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  1. Mar 23, 2018
    3
    Watch the trailer here for the game. In 8 minutes you'll see roughly 75% of the content of the game, I wish that was an exaggeration.
  2. Mar 25, 2018
    3
    Not worth ANY amount of money in it's current state. NONE. DO NOT BUY. It looks great but is so shallow in all directions. Please just do not support this, wait for updates.
  3. Mar 22, 2018
    3
    For 60 dollars the game is kind of a joke. Yeah, its fun with friends...for three hours. There is no substance...money goes towards cosmetics. You did up the same four or so treasures and take out a fort.

    This game is all graphics and no substance. It gives sandbox games a bad rap. For 60 bucks? nope. 19.99....maybe and that's pushing it,
  4. Mar 21, 2018
    3
    The game is fun with a group of friends but has nothing worth grinding for than cosmetics. But the biggest issue is the terrible interface, inventory & matchmaking system that was clearly developed for consoles and nobody bothered to add a acceptable system for Keyboard & Mouse users./ The entire system figths against you at every turn and makes the simpelest tasks more complex than theyThe game is fun with a group of friends but has nothing worth grinding for than cosmetics. But the biggest issue is the terrible interface, inventory & matchmaking system that was clearly developed for consoles and nobody bothered to add a acceptable system for Keyboard & Mouse users./ The entire system figths against you at every turn and makes the simpelest tasks more complex than they need to be. And the worst part of course is the terrible microsoft store & Xbox program usage. How microsoft thinks this is their worthy competitor to steam I will never understand. Had this game been released on steam I would gladly give it a 7 but the trouble caused by microsofts design decisions cant be overloocked and ruin the fun that can actually be had in this game 3/10 Expand
  5. Mar 23, 2018
    3
    Very beautiful game indeed. I like it a lot and have fun it. But what isnt as much fun is the freaking respawn System. Imagine sailing to a skeleton fort and starting a raid. Suddenly another ship comes and you fight to the bitter end, win, and then they respawn literally 1-5 minutes away and come again and again until you run low on cannonballs, planks and bananas. They then start to useVery beautiful game indeed. I like it a lot and have fun it. But what isnt as much fun is the freaking respawn System. Imagine sailing to a skeleton fort and starting a raid. Suddenly another ship comes and you fight to the bitter end, win, and then they respawn literally 1-5 minutes away and come again and again until you run low on cannonballs, planks and bananas. They then start to use the ramming technique until you die. Thats what this game is like. There are a lot of really nice players out there, but a large amount of them dont follow basic rules. To the question "Do players that die in PVP get a slight punishment?" They answered NO. To directly quote them: "Update to Death Cost.
    Please note, we never intended to charge players for PvP related deaths, as we understand the negative impact this would have on player experience. We understand that this addition to the release notes was a little confusing, and in the future we will ensure that any future updates we discuss give you a better understanding of how and why we're implementing it. Sea of Thieves is constantly evolving, and any feature we will test, monitor data and listen to your feedback to ensure we're making the right decisions."
    I really do love that they put their time into this game to make it better and fix the damn servers that are only getting slightly better. This one time where i dont follow my "Dont buy games at release" i get stabbed again. Its obvious a game cant come out perfectly polished and 100% error free. I just don't like how it behaves and at its current state i don't suggest playing hardcore and just wait a week or two until the first patches dropped.
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  6. Mar 26, 2018
    3
    Unfinished game with no long time Motivation because the quests are always the same kind of quests. Only the oceans, waves and light effects during the day/night/weather is well made. Fun to Play with friends for a few hours but not worth the Price.

