Matthew Booker

I want my time back. With just over an 100 minutes run-time, with a painfully slow build-up, and no pay off to speak of, with the ludicrous ending, the film certainly overstays its welcome. The mystery of the initially intriguing concept of teenagers exploding at random remains unanswered, and instead I got the woke political views of the Director/Writer spoken through an unlikable mouthpiece that has proven to be one of the most irresponsible, inexperienced and morally bankrupt characters I've ever seen. This girl has literally taken mushrooms, weed and a variety of drugs,, become an alcoholic, joked about a classmates death in front of the class, abandoned college despite working towards it the entire film for no reason, and is so overtly narcissistic to the point of describing herself as suddenly becoming president despite being grossly unqualified and a reprehensible human being. If you were president, you'd be worse than trump. The ending is so jarring, rushed and out of left field (quite literally) that I'm left with a bitter taste in my mouth. If I told you that a mid-2000s era CGI T-Rex shows up and says "Aww man", I doubt you'd believe me lol Please stay away from this trash.

Barely held my attention for the full two hours. With little to no story it feels like we’re just moving from scene to scene with no transition in between. A poorly-paced, borefest with flat, generic characters that peters out with a whimper, the kind that leaves you going “Is that it?”. I really wanted to like this film but the characters, story and visual effects leave a lot to be desired.

While it had a rocky start on console, having been pretty much unplayable for the most part due to the performance issues for the good part of two years. It had reached a place afterwards that actually allowed me to sit down and play it. It was quickly cemented as one of the greats, though it is not without its hiccups. I recall battling against constant collision issues when moving around the alien interiors in the prawn suit, having to pull myself out of the terrain with the suction cup constantly. There were also multiple occasions of the map just straight up disappearing like a chunk error from Minecraft. The feeling tough. The feeling this game made with its aesthetic, lighting and sound design really made you feel like you were alone in this vast void that could house any horrible creature you can imagine. I'd recommend it just on that fact alone. I'm playing through Subnautica: Below Zero now, and its clear that the developers have learnt from their mistakes with the performance issues of the previous title, but still have a little ways to go with bug crunching. Regardless it shows promise and is clearly an improvement on the original.