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Skull and Bones is an upcoming action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Singapore and published by Ubisoft. The game is set to be released in February 2024 for Amazon Luna, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. A version for Google Stadia was planned before the service's shutdown. The game revolves around piracy and naval warfare with a fantastical setting during the late 17th century, the peak of the historical Golden Age of Piracy. As of 2017, Skull and Bones was marketed as a tactical action game set in an open world environment and played from a third-person perspective. Players take control of a customizable pirate ship, and may choose to sail the Indian Ocean by themselves and set off on a single-player campaign, or gather up to five other players to ally in player versus player gameplay in Disputed Waters.
Wind positioning can be assessed to gain an advantage in battle. Players may collect additional ships throughout the game, such as sloops-of-war, frigates and brigantines, whose weapons include mortars, broadside cannons, and rockets. Ships can be charged into with brute force and boarded. The rate of inflicted damage is gauged by the health bar. A core component is the multiplayer mode Loot Hunt, where two groups of players are challenged in treasure hunting to further accumulate their riches. Each given ship's crow's nest is scalable for use as a lookout point, and spyglasses will be available. Microtransactions will be included.
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[@LukeStephensTV]

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[@Malisman77]

So this is like 20 % of AC:Odyssey, the part that focused on ship combat but weaker.

[@ppsarrakis]

@@kjohansen4088 you either die a hero or....

[@user-tp5yb4hr4w]

i legit fell asleep while watching this gameplay, i don't think it's worth $60, it plays like a free to play early access game from what i have seen before i fell asleep and that resource thing was dumb, that to me felt like they were trying to make this a mobile game. man if i'm a pirate you would think we would be able to build our own empire have our own island and operate by our own laws and rules, and there would be actual combat outside the ship battles, why did this game take a fucking decade to create?

[@jonnym4670]

i have it on my computer so far i am only 5 mins into at the island where you repair the ship but seems kinda generic

[@nebulajumper6216]

150 millions players ... suuure

[@shlepad]

Ubisoft never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity.

[@PatG-xd8qn]

I think a lot of people in this comment section (you included) don't understand that not all video games are made to please adults... I'm sure that as a teenager I would have loved this game. Now, it clearly isn't my type of game and probably not yours either. That's it

[@GeniusInALamp]

@@PatG-xd8qn😂

[@PatG-xd8qn]

@@GeniusInALamp Well it might sound funny but it's true. I feel like most game reviewers now are people in their 30s and who simply dislike every single game... It's normal that our tastes change as we age.

[@GeniusInALamp]

@@PatG-xd8qn 😂😂

[@115zombies935]

@@PatG-xd8qn😂😂😂😂

[@Viceking17]

The fact that there’s no hand to hand close combat in a game about pirates is crazy to me.

[@Jason32Bourne]

Agreed. Tone deaf.

[@MLPIceberg]

And the gathering is some stupid mini-game... really?

[@jackvolkwyn470]

lazy af

[@yungdomino4718]

in a game about pirates made by ubisoft, no less. imagine you get boarded and engage in for honor combat lmao.

[@newdivide9882]

Taking that off the table almost makes me wonder if anyone at Ubisoft knows what a pirate is

[@ostrava8904]

After playing the beta all evening with some friends, there isn’t a single thing skull and bones attempts to do that sea of thieves doesn’t do better.

[@ChrisRedheart]

Its not cartoonish which a lot of people HATE

[@outsiderx7576]

​@@ChrisRedheart if people really fall over that they better leave xD

[@NeutralGuyDoubleZero]

​@@ChrisRedheart A lot of people have shallow, ignorant takes. This isnt new

[@anthonypaulin1853]

@@ChrisRedheart Not catoonish... but with a poor gameplay. Sea of thieves is clearly better.

[@jayg.2066]

Sea of Thieves you don't have any AI Crew though. The game is locked to first person and the stylized art style could be a "turn on" or a turnoff for people especially in the pirate genre where pirates aren't really originally portrayed to be fun, playful and cartoonish more so gritty, violent and realistic. These things can always be a plus to some people or even many people but it doesn't mean everyone will like Sea of Thieves better. Personally love everything about the pirate genre but have zero interest in Sea of Thieves, but would love to play Skull and Bones every once and a while for a little mindless pirating fun

[@brandonfoster5776]

10 years is all it took to achieve this masterpiece? Nicely done Ubisoft..

[@hannibalburgers477]

All they had to do just make online Black Flag with ship customization. How FKING HARD it can be.

[@God-qt6vo]

@@hannibalburgers477literally odyssey with no hand to hand combat.

[@Sivick314]

"it's not black flag 2, it's world of tanks with pirate ships" that's all i needed to know. thanks ubisoft... how did you fuck this up?

[@andyscoming4919]

Well them being Ubisoft is one reason 😅

[@dogsbark5750]

I have been in closed betas for over two years. They have changed so little. I have been very vocal about my issues and yet they conit. I just wanted a black flag light rpg with historical accuracy. I am in this Beta, but I am not happy.

