Sea Of Thieves Review - A Real Hornswaggle - Gamers Heroes

Gamers Heroes: In late 2013, a game released that would raise the expectations of the seafaring genre for the entire gaming audience. A game that set a precedent, raised the bar, and (we all hoped) would inspire developers to create a good pirate multiplayer game. That game was Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. Sea of Thieves, on the other hand, is unfinished, uninspired, and arguably the biggest waste of $60 I've spent this year.

[dead_pixels]

Ouch.

[Aceman18]

Just wow that they could release the game in this state. Can't believe ppl are hard body defending this lol.

[RAM0N]

Wow! Too much water?

[CaptainCamper]

The water is probably the games best asset. Looks fantastic :D Sadly however, I'd get more content in a bath with a toy boat.

[mafiahajeri]

But the water is so beautiful xD

[Destiny1080]

"There are two types of ships; yes, just two ships in the entire pirate game"

"The melee combat doesn’t stretch much further into the realms of quality. There are only two basic melee attacks"

"If you grind for more than 20 hours, you’ll be able to buy one of the very limited sail designs"

"You can either travel to an island to kill skeletons, travel to an island to find chickens or pigs, or follow ridiculously easy treasure static maps that are on the same places on the same islands every time"

"Large groups of players camp at ports, waiting for those returning from voyage for easy gold and loot"

"the game lacks the depth of even the most basic of mobile games"

"his game was not ready for release, it was not ready to be played by the masses, and it most certainly is not worth the $60 price tag"

[yomfweeee]

Surprised it even got a 4.

[isa_scout]

I've put in about 7 hours and I feel like there's nothing else to see. I'd say it'd be a great F2P game, but honestly I expect more from F2P games. The sad truth is it took Rare 4 years to make a tech demo for water, MS then charged $60 for it. Rare, and more importantly MS should be ashamed for treating customers so disrespectfully.

[Razmiran]

It sure feels like its being sold by thieves

[G20WLY]

That's a great name for the sequel 😆

[Ron_Danger]

Reddit users are calling it "Sea of Zzzzzz's" 😂

[aConIsDemocracy]

what a comment. :)

[G20WLY]

"biggest waste of $60 I've spent this year"

Blimey!

[uth11]

you say hornswaggle like its a bad thing...

[GamingSinceForever]

Stevie wonder could see that this game was lacking before it came out. If you bought this game with high hopes then shame on you. When there is smoke, there must be a fire. The entire time leading up to release the complaint of emptiness was brought up.

It is the developer’s job to convince you through the previews ehat this game is all about. When they came out saying they promise there was more to it I knew they were lying.

[jhoward585]

MS is ruining RARE reputation. No wonder Bungie left MS.

Thanks, Guys.

[Eldyraen]

Mean Bungie? Because 343 is Bungie replacement MS created specifically for Halo.

[Eldyraen]

This made sense before he edited, but served its purpose at the time ;)

[Araragifeels]

Bungie left MS to make different game and end up becoming a crappy greedy developer. Worst trade deal ever.

[PurplePeopleEaters]

This is just getting embarrassing at this point.

[Relientk77]

Wow the scores are actually getting lower

[aConIsDemocracy]

I think someone put a curse on Microsoft. They seem to have the opposite effect Midas did. Weird.

[badz149]

you mean, everything they touched turns to shit?

[aConIsDemocracy]

To put it bluntly. Yes. Thanks for getting to the point. lol

[NealGamby]

More MS fools gold.

[il-JumperMT]

What did you except form Rare

[UKRsoldja]

Not sure, but I'd expect you to at least know the difference between "except" and "expect"..

[GamesMaster1982]

I guess this game is the new no mans sky . You either like it or hate it.

[Prince_TFK]

The real Hornswaggle? Really? And here I thought people here doesn’t take “no name” site seriously.

[Pantz]

They're mad they didn't get a free review code lol

[kayoss]

Is this situation similar to No Man Sky? Serious question.

[isa_scout]

Not really, No Mans Sky was an indie game that was overly ambitious and didn't deliver on its promises. Sea of Thieves is a Triple A first party exclusive made by a dev with pedigree that has nearly no content. Heck, at least No Mans Sky had different ships and bases and upgrades. The truth is, this is FAR worse than No Mans Sky. No Mans Sky eventually delivered due to it being developed by an independent studio. Sea of Thieves may make MS think twice about keeping Rare around. After all, MS doesn't need an avatar clothing dev anymore.

[Dragonscale]

So true. Tbh the only thing sot has over nms is the multiplayer, and water effects lol.

[Pantz]

"I wasn’t willing to put in the hours" - Professional gaming blog reviewer

Sorry you didn't get a free review copy. Maybe next time.

[isa_scout]

Have you discovered some hidden game mechanics after grinding for hours? Because I'm 7 hours in and bored. This game isn't much deeper than its main menu. Beautiful water though, I'll give it that. Honestly, its been half broken the whole time to; voyages not popping after I purchase them, missing items, I sometimes can't pull out my sword or blunderbuss. If I had to score it after these 7 hours I'd give it a 3/10.

[Pantz]

You already found the golden bananas?

[Nyxus]

@ Pantz: why, what do they do? They fix all the issues?

[CaptainCamper]

I put 15 hours in on launch day and 12 the next. I think near enough 30 hours gameplay is more than enough to review Sea of Thieves.

[Pantz]

http://n4g.com/news/2155761...

[CaptainCamper]

An Xbox fan site defending a poor Xbox launch? The article didn't even get the release date of the game right. They claim it released Wednesday.

If their reviewer didn't want to review the game after 20 hours, that's fine. I played much more than that and the content was exactly the same as the first 2 hours.

[Knushwood Butt]

Shiver me timbers that's a scathing review.

[bigmalky]

So, are Xbox gamers going to continue to repeat the mantra that MS will deliver next time, and the time after that, and again?

Will MS declare that Crackdown 3 is going to be the next big thing? State of Decay 2?

What if these games under deliver too? Will MS gamers still defend MS to the teeth?

With SoT, you have seen the future of Xbox, gamepass or not, MS just made ten million at least from gamers willing to bite the bullet for gamepass, extra from the poor sods who bought it retail... Games as a service. 4 years to drop you with a barebones game and expect you to wait for no one knows how long for more content, possibly paid for as DLC and micros.

Wake up ffs.

[Stanjara]

Went to Sony, never looked back.

[Markusb33]

With no depth meaning or real purpose is it a stretch to assume the game may loose users quite rapidly? Glad people didn't all spend full price on this otherwise I could see lots of refund requests

[HaveAsandwich]

thats a shame. i was planning to buy on pc if it even sounded remotely decent. it just doesnt. As a matter of fact, the more I read, the more opinion is swaying towards it being terrible.

[JeffGUNZ]

Bummer, was looking forward to this. I don't really have many friends who are playing this game right now and it appears to be the general consensus that playing solo is terrible. I guess I will wait for some more content before I play it. I really like pirate type games and was hoping for something real fun.

[snkiworld]

System Seller LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL