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Subnautica 2 update finally lets players fight the fish, but you won't be able to kill them as Unknown Worlds sticks to a key principle of the survival game

"That's all in an effort to make you feel like you're having the mitigation of creatures that we want you to feel"

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You still can't kill fish in Subnautica 2, but starting tomorrow you'll at least be able to 'stun' them

They will also have "good flinches" if you bonk them with a hammer.

PC Gamer

Subnautica 2's first major update "brings back one of the most requested player experiences" and will be "the scariest the game has been yet"

"Get ready to get stompy"

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Subnautica 2 promises to add 'one of the most requested' features, but sorry, it's not a knife you can stab fish with

You can't get stabby, but you can "get stompy."

PC Gamer

Subnautica 2 devs were glad it worked out after all the scary headlines about delays, but they weren't paying much attention anyway

Unknown Worlds knew what it was doing

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Subnautica 2 tries to be more like Alien: Isolation than Silent Hill 2, which is why the leviathans are invincible now

"That was not some decision made because we're a game about pacifism or we're a non-violent studio"

GamesRadar

Part of me wishes we could see the Subnautica 2 the devs scrapped: The Dwarf Fortress of ecosystem simulators

But given it's sold a gajillion copies, they probably made the right move.

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Subnautica 2's no-killing policy isn't because it's 'a game about pacifism', says design lead, but because players would 'master the crappy combat' over anything else

"They'll be mad at you, and they'll sit there and take time to learn it."

PC Gamer

Subnautica 2 devs aren't "judging players who want combat," but it isn't happening: "Subnautica has always been built around vulnerability"

Let it go

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Subnautica 2 "creature mitigation" a priority for updates as dev is stunned by players with no sense of danger: "I don't think we thought people would build by wolves"

"Most of us chose to put our bases away from these"

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Don't expect to kill fish in a future Subnautica 2 patch: 'You are here to exist on this planet, not to dominate it'

Unknown Worlds says it doesn't want players to become "the conquering colonist."

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Videogame pirates tell other pirates to shut up about it after Subnautica 2 developers are taunted with illicit copies

A breach of pirate etiquette has even pirates siding with a Subnautica 2 designer.

PC Gamer

Subnautica 2 dev knows "pirates are gonna do their thing," but would rather people play for an hour "and return it than go play it illicitly"

"You gotta be a true idiot"

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"I hope you rethink your life choices": Subnautica 2 dev responds to pirate asking for tech support on leaked build

"This guy self-reported"

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Subnautica 2 uses Unreal Engine 5 to make the ocean feel psychologically hostile

Everything looks beautiful and that’s exactly why it’s scary.

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Subnautica 2 is already "bigger and more polished" than anything Unknown Worlds has put into Steam Early Access, lead devs say, and it'll only continue to grow

Fans are "already posting ideas and things for us to do," too

PC Gamer

Subnautica 2 devs say it's 'bigger and more polished' than any of the studio's previous early access launches

Unknown Worlds is eager to collaborate with its community once again.

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"Krafton are still very much helping us": Dev of Xbox Game Pass' Subnautica 2 says it's still working with publisher Krafton despite Steam page removal

Many believe Subnautica 2 dev Unknown Worlds and publisher Krafton are severing ties, but devs have confirmed that the two are "co-publishing" the title.

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'The team has weathered a lot': Subnautica 2 design lead says the community kept the dev team going 'when it was at its hardest'

"Despite any rough patches, our goal has always remained the same," said Anthony Gallegos.

PC Gamer

Subnautica 2 devs show off multiplayer while constantly reassuring solo players it's totally optional

"The important distinction there is that any part of the game isn't going to require cooperative play."

GamesRadar

Subnautica 2's "optional co-op" looks like exactly what I want – not the live-service mess I was afraid the survival game might become

Subnautica 2 is built for "optional co-op, start to finish," with emphasis on the "optional"

GamesRadar

Survival games are more popular than ever, but is one of the decade's most influential genres more endangered than it seems?

Opinion | The art of survival games' unique staying power

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'Everyone's little monkey brains like shelter and food': Subnautica 2 designer says primal instinct is the reason we're so drawn to smashing blocks of wood into weapons

Survival games tap into our inner barbarian, it seems.

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Subnautica 2 dev says people like survival games so much because they speak to our "little monkey brains" and "we're all little monkeys"

How do you do, fellow monkeys?

GamesRadar

Subnautica 2 designer isn't alarmed by people taking a break, because survival games aren't as "monogamistic" as MMOs like World of Warcraft: "I know what they're doing"

"If I see people play through all the content of Subnautica and then they leave for a little bit until we do a content patch, that doesn't alarm me"

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