[@ZarathosDaimaoh]

To be fair they were clear about that from the beginning . it's the people against the idea that kept disbelieving they would go that way . Don't get me wrong i have zero interest in a "world of pirate ships" , especially without any kind of actual melee takover battle on the ships .. but it is what it is

[@mastergecko1178]

@@dogsbark5750Well what do you expect, the project was supposed to be cancelled years ago but they have to push it out because they have a contractual obligation to the Singapore government. One of my friends who works in the Singapore gaming industry told me that he saw the director of Skull and Bones walking around the street with a noose around his neck, I think that tells you all you need to know about this game.

[@somnorila9913]

Doesn't seem that way at all, a wot with sailing. That's world of warships. To me this seem more like a coop/pve focused mmo, which is not that bad as long there is no instancing and all players are on same regional server, if the economy and player communication and off battle interaction are good, if there is enough customization and crafting to farm for and sell and trade, to have sense for guilds and some type of grand influence based gameplay for those guild to play for, even if it's through pve events. No premium stuff at all, no game shop. Or if that's a thing then it must be free and properly balanced to make it worth it for free players, to not feel ignored or punished for not spending, so no scummy marketing tricks to manipulate people in to buying pixels. Also would be cool to add up in time more, to not be all only cannon combat but also have a more stealthy/avoiding combat to fulfil missions, to be a smuggler type. Or grappling focused approach on combat so that instead of firepower and armor maybe build your ship with crew size and speed in mind.

[@danielc9967]

This game was almost impossible to mess up, all it had to be was black flag but multiplayer. Only Ubisoft could miss the mark with this. I just can't wrap my head around the fact that a the creators of black flag, sat in a room and decided to make this mobile version of their 10 year old game

[@rykehuss3435]

Ubisoft has lost the plot many years ago. They have over 3000 employees nowadays. Money is all they think about, none of the people in charge play games anymore if they ever have. They drive S class Merc's and think of players as consumers who buy products, not games. Its obvious Yves has lost any passion he ever had a long time ago, now he just tries to steer this behemoth of a company Ubisoft has bloated into

[@TheEveryDayC]

As I recall, the project would have and should have been abandoned years ago, but they have no choice but to get something to release because they have a contractual obligation with the government of Singapore.

[@MegaBattleJesus69]

It's even more funny when you realize THIS IS UBISOFT, company famous for using the same mechanics all over again in their games. But here they just said fuck it and abandoned all the mechanics that made AC Black Flag fun and gave us this mobile style crap.

[@alexandrem798]

A For Honor like game with ships instead of warriors was probably what they originally had in mind. Then they released a first trailer and people overwhelmed them with questions and demands:"will it be open world?", "will we be able to leave the ship?" etc. So they became scared and that's when they started to lose focus, trying to do everything all at once.

[@pla6ue]

Right? Can’t believe they didn’t just release a game they already made….

[@Desolaytore]

Looks like it will be fun for an hour. Just like every Ubi game lately.

[@dariomladenovski7047]

everything that came out in the last 10 years by Ubisoft is trash except for the Anno series

[@tavmansn1122]

Meh, the new prince of persia was pretty good:)

[@leopardone2386]

Black flag is one of my all-time favorites due to the seamless transition from captaining your ship to jump ashore or boarding enemies. No other pirate game that generation did that with such polish. Without that, this game has removed that soul. The Jack Daw was a main character alongside Edward. Playing and switching between both was so fun. Being locked to your helm while in combat or exploring kills the sense of openness and exploration that SOT or BF cultivate. I'll try Skull and Bones in a few years. Maybe they can turn it into something more my style.

[@a.n.n8282]

You’ve been ripping this game apart every time it came up I’m genuinely surprised they let YOU play it early 😂😂

[@mre1995]

He provably signed up for it when it first got announced and got a random invite.

[@bulldawgslays3724]

They just sent out a shit ton of random invites. I’ve never gotten a beta invite before and I got one for this. It was ok. I played for 90 minutes. Will play a little more

[@moniumus6303]

These companies dont care, every publicity is good publicity. They dont watch KZbinrs videos, they just see you have a big gaming related following and send you a code

[@SaucyPixel]

@@bulldawgslays3724 They really need to add ship-to-ship boarding

[@MrJesus4132]

@@moniumus6303 That's not true. A lot of companies will blacklist you from receiving early copies or beta keys if you talk too negatively about their game or company. People like Jim Sterling have been blacklisted by major game pubs and dev studios for years for being super critical about their games and practices.

[@stargate1990]

"theres no hand to hand close combat" is an instant no interest anymore kind of thing for me.

[@xxx-pliskin-sniper-xxx8538]

Yeah I hope it has ranged hand to hand combat at least

[@Chrispyy__]

same. like what was the thought process of nott allowing tht lmao

[@blessanabey8386]

Black flag but much much much worse.

[@bwhere45]

@@blessanabey8386right? Now, it's going to be monetized and you can't board other ships. It's a bold strategy.

[@ppsarrakis]

from the first trailer that we saw on 2017 or something we knew that tho...

