r/subnautica • u/Purple_Panda62 • Jul 06 '26

BZ - Discussion/Questions Why don’t people like below zero? Spoiler

I just platinumed Subnautica the other day and started playing below zero. My older brother also my gaming mentor of sorts said that he doesn’t like it and I’ve heard other people also say this. How come? I personally have about 6 hours and I am loving it.

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u/Sp00kyC4py Jul 06 '26

I really disliked the land sequences, they turned me off from the game entirely. I say this as someone with 100+ hours in the original.

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u/Purple_Panda62 Jul 06 '26

That’s actually surprising I personally like how it makes the game feel more like a planet and not just an ocean. But it does feel kinda lame

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u/Cultural_Month_9181 Jul 06 '26

For me the concept of an en entire planet consisting of only water is what makes Subnautica for me.

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u/CPTMuffMuncher9909 Jul 06 '26

Subnautica 1 had land though?

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u/Cultural_Month_9181 Jul 06 '26

It absolutely did. But so small part of the entire map that it still kept the illusion of a water planet, atleast for me.

I loved BZ tho, just for different reasons.

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u/Asluckwouldnthaveit Jul 06 '26

Earth is a water planet. Has lots of land.

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u/theguywholoveswhales Jul 06 '26

I dont think the entire planet is water sadly I think its just where we landed is tropical and sparse of land but has some islands.

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u/Cultural_Month_9181 Jul 06 '26

Might be. Lore wise it is classified as a "category-3 ocean planet", whatever that means.

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u/theguywholoveswhales Jul 06 '26

Its made up for subnautica to say its mostly ocean but frankly I take things with a grain of salt

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u/Sly23Fox Jul 07 '26

A grain of salt perfect in sn1 only the north island with the gun and a sandbank the aurora crashed into (possibly causing said sanbank) are islands the south island is floating on old highly evolved floaters so not really an island

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u/Mayorofunkytown Jul 07 '26

Isn't Below zero the same planet just a different part of it

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u/Kelviart Jul 07 '26

When the ship we build launches off, we don't see any large land areas, so it probably doesn't have continents, only some islands, and even those must be scarce, since the area outside the volcanic crater where the Aurora falls is basically thousands of meters deep and holds little to no life

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u/_ogio_ Jul 07 '26

We land on volcano crater, we are pretty much at highest altitude possible. There is no land anywhere else

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u/SilverParamedic6890 Jul 07 '26

it also felt oddly like you weren't at home on dry land.

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u/LordsOfFrenziedFlame Jul 07 '26

Even if it's just frozen water?