"How bad can it be?" I thought, as i read the reviews. Let's just say I hope this game doesn't kill the series - Subnautica 1 was brilliant but just about every change made in this game is a downgrade. They are building on their past success but the design decisions were bad. I have replayed the first game a few times, want a third game to be made, but I will never replay this one. Issues:

-The zippy transport and strong sub you had before is replaced with a slow, clunky long vehicle which is basically a moving base instead of an exploration vehicle. Takes too long to move around, can't evade anything, gets stuck. Jack of all trades, master of nothing. I swear, I might even have liked this game if I had a seaglide, but they just deleted the damn thing.

-Huge portions of the map are on land, and there is less underwater area to explore than before. The land section is a big gimmick and has nothing to do with the rest of the game. Hey devs: this is a game about being in the ocean.

-Scary biomes are replaced with bright and colourful biomes. They look nice, but I no longer get the same feeling of dread/terror from the first game. There are also too many parts where you enter a linear cave system with a completely different look to everything else and it feels way too 'designed'. Like I just swam into a piece of concept art instead of a natural cave system.

-Characters and voice logs are dull. No one is stranded and so everyone is just talking about penguins and ♥♥♥♥. I hate everyone in this game, and I don't care about anything they are talking about, even if the penguins are cute.

-The story is a patchwork mess, no longer a fight for survival it is a quest to find your sister and then talk to an alien or something. The simple and primal motivation of survival works so much better in a survival game.

I enjoy the base building, which is mostly the same as before, and it is still fun to explore new places. Only worth it if you replayed the first game and just want a bit more to explore.

"How bad can it be?" I thought, as i read the reviews. Let's just say I hope this game doesn't kill the series - Subnautica 1 was brilliant but just about every change made in this game is a downgrade. They are building on their past success but the design decisions were bad. I have replayed the first game a few times, want a third game to be made, but I will never replay this one. Issues: -The zippy transport and strong sub you had before is replaced with a slow, clunky long vehicle which is basically a moving base instead of an exploration vehicle. Takes too long to move around, can't evade anything, gets stuck. Jack of all trades, master of nothing. I swear, I might even have liked this game if I had a seaglide, but they just deleted the damn thing. -Huge portions of the map are on land, and there is less underwater area to explore than before. The land section is a big gimmick and has nothing to do with the rest of the game. Hey devs: this is a game about being in the ocean. -Scary biomes are replaced with bright and colourful biomes. They look nice, but I no longer get the same feeling of dread/terror from the first game. There are also too many parts where you enter a linear cave system with a completely different look to everything else and it feels way too 'designed'. Like I just swam into a piece of concept art instead of a natural cave system. -Characters and voice logs are dull. No one is stranded and so everyone is just talking about penguins and shit. I hate everyone in this game, and I don't care about anything they are talking about, even if the penguins are cute. -The story is a patchwork mess, no longer a fight for survival it is a quest to find your sister and then talk to an alien or something. The simple and primal motivation of survival works so much better in a survival game. I enjoy the base building, which is mostly the same as before, and it is still fun to explore new places. Only worth it if you replayed the first game and just want a bit more to explore.