Sea of Thieves

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4.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1093 Ratings

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  1. LilTess
    Mar 24, 2018
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I feel like most of the reviews are extremely unfair for this game, so thought i'd write my own one. Sea of Thieves is a wonderful game, been spending hours since the realease with a few friends. The pvp is engaging and a real adrenaline rush. Raids in the game are amazing the beacon luring all the players into one spot, then later sinking all the ships coming for you and then delivering houndreds of thousands worth of gold to the merchants is a real kicker. Game is only repetetive if you go for a "side quest" at the time and then deliver it. Engage yourself into the world fight for loot there are people sailing around all over the place but most will avoid you cause they're scared of losing their loot. I havent had a calm moment in the game, always fighting someone be it 2v4, 2v4v4 or even more it's always fun to come out on top if you play it right. Sailing and shooting in the game feels great as well, that is coming from a person that tops out on most fps's and competetive games.

    My negatives for the game would be that as a PC player i am stuck with xbox live app and it's not a great interface, very buggy and horrible UI and as for the price tag? no it's not worth 60€ maybe a 50€, playing on the game pass thankfully will most likely pay the full price they ask for if they live up to the promise of fair microtransactions and NO loot boxes.

    SPOILER"ISH" below

    Side Note: haven't been sunk yet cause we're playing against xbox one players and they have not a chance against a PC player almost Maxed out all the factions,
    (which are the places u do sidequests for) in just a few days. Progression is to quick if the game is played right.    … Expand
  2. skullcat007
    May 21, 2018
    8
    This game is one of the most addictive games that I have played. It has brilliant graphics and can run smoothly. The best part is the community and the developers paying attention to what players are saying. Sometimes it can be boring tho, sailing alone can be relaxing but can get boring after grinding for hours but can get more enjoyable with a crew. Please note that microphones areThis game is one of the most addictive games that I have played. It has brilliant graphics and can run smoothly. The best part is the community and the developers paying attention to what players are saying. Sometimes it can be boring tho, sailing alone can be relaxing but can get boring after grinding for hours but can get more enjoyable with a crew. Please note that microphones are pretty much required as communicating with your crew efficiently is the most important thing you can do.… Expand
  3. Rato0r
    Sep 1, 2021
    8
    Als erstes muss ich sagen das ich Sea of Thives erst jetzt einige Stunden gespielt habe und nicht gleich beim Release als wohl noch einiges fehlte.
    Zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt ist Sea of Thieves aber wirklich ein großartiges Spiel und da es leider wenig alternativen gibt was Videospiele mit Piraten angeht werde ich bestimmt noch einige Stunden in das Spiel stecken.
  4. Denis94
    Jul 8, 2021
    8
    Llevábamos esperando mucho tiempo a que alguien se atreviese hacer un MMO de piratas y por fin Zarpó el SOT del puerto, Rare creo un juego con expectativas enormes y pensando en el futuro tanto en gráficos como en contenido, a día de hoy sigue actualizándose con eventos y añadiendo más inmensidad al mapeado, si todo va bien este juego le quedan muchísimos años de vida, de vida pirataLlevábamos esperando mucho tiempo a que alguien se atreviese hacer un MMO de piratas y por fin Zarpó el SOT del puerto, Rare creo un juego con expectativas enormes y pensando en el futuro tanto en gráficos como en contenido, a día de hoy sigue actualizándose con eventos y añadiendo más inmensidad al mapeado, si todo va bien este juego le quedan muchísimos años de vida, de vida pirata claro.… Expand
  5. moranmoa
    Jul 30, 2020
    8
    the game needs a better loot system and crafting system to be a 10 game
    I love the graphics and the open world.
  6. Haeder
    Jul 11, 2020
    8
    The game has gotten a lot better since lunch, Now the game just has so much content and a really cool multiplayer experience, Just don't play solo it gets really boring.
  7. Slownlazy
    Apr 13, 2021
    8
    A lot of these reviews are 3 years old. I've only got the game recently (50% on Steam) so I'm not sure if there have been any major overhauls.

    Ahh, the gruelling life of a pirate. This game can have you ready to uninstall after an hour of playing, but I would recommend you stick it out a bit longer. The game starts out with a fun tutorial that gets you excited to begin your pirate    A lot of these reviews are 3 years old. I've only got the game recently (50% on Steam) so I'm not sure if there have been any major overhauls.

    Ahh, the gruelling life of a pirate. This game can have you ready to uninstall after an hour of playing, but I would recommend you stick it out a bit longer.

    The game starts out with a fun tutorial that gets you excited to begin your pirate life. A relaxing, single player experience to learn the basics. And that's really it. The basics. There is so much more to learn that the game does not teach you.

    Shortly after starting the actual game, I died almost every 5 minutes. To skeletons blowing me up as I read a book on a small island (enemies continually respawn... thanks devs for putting reading in the wild...). I died in my anchored boat by another player who was far more experienced than me (I barely knew how to fire my cannons properly) as I began my first quest. I died at the hands of more players as I continued to try and bring in my first chest to port. A random dude stole my treasure AND boat AND yelled at me as he sailed off... then came back and apologised and taught me how to open up my crew to the public.

    The first chest I did bring in rewarded me with 70 gold. Seventy. Most cosmetics' (which seems to be this games only sense of progression) costs are in the thousands, if not more. Some beards and hairs are cheaper, granted. This felt like nothing as the tutorial gives you a huge 30,000 gold starting package... the game felt like a slow grind.

    After hours of what felt like griefing by other players, I was ready to uninstall. There seems to be no area which is safe from the PvP environment. I'm pretty sure I read an "honour among pirates" poster somewhere, but that was a dirty lie.

    Hours later, defeated and forgetting I had opened up my crew to the public, a random dude who also just started playing the game that day joined. We chatted a bit and he seemed to have a completely different starting experience, not being killed by other players at all. We set sail and became the best crew-mates anyone could ask for. We played until 3 in the morning, jamming out on the deck and completing longer missions. Maybe it was the time of day, but all the 13 year old griefers seemed to have disappeared. Nothing but treasure hunting, skeleton smashing, and smooth sailing.

    Definitely a game to be played with others. They say you can solo pirate, but as soon as you run into a ship of 4+ pirates in a town, kiss all your hard work/hours of looting goodbye as you try to turn it in at a port.

    I read an in-game book about "easy-come-easy-go" and it should be the motto of the game. Everything you work towards hoarding in your ship (food, cannon balls, treasure) can be stolen from random pirates in a second... and then you simply find it again instantly in another random barrel or continue the mission. There is not really any death-penalty other than losing potential hours of treasure hunting.

    The game is beautiful, with cartoony graphics. The feeling of sailing is unmatched (compared to games like Stranded Deep or AC Odyssey). I can see the travelling getting boring, but I am still new and loving it. Again, with friends, you can play instruments, talk, fight sharks/ghost ships, cook food while someone else sails, play Jack on the front of the bow like in Titanic, etc.

    The sounds of the ocean, instruments, and ambience is well done. The dialogue can be lacking, leaving you reading most NPC conversations.

    Cannot wait to jump back in and be slaughtered by Fortnite kids.    … Expand
  8. Methias
    Feb 11, 2022
    8
    Sea of Thieves is a game that managed to borderline come back from the dead. How? No one is really quite sure because when the game first released back in 2018, it was highly hyped up by both the developers and the XBOX community alike. You had so many gamers saying this was going to be the game that made the XBOX ONE, the game that would make PlayStation and Nintendo gamers jealous, so onSea of Thieves is a game that managed to borderline come back from the dead. How? No one is really quite sure because when the game first released back in 2018, it was highly hyped up by both the developers and the XBOX community alike. You had so many gamers saying this was going to be the game that made the XBOX ONE, the game that would make PlayStation and Nintendo gamers jealous, so on and so fourth. However, it was the complete opposite. Everything gamers were lead to believe was somehow not quite the truth.

    I would say most of all, it was purely misdirection. Intentional, yes, but I don't think any major harm was meant. But unfortunately, the gaming community is so very brutal and they do not let things go when they are angry. And gamers certainly became angry about Sea of Thieves.

    The game was the negative talking point of the gaming world for quite a few months. Even a friend of mine, who is primarily and XBOX gamer asked me "Yeah, Sea of Thieves, what the hell went wrong there?".

    But now, some years later, the game is worthy of some praise. I've been playing it on my PC on Games Pass and I've had my best friend and my girlfriend roped in onto the game with me. First and foremost, I will say this game is pretty much a multiplayer game. The developers say it's solo friendly and while it is somewhat true and they are even adding solo friendly content into the game, can you really do it solo? The answer to that question is not really, not without some great deal of difficulty.

    The whole games mechanics works purely on working as a team with other people, so trying to do everything that a whole team needs to do, navigating the map, adjusting and setting the sails and manning the helm, it's all quite the chore. And if you get attacked by one of the in game dangers, such as the Megalodon, a Ghost ship or even the legendary Kraken, then you can basically kiss your ship goodbye and any loot you may of had on it because if you think you cand handle sailing, repairs of the ships damage AND manning the canons all by yourself, it's not going to happen.

    So yes, you need friends, you need a crew. And the more, the better.

    But the content of the game that is now seen in it is where it's truly shining these days. So much has been added and it's only getting better. Customization of your character, weapons and your ship is all very simple, yes, but it's still fun. It's so fun to sail the seas as the pirate you want to be. Give your pirate a beard, a peg leg, a hook for a hand. Paint your ship red and black, give it a black sail, hoist the skull and crossbones! You can even get pets in the game, such as dogs, cats, monkeys and parrots, and you can even get them outfits that give them peg legs and eye patches!

    Yes, a lot of this stuff comes in the form of microtransactions from the in game online store, but the small prices you pay for them are trivial at the end of the day. And I only spend about £5 or so once every few months on them, so I'm not exactly breaking the bank.

    The game, even today, is visually beautiful and even now, as a last gen game, the water graphics in the game are the best in existence, even when compared to up and coming new gen games. The sailing mechanics are some of the most fun parts. If you've got one friend manning the map, guiding you as you handle the helm and another tackles the sails, you can be hit with a storm, which means you'll have to fight high waves, strong tides that will throw you off course. Lightning will strike the ocean and can even hit your ship, sparking a fire, meaning you have to scoop water from a barrel on your ship which draws it in from the ocean to put it out. And whne a storm lingers dead over head, it plays havoc with your compass next to your helm, meaning you have to trust your own knowledge of the map and the ship to guide you through it. Me, my girlfriend and my best friend have been thrown way off course in the past by storms, and it's such a fun element of the game.

