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My Score: 9,5/10

Prologue

The oceans, since ancient times, have been sources of beauty, riches and inspiration for great adventures and stories, but also a source of danger and fear, especially of what may be swimming in the depths and which we may not even know about, as well represented by countless legends. and myths about creatures that live beneath the waves. Nowadays with the exploration of the oceans, we know that even with its dangers there is no colossal being lurking, but what would happen if this certainty was thrown away, when diving into the waters of an alien ocean, full of unknown wonders and dangers. ^^
This is what the protagonist of our story will discover in the most brutal way and without warning possible, a simple employee of the Aurora transport ship on another day like any other at work. Until the moment that without any warning the ship is hit by something that causes the entire crew to be evacuated, with our protagonist escaping alone in one of the escape capsules, after a "slight" head injury, he leaves the capsule and observes who stands alone, with only the ocean of an unknown planet stretching everywhere he looks. ^^
Pros:
+ A survival game with an extensive map, full of different environments, each with its own resources and creatures to explore and discover.
+ The game has an entire ecosystem, with animals and plants that inhabit certain environments and depths, and can be analyzed to discover more about them.
+ Wide variety of resources that can be collected for production, from the simplest equipment to the most advanced and futuristic.
+ Option to build a base, not only to be a safe place, but also useful during the journey.
+ A very interesting story with some twists, which progresses according to the player's exploration pace.
+ For those who wish, in addition to the classic option, there is an option without having to worry about hunger and thirst, and a creative option.
+ Beautiful graphics, it really seems to be a world under the waters of an alien ocean.
+ Excellent soundtrack and sound work in creating the vocalization of all the creatures.
Cons:
- If you don't have Thalassophobia, the fear of the ocean, be prepared to feel the sensation a little as the creatures will give you a lot of scares during your first encounters.
- Some very rare bugs, like one time I saw a large creature enter the ground and never come out, and another time I took damage when touching a peaceful one.

Game mechanics

After the "soft" start of escaping from the burning ship, our exploration begins, deciding where to swim in search of resources, if the objective is just to stay alive, the clear waters close to the surface are fully capable of supplying everything necessary, but If you want to go beyond survival and escape from this planet you will need to go deep, very deep in search of new resources that will release new equipment, however some are too advanced but fortunately Aurora had several useful equipment for underwater exploration, which first need to be analyzed as they became just fragments with the explosion, analyzed by undoubtedly one of the most useful tools of all, the scanner that allows not only to analyze the fragments, but also the ores and life forms on the planet. ^^
This is a very important point, as it will be an exploration without the presence of any other human being, with the only company being the varied and colorful life forms native to the planet, forms that have evolved to live perfectly beneath the waves, some peaceful. who won't care about the player, others will attack but only to defend their territory, and some are carnivores and will love to try the taste of the flesh of the only human on the planet. But as we explore the depths, we discover that not everything is in perfect balance on this planet, and that something is disturbing the ecosystem and will try to put the player on its endless list of victims. ^^

Art and sound

Produced by the Unknown Worlds Entertainment studio, I only have praise for the graphics, they did very well in creating each unique biome, each creature adapted to living in the conditions of the depth in which it lives and the notion for the player of how the depth increases as the waters become more and more darker and sinister. The soundtrack part was also impeccable, the songs are great, matching each biome and the great work in creating the sounds of the various creatures, especially underwater the sound reaches much further than the light, so there are several moments that we hear the creatures before we even see them. ^^

Conclusion

Subnautica was a curious case for me because I never really liked the idea of exploring deep, dark waters, even in games, and yet for some reason I bought this game when it was still in the early stages of Early Access. And so over the years I started the game, but I stopped when I started to have to go deeper, until finally at the beginning of this year I stopped messing around and finally finished this great game, which now I can say that even despite the scares and despite a little stress sometimes not finding the right resource or fragment, this is a very fun game, and I recommend it to everyone who likes a good exploration game and a good story. ^^