In fact, right from the start I had to look online to begin to understand what should be my best course of action. My one main criticism of this great game is that it relies on you to have some knowledge of survival games or the Subnautica world to know what to do next. When you arrive in your underwater hub you are presented with a story quest that is slightly vague, leaving you with a marker regarding an emergency supply drop some 400m away. The story is great, highly intriguing in fact, and that’s thanks to the witty writing and fascinating telling of the lore of the Subnautica universe. Soon you’re on a mysterious journey where you discover an alien race – the Architects – and derelict dwellings that hold clues to the story through datapads and characters you meet along the way. You are searching for your sister who is believed to be dead, but you have other ideas that the megacorporation Alterra is hiding something. As she dives into the water, Below Zero begins to open up as she ends up in a little underwater base hub and we slowly get the chance to work out what is going on. She is a tough, fearless xenobiologist who starts the game running away from a meteor shower on a strange alien world. The story puts you in the shoes, or should I say fins, of Ronin Ayou. Please bear in mind then that this review comes from the point of view of a newcomer to the series rather than a hardened professional Subnautica veteran. I was fully aware of this amazing game though, in particular the universe that gamers have plowed hundreds of hours in to, creating underwater cities in the process. I have to be honest with you – I never played the original Subnautica.

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