    PVP is just a joke and epic fail!
  7. Mar 30, 2018
    3
    Here are a few PC's player thoughts on sea of thieves. First off I have to say the graphical and visual style make this game look bloody fantastic, like absolutely stunning. Second the fun you have with this game really does come from playing with friends, the laughs and silly moments make this game memorable, so if you are looking to play this game solo or dont have any friends interestedHere are a few PC's player thoughts on sea of thieves. First off I have to say the graphical and visual style make this game look bloody fantastic, like absolutely stunning. Second the fun you have with this game really does come from playing with friends, the laughs and silly moments make this game memorable, so if you are looking to play this game solo or dont have any friends interested sea of thieves its not worth picking this up. The quests are repetitive boring and you can see all the content the game has within 4 hours of playing, levelling up the faction ranks does not give you different or more interesting quests, just longer go here find/kill this come back quests.

    in short the base of the game has so much promise and potential but the content is not here and is not worth the £50/$60 price tag, if you want to try this game get the xbox game pass on the 2 week free trial, then see how you feel about it rather than wasting the money on an underwhelming game.
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  8. Jun 29, 2020
    3
    positive:
    Fun concept
    Great graphics Social game to play with friends. negative: Lacks many basic settings like motion blur, AO, depth of field and other sliders that is standard in every other game. It has the lowest FOV slider I've ever seen; capped at 90. No 3rd person view in a game where it would make so much more sense than first person view. The whole game is very prone to
    positive:
    Fun concept
    Great graphics
    Social game to play with friends.

    negative:
    Lacks many basic settings like motion blur, AO, depth of field and other sliders that is standard in every other game.
    It has the lowest FOV slider I've ever seen; capped at 90.
    No 3rd person view in a game where it would make so much more sense than first person view.
    The whole game is very prone to motion sickness.
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  9. Jul 12, 2019
    3
    Podemos estar ante EL PEOR TUTORIAL DE LA HISTORIA. Pero que cojones. En serio. Te sueltan en mitad de un puto MMO sin explicarte una mierda, emparejandote desde el principio con gente que suda de tu culo y cuando de milagro llegas al barco no sabes como pelotas se maneja nada. Eso si , enseñarte a comprar mierdas de cosmeticos lo primero que hacen.

    Lamentable. Gameplay y experiencia de
    Podemos estar ante EL PEOR TUTORIAL DE LA HISTORIA. Pero que cojones. En serio. Te sueltan en mitad de un puto MMO sin explicarte una mierda, emparejandote desde el principio con gente que suda de tu culo y cuando de milagro llegas al barco no sabes como pelotas se maneja nada. Eso si , enseñarte a comprar mierdas de cosmeticos lo primero que hacen.

    Lamentable. Gameplay y experiencia de ususario lo peor que he visto en mucho tiempo.

    Graficos medio decentes.

    El resto mierda pura.
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  10. May 6, 2019
    3
    Empty world, repetitive game-play. If it wasn't for pretty graphics and cool sailing mechanics this wouldn't be even a game. Oh and don't forget bored trolls who will just kill on sight... Well below average.
  11. Aug 21, 2020
    3
    Basically 3 kinds of repeatable missions you grind for gold and reputation that can only be spent on a VERY modest selection of cosmetic items, and a kraken that is nothing but tentacles you shoot at until it dies, at which point you receive an achievement and NOTHING else. For $60 this game is a joke.I just described 95% of content in the game. It's not even an exaggeration, there isBasically 3 kinds of repeatable missions you grind for gold and reputation that can only be spent on a VERY modest selection of cosmetic items, and a kraken that is nothing but tentacles you shoot at until it dies, at which point you receive an achievement and NOTHING else. For $60 this game is a joke.I just described 95% of content in the game. It's not even an exaggeration, there is NOTHING here.

