

If you’re the type of chap or lass who enjoys holding down one single key for the majority of your gameplay sessions, look no further. So what’s new, almost three years later? I’ve been asking myself that very same question in mild disbelief. The 2015 version had a nice visual appeal, some competent but unfinished gameplay elements, and a sense of polish that was notably lacking from many other early access titles of the time. I picked up an early access copy back in 2015, based on word of mouth recommendations, and back then, it had promise. Originally entering Steam Early Access in late 2014, it’s worth reviewing now because it was only recently released, in January 2018. Subnautica is the creation of Unknown Worlds Entertainment, the team who brought you the interesting but ultimately mediocre Natural Selection 2, amongst other titles of little repute. I’m left scratching my head, wondering how such a promising concept turned out, at least from this reviewer’s perspective, to be such a total flop.Ī first person survival game set almost entirely underwater, in which you play the role of the lone survivor of a spaceship crash, tasked with gathering enough resources to, at first, survive, and then to find a way to rescue. Don’t you just hate it when you’re that guy? The entire world, apparently, is loving Subnautica right now.
