Subnautica With Thalassophobia (My Worst Nightmare)

[@shannonlycan3292]

I FOUND YOUR TIME CAPSULE!!!!

[@Beelz55]

Are you serious? That's... actually crazy

[@WDWiktor]

proof?

[@rileyMartinez-h7p]

dang so the devs approved the capsule

[@MarrowsRedemptionArc]

wait really? i didnt think the devs still added new capsules

[@shannonlycan3292]

@@Beelz55 somehow, yes

[@hi.imnotafurry.1345]

irrational my ass, if my brain tells me there’s a reaper leviathan next to me whenever a piece of seaweed brushes my leg that’s my survival instinct working correctly.

[@Honeydumpster]

I'm fucking dead at this comment. Honestly though sea weed is more terrifying than actual creatures. Idk why, but seaweed gets me every time

[@celefin6494]

@@Honeydumpster Slippery, slimy, cold thin hands caressing you, while possibly hiding nasties in the moving, flickering shadows... nope, can't see what would be terrifying there. *shudder*

[@silverassassinyt9181]

even if i love the ocean, reaper leviathan still scare tf outta me, lost my seamoth to those critters

[@Honeydumpster]

@@celefin6494 when you describe it like that, I now understand exactly why I fear it so much 😂😂

[@Greatduck777]

@@Honeydumpsterin sea weed forests, your chances of encountering sharks are likely raised by a lot. Same for reefs. A lot of sharks aren’t hostile if you don’t provoke them, and sharks bite from curiosity usually.

[@The98noname]

an Aussie with Thalassofobia? Nah that's just survival instinct mate

[@CruiserDynasty]

im happy to give this one to America

[@shannonwagstaff8380]

I ain’t scared of water though and I’m an Aussie. So what are you talking about?

[@captaindonkeyballs]

@@shannonwagstaff8380they’re talking about how your country is satan’s test area. Please understand this is as much a compliment of continued existence as it is an indictment of sanity

[@Owenbot3000]

​@shannonwagstaff8380 thalassophobia isn't fear of water, that's aquaphobia. Thalassophobia is the fear of deep bodies of water.

[@somedude4041]

@@shannonwagstaff8380he’s making a joke about some of our overly dangerous sea creatures like box jellyfish

[@Blackhart-7]

Unassigned rule of the Internet: "If you don't have Thalassophobia when you start playing Subnautica, you will have Thalassophobia by the time you stop playing Subnautica."

[@Draconicfish2679]

I am sorry to say I did not have Thalassophobia when I started playing, I’ve beaten it multiple times, and I still do not have Thalassophobia.

[@TrainOfImagination]

I didn't have thalassaphobia when I started playing. I have beaten it and still don't. However, even though I have never been scared of the deep sea, it took me twenty minutes to gather the courage to leave the safe shallows. I went straight to the back of the aurora at that point😅.

[@Errorthismessagehadanerror]

I didn’t get the last phobia mainly because of the amount of Subnautica videos I watched, but I did get unbelievably scared. When out of nowhere I’d be attacked by the ghost Leviathan or the regular reaper Leviathan. I also had my fair share of glitches when one time my prawn suit just kind of phased through the ground and I slowly fell into the void and I hit about like 17,000 or whatever before I decide to leave the game

[@pitchvantablack7005]

@@Errorthismessagehadanerror the last phobia

[@Pozo6889]

The rule 4546B

[@boirnoboiovanna1130]

The way that reaper acted is actually very accurate, the pda says its actually blind which is why its eyes are completely black, it uses its roars as echolocation

[@eaglest0554]

And according to chat iirc, it was too close to the aurora for its echolocation to be working properly or something too.

[@kitieriwhite7758]

@@eaglest0554 maybe that's why they so highly aggressive since they don't know what's around them so they automatically assume everything is out to get them

[@oftheHowl]

​@eaglest0554 none of that is actually true or how the reaper works. The pda says things to creep the player out all the time. The reaper works like every other predator, if you're in its radius it will come for you

[@boirnoboiovanna1130]

@ im talking about the lore, the stuff the pda says in game is direct lore for the creatures and fauna of the game

[@NovaProspekt19]

​@@kitieriwhite7758 or maybe theyre aggressive because the aurora crashed on their breeding grounds

[@pastelguts6182]

The death of the Sea Emperor stills makes me teary eyed. I'm aware it's part of the cycle, necessary for life, but still, I miss her bros :,(

[@NovaProspekt19]

Me too. At least she called me "friend.." 😭😭😭😭😭

[@hoopa6477]

To the sea dragon: ya know what? I'm not scared of you The sea dragon: bet

[@notacatboy8250]

57:05

[@theterrorofdimensions1326]

"You hear that? I'm not afraid anymore!" *hears Reaper Leviathan roar nearby* "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!"