    Other little things that make the game so much fun is the inclusion of playing instruments, making a little band together. Even your pets will dance along to them! In game emotes can be a laugh. You can go fishing, catch some fish, cook them up and store them in your ships food barrel or your own inventory as a health restore option. You have several different canon ammo types, from the regular canonball to chain shots, made to take down the mast of enemy ships, fire bombs, designed to set the ships on fire. And then you have cursed balls, ones which will cast a spell on the ship to give various effects, from making the whole enemy crew sick to forcing the anchor to drop.

    Everything in the game, from sailing to hunting down treasure is just all so much fun. But you need friends. That's a definite. Sea of Thieves is worth picking up. Especially on games pass.    … Expand
  9. RynoHoksin
    Jun 1, 2021
    8
    According to Steam, I have 84 hours on this game. And I've only played through half of the content. The graphics aren't bad, the music is great, and the gameplay is fun. I highly recommend it, if you've got a few friends to sail with.
  10. imFedews
    Jul 5, 2021
    8
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  11. Judge_Binary
    Jul 8, 2021
    8
    I had no expectations regarding 'Sea of Thieves' going into it other than hoping for a game where I could sail around the map and just chill out, and while that's what I got I also got more.

    I've been playing the game mostly co-op with a few different friends and it's a great time. Just exploring the map and doing random bounty hunts or supply runs while having random conversations is a    I had no expectations regarding 'Sea of Thieves' going into it other than hoping for a game where I could sail around the map and just chill out, and while that's what I got I also got more.

    I've been playing the game mostly co-op with a few different friends and it's a great time. Just exploring the map and doing random bounty hunts or supply runs while having random conversations is a good time.

    The 'Tall-tales' we've done so far have been enjoyable little romps that emulate a grand adventure over multiple chapters.

    Even other player interactions, which I have noted that other people have had primarily negative ones, have very rarely been so for me. Talking to people on other ships, forming alliances, and making new friends has been a blast.    … Expand
  12. TrickyEgor
    Feb 18, 2022
    8
    Sea Of Thieves is one of the most beautiful games. The best water in the game industry.
  13. AC1DHOUZE
    Mar 7, 2022
    8
    ARTICLE 1: The Sea Calls to Us All
    "Everyone is welcome on the Sea of Thieves regardless of age, gender, race, sexuality, nationality or creed."
  14. Jollyolfun
    Nov 18, 2022
    8
    this game is most fun when there are other players to fight against but that rarely happens. but i will give it a score based on how fun it is in those moments
  15. Bricko
    Feb 13, 2023
    8
    The game became good now, 50% of the bad review are about the fact the game is banned from Russia, wich make the actual User Score irrevelent, and also, an other part of the bad review are from 2018, the game as gone trough a lot of major update now.
  16. Mins76
    Jun 11, 2023
    8
    This is in my opinion one of the best games to play with friends, the ship's mechanics are really cool and you don´t need more than 4 different weapons. NOT pay to win. I would not recommend to you to buy this game if you going to play it by solo and if you don´t have no one to play with, find a discord server of the game it is always fun.
  17. teazlunox
    Jul 26, 2023
    8
    YAW OGLUM SEN SALAK MISIN APTAL MISIN SEN ZATEN BOZUK Bİ ANDIRIN VAR.......
  18. SuomiSoldat
    Jan 9, 2021
    7
    The game is good, and great fun especially with friends. My main gripe with the game is that there really isn't any progress you can make. Sure you can buy skins and such, but I'd loved to have some other progress to achieve. The second issue with the game is the inability to conveniently play with more than 4 friends. Like I have 6 friends I play the game with. It would be fun to be ableThe game is good, and great fun especially with friends. My main gripe with the game is that there really isn't any progress you can make. Sure you can buy skins and such, but I'd loved to have some other progress to achieve. The second issue with the game is the inability to conveniently play with more than 4 friends. Like I have 6 friends I play the game with. It would be fun to be able to join the same server...… Expand
  19. aver233
    Aug 4, 2018
    7
    This game lacks story and reason to grind, but that's not really the point. Jumping into this game with three friends is probably the best multiplayer experience i've ever had. Countless hours of fun. if you can convince your friends to buy this with you, i totally recommend it. And also the new free dlcs really improve the game
  20. PixelBard
    Mar 23, 2018
    7
    Rare has constructed a beautiful sandbox for people to play pirates in. The game has a fun, friendly art style that pulls you in while still reminding you that this is make believe. Sailing on the sea with friends is a truly amazing experience as everyone works together to make the ship operate like a well oiled machine. From angling the sails to catch the most wind to repairing breachesRare has constructed a beautiful sandbox for people to play pirates in. The game has a fun, friendly art style that pulls you in while still reminding you that this is make believe. Sailing on the sea with friends is a truly amazing experience as everyone works together to make the ship operate like a well oiled machine. From angling the sails to catch the most wind to repairing breaches in the hull. It's an amazing experience.

    What the Rare forgot to include in this equation is variety. The 3 factions you work for are just a paint coated fetch quests. The games progression is working your way through better tiers of dress up and hoarding your gold.

    Of course also being a game about being pirates you have the option of pirating other players stuff. While this is fun and seems great on paper, there is no long term penalty for being "too aggressive" so a lot of players are inclined to play this route and grief as opposed to following the games intended path. I think if Rare was to implement a karma style system or something that added bounties to excessively aggressive players, this could balance out.

    With all that being said, the game really is a fun sandbox to play in. Sandbox being the key word there. You really need to be able to find your own fun to really enjoy this title. There is almost no hand holding and almost no one telling you that you are doing a good job. It's up to you to feel like you are.    … Expand
  21. CritzGD
    Mar 22, 2018
    7
    While that 7 may be yellow, it is a very high 7 for me. Let me list some problems with the game first

    I've experienced some glitches with the game, my character jitters sometimes, my ship sunk with no holes of water on board and then I disconnected, there are skeletons floating in the air sometimes, but these aren't huge things, they will probably be fixed sat some pint, but the thing    While that 7 may be yellow, it is a very high 7 for me. Let me list some problems with the game first

    I've experienced some glitches with the game, my character jitters sometimes, my ship sunk with no holes of water on board and then I disconnected, there are skeletons floating in the air sometimes, but these aren't huge things, they will probably be fixed sat some pint, but the thing that bothers me, is the lack of content, while what is there is good, there isn't really a lot, the missions consist of either, looking at a map and going to the island and digging treasure, killing skeletons until you kill the captain and collecting his skull, or capturing animals and stuff and you deliver these things you collect to outposts to seel them for gold, and to get reputation for the factions you do this for. However, this is pretty much it, there are shipwrecks, and forts, and of course the Kraken (which is very rare to find). But other than that, there is nothing much else to the game besides the PVP.

    However, even with this lack of content.....It's fun, I don't know what it is, but I'm having so much fun with the game and even when playing solo. The combat, in my opinion, is fun to do. The PVP just flows, I've been able to queue up with random people and we had genuine fun with it. Sea of Thieves is confusing, it is severely lacking in content, but I enjoy it so much. I hope that Rare sticks to their guns (or cannons I guess) and keep adding content to the game.    … Expand
  22. Sonyer
    Jul 2, 2020
    7
    If you have a lot of friends to play every day this game is for you, but if you only play alone... this game is not for you because you always need more people helping you to do missions and stuffs like that.
  23. OmegaGiven
    May 11, 2023
    7
    I just love making a fun adventure with friends. I normally like a perks and leveling system but it makes sense for this to not have that else pvp would be unbalanced. The game is very replay able. I do wish it had better crash proofing for pc as If my game crashes then im out of an hour of work...
  24. CallOfTheVoid88
    Oct 2, 2021
    7
    Decent game but a missed opportunity, this game could have been so much more but they dumbed it down to keep it kiddie proof.
  25. Averycrosslin
    Nov 2, 2019
    7
    Sea of Thieves is an open world pirate game, filled with treasures, combat, and adventure. I really like this game, but it does have some flaws. The game play is repetitive at times, but if you are like me and can only play an hour or so a day then it shouldn't be a problem. The animations are fine, although they can be glitchy occasionally. My next problems have nothing to do with theSea of Thieves is an open world pirate game, filled with treasures, combat, and adventure. I really like this game, but it does have some flaws. The game play is repetitive at times, but if you are like me and can only play an hour or so a day then it shouldn't be a problem. The animations are fine, although they can be glitchy occasionally. My next problems have nothing to do with the gameplay, but the devs decisions. The servers are usually pretty empty, which makes it hard to find other players. Similar to No Man's Sky, they should have waited a long time before releasing the game, because at first it wasn't completed which I think is what caused the low player count. Those are really my only problems with the game. I cannot describe how fun ship combat is. Patching holes, firing cannons, boarding enemy ships, all of it is awesome fun. Ship combat is at another level in arena mode, where combat is most common. Treasure maps are exciting, and skeleton forts are extremely fun. The sort of campaign, or tall tales, is extremely fun too. Overall, a pretty fun game.… Expand
  26. Spideyhero360
    Aug 21, 2020
    7
    The biggest highlight of this game are the Tall Tales. They were incredibly fun and actually felt like a real pirate adventure (especially if you play with friends.) Graphics are also really beautiful. Everything else gets repetitive and boring really quick though. All the quests are about either finding and digging up treasure or killing skeletons and thats about it. The game doesn’tThe biggest highlight of this game are the Tall Tales. They were incredibly fun and actually felt like a real pirate adventure (especially if you play with friends.) Graphics are also really beautiful. Everything else gets repetitive and boring really quick though. All the quests are about either finding and digging up treasure or killing skeletons and thats about it. The game doesn’t really have much variability to it at all.… Expand
  27. Hello12345678
    Dec 31, 2020
    7
    This was a fun game to play with friends , good graphics . It more or less gives you a playground in which to do whatever wacky stuff you want to .
  28. Tonyiu5641
    Jun 21, 2020
    7
    Overall it's a nice game, great effect especially the sea and tsky... the most interesting part is the pvp mode.
  29. Oshiri_Maeda
    Jul 9, 2021
    7
    Pretty nice chill coop, PVP is almost non-existent. However, those several time we did PVP it was pretty hilarious. The game doesn't have much unique content, and I played only about 10 hours, but those were fun. Buy on sale.
    Btw, water visuals are just stunning! and meteors were pretty cool as well :D
  30. Richard_dias
    Aug 15, 2023
    7
    That's a pretty nice game if you play it casually (check it every now and then with three more friends to see what is new and call it the day), but maybe not much more than that. I was "forced" to play it too much 'cause my sister had a serious case of addiction, and so I started to see the cracks... it can be really, really repetitive.
  31. Maf1k
    Jun 15, 2021
    7
    Игру купил за 700 рублей в стиме. За эти деньги мы получаем: Очень интересную песочницу для игры с друзьями, но после определенного времени игра надоедает. Игру рекомендую, но надоела за 13 часов игры
  32. Rudey21
    Jun 21, 2021
    7
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  33. TheSikvel
    Sep 28, 2021
    7
    It was very interesting to play with friends, but the variety of content is depressing. Enough for 50-70 hours.
  34. Rat_Lord174
    Jun 11, 2023
    7
    I.. like Sea of Thieves, I've been playing it for awhile now and it's addicting and fun, fighting other ships and even AI is great, so the combat is great and challenging, but takes extremely long to get good at the game, and takes forever to get major progress, it's fun but not the type of game to keep me grinding to the point were It's taking me weeks and even months to get the newI.. like Sea of Thieves, I've been playing it for awhile now and it's addicting and fun, fighting other ships and even AI is great, so the combat is great and challenging, but takes extremely long to get good at the game, and takes forever to get major progress, it's fun but not the type of game to keep me grinding to the point were It's taking me weeks and even months to get the new skeleton curse. The live service aspect is Alright but can lack sometimes, which is fair, and to give the game credit the way they do live service is actually pretty good but can still be weird, I am looking forward to the Monkey Island crossover. Overall it's above average… Expand
  35. Ydun79
    Feb 11, 2019
    6
    I give this game a 6 based solely on the fact that it is amazing fun with friends. If they add more content for free that number will go up,
  36. maartendc
    Apr 9, 2018
    6
    The game is about the experiences with your friends and the unexpected moments, which are very good, even unique. Run into other pirates and battle them, or make friends, both are incredibly fun and exciting.

