Sea of Thieves - released March 20th

Shikkaka · 23 Mar 2018 at 10:40

Had a quick blast last night. Joined a random team, somehow found a ship so started lifting the anchor, next thing I've been locked in a cage and can't get out.

Didn't have a clue what was happening.

Plainsong · 23 Mar 2018 at 10:52

I'm finding it better playing solo for now. It doesn't explain much about what you're meant to do so I am enjoying figuring it all out without having to worry about randoms in my group.

Shawreyboy · 23 Mar 2018 at 11:03

Shikkaka said:
Had a quick blast last night. Joined a random team, somehow found a ship so started lifting the anchor, next thing I've been locked in a cage and can't get out.

Didn't have a clue what was happening.

Random groups are locking solo/L4G players in the Brig for a laugh and leave you there. Pointless feature to be abused imo.

Shawrey

VincentHanna · 23 Mar 2018 at 21:46

How can they get you in the brig in the first place?

Plainsong · 23 Mar 2018 at 22:02

I don't even know how or what the brig is!

baldmonk · 24 Mar 2018 at 00:18

the brig is the locked cell on your boat below deck and you have to vote to put somebody in

DJMONDY · 24 Mar 2018 at 00:27

My problem is theres no safe area. You can get back to the outposts with loot and get killed and robbed of all your hard work especially in solo mode. Other Players can just hang around the outposts without stepping foot on a ship and gain.

DIABLO · 24 Mar 2018 at 01:03

This game is going to die sooooo fast.

ricky1981 · 24 Mar 2018 at 04:52

Yeah, sadly this game is just too light on content. It didn't need to have hundreds of unique quests but hard to see how many people will get more than a few evenings unless you and some mates really get into the pirate theme.

ic1male · 24 Mar 2018 at 12:41

I think that's what they want you to do though - subscribe to the game pass. You play Sea of Thieves for a few evenings and then go and play something else on the service after you get bored with that. Next month, they'll add new content to SoT so you keep subscribing. It's going to be the new model for gaming revenue.

Dannyb01y · 24 Mar 2018 at 14:22

This sounds an annoying game to solo I'd be up for teaming up to play. If anyone fancies it add me gt dangerous mavu.

McBain · 24 Mar 2018 at 14:24

I think they've dropped the ball on this, the only progression appears to be related to cosmetics? No real drive to grind to get a different coloured sword.

I can see it getting boring very quickly, i'm already getting there after about 6 hours.

WithMyApologies · 24 Mar 2018 at 19:45

ic1male said:
I think that's what they want you to do though - subscribe to the game pass. You play Sea of Thieves for a few evenings and then go and play something else on the service after you get bored with that. Next month, they'll add new content to SoT so you keep subscribing. It's going to be the new model for gaming revenue.

I like this model for gaming.
I'd much rather subscribe monthly and play a vast amount of games than spend £50 on a new release that I don't like and get terrible trade-in for it.

I'm really enjoying SoT right now (playing in a group of 3 or 4) but I can see it may get repetitive after a while. At that point, I'll just play something else on the Game Pass anyway. No real loss, I've already had enough fun with the game and friends to justify the Game Pass monthly cost.

omnomnom · 24 Mar 2018 at 21:43

Subscribe monthly...how many times to how many companies? Are you really going to be happy with half baked products that take years to become a half decent game?

It will kill gaming off imo. Sea of Thieves appears to be a bit of a joke to be honest and will be dead by May.

Plainsong · 25 Mar 2018 at 05:57

It won't kill it off it will just change it. But that's been going on for a while now. It's not sustainable nor financially viable anymore. It has to change.

ic1male · 25 Mar 2018 at 12:39

omnomnom said:
Subscribe monthly...how many times to how many companies?

Well, yes. That's the downside. Microsoft should really try and get EA into the game pass rather than have them continue with EA Access and stop any other publisher like Uplay setting up another one.

TallPaul1878 · 25 Mar 2018 at 13:44

https://youtu.be/s0lnsknvkq4

Getting panned by these guys and it's not doing great in the reviews. Looks like a fun game to fool around in with your friends but it has nothing to do beyond dig up some chests that cannot be opened for a particular NPC guild.

Players will soon get fed up of that and spend their days murdering each other as there is no real gameplay to be had beyond fetch quests. There is no progression to be made beyond spending 2000 gold coins on a gold plated bucket.

You can't really call this game a sandbox as it doesn't have any facility to allow players to create stories, it's a bare bones experience.

Maybe in a years time with extensive updates there might be something there. Character leveling doesn't need to make top players invincible to new players, it could just give them more options. Trade a bit of health for movement speed, that sort of thing.

There could have been a variety of ships, some designed for speedy get aways, some for carrying a large compliment of cannons etc.

Players could have been more aligned to certain guilds and attacking players of the same guild could have been penalised but rival guilds rewarded creating a power struggle for the seas.

Those are just a few ideas that could have been implemented but for some reason they haven't. The cynic in me sees this game as nothing but a big advertisement for XBox Game Pass. Dive in for a month, have a blast until you get bored, go play some other games like Forza and maybe come back to it when some new content drops.

beachBOYken · 25 Mar 2018 at 14:06

Had a fun few hours last night, but ended up getting severe lag at the end forcing me off the ship and all sorts, quit out at that stage. Anyone else had any severe lag?

Plainsong · 25 Mar 2018 at 15:29

I've had a few small spots of lag and one disconnect but nothing major.

House · 25 Mar 2018 at 22:20

TallPaul1878 said:
https://youtu.be/s0lnsknvkq4

Getting panned by these guys and it's not doing great in the reviews. Looks like a fun game to fool around in with your friends but it has nothing to do beyond dig up some chests that cannot be opened for a particular NPC guild.

Clicked the link, saw it was PGG closed it. Can stand those clickbait fake rage vids. The guy who screamed how he was cancelling his switch pre=order including actually calling them on his vid in faux rage and then 4 months later was bigging up Zelda. They are the worst example of trend following youtube crap aiming only for clicks and views (which i unfortunately just gave them one now).

As for the game, I've been playing for well over a year now and a lot of the criticisms are valid. since the very first tech alpha the game play they really haven't added much depth to the game bit it is still great fun. for light hearted fun.
The progression is purely cosmetic, partly as you would just murder people if it wasn't and you had a better ship or guns.
Its not a MMO its a sandbox for a couple of hours of fun with friends and unlike a lot of games you can play with the guys who are 30 levels behind you and only play once a month.

I being on Gamepass really does help with that. It is also the think that made me drop for gamepass, I wouldn't have been happy if id paid £50 for this game though i probably would have, at £8 a month? no brainer if only just for the MS first party exclusives now.