Awww, what a shame that the Aurora explosion event was glitched for you. :'D I'm glad you still got to see the animation at least, but there's nothing quite like watching a new player reacting to the PDA announcing (it was supposed to be out loud) the imminent detonation and them then freaking out as the PDA's countdown gets all warped and distorted from the rising radiation.
Pretty sure that occurs due to her choice of time to save last episode. If you load it so close to when the event is attempting to occur, it breaks. This happened to me with other events in the game too.
Never seen the aurora not explode.... Did they serious finally patch the game and then broke one of the cool moments? these devs.... well probably wont ever get fixed since this patch took so long
Never seen that fail like that before -- I suspect you happened to save the game right after the initial timer started but hadn't said anything yet... and it didn't retrigger the whole sequence on load.
at the end of last episode i was actually thinking "man if only she had kept going for a little bit longer she probably would've seen the ship explode. well i hope it doesn't happen right away when she starts playing next time…" :(
The Reaper is the friendliest of all the leviathans. As soon as it sees you, it wants to give you a great big _hug_ so he can show you his _big smile_ up close.
There's nothing more anxiety-inducing than watching someone swim above water in an area where you know there are Reapers, cause you can't hear them coming.
So without spoilers: I explored the entirety of that area with the ship in, having never met the large beastie, and only later when I was in my false sense of security, looking down at the sand, gathering, did I see its shadow go over the top of me from behind, I froze in fear, looked up to see it looping back round to face me, roared at me, and I sped back to the pod as quick as I could with all my hairs standing on end. It was about two weeks before I could load the game back up!
I'm not easily succeptable to fear, but also very caucious player, and carefully gather all resources from the near space before moving on further, so when i first encountered reaper, i already had a seamoth. So, it was grabbed. And i was sitting inside watching Levy munching on it's hull. Oh my, that was an adrenalin rush. After Reaper released me, i had an impression seamoth was moving even faster than usual when i ran away to my base to repair and catch breath. Minor spoiler ahead As i said, i am not very succeptable to fear, so i've quickly adapted, so eventually ended up playing leviathan rodeo in my Prawn suit: with the grappling arm you can attach yourself to leviathan, and ride them, and if you're careful enough, they almost never hit you, but you can either drill them to death with a drill, or just ride them for fun.
The first time I played this game everything went dark and I thought I was in the shadow of reaper that had a habit of spawning in the safe shallows. It was only an eclipse
Don't worry about it Amber, messy players are very enjoyable to watch. For many of us who played the game multiple times and watched over a dozen people play it, what makes it fun to watch someone new is the wonder of discovering the world and figuring out the game systems. Sure we'll be screaming at the screen when you go a whole episode without making the o2 tank 😹 but that's part of the process. Enjoy!
I love seeing new players getting comfortable in the underwater exploration, getting bolder as they go near the Aurora, stabbing Stalkers on the way. Then a Reaper says hello, gives them a kiss and they run in fear. 😁 Anyway, awesome playthrough so far, just pay attention to the radio and get a habitat builder soon 😉
I love it when they meet Josh the safety reaper. I’ve named all of the reapers and leviathans i’ve encountered so far. All the stalkers are automatically ed.
Ah, the Reaper Leviathan never fails to make a memorable first impression. 🙂 The one sad aspect of this episode was you ignoring the red, flashing you-have-a-message indicator light of your radio. These messages are the game's way of pointing you in the direction of interesting places to explore, and as a consequence advance the main story.
I just don't think she noticed since it's pretty much a background thing until you know to look/listen for it - and the "obvious" popup icon for the radio gets covered by the pinned items unfortunately. I'm assuming someone nudged her towards it before the next episode!
- Nothing beats watching a new player meet the Reaper for the first time - there is a few lovely videos out there of compilation of first time Reaper encounters, that's pure Gold. And Yeah the little light is pretty unnoticeable in the video, i saw it in the video and honestly if I hadn't known it was there I might have missed it, plus, as we all know, the heightened level of distraction when trying to manage game+recording+commentary = easy to miss a lot of things, I see it all the time watching let's plays where the UA-camr goes right on past important spots or resources, they just plain don't see it busy chatting to us, lol. But it's a;; good, to be honest, the base building and exploration is like 1000% more interesting than the story, I hardly ever pay any attention to the story, I just like to find everything to scan and build bases that are cool.
It's an initiation of sorts to see the reaper leviathan. It happens right about the time in the game when you're feeling your most confident, and exploring the ship seems like an adventurous sort of thing to try. Then the game has a way of reminding you why you shouldn't feel quite so comfortable just yet.
@@neil2444 - Yeah, it's actually possibly a brilliant intentional move - they set up your first likely Leviathan encounter to trigger right when you are busy looking at and thinking about "Yay, I'm about to get to explore this big a$$ crashed ship, could be a lot of useful sh!t in there" - and while you're distracted looking at the ship, thinking of treasures and adventure ... BOOM! Leviathan, lol.
@@johnh2052 the popup radio icon's supposed to be the big clue, unfortunately the pinned items are placed right on top of it for some reason so it's easy for new players to miss
@@cactustactics Pinning is actually a new feature brought over from Below Zero where they didn't have radio messages like that. That's probably why they're both in the same spot.
