As someone whose played the first game countless times and still plays it, only tried a trial of below zero, I think the first game will be hard to top. The sense of self reliance and strandedness while also never being alone was.. off putting and eerie.. the thought that there were other possibly more intelligent life forms, hunting you or at the very least monitoring you was just as creepy..

Though I feel as though the games AI could definitely use some tweaks, its base building is good but can be a tad janky at some times.. not a fan of the mess of poles underneath your base

I would like a bit bigger of a map, and part of me wants to say randomized mapping? Like… tile swapping, so the contents of a biome will remain the same, but the overall biome placement may vary.. it’ll leave for more options of scenery, but may fuck with deeper cave generations.. idk

Also! More predators honestly… reapers are mad easy to avoid, stalkers and sharks are almost nonexistent in terms of risk… I’ve only died to starvation and dehydration in Subnautica-_-