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Explore the alien caverns of Mars in Blind Descent, a subterranean survival game that's giving Subnautica via Jules Verne

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Journey to the center of somewhere quite a lot deadlier than Earth

Blind Descent featuring in FGS Live from LA
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"Becoming a part of the ecosystem is essential for long-term survival." That challenge is given to us in the brand new trailer for Blind Descent, revealed in a thrilling new trailer that showcases the setting and gameplay for the upcoming science-fiction survival game.

Gameplay features the classic structures of survival crafting — i.e., hacking down trees with a homemade hatchet — but speaking personally, I get strong overtones of Subnautica as the game threads these understood systems through the filter of strange alien life. I've never seen a game where you rappel down a cliff using a flower's sticky tongue, at least until now.

Speaking of which, there's plenty of xeno-flora and fauna showcased alongside. From what we're seen, plenty of it looks happy to kill us (we didn't mean to drop in, guys), and much of it looks insectile and bug-like in nature... which doesn't bode well about the giant tunnel made sticky with webbing that we crawl through at one point. Oh god — I just recovered from my arachno-trauma in Grounded, I'm not sure I'm ready for this.

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Joel Franey
Joel Franey
Guides Editor, GamesRadar+

Joel Franey is a writer, journalist, podcaster and Very Tired Man with a BA from Brunel University, a Masters from Sussex University and a decade working in games journalism, often focused on guides coverage but also in reviews, features and news. His love of games is strongest when it comes to groundbreaking narratives like Disco Elysium, UnderTale and Baldur's Gate 3, as well as innovative or refined gameplay experiences like XCOM, Sifu, Arkham Asylum or Slay the Spire. He is a firm believer that the vast majority of games would be improved by adding a grappling hook, and if they already have one, they should probably add another just to be safe. You can find old work of his at Eurogamer, Gfinity, USgamer, SFX Magazine, RPS, Dicebreaker, VG247, and more.