My sincerest apologies to Subnautica and its fanbase. I really tried, I gave it a more than fair shot, but I just couldn't commit myself to this enough to see it through to the end. Part of it is I just really can't stand survival games; I don't have the creativity or drive to play through them, and I need more concrete goals and a clearer endpoint in order to hold my interest. In the last four months since I started I think I only put in about 15 hours, but within those 15 hours I restarted at least three times due to feeling directionless and not having the patience to grind for materials. Then it dawned on me that I haven't touched the game in 8 weeks, and I have no motivation to go back.

But I'm fully aware this is a me thing. I really have nothing negative to say about Subnautica. I was really hoping to click with the things people talk about with this, I wanted to explore and discover this beautiful underwater world, and feel simultaneously awed and horrified by what lied in its depths, in a similar fashion to Outer Wilds. I know I didn't get far enough, but I just don't have the ambition to trek any longer.

At another time when I don't hate my life and don't feel burnt out on my hobbies, I would like to give this another shot. Until then, I'm moving on to something else