    BUT, big BUT: the quests and missions on the way are very boring, and could have used a lot more variation. The bar was very low when designing the quests, and that is a shame. If    The game is about the experiences with your friends and the unexpected moments, which are very good, even unique. Run into other pirates and battle them, or make friends, both are incredibly fun and exciting.

    BUT, big BUT: the quests and missions on the way are very boring, and could have used a lot more variation. The bar was very low when designing the quests, and that is a shame. If there had been a big story or more interesting side quests with little stories, NPCs to talk to, etc., then it would have been a hugely fascinating game. A great pirate mystery to solve, a gigantic hidden treasure that you have to find through clues or riddles ... come on, there are enough pirate films and books to find inspiration. SOMETHING, had been better than NOTHING. Also the sidequests (because that's all the quests are, stupid fetch -quests) themselves have no purpose, no backstory, no plot, no characters, nothing.

    The game feels only like a huge empty sandbox, where you can have fun with your friends, but even then there are dull moments when you meet no one else (because this can be pretty rare).

    I have the impression that another 6-12 months extra was needed to create the actual content in the game. The basic gameplay is solid, it simply lacks content. Unfortunately. For a $60 game, it is really a ripoff. I would rate it more highly if it were $20. That sounds like a more fair price for this product.

    It is a shame, but I could not rate this higher than a 6/10.    … Expand
  37. razMN
    Apr 6, 2022
    6
    It's a game with a HUGE potential, but... THERE'S NOTHING TO DO IN IT. I've played it before way back in 2019, and going through it again, nothing has changed: you're a pirate and you'll pillage some islands with the size of an average room for skins. There's no actual direction for what to do and not being able to disable PvP is a bad decision at best (you're just there trying to figureIt's a game with a HUGE potential, but... THERE'S NOTHING TO DO IN IT. I've played it before way back in 2019, and going through it again, nothing has changed: you're a pirate and you'll pillage some islands with the size of an average room for skins. There's no actual direction for what to do and not being able to disable PvP is a bad decision at best (you're just there trying to figure out how to even control the ship with someone then 4 guys come to kill you because yes).

    Has potential but has a poor execution as well.    … Expand
  38. gholazero
    Mar 30, 2018
    6
    Just came out two days ago. Working through (unfortunate) typical MMO launch issues. This game is already a solid 8/10, If you have 1 to 3 friends to play with. Not really built for solo, but can be done: 6.5/10. Could obviously use some tweaks and quest refinements. The base game is excellent. Content additions have great potential to expand it. Everyone is equal as far as equipment.Just came out two days ago. Working through (unfortunate) typical MMO launch issues. This game is already a solid 8/10, If you have 1 to 3 friends to play with. Not really built for solo, but can be done: 6.5/10. Could obviously use some tweaks and quest refinements. The base game is excellent. Content additions have great potential to expand it. Everyone is equal as far as equipment. Progress is 'horizontal' with cosmetic gear and special area unlocks and more complex adventures. Base mechanics and graphics and sound for sailing around the open seas is amazing. It's a sandbox, and a blast for creative types, not so much for pure grinder types and power levelers. There are thieves about, enjoy the pleasant journeys and heart-pounding cannon blasts.
    OMG, needs content. Lowering review after much more repetitive play.    … Expand
  39. Gareee
    Mar 24, 2018
    6
    The initial presentation and sailing mechanics and crew teamwork are great, but they is far too little content or objective variety at present. IF Rare can add more down the road, this game has great potential, but as it is, it isn't a $60 title... You are basically buying a early access game with the promise of future expansions. The only difference is what is there is at least optimizedThe initial presentation and sailing mechanics and crew teamwork are great, but they is far too little content or objective variety at present. IF Rare can add more down the road, this game has great potential, but as it is, it isn't a $60 title... You are basically buying a early access game with the promise of future expansions. The only difference is what is there is at least optimized and polished. We'll give them the benefit of the doubt, and hope this isn't No Man's Sky 2018.… Expand
  40. andrew9
    Nov 16, 2021
    6
    sea of thieves .
  41. Gkanjim
    Dec 11, 2019
    6
    A parte multiplayer do jogo com os amigos é boa, mas a quantidade de bugs e a falta de utilidades que deveria haver no jogo é de ****, contarei sobre algumas das ocorrências comigo, uma delas foi que estacionei o navio numa ilha e ele ficou meio preso com o píer, logo em seguida o navio começou a se mover sozinho mesmo ancorado e depois ele desapareceu sem nem afundar(foram 3 horasA parte multiplayer do jogo com os amigos é boa, mas a quantidade de bugs e a falta de utilidades que deveria haver no jogo é de ****, contarei sobre algumas das ocorrências comigo, uma delas foi que estacionei o navio numa ilha e ele ficou meio preso com o píer, logo em seguida o navio começou a se mover sozinho mesmo ancorado e depois ele desapareceu sem nem afundar(foram 3 horas perdidas de loot que estavam nos barris de madeira, canhão e comida, logo foram 3 horas jogadas no lixo, obrigado por essa sensação) e outros são quando você vai para lugares que talvez fique preso(mas não ficará) você é teleportado para o navio... além disso, cadê o "kraken" aquilo pra mim são tentáculos! E não podemos nos esquecer de que não há maneira de desativar o pvp mesmo se você só quiser focar na história, logo se algum grupo de players idiotas quiser te seguir eles irão até o fim do mundo e você talvez perca todo o progresso na missão e tudo que estava no navio sem nem ter jeito de contestar já que se você estiver sozinho contra um grupo de 4... acho que já sabe no que dará.… Expand
  42. moonlaba
    Jan 17, 2022
    6
    전투며 스토리며 제대로된 부분없이 너무 안일하게 비어있는 컨텐츠들. 그와중에 스킨으로 돈이나 받아먹으려는 심보가 너무 괘씸해버리는 부분..
  43. Lugarty
    Nov 13, 2020
    6
    The game started out as a big disappointment, but over time it has been growing a lot with several new mechanics and ways of playing, Rare is really doing its best to improve the game. They just need to stop make microtransactions that's ruin any game!
  44. Deadude313
    Feb 7, 2021
    6
    its meh, just meh. nothing really special, but it is enjoyable with friends.
  45. CypiBoii
    Nov 12, 2021
    6
    The first good game RARE Studios has ever devolped is Sea of Thieves.
    The graphics are cartoonish, which makes it uniquie, and its about **** pirates
    everyone love pirate, they even got a story line with character from Pirates of the Carribean

    But the game do get boring after 10 hours of playtime.
  46. CharonIV
    Jun 14, 2023
    6
    arkadaslarla oynanabılecek bır oyun sarar ama bence vasat bır oyun bırseyler eksık
  47. kucky7576
    Aug 9, 2023
    6
    Was Ok-ish for me and my friends, couldnt catch us for too long because of lack of content but is fun here and there in a while.
  48. KarthXLR
    May 16, 2020
    5
    Sea of Thieves is marketed as a "Make Your Own Adventure" type of game. After playing it for a few weeks off a trial on GamePass, I've gotten to admire the gorgeous seas, the insanity of friends screwing up certain situations, and then the bitter realization of knowing that I had experienced every type of quest only 3 days in.

    The competition for game makers these days is immense, not    Sea of Thieves is marketed as a "Make Your Own Adventure" type of game. After playing it for a few weeks off a trial on GamePass, I've gotten to admire the gorgeous seas, the insanity of friends screwing up certain situations, and then the bitter realization of knowing that I had experienced every type of quest only 3 days in.

    The competition for game makers these days is immense, not only are you going up against massive free-to-play giants both on phones and PC, but also with other games-as-a-service platforms like GTA Online, Destiny, and even No Mans Sky. So the most important thing to do is to make your game stick out, make it fun, make it visually appealing. Sea of Thieves definitely has the look and the idea down, but the gameplay simply is dull and samey.

    You start out choosing from a pre-made selection of pirates to make as your avatar, it doesn't matter if you don't get one you like, as you will quickly discover that cosmetics and alterations are the only thing you can purchase in this game. Once you start your first quest, you're plunged right in to the sailing mechanics of the game. My group started and immediately got into a terrible storm, setting the ship on fire and striking multiple of us with lightning. At the time, it was extremely stressful and funny, we were laughing crazy hard. And it was a great introduction to the zaniness the game can bring out. We started doing a handful of different missions, including digging, bounties, rhymes, and a fruit crate.