[@joshuaknox2724]

imagine you did all the ship combat stuff, but when you board enemy ship or storm a camp it goes into a for honor style game O.O now that would be killer

[@pc6054]

They had something like this in Odyssey and I really liked boarding ships, now you just press board then some loot comes out and the ship sinks.

[@darthshard8967]

@@pc6054 they did it first in black flag and rogue

[@pc6054]

@@darthshard8967 ah yes Black Flag, I wasn’t completely sure it had the same mechanic so I said Odyssey cause I was sure about that. It’s embarrassing to make a pirate game where you can’t board other ships or have pistol and sword fights.

[@darthshard8967]

@@pc6054 dont forget hunting large sea animals, under water treasure hunting, regular hunting with treasure maps, the fort system was great and clearly better than the version in this game, legendary ship battle witch if they dont do something similar to legendary ships from black flag in this game that be a shame, it should be embarrassing that a game almost 12 years older did it better and its not like ubisoft cant copy their own work

[@pc6054]

@@darthshard8967 ah yes the hunting, I think I remember even hunting a cougar. I actually played the closed beta of this game and I feel like the ship battle mechanics are largely copied from AC BF, yet they managed to make it worse by leaving things out.

[@dreadpiratemockey]

I love pirate based stories! I was really, *really* hoping skull and bones would be GTA V or Skyrim but with pirates. Open world, my actions have consequences, I could choose to stay on land and have a shop, or sail on a ship, etc. I want to break out of prison and do actual pirate stuff 😅

[@ChrisRedheart]

YES!!! This had SO MUCH potential!! And it still does really... this would give them DLC reasons.

[@outsiderx7576]

​@@ChrisRedheartyesss pay more to get what should be in the main game!

[@yoshimitzu3967]

I wish... but they don't care about making a master piece and taking pride in their work, they just want to make money.

[@bearthesurvivorman]

Yes like Red Dead Redemption 2 except on the ocean with pirate ships instead of horses and being pirates instead of cowboys and have a bunch of islands you could visit and explore and rob people at sword point and get sent to the gallows only to escape at the last minute and do crazy pirate adventures. That is the kind of game we all want.

[@hannibalburgers477]

You logic is faulty. Ubisoft cannot even make a game that come close to GTA V or (somehow) Skyrim

[@acereporter73]

"There's no sword fighting or swashbuckling." Time to reload Black Flag.

[@producedagains808]

The thing that’s holding it back is hand to hand combat and on foot exploration. Feels a bit bare “Bones”

[@tonyjunior92]

skull and bones more like bare bones

[@zytha2890]

​@@tonyjunior92skull and bones more like 17th century War thunder Who the fucks about to pay for this game when it's just War thunder but with less features???

[@producedagains808]

@@tonyjunior92 lol yea that’s what I was going for

[@Billy-bc8pk]

@@zytha2890It has less features than AC Rogue and AC4 and both those games are a decade old at this point. So yeah, if you want something similar it's just better to stick with the older AC titles.

[@ppsarrakis]

they should have pve mode with pvp missions,have the pve be like black flag proper on foot combat,and have the pvp 6v6 world of warships style combat if they dont have the talent for both. then i could see them asking for 60$ ,now no way i paying for this...

[@jesseweenk]

I was expecting to be a pirate, not a pirate ship. This game had so much potential of being a bad ass pirate in a pirate world. From now on I will be setting expectations really low with Ubisoft.

[@xod851]

brother those expectations should have been set to low 5 years ago

[@jesseweenk]

@@xod851 hope is a dangerous thing ;)

[@jayg.2066]

Skull and bones was always a pirate ship only game lol. It does suck that there's at least no story to it.

[@BigBoss-sh2jx]

You didn’t when far cry 5-6 dropped? Or the recent ghost recon breakpoint dropped? Valhalla? Mirage? All these lackluster and trash games?

[@jesseweenk]

@@BigBoss-sh2jx not a fan of most of them, so didnt play them. Valhalla wasnt that bad imo

[@zoubeirfaouzi149]

This is just a beautiful mobile game.

[@_Joxar_]

It is amazing how they saw all the backlash about no hand to hand combat, no walking around Islands or exploration, and yet they continued to make zero changes. I would love a good pirate game but you can tell right away this game was designed as an arcadey highly monetised attempt at a cash grab.

[@bwhere45]

Seems just like a vast downgrade compared to Black Flag. It's also going to be made quickly redundant by Ubi remastering Black Flag soon anyway.

[@ppsarrakis]

this was designed back when MOBAS where on the hots...

[@DweezlePeePants]

You're on the hots ​@@ppsarrakis

[@EternalGaze8]

Yeah that’s my problem with it as well. I feel like it’s just, incomplete.

[@cosmicknight4665]

Agreed brother

[@starryeyes5860]

Having hubs where you can walk around in third person for me, is just adding salt to the wound of having no melee/boarding combat or island exploration. It's essentially half a game and they want full price for it, unreal.

[@mikfhan]

Yeah they should launch it for early access in february and build foot combat on top as they adapt to feedback over the next couple years like Larian did. Too late now. Oh well.

