Man terrified of the ocean plays Subnautica for the first time
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- čas přidán 3. 04. 2022
- Subnautica is a scary game. Very fun though.
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I’m glad that everyone’s first action when playing this game is to stockpile on a large amount of acid mushrooms
😂
and make waterproof lockers to store them in
preeeeetty plant
I made a massive pile of them in a small hole near the ship
When I first played the game I worried about getting a base thinking “how hard could it be?” Then after scanning parts I instantly thiught. “How the hell do I get gold?!” It was a long process before I realized I needed batteries XD
nah, even if you aren't scared of the ocean this game is terrifying as hell
Omicron subnautica playthrough???
Exactly
Yup
But if you AAAARE, it's way worse :D
@@narius_jaden215 bro that’s so true
I love how literally everyone'a first instinct is to grab a million acid mushrooms
If they've played any survival-crafting game the go-to strategy is hoarding, which doesn't work here. First, because inventory space is more limited than most games of its type, second because you don't actually need that many resources to make what you need.*
*Except titanium. So much titanium.
lol every person I watch place the game without a doubt will always fill their inventory with acid mushrooms and then later complain how their inventory is full of shrooms
not literally everyone cause I didn't...
Did he watch you play it? Cause he said everyone he watched did that.
Lol
3:19 Smallant: walks on the sea floor so nothing can hit him from bellow
Sand Shark: I'm gonna end this man's whole career
Reapers can go through the floor
@@BananaDopethey can?
@@cammy5182 They bury themselves right in the sand.
At least when I played it (It happened to me when I attacked it and it ran away, and proceeded to jumpscare me.
Could happen normally though I'm not sure.
@@BananaDopedo believe it’s a glitch that they do that, but it’s hilarious nonetheless
@@halcyon_exbyeah sea dragons also tend to noclip a lot lol
Not afraid of the ocean but this game still gives me extreme anxiety
Must be the large sky…
Hey do you ever get collectors anxiety in large open world rpg games?
Same tbh
@@zander62 i did in botw
Yep
The way he casually just accepted the sunbeams's death is great
yes he was like okay he died and then went on with his day
"Well I wasn't really expecting anything so I can't be disappointed."
Well he found out 30 seconds before the strike so there wasn’t anything to react to
@@Anorak610 more like almost 2 years ago 😅
"So it's a gun... guess we're not getting saved..."
The scariest part about Reaper Leviathans is why they roar loudly. Reapers use echolocation to hunt, that roar is how they echolocate. That means if you hear it, it sees you.
that, and the fact that normally, "roars" don't belong in oceans and on Earth no ocean predator makes any particular loud noise (afaik lmao) and the closest thing to it is a whale's call ig
@@Silver-jd6xi Wouldn't something that loud just _kill_ everything around it? Aren't there whales or something, that can belt out a cry that can _kill us_ in close proximity?
@@magne7771 that would be the sperm whale
its clicks can vibrate you to death just bc of how loud that shit is
@@blackjovian9414 Fucken wild, eh?
@@magne7771Sperm whales
The idea of exploring the ocean floor and finding these terrifying alien monsters is a pretty rational fear. This game is quite the damn journey though.
imagine these things living on earth dude. you just dive a mile or smth and there's a fuckin leviathan. I mean, we have wales and squids and shit, but those aren't comparable
Bro is verified now
@@jenga__51 he didnt even know why he got verified dude,but yeah he got too many copy anyway,imma wait for OwO and Justin Y. To get verified aswell
@@okuyasuniijimura Marine biology and deep sea diving have shown in the depths of the ocean there are definitely some terrifying creatures alot don't know about
It's not even the monsters themselves to me. It's the inability to see. If I can't see what's in front of me because of darkness or fog(draw distance) I don't like it.