    Do not buy.
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  12. Dec 28, 2020
    3
    more like sea of sh#t c#nts, gave me nausea from the motion sickness. and all you do is collect coin to buy cosmetics
  13. Jul 6, 2021
    3
    Well where do we start, I'm not going to make this review so long so you don't get bored just so you know my opinion.
    This game only fits as a Co-op game. This game does not fit online multiplayer or singleplayer.
    Why? First of all the price. It is way above what the content can be. It's only 2 hours and then ... boring. sailing with the boat and that's it. Then we go with the online
    Well where do we start, I'm not going to make this review so long so you don't get bored just so you know my opinion.
    This game only fits as a Co-op game. This game does not fit online multiplayer or singleplayer.
    Why?
    First of all the price. It is way above what the content can be. It's only 2 hours and then ... boring. sailing with the boat and that's it.
    Then we go with the online full of trolls and children.
    Conclution: This game is fun if it is with friends or acquaintances. But it should definitely be at most 10 bucks. It's a casual game like gang beasts, overcooked. Don't try to find hours of fun for it. It's just to hang out. And another thing. Buy it on sale. 50 bucks its just a scam.
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  14. Jul 11, 2021
    3
    One of the most toxic and frustrating game communities & experiences I've ever experienced in decades of online gaming. It's a shame too because the art design and character handling are fun & pretty satisfying, but the random ganking by hardened PVP lords is just too much to allow you to relax and enjoy a gaming session. If you are *really* into PVP, like live eat and breathe it, you willOne of the most toxic and frustrating game communities & experiences I've ever experienced in decades of online gaming. It's a shame too because the art design and character handling are fun & pretty satisfying, but the random ganking by hardened PVP lords is just too much to allow you to relax and enjoy a gaming session. If you are *really* into PVP, like live eat and breathe it, you will still be absolutely destroyed by a server-hopping 1% clique in this, but I guess you can try it on gamepass if it's free for you. Don't buy any microtransactions. Wait until you see what I'm talking about and then decide if losing hours of grind progress in a minute every day is your idea of fun, or you'd rather do something else. Utterly not recommended Expand
  15. Mar 23, 2018
    2
    A fun small scale "indie" type of game hyped up and marketed as a triple A title. Mildly amusing for a while with a full crew but offers little in the way of content and replayability. Grind just to get the higher tier cosmetic items? No thanks. One map, four weapons, only one type of enemy?! Oh, and then there was the shipwreck of a launch. Absolutely brutal. Maybe check this out whenA fun small scale "indie" type of game hyped up and marketed as a triple A title. Mildly amusing for a while with a full crew but offers little in the way of content and replayability. Grind just to get the higher tier cosmetic items? No thanks. One map, four weapons, only one type of enemy?! Oh, and then there was the shipwreck of a launch. Absolutely brutal. Maybe check this out when it's on sale for $15. I tried it with the gamepass for free and would have been very disappointed if I had actually paid for it. Expand
  16. Apr 28, 2018
    2
    As you can tell from the abundance of negative reviews, this game is terrible. The reasons it is terrible are only a few things really.
    1. PVP - Shouldn't exist. Not in this game. Not with the combat mechanics. Not with the format of the game. It just doesn't work or make sense.
    2. Content - There are 3 kinds of quests to perform. Wait, make that one. Every quest is "go here, get
    As you can tell from the abundance of negative reviews, this game is terrible. The reasons it is terrible are only a few things really.
    1. PVP - Shouldn't exist. Not in this game. Not with the combat mechanics. Not with the format of the game. It just doesn't work or make sense.
    2. Content - There are 3 kinds of quests to perform. Wait, make that one. Every quest is "go here, get this, sell for gold". Which brings us to number 3.
    3. There's no point - There's literally no reason to play this game. Nothing done in game progresses anything of any substance. You can buy cosmetic upgrades to your character, weapons, and ship. Yay...

    As others have said, this feels like a $20 title at best but really feels even more like a free to play. Please for the love of god don't waste your money on this. It only sends a signal to publishers that they can get away with selling partially complete games for premium prices. I didn't even pay for this game and I feel like I've been screwed over just from the wasted time.