[@pupdoez3389]

I wish it would be a sea of thieves like game :(

[@Rusty254]

Ahh yes, not a swash buckling, but a button pressing pirate is all I've ever wanted to be

[@808smate]

You want dry wood when repairing a wooden ship so it swells when it gets wet. You don’t want to use wet wood that may shrink or end up being to small when it possibly drys

[@danielippolito8368]

Yeah I don’t think this game is leaning into realism

[@DemonPrinceofHell]

Damn didn't know that

[@zzkzz7727]

no hand to hand combat in a pirate game? how lame bruh

[@Mascifin]

What if Black Flag was worse? -- the geniuses at Ubisoft

[@TrueGamer22887]

@@Mascifinit’s crazy to me they didn’t even lean into the sailing aspect. You don’t even trim sails. More basic mechanics than sea of thieves!

[@Avonzah]

The second he said you can't board another ship this game lost me 😔

[@SoftworksJellyPebbles]

Ac 4 is best pirate game ever

@@SoftworksJellyPebblesThat pisses me off the most. They had such a strong foundation, why didn't they build upon that? Black Flag is such a great game!

[@danceoffAsh]

Even AC oddssey's ship combat and boarding was pretty fun

[@jessetichelaar5480]

It would be cool to have more interaction. Like you getting off the ship and collecting materials. That would make it better i think.

[@antmon6668]

To win me over is they have a mode where you can attack a fortress like in black flag. You get to the fortress by attacking ships then you select it and leave the open world and your group gets off and fights with swords and guns. I played the full 6 hours and enjoyed it but there was a lot of back and forth to the main base(I just wanted to desperately shoot ships). The plunder thing was cool with 2 mates, where you got heaps of resources and were attacked on all sides and from towers. There were world events too but never cracked into one of them

[@benmac3396]

I’m surprised this game isn’t free to play.

[@MrHAPPYHAWAIIAN]

Right😂?

[@BloodyKnives66]

It will probably be a few months after releasing. You know, after they rip-off, the first customers... I've seen it time and time again

[@CptAeRoTR]

It is basicaly a free to play game, just costs 60 euros 😂

[@XarkoCZ]

I'm surprised it's coming out at all

[@Australiaisupsidedown]

Totally should be. Couldnt imagine spending 40 on this little content.

[@HenkkaArtGames]

Playing Skull & Bones closed beta was like being transported back 10 years to basically any MMO ever created. But instead of you being a cool looking character, you are a ship and activities you'd think would be cool like wandering around islands looking for loot and resources are actually timing minigames as your ship floats still.

[@PatsyIsDrunk]

Poop on the deck is what Skull and Bones looks like, just awful.

[@djpony3985]

swab it off before it starts to sink ubisoft is gonna waste so much money publishing this they'd be better of scrapping it in hopes of a tax write off @@PatsyIsDrunk

[@azikiwe12]

Excellent review! I totally agree with you. Has so much potential . I hope they listen to your review and suggestions.

[@alin8069]

You are smart i really like how you talked about details and everything i will come to you before i buy any game

[@matteofilm]

This is like making a gta game where you can only race cars and nothing else

[@aaronhumphrey3514]

So one of those open world racing games basically, lol.

[@jingwuan]

or kinda like a Star Wars Squadron

[@redeyejedi4400]

So midnight club lol

[@MrCheesegr8r]

And the only way to steal a car is by triggering a cutscene

[@matteofilm]

@@MrCheesegr8r 😂doesn't that sound exiting??

[@crazyfingers619]

"People are confused because this game isn't what they were expecting it to be. They were expecting a fun game, but instead it's not a fun game."

[@aaronhumphrey3514]

lulz

[@graymanes1297]

All game are now made for like 2nd jobs(Grinding,boring repetitive tasks,daily quests which not for everyone because they have jobs Irl) im not gonna buy this skull & Bones seems boring because you cant explore small islands with treasures and also no hunting in open sea this game is Confirm DOA(Dead On Arrival)

[@galaxygamingplaystation2319]

Of telling us and showing us the pros and cons to the games keep up the good work man

[@victorsales3850]

Another opportunity this game completely misses: The ocean. You have a vast ocean and apparently you can't even dive and discover what's below the surface. Unless you are a big fan of ship combat, this game looks like it could have been so much more.

[@TheKrypticX]

I got this feeling. Game will come out, numbers will be low and they will try and "save" with introducing the 1.2 "Swashbucklers Ahoy!" update. Watch

[@trevorphillips8734]

This right here is probably spot on. And it’ll be like 3 months after release too. Rushed, buggy, and not fluid.

[@ZarathosDaimaoh]

They had many revamp and reboot of the game to do so ... i'm betting it won't even do that , and just straight go f2p when it crashes and burns , to recoup some funds

[@virus_v73]

The no hand to hand is such a deal breaker for me and a lot of people.

[@amokana]

People want hand to hand combat and island exploration, on top of pirating... That's assassin's creed, I think they didn't want to remake black flag and make this unique in its own way.

[@wifiaddict2611]

So Sea of Theives is Black Flag? Thats just stupid ​@amokana

[@wifiaddict2611]

Hand to hand combat is essential in anything pirate, let alone a game.