I was watching people play this a while ago and I thought “Hey that ain’t too scary” so I got it myself. I was then thoroughly terrified by every little thing
Yes! So true.😂
Its super funny tho to watch people first time
I played it a bit at a friend's place, my anxiety could not handle actually playing it myself at all. 😂
It’s vastly different as an observer
ant looking down from the island to the depths of the mountains biome and being scared af was my mood the whole time during my first playthrough
As a diver, I can say this is 100% what the ocean is like. Also as a liar, I can say this statement is 100% true
Ah, clever
As a lazy person I-
As a marine biologist, I can confirm that the creatures in this game are completely inaccurate. Leviathans are far larger in real life.
Ah, clever
Wait, if you are a liar then wouldn't you be lying about being a liar? That would mean you are lying about lying, meaning you are telling the truth! But I thought you were lying?!?!?!
Life just doesn't make sense sometimes.
That rescue ship getting shot down is one of the best narrative experiences I've ever had from a video game. Even if you don't explore and find out what the building is before they show up, the brilliance of seeing what's going to happen before they even start talking to you about landing and being unable to warn them is peak helplessness.
Exactly!! I started playing this game again on survival and even if I knew it would happen, seeing the building get into shooting position as the timer ticked down its final seconds and the Sunbeam started its descent towards the island still filled me with the same feeling of dread and helplessness that I felt during my first playthrough of the game
What I love most is this *technically* isn't a horror game. But realistically, they did the soundscape so well, and you can see *just* far enough ahead of yourself when in the depths, it instantly becomes a horror game.
Its not horror though.
Every danger in this game is not out there just to hunt and kill you, but be a creature on an alien planet.
Just that some find that you look like a tasty snack.
Conclusion: ocean is scary 😢
If a game scares me, I call it a horror game. So by my metric, Subnautica is a horror game. I don't care what people say, Rain World is a horror game and it's one of the scariest ones I've played! I also classify games that _try_ to be scary as horror games even if they don't scare me, but they aren't the only ones.
Seeing Smallant actually get scared of something is the content we've all been waiting for
Ikr
The power of subnautica
Or just the ocean in general
he also gets scared when media share is on and fly me to the moon starts playing
@@AshEshyr *fly me to the moon starts playing*
The small edits to show what exactly he is talking about and just improve visibility are so nice, that pushes the video to a higher quality
The in-game audio and subtitles generally compliment each other well, but the game's audio is rather quiet in this video so it makes sense for him to zoom in on those things. Overall the edits seem to be in all the right spots, which is really nice to see.
bot?
@@sonicobama6679 Not sure why you're saying 'Bot?'; are you implying either myself or Marvin is a bot, or are you saying something about the video that I'm just not quite getting?
@@Tynach L ratio bozo + you fell off + mid
Love how Chat went "So you've finally found IT" "There he is !" when it appeared lol, the moment every watcher waits for on someone's first Subnautica playthrough xD
I always get so nervous when new players go in dangerous areas lmao
@@Chuckles-9838 Same ! That games triggers my anxiety so much i can't stand it but i also love it sooo uhhh. Yeah new players getting close to what you know is going to be huge and stuff...
Once u see the red grass you already know😂
@@Chuckles-9838 Sameee dude I know the subnautica map pretty well and seeing them enter a biome that has like 3 leviathans sends me into fight or flight. Like they have no idea the horrors that await them 💀
@@RealLenny bruh u think video games are just a string of code on a screen?
Playing this game as an oceanographer is a... totally different experience, hahaha! I'm enjoying seeing other peoples' experiences with it... y'all have a much more rational reaction to dangerous fish than me, the dumbass who sits there to watch them as they tear into me like "Ooh, are you a salp colony, gorgeous??? Is that a Spheroides species???"
I'm getting my degree in marine biology and I do pretty much the same thing in the game!
