Planet 4546B is just as mesmerising a playground here as it was in the original Subnautica. ![]() Unknown Worlds has served up another superb slice of survival shenanigans here, one that we highly recommend diving right into. This is a super solid port too, a joy to sink time into in both docked and portable modes, with only a little stuttering here and there as you enter new biomes - and the series' ever-present scenery pop-in - to mention in terms of technical shortcomings. However, slight niggles aside, Below Zero absolutely delivers in providing more of the excellent deep sea survival antics that we know and love from the original Subnautica. There's also not quite the same scale and scope in the tech tree here, which is understandable given this sequel's DLC origins. There's far more marching around here, wandering the hostile arctic tundra, and although it's never particularly bad - there's always plenty to find (and flee from) in these portions of the game - it's just not where Subnautica really excels, we always wanted to be back in the water as soon as we were dragged out of it. In fact, if Below Zero does make one major error for us, it's in its decision to expand upon the very brief on-foot sections found in its predecessor. The story this time around is also a much more fleshed out affair with cutscenes, a fully-voiced protagonist and other characters with whom to converse, and although we definitely preferred the total isolation of the original's narrative, what's here still manages to remain engaging for its duration, throwing up some cool surprises along the way without making the critical mistake of impeding upon your time spent crafting, exploring and building. ![]()
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