    But slowly, you start to notice that those missions are it. If you've done one digging mission you've done all of them. Find the X, dig it up, optionally fight skeletons with the god-awful combat system (we'll come back to this), and sell the loot for gold or doubloons. As a matter of fact, that's the only thing you can do with ANY of the quests in this game, it's only good for gold. But hey, currency is important in these games right? In GTA Online there are endless things to buy, from haircuts, clothing, cars, guns, bases, and even your own business. In Sea of Thieves? There's cosmetics, and not really a ton of them for being a 2 year old game. No upgrades, no side-grades, just cosmetics. Rare has opted for a "horizontal progress" approach which basically means skill is the only thing that improves in the game. But, honestly? This is a hard sell on a full-price game. You have to be so sure that your game is fun to play even without rewards to sell it this way. And Sea of Thieves just isn't.

    Even going past the lack of content, even 2 years in, the other big element of sea of thieves is combat, and it
    just

    isn't

    fun.

    The hand-to-hand combat with sword and gun is just awful. There's no way to skirt around it. Your sword has a slow floaty animation of 3 swings and a charge up shot, that's it. And you have a few selections of guns to choose from which are all single-shot flintlocks which need to reload between each shot. While this makes sense in a pirate setting, it doesn't make sense in terms of the gameplay. The combat, while being extremely slow, has dire consequences. PVP feels floaty and weightless yet you can die in 3 seconds flat. It's terrible, and I don't know how Rare hasn't completely revamped it by this point.

    The naval combat actually shines from time to time, as it's the main gimmick of the game. Sinking other players ships is where I got most of my fun during my playtime. You have a variety of cannonballs to choose from each with their own strength or player-effect, with the endgoal of waterlogging the enemy ship enough to get it to sink. While this was extremely satisfying the first few times around, ship combat became tedious, overlylong, and pointless since there's only gold as a reward, which as stated previously, can only be used on cosmetics. And if it is YOU getting sunk, I hope you like spawn camping! You spawn in the exact same location every time after your respawn timer finishes and you can bet the enemy will be waiting for you to cause death again. This is such an embarrassing oversight, how did Rare not catch this? On top of this there's no real risk to open-firing on someone as there isn't really a punishment for dying OR griefing. There's no punishment for enemy ships repeatedly picking fights with others and no way to opt out. Doesn't make a lot of sense.

    It got to the point where I really just wanted to do story missions to get the most out of my trial, but I repeatedly ran into events, griefing ships picking a fight with us and making us lose our progress, or some bug either crashing or halting progress that just made me want to quit. To top all of this off, we're still encountering situation where quests aren't getting triggered or stacks of events are happening to us, such as a kracken encounter and a ghost ship right next to each other.

    So honestly? Why bother. When the core gameplay loop isn't fun, why invest any more time into anything else?    … Expand
  49. Humboldt1337
    Mar 26, 2018
    5
    - Fun
    - Shallow
    - Visually stunning
    Sea of Thieves would be a great game for $20. At full price, this is a rip off. The lack of content is shocking.
  50. Daveisonline
    Mar 20, 2018
    5
    Dammit Rare, You dun fukd'd up!

    As a longtime fan of Rare's titles I was hoping that this would be their return to glory, in an epic sea fearing swashbuckling adventure. I mean credit where credit is due, the game looks amazing especially with the water effects, the characters are very charming and the emotes and the ability to play shanties on deck is awesome. However the game is    Dammit Rare, You dun fukd'd up!

    As a longtime fan of Rare's titles I was hoping that this would be their return to glory, in an epic sea fearing swashbuckling adventure. I mean credit where credit is due, the game looks amazing especially with the water effects, the characters are very charming and the emotes and the ability to play shanties on deck is awesome.

    However the game is sorely lacking in content variety, as quests often boil down to one of three different types depending on which merchant you visit and they all get repetitive very quickly, the progression system is also virtually non existent. Not to mention various bugs I've experienced from my items disappearing to my money suddenly disappearing to not even being able to play the game due to server issues.

    Very VERY disappointing.    … Expand
  51. itsz
    Mar 20, 2018
    5
    Beautiful, but seriously lacks content. Good for a laugh with friends, but little more than that.
  52. Sakaniator
    Mar 22, 2018
    5
    Seriously, no damage control can avoid the fact this game is terrible, is a disgrace. MS is going downhill, imo thanks to this new CEO, nevertheless, to the game:

    It is not really a game, it is a sort of a high tech, interactive, pirate themed virtual chat room. If you have cyberbuddies and you want to get along, drink some beer while pretending youre playing a game, maybe you can    Seriously, no damage control can avoid the fact this game is terrible, is a disgrace. MS is going downhill, imo thanks to this new CEO, nevertheless, to the game:

    It is not really a game, it is a sort of a high tech, interactive, pirate themed virtual chat room. If you have cyberbuddies and you want to get along, drink some beer while pretending youre playing a game, maybe you can enjoy this thing. Thats all. It is vague, it has terrible gameplay and it is poor on variety. I honestly wonder if these devs actually play any games to tell the difference between a good or a bad (or a disgraceful) game. No damage control nor any politically correct **** discourse on how can games be inclusive could ever save this project.

    Im not rating it a 4 or worse because the visuals and songs are ok, it actually has good graphics. But the rest is terrible. No man's sea. Sad.    … Expand
  53. FrostAtronach
    Mar 18, 2019
    5
    Full transparency: I got this game during a free trial with the Xbox Game Pass for PC, but I'm actually pretty glad I didn't spend any money on this game. I also never played alone, so I don't really have a view of that part of the game, although I'd surmise that it's probably just as empty as the rest of the game. This game came out about a year ago to the day, and from reading otherFull transparency: I got this game during a free trial with the Xbox Game Pass for PC, but I'm actually pretty glad I didn't spend any money on this game. I also never played alone, so I don't really have a view of that part of the game, although I'd surmise that it's probably just as empty as the rest of the game. This game came out about a year ago to the day, and from reading other reviews it has not progressed much since then.

    This game honestly feels like an early access game. If it was, I'd have to say it's a pretty decent early access game. The fact is, however, that this is a fully released game. It sure looks like one too, as this is one of the best looking games I've ever played. The style is fantastic, and the sound really adds to the atmosphere which for the first few hours makes the game incredibly immersive. Your first time fighting (or more accurately running from) a Kraken or Megalodon will be an unforgettable experience.

    This is where the issues begin. The gameplay, while passable, becomes incredibly repetitive after only a short period of time. When I first began with my friends, it was awesome setting sail and having no clue what we were doing, trying to find our own adventure. Problem is, that adventure doesn't exist. You'll find yourself being more of a delivery boy than a pirate, with insanely generic voyages that are only fun for the first or second time. The Reaper voyages add a little, but really just become a vehicle for more grinding.

    Some voyages along with general 'exploration' will end up in ship to ship combat. As with most things in this game, the first time is incredible. But once you've done a couple fights, you've pretty much seen all this combat has to offer. The PVP can freshen this up a bit, but ultimately it still feels one-dimensional. Furthermore, there doesn't really seem to be much reason to engage in PVP beyond doing it for the fun of it. You can fight on land as well, but this is still lackluster, as you'll pretty much only be fighting a couple types of skeletons by playing sword-tag or headshotting. There are only 4 types of weapons; sword, pistol, blunderbuss, and rifle. These weapons can never be upgraded and only undergo cosmetic changes to my knowledge.

    All in all, this game has the potential to be amazing, but after a year I find it unlikely that the game will ever reach this potential. As it is, it's a game worth a couple hours of fun with friends for some laughs. I'd recommend getting the game pass with a couple friends to enjoy that first bit. Beyond that, it's an average experience, not really worth its $60 price tag (ouch).

    P.S. Character creation is NOT GOOD.    … Expand
  54. mirg
    Dec 25, 2018
    5
    It's repetitive in nature but it's steadily improving as time goes on.

    The team working on this product are dedicated to making the game better and have been making improvements in a speedy manner. So, I cannot give this a negative review nor can I give this a bad review. The game shows promise but the team needs to work faster. I'll come back next year to write a proper review for    It's repetitive in nature but it's steadily improving as time goes on.

    The team working on this product are dedicated to making the game better and have been making improvements in a speedy manner.

    So, I cannot give this a negative review nor can I give this a bad review. The game shows promise but the team needs to work faster. I'll come back next year to write a proper review for it but for now, this is mainly just a "grab loot and sell it for cosmetics" game with heavy emphasis on teamwork.    … Expand
  55. Zayetto
    Mar 22, 2018
    5
    Will be a short review. Great idea, few content, fun with friends the first few hours. Maybe wait one year and see what they add. Absolutely not worth 70 euros. I played with 14 free xbox game pass trial on pc. You could enjoy the game only if you are a cosmetic grinder lover because if you like pvp you have to run around half an hour to meet someone.
    EDIT: the game is great, fun, good    Will be a short review. Great idea, few content, fun with friends the first few hours. Maybe wait one year and see what they add. Absolutely not worth 70 euros. I played with 14 free xbox game pass trial on pc. You could enjoy the game only if you are a cosmetic grinder lover because if you like pvp you have to run around half an hour to meet someone.
    EDIT: the game is great, fun, good mechanins. A lot of potential, i hope all the potential will be used in the future. For now is a raw fruit.    … Expand
  56. sam369369
    Mar 21, 2018
    5
    Big and beautiful but ultimately shallow sea. This feels more like a half arsed sailboat simulator to me, I don't feel like a pirate at all. Getting treasure for the umpteenth time is about as rewarding as a happy meal toy. Rolling dice in Risk is more exciting than the combat. I could go on, but as for now this game isn't worth 20, let alone 60 bucks. If they add a significant bit toBig and beautiful but ultimately shallow sea. This feels more like a half arsed sailboat simulator to me, I don't feel like a pirate at all. Getting treasure for the umpteenth time is about as rewarding as a happy meal toy. Rolling dice in Risk is more exciting than the combat. I could go on, but as for now this game isn't worth 20, let alone 60 bucks. If they add a significant bit to combat and missions, and other random content. I would pay 20 for that. I'm seriously rooting for this game, but they should have spent less money on fake hype and more money on adding to the game.… Expand
  57. jackhh
    Mar 21, 2018
    5
    Truly Beautiful graphics with stunning gameplay and mechanics but really lacks any direction / content to do after repeating yourself with one of in game quests to do. Such a shame...
  58. LeojetNiopal
    Mar 26, 2018
    5
    Graphics 10/10 - I really enjoy the cartoony graphics and the water details!

    Content 5/10 - There's clearly not enough content and the game gets repetitive very quickly. Gameplay 6/10 - What is there is mostly good. Navigating the boat feels nice. Storms are really cool. Fighting other players is really fun except in solo. Exploring island is boring, there's nothing on them most of    Graphics 10/10 - I really enjoy the cartoony graphics and the water details!