It IS incredibly cool to know just what each creature may be similar to on Earth though! Besides differences in the actual planet's air, gravity, weather, etc., Most things would PROBABLY evolve to be at least somewhat similar to what we have here on Earth, since what works obviously seems to work, so in theory the baseline parts of it should work elsewhere. The Leviathans get a pass because they're the huge bastard things that are supposed to be strange, but a lotta the smaller creatures are quite similar to what we have on Earth honestly.
xD
I would love to watch your gameplay
I am pursuing a career for marine biology or honestly anything involving the ocean.
21:06 if you watch the vod, he doesn't actually try combinations to find the code, but he told his editor to make it seem like he did. Didn't think he'd actually follow through with it LMAO
This tricky bastard of an ant
where was the vod uploaded?
@@fatmagic69 it's on twitch
How'd he get it, a legitimate in-game hint, or chat?
@@Nat_the_Chicken chat directed him to the legitimate way
One time I was looking for sandstone for like 2 hours and then I went out side in real life and saw a rock that looked like it, I was happy until I realized I wasn’t playing the game
Damn then you really immersed in the game. Pun intended.
go touch some grass
@@gotrejo they probably touched the rock
This games what 5 years or so old now and I can't believe it's still one of the best like alien and ocean like games out there from the story, the horror, and the graphics I can't wait till he plays below zero
Yeah, I can't imagine this game will be topped, they're doing updates for it and Below Zero soon too.
Below zero kinda trash to be honest
@@FormalCarrot1 depends what you are looking for in the game. Idk, maybe I'm just a firm believer of "if I don't like it it doesn't necessarily mean it sucks, just that Its not to my tastes"
@@am_Nein based
17:40
I like how the chat's reaction to the explosion goes from:-
"o7"
To "Free titanium letss goooo" In less than 2 seconds
i love how everyone is scared when they run into a fish with the seamoth and meanwhile ant is just laughing at the cruel murder of peepers
Tbh, im the same I just go like, can u pls stop inmolating against my vehicles
I think people mostly just get scared the first time it happens, and then in moments where it's really stressful or suspenseful because they are already on guard, keeping an eye out for any scary monsters, and then suddenly just a sudden *SMASH*.
When I figured it out I went out of my way to kill the ecosystem
I see most people do it on accident first time, apologize, AND THEN DO IT MORE TINES OF PURPOSE OR ACCIDENT AND LAUGH AND MAKE A JOKE, ESPECIALLY RUNNING FROM REAPERS AND STUFF
They had it coming
Don’t worry it this happens to everyone on their first play through. Literally scared of anything that moves.
Bruh same
i cant even go deeper than the Mushroom Forest anymore because of warpers
@neko look it up he did one two years ago
Reefbacks scared me for multiple days before I finally realized it was them
doom: shot anything that moves
subnautica: RUN FROM ANYTHING THAT MOVES
8:16 As someone who loves Reefbacks (my favourite creature in the game) and had a pet one who patrolled near my base, this made me laugh very hard.
Devine's editing is so good. The blowing up of the gauges when something important was going on with them was a really good touch for people like me who have never played the game before.
As someone who is also terrified of the ocean, I've never thought about his "If i'm at the bottom, nothing can be below me" perspective. That certainly helps
but what about above?
Shiny Metagross
It’s easy to look up from the dark bottom into the light. The horrific sight of seeing into the deep dark from above is…
@@keitksn Everyone always forgets to look up though. It's true of land exploration too, you just assume that pretty much all of what's above you will be sky or ceiling or something. So if you put the unknown below you, at least you're hyper-aware of it. If you put it above you then you might not notice something coming until you suddenly glance up, as with the reefback.
I'm kind of surprised nothing burrows under the sand to hide. That would've been my first thought; there are animals that do it in real life after all
@@palyername OK Shannon, if you were on this dev team i wouldve dropped the game out of fear sooo much sooner
I still can’t get over how he made us sit through him guessing every single password for the cargo bay 😭
Yeah it took ages. He should've just asked chat what the password was...
