There are some neat risk/reward systems here: curing meat with salt helps to preserve it and retain its nutritional value, but also increases the need for hydration. You’ll need to manage your vitals throughout, by cooking seafood, drinking filtered water, and – perhaps most importantly of all – breathing oxygen.

You’ll start the campaign with little more than a wetsuit and willpower, but as you slowly streamline your scavenging practices, you’ll end up with a sprawling underwater metropolis.Īlmost everything you do over the course of the 35-plus hour adventure contributes to your overall goal of surviving longer in increasingly deeper and hazardous waters. While there is a loose story to follow involving shady corporations and missing siblings, the main thrust of this arctic outing is mining materials that will ensure your survival is more straightforward. Where you go, and how you get there, is entirely up to you. This frigid follow-up to Unknown Worlds’ seafaring survival sandbox subscribes to the same blueprint as its 2017 predecessor, plunging you into an aquatic open world and willing you to explore it. Subnautica: Below Zero is a game about crafting for convenience.

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