When it comes to Sea of Thieves , there are plenty of opinions, both good and bad. I think it’s safe to say that Rare’s pirate-em-up didn’t have the smoothest of launches out there. When the game unexpectedly hit the shelves this March, after some hastily organized beta tests, it quickly came under fire for the lack of content and features. Players felt cheated by the state of the title on release and the torches and pitchforks were quick to app

That is the long and short of it. To become the best pirate you can be, you have to complete a bunch of fetch quests to level your reputation with the three factions. In the first few hours, these voyages are fun and intriguing. However, they quickly become tedious, repetitive, and unsatisfying. The gameplay loop of Sea of Thieves requires you to take multiple trips from your ship back to your destination, no matter which faction's tasks you are completing. The gold you earn after completing these voyages and turning in the treasure you found to the correct vendor is nowhere close to the amount needed to purchase the simplest of items. Even when you do finally have enough to buy an item, you don't actually benefit from it. Since the items are cosmetic, the only perk is looking c

Elsewhere in the DLC, there’s going to be a new month-long campaign centered around this new area, with new Cargo Run quests at the Merchant’s Alliance (alongside lots of other things, changing on a week-by-week basis). Think of them as Monster Hunter ’s egg-carrying quests, only with a whole lot more oc

Another popular topic during the AMA dealt with character customization in Sea of Thieves . Reddit user ColoniaCroisant asked about the possibility of seeing different pirates from various other regions around the world. The response gave players hope to see this more in future content dr

And while us players are certainly not getting what we paid for (yet), the devs are feeling the stress as well. This is where the devs step in to explain the situation and plan going forward, and they've done so in a very smart

Various members of the development team at Rare Ltd. recently took to Reddit for an AMA (ask me anything) related to everything and anything dealing with Sea of Thieves . There were dozens upon dozens of different questions answered in the thread, but these are some of the more interesting nuggets of info that we fo

Sea of Thieves is a mixed bag of emotions for me. It's a great social experience to play with a group of friends and sail on the prettiest water you will ever see in a video game. It's also bogged down by tedious and repetitive voyages that reward you with meager pay. When you can eventually purchase an item, it will only affect how you look. If that is the case, it seems puzzling that I can't create a character I want to flaunt to any passerby. There is enjoyment to be found in Sea of Thieves , but not enough to keep you interested in the long t

As for bugs like inventory items not showing up in the radial menus, that still can happen often enough that you may have to rejoin a game to fix. Missing gold, reputation levels, and achievements however seem to be just delayed - meaning Rare doesn't think you're actually losing any of that. It just may take a while to show up, or will show up next time you get into a g

While we’re talking about microtransactions, allow me to mention the new so-called Bilge Rat Adventures. Those are bi-weekly events that grant you a special currency if you manage to complete specific "achievements" of sorts. A lot of people thought that they are just paving the way for a premium currency, but Rare made sure to let the players know that this is not the case. In fact, Bilge Rat Adventures and the doubloons they grant are just one more addition to the game, giving us something new to do every couple of weeks. So, not only are Rare always adding new content, but we’re also incentivized to interact with it as much as possi

After years of waiting, Sea of Thieves is nearly upon us. While many are gearing up to take to the high seas with their friends this coming Tuesday, we recently learned a few more details about the game just before its rele

There were many other questions throughout the thread that dealt with quests, ship naming, and caves/dungeons throughout the game world. If you want to check the whole thread out for yourself, you can find it he

While we’re on the subject of "choose-your-own-adventure," let’s take a look at the biggest selling point of the strategy game reviews|https://strategyreviewer.com/ - its core concept. While a lot of people complained about the lack of content (and some of them - rightly so), the majority of the criticism came from players that didn’t comprehend the basic idea of Sea of Thiev

Yes. The art team have done a bunch of work on different cosmetics, and I've already seen some early work on an oriental style that is super cool. We will see more cosmetic styles come in as we move forw