The Game That Accidentally Became a Horror Masterpiece

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Published on ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds9BzrZhDPg


Subnautica
Game:
Subnautica (2018)
Duration: 36:47
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Subnautica has an incredibly fascinating tale of being created to serve one genre (survival), but becoming a shining example of an entirely different genre (horror) completely by accident. How did it happen? Come find out with me!

I also apologize if I mispronounced anything, I'm not a native speaker :')

Get the game here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/264710/Subnautica/

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Introduction
01:30 - Story/gameplay recap
08:52 - Horror by accident
12:03 - Design cornerstones
17:39 - Listening to the fanbase
19:42 - Lack of guns
21:42 - Six degrees of freedom
22:56 - PDA
23:52 - Primal fears and phobias
33:08 - Was it really accidental?
35:43 - Outro
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Links mentioned in the video:
The Design of Subnautica on GDC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R-x9NSBS2Y
Subnautica Postmortem on GDC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkjY_R7zQsM
Adam Millard's video on Subnautica's terror: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz80210ipGc
Rock Paper Shotgun interview:
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/subnautica-devs-violence-guns-interview
Playstation Blog interview: https://blog.playstation.com/2018/11/20/terror-in-the-deep-sea-of-subnautica/
Subnautica ticket system: https://subnautica.unknownworlds.com/feedback/tickets
Special thanks to cfowler7-SFM on deviantart for the fanart used in the thumbnail! https://www.deviantart.com/cfowler7-sfm/art/Subnautica-Reaper-Leviathan-732086583

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Prezmer currently has 1,519 views spread across 2 videos for Subnautica. The game makes up 1 hour of published video on his channel, or 7.89% of the total watchable video for Subnautica on Prezmer's YouTube channel.