Windrose - Pirate Valheim?

[Zenduri]

Just seen the demo for this on steam. It was formal named crosswind but i assume they had some issues with the name and it seems like it got renamed

Windrose Demo on Steam

Embark on a PvE survival adventure in the Age of Piracy. Fight on land and sea, solo or with friends. Build, craft and explore vast open world filled with dark secrets. Master soulslite combat and take on challenging bosses, command your ship and plunder unspoken treasures!

store.steampowered.com

Looks like it may be worth a gander as its single and coop and gives pirate valheim vibes. Comically the demo has 4x the peak players than Skull and Bones ever did!

Demo's 20 gigs so think im going to give it a whirl and see if the foundations of something decent is there, but at the moment its seemingly being well received for a demo.

...yes... it has shanties in game too!

 

[Noxia]

Wonder if it’s one of those build a base, unlock better stuff, build a better base type games that make the building kind of pointless in the first place.

 

[PrincessFrosty]

Just tried the demo with a friend coop. Yes you build bases, fires, huts, workbenches. I think you essentially work your way up to building ships. We've not got to any kind of automation, but it looks like there might be a bunch, like Bellwright. Where you assign NPCs to jobs, they manage and grow the base for you. But it seems like it has been done well, you can build at workbecnches in the base and it auto uses resources from nearby storage containers and stuff, so it's pretty chill. It gives you a point to go out and grind a few mats, killing enemies for essentials.

It feels like BellWright and Valheim and POTC had a baby. Also the enemies are really tough, you really have to work on crafting and upgrading your gear, its like walking the wrong way early on in Fallout New Vegas and getting cut in half by a deathclaw, it doesn't look like there's level scaling, so you get your ass kicked and run away and come back stronger, quite good.