Sea of Thieves Multiplayer (2018)

[corsair91]

Sea of Thieves Multiplayer (2018)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Thieves

Sea of Thieves is a 2018 action-adventure game developed by Rare and published by Xbox Game Studios.

The player assumes the role of a pirate who completes voyages from different trading companies in order to become the ultimate pirate legend.

Sea of Thieves is a first-person multiplayer game in which players cooperate with each other to explore an open world via a pirate ship. The game is described as a "shared world adventure game", which means groups of players will encounter each other regularly during their adventures, sometimes forming alliances, sometimes going head-to-head.


Small Sloops are recommended suitable for solo play.


https://www.seaofthieves.com/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1172620/Sea_of_Thieves/
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1172620/discussions/
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1172620/screenshots/
https://www.youtube.com/seaofthieves/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_YAzkB5AwReFlG9fYWvMYw

Requires 3rd-Party Account: Xbox Live
(Supports Linking to Steam Account)


About the Game

Sea of Thieves offers the essential pirate experience, from sailing and fighting to exploring and looting – everything you need to live the pirate life and become a legend in your own right. With no set roles, you have complete freedom to approach the world, and other players, however you choose.

Whether you’re voyaging as a group or sailing solo, you’re bound to encounter other crews in this shared world adventure – but will they be friends or foes, and how will you respond?

A Vast Open World

Explore a vast open world filled with unspoiled islands, sunken ships and mysterious artefacts. Take on quests to hunt for lost treasure, seek out cursed Skeleton Captains or gather valuable cargo for the Trading Companies. Go hunting and fishing or choose from hundreds of optional goals and side-quests.

Unforgettable stories

Play through the Tall Tales to experience Sea of Thieves’ unique take on a story-driven campaign. With 11 tales to play through across two epic storylines, these immersive and cinematic quests provide around 30 hours of the ultimate pirate fantasy.

Become Legend

On your journey to become a Pirate Legend you’ll amass loot, build a reputation and define a unique personal style with your hard-earned rewards. Adventurer. Explorer. Conqueror. What will your legend be?

A Game That’s Always Growing

With five major expansions and almost a year’s worth of monthly updates, Sea of Thieves is a service-based game that is continually growing and evolving. Check back each month to see what new content has been added.


System Requirements

Minimum:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel Q9450 @ 2.6GHz or AMD Phenom II X6 @ 3.3 GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 or AMD Radeon 7750
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 50 GB available space



Recommended:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel i5 4690 @ 3.5GHz or AMD FX-8150 @ 3.6 GHz
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 or AMD Radeon R9 380x
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 50 GB available space

[corsair91]

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The journey is the reward

Overview

Sea of Thieves (SoT) is an open-world first-person action-adventure game where you can be a pirate as a pirate can be. It promotes PvP and PvE action side by side at the same time while Its main focus is directed towards utilizing team play and heavy cooperation.


It's not about the gold, It's about the glory

There is no profound main story overshadowing the game but every island, character, treasure, and chest is dipped in a piece of lore, just to be expanded more and more with the upcoming DLCs. Meanwhile, You can set sail towards grand adventures to uncover various secrets and how this archipelago was cursed, by doing lengthy quests known as Tall Tales. If you want to pursue the somewhat convoluted story, take on them or perhaps you just want to be a damn pirate, go for it. The game gives you free rein to choose whether you want the lore or not and I think it is great in that manner.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2215673653

An altogether different meaning of cooperation

You're given two modes to choose what type of adventure to start.


Adventure:

The primary experience of SoT. This mode focuses on the PvPvE aspect and consists of all the voyages, events, and everything the game has to offer. Players can choose any of the vessel sizes to start their journey. Sloop (two-man), Brigantine (three-man), and Galleon (four-man).


Arena:

A full PvP mode that heavily revolves around naval battles in duo or quad-play. Players fight each other against the clock for points.



Loot and currencies

Treasures and gold can't be found so easily. Mostly you have to follow an X-mark map and solve several amusing and brain-tickling riddles or perhaps take on a more aggressive approach by looting an enemy ship. These quests can be either bought or found lying along the shorelines. The payment for quests and loots is deeply generous but there's nothing more than skins to buy. Soon you'll run out of things to buy in SoT. Currency in the game is divided into three items.

Gold: Most common currency obtained by selling loot. Used to purchase cosmetics, items, and quests.

Doubloons: Awarded for completing commendations. They can be exchanged with Duke in taverns for special voyages and cosmetics.

Ancient Coins: Obtained via real money to buy from the Emporium Shop (purely cosmetic). Also rarely dropped by ancient skeletons.



