Subnautica With Thalassophobia (My Worst Nightmare)

Stuck on an ocean planet with a fear of the ocean. This is fine, right?
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------------------------ MUSIC USED ----------------------
Subnautica - Ahead Slow
Subnautica - Abandon Ship
Subnautica - God Rays
Subnautica - Shallows
Stray - Eliza
Stray - Uwazumosurikae
Subnautica - Arc Lights
Stray - Suitcase
Silicon Valley - Fun In The Sun
Silicon Valley - Fat Bear Mountain
Subnautica - In Bloom
Subnautica - Finding Life
Subnautica - Alien Passageways
Subnautica - Into The Unknown
Subnautica - Leviathan
Silicon Valley - Have A Nice Day
Subnautica - Alien Spaces
Subnautica - Fear The Reapers
Subnautica - Coral Reef
Subnautica - Cuddlefish
Subnautica - Rock It!
Subnautica - What Are You
Subnautica - Ancient Aliens
Subnautica - Salutations
Subnautica - Islands Beneath The Sea
Subnautica - Red Alert
God Hand - Genes Rock A Bye
Subnautica - Amid The Kelp
Metal Hellsinger - Through You (Instrumental)
Stream Beats - Code Chill

[@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

[@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😅.

[@2568Handles]

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]

@@2568Handles the last phobia

[@Pozo6889]

The rule 4546B

[@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.

[@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

[@simonkoller9978]

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 😂😂😂😂

[@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?

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@brandonhaynes1728]

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

[@escaped_cephalopod]

Don’t we all?

[@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

[@DukeCoffeeXIII]

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

[@Chippycp93]

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

[@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

[@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!!

[@yannismorris4772]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@zacharypeters6742]

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

[@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.

[@LilyMist110704991831177394439]

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

[@That1guyagain75]

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

[@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

[@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

[@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 :,(

[@aimanaiman9935]

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

[@alexandredias9240]

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

[@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*

[@owobi_2991]

Fun fact, once a Reaper of any class is killed, it will never respawn

[@lucasharvey1598]

Nah they do it just takes a while

[@grogwire]

@@lucasharvey1598fr?

[@SullyCapua-h8s]

They do respawn but also do you mean leviathan and not reaper?

[@SullyCapua-h8s]

I meant to say they don’t respawn

[@tadferd4340]

​@@lucasharvey1598Leviathans don't respawn.

[@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.

[@ImagineHat]

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

[@Alina_anonymous]

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

[@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

[@Thatguy10294]

Subnautica has both given and helped my thalassaphobia

[@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

[@michigandoggo]

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

[@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

[@Vertigo97]

0:15 who said my name?

[@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

[@oddotaku3621]

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

[@EpicAlucard]

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

[@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.

[@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 😂

[@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.

[@idunnow7666]

I love how he slowly gets more confident the more he plays

[@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

[@ddragon3380]

I like how the reaper was ignoring him at first cuz they were like "hmm snac" And when they were out of snac they were like "hmmm another snac"

[@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!

[@Nihilios]

Subnautica practically healed my thalassophobia actually, that’s why I love this game.

[@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!

[@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”

[@joshuasimmerman8562]

I want to say, i'm fairly sure i have thalassophobia, and it was much worse 5+ years ago, but after forcing myself to play subnautica it is much less severe. When i first started and went to anywhere you can look down and see just ocean and no floor i got a physical reaction in my toes and feet to curl them up, and it felt terrifying. but little by little it got better, and lo and behold subnautica is in my top 5 favorite games of all time. I'm glad you gave subnautica a chance and were able to see how great of a game it is.

[@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

[@meriahrz3235]

I agree that being under the floating island is nausea inducing

[@jinxzap-5678]

So fun fact he can't actually dig into the ground that's just him glitching through the ground which probably makes that even more terrifying because you don't know where he will come from

[@brandonwolken8477]

The reason why the reaper didn't see you in that one scene is because reapers are blind but when they let out their Roar that's a form of echolocation so that means I can see you if you can hear them

[@NathanATaylor]

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

[@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.

[@tadferd4340]

You are correct that there were 2 Sea Dragons in that area. As far as hostile leviathans counts go. There are 3 Sea Dragons. 3 Ghost adults in the creator. 3 Ghost Juveniles. 25 Reapers. Most in completely optional areas. 9 of them are around the Aurora. 1 in front, 1 behind, and 7 on the East side. Went over there once. You could see several at the same time.

[@aquashuriken1634]

15:12 "I'm being camped by worms" what having worm eggs feels like

[@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.

[@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.

