Subnautica: Below Zero is the highly anticipated follow-up to 2018’s Subnautica. Like its predecessor, it spent years in early access and open development, allowing for players to play the game as it was being built, while also providing the developers with not just free beta testers, but ones that paid them. Video games are a much harder medium to nail the sequel for because the player often will feel a personal connection/investment in the story since they are the one controlling the characters. Video games have also had their share of great sequels: Halo 3, Half-Life 2, Kingdom Hearts 2, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Resident Evil 2 and 8 (for two completely different reasons), Silent Hill 2, Metal Gear Solid, Dark Souls 2, Mass Effect 2, God of War 2 and God of War (2018) (for two completely different reasons again). Please read Pierce Brown’s Red Rising series it is not another Hunger Games rip off, although it initially starts that way), any sequel Cassandra Clare has ever written. There are a ton of great sequels to look to: “Shrek 2,” “The Empire Strikes Back,” “Aliens,” Catching Fire (the book not the movie), Golden Son (criminally underrated YA series. This cheapens the foundation, disrespects the established audience, and makes for an uneventful experience. If your hero saved the city, got the girl, and finally was given the respect he desired at the end of the first story, then it makes no sense if the sequel starts with him hated, alone, and right back where he started the journey.
It is important to do this while respecting the original work, whether you made it or not. If your movie is about overcoming one’s internal demons/flaws to become stronger, then your sequel needs to test the self-respect/confidence that your main character developed in the original.
If your book takes place in a wonderful land of fantasy, you need to explore parts of the map that were not seen in the follow-up. However, pretty much all of those things can be funneled into two main categories: world-building and thematic expansion.Ī sequel should take the vital elements of its predecessor and expand on those in meaningful and thoughtful ways. Well, a ton of different things actually, as this is a complex question.
Platforms: PC (reviewed), PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
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