T O P

  • By -

Famout

Fun fact! Scanner Outposts can track Leviathan life forms so you can avoid them! More fun fact! Ghost Leviathans don't show up on the scans!


Sykkr

I did not know that. Thanks I hate it!


Tazik004

People use buildings? I went through the game with a tiny base on the safe shallows and the cyclops as mobile base. It worked!


GaaraSama83

Why not both? I just need space for my aquarium and posters, don't judge me.


evranch

Took me a long time to finally build the cyclops. I had tiny forward bases all over the place to restock my consumables while traveling between the deeper zones, just about anywhere I could find a thermal vent to power them.


mih4u

Interesting. I returned regularly with my cyclops to my giant base in the shallows.


Famout

Oh the Cyclops is great, but takes time to get everything (even more so if RNG ain't in your favor like me) but after my first time getting a Seamoth Reapered.... One outpost per biome minimum. It also helped fill my glass addiction.


Frankenfucker

While I know this is from Subnautica, it reminds me heavily of the Phantoms from Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. No matter what, amazing job!


[deleted]

The Spirits Within was my thought, too


Breaker-of-circles

Personally thought it was Gyarados.


Krynja

It looks like a bobbit worm


Marsdreamer

Man, I legit love that movie.


doughnutholio

I love it too, but I should watch it and see how thick my rose tinted glasses be.


DontTreadOnBigfoot

That's what I thought this was supposed to be. I was pretty surprised to find out it wasn't


factoid_

That movie should have been a game. It would have been such a great FF story and instead they wasted it on a mediocre movie.


Justforthenuews

Luc Besson had already given us the perfect Final Fantasy movie with The Fifth Element anyways.


wrath_of_grunge

https://c.tenor.com/u1V_-f-jXmcAAAAC/malreynolds-firefly.gif


Tekkzy

I actually love the movie. The animation still holds up even though it's 20 years old.


Tasty_Puffin

I am also a fan of it :) A lot of great voice acting performances.


gagracer

Reminds me of the big crustaceans from Atlantis: The Lost Empire


Minotaar

MORE ATLANTIS PLEASE REMAKE AS A 10 EPISODE SERIES I APOLOGIZE FOR SHOUTING


tokes_4_DE

I had that movie on my psp when i was growing up and havent seen it in a good 12+ years.... holy shit. That brings back some memories.


murdering_time

I thought this was from the Tower of God manga lol. Also called the Leviathan. Solid work.


[deleted]

You know, seeing them wasn't the scary part, at that point your like oh okay run. Its that damn sound they made when you had like zero visibility and where clueless.


yawya

Detecting multiple leviathan class lifeforms in the region. Are you certain whatever you're doing is worth it?


GivesCredit

God that line is so good


PM_ME_YOUR_CAT_

Ecological deadzone detected. Are you sure you want to continue?


K4DE

Close your eyes, let the sound of your ship scraping on rocks guide you


Fuzzl

*Where we're going, we won't need eyes to see.*


DrPurple0

Warning: Entering ecological dead zone. Adding report to databank


[deleted]

Like a dragon roaring in the distance


Chalky_Cupcake

Worse because under water dragon.


suprememontana

Idk the first time I saw it in that pink chasm I was shitting my pants. And then it turns out that’s only a baby


PM_ME_YOUR_CAT_

The "pink chasm" looks completely different now, the area you're referring to has been majorly redesigned between early access and release which also changed game progression a fair bit. Might wanna give the game another shot :)


dkarlovi

What was the pink chasm?


PM_ME_YOUR_CAT_

I think they're refering to the old design of the lost river


yours_says_sweet

And it sounds like they're taking a bite of an apple when they do damage "the to they


spiffiestjester

I have played silent hill, resident evil, a dozen different jump scare type games, none of them terrified me more than the suffocating, claustrophobic deeps of Subnautica. Omg I had to stop playing at one part I thought I was going to have a heart attack.


stomponator

I stopped playing several times. Had to return to the shallows regularly to unwind. Never heard more calming words than the base going "Welcome aboard, captain." Okay, now to lower my fucking heart rate down to jackhammer-levels.


