I find that filtering communities that are irrelevant or not to your interests keeps the feed engaging and poignant. Same with certain users or even instances.
I did the same thing. I liked the first one so much I want to go back and finish BZ just for completion sake. Maybe I'll start a new game without survival mode and just breeze through hopefully.
Alien nature or not, the fact that BZ limited the ocean experience both depth, length, and breadth-wise and forced way more gameplay above water was a mistake in my eyes which is why it was never truly a sequel.
Below zero was such a disappointment overall. I liked the characters and some of the story but... The vibe was totally off. I liked exploring islands and alien bases in the 1st one but spending the entire latter half in an icy wasteland just had me feeling sour. If I wanted Antarctica I'd play that, I want to be UNDERWATER dammit. Here's to hoping they learned their lessons and make it closer to subnautica but bigger.
Honestly it's a real fucking bummer. As someone who grew up in an era where a common wish for lottery winners and trophy winners was "peace in the Middle East" in regards to Israel and all of its neighbors, the recent escalation in Gaza has given a lot of us an excuse to learn a lot more about the actual history and unforgivable atrocities that have occurred since the early fifties.
Note that I said 'most cool Jews'. I've met a number of outspoken expats that have flavored my perception, and there's a broad swath that oppose the country's actions but you're right, there's a metric fuckton of uncool Jews out there.
I want to upvotes this 17 more times, it's like the coolest science related gadget I've seen in a HOT minute.