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Many of the speculative creatures that swim in the seas of Planet 4546 B started off as the idea of Alex Ries (the creator of the Birrin), going through multiple iterations of concept art to arrive at the awe-inspiring final designs we see in game. Yet thereās a lot of incredible art of unique speculative lifeforms that ā for one reason or another ā never made it into the final product.
Not implementing all designs from early development stages is a normal part of behind-the-scenes, but some of these designs are so well thought-out, they deserve to be studied further. So, for this entry into the archive, weāll explore the incredible unseen creatures of Subnautica, exploring their potential biology and how they might fit into the existing environments of Planet 4546B.
Now, letās return to the water of Planet 4546B, and explore the speculative lifeforms that could have beenā¦
0:00 New Subnautica Aliens
1:39 Thalassacean
2:28 Sandspear
3:35 Gardener Eel
4:23 Bulldog Trapjaw
5:20 Shardrunner
6:07 Icebreaker Leviathan
7:15 Crested Reaper
8:14 Grabsquid
10:03 Kitewing
11:05 Ascender Worm
11:57 Ice Shard
12:50 Ventspider
14:02 Rotnest
15:06 Shadow Leviathan
16:17 Ice Dragon
17:09 The Real Architects
18:16 Outro
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I like the idea that these beasts are still 'on the planet' we as humans just haven't found them yet. Their biomes haven't been explored so for now they are 'Schrodinger's species'
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I like how every time they mention a terrifying feature of these creatures they're like "here's an example of that on Earth"
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The Rotnest is an interesting idea but I feel like it's nasty enough that it should probably be the main subject of its own game, rather than being a secondary threat. That kind of virulent zombie parasite plague would be a big deal.
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Fun fact that has to do with the vent spider: yeti crabs are a sea creature that live around vents and have hairs covered in chemosynthetic bacteria, which they eat!
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The ascender worm would have kind of been a funny one because one of my biggest issues with both games in terms of realism was the fact that not only could you ascend incredibly fast with no consequences, the air bladder was almost designed for that exact purpose! The idea of a creature doing pretty much exactly what the air bladder did would have been kind of funny and it would sort of force the developers to implement a decompression sickness mechanic. Although thinking about it a little bit more, with this game set so far in the future with phasegates, virtually infinite air supply for submersibles, and massive undersea bases, it's not so crazy to think that such an advanced civilization could possibly invent super efficient countermeasures for decompression sickness. Not to mention with constantly having to swim away from predators while performing complex tasks, especially before having a submersible, it would probably be rather annoying to not be able to get to the surface as fast as you can from any depth.
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I honestly feel like instead of using the Void Chelicerate they should have gone with the Ice Dragon. You would only encounter it at the edge of the map where it's open water so the size of the Ice Dragon wouldn't be hampered by glaciers or other environmental objects.
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That crabsquid is adorable. Thats just all I can say, apart from all the fact that all of these are amazing and Alex Riesā work is inspiring.
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The Rotnest is the most terrifying, the Icebreaker and Bulldog trapjaw are the ones that I think would fit in the best, the Grabsquid is the cutest, and the Shardrunner is my favorite.
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I feel like the Ice Dragon could've been implemented into the ecological dead zone instead of a variant of the Chelicerate. One of the problems with the Sea Dragon Leviathan is that it's in an underground cave and can easily clip into the walls and ceiling. The Ice Dragon wouldn't have that problem because the ecological dead zone is just open ocean.
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I love this channel. Itās cool that you got to talk to Alex Ries. He is a living legend.
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My day is not being that good, a lot of problems are happening for me nowadays, but seeing that a video of yours have just come out makes my heart more happy
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There's a mod that brings these scrapped concepts to life in game though only some, but I believe the devs of the mod will update it soon. But there's also a mod out there with a creature that can reach..., Gargantuan proportions
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Holy cow! I did not know there were so many cut creatures! Quick question, have you ever considered doing your own speculative biology project? With the way you cover others', I think seeing a biosphere of your design would be really cool!
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That's an honor, to have the artist himself tell you all about this. It's awesome.
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I was feeling very sick last night and needed something distracting, but something I could fall asleep to, so I put on the Speculative Biology Playlist and it got me through the night. Your voice is very soft and calming without necessarily being lulling. I love all of these, keep up the good work!
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the design for the Architect alien are pretty cool in terms of being like a highly intelligent oceanic-like creature which sort of fit in with the subnautica theme. although we didn't get the answer to why it was change in the final game. was it probably because it didn't fit the part of those Architects were from a different planet as well, who came to do research on the planet.
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The de-extinction mods adds some of these cut creatures and even some increadable original ones, defiantly check it out
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Something that made me sad in BZ was that the Ice Worm took up one of the leviathan "slots". As cool as it was, I would have liked to see one more species of carnivorous sea-dwelling leviathan to make Sector Zero's waters a bit more diverse on the leviathan front.
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The Leaf Sheep is even weirder than a symbiotic relationship with algae, which is common. In contrast to for example corals, they don't use the Algae, they eat the algae, digest it except for the chloroplasts, and then incorporate the chloroplasts into their own cells. That way they can directly preform photosynthesis, and are likely the only animal capable of that.
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@alexries3650
2 years ago
Was a pleasure chatting with you, mate!
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