Sea of Thieves (2018)

I LOVE Sea of Thieves. I love playing it by myself, I love playing it with friends! If you want a in-depth, well-rounded, complete Pirate Life experience, this game is IT. Want to look for treasure? Its got it. Want to sword fight enemy pirates and skeletons? Its got that. Want to captain your own ship? Its got those. Want to get in fast-paced sea battles with other ships? You can do that! Want to sink enemy ships and plunder all their booty?! With enough skill, you can!!!

This game is so incredibly in-depth with all of the pirate things you can do and it is EASILY my go to when I'm feeling like sailing the seven seas.

I will say though, it can be pretty easy to get burnt out especially if you're playing by yourself, and you HAVE to expect to get your butt kicked a LOT. I have almost 50 hours and I still get my ass handed to me in most encounters hehe. And it can be kind of demotivating when you spend a few hours getting a lot of treasure just to get sunk by a better player, and get all of your stuff stolen. There ARE reasons to dislike this game, which is why I'm giving it 4 stars, and not 5. But I still enjoy this game a lot, and would recommend pirate enthusiasts to at least try it once. (If you don't want to buy it straightup you can always try it with the xbox game pass!)

Learnt today that Sea of Thieves is finally getting a passive mode called 'Safe Seas'. Although, it comes with the caveat that it's only intended as a "temporary" space for new players. Progression is severely nerfed and features have been removed.

For me, this raises a really interesting conversation about games and their direction / vision. In this case, many fans believe that the game was always intended to be a PvP experience. However, passive gamers are a thing, large groups of people just enjoy playing games and experiencing worlds; what does this mean for those players?

I include myself amongst the passive bunch. I love Sea of Thieves world, the boat sailing, the customisation, the fishing, the exploration, making deliveries. In fact, I love pretty much everything but having my hard earned loot snatched away at the last second by people camping the delivery spot...

If games like GTA, which thrive off PvP interactions, can offer a passive mode toggle, then why can't Sea of Thieves?

Personally I think it's time we stop punishing and isolating passive players and allow them to be part of the experience!

Pretty Much good game to be chill, lower the stress by sailing across the beautiful ocean, sailing to the beautiful islands and awesome PVE combats. but I swear, that chill won't be so long, when if other players attack and plunder all hard made loot. Of course It is very fun PVP, but there will be no fun when your ship sank with all your hours of hard made loot, with it. And one thing I learned so recently is to be careful when being alliance with other players, me and my friend alliance with random players to play a event and after the event is done they destroyed our ship and killed us!) lol xD

Anyway it is a very good game and really very fun when playing with friends :)

I don't recommend this to solo playing, It will always end up with your ship sunk to bottom of the deep sea when you met other players....)

I recently got sea of thieves and I've gotta say- I'm in love with the game. Obviously the graphics aren't trying to be the new best, but rather cartoon like and will stand the test of time. Everything in the game is just incredible, and I've found myself addicted to it. Though, there is one complaint that I have: PVP.

I've found that nearly every player you see- wether your lights are on or off, if you have a flag or not, or if you even did anything yet or not- chances are if you find a player they will attack you. Of course, this is what to expect when playing one of these games, and having it included adds to the fun of the game. However, I really hope that they add in a feature to disable pvp, or to host private servers. It is especially helpful when trying to teach someone how to play the game for the first time. Other then that, one of the best games I've ever played.

Decided to give the game another go, now that they released a season pass. Had a great session today where I did one of the new merchant voyages, which was really fun and involved following clues of a lost merchant vessel and recovering their items. As soon as I was leaving the shipwreck, a Kraken attacked me for the first time. Really cool, although easy, fight.

Ended the session by accidentally exploding my ship, haha.

Are tutorials no longer a thing? Do games just expect that you look at YouTube clips and learn what the heck to do using outside game material? I have very little tolerance for games that don’t quickly show me their gameplay loop. I have precious little gaming time and I don’t much care for trying to figure out a game’s basic operation.

Sea of Thieves seems completely dependent on the multiplayer, if they don’t give you hints for objectives and no one has their mic turned on, how do you figure out what the heck you are supposed to do?

First if all, milage will vary dramatically. I am 20+ hours in and still thoroughly enjoying Sea of Thieves.

Here's what the game has: a lot of very well designed sailing, balanced (though very simple) combat and many cosmetic options (for your Pirate and your ship) to spend coin on. Here's what it lacks: story, progression and any meaningful quests whatsoever.

In my opinion this is an excellent game if you log in with a few friends and "play pirates". Take a voyage or two, find some treasure, maybe a sunken ship and try to steal loot from other pirates. The pvp can be an absolute blast both when fighting and when trying to flee with your loot. Both require genuine skill and benefit from well thought out tactics. Losing your hard earned loot can be frustrating, but escaping with it while someone pursues you is very satisfying (as is successfully stealing it from others).

I can understand why many people are unhappy with the state of this game at launch, but for my friends and I it has been well worth the price of admission. We will definitely be putting many more hours into this game.