[@victorfarofabr]

"I'm not that scared of this one" The sea dragon: and I took that personally!

[@dokutah7374]

Ironically enough, the Dragon is the only leviathan that doesn’t scare me Sea Dragon is just cool as fuck Reaper alternatively is the scariest thing in the ocean Y’know besides the actual ocean

[@theterrorofdimensions1326]

@@dokutah7374 Agreed. I can live with the Ghost Leviathan, I can deal with the Sea Dragon, but I will never not be afraid of the Reaper Leviathan.

[@dpauls15243]

My favorite bit of meta lore from subnautica is that the devs said they weren't trying to make the game scary. They were just trying to capture the feeling of being underwater.

[@trathanstargazer6421]

Well they did a good fking job!

[@silversamurai0267]

100% succeeded 😭

[@grand_admiral_henrich4416]

Then they added The Garg

[@joking_oregon1]

@@grand_admiral_henrich4416all they did was add the skeleton these talented crazy modders added the garg back in the flesh

[@beatzdyer]

That's a mod, not official content. Yes there are skeletons bur if you are referring to the living creature that is a mod.

[@ruthiewitter569]

11:52 “UgH, ugh, eW, EWW!! Scan it!!” ⬆️ the quintessential subnautica experience

[@GilbertGarfield911]

so fuckin real i remember panic scanning a reaper and failing on my first playthrough, good times.

[@Epicdoge1091]

Below Zero eye squid things

[@escaped_cephalopod]

You have to scan every living creature you see. It is just the law.

[@ruthiewitter569]

@@escaped_cephalopod facts

[@ryanrech107]

Am I the only only one that didn’t scan anything but fragments?

[@williamreely3455]

I love that even in the midst of all the terror, Subnautica explores the idea of "what if sapient life but underwater?" with the cuddle fish and sea emperor.

[@yannismorris4772]

You starting to relax around the sea dragon only to start screaming the second it started breathing fire was a marvelous thing

[@usermann_5731]

I had the worst thalassophobia moment possible in my first playthrough . I was swimming through the biome i've never visited before to get home from the second island. It was night time, and I could't see the bottom. But I got curious and desided to dive and check how deep is it... 200m below the surface, I was looking into an abyss and still didnt see the bottom. But the abyss looked back at me.. and said: "What... are... you?"

[@seafire1900]

Holy shit, that was great. Glad I could read you shitting your pants :)

[@acousticks526]

Sea Emperor jumpscare lol

[@NthnNwlnd]

That was possibly one of the worst moments to have that first message.

[@friezusplays2286]

i was on my life pod reading my pda during the night cycle and then she popped up while i was focused on reading the lore. made me jump!

[@eveleene3613]

I would have a panic attack 100m down ngl 😂 I haven't gotten past the first area 😂😂😂😂

[@brandonhaynes1728]

"I hoarded resources like a horrific combination of a goblin and a mermaid" this is pure gold.

[@escaped_cephalopod]

Don’t we all?

[@Skumnutlover12ei]

This guy is so insanely lucky he didn’t meet the dunes Also at the very end of the credits there’s a line where the PDA tells you that you will be fined 1 trillion credits for all of the gadgets, gizmos, antics and shenanigans you got up to on that planet

[@NecrochildK]

XD I know, I was a little disappointed he didn't include that in the end.

[@fluidthought42]

and all those valuable minerals you discovered and used for useless things like "survival" and "interfacing with alien technology"

[@DmpstrPirate]

Literally killing myself instead of escaping

[@Pigismal]

It would be kinda funny if 1tril was like absolutely nothing in the subnautica economy

[@SubspaceTripmine_Real]

It literally gives “*sobs in cash money*”

[@landondude77]

I love this playthrough of someone with actual thalassaphobia, but I can't lie. I laughed each and every time you did a Courage the Cowardly dog scream

[@NathanATaylor]

OK THE FACT U GOT OUT AND SUCCESSFULLY SCANNED THE REAPER IS INSANE I CLENCHED EVERY FIBER OF MY BEING AHHHH

[@DukeCoffeeXIII]

Me hearing the narrator: Seems to be too calm to be Australian. Me hearing him play: Yep, there's the chaotic Aussie energy.

