Skull and Bones’ open beta hasn’t sold me on this game being worth the long wait
  • RedditWanderer@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    9 months ago

    Was anybody surprised this was just going to be another “Ubisoft: the game”. They’re all the same because it’s the same 6 people who define was makes a good game, and what features are needed in each.

    • all-knight-party@kbin.run
      9·
      9 months ago

      That’s not really the core issue, to me. I tried the open beta, and the real problem I found is that it’s not even as good of a pirate role playing game as Ubisoft’s previous efforts in Assassin’s Creed.

      I loved AC Odyssey, and that’s an ancient Greek game, and you know what it had that Skull & Bones doesn’t on release? Actual foot combat. The ability to board enemy vessels and fight man to man. The ability to just step away from the helm and walk about your ship. The ability to dock anywhere you like and just swim to shore.

      I could not believe that Skull & Bones had no sword or pistol play, and that docking could only be done at certain points with a fade to black transition separating exploring the open world from exploring on foot with no combat.

      They’d already done it better elsewhere in games that weren’t even expressly pirate RPGs. Why couldn’t they have the wherewithal to do that, but expanded and multiplayer?

  • TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    141·
    9 months ago

    Oooh, I had been interested in this lightly due to wanting more pirate shenanigans other than just Sea of Thieves, but this sounds pretty bad.

  • Graphy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    9 months ago

    Probably one of the most boring games I’ve played in a while. I spent three irl days trying to get someone to pvp me but was only able to join a pvp event twice because they’re so rare. The events make you sign up and during the events if someone’s not signed up you can’t attack them. The events also only allow 6 people so I never saw anyone I could fight in either events

  • Menteros@lemm.eeEnglish
    51·
    9 months ago

    Sea of Thieves is still around. Was just playing it this weekend.

    • Zahille7@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      And it’s still getting active content updates. They just came out with the Monkey Island stories late last year, and the Pirates of the Caribbean ones before that.

      Between those, and just sailing around doing your thing, that’s a good amount of time spent being a pirate. And it’s fun/looks pretty damn good too.

  • mx_smith@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    9 months ago

    I play a game called Arkane Odyssee, which is a really amazing pirate game. I’m not going to mention what platform it’s on as it’s a bit embarrassing but for pirate pvp, and pve it’s got a great story and gameplay.