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Subnautica and its sequel,
Subnautica: Below Zero, almost certainly aren’t for you.
In the original 2018 game, the player finds themselves stranded in the ocean of an unknown planet surrounded by nothing but the darkness of the water around them (and the alien creatures that live in it) as far as the eye can see. In
Below Zero, that fight for survival expands to include some icy terrain, harsh snowstorms, and above-ground critters as well all while providing the same level of wondrous exploration and thorough crafting that fans would expect.
For composer Ben Prunty (
FTL: Faster Than Light,
Into the Breach), that meant putting a chilly new spin on the original’s sound particularly since he was a new addition to the Unknown Worlds Entertainment team for
Subnautica is one of my all-time favorite games, and I absolutely loathe survival games. Unknown Worlds’ underwater survival/lowkey horror title won me over thanks to its smart balancing, beautiful yet frightening handcrafted world, and intriguing narrative. So, it should come as no surprise to anyone that I was immediately onboard with
Subnautica: Below Zero, the former-DLC-turned-sequel.
Below Zero has some tough fins to fill, since part of the first Subnautica’s magnetic charm was arguably created by how little we knew about the world we found ourselves in; of not knowing what illuminating or terrifying discovery awaited us. That first venture outside the Safe Shallows and into the waiting maw of a hungry Reaper leviathan was an eye-opening shock, one that’s difficult to replicate. Does Subnautica: Below Zero feel like a tired repeat of already established tricks, or is it capable of fabricating new thrills?
They re taking the hobbits to Leningrad!
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A Soviet adaptation of
The Lord of the Rings once thought to have been lost for good was posted on YouTube last week to the delight of fans worldwide.
The film was originally aired in 1991 on the Leningrad Television Network and is believed to have been the only version of Tolkein’s beloved tale made in the Soviet Union. After Leningrad TV’s successor 5TV discovered the film in an archive, it posted the entire thing on YouTube in two parts part 1 is available here and part 2 right here.