    Oh yeah, it's true; the water looks great.
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  17. May 13, 2018
    2
    This game 100% deserves the name of No man's sea. $60 for barely any content. As wide as an ocean, as deep as a puddle.
  18. Apr 27, 2018
    2
    This is honestly a terrible game. Love sailing the ship, but there are only 2 ships. The only quests in the game are fetch quests, for 3 factions. 1 faction is fetch hidden chests, 1 is fetch certain animals. And one is go kill a named skeleton and bring back its skull. PVP is ok as long as you don't run into griefers, which unfortunately there are a ton of. They camp the fewThis is honestly a terrible game. Love sailing the ship, but there are only 2 ships. The only quests in the game are fetch quests, for 3 factions. 1 faction is fetch hidden chests, 1 is fetch certain animals. And one is go kill a named skeleton and bring back its skull. PVP is ok as long as you don't run into griefers, which unfortunately there are a ton of. They camp the few villages where you can turn in quests and kill you over and over again. The world is too small and the menu system is terrible. Expand
  19. Mar 25, 2018
    2
    пустая игра, которая надоест за несколько дней. Определённо не стоит своих денег, в такое и бесплатно долго не захочется играть
  20. Mar 24, 2018
    2
    Pros: Beautiful co-op sailing experience. That should be built upon.

    Cons: PvP for no reason. "Pirate life" has/had nothing to do with desperately trying to kill everyone you encounter for no particular reason or reward. The proponents of this kind of play (they loudly dominate the official forums) have gotten what they thought they wanted... ...and ended up with a game full of bored
    Pros: Beautiful co-op sailing experience. That should be built upon.

    Cons: PvP for no reason. "Pirate life" has/had nothing to do with desperately trying to kill everyone you encounter for no particular reason or reward. The proponents of this kind of play (they loudly dominate the official forums) have gotten what they thought they wanted...

    ...and ended up with a game full of bored griefers and a very limited player base.

    If the devs are smart, they'll take a page from Eve Online and:

    A. Create a satisfying PVE experience
    B. Create a satisfying PvP experience

    As of now, there's neither.

    Hopefully there are enough sales to build a real game here going forward. But for now, its both boring and cynical, caters to mindless hostility, and certainly isn't worth the AAA price tag.
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  21. Mar 23, 2018
    2
    I want to love it, i can't! Its a early Alpha, a Prototype of a nice Game, sold for more Money than i can remember a proper AAA Game being sold! Microsoft (& Rare) produced a unjustified Hype and now they milk it...

    The 69€ Price is ridiculous, although you can play 14 Days for free with the "Xbox Game Pass". The Game is unfinished, there is only contend for 3-5 hours, then you have
    I want to love it, i can't! Its a early Alpha, a Prototype of a nice Game, sold for more Money than i can remember a proper AAA Game being sold! Microsoft (& Rare) produced a unjustified Hype and now they milk it...

    The 69€ Price is ridiculous, although you can play 14 Days for free with the "Xbox Game Pass". The Game is unfinished, there is only contend for 3-5 hours, then you have seen everything there is.

    There are only 2 different ships 8-O

    The Game is beautiful and has a great setting. The Co-op, Crew vs. Crew PVP makes fun. There are a few Quest: 1. Search and dig for treasure 2. Search an Kill Skeleton 3. Search and catch Animals 4. Delivery.

