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Split across three hilarious Tall Tales packed with secrets and side-quests, Sea of Thieves: The Legend of Monkey Island invites pirates to meet classic characters, in a new narrative that brings the iconic locations of Monkey Island to the Sea of Thieves.The adventure begins on Mêlée Island, where pirates can take in the sights, smells and roguish splendor of the island as they seek to uncover why everyone suddenly seems to think quite highly of self-proclaimed mighty pirate, and known poodle pacifier, Guybrush Threepwood. Something's quite clearly wrong..​

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.This love-letter to the classic adventure game series will be available to play alone or with a crew, with three Tall Tales being added over three months as free* updates for all players, starting July 20.​

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*Delivered for free to owners of any Sea of Thieves edition and all Xbox Game Pass members. Game on console requires Xbox Game Pass Ultimate or Xbox Live Gold, sold separately.​

 

[TheRealElvis]

Any chance to play this solo?

 

[Gamezone]

Any chance to play this solo?

Can't all their quests be played solo?

 

[EddieVanHelgen]

Any chance to play this solo?

Yes it can. It takes place outside the shared world so playing solo unmolested will be possible.

 

[Havoc2049]

Great update. Seeing the iconic Monkey Island as they sailed into the port was a nostalgic trip.

Any chance to play this solo?

I'm sure it can be soloed, just like the Pirates of the Caribbean update. Almost everything can be soloed in Sea of Thieves. The only event that I can think of right now that requires multiple people is the Glitter Beard event and a few minor accommodations here and there.

 

[Vyse]

Looks like I will be taking to the seas once again.

 

[Banjo64]

Give us a Banjo Kazooie cross over you cowards.

Sail to Isle O’ Hags, team up with a grizzly and a pigeon, retrieve the Golden Jinjo, shoot the 3 witches.

Easy as piss.

 

[Havoc2049]

Give us a Banjo Kazooie cross over you cowards.

Sail to Isle O’ Hags, team up with a grizzly and a pigeon, retrieve the Golden Jinjo, shoot the 3 witches.

Easy as piss.

 

[Havoc2049]

Here's more of a deep dive into The Legend of Monkey Island expansion.

 

[ManaByte]

Out tomorrow!

 

[adamsapple]

Damn, this looks dope !

 

[nemiroff]

I'll be playing this for sure.

 

[Salz01]

I’ll be downloading tomorrow. I hope it’s good and they do it justice. Haven’t played SoT for a long time because they had limited single player content. Hope that’s fixed.

 

[ManaByte]

It’s out!

 

[Havoc2049]

Looks great! I'll be setting sail on the Monkey Island expansion tomorrow.

 

[Fess]

Single player mode, when?

 

[havoc00]

How can we eat more XChads ? Gamepass keeps stuffing us

 

[scoobidoo112]

That moment when Sea Of Thieves does Monkey Island better than the latest Monkey Island...

Looks great, a big love-letter to the franchise!

 

[Roberts]

I've been off SoT for quite a while now. As a Monkey Island fan, this is a perfect moment to come back.

 

[ManaByte]

Finished the first one 100%. Has classic point and click style puzzles. Can’t wait for the next.

 

[8BiTw0LF]

Free expansion? I bought SoT - but I don't need GamePass to play this, right?

Edit: "The update is available for free to all Sea of Thieves players who have bought the game on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows 10/11 PC or via Steam, or players who have access to it with Xbox Game Pass."

Nice!

 

[havoc00]

Can you solo this game properly just solo and do story missions or no ?

 

[ManaByte]

Can you solo this game properly just solo and do story missions or no ?

Monkey Island and POTC are solo instances.

 

[TVexperto]

Monkey Island and POTC are solo instances.

thats awesome.

how is it. is it worth installing sea of thieves again?

 

[Brock2621]

This game is so freaking fun. I don’t even hardly play anything Xbox but this one I went out of my way and bought on PC

 

[ManaByte]

thats awesome.

how is it. is it worth installing sea of thieves again?

It’s a love letter to Monkey Island.

 

[EddieVanHelgen]

This was absolutely fantastic. It's made me get round to finishing Return to Monkey Island which was also absolutely fantastic.

 

[SmurfMustard]

Is there an easy way for someone who has never touched SoT to just play the Monkey Island stuff? I've no interest in the rest of SoT but that Monkey Island part looks to good to just skip it.

 

[TVexperto]

Is there an easy way for someone who has never touched SoT to just play the Monkey Island stuff? I've no interest in the rest of SoT but that Monkey Island part looks to good to just skip it.

yes you can launch straight into the monkey island dlc from the main menu without even needing to play the main online game

 

[SmurfMustard]

yes you can launch straight into the monkey island dlc from the main menu without even needing to play the main online game

Awesome! Thank you for the reply.

 

[Roberts]

I had a bit of a free time so I loaded up dlc. Didn't bother asking friends to play with me, so I just jumped into a sloop and travelled to Melee Island. Holy shit! You know this going to be magical for every Monkey Island fan just to look at the island from a distance but I gets better as you get off the ship and start travelling the island. The whole idea that a 2d world you have been familiar with for 30 years now is fully explorable in 3d is probably one of the coolest gaming experiences I've had in the last few years. I haven't done much yet but just to go around and talk with familiar faces has been amazing.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

I had a bit of a free time so I loaded up dlc. Didn't bother asking friends to play with me, so I just jumped into a sloop and travelled to Melee Island. Holy shit! You know this going to be magical for every Monkey Island fan just to look at the island from a distance but I gets better as you get off the ship and start travelling the island. The whole idea that a 2d world you have been familiar with for 30 years now is fully explorable in 3d is probably one of the coolest gaming experiences I've had in the last few years. I haven't done much yet but just to go around and talk with familiar faces has been amazing.

You've inspired me to reinstall SoT for this.