Does Riley Robinson love or hate 4546B?

[caviarus]

Since recently I started to wonder - what is the REAL attitude to the Planet 4546B?

I, as a player, found it beautiful, intriguiing, resourceful and even controllable/manageable within the tiny volcano spot 2x2 km. But Riley Robinson? I mean, he comes from a world of very advanced tech, many interesting worlds, planets and systems perhaps already visited by him. There's a lot of people he might have known/loved/cared about.

Imagine if some clunky underwater modules and a very narrow selection of known tech is the only things available for you - and "the good stuff" consdered to be a silly vending machine and coffee maker - how pityful must be a life in that place.. Yeah, maybe for a month of solitude, relax and "enjoy the views" - but NEXT? My next playthrough will bear a feeling of disgust and hate towards this beautiful gold cage known as 4546B. I will despise every bit of the terrain, wildlife and everything about it - all that makes me be just another animal there rather then a human being. My point is 4546B is a death trap, it brought many human beings to death, it does not deserve our mercy because there is nothing on it that makes us better people or keeps us as "people" in the first place. I am not gonna lose my sanity and spend the rest of my life there. I want to be among my kind, not damn fishes.
Your thoughts?

[Arthur Pendragon]

"...but then, there's always the view"
I really like the safe shallows and the Grassy Plateau with its red grass.
The underwater scenery is so calming, so serene. Like any beautiful reef here on earth before we started to destroy them.


"Will you flow with the current or against it?"
Then, you have the (smaller) Predators. And the Leviathans. They are nasty. But necessary for the Planets' Ecosystem.

Me as the player playing the game understood the necessity to harvest the local flora and fauna, to destroy it only for Ryley to survive and escape. It was part of the gameplay.
But i didn't like it as well. The plants would re-grow, fish would breed and keep a healthy population. But the corals which are needed for creating computer chips, they are a living thing as well and take a very long time to regrow.


Gameplay-wise it's the well-known trade-off between a beautiful untouched yet wild and deadly landscape and, as Miklkit put it, the safety and security of Ryley's homeworld (i can imagine how this world does look).

But with the tools given and the knowledge earned one / I and/or Ryley could live a good live on 4546B.

So my guess is he loves it.

[caviarus]

Surrounded by monsters and wrecks.. Missing a friendly chat in a bar and Life? Too much for a young person. Damnit, 4546B!
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[dragonbornzyra]

In my opinion, Ryley hates what happened on 4546B, and himself, and the Aurora.....and the Degassi, and the Precursor's, and the Sea Emperor. He hates all of what has happened. But I think, IMO he would love the planet itself. I'm sure he'd wish he could have visited the planet under different circumstances........and left on his own terms.

As far as that debt goes, there's no telling if that number is a week's salary or 3 years salary. We don't know the economic system of Alterra. For all we know, Ryley could have made more credits exchanging his knowledge of the planet and meeting alien life and paid off the debt with enough profits left over to retire happily.

[masterful40]

In my personal headcanon he gets home and is depressed by everyday life, and a few months later he realizes it. He wants to go back to 4546B. A bit of a “you don’t realize how much you love it until you’ve lost it” story

[Dirak2012]

I think most people in here would change their minds if they had to experience the real thing.

[dragonbornzyra]

The thing about us enjoying Subnautica and the "experience" of being lost and alone, is that we can still sit back and talk about and share our stories of the game with each other. If this was all real? If any one of us was in Ryley's situation? We'd survive, discover all the secrets, build an incredible base, uncover all the mysteries.....and at some point, we'd want to have someone to share it all with. The knowledge.....the experiences.......the feats........it would almost seem selfish and irresponsible to spend the rest of my days on 4546B without at some point at least sending off a Timecapsule with a history of what happened back to Alterra space. And alter the data so Alterra's understanding was that the QEP Canon was still active so not to come looking. But btw here's some stuff not to do and some things to try out.

But the fantasy and dream is the main appeal. At some point, for each of us whatever that reason may be, it'll come, when we have to contact another person. Even if moral obligation to pass on our knowledge and so that the lives of the Aurora and Degassi and their families can have closure too you know?

[Craig]

Imagine if you had to play Subnautica all day and night (excluding sleep and eating questionable food) for the rest of your life.

You can go where you like, build what you like, but you're not allowed to finish the game, or start over.

Let's forgive the limitations of the game and suggest that the sea emperor is capable of conversation beyond her scripted lines and her babies would eventually grow up, if you choose to hatch them.

[PuttBlug]

There's no question that anybody in such a position would absolutely HATE the fact that he's stranded on an alien planet with thousands of things that can kill you, getting infected with an alien virus, have to build yourself the equipment you need to survive and leave the planet all while the robot is telling you that you owe the company you work for a trillion dollars for trying to survive.

Even if the place and the lost civilizations which were once part of it are majestic, in a real life scenario you would not be able to enjoy any of it.

[caviarus]

Първоначално публикувано от Craig:

Imagine if you had to play Subnautica all day and night (excluding sleep and eating questionable food) for the rest of your life.

You can go where you like, build what you like, but you're not allowed to finish the game, or start over.

Let's forgive the limitations of the game and suggest that the sea emperor is capable of conversation beyond her scripted lines and her babies would eventually grow up, if you choose to hatch them.

- We're doing a Reaper run, are you in?
- Uh, yeah, give me a second.
.. eats a cured Peeper
- Mom's leaving like in five minutes
- Alright tell Mom I'll just take the regular [Grabs a Stasis Rifle].
- The regular?
- Yeah, she'll know what I mean.

[dragonbornzyra]

Първоначално публикувано от caviarus:

Първоначално публикувано от Craig:

Imagine if you had to play Subnautica all day and night (excluding sleep and eating questionable food) for the rest of your life.

You can go where you like, build what you like, but you're not allowed to finish the game, or start over.

Let's forgive the limitations of the game and suggest that the sea emperor is capable of conversation beyond her scripted lines and her babies would eventually grow up, if you choose to hatch them.

- We're doing a Reaper run, are you in?
- Uh, yeah, give me a second.
.. eats a cured Peeper
- Mom's leaving like in five minutes
- Alright tell Mom I'll just take the regular [Grabs a Stasis Rifle].
- The regular?
- Yeah, she'll know what I mean.

Ryley is a fertile hermaphrodite and is now repopulating 4546B with his own offspring.

Cuddlefish is the Daddy.