I played 4 hours of Skull and Bones early

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[@jayveeeee]

pretty sure the closed beta is up for a couple days! forgot to mention i've got beta keys 😅 here you go! hjbc-bmye-88c3-hgmm lrmf-xqaw-4kx8-acpt w74q-amue-rhfn-cfrb

[@lapigreborn]

[@boogerpicker8104]

I don’t even care enough to try it

[@Ho_Lee_Fook]

I'm good

[@CarlosMorales-iz8wv]

No

[@truegamer_007]

Dammit, already redeemed

[@EvTheWeebslayer]

They simplified the ship combat from AC4 but you can bet their ingame store will be the most expansive you’ve ever seen.

[@username172]

I expect them to add the fun mini games as jobs like red dead online, 1600 helix coins each

[@GrimReaper9980]

That’s why this game will die before it’s even out, hope they don’t embarrass themselves and release the full premium store day 1

[@dantefromdevilmaycry9857]

@@cody3335 Wat?

[@AhRisla]

​@@cody3335No mate. Jay mentioned it at the beginning, assassins creed 4

[@-shikajin-4078]

To be honest I feel like the combat in this is way more compelling than the one in AC4. I love the feedback you get from firing your guns and the explosion effects.

[@neonmatt24]

Ubisoft literally was THIS close to having it all. They had the absolute PERFECT blueprint in AC Blackflag! All they had to do was take out the "Assassin" in Blackflag, give the player the option to create their pirate and customize with gender, ethnicity, look, clothing etc and craft an epic narrative story of say something liken to Pirates of the Carribean at World's End. Where you are the last of the Pirate Kings and the East Indian Trading Company and British Royal Navy are after you and your goal is to find your very last hidden treasure to split with your crew to live out the rest of your days. Allow Island and cave exploration, swim to sunken treasures and shipwrecks, sword fight with other pirate factions, maybe even have mutiny in your own crew if they feel they aren't being managed correctly! Have mythical creatures like the Kraken, or cursed Skeletons etc. That would have been the pirate experience that EVERYONE would have thrown money at. Instead, they make a game that belongs on a mobile app. WOW

[@viniciusalmeida1057]

That's basically the game I created in my mind, with characters, mechanics and all. Sadly, I am not Ubisoft's CEO.

[@neonmatt24]

@@viniciusalmeida1057 It's crazy to me that we as players can have this AMAZING idea of a pirate game in our minds but the people that make the games gave us this! 🤦🏽‍♂️ UNBELIEVABLE

[@HolyBlowhole]

Because all their energy went into figuring out how to monetize every aspect of the game.

[@joeyballaman]

Everyone has been telling them that from the start but of course Ubisoft will not listen they only understand microtransactions.

[@cookdislander4372]

You just described the best pirate game. Wtf is this shit

[@6tango16]

TL;DR of this video. Remember that if Ubisoft was not required by law to finish this game then they would have abandoned this game YEARS ago. So expect this to be the child the abusive parents wish they could just get rid of.

[@SwordlessNinja]

wait why were they required to finish it?

[@danishchawla690]

​​@@SwordlessNinjai don't properly know but i heard it was funded by government so they HAVE to release this game. Edited: it was funded by the Singapore government.

[@Hunter_6601]

@@SwordlessNinjathe price of Ubisoft opening a studio in Singapore

[@astronotics531]

any official source? these are just rumours dude@@danishchawla690

[@X_xWolfx_X]

@@SwordlessNinjagovernment of India put investments in it

[@bensfons]

They literally left out the fun things about being a pirate. No boarding and fighting, no docking and leaving your ship, no disembarking on random places. This is just a boat simulator.

[@VA1ENTINX]

Wtf why would they take that out🤣🤣🤣

[@LordBeef]

You should really play Sea of Thieves if you haven’t

[@nickcrumb8190]

@@LordBeef can't play that on the ps5

[@MrDylanm842]

​@@LordBeefsea of mid is nowhere near the fun of AC4

[@DeadnotAlive]

It’s been a boat simulator from the start

[@guts4300]

Ubisoft never fails to disappoint

[@lonleybeer]

LOL

[@TactiDoom]

ye sometimes lol

[@username172]

Oh but you see, thats those pesky high standards they accused us of having when talking shit about larian. You gotta throw those thoughts out and stop demanding a good game for your money.

