Yeah, this is the right approach, especially with the subnautica community that seems to be really thirsty for drama. I was going to wait for reviews anyway before getting it, so this dev request is probably for the preordering folk.
That said, my money’s on “subnautica 2 will disappoint regardless” because it continues to build on the original instead of being new. What made the original so good was the novelty of that format, combined with the horror aspect and the fresh lore. Now, after two games set in the same world and the same general flow, people know what to expect so they will be extra picky about s2 and I wager they will end up underwhelmed. I’m still hoping s2 will at least be extra pretty because goddamn if I didn’t love the environments of the first two games.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 1 month ago
My interest in subnautica 2 is like the actual second game: below zero.
The first game and below zero are so different I’m not confident they know what about the first game was what drew people in.
Zorque@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Sometimes people have ideas that just don’t work out. Even if the same people make another game, unless they just make a carbon copy they’re going to try and do something different. Sometimes it doesn’t work as well as the original, but at least it’s not churning out the same thing over and over and hoping people don’t notice.
Granted, Gamefreak has basically been doing that for 25 years, so what do I know?
p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
The first game was one of the buggiest mess I’ve ever seen with a game that has so much praise. And this was seven years after it launched.
innermachine@lemmy.world 1 month ago
On final release I never suffered a single bug
p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
I find that hard to believe.
Hadriscus@jlai.lu 1 month ago
Yea it had a few bugs. As far as I’m concerned those never spoiled the fun or the fantastic atmosphere.
mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
I heard it had a lot of issues during testing but I didn’t personally have any issues with it having played it the first time 4 years ago nor have I heard of any widespread game breaking bugs. Might just be your particular system :o
Orygin@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
IIRC, they did not really know what the first game was about while developing it. I remember reading a dev blog about them adding a bug report in game with screenshot attached, and how that helped them understand players expectations and direct the development of the game towards that instead of having a pre-defined vision of the final game.