ManaByte
Gold Member
The core gameplay loop hasn't changed. They've added features, content, and QoL improvements though.
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The core gameplay loop hasn't changed. They've added features, content, and QoL improvements though.
Dr. Claus
Banned
WoW launched as a complete game from the start. Sea of Thieves didn’t.
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ManaByte
Gold Member
MMO's are never "complete". They're continually updated.
Havoc2049
Member
Way to ignore the various mission types within each faction, skeletons, sharks, skeleton forts, leveling up to become Pirate Legend and gaining access to the Athena faction, Krakens, the challenge of sailing a ship, learning the map, the co-op social aspect and the PvP ship and land battles that were all there at launch.
I'm a day one Sea of Thieves player and never felt ripped off due to lack of content. Yes, if Rare wasn't on the ball and didn't update the game in a timely manner with new content then that would have sucked. That didn't happen though and Rare brought new content to the game shortly after launch and had a hit game on their hands.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
I never realized PushSquare was a PS-only website. You learn something new every day.
Dr. Claus
Banned
Your need to move goalposts for console warring purposes never ceases to amaze.
Vanilla WoW, at launch, was a complete product. It got some content updates after - but it wasn't lacking content to begin with.
Sea of Thieves *was* incomplete at launch. It took 3 years before it got to a decent content level that would have warranted a release.
LegendOfKage
Member
I just started the game, but I'm having second thoughts about the pirate I selected. If I delete my pirate, do you know if I'll still have access to my pre-order pet bird and other cosmetics? I'm early enough in the game that I don't think my progress would matter very much. Any thoughts or advice?SoT PS5 ads on GAF:
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ManaByte
Gold Member
Don’t delete your pirate.
They sell a potion in the shop for $1.50 and you can use that to re-roll your appearance.
LegendOfKage
Member
Thank you! That will be well worth $1.50, and now I don't feel in a rush to decide.Don’t delete your pirate.
They sell a potion in the shop for $1.50 and you can use that to re-roll your appearance.
Ribi
Member
But SoT was an early access title disguised as a full game at launch. It was well noted in reviews when it released
ManaByte
Gold Member
The Guardian review: 5/5
www.theguardian.com
Sea of Thieves on PlayStation 5 review – you’ll laugh, you’ll sail, you’ll drink grog until you’re sick
You’re pirates on the ocean wave, fighting sea monsters and digging up buried treasure, but you’re also larking about playing musical instruments
www.theguardian.com
Mr Moose
Member
iHaunter
Member
It was definitely not, especially at launch. Look at the launch reviews from companies not IGN. It took them many years to make the game serviceable.
ManaByte
Gold Member
Bullshit
Version history
This page lists the version history of Sea of Thieves and a brief list of the more significant additions included by each patch. Click on a version number to view the full changelog.
seaofthieves.fandom.com
iHaunter
Member
You getting paid by Microsoft? There were many reviews like the one below at launch. Don't rewrite history.Bullshit
Version history
This page lists the version history of Sea of Thieves and a brief list of the more significant additions included by each patch. Click on a version number to view the full changelog.
ManaByte
Gold Member
You said it took "MANY YEARS". It's been out for six. I showed you the game update history showing the exact dates everything was added (the majority of the recognizable stuff was in by the anniversary update), you're posting Day 1 stuff.
iHaunter
Member
It did take many years. For it to be in a state where it's doing well on PS5. I didn't specify how many.
ManaByte
Gold Member
It would've done well on PS5 if they released the anniversary edition (the ONE YEAR edition). That's not "many years"
iHaunter
Member
Agree to disagree. I don't think the player base will last long anyway. Game is fun for a couple of weeks. I might check it out on PS5 if it comes out on PS+. I mainly played it on PC.
ManaByte
Gold Member
The player base continues to grow. They hit 40 million right before the PS5 beta. They'll be at 50-60 million before the fall at this pace with PS5, especially with it in the top 10 games on the US and UK PSN.
Banjo64
cumsessed
Glad to see the UK supporting Rare#1 game on UK PSN
Can’t say I agree, or it definately wouldn’t be averaging 85 and getting top scores from publications.
ManaByte
Gold Member
Glad to see the UK supporting Rare
Can’t say I agree, or it definately wouldn’t be averaging 85 and getting top scores from publications.
The vast majority of what makes the game was in there by the one-year update. Since then has been seasons adding smaller QoL updates and refinements.
Dr. Claus
Banned
Which we have already shown in other threads, that "40 million" is nonsense. Lot of folks who downloaded it, played it for maybe 1-2 minutes and never returned. That does not make a lively and active player base. Try again.
Havoc2049
Member
Tall Tales out of my fanboy arse.
Schmick
Member
Where's the data that will show how many of the 40 million have played only for 1-2 minutes?