Trading companies

SoT is dominated by three main trading companies knowns as "Gold Hoarders", "Merchant Alliance", and "Order of Souls". They each only buy certain types of loot from you. Should you choose a riskier yet more profiting way to bootleg your belongings, the "Reaper's Bones" awaits you. Additionally another company, "Athena's Fortune", is accessible to only Pirate Legends (requires reaching level 50 in all three main companies).


You can do handbrake turns in a ship, who knew?

Sailing a ship has never been so realistic. You're given a compass and the rest of the knowledge comes with time. Sails must be angled properly to adjust the speed. Repairing the ship requires agility or hours of work might sink in the bottom of the seas. You must interact cooperatively with most of these elements to speed things up. Overall, it's not as complex as it sounds. The whole experience is easy to learn but hard to master.


No progression, whatsoever

The gameplay becomes monotonous since no ranking system or character progression is present. On one hand, it's a good starting point that all players are given the same gear and weapons and only skill would save them from death. On the other hand, it makes it difficult to spot decent pirates and have productive journeys with random people.


The heart of PvE

Is numerous world events that take you through epic naval battles or set you and your crew off to fight skeletons and solve riddles. Smaller events such as hunting Megalodons or the Kraken occurs randomly in the sea. While major ones like Ashen Lords or Ghost fleets will stay around until they're completed. The events are considered as a great challenge and are almost impossible to come through without seasoned crewmates.


Bosses are um... too tanky!

Most events end with a boss fight. These encounters could be often intense as each one has different stages and summons minions during the fight. However, they lose their variety soon because all bosses share the same set of attacks and moves. Their huge health pool is just a "hit it until it's dead" situation that bores you to death. Needless to say, the melee system feels lackluster and basic.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2215726217

Joining publics is unnerving

The fact that no lobby joining option is implemented in the game after 2 years of development is what bothers me the most. No info is given when joining a game such as latency, the ongoing quest, etc. You cannot cancel the joining process once you start searching for a crew.


Getting more technical

Hud is minimalist with absolutely no intrusive elements cluttering the screen and your view for more immersion. SoT offers a considerable amount of "Accessibility features" to aid anyone with the slightest disability to enjoy the game. Features like Text-to-Speech, narrating UI elements, various colorblind filters, etc. that distinguish SoT from other titles.

All contents could be exhausted within 200 hours if played efficiently but bear in mind due to RNG factors of quests and events, the replayability is immensely high


Sun. Sands. Sea

At first glance, the cartoonish style might put you off but to be fair the visuals are extraordinary and breathtaking. The water effects and physics are phenomenally realistic. The days are brightened with cheerful colors. It's practically impossible not to take a minute to gaze upon the stunning sunrises/sunsets while sailing the seas. The nights are filled with stars and auroras that never lose their charm and are somewhat gloomy, in a good way.

During naval battles, the music intensifies the situation with epic pieces similar to the "Pirates of the Caribbean". Also, you can set up the greatest radio station ever. Bring out your instruments, play shanties, and sing along with your crewmates.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2215681305


TECHNICAL

Specs: GTX1050 2GB - Athlon II X4 645 - 8GB DDR3 RAM
The game runs with a mix of medium and high settings using about 80% of VRAM at 1050p 30hz.

BUGS & ISSUES

Rare bugs like objects clipping into each other, ships despawning, or sent off flying.
Poor integration to Steam. Friends have to be added and invited ONLY through the Xbox app.
The hit registration system is fudged and might not work as intended due to connection issues.
Event goals and challenges are not directly accessible in the game. External web pages must be visited.


Verdict

Your experience in SoT is what you make of it. It'll steal as many hours of your day as you let it. Although, the whole game has some rough edges around it. There are no meaningful purchases to make with all the gold you earn. Lack of depth to the melee system and the repetitive nature of boss fights might be dull and discouraging at times. Nonetheless, SoT is extremely fun and fascinating. I cannot recommend it enough.


This product was reviewed with a key provided by the developers

[corsair91]

Reviews

https://www.pcgamer.com/sea-of-thieves-pc-review/

https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/sea-of-thieves-review-2020-a-voyage-finally-worth-/1900-6417478/

Sea Of Thieves Review (2020)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58IX_G8n3GA


https://www.theguardian.com/games/2018/apr/03/sea-of-thieves-review-x-box-pc-rare-microsoft




A beginner’s guide to Sea of Thieves
July 19, 2018

https://en.softonic.com/articles/a-beginners-guide-to-sea-of-thieves?utm_source=google&utm_medium=paid&utm_campaign=Google_UK_DSA_Test

[themodelcitizen]

Is anyone playing this? Me and a few mates were doing the Xbox multiplayer for a couple of months when it came out in 2018, lots of fun. Got old quick though, I think they've freshened it up with some DLC.