[@user-jt1js5mr3f]

@firepower987my guy, the original release was 2018. If they were going to by now, they would have. They have no interest in making this what we want

[@Billy-bc8pk]

@@amokanaExcept it's not unique in its own way, it's just a worse version of AC4 and AC Rogue.

[@DarthRen12]

I’m one of the people that went into the beta expecting it to be very similar to black flag. The similarities are there but it’s just not what I was hoping for. I’m definitely not paying $60 for Skull and Bones

[@Dubtecate]

Yes indeed for the amount of time this has been in development i was hoping for AC Black Flag 2 without the AC stuff. That said, i had a great time in the beta but the most fun was grouping up with other player ships. Being able to fill a tank, healer, or dps role in a group seems interesting to me, I’m just not sure how long the current gameplay loop will keep me engaged. Was really hoping for hand to hand combat and exploration on land.

[@Naphen]

so it's basically World of Warships if that was in the 17th century

[@MrAlam471]

My favourite moments of Black Flag was after a tense battle, winning, and then finally being able to absolutely murder the crew by boarding. No hand to hand combat? Bruh Ubisoft went full … You never go full …

[@pissedpajamas5718]

say it say my name

[@rubenduplooy4192]

Tropic thunder reference

[@ban1sh3db3ast]

Ubisoft has clearly never watched Simple Jack.

[@KotyoK1]

They ate a panda on this one

[@Jigglexphysics]

You make my eyes rain 🥲

[@dmvlad]

After many videos, finally I found your video presenting both the positive side and the negative side of the game. Ty man!

[@antmon6668]

Also, I eventually got a healing ship, one mate stayed with a damage ship and other mate got a raming ship. It was fun but you are right, it feels like half a game, it feels like it needs a fighting on land component. We also fought a level 10 mega ship while we were lvl 3,4 and 5. It destroyed us.

[@yoloscrap2490]

played the 6 hour beta and im glad i did, now i know for sure i wont waste money buying this game

[@Miharbi1]

That bad huh? 😂

[@cathulhu3772]

Instead of getting already seasoned planks from teak, ash, pine from hulls and already purified iron from cannons and cannonballs, already weaved ropes, sails from cotton, you mine fckn ore, cut down PALM trees good only for a raft, probably gather some hemp and shear sheeps. Bravo UBI! SEEMS LEGIT

[@lalliloli331]

That superman metaphor was super on point, would hate that 🤣🤣

[@daniels7624]

The only reason to have an inventory screen is to make you buy more storage space by microtransactions. Which is the real problem here: they build the whole microtransaction systems up and then built a pirate looter shooter around it. If they want me to pay for this stuff the game needs to be absolutely mindblowing that doesnt get boring even after half a year. But instead we get this comical pirate arcade game for kids.

[@LittleMissLuna232]

I think the lack of melee combat is a very ... interesting choice.. I think if it had some id be more interested in playing it.

[@natchu96]

I would even be fine with them cutting out the humans-doing-stuff bits if they wanted to focus on a borderline mobile/arcade quality naval combat setup where you're basically just the boat. But nah, they gotta throw in the actual pirates, then completely half ass that angle, just to blue ball people.

[@Kimkong2]

It’s crazy that you feel and play more like a pirate in an almost 10 year old AC game than this game which is mainly about pirates. Even crazier is it’s from the same company. They could have literally just taken out the AC part from black flag and it would still be better than this. Is it really that difficult to build on something that already worked ? My guess is they just wanted to take advantage of the hype behind black flag and rinse some money out of that with this.

[@radedgymantis]

and what's even crazier??? THIS TAKES PLACE DURING BLACK FLAG'S TIMEFRAME

[@Kimkong2]

@@radedgymantisbruh 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@Inhumane]

that’s what happens when management has new ‘vision’ for making the game better

[@StellarCosmic1]

Truly wild that Black Flag is a decade old, what a great game! I'm not a game developer, but it's pretty crazy they couldn't do a Black Flag 1.5, 2, or even anything remotely close to the original game... in 2023... with 100s of millions of dollars. I do admit the lightning storms and the water, like you said, look good. But jeez man smh

[@ernestoguevara13]

Great review! Thank you very much.

[@milkduds1001]

Seriously, why have no one made a good Pirate only game? One that breaks the mainstream? AC4 proved you can have a game about pirates and break the mainstream. Like, it’s perfect and so few people do it.

[@BloodyKnives66]

Pirates are brutal criminals aside from GTA, not many other games about the bad guy winning

[@infernalkiwi]

Sea of Thieves is the ultimate pirate game. You just don't want pirates after you. You want cozy PVE.

[@crazychase98]

​@BloodyKnives66 so make them "privateers" they are naval mercenary. Who get paid by govorments to pirate stuff. Litterly the cyberpunk game was about hit men an mercenary an every body loves that still unfinished shitty buggy game. I don't think people care about the mortality of it its a game

[@sound4117]

@@infernalkiwi even though that game is great fun, it still isn’t an option for anyone who owns a playstation

[@IIPapaMurphII]

​@sound4117 I know what I have to do, but I don't know if I have the strength to do it. ~Kylo Ren

[@maxbardus3019]

"Quick little Starfield-like loading screen" tells me everything I need to know about the game. Thanks Luke for showing it.