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Well, it certainly has a lively and active player base on Steam (28k peak CCUs in the past 24 hours) and Xbox (hasn’t dropped out of the top 50 most played Xbox game since release).
RJMacready73
Simps for Amouranth
I'm enjoying the shit out of it with my son but he keeps insisting that we attack every boat we come across and keep getting nailed lol
Little Chicken
Banned
Gosh the water is amazing, still in 2024.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
NGL, kinda surreal to see this as the first thing after booting up my PS5, lol
Banjo64
cumsessed
This game is crack.
I’ve dabbled in it for since launch, playing for an hour or so with family. Never truly knew what I was doing beyond the core gameplay mechanics.
After finishing Gears 5 a week or two ago I turned my attention to Sea of Thieves. I had 30 achievements out of 270 and I want to close that gap. I set about learning how to actually play this game.
I’ve had 2 4 hour sessions this week. I solo a Sloop, and can’t get the game out of my head. The map reading and navigating with the compass becomes second nature early on and adds to the sense of discovery and adventure.
In my first session on Sunday I completed the Maiden Voyage for the first time and then the initial Order of Souls, Gold Hoarder’s and Merchent quests. After that I completed The Shoudbreaker Tall Tale. This was a really fun session. The gameplay loop clicked with me for the first time. I had one interaction with another player prior to cashing in The Shoudbrealer at an outpost. He was on deck when I returned to my ship, he played an instrument for a minute then jumped off and let me on my way.
Yesterday’s session was different. A storm was raging when I started. I need to complete The Shoudbreaker 5 times for an achievement, so I started the quest again and set off. Managing my ship in a storm, now that I care about staying afloat, was an experience. The waves rocked me and I needed to repair, bail water and steer on course at the same time. Eventually the storm settled and I came across a wreck and some floating items on the way to The Shroudbreaker, one of which was a Reaper’s Chest. I got The Shroudbreaker problem free and set off to an Outpost. Knowing that I was showing up on the map, and carrying a lot of treasure, I sailed past the nearest outpost and carried on for one that was a way away to avoid an ambush. Pull out my Spyglass for a look around; a Brig is following me. Going by the name ‘Francois Baguette’. I’m no expert at combat in this game, and I know griefers really grief in SoT, so I keep sailing. I sail around islands, I sail against the wind, I sail to the end of the world. They gain at times and narrowly miss me with cannonballs. I look at them and throw my Reaper’s Chest overboard, they collect it but still pursue. After 45 minutes with my heart pounding I sail in to another storm and they lose interest. Just as I arrive at an outpost a shark appears, luckily it can’t stop me from dropping anchor and cashing in my loot. 30k gold up, Shroudbreaker complete again, I’m happy.
There’s a server merge shortly after and I see a shadowy ship on my map. I go to it and there’s 2 other Sloops slugging each other. I join in for the three way and spend the next 45 minutes griefing and being griefed. In the end I don’t so much like this element (some people don’t know when to stop).
Personally I want to continue playing this game a a solo treasure hunter, being nice to nice people, and evading and outpacing enemies in a game of cat and mouse.
It is so fun, not been pulled in to 4 hour sessions so easily for YEARS and not been able to stop smiling when I think about this game. Each session is its own story, sublime.
I’ve dabbled in it for since launch, playing for an hour or so with family. Never truly knew what I was doing beyond the core gameplay mechanics.
After finishing Gears 5 a week or two ago I turned my attention to Sea of Thieves. I had 30 achievements out of 270 and I want to close that gap. I set about learning how to actually play this game.
I’ve had 2 4 hour sessions this week. I solo a Sloop, and can’t get the game out of my head. The map reading and navigating with the compass becomes second nature early on and adds to the sense of discovery and adventure.
In my first session on Sunday I completed the Maiden Voyage for the first time and then the initial Order of Souls, Gold Hoarder’s and Merchent quests. After that I completed The Shoudbreaker Tall Tale. This was a really fun session. The gameplay loop clicked with me for the first time. I had one interaction with another player prior to cashing in The Shoudbrealer at an outpost. He was on deck when I returned to my ship, he played an instrument for a minute then jumped off and let me on my way.
Yesterday’s session was different. A storm was raging when I started. I need to complete The Shoudbreaker 5 times for an achievement, so I started the quest again and set off. Managing my ship in a storm, now that I care about staying afloat, was an experience. The waves rocked me and I needed to repair, bail water and steer on course at the same time. Eventually the storm settled and I came across a wreck and some floating items on the way to The Shroudbreaker, one of which was a Reaper’s Chest. I got The Shroudbreaker problem free and set off to an Outpost. Knowing that I was showing up on the map, and carrying a lot of treasure, I sailed past the nearest outpost and carried on for one that was a way away to avoid an ambush. Pull out my Spyglass for a look around; a Brig is following me. Going by the name ‘Francois Baguette’. I’m no expert at combat in this game, and I know griefers really grief in SoT, so I keep sailing. I sail around islands, I sail against the wind, I sail to the end of the world. They gain at times and narrowly miss me with cannonballs. I look at them and throw my Reaper’s Chest overboard, they collect it but still pursue. After 45 minutes with my heart pounding I sail in to another storm and they lose interest. Just as I arrive at an outpost a shark appears, luckily it can’t stop me from dropping anchor and cashing in my loot. 30k gold up, Shroudbreaker complete again, I’m happy.