    Content 5/10 - There's clearly not enough content and the game gets repetitive very quickly.

    Gameplay 6/10 - What is there is mostly good. Navigating the boat feels nice. Storms are really cool. Fighting other players is really fun except in solo. Exploring island is boring, there's nothing on them most of the time. I did not encounter the kraken yet so I cannot say. You fight mostly skeleton as far as I know. I saw different kind of skeleton tho. Normal, Captain(they have hats and more hp...) metal skeleton, and ghost skeleton. But yeah, mostly skeleton so it gets repetitive...

    In summary, 5/10 - Okay but could be better. The game has potential but feels like an early access game. So for the price 92$(Can), it's overpriced... You can get refund if you played less than 2hours. One of my friends did. I should have but oh well...    … Expand
  59. Flump
    Apr 23, 2018
    5
    This game has SO MUCH POTENTIAL! Unfortunately, it kinda sucks
    Now I had a lot of fun playing this with my two brothers, but only an hour or so in, I quickly realized that we had already experienced pretty much the entire game. There's just nothing to do. There's no end game... Hell, there's no MID game! It's just quests that have you go dig up a treasure chest, fight some skeletons, or    This game has SO MUCH POTENTIAL! Unfortunately, it kinda sucks
    Now I had a lot of fun playing this with my two brothers, but only an hour or so in, I quickly realized that we had already experienced pretty much the entire game. There's just nothing to do. There's no end game... Hell, there's no MID game! It's just quests that have you go dig up a treasure chest, fight some skeletons, or deliver animals (which is the worst).
    I noticed the "Mysterious Stranger" NPC in the taverns who told me to get to rank 5 in all of the guilds. When I got to 5 they told me to get to 10... I looked it up and turns out that there's no end to it. They just keep telling you to rank up more.

    The things I like about the game
    This is one of the most visually beautiful games I've ever played. The water is gorgeous, the sunsets look amazing, and the stars and northern lights are simply mesmerizing.
    I love the soundtrack and the instruments that you and your friends can play together.
    I really enjoy controlling the ships. It's fun adjusting ropes trying to catch the wind just right in your sails, avoiding rocks, and fighting other ships (when you can find any).

    If it were WAY more fleshed out, it would be a great game. But it just feels so empty. The structure's there, but they need to put the rest of the game on that structure. I absolutely cannot believe Microsoft is selling this for a full $60.    … Expand
  60. TimidTanuki
    May 1, 2018
    5
    tl;dr: Sea of Thieves would be a great beta, but it pretends to be a full release that doesn't merit a $60 price tag due to extreme the lack of content.

    -- Pirate games are relatively few and far between, so when I first started hearing about Sea of Thieves I was pretty excited; the overall concept sounded amazing, and it was being built by a solid company. When it finally    tl;dr: Sea of Thieves would be a great beta, but it pretends to be a full release that doesn't merit a $60 price tag due to extreme the lack of content.

    --

    Pirate games are relatively few and far between, so when I first started hearing about Sea of Thieves I was pretty excited; the overall concept sounded amazing, and it was being built by a solid company.

    When it finally released, I picked it up with a couple of friends and set sail to pirate it up - and what we found was a game that, had it been called a beta or pre-release and priced at $20-30, was a beautiful start to a game.

    But it wasn't a beta. It was supposedly a full release game, and cost as much as any other AAA title out there.

    In short, the game suffers from a lack of content. Here's a rundown of what you can do in-game:

    -Get a quest from one of the three factions, sail to one or more islands, and do one of three things: Dig up a chest or chests; cage livestock of the proper 'colors'; or fight a couple of waves of skeletons, kill the captain, and take his skull; then sail back to port and deliver/sell the items
    -Engage in ocean-based PvP battles that are generally limited to firing cannon, ramming, and boarding to fight with the limited melee and pistol moves
    -Find the occasional random chest, skull, or item and take it to the proper faction to sell it
    -Find the occasional "message in a bottle", which will send you on a treasure hunt identical to Hoarders' quests
    -Come across a shipwreck and risk drowning as you collect - you got it! - more stuff to sell
    -Sail to a randomly-spawning "skeleton fort", fight waves of a few different types of skeletons, open the vault, and take the stuff back to sell
    -Earn rep for each of the three factions to unlock slight variations of their quests or 'special' skins for your weapons and clothes
    -Buy purely cosmetic upgrades to your weapons, clothes, and ship
    -Sail off the edge of the map
    -Occasionally get attacked by a kraken that you can kill for an achievement and nothing else

    That's a lot to do, right?1 Not really.

    There are 3 minor variations of fetch quests, random spawns that grant or lead to the same loot you get from fetch quests, forts where you fight a couple of enemy variants to get the same loot you get from the quests, or get ambushed by giant tentacles that you can kill for no tangible purpose. Oh, and PvP (which seems to happen infrequently due to how world instances are populated, and which seems to happen when it's most inconvenient).

    That's the whole experience.

    Even the occasional 'special' chest - like the Chest of Grog, which makes you drunk while you carry it, or the Chest of Sorrows, which cries while you're sailing and will sink your ship if you aren't paying attention - is just a slight variation of the only real non-PvE thing you can do in the game, which is fetch quests and more fetch quests.

    There are no classes or leveling. Each pirate has the same set of skills, which boils down to sailing the ship, doing two types of attacks with a cutlass, and shooting a pistol, blunderbuss, or sniper rifle.

    There are no item upgrades. Everything you grind absurd amounts of gold for is purely cosmetic. You'll look pretty, but that's about it.

    The factions have no stories. They're literally just quest givers with semantically identical quests.

    The thing that bugs me most is that there is no quest persistence. Did you pick up two of the three chickens you need for the Merchants, and then have to log out? That's gone. Quest items don't persist from log-off to log-on. When you log in, you aren't even in the same place you were when you logged off, and you're starting fresh on any quests. Even the "message in a bottle" maps disappear upon log-out.

    As to what the game does well: It's beautiful, especially the rolling waves and storms; the sailing mechanics are delightful and fun (learning to club haul is great); ship-to-ship battles are an invigorating blast; and holding drunken parties aboard ship while playing your squeeze boxes, puking on friends, and launching yourself out of the cannon are interesting if short-lived distractions.

    What the game does, it does solidly (the lack of persistence not withstanding). But it isn't a $60 game, and it isn't a release game. It's an incredibly pretty pre-release or beta, the groundwork for a solid game with another year of work to pump into it a reason to keep playing. I did pretty much everything you can do in about 3 hours (not exaggerating) and then (thankfully) got a refund from Microsoft (whose horrible games store is another story entirely).

    Sea of Thieves is a great concept, but it's only about a quarter of a game right now. Put in a class or leveling system, add some actual item upgrades, and give it some sort of over-arcing story (or at least unique factions per story) that makes it worth ongoing play, and it'll be a game worth a triple A price tag. Until then, it's a rip-off at $60.    … Expand
  61. ColdAqua
    Jun 9, 2018
    5
    This game had a lot of potential! It was a new open world concept set in a theme that is not used nearly enough in games. When you first get in the game you start on one of the many outposts, and have to get a voyage from one of the three factions. The first few voyages will be fun, and you will probably have a great time with your friends. But after a while you realize that there are onlyThis game had a lot of potential! It was a new open world concept set in a theme that is not used nearly enough in games. When you first get in the game you start on one of the many outposts, and have to get a voyage from one of the three factions. The first few voyages will be fun, and you will probably have a great time with your friends. But after a while you realize that there are only three different types of voyages, and they get repetitive very fast. It would have been a good game for 20-30 bucks, but the current price is just way too high.… Expand
  62. Cradac
    Dec 17, 2020
    5
    This game really is great.
    SInce release, Rare has done a very good job of adding new events and features, and they plan on doing so in the next few years as well. For Free.
    I see why people think the price tag is high for this game but one must also see what they get for the price. === Edit: Two years later I mus revise the main part of that review. The content updates in the last    This game really is great.
    SInce release, Rare has done a very good job of adding new events and features, and they plan on doing so in the next few years as well. For Free.
    I see why people think the price tag is high for this game but one must also see what they get for the price.
    ===
    Edit:
    Two years later I mus revise the main part of that review. The content updates in the last year were lackluster at best. Barely any original content, mostly recycling old missions and additions to the new MTX store "the Pirate Emporium". The amount of sell out this game has gotten is incredibly sad.
    Besides some questionable decisions in its community management Rare has lost my good will in the team. I do not recommend the game anymore.    … Expand
  63. darkness0121
    Nov 17, 2019
    5
    SoT used to be fun for me but now its nothing but trolls who just want to go around killing you for no reward. Really now 4v1 for a fisher who allowed them to search the ship to prove nothing was on board, and their response they wanted blood. PVP should be in PVP area only, with a seperate area for PVE
  64. ChrisWhiteWolf
    Dec 22, 2020
    5
    Had a ton of fun for the first 2 hours playing with 3 of my friends, but after that initial period, I feel like I've seen absolutely everything the game has to offer and now all I can do is replay the same stuff.

    All the quests feel the exact same: sail somewhere, find a thing, go back, rinse and repeat. That's not helped by the fact that doing everything in the game feels like a huge    Had a ton of fun for the first 2 hours playing with 3 of my friends, but after that initial period, I feel like I've seen absolutely everything the game has to offer and now all I can do is replay the same stuff.

    All the quests feel the exact same: sail somewhere, find a thing, go back, rinse and repeat. That's not helped by the fact that doing everything in the game feels like a huge pain in the ass. Playing on any ship but the smallest one, you are simply not able to see ahead of you as you sail, your progress is entirely up to the mercy of the wind, which is somehow ALWAYS in the direct opposite direction of where you are meant to go, slowing your progress to a crawl and making every single trip an annoyance.

    All this plus a terrible UI that's a huge mess that focuses on realism rather than convenience, much to the game's detriment, and you have a game with a ton of potential that unfortunately amounts to nothing more than a couple hours of fun.    … Expand
  65. zarnor
    Dec 13, 2020
    5
    Disclaimer: Haven't played the relatively new 'story mode' included to open world. My review doesn't include information about this new quest line.

    The game is really fun for spending time with a group of friends. It offers plenty options to roam around, have a chat and complete tasks, do ship battles to have a cackle. However, game doesn't provide any real incentive to grind. The only    Disclaimer: Haven't played the relatively new 'story mode' included to open world. My review doesn't include information about this new quest line.