[@mehgusta]

looks pretty disappointing to me

[@josuerestrepo1476]

ac 2, splinter cell blacklist and chaos teory, far cry 3, ac origins and Odyssey, Rayman Legends, rainbow six Siege,Xdefiant, all that games are Masterpieces!

[@ras_alhim]

My sincere condolences

[@ienjoyedmystay5521]

Can you explain to me why it’s so bad? I don’t see what’s wrong with it besides micro transactions.

[@HolyBlowhole]

@@ienjoyedmystay5521 play Black Flag (or even AC Odyssey/Valhalla) if the pirate ship stuff interests you. This is inferior in every way besides the updated graphics. And Black Flag still looks pretty good so it’s not even that much of an improvement.

[@ienjoyedmystay5521]

@@HolyBlowhole I’ve played black flag ac Odyssey and Valhalla. So if this game isn’t like those games, this is basically a sea of thieves knock off?

[@Slasher_Blade]

Лучше и не скажешь)))

[@Slasher_Blade]

Интересно! А можно за 4 часа пройти одисси на 100%?

[@oldcdog91]

Definitely looks like a “pass” for me. Thanks for the thorough coverage.

[@tyrannosaurusflex3698]

Why did you put quotation marks for pass?

[@deepintothewoooods]

@@tyrannosaurusflex3698 well why “not”

[@dantauche7917]

Same. Way too many other good games to spend time with

[@jeepercreep12]

"I" "will" "also" "pass" "," "just" "not" "my" "kind" "of" "game"

[@JollyJackGang]

Ubisoft Had A Really Big Opportunity To Make A More Realistic Version Of Sea Of Thieves But Alas They Failed Miserably!

[@schia696]

They have every resource to create the perfect pirate game. A mix between black flag and the exploration of Odyssey minus the assassin's creed stuff with you being able to create your own pirate would have been amazing. Looks like Black Flag is still gonna be the best pirate game afterall.

[@fygjennings87]

Sid Meiers pirates was pretty good tho

[@user-xz3pb3dt2u]

@@fygjennings87 That game is pure gold and i think it is very underrated. There were no item shops where you could buy ships, you actually had to STEAL them from somebody. You had to manage your crew, you had many side quests from finding treasures to hunting down other pirates, game had a kind of story, you could collect artifacts, fight port cities for gold, even boarding sequence was done right. It really was a peak pirate simulator and you didn't even have good graphics and walking sequences (with few exceptions) and yet the game was awesome and it is what? 20 years old? In 20 years the only good pirate games we got was AC Black Flag and maybe Sea of Thieves.

[@Flyhi808]

I thought for sure this game wouldn’t ever make it to this point lol ☠️

[@jossebrodeur6033]

They're legally obligated to release the game because it's funded by the Singapore government

[@randymarsh9488]

I could see it as an xboxgamepass game if anything. This game is destined for failure

[@franciscoreza8295]

@@jossebrodeur6033 what do you mean by that? (a genuine question)

[@kylegoyak]

​@@franciscoreza8295the government of Singapore dumped millions into the project to help boost the local economy. Ubisoft wanted to just cancel production years ago because they never made any real headway but the Singapore government threatened massive lawsuits if they didnt eventually release the game. So Ubisoft has been dragging their feet making it an acceptable release

[@VlIl]

@@randymarsh9488 when you are biased af and dont give any games an actuall chance than yes. Ik you havent tried it saying this, nobody that did really says it is a failure

[@buurmanwum7599]

This game could've been so much. Like imagine slower, more realistic ship gameplay, which makes the ship so much more majestic and the game more immersive. They just needed sea of thieves+black flag but with massive ship battles and they wouldve had a hit

[@Sn1pEzTV]

wouldn't work that way, SoT works because you got not many players/ships active, Black Flag only worked the way it was because it was singleplayer. none of those would work that well combined and also not with the size they are aiming for in terms of multiplayer

[@Alextrino]

the game was slower before this test, and nearly nobody playing it liked it.

[@brickinthebag]

Just play naval action. Despite the devs being idiots, the game is brilliant

[@SkeDav]

@@Sn1pEzTV Thanks god someone with common sense. People don't realize how difficult it would be to mix SoT and Black Flag. I also despise people who said that this isn't Black Flag only because it's been develop by the same company even when it was never sold as such. With that being said, I'm still not sure about the game but hey we will see at release.

