Reader Submitted: Subnautica Revisited

SL Newser reader Rita Mariner is quite the fan of the game Subnautica. It's unique among survival games in that it takes place mostly underwater. Although she got the game well over a year ago, she continues to play it a great deal. So why so much time in one game? She recently wrote a reader submission to explain why, and a few tips on how to win.

Read Rita's submission in Other Grids, MMOs, and Games.

Reader Submitted: Game Review - Subnautica, Part Seven

Rita Mariner has been writing a series of reader-submitted articles on the water-based survival game "Subnautica." Today, we present the seventh and final part of her review. Here, she describes to get what you need to reach the last of the alien buildings you'll need to get into. You'll finally be able to deal with a certain problem that's been attracting a certain kind of monster to you for a while. And not every creature you meet is out to get you. Finally, there's what to get for the last big thing you'll need to make: the escape rocket that allows you to leave the planet and win the game.

Read Rita's reader submission in Other Grids, MMOs, and Games.

Reader Submitted: Game Review - Subnautica, Part Six

For the past few weeks, Rita Mariner has been doing reader submitted articles on the aquatic survival game Subnautica. In earlier chapters, she described getting started and then going out beyond your initial area. In this story, Rita describes what could be called the end of the middle part of the game, in which there's just one more kind of resource left to gather. Getting to it however means braving some dangers and some strategy.

Read Rita's reader submission in Other Grids, MMOs, and Games.

Reader Submitted: Game Review - Subnautica, Part Five

Rita Mariner has been doing reader-submitted articles about a new favorite game of hers: the ocean-based survival game of Subnautica. In earlier parts of the series, she wrote about what to do at the start and the middle part of the game. Part five is about what do do when getting to the Lost River, having to deal with acidic spots and still more powerful creatures.

Read Rita's reader submission in Other Grids, MMOs, and Games.

Reader Submitted: Game Review - Subnautica, Part Four

Rita Mariner has been doing reader submissions on the ocean-based survival game Subnautica. In earlier chapters, she described getting started and then going out beyond your initial area. In the fourth article of her series, having just gotten the "Prawn suit," you'll be able to dive deeper. You'll be needing to, to find more resources and more blueprints to things that you'll need. But to get the rewards, you'll have to go through the risks of monsters and hostile environments, all while keeping an eye on your oxygen supply.

Read Rita's reader submission in Other Grids, MMOs, and Games.

Reader Submitted: Game Review - Subnautica, Part Three

Rita Mariner has been sending in reader submitted articles about the undersea survival game Subnautica. In her third story, which takes place in the middle part of the game, she describes how as your character progresses, your end goal of escaping the planet is within sight. Unfortunately, a nasty surprise is discovered that threatens your ability to realize that.

Read Rita's reader submission in Other Grids, MMOs, and Games.

Reader Submitted: Game Review - Subnautica, Part Two

Last week, Rita Mariner sent in her first of a number of reader submitted articles about Subnautica. Subnautica is a single player survival game taking place in an ocean of an alien planet. In Part Two, she describes what happens after the beginning part of the game as you venture further from where your life pod landed. As you explore more and gather more resources, you become able to build better tools. But you will be needing them to face greater dangers.

Read Rita's reader submission in Other Grids, MMOs, and Games.

Reader Submitted: Game Review Subnautica

With most popular survival games these days, your biggest enemy is other players, usually in some jungle or forest. Not so in Subnautica. This survival game takes place in an environment not often seen in gaming: underwater. The game is also has only a single player mode, so the only things after you are hostile species of wildlife, and the elements, and your thirst and hunger. Newser reader Rita Maniner has been playing the game, and recently sent what will hopefully be the first of a few reader submissions on it.

Read Rita's article in Other Grids, MMOs, and Games.

Game Review: "The Wolf Among Us"

In her article for today, Nydia departs from her usual reviewing of MMOs to a single player game: "The Wolf Among Us." In this episodic adventure game, players take on the role of  "B. Wolf," the Big Bad Wolf, who's one of a number of "fables" living in a community in a modern city. This game is no fairy tale for the kids, though. Nydia played a few episodes, and gives her opinion.

Read Nydia's review in Other Grids and MMOs.