[@SoftworksJellyPebbles]

😂 nice

[@Astristul]

Fun fact, I've uninstalled this beta to go back playing Starfield! 😅

[@highlandmedia926]

They only take a couple seconds and there are no loading screens while at sea, just when making port or fast traveling between ports.

[@Gravesteyn]

@@highlandmedia926 Also loading screens if you talk to people on land such as carpenter, blacksmith, trader. And also if you leave the conversation. The loading screens (up to 10 seconds each time) were enough to make me quit.

[@djpony3985]

dude saved me from a bad purchase with this vid thats for sure gonna give him a like on this vid for the warning.

[@CodiMorphett]

There's so much you could do with a concept like this. I was hoping for the bracing mechanic being expanded on, managing crew health by bracing before ramming other ships - if you don't they take a small amount of damage so that when you board for hand to hand combat your crew has more health, also you could have crew work slower for a few seconds like taking more time to reload canons and stuff. Or following treasure maps only to learn that someone else is looking for the same treasure so essentially you could try to fight them at sea or race them to the loot taking your ships party ashore to fight them on the ground, or they could try to ambush you after you find the treasure and you're returning to the ship - then you can raid their ship when it's on l land for extra loot or if it's a larger ship potentially some crew stay behind to guard both their ship alongside your unoccupied ship or they're fighting crew you left behind

[@zaclovesschool2273]

I think a good way to think about this game, is World of Warships set in the 1700s with more fast paced, intimate combat, and the ability to step off your boat and walk around at port.

[@thomasator1139]

Honestly making this closer to a ghost recon wildlands pirate game could have been really fun. Taking down a pirate king or a corrupt colonial enterprise coop with friends sounds super fun

[@PhoenixKing6]

Should have more features from sid meyers pirates. That game was awesome would love a game like that made nowadays

[@ShawnMichaels232]

I've been saying that for a long time. I absolutely loved that game. And that's honestly what this game immediately calls to mind for me. A modern-day remake of Sid Meyers' Pirates would be amazing.

[@alex_5830]

crazy that sid meiers pirates is like 200 mb and had 10 times the features and probably 1000 times the replayability

[@ShawnMichaels232]

@@alex_5830 I used to have a blast playing that game. And I played it more than a few times over.

[@paulthompson8793]

I knew nothing about the game going into the beta and immediately I was disappointed there was no melee. I was also bored out of my mind during the tutorial gathering part, worst part is there is no reason to really gather once you do get a ship since it's better to just sink/board enemy vessels for materials. I did have some fun but good lord I'm never paying full price it, I'll be waiting for that 75% off sale.

[@josuealcivar9807]

Collecting wood and iron from sunken ships is literally how you get those resources in AC Odyssey.

[@infernalkiwi]

This is the same exact experience I had with it. I had a friend after about an hour that was playing with me. Ask if I wanted all their items because they never wanted to play it again. I thought about it for a second and realized I never want to play it again either. We logged out, went to sea of thieves.

[@birgir3399]

there is no way in hell this took them a decade. no way.

[@victorcharles27]

Yes way 😅

[@austinlacy3391]

Makes sense why beyond good and evil is in the dark

[@arcred8353]

the collecting resources thing: would've been so cool if you destroyed a ship and you could cast a net over a chunk of the ship to turn into resources at a dock. if they had better canons, you could learn a blueprint for em or smth. yano... an interesting pirate way of resource collection

[@CK_2001___]

The crew member in the crows nest must have some super strength grip hanging during those storms and waves💀

[@nicolasacosta1673]

This games looks like it'll be fun for like 15 hours and then will get boring and never touched again. I'll pass on this tbh.

[@AsprosOfAzeroth]

Question: Considering the graphics are pretty much the same, what do I get from *Skull & Bones* that I can't get from the naval part of *Assassin's Creed: Odyssey* ?

[@ZarathosDaimaoh]

the multiplayer that you never wanted lol

[@bradleymontgomery5775]

My sentiments exactly. Everything I saw in this video I feel like you can pretty much do in Odyssey already… Except it’s worse because you can’t do everything else Odyssey offers. This just feels like a waste of a game man.

[@gecho8848]

Ubisoft games have a problem with theme and tone. Perfect example is the minigames, it's not a bad idea to have a resource gathering component to get upgrades. But it's all about how you do it, the minigames really are the worst possible way. Instead imagine if in a pirate game you had to act like a pirate by perhaps taking over a small outpost or raiding a village on these islands. All in order to steal their resources and make them your own. Imagine actually having that whole process basically be a copy paste of black flags plantation missions where you do exactly that. That way you have the same progression system but with the right theming and tone plus more engaging gameplay. This was like the one time people would be happy for Ubisoft to just copy paste a game with some slight tweaks and a few upgrades, how they manage to miss the mark when literally handed a perfect opportunity for success is beyond me. Seems they are only capable of making the worst possible decisions.