    The game is really fun for spending time with a group of friends. It offers plenty options to roam around, have a chat and complete tasks, do ship battles to have a cackle. However, game doesn't provide any real incentive to grind. The only goal of the adventure mode is to unlock cosmetics by grinding money and emissary (faction) levels.

    If you are looking forward to fighting ships PvP mode offers great fun with friends. It kind of resembles a battle royale mode but with ships. You roam around looting and improving your weaponry stock in a large map, fighting with opponent ships. This is probably the most laugh I had in a battle royale mode with friends in a while.

    If you are alone and lookıng for a game that ıs not so stressful and just there to be a 'background noise', it might be a decent option. However, it is relatively hard to operate even the smallest ship alone. Moreover, tasks take significantly more time doing alone since there is a lot of manual carrying around involved. Most of your time will be spent walking around carrying chests.

    Because of the fun I had with a group of friends I am giving a 5. Otherwise game is very boring to play alone with no goal to achieve.    … Expand
  66. Bioreactor1987
    Oct 19, 2021
    5
    Весело только с друзьями.
    В одного вы будете зад себе поджигать, когда в очередной раз вам сольют часы геймплея.
    Прогресс в виде исключительно косметики - такое себе решение. Но разрабы молодцы, игру развивают до сих пор.    Весело только с друзьями.
    В одного вы будете зад себе поджигать, когда в очередной раз вам сольют часы геймплея.
    Прогресс в виде исключительно косметики - такое себе решение.
    Но разрабы молодцы, игру развивают до сих пор.
  67. tufekciero
    Mar 12, 2021
    5
    BRONZ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
  68. deax
    Nov 10, 2021
    5
    Eu sinceramente não consigo compreender o porque as pessoas gostam disso em 2021. O jogo é um constante loop de navegar por mares entediantes, atracar em uma ilha que te mandaram atracar, procurar pelo tesouro, vender o tesouro e repetir infinitamente, tudo isso pra comprar roupinha e skin de arma.
  69. Jamesmac77
    Dec 17, 2021
    5
    It's simply, Okay, it's pretty fun with a friend or two, but it's an absolute snooze fest on your own, also , there's nothing to do in the game other than to buy cosmetics
  70. Uarabei
    Feb 21, 2022
    5
    Played the game for 20 hours and got really tired of it. Perhaps I would have played more, but a lot of boring mechanics.

    If the game had increased the dynamics of swimming, then it would probably be more fun to play.
  71. Murdockk
    May 12, 2023
    5
    Yani okey görevleri vs fena değil de sıkıcı oyun be. Yine de arkadaşlarınız ile bir şans verebilirsiniz.
  72. bvigec
    Mar 24, 2018
    4
    First off I really like how the game looks but that's about it...OK and pirates :)

    The game has no progression, there is no point in it, no end goal, no sense. Repetitive quests with no story behind them with generic islands and generic characters. No feeling of reward. It seriously lacks a looooot of content and progression mechanics. It also lacks a better fighting system and    First off I really like how the game looks but that's about it...OK and pirates :)

    The game has no progression, there is no point in it, no end goal, no sense. Repetitive quests with no story behind them with generic islands and generic characters. No feeling of reward. It seriously lacks a looooot of content and progression mechanics. It also lacks a better fighting system and character. You can not really emerge in the game as it has no story to tell.

    I am really disappointed in this game, I had such high hopes for it. It is very overpriced and lacking content and a goal for playing.    … Expand
  73. Honelith
    Mar 24, 2018
    4
    This is majorly lacking in content, I'm serious, in 2 days of play you'll have seen everything, pretty bad for a £50 title. It lacks any depth for a multiplayer game and the objectives are repetitive, you're just unlocking cosmetics, it's a very dull incentive to play. Where are the ship configuration options such as different types of weapons and defense options like grappling hooks toThis is majorly lacking in content, I'm serious, in 2 days of play you'll have seen everything, pretty bad for a £50 title. It lacks any depth for a multiplayer game and the objectives are repetitive, you're just unlocking cosmetics, it's a very dull incentive to play. Where are the ship configuration options such as different types of weapons and defense options like grappling hooks to reel in ships or dropping oil to set it ablaze to ward off followers, being able to change weapon loadouts and positioning and having defensive measures on your ships when being boarded would have been such a brilliant feature.

    It's shocking how barebones this game is. The game looks and sounds beautiful, the water is the best I've ever seen, but the basic gameplay and lack of mechanics will kill this game. Such a shame, this held so much promise and the idea is brilliant. Roaming the seas with your friends playing those instruments is terrific, there's just not much to do.    … Expand
  74. vence
    Apr 1, 2018
    4
    This a is a terrible a terrible fetch quest wanna be MMO that fails at pretty much everything, exploration ? there is none, progress ? there is none, same fetch quest repeat again and again and again, every quest is the same god damn thing, and they are charging 70 euro for this garbage.
  75. Euknowia
    Mar 22, 2018
    4
    Best game world ever except not. Waves are blue sure but what other graphic is there? CRACKHEN HAS NO BODY! JUST BIG SQUISHY ARMS FLOATING! SO NOT REALITY! Looking for con tent but can I find? NO! Whole big game just finDING CHICKHEN AND FIGHTING BONES! I touch chest and grab booty and go to man with jewelry face and guess what? HE STEAL MY MONEY! I GET NO MONEY HE STEALED IT!Best game world ever except not. Waves are blue sure but what other graphic is there? CRACKHEN HAS NO BODY! JUST BIG SQUISHY ARMS FLOATING! SO NOT REALITY! Looking for con tent but can I find? NO! Whole big game just finDING CHICKHEN AND FIGHTING BONES! I touch chest and grab booty and go to man with jewelry face and guess what? HE STEAL MY MONEY! I GET NO MONEY HE STEALED IT! Game has SO MANY iNSECTS! Sometimes I’m inside a ROCK! Takes two years to solve puzzle then other player comes after I grab booty and KILLS ME! I RELOAD SWORD and then it DISAPPEARS! INSECTS! So many INSECTS! Player stands on rocks and holds sword when suddenly FLYING TOWARDS ME LIKE LIGHTNING ACROSS WATER AND BAM DEAD! Game patch supposed to fix insects but theyre still there and now its always WRECKING. Does music have game? NO! Forced to MAKE OWN MUSIc! NOT EVEN KAZOO OR BANJOIEE just SQUIShY PIANO and TINY GUITAR! Game made by RARE feels so common. Also. How come shooting out cannon is POSSIBLE?! SO UNREALITY! Pressure built up PERSON CLOG THE TUBE CANNON EXPLODES BEHIND THEM SUPPOSED TO TEAMKILL. 60 dollhairs plus TAX FOR THIS! I SAY NIEGH! Maybe add space explorer and sexy alien and okay. I play with imaginary friend. GAME STILL IRRITATING! How supposed to AIM AND DRIVE!? I’M NOT OCTOPUS! Would rate 100 but too much water. You get MINUS INFINItY! HAHAHAHAHAHA!… Expand
  76. HpfllyIRmbrThis
    Mar 20, 2018
    4
    - Lacks content
    - Windows 10 only? Are you serious?
    - Repetitive
    - PvP griefing is a thing in this game...yep
    - no progression
    - With a good team you can complete everything this game has to offer in 3 hours
    - 69€ ($86 i.e. full priced AAA-game) from this? REALLY?

    Can't see this game surviving past three months. DISAPPOINTMENT!
  77. ImmyandPTsmack
    Mar 21, 2018
    4
    Mediocrity at best. People giving 10/ 10 r just corporate slaves trying to raise the user score. There is way too little content to justify 50 uk pounds. It gets boring very fast. Rare took 5 years to make this? I think the game should have been 20 pound.
  78. Gizmo-Guy
    Mar 22, 2018
    4
    This game really lacks of contend and the price is very expensive. Damn, this game is a joke
  79. metacriticisbad
    Jul 11, 2020
    4
    Game is updated to the point that bad updates will ruin the game for months until they actually listen to the players and fix balance or stability issues. They repeatedly add things that sound cool but at the end of the day detract from the core game and make the game less fun. They've also tried to make this game everything to everyone and in doing so have made the game only worthGame is updated to the point that bad updates will ruin the game for months until they actually listen to the players and fix balance or stability issues. They repeatedly add things that sound cool but at the end of the day detract from the core game and make the game less fun. They've also tried to make this game everything to everyone and in doing so have made the game only worth playing if you play with a group of friends.… Expand
  80. gruntly
    Mar 20, 2018
    4
    Having spent half my time so far playing on PC, and half on Xbox, both play similar. The Xbox version is lacking graphical settings compared to the PC version so the PC version is better in that category. Controls are able to be hot-keyed for keyboard but the game is designed to be played with a controller which you will learn fast.

    Sea of Thieves is a great technical demo for a ship    Having spent half my time so far playing on PC, and half on Xbox, both play similar. The Xbox version is lacking graphical settings compared to the PC version so the PC version is better in that category. Controls are able to be hot-keyed for keyboard but the game is designed to be played with a controller which you will learn fast.

    Sea of Thieves is a great technical demo for a ship sailing game that could have been. It looks fantastic and the base model is good, but beyond that it falls very short. Essentially all the game has to offer will be done by about hour 5, 10 or so hours and you've experienced the nuts and bolts of the entire game.

    To me it feels like a F2P or $20 game that was supposed to have content packs, quests, add-ons, story line unlocks, and other things you paid for over time. Instead they went with the full price route and it falls short in almost every aspect of actual gameplay. It looks good, the base of it is fun, but all the "story" and progress is just repetitive quests that are nearly identical with a few hard bosses (paired with boring combat) sprinkled in between.

    In two years, this game might be fantastic. Its minimalist design and learn as you go sandbox feeling have a lot of potential. As of right now, you wake up in a bar with no tutorial and realize it's because if the game had one it would be more compelling than any story or faction it has to offer.

    Stay away until next year and hope for the best.    … Expand
  81. shkeptikal
    Mar 20, 2018
    4
    As others have said, the game is gorgeous. It has BEAUTIFUL water mechanics and the sailing is solid. That being said...the combat is clunky and downright unfun, there's very few npc enemy types, there are three types of fetch quest missions that are basically just rinse and repeat, and there is literally no character progression outside of these missions either. All the items you can buyAs others have said, the game is gorgeous. It has BEAUTIFUL water mechanics and the sailing is solid. That being said...the combat is clunky and downright unfun, there's very few npc enemy types, there are three types of fetch quest missions that are basically just rinse and repeat, and there is literally no character progression outside of these missions either. All the items you can buy with in-game currency are cosmetic only. It honestly feels like a game made by a small dev team that should have come out on Steam Early Access, not a game from Rare backed by Microsoft (ESPECIALLY considering all the launch issues....5 stress tests, and the game is dead on launch day? Come on).

