There are now mysterious pipe networks, one of which looks like a cool helter-skelter!.In the trailer it also looks like an endearingly empty nightclub with a laser show.
There's a Primary Containment Facility to explore which seems stuffed with ways to uncover snippets of game lore and narrative history.You can see the detailed notes over on the microsite BUT to summarise the rest of the developments: I'm probably in the least helpful camp, somewhere between totally up to date and completely new where weird things seem spoilery! There's also the real possibility that the appearance of the Emperor Leviathan is the start of a mystery to dig into and by not knowing that the trailer reads differently. They need to tailor these announcements to people who have mined out everything in the game so far and want to see the new elements rather than any old stuff, but also use it to entice new players. This is probably one of those strange (and impossible) balancing acts for devs working with early access. The Emperor Leviathan might be a friend, a foe, or neither." so there's still mystery there, but I think I would have preferred to keep images of the creature's face as something you discover by playing. That something is massive, and very much interested in you. The email from the Subnautica mailing list notes "The Containment Facility contains… Something. The big creature is the Emperor Leviathan and you get a glimpse of its top half in the final seconds of the trailer. I mean, I really want to go see that creature and finally engage with the story side of the game but it feels like the devs have given me a fair chunk of info that I wasn't necessarily expecting. So, thing is here, I'm curious about the amount of revealing versus teasing here. I'd set the game aside to come back to after early access BUT! Tom Jubert (who did narrative work on The Talos Principle and The Swapper and now Subnautica) noted on Twitter: "Today is the day that Subnautic gets its endgame! Finally, something awaits you at the bottom of the ocean."
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Subnautica's Voice of the Deep update might be the thing that tips me over into playing that game for hours again and properly exploring the narrative/lore side of things.