@@the_omg3242 yeah I figured it was one of the new QoL things! Shame they didn't fix it though (maybe just move the radio icon) - I got the feeling they expected new players to ignore pinning so it wouldn't be a problem, but Amber was even following the survival guide, she's too powerful
Oh yes!!! I've seen this way too many times in subnautica gameplay videos. There is one save location in a hostile environment, the lifepod. It's the only place to build tools and process food. You are in a survival situation, your life depends on this place to provide you with the bare basics. But there is a flashing red light, accompanied by an annoying little beeping sound. Let's just pay no attention to it and/or ignore it completely. Great idea. Surely this is of no importance. What can possibly go wrong? 🙂 The game turns every player who enters the pod from the bottom hatch, so that everyone faces the radio automatically. People still manage to not see it dozends of times in a row.
50:22 You can actually see Sammy the Safety Reaper catch some amazing air on a water breach in her right field of view. Great foreshadowing. So far you're doing well on your progress even. I'm glad you picked up Subnautica, I think you'll like it given what else you've played. Glad to follow another series of yours again.
I noticed the tail there to. However i was supriced it dident roar at her before getting that close. The Reapers roar is there echo location system and its very rare that they get that close without hearing them. Even if u know where they tend to be its still scary as hell to hear it as u start to look around and by the time u se it it could be right in your face scaring the crap out of u.
Great progress! My main non-spoiler tips are 1. To check the radio whenever it has a flashing light. 2. Beacons are super helpful. I never leave home in Subnautica without one
The magic of subnautica is the exploration of the unknown. So you Have to watch others play it for the first time to get that feeling again. So Thank you for playing this!
I am so happy to see someone experience the game for the first time! It really is a fun game, and has a lot of replay value. I have to admit though, @44:32 when you swam by the stalker teeth lying on the seafloor, I was like GO BACK AND GET THOSE lol
So fun!! A few non-spoiler tips: There is no map system, beacons are your friend. Base building is really fun, pick a spot close to lots of resources. (Or just a really fun view) Don't forget to check your radio from time to time. 😀
I guess everyone else has said the two most important things: check the radio and scan all the things. To change the battery in a device, hold it in your hand and press the Reload key, which should be R, I think. It brings up a little thing where you can select a battery from your inventory. Trying to live in the lifepod is a giant pain, so it's a good idea to build at least a couple of basic rooms ASAP. It's trivial to tear them down and move later if you want, so don't be afraid to give it a go. You're doing great! :)
Subnautica right after Outer wilds is great, getting to vicariously relive my favourite games back to back is a real treat. 2 tips: You swim faster when your hands are empty (put away stuff by pressing R) and the waterbottles you make with bleach is bigger than the bladderfish ones. Looking foward to next episode :)
Last I played, R wasn't the standard button for putting things away, but instead to change batteries for things, right? I've always put items away by re-pressing their quick slot number
The learning curve at the beginning is one of the most fun things to watch. You are doing great. Non-spoilery tips: Never leave home without water, a medkit, something to eat and an extra battery or two. Its good to make sure you are topped off on all your stats before you travel (health, hunger and thirst). In your lifepod you repaired the radio, now it is flashing a red light at you. Might be interesting to check that out.
Extra batteries on hand for the sea glide wouldn't hurt. Just some non spoiler hints. Also salted fish last longer but you'd need more water so ...tradeoffs. I'm really enjoing watching you learn the strange, beautiful, and terrifying world of subnautica. Please make more!!!
TIP: You swim faster if your hands are empty. You only need 2 sulfur total in the game. To escape the crash fish(exploding fish) wait until it starts towards you then swim directly towards it and past it; they can't turn around very fast. You also need to answer the radio!
It´s pretty awesome watching a pure first play like yours. Almost every other "first timer" I´ve watched seem to have some basic knowledge of what to expect, but it´s really obvious that you´re really going in blind, and I love that!
44:30 Speedrunners hate that sight of 2 teeth and just walking past them LUL I love the series overall, you're pretty good at picking things up and impressed that you found out that the ship was meant to explode and learned to use the console.
Very nice episode! Hope you continue playing this! Non-spoilery tip: You already have the recipe so for a bit easier water making, although bladder fishes seem to work for you nicely, but just in case: salt plus coral tube sample makes one bleach and one bleach makes *two* of *bigger* water bottles. Also, if your devices run out of power just switch the battery to a full one. Don't have to re-make the device. Just have a full battery.
I know people probably have already said this but I just found you, only two things I’ve watched have been the subnautica episodes (plan on watching outerwilds after I play it myself!). I have never been so anxious and frustrated while also loving something and laughing so much. Keep it up, being messy isn’t bad as long as it’s genuine. Just keep having fun and people will keep watching.
Some people might have suggested the Mouse/kb since it can be hard to grab fish while swimming because you need the right stick to move your view and the default is A to grab stuff which also needs your right thumb. What the game doesn't tell you is that that the right trigger can also grab stuff. So, if you're more comfortable with the controller, that might be a solution for you. Cave diving is extremely dangerous in both the game and real life. Your plan to try using the air pump wouldn't have worked since you need to put that on the surface first, then put pipes down from it. You COULD carry a spare air tank and swap it when your main tank is getting low, but that will only give you 30 seconds (for a standard tank) The other 45 seconds in your total are your lungs. There's not really that much of interest to be found in caves in the early game though. If you want to find different minerals, try going deeper in other biomes. (creepvine, redgrass, etc.) The DEEP cave you found is a little different story though. That is interesting. (but not easy) lol. Another tip is putting your storage lockers in a row. That way you can sort them in your head. The one closest to the pod is common stuff, the next one is more rare, the next one is organic, and so on. If you cluster them, they all look the same and you can spend a lot of time looking for something you know is there somewhere. When stalkers charge, your best bet is to swim toward them and to the side. They can't turn all that sharp and you can miss the mouth pretty easy. (you just get inside their turning radius) You should also make some spare batteries. You can change batteries on your flashlight, repair tool, and seaglide when theirs go dead. (save the dead ones for later)
Best non-spoiler advice, check your radio more often. It makes a noise/flashes red when you have a message and will offer you missions to help with your exploration. It's still a bit early to approach The Aurora.