[@Sn1pEzTV]

@@SkeDav yeah i was higly sceptical at first too, especially after the push backs multiple times, but i've played it last year and in teh recent beta and do i love this game now, when i wasn't sleeping or eating, i was playing the shit out of the beta xD

[@devinuzuanis9259]

Was really hoping there would be more on foot exploration and combat.

[@adamhughes7401]

I think it would be sick if Ubisoft use the same combat style as for honor for skull and bones

[@laflame5806]

@@GAMING_NGA boy do i have some news for you

[@X_xWolfx_X]

@@GAMING_NGAblack flag is getting a remake lol

[@drewbrew444]

my favorite part of Black Flag was the feelling of jumping off my ship onto a new shore and looking back and seeing my ship waiting for me in the water. I can’t believe they would get rid of that in favor of collection minigames

[@Sn1pEzTV]

you can disembark on islands and see your ship waiting for you

[@jonathonsanders2508]

@@Sn1pEzTV only the main hub island. In AC Black Flag you could jump off your ship in the middle of the ocean if you wanted. They had a game with a great amount of freedom of movement and instead made a game that your welded to the ship while the fun stuff happens in a cut scene.

[@luisz222]

If this game had both land and ship gameplay i’d be interested in it. The ship gameplay in ac4 was great, but I would have loved a pure pirate game with the ac4 ship mechanics. I know we have ac4 already, but a pirate game that isn’t connected to ac4, but using what worked in that game could be compelling as hell.

[@capolean2902]

with multiplayer similar to jedi knight academy (16 players pvp and open world missions)

[@Sn1pEzTV]

it's not simply a clone of AC4 Ship Gameplay, they've improved it and added much more to it than AC4 had and tbh while i've played it last year and the recent beta, i didn't miss the Land or on-foot gameplay one bit, you can (and often do) disembark onto islands, go back to the Den (Hub Area) but also sail around much at the same time, the boarding sequence makes sense the way this game is designed and how it works and you never lose anyhting really by the way it is.

[@pyerack]

Literally the only things that held Black Flag back from being the best pirate game out there was the stupid "Abstergo/modern day" plot line and the braindead melee mechanics.

[@wonkabars6982]

This game has been walking the plank for a while now and there’s nothing Ubisoft can do to save it. The sooner they send it out to sink, the quicker they can move on from this disaster.

[@metalklown]

Ha. Shoulda said shipwreck and all your puns woulda been on point.

[@Sn1pEzTV]

i'm looking forward to its release, i played it last year and now the closed beta and i loved every second of it

[@K09819]

@@Sn1pEzTV your shit taste in games, is the reason why shit games are abundant today lmao

[@Kaiberus]

i dont think i've ever seen ships turn that fast, it has a better turning radius thn some 1945 and or 1970 tanks

[@quinsey9211]

my #1 problem with this game is still the same to me. The best part about black flag was pulling up next to a ship, swinging over, fighting the crew, and taking over the ship. That was such an awesome high every time i did it. And this just feels like a worse version of that.

[@Flyon86]

Yeah, most fun in Black flag. But because every Ubisoft game has to be developed like a free to play mobile game they couldn't make that work. They could just have a single player campaign and then a multi-player campaign, but they're just chasing the recurring revenue of games as a service multiplayer.

[@Lost_In_Neverwhere]

I would love for this game to be a banger, but I don't think it will be, lol. But man, Ubisoft knows how to make water look pretty in their games!

[@Kdkjdjewerdnxa]

Honestly the water in Sea of Thieves looks more impressive to me even if it’s exaggerated and a little cartoony. The water actually looks deep and murky in Sea Of Thieves, and the depth of the water seems to control the color, viewing waves from the side you can see light pass through them and the color changes significantly there as well. This water looks above average but not a huge improvement over Assassins Creed

[@irecordwithaphone1856]

I think the game will be fun, but nothing truly special we haven't gotten before. Like the people saying it's going to be awful because it's Ubisoft, I don't really believe that. The game looks interesting, I could see myself playing it especially as Black Flag is in my top 3 AC games. Basically just an average game release, nothing too awful and nothing too fantastic. Sort of like game junk food, but sometimes that can be good if you're in the mood for it Seems like the kind of thing I'd buy on sale though if they're selling it for 60 bucks. I feel like 30-40 bucks would be a good price range for it

