Subnautica 2 has no combat, and that’s a good thing

Subnautica 2 instantly made waves with its early access debut, and while most of its big features are welcome improvements over the first game, there’s one change that caught folks by surprise: You can’t kill anything in Subnautica 2. Well, sort of. You can turn small fish into meals, which is technically killing, and the sonic resonator blasts parasites into oblivion, which is also technically killing. But everything else? You just have to deal with it. It’s a big part of what makes Subnautica 2 feel different from the flood of other survival adventures out there, though not everyone’s happy about it.