Board Thread:Off-Topic/@comment-27538855-20160422144432/@comment-1500935-20160422182642

@Water Fish 88

I agree with the anon, there's no point in comparing two games which are not based on the same concepts. To clarify this a bit, Minecraft started as a sandbox game in a randomly generated world which you could shape to your wish, and later added exploration and survival elements. Subnautica started as an exploration game in a single world, and survival was the base of its concept. Of course if you start listing small similarities, the list would go on forever, but I wouldn't say Minecraft influenced Subnautica's development. In fact, I would have not been interested in it if it was yet another randomly generated multiplayer open world with a few survival and crafting mechanics.

Btw, the crafting system would be closer to Terraria's as far as I can tell. Minecraft requires knowing the craft patterns when both Terraria and Subnautica don't.