Hi Amber ...this is a really nice choice of game. I love this classic. It will allow your creativity to flourish inside a huge sandbox adventure. Scan everything you see to create blueprints and start building. Enjoy :)
Please don't worry, it's very enjoyable to watch you play) You're so much more careful and pay much more attention, than many other players. You're also read, it'll add so much more when you get to story part))) Edit: Congrats on your first Reaper too! You took it like a champ
Makes you really appreciate game design when every time you enter the life pod you see the flashing light on the radio. It’s the game pointing you to something interesting. But I guess if you don’t realise and think that’s just how it always is then it doesn’t quite work.
Lovely to watch as always. As someone who has played through, I would highly recommend getting a fully built habitat finished and installing a vehicle bay so you can build yourself a submarine! Then you can go explore the REALLY crazy parts of the map that are very far off!
I highly recommend scanning everything and reading everything in your PDA. The PDA tells you about the things you scan and if they're useful plus holds parts of the story within and sometimes what to do next. Keep up the good work. Have fun.
This game makes me so happy. The sequel too. There's something about watching people learn how to progress the way I did years ago that lets me relive it 😅. I basically just described why let's plays exist. Anyway keep it up and check your radio often!
It's so interesting to watch a first time, Subnautica blind playthrough! There are so many different approaches people take, from prioritizing necessities and safety, through exploring, problem solving, and all the other tasks in early game. You're going to have a blast with this game. Although, I hope you don't run into a logistics issue like I had. When I finally got around to crafting a habitat build tool and subsequently picking out a spot for my first base, I wore out more than a few batteries shuttling back and forth from the escape pod to the new spot. I had about 40-11 of those floating storage boxes, lol. Anyway, great videos, keep em comin'!
FUN FACT: The music in the background is done by a man named, Daniel Waples playing a relatively new instrument at the time called a Hang Drum. The title of this piece is called, "Midnite." Here is a link to him playing it Live in the UK: ua-cam.com/video/x-mJAxycWR8/v-deo.html
I always love seeing folks dive (ha) into this one! Your excitement figuring stuff out and finding new things is infectious, I miss this game so much! Shame the explosion scene bugged, glad they at least have a console command for it but ideally you would've been able to experience it organically. There's a lot more to enjoy in this game either way, so no worries! I see you already had your first encounter with one of the Big Boys. :D Let's just say the ocean is VERY deep and full of surprises. A couple tips! 1) Extra batteries can be crafted to swap out and recharge your tools and seaglide. 2) You can craft beacons to leave at places you'd like to return to later for an easy way to navigate back.
Hi, don't know if you've found it already but there is an option to pause the game while looking at the PDA. This will suspend hunger, thirst, and oxygen so you can focus on reading the PDA information. Loving your series so far and hope you keep playing! Subnautica is one of my favorite games and it gets really cool later on. My best advice is to make Beacons and leave them wherever you find something interesting. There isn't an in-game map so you have to map out the world yourself.
Advice? Search for more fragments, especially the mobile vehicle bay, develop in that direction, the world opens up much more once you do. Get the rebreather too as it is very useful. Finally, don't approach the ship unless you have a means of moving fast, and it's not recommended to approach it when it is dark.
On one of my playthroughs, your new large friend did chase me back to the shallows and got stuck over there. It made me sick to my stomach watching him dolphin-jump out of the water near my lifepod. Thank God I had the habitat builder! I never went to the lifepod again, I would just check back from a distance and see him leaping about, unable to return to his area.
honestly your first time seeing a reaper you took it much better than most have, yes ur eyes were bulging from the surprise but you didnt scream and lose control of your movement and didnt die! very impressed!
I hint or two for you, make a list to what you want accomplished. Like a sea glide what you need and then go out and strive to ensure you meet said goal. It is too easy to get distracted. Look at your radio from time to time. It will give you locations to explore. Hope this helps. The deeper you go the more fun we are going to have seeing your reactions
Just one small tip, everyone else already pointed out other important things. I would not wait too long with the building. A base also means more and better storage capabilities. ;) Plus, building in Subnautica is quite fun. :D
The air pump needs to pump FROM air anyway, but the reason your pump ended up on surface was the way the current game's Unity engine works -- when you leave a region, the ground de-spawns -- so the air pump was able to float up out of the cave that no longer had a roof. This is more notable if you use variable depth or nightmare type mods and many things can happen.
I love seeing new players in Subnautica. Subnautica is my favorite game and I’ve played it a lot. I streamed it some and will be doing a new game with my next stream. One tip I have is that you never have enough copper and another is bleach comes in handy quite a bit.
Quick tip to really help you out is that the radio icon on your right hand side of your hud tells you that it’s time to go back to your life pod for POIs (points of interest). I highly recommend you have a seamoth and cyclops. You’ll need prawn suit too but those two will help for now and as you discovered roaring in the distance means some kind of mob is around. I won’t tell you how to game but will try to help get you going so good luck and happy hunting
I don't really comment on youtube much, but I just wanted to say I honestly think you have the greatest playthrough series' on the platform! I love turning them on as I'm drawing, it's very relaxing.