@@jonmartin8562 The smallant experience
you should precise it's a joke
@@jonmartin8562 its random for any play through
@@TheGuestLeader no it's a fixed password
In the first 4mn SmallAnt has already discovered two mechanics I missed in my first 80 hours with the game: extinguishers as propulsors and feeding peepers to stalkers.
The only part the scares me is the dead zone, a straight drop down. Especially when you look down into it, hugging the edge of the abyss. Whats unnerving is how the lights from the seamoth, and the sonar for that matter, can't reach the bottom. Just darkness, a void equally terrifying as it is enticing.
Would you believe the entire playable area in Subnautica is just one big volcanic crater?
And then the blue from the ghost leviathan
There is no bottom in game if I recall correctly. People have just plummeted to see if there is a bottom of the box or if there is a plane that kills you or warps you to the CoC point.
One of the best games I’ve ever played. It’s awesome that you’re playing it.
I have to agree
Fr tho
you and i are not so different
i agree
I also agree
I feel like every time this man plays a game for the first time, there's a moment when he says "I don't think I'm supposed to be here yet"
Edit: grammar lol
@@kiritotheabridgedgod4178 That isn't what a sequence break is.
If you play too much game you will guess too much and accidentally skip
8:16 the reefback actually got me
19:24 the best moment in CZcams history
Ikr
21:10
FYI for the YT frogs, that's actually a joke he played, he already knew the code, but made sure to make it seem as if he tried a bunch of code combinations lol
the funny part about it is that not 1 person would question it. tanner seriously does have the capacity and capability for something like that, and 100% has the brute force fucking drive and willpower to do that shit even if he knows it would be boring as fuck for the stream. he's just a chad he doesn't give a fuck about that which makes it SO fucking believable
I've never heard the term YT frogs
It is now part of my vocabulary
@@Charizard24682alright buddy, take a chill pill.
There are a few games where I can say "Dude, this was an amazing experience."
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All I really like to see added is a way to co-op, would love to play the game with my brother.
I believe there is a mod called nitrox that allows multiplayer, I haven't looked at it in a few years so I don't know it's current state but last I checked it was playable if not perfect
Part of what makes the game great is the lonelyness of it all. Everytime you think you're about to meet someone else you find out about their (tragic) fate.
@@MrLastfrench while I agree that it is great for immersion, there's a point where you know the game and it doesn't feel like it did at first. Which is where screwing around in game with friends and family would be great. I would love to be able to play this with my son.
@@Wicker I've played the mod a few weeks ago. Its fun, but some thing are totally out of sync, like the radiation arround the aurora, some Leviathan spawns, the power level and leaks in a base, and the list goes on.
I remember the first time i got the seamoth, i was riding around in it and i say to my friend “you know, this game is good and all, but i really like the sound it makes when i hit a fish with this thing.”
the fact that he systematically guessed the passcode to the ship amazes me, honestly one of the most smallant moves ever
Love the consistent uploads! Hope you are not overworking yourself though
reading the description looks like he hired/found an editor called devin
I mean he’s had other editors before, I don’t see how this makes a difference
@@Direultimatum thanks god,i want more smant channel content because i dont have time for his stream,and his editor is talented
@@jasonyt6324 Additional/new editor = less work. This isn’t a difficult concept.
Go be mean somewhere else. Unlike you, they were just trying to be helpful.
I love that Ant and Crow are playing this at the same time, they are the perfect pair to follow
Agreed, I just hope this toxic rivalry and community stuff ends between them... I hate seeing Crow forced into Smants shadow just because they make similar content
@@coolguy010 thankfully I only watch them from CZcams so I have no idea what you are talking about and hope I never do, I just watch them both and know they joke around with each other
@@asgarion9938 not anymore. they are no longer friends because of this.
At 23:16 is an in-game voice cameo from NeebsGaming who played this game some years ago before development was complete. They got an invite from the game devs to do some voices. Their playthrough of this game is highly unique. I'd recommend a view.
