i ever got the chance to play it, which means i know all the fauna that could and cant kill me. still the dread of possibly swimming too close to the crater’s edge fucks me up. and yet with all these big monsters, the biggest jumpscare i’ve ever had was by a crash fish, because i had forgotten they existed.

[@intuitionedits2.032]

Came here to say this video singlehandedly sparked an interest in Subnautica for me. I'd never really had an interest before tbh. I plan on buying it on steam after I've gotten through my backlog lol. Thank you for this ❤

[@randomfireisbad]

this comment has inspired me to finish the next video

[@intuitionedits2.032]

@randomfireisbad i look forward to seeing it (: You did a pretty good job on this one. I've rewatched it a couple times. Sometimes I like to listen to videos in the background while I play games and this videos is definitely one of them

[@akhylla_2671]

I most definitely did not wait for my boyfriend to finish the game and make him backseat me through everything from start to finish... This game took thalassophobia and decided to make it even worse. I was scared even though he was walking me through everything. I didn't get the usual experience of Subnautica, but to be honest - I wouldn't have played it without help.

[@tytheguyy808]

"You're basically stuck in a prawn suit, that's not meant for long-distance travel." The Prawn Suit Grapple Arm: "Well fuck me I guess"

[@ranekeisenkralle8265]

grapple-arm plus upgraded jump jets... that thing felt faster than the seamoth - and with tons of wallop to boot.

[@tytheguyy808]

@@ranekeisenkralle8265 exactly!

[@nihili4196]

Reapers are made to mainly to scare. They're not too dangerous, their scream warns you before you can even see one, their patrol areas are somewhat small. They won't attack as soon as they spot you, instead just slowly approaching while just "randomly" swimming around. Also, two most likely reapers to meet as first are special. One in front of the Aurora has the largest partol area in game, often making so some players won't even see it for first two or three trips to Aurora. Second one is on the back, in murky water, making it impossible to see it coming. Also, that one is able to follow you to safe shallows on some occasions, almost as if saying that safety is off now.

[@kudzukid12]

My first play through of this atmospheric masterpiece was absolutely magical and terrifying at the same time! Definitely up there in my favorites. Great video man, keep up the great work.

[@Spiketrooper]

Im absolutely terrified of the ocean at any level where i cannot safely touch the bottom with my feet flat.

[@nyx6360]

This game is genuinely terrifying. It took me awhile to get close to a reefback despite knowing theyre not dangerous

[@joaopedrocosta2163]

My god, I forgot how soul deep this game scared me until you got to the aurora crash. I am mortified of that place! The disgusting muddy water, the threat of the reapers and the colossal, unnatural and broken Aurora makes actually sick

[@FurinadeFontaine-u3l]

For me, the Aurora's wreck is straangely beautiful. Idk what it is, but something about futuristic structures slowly merging with nature makes me calm.

[@joaopedrocosta2163]

@@FurinadeFontaine-u3l Sorry, but hell no. There is nothing peaceful about the disaster of bent steel, fire and radiation that warped everything around it into something chaotic and unnatural. Even the most disturbing natural environments in the game are less disturbing to me than the Aurora

[@m4nofficiallyofficial]

insanely underrated youtuber, hope you blow up!

[@Victoria_Huot]

I love how context makes it normal to wish for someone to break a leg or blow up

[@davidproductions1974]

This game made me relize i had a fear of being lost at sea alone

[@J-Illed6420]

The popping of some of your vowels feels like a smack 😂😂😂 Dope first intro into your yt

[@ericlamb4501]

I think an understated part of the experience is that your PDA will often warn you long before you even encounter a leviathan class critter, it really makes you worry if what you're doing is actually worth it. Or, in some cases, you get that seconds before a massive sea creature comes up from behind, or if you're lucky, right in front of you and turns you into lunch.

[@birdybathtime389]

Is it just me or would subnautica make for a good movie?

[@Arbiter117x]

We need this to happen

[@excalibur2038]

Another massive hit man, loving the effort you put into these vids, keep at, if you keep this up your going places

[@spagooglydood294]

Loved this video, well written, well edited and a super calming, relaxing voice. Earned a subscriber!

[@rocketterrier]

The fact that I have to keep pausing this video to make it through any underwater bits without freaking out definitely puts me in a camp of my own. I love swimming and I love water, but the ocean terrifies me. As a kid, I played this game where you were an ocean photographer. I was having a blast until I got to a part where you have to swim into a murky, sunken ship and get pictures. I still remember trying so hard to play through it, but I had to close the game, and I never touched it again. About a year ago I tried to watch someone play Subnautica. I kept having to pause and take breaks. I just want to enjoy the game, weh TToTT

[@pancytryna9378]

Step 1: avoid the engines of the Aurora, going close to surfsce towards the rear of the ship makes you mostly safe from leviathan Step 2: get stasis rifle

[@boi2192]

Subnautica is the only survival game i can play without getting bored an hour in. Water pog.

[@lasercraft32]

Another aspect of Subnautica that differentiates it from other survival games is the fact that you cannot make weapons. The inability to easily defend yourself against hostile leviathans is a huge part of what makes them so terrifying. This game basically subconsciously drills the idea into your head that YOU ARE the prey, and you are NOT even close to the top of the food chain.

[@XiX_Mega_W]

Yeah that is a very cool game design choice and the only powerful weapon would be Torpedoes or a Drill arm that isn't even for attacking.

[@RoseDragoness]

funnily, I consider drill arm as the easiest way to kill leviathans xD @@XiX_Mega_W

[@weler1]

if you have a stasis rifle and a knife, nothing can kill you anymore

[@joshuaanderson1712]

The Void used to have a bottom but they removed it in an update without mentioning it. I thought the void was better with a bottom, you could plan on making a base on the floor out deep in the void rather than just having a long pipe out into nothingness, a nothingness that allows you to swim back underneath the map once you go past the collision of the cliff wall. Makes it feel more like a videogame when you can look though the world like you've falling through the map in Skyrim.

[@Firecat-vx3pf]

I mastered the art of jumping out a seamoth, grabbing an item and immediately hopping back in

[@Ethan-fj2cn]

This video PERFECTLY encapsulates the reason I love subnautica so much, but also can't play it.