This game feels like what would happen if EA bought Unknown worlds. This game was OUTSOURCED in all but name.

[Biggis Dickus]

I cant imagine what happened in the writers room for this game to turn out the way it did. Its like if a game company sold its prized sequel to another studio to make the game. Its a shadow of the original, adds nothing to gameplay or its elements, and even takes away features, its like if XCOM 2 DLC just removed features and tech.

The characters are checkboxes, the writing is terrible, its like the hired staff from mass effect Andromeda. The maps are uninspired, and even the vehs feel like a lesser version of the original with none of the Awe of building your first sub the first game offered.

The mineral scanner is crap, the equipment is worse, and just the fact i can go on NEXUS mods and find a better game built on the ashes of this failed DLC with what they offer on there. Its no wonder they never added official mod support to Steam, its because modders would make the devs FEEL THEIR SHAME. With having passion and actual good ideas.

The developer of this game should not feel 1.0 as a accomplishment but as the tombstone placed on the child they killed, but they did not even bother to spell the kids name right, or finish burying them, a leg is still sticking up out of the dirt.

I can only imagine this is going to get worse in Subnautica 3: The search for more money.

Who paid you to assassinate your own franchise?

[Zeriel00]

Same thing that always happens, companies get woke to look good on Tweeter, or diversity hired writers. Look at what happened to Star Wars, the Comic Book industry and as you mentioned Mass Effect Andromeda. Even Cyberpunk, look at their development staff and see if you notice the same pattern.

Now cue the white knights saying you're imagining things and how dare you not like our politics in your game.

[Carighan]

No, I just want you to list what is actually "woke" (to use your term) about the game...

(or even to define the term)

re OP: Well, reviews so far + access numbers as an indicator of sales seems to disagree with your conclusion that it was a negative thing to develop the game the way they did. It might not work for you, but keep in mind that like all companies, they operate in a capitalist market.
They're here to turn a profit, not provide the most amazing piece of art you in particular can imagine. If they could make the exact same cash uploading an empty text file, they would. And so would any company, after all, why ignore free cash if making cash is why you exist (hence the company and all).

And yeah, so far it seems that if anything, they made the right decisions. Game is successful.

[J. Jonah Jameson]

Originally posted by Zeriel00:

Same thing that always happens, companies get woke to look good on Tweeter, or diversity hired writers. Look at what happened to Star Wars, the Comic Book industry and as you mentioned Mass Effect Andromeda. Even Cyberpunk, look at their development staff and see if you notice the same pattern.

Now cue the white knights saying you're imagining things and how dare you not like our politics in your game.

Why are you even here complaining if you don't own the game?

[RunningBare]

Originally posted by Carighan:

No, I just want you to list what is actually "woke" (to use your term) about the game...

(or even to define the term)

This the bit I'm waiting for, I'm seeing generalisations but nothing specific. -_@_-

[Biggis Dickus]

Originally posted by J. Jonah Jameson:

Originally posted by Zeriel00:

Same thing that always happens, companies get woke to look good on Tweeter, or diversity hired writers. Look at what happened to Star Wars, the Comic Book industry and as you mentioned Mass Effect Andromeda. Even Cyberpunk, look at their development staff and see if you notice the same pattern.

Now cue the white knights saying you're imagining things and how dare you not like our politics in your game.

Why are you even here complaining if you don't own the game?

You dont have to own the game to comment on it, he could have watched someone steam it, read the wiki, or watched someone play it on youtube, also he could have pirated it or already refunded. God I wish I could refund.

[Etherealtroll]

Just out of curiosity, because I certainly dont share your opinions, but how many threads are you intending to start that all say the same thing?

[Biggis Dickus]

Originally posted by Etherealtroll:

Just out of curiosity, because I certainly dont share your opinions, but how many threads are you intending to start that all say the same thing?

You are at best setting up a scarecrow about what actions i will take in the future or at worst a liar, this is the only thread that says this, the only other thing i posted was a review that says the same thing and a thread about how stupid a hardcore mode design choice was.

It would be the same as me asking you how many times do you plan on entering threads and adding nothing of value to them while trying to stir up trouble?

[QueenPixxa]

I agree with the OP completely. What a soulless piece of nonsense this game is... So horribly disappointing.
I cannot imagine how it can be considered a success by any standard. Not all things that make money are a success. These people sold their game to players who trusted them to deliver, and I would like to see how many of those players would ask for a refund now, after playing a few hours on the finished product... I suspect most of them.

[RunningBare]

Originally posted by mr.blinky:

I suggest not fronting Unknown Worlds any money for their future products. Even if they plan a Subnautica 3 or if they do something else. If you want to call me every and all the "ists" and how bad I am, Then you don't get my money and hopefully these devs will be Unknown

I thought some folk were against cancel culture. ;)

[QueenPixxa]

Even if they plan to build heaven on earth, I won't give them one penny more than I already did lol

[RunningBare]

Originally posted by mr.blinky:

Originally posted by RunningBare:

I thought some folk were against cancel culture. ;)

I am against cancel culture, deplattforming, and the hecklers veto. Free speech brah.
This is call boycotting a company that insults their customers and expects to get payed for it.

Oh semantics, you call it what you want, boycotting IS cancel culture, that's the point of cancel culture, stop making weak excuses for being a hypocrite.

[Ruiner]

Originally posted by mr.blinky:

I suggest not fronting Unknown Worlds any money for their future products. Even if they plan a Subnautica 3 or if they do something else. If you want to call me every and all the "ists" and how bad I am, Then you don't get my money and hopefully these devs will be Unknown

They're moving away from Subnautica after this to work on different genres. This is probably the last Subnautica content we get unfortunately.

[QueenPixxa]

Originally posted by RunningBare:

Originally posted by mr.blinky:

I am against cancel culture, deplattforming, and the hecklers veto. Free speech brah.
This is call boycotting a company that insults their customers and expects to get payed for it.

Oh semantics, you call it what you want, boycotting IS cancel culture, that's the point of cancel culture, stop making weak excuses for being a hypocrite.

And what's wrong in boycotting a company that acts in a way I don't like? This is getting ridiculous. cancel culture... who comes up with such bollocks???

[QueenPixxa]

Originally posted by RunningBare:

Originally posted by QueenPixxa:

And what's wrong in boycotting a company that acts in a way I don't like? This is getting ridiculous. cancel culture... who comes up with such bollocks???

Absolutely nothing, you are free to join us cancel culture folk anytime. ;-)

cancel culture is not even a word for me. Everyone has the right to boycott without being shamed with new words that don't even make sense.
I just popped in to see what other people think of this game, possibly have a laugh, and I find a sad mess that has nothing to do with game or politics, just an excuse to argue. I'm off.

[RunningBare]

Originally posted by QueenPixxa:

Originally posted by RunningBare:

Absolutely nothing, you are free to join us cancel culture folk anytime. ;-)

cancel culture is not even a word for me. Everyone has the right to boycott without being shamed with new words that don't even make sense.
I just popped in to see what other people think of this game, possibly have a laugh, and I find a sad mess that has nothing to do with game or politics, just an excuse to argue. I'm off.

Who shamed you? I agree with boycotting, it gets companies to sit up and take notice if there's enough people doing it, have at it.