😂 loved the 'oh no!' In response to the stalkers infection... Just before you slashed with the knife. All while politely saying, ' go away, Sir.' 😂 I like your style.
There's one tip I got that no one ever seems to recommend, and that is to check out the other way to make water in the fabricator. Totes worth doin imo. Keep up the good work.
Also your checklist says the next thing is making a more permant shelter. For that you will need a tool called a habitat builder. It is in your tool menu.
Ah, the reaper... yep, my first reaction to my first encounter was about the same. Silently turn around, forget all my exploration plans, put home beacon in the crosshairs and beeline home. Enough time in the water for today...
TIPS: - Raw bladder fish give O2 when eaten - You can make an Air Bladder (Refillable) to jet to the surface (fun) or to get air - Options > Accessibility > PDA Pause (Pause game with PDA is open) (Refillable)
I have two tips I'd like to share with you. The game nevert tells you about two mechanics, but you may have already noticed them: 1. You swim a little faster if both hands are free. It won't make that much of a difference, but in some cases this can aid you survival. 2. Keep your food and water levels up. Maybe you've already noticed, if both are above a certain threshold, you get a very small amount of passive healing. Last but not least: If you can hear them, they can hear you.
As other people have mentioned, the radio in your life pod flashes when you have a message. Those messages will help guide you to nearby different areas which have wrecks that you should explore for different technology, which will be a good beginning for the game :)
Great day today, you have your seaglide now, your high capacity tank. Ready for more exploration! I've played this game a lot and I'm having a really great time seeing you figuring things out and progressing. Really looking forward to the next.
when you hear big grumbling in the distance near the shipwreck,its a leviathan class lifeform which uses echolocation for orientation..if you can hear such a sound it means that he can see..khmm..something..and try to invest some time in habitat builder,thats your best friend here..scan,explore,enjoy..
I really enjoy watching your play through! Probably has been said already but when you die in the game, your stuff is where you were last, most on the ground
9:35 You can over-eat to grt your Food meter to go above 100, if you’re at 99 or less, but that doesn’t work with Water. That’s hard capped at 100. Also, when both are above 80 you’ll heal slowly.
Oh my goodness, the sass in your "I have to do everything around here myself!" you absolutely slayed me. I'm so sad you didn't get to experience the Aurora explosion as it was intended - there's some effects on the Alterra PDA's voice, if my memory serves me correctly, in addition to the howl of the wind rushing past you and the clicking of the geiger counter. But, since you played it on PC, you also seem to get the fun of being able to explode the Aurora over and over again, so maybe it's worth the trade?
lol, I was amazed at how many people avoided spoiling the lungs vs tank thing in episode 1... your mouse passed over it so many tantalizing times -- but it released my stress to hear you say that at the beginning!!! lmfao
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"Hard to see the bladderfish now in the dark"
3 minutes later with the flashlight off: "Bladderfish are so easy to see at night"
Awww, what a shame that the Aurora explosion event was glitched for you. :'D I'm glad you still got to see the animation at least, but there's nothing quite like watching a new player reacting to the PDA announcing (it was supposed to be out loud) the imminent detonation and them then freaking out as the PDA's countdown gets all warped and distorted from the rising radiation.
i think you can listen to the countdown again in the pda. still isn't the same as hearing it and then the explosion.
Pretty sure that occurs due to her choice of time to save last episode. If you load it so close to when the event is attempting to occur, it breaks. This happened to me with other events in the game too.
Never seen the aurora not explode.... Did they serious finally patch the game and then broke one of the cool moments? these devs.... well probably wont ever get fixed since this patch took so long
That was really the main moment I started watching this for and the game _blew it_ :(
Never seen that fail like that before -- I suspect you happened to save the game right after the initial timer started but hadn't said anything yet... and it didn't retrigger the whole sequence on load.
39:55 "Why did I want this again?" Every Subnautica player asks this at a certain point 😂
"Maybe I should make an oxygen tank" oh thank God...
at the end of last episode i was actually thinking "man if only she had kept going for a little bit longer she probably would've seen the ship explode. well i hope it doesn't happen right away when she starts playing next time…" :(
it bugged out as well and didn't even explode...
@@jackmasterpunk8350 a bug..normally the explosion goes juste at the end of the countdown...and after the blueprint arrives
@@Lodai974I have had this big happen to me once every 40 play throughs
@@peterbrownjr7517 bro how many times have u played this game
The Reaper is the friendliest of all the leviathans. As soon as it sees you, it wants to give you a great big _hug_ so he can show you his _big smile_ up close.
He's also calling out for friends! He's saying "Free hugs!"
There's nothing more anxiety-inducing than watching someone swim above water in an area where you know there are Reapers, cause you can't hear them coming.
In case anyone’s wondering, her first Reaper sighting/attack is at 50:24
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Thank you!
So without spoilers: I explored the entirety of that area with the ship in, having never met the large beastie, and only later when I was in my false sense of security, looking down at the sand, gathering, did I see its shadow go over the top of me from behind, I froze in fear, looked up to see it looping back round to face me, roared at me, and I sped back to the pod as quick as I could with all my hairs standing on end. It was about two weeks before I could load the game back up!
I'm not easily succeptable to fear, but also very caucious player, and carefully gather all resources from the near space before moving on further, so when i first encountered reaper, i already had a seamoth. So, it was grabbed. And i was sitting inside watching Levy munching on it's hull. Oh my, that was an adrenalin rush. After Reaper released me, i had an impression seamoth was moving even faster than usual when i ran away to my base to repair and catch breath.