[@terrencemcnally3453]

After seeing these reviews all I can say is that I just want to cry. I was so excited for this game 😢. I am seriously about to cry .

[@KeepUpThomas]

so they stripped out everything we liked about black flag, they missed sword fighting, treasure hunting, island exploration and much more.

[@Juan-GC]

Calling it right now, no hand to hand combat will make this game dead on arrival

[@rebellious_red7123]

Yeah, a pirate game without melee combat is like a Batman game without gliding. It’s a baffling design choice

[@Necron00b]

For me, I think most people just thought it would be the mechanics from Black Flag, not the actual content...they really seem to have tried to make it more like other pirate games out right now and that's such a shame, because the at sea mechanics were perfectly fine, they really only needed a huge map with a greater variety of ships. They tried to copy AND re-invent the wheel at the same time...also I imagine the MT's in this will be ludicrous.

[@consumeproduce]

that first trailer to this gameplay is the gaming version of the disappointing my heart will go on flute music meme

[@GeorgeNoX]

I got to try it out as well this weekend. While initial fun was there, i felt like it soon fell of as i started to realize that all missions are just fetch quests basically. Go sink a ship, come back. Go plunder a outpost, come back. Go transport some cargo, come back. There isn't really any meat to them or variety. Every type of the mission is the same thing. Also due to the fact that we only got to play for six hours (idk who's stupid idea that was) we didn't really get an opportunity to try out different ship types or classes because of the time required to get them. I was only able to test out the initial DPS ramming ship you get and the support type ship, both of which are in small category of ships. Got to say though, they much improved on ship customization and now changing ship armor actually changes the look of the ship and is not just some plating thrown on it like it previously was so that's great. As far as pirate game goes, i wasn't really feeling the pirate vibe TBH since a large portion about what pirates were (swashbuckling, sword fighting and pistol shooting) is actually not in this game, its just the naval combat part. On that point, naval combat feels very easy and it very arcade type of combat, you just get a crosshair you have to aim at enemy ship and you are done. There is no calculating of say arc of canon fire, wind doesn't really affect it much, its all very easy to master, no actual skill required really. It is a very casual game in pretty much every aspect. If you want a real challenge you won't find it here, unless you try to solo everything which is not a intended way to play. Game looks good and ran well on my PC on highest settings, at least world looks good. Character models on the other hand look horrible in comparison, like something 10 years ago or more. That's really how the whole game feels, like it's 10 years behind times

[@dalebirkenstock2580]

I was really looking forward to this, and what I've played of the beta is fun so far. However, I totally agree with you in the sense that this doesn't really cut it for the full game. I had so much fun in Black Flag just sailing around, immobolizing ships then boarding them to fight the crew. Not being able to do that in this game is a huge letdown. The sea hunts and diving sections were great in Black Flag too, and so far I've just been able to do basic spearing of fish and sharks. Nowhere near as well done previously.

[@AfamKingo]

Honestly surprised they are still going to release this

[@Discordia_Ch]

Im surprised the soulless main "HQ" wasn't touched up on. It just didn't FEEL like a pirate bay. No banter, no music, nothing.

[@Nico78Not]

There's a stamina bar to accelerate your ship, something that wasn't present in Black Flag and honestly is something that's detrimental to the fun of the game. In Black Flag, when nothing is going on, you'd raise your sails so your ship goes quicker to the next battle/point of interest and then lower them when engaging another ship or to stop near land. Then, you'd use your stamina to ram ships. In Skull&Bones, you can raise your sails only if you have stamina which will continuously deplete until your sails magically lower themselves, artificially extending your playtime for no reason. That simple feature only makes me ask why people would play this over Sea of Thieves, especially when SoT released with the realistic mechanic of wind currents 5 years ago.

[@TrueGamer22887]

Wait there’s no actual sailing here???

[@CptAeRoTR]

Stamina for a ship 😂

[@sound4117]

People would play this over sea of thieves because sea of thieves isn’t available on ps5. If it was, this game would’ve been cancelled from the start.

[@Nico78Not]

@@sound4117 Who plays on PS5 lmao

[@TrueGamer22887]

@@sound4117 I’ve heard that Ubisoft was funded by some Asian country so they couldn’t cancel it contractually

[@nathanaellanham3613]

When Edward Kenway wants to play Sea Of Thieves

[@Rusty254]

Ubisoft NEEDS this to be a successful live service to not make a loss on it. Imo, not gonna happen.

[@fatmangoboom7722]

This is the best part of black flag with a new coat of paint with all ground exploration taken out along with hand to hand combat gone!

[@METALADIX]

I dont like how so many original games end up missing the mark. We need a quality AAA completely original game to come out.

[@antonurusov1067]

"It's like a superman game but you play as Clark Kent getting coffee" ... or a Spiderman game but you play as Peter riding a bike with Harry Osborn Oh wait we actually had that

[@kasiadinero1695]

If insomniac made a Superman game they definitely would do that 😂

[@reddemon6668]

Or a gta game where you do a heist but you can only play as the get away car

[@x0Fang0x]

Except thats a narrative point in the spider man and not the only gameplay. Make your analogy make sense.

