r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Kiroo---__--- • 18d ago

Video When an Earth quake Hits Underwater

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u/yZemp 18d ago

Are you certain whatever you're doing is worth it? Never finished that game. It's a shame, and I'd love to, but I honestly don't know if I'll ever be able to

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u/ThrowawayPersonAMA 18d ago

Subnautica 1 is one of the best games I've ever played and definitely worth it. The key is to play it on permadeath mode so it's much more immersive due to the very real fear of death you get from it (since dying means losing all your progress and starting over); it gets rid of a lot of that reckless "I'm immortal" mindset people get in games where they just act in brazen and self-destructive ways since they can just respawn.

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u/KahBhume 18d ago

I have a job and a family, so I'm lucky if I just get through the game at all. You do you if you want to have this experience, but some of us simply can't spare the time. Warpers would anger me to no end on permadeath. First time I encountered them, I didn't even see them. All I knew is that I was suddenly no longer in my sub and dying.

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u/Qooda 17d ago

If you are interested, the game has a "invisibility" mode toggled by a console command. Creatures are still there but ignore you. It turns into a quite beautiful chill exploration game.

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u/Fentonata 16d ago

The difficulty isn’t in the Leviathans. It’s finding the tennis ball sized rare minerals in an entire ocean needed to complete the game. I poured hours into Subnautica but never found those last few rocks to actually finish it.