From Failbetter Games:
Following the critical and commercial success of Sunless Sea, Zubmariner brings an entire second layer to the game including new cities and ports to explore, packed with Failbetter’s trademark: agonising choices presented in beautiful prose.
“Beneath the Unterzee it’s dark, hostile, littered with plunderable wrecks and haunted by the worst horrors of the Neath,” says Narrative Director Chris Gardiner. “You aren't meant to be down there. You're a trespasser. But that makes you both sacred and profane to those who dwell below.
“The ports on the zee bed are a level weirder than those on the surface, and their inhabitants have been changed by the deeps. Some are hiding, some are hateful, some are mad. Some are all three, and have very big ambitions. Players may have something to say about that."
Zubmariner also brings new zee-beasts, shipwrecks and flora to discover.
Art Director and Failbetter CEO Paul Arendt says, “Below the water, you’re limited by oxygen and the reach of your sonar. You can use sonar to highlight items of interest around you, but they may not be friendly. The zee-beasts you’re used to on the surface have little on the horrors of their underwater friends, including at least one new enemy who is as powerful as Mt Nomad.”
Director of Development Liam Welton adds, “This is an expansion in the truest sense: we've created the entire zee-floor, using a combination of procedural generation and hand drawn art. The ability to dive changes the whole flow of the game, bringing more flavour to long zee-journeys without compromising the loneliness and nail-biting close escapes which people enjoyed so much in Sunless Sea.”
Zubmariner will be available for $10.99 (£7.99 in the UK), on Humble, GoG and Steam, with players who bought the base game during Early Access receiving it for free.
You can check out the teaser trailer below, and go here for a feature on flora in Zubmariner, here for one on fauna, and here for an Alpha intro.
