Worth a buy?
Depthdigger
Antarctic Join Date: 2015-09-08 Member: 207835Members
Antarctic Join Date: 2015-09-08 Member: 207835Members
Hey there!
I recently was recomended to check out Subnautica by a friend of mine, so I did and i have to say I am pretty impressed with the potential of the game.
Now i know there's probably hundreds of threads like these but I'm interested to hear if you would recomend Subnautica for me if my most important reason for buying the game is coop/multiplayer. Now I know it's not going to happen anytime soon. But id like to hear some input from people who are invested in the game.
Please move this thread if it's in the wrong section of the forum.
Kind Regards
Digger
I recently was recomended to check out Subnautica by a friend of mine, so I did and i have to say I am pretty impressed with the potential of the game.
Now i know there's probably hundreds of threads like these but I'm interested to hear if you would recomend Subnautica for me if my most important reason for buying the game is coop/multiplayer. Now I know it's not going to happen anytime soon. But id like to hear some input from people who are invested in the game.
Please move this thread if it's in the wrong section of the forum.
Kind Regards
Digger
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I really enjoy the sense of terror when diving in deeper zones, not knowing when a shark could kill you and the excitement of making it back to your sub just before you run out of air.
That does sound awesome, I've allways thought the ocean are more interesting than space since so much of it on our planet is unexplored. But what worries me about Early Access is the recent Spacebase DF-9 and that kind of stuff. Now I know Unknown Worlds from Natural Selections, I really think it's a good game but my biggest reasons for even considering to buy Subnautica is if there will be a coop or multiplayer experience, now I know multiplayer/coop is going to affect how things in the world reacts and mostly threatwise it's going to have to be adjusted quite significantly I would say looking at gameplay footage and stuff.
What i want from Subnautica:
* COOP or multiplayer with a friend, start in the lifepod and try survive and build a base and then progress deeper and deeper from there.
The theme of the game is really something I'm impressed by, it's just that would it be a good buy if I buy it for t a feature that as far as Ive seen hasn't been officially said to be implemented? (again correct me if im wrong)
Anyway, what I've seen looks really awesome.
Couldn't agree more.
If you like Early Access gaming, this game is one of a kind.
Well, I can't say I dislike Early Access games but the only thing that does worry me is that it has a chance that the release would be poorly done or just not completed at all. But I suppose that's the whole thing about Early access, still coop is the biggest reason for me to buy Subnautica. What do you guys think?, would this be a feature that's something that could be implemented within 1-2 years?
http://unknownworlds.com/subnautica/subnautica-multiplayer-when-if-how-and-why/
If that's critical for you, you probably want to wait.
Personally I'm totally happy with single player only and after 90 hrs so far Subnautica was worth the $20 to me.
But even then I don't see the point. What are you going to do? One person can easily scavenge an entire biome by himself. What's the other person going to do? You're swimming around together, you see a piece of quartz. You both race to it, but it's still just one piece, so only one of you can get it, even though you both want to craft fins...
Basically you'll need twice as much materials. Eventually you'll realize that the most effective way get things done is to split up and go scavenge different areas. Basically to play single player.
Considering how unique and atmospheric the single player is, and how much potential it has, I think wasting time on multiplayer would be a mistake. I'm glad that the developers seem to agree.
sorry that quote just popped in me head cause of the "two people left on the planet" bit
It started with only a small environment of the safe shallows and a little more, but constantly updated all time until it's now gotten quite big. You probably won't have to fear any early access disaster and this game will be able to give you enough hours (mine are 100+) already in it's unfinished state now.
Mind that I haven't seen any beautiful underwater game as rich or fantastic as this one that has free exploration, crafting and not tuned to underwater combat. So how many multiplayer (or even only singleplayer) games with these features are out there?
Ask yourself if you can accept this game in singleplayer. If, yes, then I'd buy it and try to convince the devs to support multiplayer. If multiplayer is a must, then I'd advise you to wait.