Iron Lung

Iron Lung is so simple in it's execution but absolutely terrifying for deep sea horror

[greenbean]

Okay, but imagine you're a deep sea creature who doesn't interact with light. You find a little weird metal bubble. You're observing it, and then suddenly it flashes right in your eye because the shithead human inside takes a picture of you. I think I'd freak out too.

[davidb]

One detail I didn't fully appreciate about this game at first was the fact that this was the *fourth* blood ocean they've discovered. Once is an anomaly. FOUR implies a widespread occurance.

[lukachris]

I love how despite the game only being in a small cramped space, there is still an entire world building concept. The thought that outside of that ocean planet is nothing but dead stars is amazing background.

[busterbunz]

13:14 The realization that jack had when he saw the thing in the picture and thought "that almost looks like a huge angler fish" then he took another picture after in the same place and it was just gone and he realized that was an actual living creature watching him was terrifying.

at the end also you see that it looks like an angler fish that kills you, and you realize it was stalking you the entire time

[kyberkreeper]

"...So you will be welded inside..."

That's not a submarine, that's an iron casket.

[TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

You can play all the Subnautica you want, but nothing will ever get rid of the uneasiness you get when exploring the deep. It's why deep sea horrors games simply work.

[RaidianaS]

And what he didn’t notice, is that whenever the sub was “hit” and it shook, the coordinates would change drastically, as if he had been *teleported*

[mothman]

While this game is scary, the most terrifying aspect for me is the 'ghost light' they describe in the beginning. I read that if the sun were to suddenly vanish, it would take 8 minutes for us on earth to see that it's gone, as light takes 8 minutes to reach us from the sun. The same would apply to a star that's 100 light years away, or a galaxy that's 10 million light years away.

In this universe, if every star vanished, you'd still see them in the sky for a time. Eventually, the last light that every star emitted would reach your eyes, and they'd fade away forever. The stars you'd see truly are ghosts.

[Reaperofsouls]

"This is terrifying to only rely on your instruments"...
That's literally how big submarines navigate. Makes you realise how hard their job is!

[thecrowofjudgement]

For those who didn't notice, the structures scattered across the trench seem to vaguely resemble the eldritch city of Raleigh based how Lovecraft described it

[kevinmoore]

Love how Jack missed that the sub getting "whacked" was it being teleported.

Another note. The fish eye pic you see isn't the fish that kills you, meaning two different fish at least, were stalking you.

[Jonrocks]

The scary thing is that, the eye you see in the picture looks WAY bigger than what attacks you in the end, SO that implies that there is an even BIGGER creature out there 😰

[Suo_kongque]

“It’s terrifying relying only your instruments”

Me, a pilot working on getting my instrument rating: it’s even worse in real life

[avaisvshiny]

the contrast between jacks "saving progress, WHY?!" and gabs "saving progress, oh thank god."

[samirabythesea]

As someone who is going to be starting college for marine biology, this made me rethink my career choice

[Ragehunger]

This whole game could honestly be a whole SCP scenario all on its own. It has all the right premises for it.

[bunsenn]

“This almost looks like an angler fish’s mouth coming at you”

That’s probably because it is, Jack.

[MartinRockstrom]

That last jumpscare caught me so damn off guard, literally made me see my own soul for a moment. Shit was something else 💀

[WatchfulYokai]

When your ships "suddenly stops" you actually get teleported, just look at the coords at 24:06 :D pretty sure u went into one of those portals, also (apparently) there is a lot to find if you go out of your to look for it instead of following the map

[wicalired]

This is such a good game. They should make a movie out of it.