Subnautica
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There are some situations in the game where avoiding death if you're not ready for it will be really difficult. You won't see them coming either, and some of them are mid-late game. That said, they're also not guaranteed so being on your toes at all times might make it work. The game is about taking risks though. How much you want to be punished for failing at those risks comes down to personal preference. There's also bugs to consider. While not the buggiest game around, it's not immune to them.
Gavinmad
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Realize I'm way late to this one, but quick question for those who played it a good bit. Is starting the game on hardcore doable or just more trouble than it's worth? I don't mind doing a slow roll and being cautious but is death pretty much unavoidable?Gavinmad ?
More trouble than it's worth for a first playthrough unless you're a bit of a masochist imo. Dying in 'softcore' can be enough of a pita as it is, especially if you lose a vehicle in the process.
I think I died twice in my play through of the game, beat it with 25 hours played or so.
Don't think the game was hard or dangerous hardest part was finding the connections to the different areas and when I started carrying beacons that was a non issue.
Most of the NPCs can't catch you in your seacraft and are not ultra aggressive.
I don't think it was really hard or anything, but the reasons people play hardcore can differ, and the ones that I know that play such modes really fucking hate being surprised by things that will hit you hard. I think if you can stomach the homing explosive fish in the starter area then you should be fine with it unless your tolerance for such things changes based on time investment.
Other main things to watch out for will be the bugginess of the Aurora, and needing to prepare extra hard for deep-dives
Other main things to watch out for will be the bugginess of the Aurora, and needing to prepare extra hard for deep-dives
Enjoy. The first experience with the game is fantastic especially if you don't get spoiled. It's one of those games everyone should experience.
Gavinmad
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Resisting the urge to look things up online during your first playthrough is far and away the most important thing to enrich your experience. The replayability of the game is so-so at best because you can't recreate the discovery and exploration aspect of your first time through, so preserving that as much as possible will have a profound effect on your enjoyment.
The glitchless speed run world record for the game is an hour and 13 minutes. My first playthrough was something like 40ish hours and that was with me looking up a couple things online which I shouldn't have done, so probably would have been closer to 60 hours or longer. There really isn't much of a game if you strip the exploration aspect out of it.
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Gavinmad
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Fight
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I got Below Zero and played through the content they have so far.
I think I am slightly disappointed? At the very least, I would recommend any that plans on playing it to wait. There is not much there yet and what they have is largely rehashed from the first game. Sure, there are some new creatures and the environment is different, but fundamental things like the minerals you are collecting, the equipment you are building and the bases you are building are all the same.
Anyways, I gave Subnautica a personal 10/10 and game of the year 2018, so I hope they can offer up something that feels similar the second time around.
I think I am slightly disappointed? At the very least, I would recommend any that plans on playing it to wait. There is not much there yet and what they have is largely rehashed from the first game. Sure, there are some new creatures and the environment is different, but fundamental things like the minerals you are collecting, the equipment you are building and the bases you are building are all the same.
Anyways, I gave Subnautica a personal 10/10 and game of the year 2018, so I hope they can offer up something that feels similar the second time around.
Caliane
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yeah, Subnautica is like the gold standard atm for survival games. but, at the same time. I do find it hard to justify an expac. new environment? ok... but same base, crafting etc? hard to see its real worth. I suppose in general, I really want even expacs to renovate the baseline game.
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I really thought I was going to like this game. I picked it up on Steam on sale a while back and early in the game I was trying to find salt or something and swam around for half an hour looking for it to no avail. Finally said fuck it and refunded it. I think I am turning into an angry old man. I am so finicky and impatient with games these days. Certain ones just click with me and other popular ones I just don't. This one is so popular and so in my wheelhouse so to speak I really should give it another shot while on sale again.
I started doing the same sort of thing a few years ago. Absolutely nothing was good enough and I would nitpick the smallest stupid bullshit in a way that was intentionally sabotaging my ability to enjoy games. The solution? A bit of weed and/or liquor. Not a lot, just enough to shut the judgment portion of your brain off long enough to find something you like about it which tends to open the door to the rest.
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