Published May 15, 2026, 3:30 PM EDT Except the snack-sized fish I'm glad Subnautica 2 refuses to let you kill things Image: Unknown Worlds/Krafton via Polygon Sign in to your Polygon.com account Subnautica 2 instantly made waves with its early access debut , and while most of its big features are welcome improvements over the first game, there's one change that caught folks by surprise: You can't kill anything in Subnautica 2 . Well, sort of . You can turn small fish into meals , which is technically killing, and the sonic resonator blasts parasites into oblivion, which is also technically killing. But everything else? You just have to deal with it. It's a big part of what makes Subnautica 2 feel different from the flood of other survival adventures out there, though not everyone's happy about it. As of this writing, one popular post on the Subnautica subreddit is someone asking how others felt about the decision.…