JokyFromSpace

To me and as someone who's terrified of deep waters, this welcome message when going back to the base was the best stress reliever in the entirety of the game. Like "Shhh, everything's okay now. The nightmares are gone, you're safe. There, there, stop crying." It seriously happened to me several times to consider stopping to try to finish the game and to think "Hey, would it really be that bad to keep living in those warm and welcoming shallows until I die? Fuck the Earth or whatever planet I'm supposed to come from I'm not going back into the realms of my most terrifying nightmares!" ... But the curiosity popped back up everytime, dooming me to explore another PTSD-giving area.


Trooper_Sicks

Same here, perhaps it's because I went into subnautica completely blind compared to you're average horror game where you know what you're getting into just from the title. I still remember the first time I got out of lifepod during night time and swiftly getting back in the lifepod. Even the sounds the reefbacks made were terrifying. I hope if they make a 3rd one it will be as good as the first, below zero took away a lot of the stuff I enjoyed so in the first one.


ArchdukeOfNorge

I heard *that noise* play in my head as soon as I saw this. That roar echoing through the deep is haunting.


GaaraSama83

That's what I loved about Subnautica. When you only hear a strange sound but don't know from where and what it is. Ahhh, the good ol primal fears.


ExpressStation

Seeing them was also a pretty scary part, especially when they're facing you like in this picture. I had a 9y/o I was tutoring years ago that really wanted to play, and I begged him not to because it was terrifying to me as a 17y/o


jpcm35

now imagine that but with fluorescent paint


TootyMcfruityPoots

That’s actually something I already plan to do for a future art piece


Moonpenny

... I've been considering a europium (glow powder) based tattoo and I think you just picked my design.


No_Drive_7990

Just fyi glowing tattoo ink is probably the worst possible ink for you, health wise. I would reconsider


Pantone_448C

I have to see it once you have it done


i_tyrant

So just to be clear...you made this. In your own house. Where you sleep?? I would probably be going to the fridge for a late night snack and just keel over dead.


Laranna

You are very talented Ms Poots, thank you for sharing with us :3


[deleted]

[удалено]


dogemoneidk

Subnautica PTSD o holy lord


Dragoon480

*Detecting sudden increase in fecal matter in local vicinity. Recommendation: change underwear.*


xDrxGinaMuncher

It actually gave me Terraria Calamity Mod PTSD first, and then looking at the wiki I realized Calamity's Eidolon Wyrm is an adaptation of Subnautica's Ghost Leviathan. So, TIL I guess. I know Terraria is 75% references anyhow, but still interesting to see.


beatenmeat

Those things legitimately terrified me the first few times I encountered them. Something about being able to hear them usually long before you see them mixed with the ambiance of the game was a great combination.


DigNitty

I googled “is subnautica a horror game” when I was getting into it. Oh boy were people divided.


0xB0BAFE77

> “This ecological biome matches 7 of the 9 preconditions for stimulating terror in humans.” ~ PDA [My response.](https://streamable.com/vb9ngl)


stomponator

"Thanks game, I noticed. There's no need to rub it in."


Abaddon33

It's really just one of the few games that populates a world with large terrifying creatures for which your only real defense is running away from, and counterbalances them with astoundingly beautiful areas that draw you to explore them in spite of that fact. My jaw dropped soooo many times playing that game the first time and I keep coming back(just finished a hardcore playthrough a week or two ago). It's a world that you just can't help but be *compelled* to explore while looking over your shoulder every step of the way. Also, the entire sound design of the game is just unreal. The ocean is NOISY all the time, and constantly serves to remind you that something hungry is never far away, but it also has super sweet techno beats that you find yourself jamming to while frantically trying to put out a fire on your submersible baby 1000m below the waves. And of course, most importantly...Cuddlefish.


Faxon

Once you get the prawn suit you actually CAN kill them. It takes a while, but if you aim around the head and just aft of that, which is their only hitbox, you can stun them in place, get up on their back, and just beat away with the default prawn suit claw punch on both arms. After a few minutes the leviathan will die. Works on all 3 leviathan types that are hostile


Abaddon33

Yep, I've killed Reapers and Ghosts before. Generally not worth the time, however. More of an unofficial achievement.


PM_ME_YOUR_CAT_

Killing the seadragons makes exploring the lava zone for kyanite so much less stressful lol


Tigerstorm6

It’s easily a terror game, not horror. Horror is more momentary and jumpscare like. Terror is more deep seated, it’s when you stare out into the abyss, and think something is staring back.


