Sea of Thieves Reviews
Sea of Thieves offers a lackluster voyage past the first few hours, and feels incomplete. However, there is some fun to be had when the game works well as a social sandbox. There's plenty of unrealized potential here, as it's evident that the foundation is there for Rare to build upon in the months to come.
This game was not ready for release, it was not ready to be played by the masses, and it most certainly is not worth the $60 price tag.
I am sure we can find the rest of the game buried underneath the sand on one of the islands. Even if Rare promises to support the game further down the road, I can't recommend Sea of Thieves to anyone right now.
Review in Turkish | Read full review
This game definitely needs to play with a friend. It can be difficult and boring from time to time if you play it alone. I like single-player games. I don't like playing online games, especially games that require communication via microphone. Despite this problem, when my friends are offline, I always want to play with people I don't know. Because I want to play this game. Sea of Thieves that effective on me. Like I said, Sea of Thieves is definitely a video game that I recommend. I would like to thank Rare and Microsoft teams for producing such a video game.
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Sea of Thieves might have a great idea for a pirates world game but not the best execution. The game feels like an open beta and missing a lot of things to compete with other online based games. At this time, I’d recommend to ignore it until more issues get fixed and the experience becomes better.
Review in Arabic | Read full review
Sea of Thieves offers a very unique experience by putting players in the role of pirates and throwing them out in a massive, detailed world. Team-up with a few friends and you'll enjoy every second of your time.
Review in Persian | Read full review
The ocean may seem like an immeasurable beast for new pirates, but once players spend enough time to get their bearings, the beast becomes less scary and more adventurous. Still, if players are not entertained by Sea of Thieves gameplay loop and cosmetic-only unlockables, Rare's pirate life may not be for them. For everyone else, including PS5 owners, there is more Sea of Thieves booty and timbers to shiver.
Sea of Thieves can be whatever the player wants, which is part of the game's magic.
Rare, one of the most established developer teams in the video game world, appeared before the players with a real game that stood on the ground after a long time. The team, which mainly developed Kinect games for Microsoft in the Xbox 360 era, wants to give players a very different experience in the new generation. I say different because Sea of Thieves really stands before us as a game like no other.
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Sea of Thieves isn’t for everyone. After all, neither was the life of a Pirate. But if you have the time, the friends and the heart to take it on, it can reward you not just with treasure and glory, but with memories that will stay with you, long after your Pirate Legend has faded into myth.
In a year that is going to be rather dry in terms of exclusive games, Microsoft certainly have a unique, yet barren, gem with Sea of Thieves. Once Rare addresses the content issues, however, the game will offer a sublime time where gamers can sail the seas with a tankard in one hand, cutlass in the other, and a map pinned to the back of the nearest barrel of grog; ready for further adventure.
While the first few weeks were rough seas, the now smooth online experience will hold nothing in store for you but more laughs than a barrel of bananas.
I could go on all day about the things I enjoy in Sea of Thieves, and even the things that get my blood boiling, but, suffice to say, I’m happy the game is as good as it is even with such a long journey ahead of it. As future months of content begin showing up, from new AI threats, to what sounds like another ship type, more mission types and even weekly events, I’m fully committed to updating this review to reflect the changes. I’m hoping Sea of Thieves hangs around for a while to come and continues to shine as bright as the golden age of piracy it calls home. Weigh anchor, set the sails! All aboard for adventure and for booty!
Sea of Thieves is a fun game that feels incomplete. It succeeds in delivering a vast and polished pirate sandbox to enjoy with your friends, but its appeal wears thin due to a lack of content. Without an overarching narrative or any kind of player progression beyond earning better quests that offer more gold for skins, there's little reason to come back to Sea of Thieves outside of having fun with a group of friends.
Every time I pick up this game, I have fun, especially with friends and I cannot wait for what the future holds.
Rare’s latest game has been unshackled from beta for a few weeks now, and lately, I have been trying to pioneer the PSVG Squad into playing more and more of this game to see what it offers. Some of our team members have also played the beta version of this extensively, and so they knew what most of this game offered from the get-go. Having only played it fresh from its official release myself, I have seen a metric crap-ton of what the game has to give and am now more than happy for me to give a quick judgment for you to see right here before we dig into the gritty details.
It remains to be seen how Sea of Thieves will grow in the future–being a live game it almost certainly will change at some point–but it’s hard not to come away feeling disappointed. Because Sea of Thieves is really a likeable, charming game that I want to see become better. It’s just not there right now.
Sea of Thieves lays the groundwork for a gameplay experience unlike anything else, which could have lived up to Rare’s legacy, but it fails to fully achieve its ambitions. As it stands, the game is an empty pirate adventure that sports brief moments of delight. Sadly, these instances are fleeting and the player is quickly returned to the monotonous and repetitive quest design to pad out their pirate’s life. Sea of Thieves might one day grow into the game we all hoped for, but for now it is a far cry from its targeted experience.