[@3mrys937]

To quote PDA about Reaper... "You can hear it, it can see you."

[@tadferd4340]

Unfortunately not an actual game mechanic.

[@aydencarrisalez2349]

​@@tadferd4340wish they would make a mod for that.

[@tadferd4340]

@aydencarrisalez2349 I mean, there are difficulty mods that basically increase the detection range to the range you can hear thr roar. Those mods typically add other things as well because they are a full game difficulty mod.

[@xitsExo]

I really love the fact that the game brings you to the island and gives you temporary hope, just to make you sit there and watch the game crush your hope in your face

[@YesIm_Person]

Unless you never head to the island and just hear them die from afar away

[@Horizon_of_Eventz]

Fun fact: It is speculated that the Ghost Leviathan adapt (size-wise) to their environment, and thus the Ghost Leviathans adults can grow to massive lengths outside of the Crater (the playable area surrounded by the void/ecological deadzone). It is speculated that there are specimens of sizes up to 400 meters in length (If not more). 😀 (Love ur vid btw)

[@texasred8424]

i love how a large metal vehicle designed to be underwater gets crushed after going down a certain amount but the human being that is certifiably squishier does not. ryley is just built different i suppose

[@LilShpee19]

The most passive, stalker hating reaper I've ever seen. They always see me from a mile away xD

[@Altarix05]

They don’t see they scream

[@apotato878]

It's just Sammy

[@spudkin564]

Right? The second I get within a half mile of the Aurora, that reaper decides it will do nothing else until my Seamoth is in pieces.

[@MorganHarper87]

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather, the will to continue despite it. Good on you, Beelz.

[@jeno-gc4pb]

Good quote

[@edvinwester8064]

@@jeno-gc4pbIt’s not really a quote, it’s the literally the definition of courage.

[@jeno-gc4pb]

@@edvinwester8064 ok

[@gratefulgamer7907]

@@edvinwester8064it’s still a real cool thing to quote though.

[@adamross2256]

My favorite part of this game was, during the first playthrough, hitting the point where instead of running from everything, you begin running TOWARD everything trying to scan it. That little gameplay mechanic is such great psychological motivation. and such a great component of the game.

[@HabaDaba2951]

this has got to be my favourite playthrough of subnautica, comedic genius editing + hilarious screaming + the relatability of it all seeing as I also have thalassophobia

[@SomeRandomChristian]

Honestly, dude so much better at this game than I am like. I'm not sure if you'll ever see this, but bro, it took me literal hours to build up the courage to actually go inside of the Aurora. And also I didn't really have the necessary resources, but even throwing that out of the window. It took me at least half an hour to psych myself up to go into the terror that is the aurora, and you just did it, and you decided to face the.Rebra, on the way out, I think you've genuinely helped me realize that the reapers and the ghosts are both just silly, stupid little guys, and I thank you for this

[@Beelz55]

Having an audience watching me acted as a sort of peer pressure. Without that I'd never play the game. But thank you for the kind words. I consider you braver for doing it on your own.

[@SAJWrongtree]

If you were wondering why the reaper wasn’t attacking you, it’s because they are quite lazy and will not just attack because they feel like it and it had just eaten several other things first, so it probably saw that the seamoth is a more difficult prey than the stalkers and sand sharks and just didn’t bother with it.

[@Raghetiel]

Not really. Reapers loop around their target. That's what he was trying to do. Retreat, so that he could ambush you later

[@FallenLotus]

More specifically, reapers only make their sounds as a deterrent at the start, so you will leave because they can see you. But if you don't, they'll come at you.

[@firestarex3544]

One thing people forget about the Reaper is that it's an animal, not a monster. Reapers will attack other creatures along with the player, so the only time one is going to zero in on you constantly is if there is no other prey around.

[@theterrorofdimensions1326]

The Reaper is programmed to target most of the other fauna in the game first, and the player is considered a secondary target in comparison. The only exception is whenever they are piloting the cyclops sub. Which makes sense, because the player is ridiculously small compared to most of what the Reaper otherwise consumes.

