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Subnautica 2's no-killing ethos "will be a continued point of resistance" among players, say Unknown Worlds, but they have no plans to change it

Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed·Edwin Evans-Thirlwell·3 days ago
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"It's an important and interesting constraint", says design lead Image credit: Krafton / Rock Paper Shotgun With the early access release of otherworldly diving sim Subnautica 2 , developers Unknown Worlds are dealing with some familiar criticisms about the new survival game 's absence of weaponry or outright combat elements. Speaking to RPS among other journalists in a roundtable interview, design lead Anthony Gallegos acknowledged that Subnautica 2's emphasis on living with, rather than confronting larger, dangerous organisms will be "a continued point of resistance" for some players, while reiterating that it's the heart of the game. Unknown Worlds have made a couple of bloodier action games in their time, the Natural Selection series, but co-founder Charlie Cleveland decided to move away from kill-driven experiences following the Sandy Hook school shootings in 2012.…

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