Minor spoiler ahead
As i said, i am not very succeptable to fear, so i've quickly adapted, so eventually ended up playing leviathan rodeo in my Prawn suit: with the grappling arm you can attach yourself to leviathan, and ride them, and if you're careful enough, they almost never hit you, but you can either drill them to death with a drill, or just ride them for fun.
The first time I played this game everything went dark and I thought I was in the shadow of reaper that had a habit of spawning in the safe shallows. It was only an eclipse
Don't worry about it Amber, messy players are very enjoyable to watch. For many of us who played the game multiple times and watched over a dozen people play it, what makes it fun to watch someone new is the wonder of discovering the world and figuring out the game systems. Sure we'll be screaming at the screen when you go a whole episode without making the o2 tank 😹 but that's part of the process. Enjoy!
Or waiting for that first contact with the Reaper. Sadly she didn't see it properly. :)
I actually don't know what's scarier, seeing it or not.
Totally the truth.
How about those 3 radio calls she ignored lol
@@DX88 to be fair, I missed that first time I played too. They don’t give you much of an indicator.
or waiting 1:02 minutes for the repair tool
50:20 The way the Reaper Leviathan attacked her is so goofy 😂
I love seeing new players getting comfortable in the underwater exploration, getting bolder as they go near the Aurora, stabbing Stalkers on the way. Then a Reaper says hello, gives them a kiss and they run in fear. 😁 Anyway, awesome playthrough so far, just pay attention to the radio and get a habitat builder soon 😉
Yes this is absolutly the magic of subnatica.
I love it when they meet Josh the safety reaper. I’ve named all of the reapers and leviathans i’ve encountered so far. All the stalkers are automatically ed.
"Do I need two of those ?" She says while carrying 16 water bottles ahah love it :)
Ah, the Reaper Leviathan never fails to make a memorable first impression. 🙂 The one sad aspect of this episode was you ignoring the red, flashing you-have-a-message indicator light of your radio. These messages are the game's way of pointing you in the direction of interesting places to explore, and as a consequence advance the main story.
I just don't think she noticed since it's pretty much a background thing until you know to look/listen for it - and the "obvious" popup icon for the radio gets covered by the pinned items unfortunately. I'm assuming someone nudged her towards it before the next episode!
- Nothing beats watching a new player meet the Reaper for the first time - there is a few lovely videos out there of compilation of first time Reaper encounters, that's pure Gold.
And Yeah the little light is pretty unnoticeable in the video, i saw it in the video and honestly if I hadn't known it was there I might have missed it, plus, as we all know, the heightened level of distraction when trying to manage game+recording+commentary = easy to miss a lot of things, I see it all the time watching let's plays where the UA-camr goes right on past important spots or resources, they just plain don't see it busy chatting to us, lol. But it's a;; good, to be honest, the base building and exploration is like 1000% more interesting than the story, I hardly ever pay any attention to the story, I just like to find everything to scan and build bases that are cool.
It's an initiation of sorts to see the reaper leviathan. It happens right about the time in the game when you're feeling your most confident, and exploring the ship seems like an adventurous sort of thing to try. Then the game has a way of reminding you why you shouldn't feel quite so comfortable just yet.
@@neil2444 - Yeah, it's actually possibly a brilliant intentional move - they set up your first likely Leviathan encounter to trigger right when you are busy looking at and thinking about "Yay, I'm about to get to explore this big a$$ crashed ship, could be a lot of useful sh!t in there" - and while you're distracted looking at the ship, thinking of treasures and adventure ... BOOM! Leviathan, lol.
Very tiny no spoilers tip (Or at least, advice that I use.): If it took half your oxygen to get there, it will take half your oxygen to get back.
Cave divers rule nr 1.
small tip: check the flashing light in your lifepod ;) otherwise, looking forward to more episodes :)))
Agreed. The big flashing red light on the radio was highly suspicious. hint, hint, hint....
@@johnh2052 the popup radio icon's supposed to be the big clue, unfortunately the pinned items are placed right on top of it for some reason so it's easy for new players to miss
@@cactustactics Pinning is actually a new feature brought over from Below Zero where they didn't have radio messages like that. That's probably why they're both in the same spot.
@@the_omg3242 yeah I figured it was one of the new QoL things! Shame they didn't fix it though (maybe just move the radio icon) - I got the feeling they expected new players to ignore pinning so it wouldn't be a problem, but Amber was even following the survival guide, she's too powerful
Oh yes!!! I've seen this way too many times in subnautica gameplay videos. There is one save location in a hostile environment, the lifepod. It's the only place to build tools and process food. You are in a survival situation, your life depends on this place to provide you with the bare basics. But there is a flashing red light, accompanied by an annoying little beeping sound. Let's just pay no attention to it and/or ignore it completely. Great idea. Surely this is of no importance. What can possibly go wrong? 🙂
The game turns every player who enters the pod from the bottom hatch, so that everyone faces the radio automatically. People still manage to not see it dozends of times in a row.
1:59 I lol'd at the twirling animation, somehow it being so quick made it hilarious
50:22 You can actually see Sammy the Safety Reaper catch some amazing air on a water breach in her right field of view. Great foreshadowing.
So far you're doing well on your progress even. I'm glad you picked up Subnautica, I think you'll like it given what else you've played. Glad to follow another series of yours again.
Sammy is the one at the front of the ship.