[@SAJWrongtree]

@@Raghetiel I forgot they did that

[@geodim3904]

I can only imagine how fast you would have uninstalled if you saw the void. You are so lucky you didn't even see the scariest part of the game. You also missed the chance of seeing an adult ghost leviathan

[@Uhmmmwehg]

Yeah with the gargantuan letihavans mod tho

[@KerstinSzabo-be8ih]

​@UhmmmwehgI really don't want to do this to him... But it would be funny to see his reaction!

[@Uhmmmwehg]

Nah.... I NEED TO SEE HIM GETTING JUMPSCARED BY THE GARGY

[@K1ttyGam3r]

I thought the ghost leviathan in the Northern Blood Kelp WAS an adult

[@AstralArbourSystem]

It is. The ones in the void are even bigger though.

[@Chippycp93]

26:34 color me impressed. Scanning the Reaper without cheesing is worth being proud of

[@NovaProspekt19]

On my first playthrough I jumped out of my seamoth and decided enough is enough I'm not gonna be scared of this thing anymore. I scanned it while swimming in circles 1 foot away from its head while it kept turning trying to get me. Most nailbiting thing ive ever done in a game. By the time the scan finished the reaper just gave up and swam away.

[@intothevoid1996]

As someone who ghas a phobia of the dark and cannot go through "It takes Two" without getting a panic attack, I commend you. Doing shit like this is terrifying.

[@intothevoid1996]

I mean "We Were Here", omg

[@Luky.73]

One is not brave for not having fear, but is for, upon having fear, keep moving forward.

[@thephoneguy6339]

I love how sometimes the terror gets so bad, you just start tryna box the enemy. Like a rat facing a cat, it's great lol

[@BETRvids]

Seeing people in the chat saying "it's not that scary" reminds me of people who tell me spiders aren't scary, when I have crippling arachnophobia. When you have an irrational fear, being told "it's not that scary" is so dismissive of your fear. It's literally an IRRATIONAL fear! It's in the name! Kudos to you for facing your fear and actually playing Subnautica to completion. My fear of spiders is so bad that when I play a game that has them, I need my friends to log on and take care of them for me. LOOKING AT YOU ENSHROUDED, WITH YOUR CAVE FULL OF SPIDERS WHERE AN UPGRADE ITEM IS KEPT!

[@frog_goblin]

mad props to you because even without thalassophobia, this game TRULY terrorizes your subconscious. it makes for a better horror game than a lot of actual horror games i’ve played. i cannot imagine taking the metaphorical and literal plunge in if i also had thalassophobia cause the game already stressed me out beyond belief without it! as a side note, i played this game modded with my partner as a “co-op” to ease my own fear, but since its an unofficial multiplayer it tends to have a lot of bugs. for me, the biggest issue was that the reapers ALL TURNED INVISIBLE. so somehow even more terrifying than seeing the reaper face to face… is having your seamoth suddenly start shaking around without your control before breaking and having never seen the culprit. it haunted me, man

[@cosmicdistortion4350]

is that bug still happening now? cus i'm about to play this coop with my brother, and I have a very deep fear of the oceans

[@jo_se2044]

Like how he went from being absolutely scared , to rushing head first into all the sea creatures, looking for a fight

[@fabianklevenz4800]

I love how quickly he went from "OH MY GOD WHAT IS THAT" to "Come here, I'll knife you!"

[@SoulKeeper429]

Who’s gonna tell him there’s a second game where you come back and explore the frozen tundra of the planet?

[@loung8640]

This one is kinda bad, there is a mod for subnautica that is better, but idk if launched yet

[@TheButterfr0g]

How do you know the mod is better if it isn't out yet

[@Bowiiihowdy]

If I'm guessing right.. it's the return of the ancients mod.. it adds something far far bigger into the void

[@boi2192]

​@@loung8640i wouldnt call it bad, it wouldnt look nearly as bad if the original wasnt this good. If you treat it like a dlc for people who enjoy lore, than its not that bad.

[@hyper_adhd_kid]

​@@boi2192 BUT ITS NOT SCARY ENOUGH!! ME WANT WATER SPOOKYS!!

[@exeeter]

Subnautica doesn't really scare me, but there was one moment playing where I was genuinely terrified. I went out to the crater's edge to scan the ghost leviathan, and the way the ground just drops off is absolutely terrifying and when I was returning to my base I kept looking back to see if it was following me.