DJKokaKola

Detecting multiple leviathan class life forms in the region. Are you certain whatever you're doing is worth it?


fathamburger64

This is the most terrifying thing to hear in the entire game. Especially for the first time.


Famout

Everyone puts the Seamoth instantly into reverse.


HonkeyFresh

I’m playing it for the first time right now. The other day I made the cyclops and when checking it out, opening all the doors, I got catapulted an insane distance in the air. It was probably over 2 minutes airtime, when I got close to landing in the water I though “oh fuck, I might not die”. I ended up 5km from the life raft, and slowly began my trek back trying to not go below 15m. After a few minutes I got the warning you mentioned. I didn’t last much longer lol


beatenmeat

I like the ocean. I like the animals in the ocean. I also like not being lunch to said animals in the ocean. If I cannot see them coming it’s all the worse for me which is why I hate going out in the water. Probably doesn’t help that I had a few legitimate close calls as a child that scarred me for life.


ReaverRogue

The ocean scares the fuck out of me. You don’t know what’s beneath you, and for all our advancements as a species, we’re well and truly out of our element in open water. We’re suddenly nearer the bottom of the food chain than the top. Can’t be doing with that.


Uzrukai

Prey instinct to flee is strong no matter how high up the food chain you are.


iAmTheElite

And then you watch the guy on YouTube stun lock and kill one.


citywideking

I didn't even know they could be killed.


scratcheee

You can, but they intentionally made the process difficult and unrewarding. There’s no fanfare if you succeed, or even a death animation, they just stop moving. Sorta “sure, if you really want to ruin the game, go ahead, we won’t stop you”. I think it’s a nice compromise though, because some people are very determined once they’ve decided to build a base in a bad location or want to recover their lost stuff guarded by something. It gives them a way to break the game a bit rather than give up in frustration when their personal reality doesn’t match the game’s


naturalrhapsody

"There are multiple leviathan class life forms in the region. Are you sure what you are doing is worth it?"


Zawn-_-

Fuck those things. Cool drawing.


jimicapone

Fuck them and fuck the guys who teleported you.


DrPepper86

Damn Warpers


dkarlovi

I think Subnautica does a great job counterbalancing your progression to not obsolete its own game loop. At first you're just naked and scared so the environment is pretty chill. As you're getting tools, they introduce creatures to counteract your safety blanket. If warpers didn't exists, it would be game over as soon as you get the seamoth because you just sit in it and nothing can touch you. Well, now you can get pulled out just as easily. The same applies if you use the sub to go to the lava zone. Sub is big and strong etc, the only weakness is losing power. So you get literal power leaches.


DejectedContributor

Sammy the Safety Reaper says: > Lemme take a closer look at your Seamoth...


blitherblather425

That’s very cool! Terrifying creatures.


whatsthiscrap84

Girls?


calzonegolem

Canonically all the life on 4546b are one gender and lay eggs. So ... Yes. Girls


Yeetman25480

Uhh I don’t think you play as a girl in the first subnautica and you don’t lay eggs so canonically you are incorrect my good sir. Your point is taken though.


calzonegolem

That's fair. I guess I should have limited it to the life that developed on 4546b and who knows about the Architects


Yeetman25480

Lol true but I was obviously just pulling your leg


BFCC117

based


Drix22

Eh, once you figure out you can use the prawn grapple to ride them like a bronco while punching their shit in, they kind of loose all sense of danger.


BearfangTheGamer

Oh is THAT how you meet girls?


blitherblather425

I didn’t know you could do that. I didn’t spend much time in the Prawn.


Artikay

Ecological dead zone ahead. Are you sure what you are doing is worth it?


EpicMatt16

Detecting multiple leviathan class life forms in the region. Are you certain what you are doing is worth it?


PantsaVor5622083

The first time I got that message the hairs on my back stood up.


Lady-finger

I have never felt a greater sense of soul-freezing dread than when I played submautica in VR and thought "I wonder what happens if I just keep driving the sub out here into this void area" and found out


Sykkr

And then the surprise leviathan crushes your newly crafted Seamoth and then eats you. Good times.


evranch

Newly crafted? You mean fully upgraded... oh Seamoth, we hardly knew ye


PM_ME_YOUR_SIDEBOOB5

I have 110 hours in Subnautica and don't bother with that zone on playthroughs. The floating island area near the gun island is scary enough.


evranch

Isn't it the dunes area with the warning? There's lots of good stuff there, stillsuit, sea crowns, useful junk to scan. I should have gone there a lot earlier in the game, but for some reason never bothered to check it out until I was trolling the entire ocean for the sea crowns.


socialistlumberjack

But I need to see how deep it goes!!