    Ignore the fanboys screaming "BLEH IT'S NOT ON MY CONSOLE" and "BLEH IT'S ONE OF MY HANDFUL OF EXCLUSIVES SO IT'S GOOD". The content to price tag ratio is insanely off on this one. I've easily gotten more game for $20 from much smaller devs on Steam. Shame on Microsoft for pushing this so hard. It's basically launch day No Man's Sky on water with fetch quests and 4-man co-op. If content isn't added, and soon, it'll be dead in the water in a matter of months.    … Expand
  82. Reviewsreviews
    Mar 25, 2018
    4
    This game has potential although it falls short on so many levels =( Single player is brutal.. if you come head to head with a boat of more than 1 people you are basically screwed or you have to escape. Just tried playing for 2hours single player mode and got 0 quests done due to ppl attacking my boat when I was on shore. Just a side note I don't usually play this game single player soThis game has potential although it falls short on so many levels =( Single player is brutal.. if you come head to head with a boat of more than 1 people you are basically screwed or you have to escape. Just tried playing for 2hours single player mode and got 0 quests done due to ppl attacking my boat when I was on shore. Just a side note I don't usually play this game single player so this review is also based on multiplayer experiences. The customization is currently very lacking.. you can choose from few different colors for your boat and sail... thats it..you cant customize the details on the boat at all expect for few choices for your front decor. The clothing choices are also very lame and non-imaginable. The funny thing is your only reward from progression are those lame only for look items.. The sea graphics are the most beautiful I've seen but sailing long trips is still quite boring as there is not much to do on the boat if more than 1 players are in it. The game has potential but currently 4/10... lacks content and customization possibilities.… Expand
  83. kaoz_together
    Mar 29, 2018
    4
    An early access game with a 60$ price tag. The missions are like free to play missions, zero depth and extremely repetitive. Once you get board of doing that then what? You can just drive around and fight other players and what happens when you get bored of that, pretty much nothing left to do except cry over your wasted 60$ and wish you bought Far Cry 5. (Disclaimer i played SOT with theAn early access game with a 60$ price tag. The missions are like free to play missions, zero depth and extremely repetitive. Once you get board of doing that then what? You can just drive around and fight other players and what happens when you get bored of that, pretty much nothing left to do except cry over your wasted 60$ and wish you bought Far Cry 5. (Disclaimer i played SOT with the game pass trail so i did not spend any money on this game)… Expand
  84. KombatBRUV
    May 23, 2018
    4
    TL;DR Great visuals, decent game play, Heavily lacking in content, Loot, and progression-4/10
    At its current state the game heavily lacks in the three core elements which i believe to be valuable in games like sea of thieves, Progression, Quests (Voyages), and loot. Despite it covering these three categories it stumbles in diversity; with loot being gold every time you cash in whatever    TL;DR Great visuals, decent game play, Heavily lacking in content, Loot, and progression-4/10
    At its current state the game heavily lacks in the three core elements which i believe to be valuable in games like sea of thieves, Progression, Quests (Voyages), and loot. Despite it covering these three categories it stumbles in diversity; with loot being gold every time you cash in whatever items you find and having no real presents to game play since gold is only used to buy cosmetics voyages which are just three run of the mill fetch quests either having you kill things look for treasure or look for animals in which (as stated before) is used to cash in for gold to buy cosmetics. Even though the game does have some cool looking skins knowing that they don't do anything except make your guy look a little cooler is just discouraging to the player. The game in the long run is just sailing to and from island to outpost to make more gold to buy more skins which doesn't reflect a players skill but just how much time they have on there hands. Despite having a promising first few hours with breath taking scenery, amazing water effects, and great ship mechanics it just doesn't deliver in a fun repetitive grind to become so-called pirate legend with missions being tedious and sometimes out right frustrating for especially people who play solo. The occasional fort is fun but it falls under the same problem with loot just being items to turn in for money in turn being used to by skins. With decent game play and astounding visuals the game falters in content and progression.    … Expand
  85. HeavyMachinegun
    Jan 30, 2019
    4
    There is no content in this game, really no content. You can literally do everything the game has to offer in 5 hours. And if i read someone else writing:"it's not where you go, but how you get there" i'll go crazy. This game is still defended by people claiming that you'll have so much fun playing the game in coop, but that doesn't eliminate the fact that the islands are all the same, theThere is no content in this game, really no content. You can literally do everything the game has to offer in 5 hours. And if i read someone else writing:"it's not where you go, but how you get there" i'll go crazy. This game is still defended by people claiming that you'll have so much fun playing the game in coop, but that doesn't eliminate the fact that the islands are all the same, the quests(if you wanna call them so)are all the same, the community is mostly toxic and the game is repetetive as hell. And people are thrilled by the devs still updating the game with "great features"? What features? Vulcanics islands? Which are nothing but normal islands but with magma. A cracken, new megs and a skeleton ships that will randomly spawn? Wow, gamers today can really have so much fun and be okay with shady developers. They could've put so much stuff in 1 year of updates, like REAL quests, a story maybe, even a background story(because there is no lore), maybe add some interesting places to visit like pve island where people can met other players and have a drink or i don't know(the cartoonish childish artstyle doesn't help the pirate context).
    Just buy gmod for 1 dollar and play the pirate mode, if that's not enough go and play ac 4 black flag.    … Expand
  86. Corporal-Coffee
    Feb 7, 2019
    4
    I am so happy I didn't buy this game but instead got a free trial, everything you do in this game is utterly pointless. It would have passed if it were between 0-15$ but paying a full 60$ is just insane. The game does not have any interesting quests and you repeat the same few quests over and over again. You'll spend a lot of the time doing nothing while waiting to reach your objective. IfI am so happy I didn't buy this game but instead got a free trial, everything you do in this game is utterly pointless. It would have passed if it were between 0-15$ but paying a full 60$ is just insane. The game does not have any interesting quests and you repeat the same few quests over and over again. You'll spend a lot of the time doing nothing while waiting to reach your objective. If you're able to do your quest you get little amounts of money to buy worthless cosmetic items, you can't upgrade your ship or character. This game is the worst game i've played that has a 60$ price tag. Everything you do is useless… Expand
  87. KrieG_
    Mar 7, 2022
    4
    Красавцы, заблокировали доступ к скачиванию. Данный поступок, не заслуживает уважение. Не смотря на то что в игру стоит хотя бы раз сыграть, за такое отношение к простым людям, ставлю минус. Мда, всё больше разочаровываюсь в тех, кого уважал и верил

    Well done, blocked access to download. This act deserves no respect. Despite the fact that the game is worth playing at least once, for    Красавцы, заблокировали доступ к скачиванию. Данный поступок, не заслуживает уважение. Не смотря на то что в игру стоит хотя бы раз сыграть, за такое отношение к простым людям, ставлю минус. Мда, всё больше разочаровываюсь в тех, кого уважал и верил

    Well done, blocked access to download. This act deserves no respect. Despite the fact that the game is worth playing at least once, for such an attitude towards ordinary people, I put a minus. Hmm, more and more disappointed in those whom I respected and believed    … Expand
  88. PoopyButWhole
    Aug 25, 2022
    4
    My opinion on Sea of Thieves is extremely mixed. There are definitely things to love about the game, but there are also others that would make me not recommend the game.

    To start with the positive, the game definitely nails the sense of adventure. It is simply a really fun time with friends and just being in the world is fun. There are plenty of different activities to do with friends,    My opinion on Sea of Thieves is extremely mixed. There are definitely things to love about the game, but there are also others that would make me not recommend the game.

    To start with the positive, the game definitely nails the sense of adventure. It is simply a really fun time with friends and just being in the world is fun. There are plenty of different activities to do with friends, the Tall Tale quests being a highlight. (Especially the Pirates of the Caribbean-themed quests, those could be a game on their own.)

    However, the developer insists on the game being always online, which is definitely a deal-breaker for a large majority of people. A pirate game where other people can try to steal your loot sounds nothing but appropriate on paper, but it has the potential to completely fall flat.

    PvP could be a rewarding experience if all parties wanted to battle, but that's simply not the case. Most of the time battles end up being unsatisfying and one-sided, and simply ends up being a waste of time for everyone. It basically devolves into bullying PvE players for the sake of bullying.
    Rare had a solution for this with the arena mode but has since scrapped it due to managing it poorly.

    Unfortunately, the always-online nature of this game has led to another issue: the Sea of Thieves fanbase is one of the most toxic player bases you'll ever find online.
    It is difficult to enjoy an online game filled with people throwing insults and harassment. There are definitely some extremely creative and awesome fans out there, but the sad truth is that they are a few and far between.
    There is an easy solution that would fix the game and maybe even bring back some of the 30 million people who downloaded the game and immediately quit after seeing what the game is like.
    PvE servers - the ability to play the game with friends only.
    Personally I would simply make the online portion of the game free-to-play to increase the amount of players engaging in PvP, and make private games and the Tall Tales exclusive to people who
    actually bought the game.