[@Lilychuga]

*sees crab on island* "ew EW!! ScAn iT"

[@EnchantedTeaTime]

I’ve had Subnautica for about 2 years, but I was way too scared to play, even in Creation mode. Watching this video helped me get over a few of the fears that held me back from playing, and I’ve been playing for almost 3.5 hours now. Thank you for helping me overcome a little bit of my thalassophobia

[@dslartoo]

Dude, this video was shared today in the Subnautica reddit and I vastly enjoyed watching. You get MAD respect for scanning the various aggressive leviathans (especially the Reaper and Seadragon) WITHOUT benefit of a stasis rifle. Willing to bet that most NON-thalassaphobes would not be willing to try that. Congratulations on facing your fears! You really accomplished a hell of a lot in your playthrough. You should be proud.

[@panamatic666]

"I am deathly terrified of the ocean chat" *6 minutes in already in jellyfish caves* yeah this is gonna be a fun video lmao

[@TheBoredMonkeVR]

It genuinely hurt me to see you charging the power cells with the charger IN the cyclops. It’s the equivalent of plugging an extension cable into its self 💀

[@Finn-wc8nq]

Hey it used to work back before they patched it!

[@pinhead1627]

​@@Finn-wc8nq I remember when they patched that. I loaded into my save and my cyclops immediately ran out of power on the spot.

[@SullyCapua-h8s]

Literally everyone did that before it didn’t give you more power than it took

[@diztress]

Idk about you but it works pretty well for me uh

[@McNuggie_]

I mean, if he put on the thermal charging thing foe cyclops it would've made sense 😂

[@VeeTOHFan]

Hearing a grown man scream in terror running from one of the WEAKEST predators has me very excited to see the rest of this video!

[@shmackschmack6589]

i find his reaction to reefbacks very amusing, because i find them just so chill and even though im always nervous in this game but i feel same with them

[@Moniestman]

Beelz isn't scared of subnautica and his agreeable fear of the ocean, he's just afraid of playing the limited time godzilla dlc to hit indie game "Dave the Diver" for free on steam, because gojira scawy

[@victoroliveira3577]

"Scawy" *playing mechanized dreams*

[@victoroliveira3577]

*memories, i mean mechanized memories*

[@fellowmemeenjoyer3223]

​@@victoroliveira3577 there are like, two people who will understand this and I love you for it

[@victoroliveira3577]

@@fellowmemeenjoyer3223 i guess you could say i *remember*

[@fellowmemeenjoyer3223]

​@@victoroliveira3577 it's quite rare to meet another fan in the wild, I guess this community will never quite *Fall*

[@isihee]

i have thalassophobia and it was so cool learning beelz does aswell. i tried subnautica myself and could barely get past the initial jump into the water off the lifepod, so congrats for making it through the game despite your fear!

[@pabloorozco960]

Same here

[@KodyThomas-ri7ie]

Reminds me of butchx3 playthrough

[@firestarex3544]

​@@KodyThomas-ri7ieHis was a legendary playthrough.

[@mr0x1]

try the game m8 the first biome is really safe and you can acclimatize to the feeling i have my problems with the vastness and dangers of the ocean too but once you get your seamoth its different you can finish the game without really interacting with the leviathans too

[@Kin_fe]

I Don’t have thalassophobia but i was too scared to jump in so i went through the bottom

[@MrNickPresley]

You wanna have fun? Try the Reaper Rodeo. Use the prawn's grapple arm on a leviathan and hang on for dear life. Oh, and keep in mind it'll force the Reaper to change its territory, so don't do it near your base, or they'll never leave.

[@VoidsodaAndSmoot34]

I did that in Below Zero with a glow whale, and now somehow have an entire pod as my pets.

[@YourLocalGoat_Official]

I personally have severe thalassophobia and submechanophobia, which is one heck of a combo! I personally like swimming in the ocean, but once I saw a CHAIN going down attached to smthn and for some reason that freaked me out, then I panicked because I realised we were quite far from the beach and there was NOTHING below me, I legit almost cried

[@jaja9664]

I understand u i am scared of the aurora 😂

[@Thatguyiscool75]

detecting multiple leviathan class lifeforms in region are certain whatever you're doing is worth it -PDA

[@Sebastian_Solace_PRS]

I (don't) love how people forget to add a word and just easily messes up an entire sentence

[@rykersalisbury96]

@@Sebastian_Solace_PRS Detecting multiple leviathan class lifeforms in the region. Are you certain whatever you're doing is worth it?