7:23 "Oh, oh, what is this? Sans?"
So excited for this i used to play a lot of Subnautica it's such a cool game and you did a great job on the video
You managed to do a ton of stuff and avoid most of the actually scary or dangerous encounters
Smallant is just built different
The editing in this is very good. The pacing is excellent and I was constantly engaged. Not once did I feel like I missed important information. Love you smant very cool guy you are 👍
He’s so lucky to have not experienced the Reaper Leviathan properly
Him guessing every single password was an experience, totally…
I love the ocean, and have no fear of it. This game nearly made me cry, 10/10, please play more of it.
I love how scared he was when he entered the sparse reef, although its a very safe biome with no predators
I am so glad you finally played this it is one of my favorite games and seeing you play it is something special
This video:
Just SmallAnt screaming whenever he sees a small fish or hears any noise.
The only thing smallant fears more than this is missing two consecutive 95 accuracy moves in a nuzlocke
Dude I’m so happy you’re playing this! I’ve had the game for a while now and seriously enjoyed it and now after not playing it for a bit and seeing my favourite streamer get into it is great! You should definitely play through below zero at one point too, solid sequal
This is such a gem of a game, both tranquil and terrifying.
14:46 small ant gets a bacterial infection
Random guy in chat: FISHAIDS
I've watched jacksepticeye play this game multiple times, finally got to play it for the first time myself, tried it in vr, was having fun swimming about until I got to an area which was practically pitch black, immediately noped out of there
Bro swam to the void in vr id be so scared like seeing a ghost leviathan would make me shit myself
Playing this game in VR should be used as a torture method
I'd love to see Smant speedrun Subnautica after he completes it, the run for that game is so fascinating, with a bunch of cool glitches (I like super seaglide and all the mobile vehicle bay stuff)
hey can i just say, as someone with reading comprehension struggles, i really appreciate you increasing text size and stuff! just makes the whole thing way more accessible
PLEASE continue! I love this game to pieces and adore watching new players go through it. great video as always :)
i was wondering when there would be a video on this just yesterday! so glad to see it up finally
Hurray! If this is a full playthrough, I am here for it, dude!
Tip about the exploding fish: bait them back a ways, then go toward and behind them. They have a very bad turning radius.
The Stalkers (the biting dolphins) will bring you metal salvage if you hold a peeper near them. They also drop their teeth, which lets you make enameled glass, which is useful later. You'll need a lot of them. I'm doing a playthrough of Subnautica as well (not my first run, though), so if you ever want tips, I'm happy to share my knowledge.
Watching this after having listened to the Subnautica soundtrack over and over for a year is so fun because I can tell exactly what's about to happen by ear.
actually enjoyed watching you played this, it’s a nice change of things. Keep up the great enjoyable content my dude!
i love subnautica its so free to explore and you can ignore the story for ages. such an open and relaxing experience, until you find a reaper
Damn this game is fun (and terrifying). Can't wait to see you finish it!! Oh, and btw, will you be playing Below Zero (the "sequel" to Subnautica)?
Why the quotation marks?
@@FireballFlame probably because the story in below zero isn’t directly connected
@@FireballFlame it’s not really a sequel, no connections other than it’s the same alien water planet
@@benwalker1975 You guys haven't played the game, have you? It takes place shortly after the first one, directly ties in with and continues the story, prominently features a recurring character... that's about as connected as you could possibly get, except for the fact you're not playing as the same character.
@@FireballFlame I'd still say Lenny Summers's description is accurate: it's not _directly_ connected, making it not a _direct_ sequel. But it might as well be one because of how many _indirect_ connections there are.
(Also, from what I can tell, Below Zero actually has way more of a present story than Subnautica does. Most of what you do in the first game is just getting stuff to build stuff and figuring out what's going on in your environment and what happened thousands of years ago, which is more "lore" than "story." There are very significant events with regards to the emperor hatchlings and the Kharaa quarantine, but that takes a lot less telling than Robin's whole thing with her sister and Alan and all that.)
