Great Game, the only reason its a 69 on Metacritcs is because 90% of Bad Reviews are from 2018 where the game had a big lack of Content which Drastically Changed over they years
Wonderful game and needs it's score to be updated. The colors pop, ship battles are fun, the sword fights are epic, and the world events are fun. Being able to go to safer seas and play the stories uninterrupted is awsome. I do wish that if you prefer safer seasthe game goes into offline. Other than that I love sea of thieves.
Downloaded this for the Monkey Island DLC, and while it is cool to explore Melee Island in First-Person 3D and the humor is on point (although the puzzles are a little too easy IMO), the actual mechanics of this game are terribly clunky. That goes for movement on foot (why is it so hard to keep sprinting?) as well as on ship (tried to get my ship unstuck because all I needed to do to end the second MI Tall Tale was to sail back through the gate and I could not, for the life of me, get it away from the pier, so I just sunk it and talked to the mermaid) and ESPECIALLY for the terrible quest/item system. It's uncomfortable AF to have to keep pressing down RT to read the quest log and why tf can't every item just go into your inventory? Instead you have these special quest items for some reason that you have to keep holding in your hand while being unable to sprint. What's the f**king point?? Also, WHY, when I'm playing alone and I'm the only one in this level, can't there just be a normal save system?? Instead you have to sail back all the way the next time you boot up the game (which might be sooner than you want to, because you get thrown out if you're inactive too long. I'll re-iterate that this is in a SINGLE-PLAYER SESSION ON A MAP WITH ZERO OTHER PLAYERS) and might have to do a large portion of the quest over if you didn't quit or get thrown out shortly after getting a checkpoint item. It is also very glitchy game in general, I was gettingweird desync/deplacement issues while walking all the time and when I asked the mermaid to take me back to my ship I WAS DROPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FOREST. I mean, this is a game that has been out for what, five years now? You'd think it'd be a little more polished by now. The sword combat that they ham-fistedly shoved into the insult swordfighting is also very, very lackluster and boring.
honestly a surprisingly mediocre game that I only got because my cousin wanted me to play it and it was free on the game pass, the missions are rather repetitive and the combat boring and limited leaving little room for the imagination perhaps there is something I am missing but at the moment I barely enjoy the game with people let alone by myself.
SummaryBe The Pirate You Want To Be - With musket loaded and grog in hand, the freedom of the pirate life awaits. What will your legend be? An epic multiplayer adventure. Crew up and set sail on memorable voyages. Make and break your pirates' code on the Sea of Thieves. A treacherous shared world. Plot your course and set sail for hidden riches...