I noticed the tail there to. However i was supriced it dident roar at her before getting that close. The Reapers roar is there echo location system and its very rare that they get that close without hearing them. Even if u know where they tend to be its still scary as hell to hear it as u start to look around and by the time u se it it could be right in your face scaring the crap out of u.
Great progress! My main non-spoiler tips are 1. To check the radio whenever it has a flashing light. 2. Beacons are super helpful. I never leave home in Subnautica without one
The magic of subnautica is the exploration of the unknown. So you Have to watch others play it for the first time to get that feeling again. So Thank you for playing this!
It’s kinda like Outer Wilds that way
I am so happy to see someone experience the game for the first time! It really is a fun game, and has a lot of replay value. I have to admit though, @44:32 when you swam by the stalker teeth lying on the seafloor, I was like GO BACK AND GET THOSE lol
So fun!! A few non-spoiler tips:
There is no map system, beacons are your friend.
Base building is really fun, pick a spot close to lots of resources. (Or just a really fun view)
Don't forget to check your radio from time to time. 😀
Can't believe the game went night time on you next to the leviathan
I guess everyone else has said the two most important things: check the radio and scan all the things. To change the battery in a device, hold it in your hand and press the Reload key, which should be R, I think. It brings up a little thing where you can select a battery from your inventory. Trying to live in the lifepod is a giant pain, so it's a good idea to build at least a couple of basic rooms ASAP. It's trivial to tear them down and move later if you want, so don't be afraid to give it a go. You're doing great! :)
Subnautica right after Outer wilds is great, getting to vicariously relive my favourite games back to back is a real treat.
2 tips: You swim faster when your hands are empty (put away stuff by pressing R) and the waterbottles you make with bleach is bigger than the bladderfish ones.
Looking foward to next episode :)
Last I played, R wasn't the standard button for putting things away, but instead to change batteries for things, right? I've always put items away by re-pressing their quick slot number
@@gazzamanazza4pm Yeah you might be right about that, been many years since i played it last so i might be misremembering that.
I always feel like playing this game. Never seems like a bad idea. A true gem that will never be forgotten.
23:44 Be careful not to overfish a species in a particular area. I think they will recover very slowly from overfishing, but I’m not 100% sure.
The learning curve at the beginning is one of the most fun things to watch. You are doing great.
Non-spoilery tips: Never leave home without water, a medkit, something to eat and an extra battery or two.
Its good to make sure you are topped off on all your stats before you travel (health, hunger and thirst).
In your lifepod you repaired the radio, now it is flashing a red light at you. Might be interesting to check that out.
Whoahhhhhhhhh. Did NOT expect a Subnautica run. And this is the 2nd video? Pumped to watch these after work.
Extra batteries on hand for the sea glide wouldn't hurt. Just some non spoiler hints. Also salted fish last longer but you'd need more water so ...tradeoffs. I'm really enjoing watching you learn the strange, beautiful, and terrifying world of subnautica. Please make more!!!
TIP: You swim faster if your hands are empty. You only need 2 sulfur total in the game. To escape the crash fish(exploding fish) wait until it starts towards you then swim directly towards it and past it; they can't turn around very fast. You also need to answer the radio!
small tip for you: swimming with your hands free makes you a little faster :)
It´s pretty awesome watching a pure first play like yours. Almost every other "first timer" I´ve watched seem to have some basic knowledge of what to expect, but it´s really obvious that you´re really going in blind, and I love that!
44:30 Speedrunners hate that sight of 2 teeth and just walking past them LUL I love the series overall, you're pretty good at picking things up and impressed that you found out that the ship was meant to explode and learned to use the console.
She made the o2 tank! And on this day... we advanced.
50:26 This is the most CHILL reaction ever to Reaper Leviathan EVER!
Very nice episode! Hope you continue playing this!
Non-spoilery tip: You already have the recipe so for a bit easier water making, although bladder fishes seem to work for you nicely, but just in case: salt plus coral tube sample makes one bleach and one bleach makes *two* of *bigger* water bottles. Also, if your devices run out of power just switch the battery to a full one. Don't have to re-make the device. Just have a full battery.
Ah so exciting to see you begin to fall in love with the gameplay loop!
I know people probably have already said this but I just found you, only two things I’ve watched have been the subnautica episodes (plan on watching outerwilds after I play it myself!). I have never been so anxious and frustrated while also loving something and laughing so much. Keep it up, being messy isn’t bad as long as it’s genuine. Just keep having fun and people will keep watching.
Some people might have suggested the Mouse/kb since it can be hard to grab fish while swimming because you need the right stick to move your view and the default is A to grab stuff which also needs your right thumb. What the game doesn't tell you is that that the right trigger can also grab stuff. So, if you're more comfortable with the controller, that might be a solution for you.
Cave diving is extremely dangerous in both the game and real life. Your plan to try using the air pump wouldn't have worked since you need to put that on the surface first, then put pipes down from it. You COULD carry a spare air tank and swap it when your main tank is getting low, but that will only give you 30 seconds (for a standard tank) The other 45 seconds in your total are your lungs.
There's not really that much of interest to be found in caves in the early game though. If you want to find different minerals, try going deeper in other biomes. (creepvine, redgrass, etc.)
The DEEP cave you found is a little different story though. That is interesting. (but not easy) lol.
Another tip is putting your storage lockers in a row. That way you can sort them in your head. The one closest to the pod is common stuff, the next one is more rare, the next one is organic, and so on. If you cluster them, they all look the same and you can spend a lot of time looking for something you know is there somewhere.