There’s a server merge shortly after and I see a shadowy ship on my map. I go to it and there’s 2 other Sloops slugging each other. I join in for the three way and spend the next 45 minutes griefing and being griefed. In the end I don’t so much like this element (some people don’t know when to stop).
Personally I want to continue playing this game a a solo treasure hunter, being nice to nice people, and evading and outpacing enemies in a game of cat and mouse.
It is so fun, not been pulled in to 4 hour sessions so easily for YEARS and not been able to stop smiling when I think about this game. Each session is its own story, sublime.
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JackMcGunns
Member
How is this not proof? despite all the updates and fixes, Sea of Thieves was never looked at as a good game that recovered from it's lacklustre launch like Cyberpunk 2077 did. Suddenly Cyberpunk went from crap to high acclaim, but it took Sea of Thieves to be released on PS5 to finally get the accolades it now deserves. #XboxTax
Topher
Identifies as young
That's just bullshit my man. The improvements made to Sea of Thieves over the years as been discussed thoroughly here and elsewhere. The fact that this new and improved version of the game received higher scores on PS5 than it did at launch on Xbox is not Xbox tax. That's just a reflection of these improvements.
The reason Cyberpunk 2077 went from "crap to high acclaim" was because CDPR literally overhauled the game all at once with its 2.0 release last year.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Sea of Thieves can be directly comparable to No Man's Sky with how it evolved over the years versus launch, with less drama surrounding the over promise and under delivered prior that NMS had. You take both games, and review them now in the state's in which they are in, and compare them to their launch builds.
Night and day different in not only content but scores.
Only tax going on in the gaming community is retard tax.
Night and day different in not only content but scores.
Only tax going on in the gaming community is retard tax.
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JackMcGunns
Member
You have to admint, certain games do get more hate then they deserve, and that applies to all platforms because it happened with TLOU 2, but for example Starfield has gotten much more hate than it deserves, mostly because it became an Xbox exclusive, more so than it's flaws.
Sea of Thieves was already being hailed as an excellent game by the time it landed on Steam in 2021. Even before that, It was already successfully turned around by 2020 at the latest.
It certainly didn’t take until the 2024 PS release before it got its flowers.
Nothing to do with an Xbox Tax. The game had a significant content issue at launch in 2018.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Get out of your baby nuts console war bubble. It's time to grow up some, yes?
Steam user reviews would throw a wrench in your entire derpy worldview.
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Roberts
Member
Obviously, the game that was released on PS5 was the full package, including features that weren't available at launch. The higher score is totally understandable. What I always found weird, though, was that despite constant improvements and game's popularity, it never got the acclaim later on. The game was always missing from awards nominee lists for on-going games. Maybe I'm dragging my personal attachment into this, but it is one-of-a-kind game, a unique masterpiece that deserved a whole praise than it did.
Topher
Identifies as young
Starfield got so much "hate" because it was heavily overhyped. The game was not nearly as good as advertised and I'm one who still, to this day, says it is a "good" game. I mean.....one could claim Concord was evidence of a "Sony tax" if we just ignore all the other circumstances around that game and only point to it being a Sony game.
In 2018, Sea of Thieves was nominated for best "evolving game" at BAFTA. In 2021, Sea of Thieves won best "evolving game" at BAFTA. Nominated for other awards as well over the years.
Sea of Thieves - Wikipedia
Roberts
Member
Well, at least Brits support their own!In 2018, Sea of Thieves was nominated for best "evolving game" at BAFTA. In 2021, Sea of Thieves won best "evolving game" at BAFTA. Nominated for other awards as well over the years.
Sea of Thieves - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
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JackMcGunns
Member
Starfield got so much "hate" because it was heavily overhyped. The game was not nearly as good as advertised and I'm one who still, to this day, says it is a "good" game. I mean.....one could claim Concord was evidence of a "Sony tax" if we just ignore all the other circumstances around that game and only point to it being a Sony game.
In 2018, Sea of Thieves was nominated for best "evolving game" at BAFTA. In 2021, Sea of Thieves won best "evolving game" at BAFTA. Nominated for other awards as well over the years.
Sea of Thieves - Wikipedia
Keep Concord's name out your damn mouth!
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GHG
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