Skull and bones

This might sink faster (pun intended) than The Suicide Squad Kills The Justice League.

This really is the last absolute pinnacle of low-effort garbage, perfunctory totally ahistorical ship combat, some level up this and that, boring "missions" (fetch quests) and nothing else whatsoever that would bring to mind piracy. Another Ubi special, that sawing tress animation had to be be the bleakest things I've ever seen in gaming, at best a £10 indie game you could while away 4-5 hours on a wet afternoon and think "That was alright for a tenner i suppose" before never booting it up again
 
ColdAsIce said:
hope the big studios lose millions. The environment devs are working in needs a full reset. Indie gaming is shining right now on 10% of the budget.
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I agree but if this happens all that does is lead to layoffs for the average worker and shutdown of the studios whilst the likes of Ubisoft and EA keep on rolling.
 
I played it a ton on Atari ST, it's also been remade and it's on Steam too now :)

I have it but haven't played it in years, not sure how it's holding up
 
Matty8787 said:
I agree but if this happens all that does is lead to layoffs for the average worker and shutdown of the studios whilst the likes of Ubisoft and EA keep on rolling.
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It doesn't matter how much money they make they still layoff thousands same as any major business these days, they're making billions and billions in some cases and then claming that "we need to make sure the cost base is sustainable" (make line go up) - MS have just done this, the idea that succesful studios under the umbrella of this kind of corpo structure will lead to any job security for ordinary workers isn't realistic.
 
I watched the Skill Up review where he spends 46 minutes by turns damning and "kinda" defending Skull and Bones.

The irony is, the video's sponsors is a company called "Manscaped" who specialise in shavers for your nutsack. Which says all you need to know I think...

Coincidence? ;)
 
I have seen some positive feedback about how the game is good etc but I just don't feel it at all. Sure it's not all that bad but it's not even AAA game let alone AAAA game. It's more of an indie game imo.
 
10 years to take out most of what worked in Black Flag and then charge £75 for the pleasure.

You get what you deserve I guess as people will still buy it.
 
Neil79 said:
To this day " Sid Meiers Pirates! " is still one of the best pirate games ever released.. And that was on the Amiga/ST etc
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Great game. I was tempted a week or so ago to dig it out and install it again.
 
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Anyone in their right mind should know. This is a terrible terrible game.

And to charge the amount that they are charging, is damn right scandalous.
 
I actually like the game, yes it has its flaws, but there's fun to be had in just sailing around in a pirate ship and shooting stuff, definitely not a triple AAA game or worth the £70 price tag but it's worth the £15 for a month of Ubisoft +, definitely needed more time in the oven though but I guess 10 years of development hell meant that wasn't possible, it's probably going to end up going the same way Anthem did though, where it requires so much work to make it a profitable live service that it's just not economically viable and so will end up dead in a year
 
Mercurial said:
Or just spend the £15 on Black Flag?
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You can probably get through black flag in a week, so £15 for ubi+ would be better as you still get 3 weeks for other games and ubi+ is literally every ubi game, yeah you don't get to keep the games, but at least for me, I don't find myself going back to games I already completed
 
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