    There is no progression, no skills, no XP, no character sheet, your Char is as is you can "get better" beside your Mouse/Keyboard/Gamepad Skills! The Game is made for Gamepads, the Controls for Keyboard and Mouse are inconvenient and stupid! There is no Persistence, despite the cosmetic items for wardrobe, weapon skins, ship skins.
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  22. Mar 27, 2018
    2
    This game has an amazing foundation. While never intended as a pve game, more than half the community are demanding it. While the server problems, lack of content and progression are well known. It is also well known that this game is also called "Sea of bullies" The pvp community has become so toxic in this game, it has reached new heights as far as I am concerned. The constant griefing,This game has an amazing foundation. While never intended as a pve game, more than half the community are demanding it. While the server problems, lack of content and progression are well known. It is also well known that this game is also called "Sea of bullies" The pvp community has become so toxic in this game, it has reached new heights as far as I am concerned. The constant griefing, toxicity, harassment and general stupidity of quite a few players is chasing people away in droves. Until they address this issue i can not and will not give this game a score i think it may otherwise deserve. Expand
  23. Apr 15, 2018
    2
    This game is not worth the asking price. Period. It has a ton of potential, but in it's current state it should have not even been released. It feels rushed and incomplete. At the very best it has about 4 hours or so of content, then you are just repeating repetitive tasks for literally no reward. The only thing you can do is grind for cosmetic items, which is a complete waste of time.This game is not worth the asking price. Period. It has a ton of potential, but in it's current state it should have not even been released. It feels rushed and incomplete. At the very best it has about 4 hours or so of content, then you are just repeating repetitive tasks for literally no reward. The only thing you can do is grind for cosmetic items, which is a complete waste of time. Zero content for a $60 price tag. Honestly this is worth maybe $15 at best. Expand
  24. Sep 23, 2018
    2
    A wise pirate (Jack Sparrow, At World's End) once said "It will all have to be redone, all of it!" and this is the same way about this game. I loved pirates when I was younger and always wanted a game that made me actually feel like a pirate. when I first saw the trailer for this game I was blown away, finally, "the life of a pirate" could finally be mine but this game decided to say "Hey,A wise pirate (Jack Sparrow, At World's End) once said "It will all have to be redone, all of it!" and this is the same way about this game. I loved pirates when I was younger and always wanted a game that made me actually feel like a pirate. when I first saw the trailer for this game I was blown away, finally, "the life of a pirate" could finally be mine but this game decided to say "Hey, we should make a game about delivering packages and going back and forth repetitively, but no one would buy it, I know! let's label it as a pirate game to bait people into buying it!" and the amount of bugs and glitches this game had when it first launched made it feel more like an early access because boats were flying and I would retrieve packages for the merchant and it would not give me any of my awards. I have came back to this game today and noticed that there is still nothing new. apparently you get something special when you get to level 50 on every alliance but the game keeps making you feel like your about to get something after 5 levels and I feel like you would have to play this repetitive early access for weeks counting to get to level 50. One person I knew had 60 000 gold because he was saving up for ship parts and then the next day he was back to zero and was not able to get his gold back, not only did he lose that but he also lost all of his apparel. There is no good replay-ability in this game because there are three missions that get a bit harder every time you level up so I only recommend this game if you enjoy repetitive stuff. Expand
  25. Mar 13, 2019
    2
    Honestly this game could be so much better if the developer put more effort into expanding the solid platform they already have by fixing the long term bugs they have, fixing their netcode, and adding content consistently. Instead they let the casual whiny players consistently dictate their direction, leading to poor game play change after game play change only to be slowly reversed toHonestly this game could be so much better if the developer put more effort into expanding the solid platform they already have by fixing the long term bugs they have, fixing their netcode, and adding content consistently. Instead they let the casual whiny players consistently dictate their direction, leading to poor game play change after game play change only to be slowly reversed to where they started but 4 months later without any new content to fill out their barren game. Never have I encountered such a passionately lazy, whiny community devoid of skill. Expand
  26. Aug 6, 2020
    2
    Just Tried this game with xbox gamepass on pc. Here is the deal, this game has the bones of a great game. If they added a progression system, tightened up some of the game play, it could really be a good game. However as it stands now there is no point in doing missions other than to grind the hell out of gold for a fancy new hat. Its clearly a game for friends to dick around in and that'sJust Tried this game with xbox gamepass on pc. Here is the deal, this game has the bones of a great game. If they added a progression system, tightened up some of the game play, it could really be a good game. However as it stands now there is no point in doing missions other than to grind the hell out of gold for a fancy new hat. Its clearly a game for friends to dick around in and that's all it offers. i can think of a lot of better games that you can do the same in and are real games. Hopefully Rare improves from this point because as it stands unless you can get it free from game pass no one should play it, and even then its not super great. Expand
  27. Sep 28, 2019
    2
    A perfectly good game ruined by toxic players.