[@irecordwithaphone1856]

​@Kdkjdjewerdnxa Both games have wildly different styles. Sea of Thieves has very exaggerated waves and more 'artistic' visuals if that makes sense. The water in the latest Assassin's Creed games tend to go for a more realistic depiction. Personally I think Origins/Odyssey/Valhalla have amazing water effects, and so does sea of thieves it's just targeting different aesthetics Origins does have that murky depth you're talking about for example, and you can see light pass through it also. Both games have this feature. Sea of Thieves waves are much more of a spectacle on purpose with the way they rise and fall

[@xiax4453]

@@Kdkjdjewerdnxa sea of thieves has the most visually appealing water in gaming. I think red dead 2s is good too, it's weirdly accurate like you can make whirlpools if you run in circles with your horse in it

[@irecordwithaphone1856]

​​@@xiax4453You should watch videos of the PC version with maxed out water physics. It looks crazy. Rockstar has always been known for pushing their tech but yeah RDR2 is a whole other beast Maxed out water physics also easily tanks your performance lol. It drops your framerate significantly, but with DLSS it can actually become manageable

[@batuchthebruh5165]

If they bring this on Game Pass, people will play it but otherwise I doubt it.

[@hiddendesire3076]

3:26 Honesly if it was something more like “This whole lifestyle is grand and all, don’t get me wrong, meeting interesting people, tropical vistas, the treasure, but you want to know what I really miss? Those little cakes I used to get with my mum as we watched the ships sail into port.” It would be far more personable and add some character. It would then be like Oh this person actually has some kind of hidden history to them, maybe I can learn more by being around them.

[@Frank-kq4te]

It doesn't matter how many times i hear about this game, i keep forgetting it ever existed the second it exits my field of view.

[@mickeycee8559]

Lol yea same

[@shadowbanned5164]

Makes me want to blow the dust off Black Flag.

[@WorldGoods]

If this releases this year it’s gonna be buried under some truly great releases

[@donkaibs5515]

This game is already dead and buried😂

[@ferdys1705]

I hope so...

[@TheSGBrown]

The game will SINK at the dock; er, launch, imo

[@pillshereee]

They love releasing games, among releases like Elden Ring and then wonder why their peak players that month are like 10k and their games dead within 3 months lmao

[@Sn1pEzTV]

it'll not release this year anymore, more likely spring or fall next year

[@mallow316]

I can’t get over how “video gamey” it all looks. I just want something more grounded, simulation like

[@davetroll5027]

Right. They delayed it just to polish a turd. How many people want a boat game vs realistic pirate game??

[@B.D.E.]

Check out Naval Action then, it's exactly what you describe. It has its own flaws, but you'll mostky hear them from end game players. Still so much to like there.

[@SkullKidForever]

go build a ship in real life and set sail pirate; thats as close to the real deal as you're gonna get out of technology

[@zzodysseuszz]

@@SkullKidForeverno it’s not. The closest I’ll get out of technology is a game that’s grounded

[@CoffeeFiend1]

I always say the most immersion breaking aspect of most games these days is that you're very much constantly aware that you're actually playing the game and the world isn't real. With great immersive games you can zone out and forget, you feel like you're there and it's real. The old school Assassins Creeds were great for this, despite having intermittent hiccups here and there.

[@Spectrezx]

Once upon a time I was hoping for this to be a gritty/realistic(ish) take on Sea of Thieves. Such a hard whiff from Ubi...and I'm the guy who doesn't hate their 'samey' formula.

[@rihowlthered9739]

This should definitely fall under the free to play games. That is what it looks like to me. Half assed pirate experience, and I bet it'll be litered with microtransactions. At this point just they should just release it because it'll probably bomb and bomb hard

[@brad5426]

I can't believe Ubisoft would do malice to you. God rest your soul.