[@Sebastian_Solace_PRS]

@@rykersalisbury96 I challenged a reaper before, didn't win but still survived

[@alexandredias9240]

57:08 "I'm not that scared of this one" *spits balls of fire* "I'M TERRIFIED AAAAAAAAAH"

[@LunaLinkle]

Everyone’s first reaction to the Crabsquid is “wow that’s gross” or “wow that’s scary” while mine was “that would probably taste great”

[@escaped_cephalopod]

Mine was “wow that’s FREAKING AWESOME”

[@carolinekerwin3520]

My cousin was watching me play and his first response (also kinda mine) was, “ITS MAKING DUBSTEP NOISES” 😂😂😂 Coolest sounding creature other than the reefies, and I actually loved it so much I made a carved pumpkin last year or the year before with a crab squid as the cut out. ❤

[@unlimited971]

When theycwere introduced i quitted. I quitted the game for years. When i returned dlc was already announced, or released , dunno. Returned. Fmand the crabsquid was my actually gate to be a fearless predator on sight. Didnt bother to kill reapers behind the ship on vefore

[@Nyx_Fey_]

I always found them cute

[@ImagineHat]

The fact that someone can actually find this time capsule is hilarious

[@polt3732]

As someone with thalassaphobia, I love subnautica so much BECAUSE it’s scary, and I find it cool. That’s the thrill. Time to strap in for a banger of a video

[@OliveTrees04]

Fellow Thalassophobe here! I’m petrified of the ocean and most bodies of water due to not being able to swim, but I’ve followed this game and Below Zero since the beginning. And I plan on following its sequel too, I just want to say I’m VERY proud of you for playing, and completing this game! I’ve got it for my play station and switch, and I’ve yet to complete it thanks to getting super anxious over the little things, so seeing this might just encourage me to finally make it to my favorite biome, The Lost River 💜💜

[@aimanaiman9935]

"chat, im not scared of this one" *breathes sigh of relief for 0.00001 seconds* "IM TERRIFIEEDDD!!!!" Oh beelz, you're the best 😂😂😂

[@Westthebest12345]

As soon as I claw the intro, I knew for a FACT that the radar for the seamoth would help SO much. When I did my first playthrough the radar was my go to every SECOND that I had it

[@kaidenlequeer]

I have thalassophobia too and I love Subnautica. It's kinda therapeutic with how aesthetic it is, and gets it me out of my comfort zone

[@Slomsy]

I used to be scared hardcore from not knowing what’s under me and diving in deeper parts. This game helped out a lot. Looking at the starting areas, even with the Stalkers feels like home.

[@Spritofjazz]

I love the pace of subnautica, throwing sheer terror at you, the player overcoming that fear like with the first couple of sharks scary environments, making the terror WAY worse, pushing through that and beating the game just feels so good at the end it’s perfect

[@KONANXERO]

I played this in early access and while swimming around exploring in 'creative mode', I got lost in an unfinished area that would turn out to be the Inactive Lava Zone, there was nothing there except huge empty red caverns with ominous ambience, I panicked so hard I straight up quit the game, so you are a legend for finishing this Beelz. . . . . P.s. DONT EVER GO TO THE EDGE OF THE MAP!!

[@ThatWhichObserves]

Warning: Entering Ecological dead zone.

[@shleyal19]

@@ThatWhichObserves Detecting multiple Leviathan class life forms. Are you sure whatever you are doing is worth it?

[@grogwire]

This is ecological biome matches 7 of the 9 preconditions for stimulating terror in humans.

[@Sef_Era]

As an individual who conquered my fear of hights via a VR rock climbing game, trust me when I say that I know at least vaguely how you feel. More power to you, for broadcasting such a thing to the world.

[@cleo3228]

I love the inevitable subnautica experience of being terrified of everything slowly evolving into wanting to run over every bit of fauna like keemstar on christmas

[@RanposPowderedDonuts]

Hi there, i also have thalassophobia. Iz used to be so bad to the point of me getting panic attacks staring at the ocean in Minecraft. Subnautica actually hrlped me lessen how strong my phobia is as i started out watching gameplay on a small screen away from me without headphones in the day of light while wrapped in a blanket and back to a wall. Now i can watch videos like this normally (tho i still get anxious especially whem going into certain aread like the void or jumping into the water and i can't leave my back or feet etc out of sight without panicking lmao.) irl it's still really bad but this game has helped me so much and I'm glad to see others trying to concur their fear with it. 🙏♥