    This, however, would require Rare to admit that they made a mistake and change the game despite it not being their original vision.
    I fully believe this is the right move to take. Imagine other games if they didn't listen to fan feedback:
    imagine Super Smash Bros but being unable to turn off items because it wasn't the creator's vision that it's a serious fighting game.    … Expand
  89. LambdaLocator
    Jul 21, 2023
    4
    1. Very basic combat, there is a lack of content and the open world is kinda boring. The ship mechanics and the giant sea monsters bring this game up to a 4.
  90. Spasiva
    Feb 15, 2023
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Te aburres pronto de el y es una pena, los gráficos están muy bien y la idea no es nada mala ya que hay pocos juegos de piratas mundo abierto. Resumiendo lo mejor que puedes conseguir es alguna skins y eso para mí tiene poco valor. Parece que está enfocado a un público de niños pequeños que les gusta gastar dinero en trajecitos y espaditas que solo son skins, Le falta un sistema de nivelación de algo por lo que digas quiero seguir jugando y mejorando mi personaje. Le falta potencial, podrían exprimirlo mucho mas y mejor. El mapa es grande no está mal, pero los servidores casi siempre están vacíos, 20 personas por servidor más o menos y casi nunca llenos, entre colegas te puedes hechar unas risas pero para jugar a largo plazo te aburres pronto. Las historias están muy guapas aunque algunas se hacen pesadas.… Expand
  91. Jinx
    Mar 23, 2018
    3
    This is an Early Access game being sold for $60. If you're considering it, get the free 14 day Game Pass trial to check it out that way first. There just isn't enough content. It's polished by very shallow and it gets boring really fast.
  92. ultraviper
    Mar 20, 2018
    3
    only 2 ships in a game based on sailing ships. only 3 mission types and they're all very similar: find treasure on a specific island and return it, find specific types of pig or chicken on any island and return them, or find skeleton pirate leader on specific island and kill him, then return his skull. pvp is only fun for griefers as there is no reward for doing it. there is no progressiononly 2 ships in a game based on sailing ships. only 3 mission types and they're all very similar: find treasure on a specific island and return it, find specific types of pig or chicken on any island and return them, or find skeleton pirate leader on specific island and kill him, then return his skull. pvp is only fun for griefers as there is no reward for doing it. there is no progression of any kind, only cosmetic "upgrades." very frustrating to play solo: if you're steering, you can't do anything else on your ship like changing speed or checking the map. if you let go of the steering wheel to do those things, the ship goes off course.… Expand
  93. Tubey
    Mar 22, 2018
    3
    I can only imagine that they sat around a table, had a great concept for a video game, said "right let's go with that", then designed and created that concept, sat back in awe of what they'd done in just six months or so, then... "now what do we do?"

    Because there isn't really a game here. It has one concept and it hasn't been fleshed out at all. The game world looks utterly    I can only imagine that they sat around a table, had a great concept for a video game, said "right let's go with that", then designed and created that concept, sat back in awe of what they'd done in just six months or so, then... "now what do we do?"

    Because there isn't really a game here. It has one concept and it hasn't been fleshed out at all. The game world looks utterly sensational, but there's little to do in it. Indeed, all you can do is make your own stories with your mates, but without the framework of content it gets old very, very quickly. Yes, an open world sandbox is great in theory, but even GTA etc. understand that you can't just create a toy box and not put toys in the thing to play with!

    You're done inside 30 minutes, an hour or two max. I'm not joking. I wish I was, I really do, because this is one of those dream concepts in gaming - live like a pirate, swing a lightsaber, fly a ship in open space and explore etc. Unfortunately, just like No Man's Sky, Sea of Thieves has absolutely no idea how to make that dream a reality.

    I'm already hoping they take this as the proof of concept of a sequel that could be utterly phenomenal if done right. But the consumer shouldn't be paying full price for a proof of concept, and as it stands the player base is going to fall sharply and make this game totally worthless, even moreso than it is now at its' peak.

    Avoid.    … Expand
  94. Luhgnut
    Mar 26, 2018
    3
    Let's just say this is a more up to date version of "No Man's Sky". Fun for 5 hours. Then you figure out that in those five hours, you've seen all there is to see. No progression. Nothing. No replay-ability. You're just as tough on day 10 of playing as you are on day one. - No feeling of accomplishment - No penalty for death (except sitting waiting to respawn in 30 seconds back onLet's just say this is a more up to date version of "No Man's Sky". Fun for 5 hours. Then you figure out that in those five hours, you've seen all there is to see. No progression. Nothing. No replay-ability. You're just as tough on day 10 of playing as you are on day one. - No feeling of accomplishment - No penalty for death (except sitting waiting to respawn in 30 seconds back on your ship). No real value to the chests you dig up. The value of the chest is worth more than the gold. You don't need to buy anything from the shop keepers with your worthless chests of gold, because you don't get to keep it. I figured, to purchase A BUCKET (which you get for free on spawn in)...... you would have to dig up, over 84 chests. For a bucket. A single bucket. And that's for the cheap stuff. - But get this, after you spent the money on the expensive bucket which doesn't do ANYTHING better than the bucket you get for free when you spawn in. The Game Designer really must be a maniac. - The motion and visuals of the water is stunning, and the best part of the game, otherwise this is another empty shell of a game, where you "make up you're own fun." - With nothing else but grind..... but go ahead, go have "fun". This is such a game of missed opportunity. Big let down. Feels like NMS all over again.… Expand
  95. AdmZero
    Apr 27, 2018
    3
    I love Sea of Thieves, its a very fun and nice game, one of the better multiplayer experiences I have played, but thats thanks to the people not to the game.

    I played all the alphas, and betas before tha game launch, and I always thinked "This game is awesome but it feels empty, need more things to do, more enemies, more islands..." Of course I gived my feedback to Rare. Now I found    I love Sea of Thieves, its a very fun and nice game, one of the better multiplayer experiences I have played, but thats thanks to the people not to the game.

    I played all the alphas, and betas before tha game launch, and I always thinked "This game is awesome but it feels empty, need more things to do, more enemies, more islands..." Of course I gived my feedback to Rare.

    Now I found the game its the same thing that in the alpha, just like 3 new things. I was expecting more content in the final launch. Hope they keep working on the game because I thing its awesome and have too much potential.    … Expand
  96. askeptic
    Mar 25, 2018
    3
    Great concept with an empty shell of a game. RARE / MS failed to deliver on what could of been a great game. Instead, you are put in to a beautiful world just to sail in circles for hours repeating the same chore over and over. In a couple of weeks, you may never even see other boats. I can think of many other better ways to waste time as a pirate, but this game will never be one as it hasGreat concept with an empty shell of a game. RARE / MS failed to deliver on what could of been a great game. Instead, you are put in to a beautiful world just to sail in circles for hours repeating the same chore over and over. In a couple of weeks, you may never even see other boats. I can think of many other better ways to waste time as a pirate, but this game will never be one as it has been permanently uninstalled.… Expand
  97. eirikhjel
    Apr 7, 2018
    3
    Sea Of Thieves has decent basic gameplay and very good sailing mechanics. That being said it has very little content, no progression, no challenge, it's extremely grindy and it has long stretches of time where nothing happens. I have never experienced such an empty game.

    We were lied to by Rare, and I will never forget that.
  98. ScienceAdvisor
    Mar 24, 2018
    3
    All tinfoil and no gum. Sure it is pretty, but even with friends in MP this gets stale in a few short hours. Zero consequence, zero progression, 100% cosmetics that cost you day of your life to grind for. It is almost as if this is just an Alpha and they are waiting for the community to dictate where the game design should go. That kind of outsourcing never turns out well. It is notAll tinfoil and no gum. Sure it is pretty, but even with friends in MP this gets stale in a few short hours. Zero consequence, zero progression, 100% cosmetics that cost you day of your life to grind for. It is almost as if this is just an Alpha and they are waiting for the community to dictate where the game design should go. That kind of outsourcing never turns out well. It is not even a sandbox game, which many are claiming, as you are tied to missions from NPC. This is nothing more than a simulator for friends to goof off in. For $15 that would be fine, but for $60 it is an abhorrent cash-grab.… Expand
  99. Serenityinaz12
    Oct 10, 2019
    3
    This is one of those games that has zero progression systems - the type of game the vocal minority say is the best thing ever and how it's better than games with progression and if you don't like it you just aren't creative enough or some garbage excuse. I'm a regular gamer, and let me tell you it's BORING beyond belief. Anything you accomplish will at best get you a new skin on yourThis is one of those games that has zero progression systems - the type of game the vocal minority say is the best thing ever and how it's better than games with progression and if you don't like it you just aren't creative enough or some garbage excuse. I'm a regular gamer, and let me tell you it's BORING beyond belief. Anything you accomplish will at best get you a new skin on your rifle, another decal on your ship, nothing anyone cares about, in essence rendering anything you do in game meaningless. This game is absolute TRASH.… Expand
  100. Brandondwn
    Mar 22, 2018
    3
    The very poor launch aside(server issues & no gold for items turned in). The good? For the time you want to spend here it’s a laugh riot WITH other people IF you can also find other people while in the world. Roughly Three hours in and I’ve only seen one other person while playing solo or with friends. The game is gorgeous, however on higher settings has a pretty bad frame rate on PC. I’veThe very poor launch aside(server issues & no gold for items turned in). The good? For the time you want to spend here it’s a laugh riot WITH other people IF you can also find other people while in the world. Roughly Three hours in and I’ve only seen one other person while playing solo or with friends. The game is gorgeous, however on higher settings has a pretty bad frame rate on PC. I’ve never seen water look this good honestly. The bad for me is how simple this game is & I do mean simple.

    There are 3 factions and each one gives you fetch quests to go and get something to bring back to them. Each time you do it you will get a faction number to rise which unlocks a cosmetic, exclusive to that faction while getting some gold. You then use the gold to buy skins for your character(that you don’t get to create), your weapons and ship. That’s it. There’s no story, there’s no other quest elements. All of the gear is cosmetic and plays the same as what you start out with. There are chests worth more and some do stuff like fill up your boat randomly with water if it’s a cursed chest.

    Overall it feels like a game still in beta and maybe one that was gonna use the loot box algorithm. I’m really disappointed in Rare & for the millionth time this gen, Microsoft. It’s not worth $60 and I felt like the $35 I put into it was too much also. I’d have paid maybe $15 for it, if anything honestly.

    This is very much the “Destiny” of pirate games and what I mean by that is another sixty dollar title has little content, a very buggy launch and is very repetitive. It is far worse in that sense than Destiny, but so people know where im coming from that is what I mean. I don't see this making it very far even with some changes due to the slew of games coming out this year, including what looks like a more ambitious pirate themed video game.    … Expand
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#7 Most Discussed PC Game of 2018
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#33 Most Shared PC Game of 2018

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 21 out of 31
  3. Negative: 1 out of 31
  1. PLAY! Zine
    Sep 5, 2020
    90
    Sea of Thieves has successfully redeemed its clumsy launch with Rare being a developer that fully commits to the title with monthly updates for more than two years. Now – it is a game brimming with content, adventure and gorgeous pirate atmosphere with arguably being the best pirate game available and a truly fun multiplayer experience.
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  2. PCGamesN
    Feb 21, 2019
    80
    A year of updates has helped fill out its light content, but the real magic was there from the start. Rare’s take on cartoon piracy encourages you to behave as a cartoon pirate should: a little bloodthirsty, a little silly, and almost always drunk.
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  3. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Sep 13, 2018
    60
    Sea of Thieves has a solid foundation, but unfortunately there is no content and in a few of gameplay the feeling of being a pirate completely disappears. [Issue#285]
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