When stalkers charge, your best bet is to swim toward them and to the side. They can't turn all that sharp and you can miss the mouth pretty easy. (you just get inside their turning radius)
You should also make some spare batteries. You can change batteries on your flashlight, repair tool, and seaglide when theirs go dead. (save the dead ones for later)
Her: I need more water proof lockers
Habitat builder: WHAT ABOUT ME
This game just gets better and better as you get deeper into it :) So much to look forward to. It's fun to watch you play it
Best non-spoiler advice, check your radio more often. It makes a noise/flashes red when you have a message and will offer you missions to help with your exploration. It's still a bit early to approach The Aurora.
I complained earlier that the videos are sometimes too long. But for this game, or games like this, I could watch three hours a day.
Hi Amber ...this is a really nice choice of game. I love this classic. It will allow your creativity to flourish inside a huge sandbox adventure. Scan everything you see to create blueprints and start building. Enjoy :)
Please don't worry, it's very enjoyable to watch you play)
You're so much more careful and pay much more attention, than many other players. You're also read, it'll add so much more when you get to story part)))
Edit: Congrats on your first Reaper too! You took it like a champ
Makes you really appreciate game design when every time you enter the life pod you see the flashing light on the radio. It’s the game pointing you to something interesting. But I guess if you don’t realise and think that’s just how it always is then it doesn’t quite work.
Lovely to watch as always. As someone who has played through, I would highly recommend getting a fully built habitat finished and installing a vehicle bay so you can build yourself a submarine! Then you can go explore the REALLY crazy parts of the map that are very far off!
I cried when you stowed the fire extinguisher. It was the combination of shock and happiness that did it. Bravo, Miss. Bravo.🥲
Will you ever look at the radio in your life pod, it's got a red blinking light to grab your attention in a all white room
Welcome to the Reaper. Love it everytime a new Player sees it for the first Time.
I highly recommend scanning everything and reading everything in your PDA. The PDA tells you about the things you scan and if they're useful plus holds parts of the story within and sometimes what to do next. Keep up the good work. Have fun.
This game makes me so happy. The sequel too. There's something about watching people learn how to progress the way I did years ago that lets me relive it 😅. I basically just described why let's plays exist. Anyway keep it up and check your radio often!
The start of this game is always inventory management, once you start building a base you'll have a cupboard for everything. Hope you enjoy the game.
The presenter is setting herself up for Waterproof Locker Regret, I fear. 😂
You play this game how I played it, minus the fear. Your curiosity about all the plants, animals and random "can I get a sample" are so fun to watch.
It's so interesting to watch a first time, Subnautica blind playthrough! There are so many different approaches people take, from prioritizing necessities and safety, through exploring, problem solving, and all the other tasks in early game. You're going to have a blast with this game. Although, I hope you don't run into a logistics issue like I had. When I finally got around to crafting a habitat build tool and subsequently picking out a spot for my first base, I wore out more than a few batteries shuttling back and forth from the escape pod to the new spot. I had about 40-11 of those floating storage boxes, lol. Anyway, great videos, keep em comin'!
FUN FACT: The music in the background is done by a man named, Daniel Waples playing a relatively new instrument at the time called a Hang Drum. The title of this piece is called, "Midnite."
Here is a link to him playing it Live in the UK:
ua-cam.com/video/x-mJAxycWR8/v-deo.html
I always love seeing folks dive (ha) into this one! Your excitement figuring stuff out and finding new things is infectious, I miss this game so much!
Shame the explosion scene bugged, glad they at least have a console command for it but ideally you would've been able to experience it organically. There's a lot more to enjoy in this game either way, so no worries! I see you already had your first encounter with one of the Big Boys. :D Let's just say the ocean is VERY deep and full of surprises.
A couple tips! 1) Extra batteries can be crafted to swap out and recharge your tools and seaglide. 2) You can craft beacons to leave at places you'd like to return to later for an easy way to navigate back.
Hi, don't know if you've found it already but there is an option to pause the game while looking at the PDA. This will suspend hunger, thirst, and oxygen so you can focus on reading the PDA information. Loving your series so far and hope you keep playing! Subnautica is one of my favorite games and it gets really cool later on.
My best advice is to make Beacons and leave them wherever you find something interesting. There isn't an in-game map so you have to map out the world yourself.
Advice? Search for more fragments, especially the mobile vehicle bay, develop in that direction, the world opens up much more once you do. Get the rebreather too as it is very useful.
Finally, don't approach the ship unless you have a means of moving fast, and it's not recommended to approach it when it is dark.
On one of my playthroughs, your new large friend did chase me back to the shallows and got stuck over there. It made me sick to my stomach watching him dolphin-jump out of the water near my lifepod. Thank God I had the habitat builder! I never went to the lifepod again, I would just check back from a distance and see him leaping about, unable to return to his area.
honestly your first time seeing a reaper you took it much better than most have, yes ur eyes were bulging from the surprise but you didnt scream and lose control of your movement and didnt die! very impressed!
really nice start GG i can't wait to see your habitat building!
I hint or two for you, make a list to what you want accomplished. Like a sea glide what you need and then go out and strive to ensure you meet said goal. It is too easy to get distracted. Look at your radio from time to time. It will give you locations to explore. Hope this helps. The deeper you go the more fun we are going to have seeing your reactions
There is a wonderful story to go along with this. Oh and Neebs gaming is in thus as well. Radio message about a ham sandwich
Just one small tip, everyone else already pointed out other important things.