    Seriously this game has so much potential to be a great "pirate" simulator; but grindy, repetitive quests, and no real progression system leads to a very hollow experience that will leave you eventually asking yourself why you are even playing this game. If you can get past the cosmetic only progression system and monotonous quests there
    A perfectly good game ruined by toxic players.

    Seriously this game has so much potential to be a great "pirate" simulator; but grindy, repetitive quests, and no real progression system leads to a very hollow experience that will leave you eventually asking yourself why you are even playing this game. If you can get past the cosmetic only progression system and monotonous quests there will always be another player right around the corner to sink your ship and wipe away any work you've put towards the game that night. If anything this game is great at being a griefers playground; people will kill and spawn camp you for no other reason other than they can.

    If you have to play this game, the only good thing I can say about it, is that the "story" quests are very well designed and are genuinely fun to solve their complicated puzzles. However they usually take a couple hours to finish, and any blood thirsty player can come along and kill you, take your quest items, and force you to restart the entire quest.
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  28. Apr 18, 2020
    2
    What a bad community, if they made this coop PVE I would give it an 8 but as it is it is unplayable without getting some little punk grief you. Awful community don't give the devs your money.
  29. Feb 1, 2021
    2
    Schizophrenic game that can't make up it's mind what it wants to be. On one hand it's a sword-and-sails naval team-PvP game with no power levelling - CS:Pirate CTF, if you will. On the other hand it's a PvE questing game across a fair sized map with an average amount of (heavily recycled) content that some players would actually find quite appealing. The issue is the way these concepts areSchizophrenic game that can't make up it's mind what it wants to be. On one hand it's a sword-and-sails naval team-PvP game with no power levelling - CS:Pirate CTF, if you will. On the other hand it's a PvE questing game across a fair sized map with an average amount of (heavily recycled) content that some players would actually find quite appealing. The issue is the way these concepts are integrated together - they aren't. They're just thrown together in small population servers and called "emergent gameplay" in the hopes that people will figure things out as they go along. It's the perfect recipe for a toxic community the likes of which hasn't been seen for decades - seriously Rare, how could you have been so naive as to ignore the seperation between PvP and PvE communities that other (far more successful) developers sussed out in the previous millenium?

    It does at least look and sound good, but the chilled-out atmosphere the audio-visual design invokes is completely at odds with the way the game actually feels to play. And sure, the islands have a few different design styles with a reasonably well laid-out map, but other than the pitiful handful of other players per server shard (20 players absolute max post-2020? pathetic!) the world feels completely devoid of life. NPCs stand around like emoting vending machines (and somehow have less personality than the actual honest-to-god vending machines of the Borderlands series) on outposts that are completely devoid of character (and characters). The Tall Tales storyline quests are mostly tedious with a few decent ideas sprinkled in here and there, but the writing doesn't stand up to more than 5 seconds serious consideration (especially the more recent additional releases) and the expectation that you'd want to do them all five times each AND go on a tedious clueless treasure hunt for books with a few poorly written lines of flavour text for each and every one to unlock their super-special-secret (terrible) extra cosmetic rewards.... yeah, the old Rare we knew and love who knew how to design a compelling game dropped the ball on this one.
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  30. Jun 24, 2021
    2
    Troppi bug in qualsiasi parte del gioco dai più minuscoli come compenetrazioni a macrobug come mancanza di collisioni, npc mancanti, oggetti che cadono oltre la mappa, hitbox sballate, nemici che colpiscono wireless... le ambientazioni sono belle e coinvolgenti, le musiche pure sono bellissime, ma viene rovinato da questi macrobug.
Metascore
67

Mixed or average reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 31
  2. Negative: 1 out of 31
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  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]