Published May 14, 2026, 11:18 AM EDT Nothing like dying a thousand times to remind you what being human means Subnautica 2 escapes a wave of controversy and should keep getting better Image: Unknown Worlds/Krafton About 30 minutes into Subnautica 2 's early access version, I made a big mistake. Several databank logs had just become available to me, and I got caught up reading about how the digital assistant issued to all company workers (that's you) can cause dangerous feelings of attachment and psychosis. (Yes, Subnautica 2 is very on - point for 2026.) Anyway, I forgot that the databank menu doesn't pause the game and only remembered when that assistant said I had 10 seconds of air left. My oxygen had slowly depleted, and I was too far from the surface to make it back in time. Death enveloped me. This incident was not the last time Subnautica 2 captivated me to the point of fatal distraction. Unknown Worlds' survival sequel might be unfinished, with years of development ahead.…