![]() ![]() The buildings themselves are very easy to place and the whole system is modular. ![]() Once you have developed the builder tool this then, in turn, allows you to construct pressurised structures on the seabed with an assortment of options. After building a basic set of flippers, an aqualung and survival knife you will need to move away from your pod and start your journey. The seabed is split into many biomes which vary massively in aesthetics and also the kind of fauna you will encounter. You may also start to notice not all the creatures in the depths are on a vegetarian diet. There is an incredible amount of variation in the topography of the seabed, from intricate cave systems, escarpments blazing with colour and volcanic fissures spewing steam and rock into the sea. Fish dart through the light beams cascading down from the surface, the uneven ocean floor is home to weeds, rocks, coral and a multitude of other plants and objects. Under the waves, your eyes are met with a scene that at a glance could be Australia or any other tropical coral reef. Initially, you can make bleach from salt and coral to make drinkable water but this is just a temporary solution.Īs you dive into the watery world for the first time you will notice that the pod and the crippled Aurora are the only objects on the horizon, everything else is an endless ocean as far as the eye can see. You have a health bar and a nutrition/hydration gauge which go down fairly rapidly - so you must catch the smaller fish and cook them in the fabricator. When starting Subnautica you will have a few choices about the type of game you wish to play: for the purpose of this review please assume I am playing the survival mode (I highly recommend this as your first playthrough). For a second I forgot about the demonic monster below my feet and just enjoyed the moment, the sunlight really was beautiful. Once satisfied that the danger was over I repaired the Seamoth and then watched as the sun came creeping over the horizon. In the next second, I was ascending faster than greased lightning and hit the surface at such velocity that I was airborne for a good few seconds. I stabbed the button and closed my eyes, the gargantuan creature reeled in pain giving me my chance. Then I saw it, a new device I had fitted on the Seamoth: a perimeter defence system which sends out a shockwave to would-be attackers. At ten percent structural integrity his would at least be quick. Pity that my death would come the second later as the terrifying maw of a Reaper came at me from the dark with unnatural speed. ![]() Just at my last breath of air, I could see the damaged Seamoth and as my eyes started to go dark my hand touched the hull, I had made it. A piercing roar, sickeningly close behind me: I’d been spotted and the apex predator was now behind me. Assuming it was still operational I fired up my sea-glider and made a dart for it. With twenty or so seconds of Oxygen left I peer out of my prospective tomb observing that my Seamoth had stopped moving and was way out past the drop off hanging above a seemingly bottomless abyss. For a second I forget this sub is my only source of oxygen at six hundred feet down and lament the time I had spent getting the paint scheme just right. Suddenly a deafening crash and I could see my Seamoths tracking icon moving. ![]() After cutting my way through the outer door my reward was quickly acquired, a blueprint for a new diving suit. I decided to jam my small submersible under an arc of rock and swim across to the wreck, I was sure Reapers didn’t attack unmanned craft but at this depth I didn’t want to take that chance. The Reapers were close, one for certain and maybe a second. A sudden flash of blue, then another and soon the twisted metal hulk loomed into view: the sunken wreck I had been looking for. I’d be going deeper and now I could hear bestial roaring in the blackness ahead. As I moved forward through the darkness the seabed became flatter and soon almost barren of rock. At this depth, the only real light sources were the ones made by the technology keeping me alive and the litany of bizarre life forms around me. It had been hours since I had seen sunlight. ![]()
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