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“Pay The Creators”: Subnautica Players Have Now Taken Their Protests To The Original Game

By 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Sam Woods

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The 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Subnautica community is in a tough ꦓspot right now. While it's desperate to support the gameﷺ and its upcoming sequel, publisher Krafton has made decisions with which it strongly disagrees, sparking severe backlash.

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Subnautica 2 co-creator Charlie Cleveland has opened up about his removal from Unknown Worl🌠ds, saying it "sting✱s" that he no longer works there.

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While much of the promised backlash has been directed towards the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:upcoming sequel, which is the source of the recent controversies, fans of the series have turned to the original game and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Below Zero on Steam to voice their anger through a serie🦋s of review bombings.

Subnautica's Recent Drama: The Story So Far

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For those unfamiliar with the story, two weeks ago, Subnautica's original creators were ousted fro🌠m Unknown Worlds "effective immediately", with the trio replaced by Striking Distance Studios CEO, Steve Papoutsis. Unknown Worlds' parent company, Krafton, defended its decision, declaring "nothing has changed with💯 how the 🐷game is structured."

Despite this, rumors quickly surfaced that the three former Unknown Worlds staff members were fired and the game delayed 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:due to an upcoming $250 million bonus, a claim that Krafton denied, stating the leadership team "168澳洲幸运5开奖网:aban𝐆doned the responsibilities entrusted to tಌhem."

Naturally, this didn't go down well with Subnautica's vibrant community. Initial 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:talks of a boycott fell flat before a series of uncoordinated Subnautica 2 review bombings, boycotts, and emails to Krafton'sꦇ senior leadership team gained momentum.

The Original Subnautica Is Now Getting Review Bombed On Steam

It's going to take a lot to dent both Subnautica ℱand Subnautica: Below Zero's overall Steam review ratings. The former holds an 'Overwhelmingly Positive' rating, based on over 286,000 reviews, and the latter a 'Ve🏅ry Positive' rating, based on more than 89,000 reviews; however, that hasn't stopped players from voicing their concerns.

Over the last few days, according to data from , both titles have eﷺxperienced a significant increase in negative reviews from unhappy fans🃏.

Typically, before this recent situation, Subnautica would receive no more than six or seven negative reviews per day, usually between one and four; over the last five days, it has receiv🌠ed over 200. The 69 negative reviews it received on July 10 is the fourth most the game has received in a single day, and the mo♎st in over seven years, since February 2018. It's a similar story with Below Zero, which is seeing its largest influx of negative reviews since 2021.

A quick glance at the shows just how unhappy fans are. One player said, "Kraft🍌on fired the original Su🌳bnautica 1 devs and delayed the game in order to avoid paying 250 million dollars in bonuses to the remaining dev team of Subnautica 2. They will drive subnautica into the ground due to corporate greed," while another added, "KRAFTON, Inc. are corporate thugs and have stolen this IP and are defrauding the creators."

KRAFTON, Inc. are corporate thugs and have stole𝄹n this IP and are defrauding the creators.

The general consensus can be summed up in one review from user Sun, who said, "Pay the original creators, Krafton. Community goodwill makes/෴breaks a game."

It's the latest twist in what is set to be a long-running drama, with the ousted devs revealing that they now plan to sue Kra𓆉fton in a "painful way".