Are there enemies in freeplay mode?

[Viceroy Günther von Lichler]

I want to play this game soooooo badly, but i'm also straddling a crippling ocean phobia. KNOWING that there were no enemies would help D:

[mccanlessjc]

no enemies just sealife that wants to eat you

[BarxBaron]

Originally posted by mccanlessjc:

no enemies just sealife that wants to eat you

;)

No enemies persay.......but you are tastey.........

I understand your phobia to a certain extent. Some of the most beautiful ocean scenes can be terrifying lol

[Dedulka_DED]

just play it and you will see))

[Ryan]

Theres nothing to be afraid of in this game exactly, just be cautious at this stage. There has been one or two occasions where somthing has made me jump, like.. scavaging limestone from a rock face humming away to myself, nothing to see here! and then I turn around and theres literally, a sand shark 1ft away from my snout. But hes all like, surpriseee!! with his glistening smile. They just want to hug you, with there teeth.

But seriously, get the game, you wont regret it. :)

[chaospockets109]

Hey Coinkidoink,

I have a phobia of murky water so I empathise somewhat. If your phobia is triggered by the thought of being attacked by sealife you might want to think twice about this game. It is capable of very relaxing moments but in order to progress without cheats (and play the game at all, really) you'll need to venture into more dangerous areas.

Freeplay, as opposed to survival, only disables food and water consumption. Hostile sealife will still attack you and some of it, to be honest, is pretty scary - perhaps not for the average gamer, but a thalassophobe might struggle with it.

(I have trouble with the Farcry series because of my phobia - even FC2, which, although it had no hostile river fauna, had very convincing murky water. Brr.)

[SergeantSplatter]

Yes, murky water is an evil thing. I'm glad that there is only clear water atm.

In 90% of the cases you can hear the sealife from a safe distance, so you can avoid them, once you get used to their sounds. Everey creature type has an individual voice-setting.
Just swim away, in case you get chased by one. Their stalking distance is really short.

I personally fear sharks. Because of that, I really struggle with stranded deep or other games where you can meet sharks.
The sci-fi atmosphere of SN never gave me the shark-phobic-feeling. So for me it helped, knowing that there are no "planet earth" predators and I'm reallyas excited to see the new predators (bigger ones).

I would recommend you Subnautica. Use it as a phobia-therapie to get rid of your fears :)
And maybe, in the future, there will be a way to turn off the "hostile" behavior of the predators - or there is already one, which I don't know.

[Viceroy Günther von Lichler]

Thanks for the constructive feedback! I'll try it out :)

[Rhedd]

Hope you enjoy it!

I can honestly say it's the most terrifying game I've ever willingly played... but I keep playing it!

[Viceroy Günther von Lichler]

Hehe yeah, i'm struggling a bit. Starved to death standing ontop of the escape pod first game cause i didn't dare jump in. Spawned next to some howling large things.

Second game went okay with just a constant mild panic, built the Seamoth and went off in a direction and saw some truly horrifying crap. Eventually i meet a REALLY giant monster manta ray thing and quit the game D:

I'll keep at it :)

[Goomba]

the first time i seen one of them i got creeped out a bit, was live streaming it at the time lol.... but honestly i say its an amazing looking game with a whole lota room for improvement.
heres a tip, when you see one of the " manta ray " things, just stay away from it for a bit, listen for it, then youl know what it sounds like and you can avoid it in later games, as far as i know its neutral, so it wont attack, dont know if it can even attack.. after a while i went up to it and checked it out... interesting litttle fella.

[Galacticat]

Just earlier today I swam up to one of the enormous manta ray things: I hugged it and it sang; I call it harmless. The only things you really have to watch out for are bone sharks as they can be found anywhere (even found one that wandered into the 'safe' shallows, it got beached on a coral tube). But if you're in your seamoth, they can't touch you.

Oh! And be careful of the blood sucker fish things. Not only do they hurt, but when I piloted my cyclops through a cloud of them, they nearly totaled its hull.

[SergeantSplatter]

Originally posted by Budz42:

Just earlier today I swam up to one of the enormous manta ray things: I hugged it and it sang; I call it harmless.

Its called Reefback. No reason to fear these adorable cuties. I love their deep humming sounds.

There is a list of the sealife where you can see, which creatures you should avoid.

http://subnautica.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Life_Forms

[Hahen8]

Subnautica is literally horror that will leave mental scars exploring the vastness of the sea even when no enemies are present will drive you insane and make you ♥♥♥♥ your pants but you have to man up that's what I did and yes I'm aware this post is from 2015

[Viceroy Günther von Lichler]

Playing this game actually gradually erased my fear of the ocean almost entirely over time.
The first time i tried it tho i starved or dehydrated myself to death standing ontop of the lifeboat listening to the fartmonsters scream, which is when i made this post i assume.
Completed it several times since.

[Raubritter]

Almost a 10 years necro, wow.