I would not wait too long with the building. A base also means more and better storage capabilities. ;)
Plus, building in Subnautica is quite fun. :D
The air pump needs to pump FROM air anyway, but the reason your pump ended up on surface was the way the current game's Unity engine works -- when you leave a region, the ground de-spawns -- so the air pump was able to float up out of the cave that no longer had a roof. This is more notable if you use variable depth or nightmare type mods and many things can happen.
I love seeing new players in Subnautica. Subnautica is my favorite game and I’ve played it a lot. I streamed it some and will be doing a new game with my next stream. One tip I have is that you never have enough copper and another is bleach comes in handy quite a bit.
Great series so far! This is up there in my top Subnautica play throughs with Markeplier
You convinced me to play Outer Wilds and now Subnautica. Oh and Tunic.
Quick tip to really help you out is that the radio icon on your right hand side of your hud tells you that it’s time to go back to your life pod for POIs (points of interest). I highly recommend you have a seamoth and cyclops. You’ll need prawn suit too but those two will help for now and as you discovered roaring in the distance means some kind of mob is around. I won’t tell you how to game but will try to help get you going so good luck and happy hunting
My advice would be to gather as much salt deposits you find. You can cook salted fish and they won't spoil.
Thank you Amber!
I love watching you explore and figure things out.
Seeing the blinking red light on the radio every time she came up the ladder was killing me.
Your voice is so soothing. I just play your videos in the background as I work and it let your voice calm my soul. :D
This game just gets bigger and better the more you play it! I'm looking forward to watching you discover its secrets!
I don't really comment on youtube much, but I just wanted to say I honestly think you have the greatest playthrough series' on the platform! I love turning them on as I'm drawing, it's very relaxing.
Nothing beats the first meeting reaction with a reaper.
Not disappointed 😅
😂 loved the 'oh no!' In response to the stalkers infection... Just before you slashed with the knife. All while politely saying, ' go away, Sir.' 😂 I like your style.
That was class! Making great progress and what an intro to the Reaper Leviathan :D
There's one tip I got that no one ever seems to recommend, and that is to check out the other way to make water in the fabricator. Totes worth doin imo. Keep up the good work.
Love the first reaper experience. Great play through!
Also your checklist says the next thing is making a more permant shelter. For that you will need a tool called a habitat builder. It is in your tool menu.
ive actually never seen the event glitch out... you really timed your quit suuuuuper bad last time hahahah xD im enjoying your playthrough so far!
Ah, the reaper... yep, my first reaction to my first encounter was about the same. Silently turn around, forget all my exploration plans, put home beacon in the crosshairs and beeline home. Enough time in the water for today...
TIPS:
- Raw bladder fish give O2 when eaten
- You can make an Air Bladder (Refillable) to jet to the surface (fun) or to get air
- Options > Accessibility > PDA Pause (Pause game with PDA is open)
(Refillable)
I see you met our big friend! I was hoping you'd see it out there, lol. I didn't know it could jump (glitch) out of the water. 😂
Everyone's first encounter with it is crazy. I love how you just immediately started going back to the escape pod without saying a word 😂
I have two tips I'd like to share with you. The game nevert tells you about two mechanics, but you may have already noticed them:
1. You swim a little faster if both hands are free. It won't make that much of a difference, but in some cases this can aid you survival.
2. Keep your food and water levels up. Maybe you've already noticed, if both are above a certain threshold, you get a very small amount of passive healing.
Last but not least: If you can hear them, they can hear you.
As other people have mentioned, the radio in your life pod flashes when you have a message. Those messages will help guide you to nearby different areas which have wrecks that you should explore for different technology, which will be a good beginning for the game :)
to be honest, you took the "surprise hello" very well. Most people I saw freak out and scream like possessed.
Always a pleasant surprise to see you've posted another video 😊
Great day today, you have your seaglide now, your high capacity tank. Ready for more exploration! I've played this game a lot and I'm having a really great time seeing you figuring things out and progressing. Really looking forward to the next.
25:30 You can never have too much water 😂
when you hear big grumbling in the distance near the shipwreck,its a leviathan class lifeform which uses echolocation for orientation..if you can hear such a sound it means that he can see..khmm..something..and try to invest some time in habitat builder,thats your best friend here..scan,explore,enjoy..
I really enjoy watching your play through! Probably has been said already but when you die in the game, your stuff is where you were last, most on the ground
Glad you made fins, the oxygen tank, and the seaglide! They are super useful. Have fun, the exploring is great.
9:35 You can over-eat to grt your Food meter to go above 100, if you’re at 99 or less, but that doesn’t work with Water. That’s hard capped at 100.
Also, when both are above 80 you’ll heal slowly.
Oh my goodness, the sass in your "I have to do everything around here myself!" you absolutely slayed me. I'm so sad you didn't get to experience the Aurora explosion as it was intended - there's some effects on the Alterra PDA's voice, if my memory serves me correctly, in addition to the howl of the wind rushing past you and the clicking of the geiger counter. But, since you played it on PC, you also seem to get the fun of being able to explode the Aurora over and over again, so maybe it's worth the trade?
lol, I was amazed at how many people avoided spoiling the lungs vs tank thing in episode 1... your mouse passed over it so many tantalizing times -- but it released my stress to hear you say that at the beginning!!! lmfao
I feel like the Reaper usually makes a sound to warn you that it's nearby. That jumpscared us both!
If you can hear it, it can see you.
The reaper operates on sonar. ;)