You can return to your lifepod in order to craft supplies, materials, and equipment. At first your oxygen won’t last long, so you’ll need to stick to the shallow reefs near your lifepod. You’ll dive beneath the ocean’s surface and harvest materials from the seafloor. The core of Subnautica’s gameplay loop lies in crafting. I found the option to remove the food and water meters a particularly nice addition as it makes the experience more approachable to players not as familiar with survival games, without negatively impacting the experience. The default in which you’ll manage air, food, and water, a simpler mode that removes the food and water meters, a survival mode with only one life, and a creative mode which disables the story but lets you build and explore freely with no oxygen limits at all. Upon starting a new game, you’ll be able to choose from four different difficulties. What lies beyond the darkness is the source of Subnautica’s intrigue. Beyond the ocean floor lie deep tunnels that may span the entire map, and dig ever closer to the core of this world.
There is a constant feeling that below you, far into the dark, more and more terrifying creatures lurk. Many, myself included, will find the world of Subnautica a blend of serene beauty and ever-lurking horror.
The only thing stopping you is breathable air, and your own bravery. And while there are some mysteries to uncover on the surface, the vast majority of Subnautica’s gameplay lies waiting beneath your kicking legs. Ocean stretches as far as the eye can see but as long as you have clean water and food, there’s really nothing stopping you from setting off in whatever direction you choose. From the moment you open the hatch of your lifepod the world is open to you.
The reason for the crash and the nature of this world are, at the outset, totally unknown. Subnautica opens with a crash landing on an uncharted, ocean planet. Luckily it arrives on Switch better than one might have expected. Given the lackluster incarnation of similar games on Switch, such as ARK Survival Evolved, Subnautica seems an imposing port. On its journey, it has also proven difficult to run on powerful consoles and even PCs simply due to the scale and complexity of its world. Its blend of crafting, survival, a vast laberythian open world, freeform progression, and gripping story truly outdid anything that came before. Despite only being a few years old, having officially left various early access programs in 2018, Subnautica has already proven a hugely influential game in the survival genre.
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