[@SevEvoimaru]

You were coloring your vehicles in colors only the fully colorblind could laugh about. _You're just like me, frrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!_

[@theburningruler7279]

Beelz: *Scanning Reaper Leviathan* Me: *Encountered one, noped out of that game immediately and still haven't played it a full year later*

[@icyweiss4717]

I just found your channel and I’m having a blast. I’m sorry for all the suffering you endured during your playthrough of Subnautica tho lmao

[@Levinswords]

funnily enough my deep fear of the void doesn’t trigger in the ocean, or at least at beaches in relatively shallow water, because my brain can understand that there’s a floor even if it’s like 30 feet down, when i clip out of a video game and it’s an infinite fall that genuinely makes my fucking skin crawl

[@benyaminmirzaei6493]

Great video, can't believe that I procrastinated and ended up watching this all night instead of doing my assignment. I do wish you had the chance to go to the Dead Zone and the Dunes but maybe something to consider for a future follow-up video?

[@luckymantis1803]

subnautica is my all time favorite game. i love seeing videos like this and knowing the game i love is also embracing others to play it. subnautica started years ago with a very small team. thank you for bringing this exposure to such a fantastic game :)

[@MaxAngel-wi2rd]

I also have the the thalassophobia 0:03

[@wheelockwarlock]

Me too, I cry when I play this game T-T

[@BerenKaya-nn6vv]

Me too😢

[@formdusktilldeath]

You found the secret for unlimited energy! Charging the Cyclops batteries from the Cyclops batteries!

[@Reescep9557]

for a guy with Thalassaphobia you were braver and did more than I ever did in this damn game so well done

[@Jay-cb1xb]

every time i watch a thalassophobic person play subnautica i'm always blown away by the progress they make and how fast they do so-i have 150 hours of gameplay in subnautica and i've never made it past the grassy plateau biomes. i'm simply too scared to. i've gone to both islands and i do the same thing you do (tread the surface the entire time, never look down, and jump from the slightest noises) but that's the farthest i'm able to explore. any other biome under the surface, i freeze up. i've been playing since early access. i've never made a cyclops in survival mode. i have memorized all the reaper spawn locations from online maps and yet i'm still scared, even when i know i'm nowhere near a reaper-i'm too terrified to go to the SPARSE REEF, where NOTHING LIVES. even in creative mode, even when i build all the vehicles with all the upgrades imaginable, i'm still too scared to go past the grassy plateau. the jellyshroom caves are about as far down as i've ever gone, and that entire ordeal is always stressful no matter how many saves i've done it in. serious congrats on beating the game and powering through! in my eyes you've done something impossible

[@aasilashlily6681]

Believe me, I know EXACTLY what you went through playing this game. I played both this and Below Zero. And I have Thalasaphobia. The jump scares and the actual times I had to pause and calm down was very often.

[@QueenofPascalities]

While I was in the alien building on the shooty-shoot island, a Reaper clipped through a wall (yes, where I was supposed to be SAFE). It couldn't attack me, it was just stuck there, flailing around. Still terrifying. Also, as a fellow thalassophobe, at some point I just looked up guides on where the dangerous leviathans were and what biomes to avoid. I kept as close to the sea floor as I could, because that meant things could only attack me from above, unless the guides told me to stick to the surface. It took a lot of convincing and verbal butt-kicking from a non-thalassophobic friend to get me to leave the "easy" areas and keep going deeper. So much of what you said during this playthrough, about considering just living out the rest of your days in the Shallows, and viewing it as a personal victory to actually finish the game, are things that I felt and thought during my own playthrough. I've gone through the game, I've watched countless videos of lore and playthroughs, and still this game terrifies me. Watching your playthrough, knowing exactly what would happen, still terrified me. Good on you for finishing the game, and count yourself lucky that you never found the Void.

[@Beelz55]

Funny thing about the void, I found it by accident. I was lost in my submarine, on the surface searching for the big gun island again. I was looking for the big mountain in the distance. I traveled in the direction I thought it was in until I got the message about entering the ''ecological dead zone''. So I turned around and went back the way I came. I later found out I was maybe a few seconds shy of having some new friends attack me on the surface.

[@Otokichi786]

So, you have Thalassophobia and are playing "Subnautica"? Treat this game like an extended therapy session as you "explore the deep and dark" after the Safe Shallows. Take heart, more Thalassophobes have "gotten Alterra's bill" than other kinds of players. Strap in, this is a roller coaster ride that can be very rewarding.

[@HanaFilms1]

Honestly, I had a mild discomfort being in deep water where I couldn't see what was around underneath - but playing subnautica likely amplified that into a full blown fear for me. Loved the game to bits though!