[@CMTechnica]

@@x0Fang0xthe difference between this and Spider Man is that this is actually a game, unfortunately Spider Man is a $60 movie that outstays its welcome

[@PatsyIsDrunk]

@@x0Fang0x Spiderman 2 sucks that bad it makes Skull and Bones look appealing, not, but you know what I mean. hahahahahaha Wokie games, what a world we live in, fang2828 is the soyest of soy.

[@galaxygamingplaystation2319]

The game does look interesting. I think it would be fun to do some kind of swashbuckling when you try to read ships and it does make sense to start off with a mini game because you start with bare bones ship basically but I do see your point I think it would be more fun to battle cargo ships to get the loot you are a pirate after all so they need to equip your ship with a decent gun and just go to town and also because you have done this they may actually change some things it was in demo they might even remove the mini game who knows But thank you for the video. You do an excellent job

[@teedeerolo]

Nice review, I was hoping at least to have some boarding combat or some combat. but I like pirates so I am sure I will play this some .

[@Teff360]

And this on the heels of The Day Before...

[@Aelitagurl]

I remember when this and Sea of Thieves were the two pirate games coming out around the same-ish time/year 😂😂

[@SoftworksJellyPebbles]

😂😂

[@willi1397]

That Clark Kent comparison was absolutely brutal. You had me chuckling Luke. Can’t believe this isn’t free to play.

[@shyper_]

what time?

[@DjentBeard]

Ubisoft: *makes pirate game* Also Ubisoft: 'No griefing allowed'

[@claudiaheimgartner7864]

After findling out they plan to have battelpasses they lost me.

[@keiichimorisato98]

I hated how even minor tutorial missions were designed for group play. Id try to board a ship to complete the mission but as soon as id stsrt fighting tons of enemies would spawn and just wrek me.

[@Aloofasf]

Without island exploration, hand to hand combat system, or interaction with crew and ship on foot, this is at the very most just under half of a pirate game. No ship combat system will ever be good enough to make up for it. This game will be forgotten in 6 months after launch

[@Marcushillary123]

I am one of the people that was really hoping for a "Black Flag 2" type or game. Good to know before I got it. Dont think ill be getting this game. Hopfully they will make a Skull & Bones 2 that will have more like Black Flag.

[@micahandrews4881]

Honestly, the lack of hand to hand combat is what kills it for me. What's the point of boarding another ship if it's just some quick animation that plays? I'd see the animation probably 10 times before I got tired of it. It removes any variety those encounters could have had.

[@victorcharles27]

Ubi is LAZY 😴

[@Itchybunny-ob9rk]

I think everyone just wanted a pirate rpg? Idk how ubisoft didn't get the messaging?

[@Fourthaboveall]

It's not a bad game, but it's definitely not a good one either. From what I played It has some fun elements, but I feel it should have been free to play type game. Definitely wish there was more ship exploration. Also instead of gather mini games. Let me either actually do it myself or assign my crew to hop out and do it. Tedious as material gathering is that would add a layer of fun to it I think.

[@yahootube90]

Yep, that's how I see it. It's just an average game that no one will really care about one way or another in the next year. It'll fade away quickly but won't be the disaster of The Day Before.

[@cryodragonbane4614]

at first i thought it was going to be more like sea of theaves, but seeing it now, i think its just a bunch of minigames thrown into one. I wouldnt mind them adding some hand to hand combat, and letting us get out of our ship to gather materials.

[@lentwolf8256]

I remember playing either the alpha or one of the very early betas, and I didn't even get through the first mission because I was so bored. I got access to this beta, and I got through the first few mission and then got bored and didn't wanna play

[@ppsarrakis]

Feels like a free to play world of warships game sold as a AAA game 60$...

[@nicksparrow009]

I played it too. Honestly wasn't as bad as expected... Quite enjoyed it actually. I tried not comparing it to a single player game and found the game pretty okay

[@MDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMD]

Whoa buddy. The Pilgrims foraged when they came to The New World, and they weren't bored.

[@henri2058]

Game is very mid, tried to play it and cutscenes lagging like crazy and a lot of crashes.

[@azura_2437]

World of Tanks with ships.... World of boats..ships..Warships, that sounds awesome, somebody should make that a game. Love the content man, keep it up.

[@Eskaroots]

it already exist. War thunder have a warship only mode.

[@prodICYN]

@@Eskaroots Or wait.. World of Warships??

[@aaronhumphrey3514]

To be fair, World of Warships is WW2-era or newer ships, so no, a pirate ship combat game in that vein doesn't really exist.

[@potata6615]

I wish that the gameplay loop was a mix of AC Blackflag and AC Odyssey/Valhalla. Adding all the great things AC Blackflag had, plus the recruitment system from the newer games, the ability to explore the deep sea without the diving bell, the stories from AC valhalla, and a chest where you could store your gear from AC Odyssey. being able to raid camps camps, villages, fortresses, etc would've been also cool instead, they they're giving us this thing...

[@alspace4925]

So just play odyssey