[@wildtamer4461]

Ive never played subnautica, only watched people play it, but i remember getting the world's most instantaneous thalassophobia survival instinct when my older sister gave me her VR headset and put a game on. It was a fucking underwater diving experience. I didnt even get to the game section, the moment i realised i was being lowered into the depths and i couldnt see the floor i flipped my shit. I fully fell over the coffee table in my panic. I think my heart would genuinely give out if i played subnautica, kudos to you for making it through

[@bccolortheif4366]

As someone who has played this game several times this amazing in a funny way just watching a man see the kind and generous emperor leviathan and just being completely terrified

[@michigandoggo]

I want a compilation of all of Beelz’s screams during this game

[@deetusmcyeetus]

What you said about the ghostie was kinda relatable ngl. They are mostly annoying, while the seadragons are more majestic, but the reapers are fucking terrifying at first.

[@drakosclipsvods5529]

seeing someone overcome a good bit of thier fear playing one of my favorite story based games is super cool to see, im so proud of you for putting yourself through this

[@TheMaskedScholar_Vr]

The man in life pod fours death is actually sad. He tried to swin to the Aurora, but due to the time of the mc being unconscious. Two thing seither happened to him. He did infact miscalculate. Or the second and most probable thing is that he got there before the aurora blew up. Meaning that he couldnt get inside. Because you can only find an entrance after it explodes. Death by drowing. Being eaten, or being blow up, or radiation. Terrible way to go

[@Honeydumpster]

The scream the second you got into the water was a great example of what i *THINK* itd be like, if i ever tried this game

[@subanesengulov740]

I have a thalassophobia, when Iwas a kid around 4 years old, I almost drowned in the sea. Since then I really struggle even swimming in the pool. I tried playing subnautica to overcome my fear, I almost completed the game, but my pc died. While exploring the floating island, my gamer instinct kicked in, and I decided to climb up the mountain and perform a leap of faith. Once reaching the water in the middle of the island, I gasped so hard and chocked on the air, almost died of coughing. I’m pretty sure, that I haven’t got scared like that for a pretty long time, I guess that was the definition of primal fear.

[@sinnabunn262]

3:42 "Cus Rubber is scary" and that, my child, is how you were created

[@princceXsora]

THIS WAS ME- ive loved subnautica literally since release its my all time FAVORITE game- ive tried so hard to actually play it for myself but i just couldnt leave the shallows because it sent unfathomable fear straight into my bones- i told myself 2025 was the year id finish the game and for the first time in YEARS i finally know what the inside of the aroura looks like and i made my first sea moth! i encountered the reaper and i didnt scream and cry! jm so proud of myself and im so proud of you! :) this is our year guys

[@frgg509]

So nice to see a playthrough as a fellow Thalassophobia haver. I have tried to play it but fail miserably every time. Thanks for putting this content out there!!

[@opwracker8928]

This should go on TV "Australian KZbinr Beelz overcame his thalassophobia and beat subnautica". This is a great accomplishment, and a huge encouragement to people with phobias. And man, watching this took me back to the old days when I binge-watched a subnautica playthrough for the first time. My god the nolstalgia! This game/series managed to create a vast ocean with every area designed in detail. The biomes and creatures are bizzare, some are also beautiful. Despite the bugs, this game/series is amazing. Edit: This game is ten years old. I can't believe what the devs accomplished at that time. For some reason, I have much more memory of this game then subnautica below zero, weird. And yes Beelz, this means it's not over yet. I look forward to your subnautica below zero playthrough

[@EpicAlucard]

“Hey I’m not that scared of this one!” *Sea Dragon shoots fireballs* “I’m terrified!” 🤣

[@hfar_in_the_sky]

Even though it’s from a completely different game, I feel this quote applies quite well to large parts of _Subnautica:_ “The sea does not forgive. And it will not forgive you.”

[@invisible-car-man]

my guy turned into a hogwarts professor at 11:27

[@PoorPurpl]

Fellow person with thalassophobia and a person who is a Subnautica fan. I physically had to have a friend on call while I played the first one because of the deepness. Only had to had them on call a bit for below zero, but still an experience full of terror.

[@felixrowan646]

I have pretty severe agoraphobia so the surface messed me up more than most of the underwater sections did. Sparse Reef and the Void not included. Congrats on making it through your fear to finish the game!