Ant just doesn't stop on the uploads, it's been so much fun! Playing Minecraft and listening to the Ant VOD's and videos. That's the stuff.
I'm also terrified of the ocean.
You're braver than I am for playing this, I would never.
Awesome playthrough, sad I missed the streams! I only just got through my own first playthrough of this game and it was tons of fun. Looking forward to trying out below zero now :D
This was a good watch. I love how for the first few minutes he was calling Peepers Boomerangs until he found a Boomerang. And that feeling when you get your first base~
I have thalassophobia, and I have to say that Subnautica is my favourite game of all time.
This is the first time I’ve seen Small Ant genuinely have so much curious fun.
Yooo I’m so excited you’re playing subnautica again, probably my favorite survival game out of them all! Can’t wait for you to get to the crab squid zone, their cry is the coolest shit.
I love this game and I’m glad to see smallant playing it!! Hope to see more of this in the near future :)
The editor's style of making the text more readable is astonishing. Great work.
I'm happy SmallAnt hit all the notes of the plot so naturally
More of this, please! So entertaining to watch
one of my fav games, so excited that you’re playing this
As a big subnautica fan I was ready for the "it's so big" at 14:23, and still laughed when he said it 😂
24:35 I didn't know Chewbacca played Subnautica
love the video, great work man. glad im not the only one afraid of open oceans.
We need more of this asap smallant
6:06 The one line I couldn't stop saying when I played this game
21:00 there's PDA that's gives you a code for the doors don't just randomly guess for 15 minutes
CANNOT WAIT for part two. love the content.
I love Subnautica dude, so excited to see you experience it!
6:43 had me dying laughing.
So glad he's actually playing this game, I love the game and would like to see a series
I love this game and I wish to play it one day for myself. Keep the vids going for Subnautica Smant! We love this!
Can’t wait to see more of this! I love this game. Interesting to see the differences in how me and smant explore the caldera.
14:27 thats what she said
this game gives me so much anxiety, but yet
i cant stop watching
21:09 Wow Smant that must've taken such a long time!!! Your persistent is impeccable
200th vid congrats! Keep up the great content 😊
can we appreciate how frequently ant posts? like he really is doing the most for us
The way the game makes you feel unsafe and on edge but keeps you wondering "is it gonna happen? No. No they probably didn't put a terrifying enemy here. Right?" Yes, yes they did
Love Subnautica! your repair tool drop was hilarious!
Love the video, this is a really fun game to watch someone else play and a really stressful game to play
I was looking for something to watch, small ant video is nice now
In space with Mark just came out if you want to watch that
Shoutouts to the Editor for putting in all the subtitles to PDAs which the game doesn’t show automatically for some reason
I’m loving the regular postings so much!
Hope you keep playing this, suuuuch a good game and a great video :)
I too, have an acute fear of the ocean, so this video should be great and wholesome for me 👍
Afraid of what exactly?
@@ianhoneycutt3858 the unknown, the vulnerability from all sides, the fact you can’t see around you, everything that can swim faster than you and not being able to evade from the lack of the ability to breathe underwater, the crushing weight of the water if you’re too far down, and the huge expanse that the ocean is (which goes along with the unknown)
@@owenmeier Fair enough, but there really is nothing to be afraid of. Nothing out there is gonna go out of it's way to try hunting you. Just wear a scuba mask to see. Just wear an oxygen tank and a regulator to breathe. The pressure of the water won't affect you until you're like 3-400 ft down below the water, and you don't go that low diving anyways. The only pressure you will experience is ear pressure, and you can get rid of that by pinching your nose and then blowing out of it
Never fails. New players filling their inventory to the brim with acid mushrooms is like a rite of passage.
because it's the most abundant and easily accessible resource in a resource gathering game, which normally means you'll need a shit ton of it.