[@DraslyThe1]

As a person with extreme Thalassophobia, the first 40 sec was like hell, I get physically ill just watching the transition between the surface and the water, I´ve played Subnautica and I don´t get scared of it. Even tho I can´t describe how much fear and terror I get from the ocean...My mind can still surface out the real ocean vs a video game. So thankfully I got to play the game in "peace" If you remove all the scary moments I had encountering monsters. Also I had more Megalophobia than actual Thalassophobia by playing. Aurora is a damn big ship

[@Traumatised_Childe]

My Thalassophobia is so bad that i cannot even go into the seaweed area without physically and emotionally freaking out

[@fjorddrake389]

I‘m sorry but it‘s hilarious how you dragged your Seamoth across the Mushroom Cave when you just could‘ve entered it from directly above the Degase base.

[@Beelz55]

I died inside when I learned this

[@fjorddrake389]

@@Beelz55 I guess you learn from you mistakes . It‘s s really good video btw.

[@thwomp363]

NOOO YOU DIDN'T SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR CUDDLEFISH, THEY JUST THINK THAT YOU'VE GONE OUT FOR SULPHR AND NEVER CAME BACK

[@Beelz55]

I pet and cuddled him a bunch when I had to go back in order to kill the Reaper

[@thwomp363]

@@Beelz55 Did you get the goodbye cutscene with them, it's heartbreaking

[@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

[@GlassedGamer]

"Chat! This is a marvelous event! I'm not that scared of this one-" [Sea Dragon charging a blast of plasma] *"-I'M TERRIFIED!"* Peak comedy.

[@spir1t_v3ssel]

I discovered i had thassalaphobia when i started playing Subnautica. I watched multiple playthroughs of different people and would laugh when people got scared. So i decided to buy the game, and man i was terrified. I think one thing that didnt help is the fact that i knew most of the areas and where all the big guys were. Though i gotta say, still one of my favorite games out there. If you are interested, defenetively go check it out!

[@ultrakleptomania]

as someone who also has major Thalassophobia, and was indeed morbidly curious, this video was a genuinely very pleasant experience thanks to your Narration and attitude. I look forward to seeing more content from you!

[@Sweetblonde248]

The sea emperor and her voice lines get me so emotional 😢

[@nira_no.3]

For those who do not know, the Aroura shakes on intervals in order to simulate the massive weight of the ship causing a mini earthquake because the ground is extremely unstable. The crash likely caused the ground to break and the ship is so heavy it may fall into the deadzone/abyss. This never actually happens btw.

[@zoewhyumadbro3090]

man, the metal hellsinger music for the reaper battle in the end goes extremely hard

[@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. 🙏♥

[@flackenstien]

This game is horrifying no matter what phobia you have.

[@alexanderrichards239]

Exactly like how I spent my first night: on top of the pod staring at the moon/watching Aurora burn.

[@Godsoldiergaming]

To think if you had gone to the landing sight sooner you could have saved the sun beam from that gruesome fate

[@Supertired-w7s]

Best part of the end is that the rocket ship doesn’t actually leave. I forget who but someone entered spectator during the cutscene and saw that the ship doesn’t move.

[@Juan-qm7ic]

the reaper uses echolocation. so if you can hear it, it can see you.

[@JamesXatior]

The closest you can ge to playing a game for the first time again is watching someone else do that

[@CyarSkirata]

The fear you feel of vast empty expanses of water sounds like a very similar experience to the way I feel being around tall buildings and high ceilings, with my Altocelarophobia. Big cities are just like the *worst* thing for me.

[@legendaryone696]

I'm so proud of you for making it all the way through 😭

[@Beelz55]

Thank you. There were some parts there (outside Aurora) where I wanted to die lmao

[@NeonValkyrieGaming]

The reaper at the front of the aurora is always friendly his name is Jermy and he will eat peepers out of your hand instead of your face (this is real any reaper will eat out of your hand if you put a fish in the equip slot and hold it)

[@thezambambo2184]

Sammy the Safety Reaper says GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM THE WRECK

[@demsterclippy4252]

This is probably the best playthrough summary video i know on youtube. Not just for subnautica but in general. What a ride. I think i'm gonna come back to this one every couple months for the entertainment alone. Awesome video Beelz. Wish i had found it sooner.

[@Beelz55]

I'm glad you enjoyed. I've only made a few of these types of videos but I'm hoping to make more.

[@demsterclippy4252]

​@@Beelz55 that's great to hear. I did notice this vidoe was unlike the recent ones, but i'll give them a chance still. Already subscribed

[@Beelz55]

@@demsterclippy4252 Other vids made in this style would be: Fable (masterpiece one) Destroy All Humans Darksiders 1 Most of the other vids on my channel are either roguelites or multi-part playthroughs of games.

[@demsterclippy4252]

Sweet! Huge thanks for the heads up!