Pretty. Tremendously pretty. Subnautica aims to capture the feel of going reef diving wrapped in a survival sandbox, and without a doubt it succeeds. From the moment you dive into the shallow reefs near your escape pod, you're making increasingly deep forays into the layers of wonder below the surface, building air tanks, flippers, subs, underwater staging areas... all for the purpose of going deeper and uncovering more of the world, to see the bioluminescent forests only seen at the deepest depths.

While in places performance is spotty, and at times the survival aspects are more of a hindrance than an aid to the experience (fortunately, there is the option of playing a softcore survival mode that removes food and water requirements), Subnautica nevertheless delivers a world worth exploring only enhanced by its light survival aspects.

Pretty. Tremendously pretty. Subnautica aims to capture the feel of going reef diving wrapped in a survival sandbox, and without a doubt it succeeds. From the moment you dive into the shallow reefs near your escape pod, you're making increasingly deep forays into the layers of wonder below the surface, building air tanks, flippers, subs, underwater staging areas... all for the purpose of going deeper and uncovering more of the world, to see the bioluminescent forests only seen at the deepest depths. While in places performance is spotty, and at times the survival aspects are more of a hindrance than an aid to the experience (fortunately, there is the option of playing a softcore survival mode that removes food and water requirements), Subnautica nevertheless delivers a world worth exploring only enhanced by its light survival aspects.