Terror is the feeling of dread you get when you strap yourself into a rollercoaster, or when you look over the high dive before jumping. Terror, on the other hand, is more the psychological effect in your head when processing fear. It’s that feeling you get when a zombie jumps at you in a haunted house, or when the creepy vampire in a horror game finally gets you. In a video on the topic, Adam Millard, a popular YouTube video game reviewer, says that “Terror is all about the suspense and the threat of danger, horror is all about actually scaring you and/or grossing you out.” Horror is simply the thrill or act of being scared.
Terror and horror are, in fact, not the same thing. Second, and where I believe the game truly hits its mark, Subnautica leaves a lasting impact on the player by how it uses terror rather than horror. This design feature highlights what many games these days lack: allowing players to play how they desire.
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In Subnautica, however, the player is free to explore and discover as they so choose, without the constraint of a questbook telling them exactly what to do. Many survival and story games are filled with mandatory missions or obligatory side quests that can take the player on long-winded tangents from the main storyline. However, in my opinion, this game successfully employs two brilliant game design strategies that make it one of the best survival games in history.įirst, the game neither tells nor requires anything from the player. What’s so special about this game? At first glance, it seems more or less like any other indie survival game. Using the local resources to survive, the player explores deeper into the beautiful and mysterious ocean of 4546B.
The game starts off with the player, named Ryley Robinson, waking up in an escape pod from the exploration vessel the Aurora after it was suddenly attacked by a mysterious energy pulse. Covered in one continuous ocean, this planet is home to diverse and plentiful species of flora and fauna. Have you ever wanted to explore the deepest depths of the ocean? Do you like thrilling adventures and an engaging storyline? Have you ever had even the slightest interest in exploring a vast ocean filled with beauty and wonder? Then you should play the video game Subnautica.įully released in late 2018, Subnautica is an open-world survival game set on the fictional alien ocean planet 4546B.
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