A deep dive into Subnautica's oceans to figure out where Below Zero went wrong.
00:00 The protagonists & the tone
06:19 The stories amongst the environments
10:29 The land segments
14:01 The conclusion to the narrative
16:08 The soundtracks (Ben Prunty vs Simon Chylinski)
19:43 The basebuilding additions
20:49 The loss of Subnautica's immersion
22:53 Horror vs terror (the real problem)
30:44 The leviathans & the endgame
39:09 The vehicles & traversing the map
41:16 What's next?
Source materials:
A clip from "Fear the Reaper - a Subnautica animation" by @DigitalDave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_K30JnmqR0
Clips from "Subnautica: Below Zero Interview..." by The Escapist Magazine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyGI3DI2z1g
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