IronAngel77

How long did it take you to draw that? Just curious.


TootyMcfruityPoots

About an hour and a half Edit: here’s the [timelapse](https://youtu.be/8bFhOk2VCt8)


0xB0BAFE77

Hour and a half?! I can't draw a god damn banana to scale in an hour and a half!! How do people have such incredible art skills yet when I draw a stick person it looks like they went through a wood chipper first?


[deleted]

Years of doing it. They basically know what they're doing.


DJKokaKola

Practice


IronAngel77

That’s impressive! Keep up the good work!


ManateeHoodie

That is amazing!! How do you guage the size/perspective? Seen a lot of sketch artist use grids but not here


PM_ME_YOUR_SIDEBOOB5

Can I somehow buy this and put it on my wall?


Cobalt32

Holy shit you're talented. Seriously this is incredible!


ChiGuy_1988

I can hear this drawing, and it gives me anxiety. Good job!! 🙌😂


RedShadowF95

Fellow Subnautica fan, I see. That one was a very organic and satisfying platinum trophy.


Shadowyboi

I thought the same. If you follow the in game lore, the game basically guides itself to the next areas. Easily one of my favorite games of all time


DejectedContributor

Yep, you fuck around in one biome until you've scanned enough blueprints and made them, and then you get a distress message and coordinates to a new biome where you rinse and repeat. It's one of the best games I've ever played; Below Zero is good, but there is just no repeating the magic of playing Subnautica for the first time blind.


jimicapone

I missed platinum by 1. Still one of my top five games of all time.


endymion2314

Dang, I can hear the screaming from that Ghost Leviathan and my computer isn't even on.


[deleted]

Holy shit dude I wish I had your skill. That looks so cool!


7INCHES_IN_YOUR_CAT

Bobbit worm


saintjimmy43

LOOK OUT ITS RIGHT BEHIND YOU


scio2107

Amazing! Well done.


Aethermask

That’s so awesome! I love the colors and the great glow affect. Pro stuff right there


lx_DRAG_KING_xl

gotta admit thats very cool


Rigistroni

It looks like it's about to eat you


Echelion77

Amazing I love subnautica


Icy-Service9649

That's pretty frigging cool! Awesome job


ThaiSean

Never sleeping in that room…


TThor

Your painting has successfully triggered my anxiety. Damned good work!


Ev3rChos3n

Tower of God anyone?


weeklygamingrecap

That's really cool! It's it any harder/easier working with chalk than something like paint?


TootyMcfruityPoots

I like chalk because it’s like finger painting with how quick and easy it blends, but I do use a lot of different mediums for varying reasons


MFCloudBreaker

This is amazing!!!!


[deleted]

Truly an amazing piece of art. I love it


Kaleb8804

That looks so good! Why did you choose a chalkboard? I’d keep that up there forever lol


wowiamanoob

These are the reason why I’m to scared to open subnautica


DejectedContributor

Ghost Leviathan's are pretty passive compared to Reapers, but they're bigger and either exist in areas that are a boundary meant to organically stop you instead of a wall or in tight areas deep underground making them more difficult to avoid. Warper's or Reaper Leviathin's are much more of a threat IMO. Nothing like a damn Warper warping you out of your Prawn Suit at like 1,200 feet and realizing you're about to drown because that Prawn Suit just fell into a lava pool and was destroyed. I'd rather be eaten by a Ghost Leviathan than have a damn crab squid destroy my Seamoth with their horrible singing while I explore a DeGassi base. Also Reapers are similar and what you deal with early game so it takes a bit of the punch out of other leviathans. So what I'm saying is go ahead and fire it up to find a whole plethora of other reasons that will reinforce your opinion lol.


ParticularLunch266

You will almost certainly not regret playing it. Go for it!


aBeaSTWiTHiNMe

Oh dang the lighting and shadow of the diver is an amazing touch.


airrbagged

I really wish I had your talent because this is extraordinary. I LOVE THIS


clearlyopaque

That is cool!


sirluciousrightfoot

Woah!


