Subnautica: Below Zero

Прод continuation of the adventure action Subnautica from a first-person perspective, combining elements of role-playing games, sandbox gameplay, and a bit of exploration and cinematic games. The events of this standalone sequel unfold after the story of the original, but still on the planet 4546B, in its unexplored, Antarctic zone.

The game was released in early access on Steam in January 2019, with the full version expected to be released within a year and a half. At the same time, versions for PS4 and Xbox One consoles will be available.

For Below Zero, a vast open world has been announced, comparable in size and detail to the original. The early access version of the game had only a few locations that could be explored in a couple of hours. There was also a lack of content — wildlife, resources, and dangers. All of this will appear closer to the release.

The developers plan to make not only the underwater component available for exploration but also the surface — players will be able to move over moving ice floes using a hovering hoverbike, climb snowy peaks, and break through ice ridges in search of the unknown.

At the same time, the concept of the underwater part, as a mix of unusual shapes and contents of the seabed, with protrusions, ledges, and caves scattered at different depths, with its own species of fish and life simulation, has not changed.

For Below Zero, an original binom is being created, with many new life forms, even more vividly depicted due to their adaptation to icy water. Among the first are the giant predatory fish Titan, the aggressive Calamaro-Shark, and the nimble and unusual Penguins.

A year has passed since the protagonist of Subnautica left planet 4546B. The mega-corporation "Alterra" learned about his misadventures and sent the space research station Vesper, which is supposed to explore the structures of an alien civilization under the pretext of resource scouting and environmental research.

For this purpose, a large base with various equipment was built in the Arctic zone of the planet, which the player will not need.

The main character is a black xenozoologist Robin Goodall, who went to the planet with a research team after arguing with her sister Sam, who stayed on the space station. This whole situation worries her, but unexpectedly one of the staff members goes missing on the station.

Robin goes to check if he left to explore the space station alone, and when she returns — the base is swept away by a huge avalanche. Now Robin is definitely alone in this world and, despite the possibility of evacuation, she remains with the goal of figuring out what happened that day.

With the release of the final version, the developers promise to add a well-thought-out and extended plot, with several plot twists. There will be more of it, the developers do not leave the player alone with themselves, as in Subnautica. Рolo voditeljice igra Sam, ki prek radia sporoča vse potrebne informacije.

Različica v zgodnjem dostopu je vsebovala le prolog in prvo poglavje.

Igranje je postalo težje — večji del oceana je pokrit z debelo plastjo ledu, zato nenehno primanjkuje zraka in svetlobe. Da bi pomagali pri prvem, so razvijalci dodali novo ribo in rastlino, ki proizvajata kisik iz vode. Da bi bil svet svetlejši, lokalna favna fluorescira bolj in svetleje.

Kljub temu se osnovna logika igre ni spremenila — raziskujemo vse z univerzalnim skenerjem, zbiramo vire, iz njih izdelujemo vse, kar potrebujemo na enem univerzalnem stroju, nepotrebno pa shranjujemo v škatlo. Glavna orodja (skener, plavutke, drsnik) so bila prenesena, obljubljajo pa, da bodo dodali nekaj novega.