[@gamersreactions9267]

Sammy the Safety Reaper doing an awesome job as always, keeping players from going into the void 😊 He had to scare you at the end to make sure you werent gonna go further off the crater edge!

[@beatzdyer]

Please tell me the community has actually named that reaper Sammy the safety reaper.

[@puddlel1ama327]

​@@beatzdyeryes we have. every Leviathan in the game has a unique nickname, but Sammy is by far the most well-known

[@stephenvarholy3755]

Well done, Beelz! Proud of ya, man. Took a lot of willpower and determination not to bow out of something that is legitimately terrifying.

[@SomeDonkus1212]

The little "here, be free! Thanks for the experiment." When you grabbed the fish with the prawn suit was so wholesome.

[@shirolune]

So proud of seeing Beels getting big on youtube. Beeing here since the early streaming days. Keep going my dude! Youre getting better and better each video!

[@Beelz55]

I wouldn't say I'm getting big at all. Just a vid that did well lol.

[@Wurmze]

First off I wanna say I have a lot of respect for you playing this with thalassaphobia. Having said that, as someone coming from a family of scuba divers (I’m the disappointment black sheep of the family because I have a ear condition that stops me) it’s so entertaining to see someone scream at the first jump into the water in this game, opposing the expectation of “oh my god how beautiful” 😂

[@lazerith84]

I discovered my fear of deep water watching a stream lay through of this game … I can’t even watch it on a large screen anything bigger than my phone freaks me out

[@ShinuuuSh]

I still feel sick to my stomach when I see the depths, but somehow I managed to get used to the view when I'm not the one playing, I could never beat this game, but I admire you for making it 😂

[@idontcare__456]

I never comment so me commenting right now is in pure awe at your actions. Not even 3 minutes into the video and not only do I see how much “fun” you had in this play through but also the fact that you had the luck of spawning almost on top of the kelp zone saying you have thalassophobia. Also I am known in my family for not fearing anything horror related minus one scene from a movie, and this game terrifies me to my core every time I run up on anything dangerous. I didn’t even do 80% of the stuff you did my first run bc of how much stuff scared me

[@Beelz55]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@quantumslime7265]

This is literally me playing subnautica lol. I'm such a coward even though I've played the game before and I love it to death. I sound just like this which makes it strangely cathartic. You're a brave soul.

[@IBeGinger213]

Ah, yes. The traditional pink and green watermelon-looking Cyclops. A staple of any good Subnautica playthrough.

[@TM-df1qv]

It was a truly unnerving and incredible game. First time through I actually had physical reactions to the deep water areas and the first time I ran into a Reaper after hearing its roar, I had to pause it and step away. It is now one of my absolute favorite games and I play it through every few weeks. Plus, building the Cyclops is easily in my top five greatest game moments of all time!

[@justanamitard]

This is actually so cool. Your willingness and perseverance to break past tour phobia is so awesome. And your recounting of how you felt in certain moments is, again, so cool. Amazing video

[@sinfulflame]

first im proud of you for playing this game second that intro to the game was the best ive seen on youtube and i watch a lot of subnatica videos here

[@raydafuq3570]

Great video. I love the little montages and overlays with the Subnautica soundtrack to make it more hype. Subnautica music goes way harder than it should lol.

[@emmaskindaweird7445]

The way you can tell veelz slowly gets more comfortable throughout the play through shows you really can overcome your fears. Good job beelz!

[@Beelz55]

It was pretty cool getting to see it happening as I was editing. The playthrough was like 40 hours, so it felt VERY gradual to me at the time.

[@oneeGrimm]

@@Beelz55 bummer that you didn't checked out "Ghost Leviathan Abyss". A vast, bottomless, pitch black pit with infinite supply of ghosties.

[@Gareenify]

Subnautica: Do you have thalassophobia? Me: no. Subnautica: Would you like to?

[@jackgeorge9478]

Rather brave actually to go out and scan leviathans, most players just see them and go “nope, I’ll be going the other way now”

[@SwenBoxum]

I was fully engaged the whole way through, I don't know if I have Thalassophobia, but boy do I *get* Thalassophobia. Kinda weird to hear from an internet stranger maybe but I'm proud as hell of you for doing this, you have my respect for pushing through the fear! O7

[@Phhilu]

I never played Subnautica myself, but have seen a couple other playthroughs of it. The things you emphasised showed me a lot of insights into how the game feels that I didn't see in other - aside from the thalassophoia. It was a very entertaining edit.