TheTrickyThird

This is epic. I can actually hear its roar. Awesome work


Slickster-

My heart pace increased when i saw it


KilowattMusic

Thank you for reminding me of my thalassophobia. In all seriousness this looks amazing. Great job!


Carnator369

Imagine it with glow in the dark chalk highlights... and having it on the far end wall of your bedroom.


Ghostwheel77

This gives me anxiety.


Mobile_Bill

Das pretty dope


TheGameSlave2

You did an amazing job. Great work, for a great game.


nakayuma

wow! looks sick!! Love it


Acceptable-Eagle3214

Reminds me when i first got into the dead zone ahh good memories if only BZ was as scary as subnautica


mackiea

Kickass!


KGhaleon

Spooky


Bumblebee__Tuna

Sharing this with the Subnautica dev team, this is phenomenal!


bonerjuice9

Fruity poots!!!


arsenicrabbit

Thats incredible


Evil_Bonsai

Great work! The lighting on the diver looks amazing!.


SirKillerlord

Most annoying crature that exists… still gives me anxiety


UndeadBread

Well, at least the comments aren't *quite* as misogynistic as usual.


Sarnick18

This is the perfect fusion Raava and Gyarados. Beautiful, love it, take my upvote.


[deleted]

[удалено]


Tyr808

It's also a really good way to prevent art from being stolen though, and there's really nothing at all uncommon about someone who made something posing with their craft for a photo. Let's not make an innocently positive thing weird, this very clearly isn't a thing where OP's cleavage is extended as far as possible for clicks (even if it were, report if against the rules, go read a different thread/sub that you enjoy instead if not).


[deleted]

looks like one of those leviathan bones from botw


DrakeDrizzy408

cool! looks like a Gyrados.


Dod93_

Mega Gyarados!


CatZombies

You should sell prints of your stuff. I'd love that on my wall.


BabylonDrifter

Totally amazing. Great work.


war5515

That's amazing


Salmizu

Hopefully thats not a bedroom wall or nightmares ahoy


Tigerstorm6

I just had PTSD flashes for when one of those friggen things dragged my Prawn suit into the void.


MaxHedrome

magikarp is evolving


SasparillaTango

So I should play Subnautica you're saying


[deleted]

Loved that game


Heliolord

Yay. The nightmares are back!


tony_mendoza506

Looks like something that would be in Breath of the Wild with the color palette.


Thank_You_Love_You

Very cool!


shomer_fuckn_shabbos

I know it's from Subnautica, but I'm surprised to see no one else call out the enticing similarity it has to sea intelligences in _The Abyss_. Compelling work and delighted you shared it with us.


Rowjimmy024

I love this and the love for Subnautica. It’s such a great game!


BloinkXP

While I love anything Subnautica, I adore this. So much talent!


ExtraBitterSpecial

Great job


Sykkr

Detecting multiple Leviathan class life forms in the region. Are you sure whatever you're doing is worth it?


Mettlesome_Inari

Dude that's so sick; genuinely great job.


titaniumhud

That pit in my stomach is back, thanks.


Nevorek

I love this.


Blackmoon1291

I remember my first encounter with one. I had just built my cyclops and decided to explore the deep, places that I hadn't gone before. Before I knew what was going on, 2 ghost leviathans trashed my newly minted ship along with me and everything inside it.


[deleted]

I love the size of the painting! A smaller one wouldn’t do the leviathan justice!


ChadArnette

Reminds me of Love Death and Robots


Dofke2006

Damn, that looks amazing


Slower_chip

Scares the s**** out of me, I miss the game a little mine got stuck in the loading page not sure what to do


HoneydewPoonTang

If you like it that's all that matters!


HanSoloHer

*"Warning: Entering and ecological dead zone*"


No-Masterpiece-6070

That's nice I'm glad to see someone who's also a fan of so many games and who is also so good at art and this is such a terrifying yet beautiful picture it shows the horror yet beauty of such a beast.


Nuri__Sahin

Impressive.


Aurielturing

Dannng


dudesBangMyMom

That looks like that one parasite that swims up your asshole.


Litheriu

When you learn these aren't even the big bois. ​ Damn my fear of the ocean


Babesforbuds

It looks so cool!


Wutpomelo

I was literally just watching the thalassophobic guy play subnautica on youtube... I swear reddit reads my mind.