[@THESHRIMP209]

Honestly I forgot this existed with how many delays and how little info was released

[@Jojob541]

So they took everything that was fun about ship combat in Black Flag, simplified it enough to fit a mobile game, and added literally nothing else that you could stand to play for longer than half an hour to it. Hard pass :D

[@j.patricklindor6828]

This game is going to be exactly that when they release it...skull and bones....D.O.A

[@Kdkjdjewerdnxa]

Damn even with Ubisoft sponsoring people to make videos on their game, people are struggling to find good things to say about it. Wonder how much Ubisoft spent expecting influencers to blindly praise it. This game should have been cancelled years ago, I don’t see a demand for a live service pirate game from Ubisoft, especially when Sea of Thieves is already a far more immersive first person pirate game that seems to work far better in co op than this does. It has artifacts of Assassin’s Creed but it’s like they didn’t want to commit to making either a narrative pirate adventure or an endless sandbox for emergent narratives like Sea of Theives, it’s somewhere in between like they still dont know what they want to make almost a decade after it started development, and that seems incredibly unappealing to me.

[@jayveeeee]

say what you will about Ubi (and people say a LOT) but they welcome pretty harsh criticism as long as you're not a complete dick about it

[@kermut]

I played it a year ago and I will say the difference from last year to this year is really big, it feels much more fun to play now than last year. That doesn't mean it's a great game though lol, it's just more enjoyable than it was a year or so ago.

[@scopeyui240]

This footage is way better than the first impression that Ubisoft did

[@Luro587]

"I miss cake." (3:14)

[@potata6615]

i'm no developer, but i believe that taking some gameplay features from AC Black Flag and Valhalla, making some tweaks and improvements, and implementing them here wouldn't have been that hard

[@jordy1278]

well all they literally needed was black flag multiplayer, they had the game, they knew what everyone wanted, and they also had the time to make this game as well, since it's been in development for 10 years, I just hope there is some kind of hidden game play that no one has access to, but doubt it.

[@tj-co9go]

Odyssey you mean?

[@evant4739]

@@tj-co9goyou realise odyssey came out before valhalla? why would they mean odyssey? the ship in that was awful, it was just black flag with arrows. they meant the interactive crew and openworld rpg features of valhalla, applied to black flag, then remove the assassins creed part of the game and make it multiplayer. they could probably churn that out in 6 months and itd be infinitely better than this shit

[@kevinnorwood8782]

The sea monster event is easily the best part of everything I've seen from the closed beta footage. You get to fight a Mosasaur!

[@Zood94]

I adore Black Flag because it's a almost the perfect pirate game, this game feels like a ship combat game with pirate theme, not a pirate game.

[@VashGamer94]

I like the fact you did give it an objective look and not just dogpile it as a "modern Ubisoft game" but it really does reek of that and after hearing your thoughts on it seems to confirm that they wanted to make this a very heavy live service game, but due to the amount of delays it sounds like the passion for the game is beyond dead in Davy Jones's locker which is a shame cause I'd love a Black Flag spiritual successor, but this just doesn't seem to be it.

[@Kvitebjorn257]

Don't worry, there'll also be microtransactions after the first round of full release reviews.

[@simplecapt]

So many people say they could of stuck with black flag. Just because it’s a pirate game, doesn’t mean they need to stick with a 10 year old game. How the fuck would a game that’s based on assassins be made into skull and bones

[@Vandy--]

@@Kvitebjorn257 There is? Im so glad I already moved on from this game, welp now it makes me sure 100000% not to buy this game or at least wait for the 80-90% discount lmao

[@jerrythehedgehog7566]

​@@Vandy--bro, there's microtransactions in every ubisoft game

[@mrpro7987]

Dang I thought this game would never release after all the delays it’s had

[@mgallogical7114]

they were contractually obligated i.e. forced to complete it. Ubisoft were begging there contractors to let them counsel it, it got so bad that devs were getting depressed as they had to be stretched thin for a game no one wants

[@Kdkjdjewerdnxa]

It needs about another ten years in the oven methinks.

[@Kdkjdjewerdnxa]

@@mgallogical7114You can feel the lack of enthusiasm and excitement from the developers throughout the game. It’s like no one knew or even liked what they were working on and that all comes from mismanagement at the top and the fact they’ve changed genres multiple times while working on it.

[@CodFishay]

At this point I think it should just be canceled unless they add regular combat and such too

[@mgallogical7114]

@@CodFishay that the point they legally cant

[@ItzLosoooo]

This was exactly what I was looking for as a review. Great job bro.

[@Adomanic]

The fact they REMOVED things from Black Flag like swinging onto other ships tells me this game is dead in the water.

[@zaneharris1562]

Can say this is one of the games of all time

[@kidblaze210]

Thank you for showing me this , it has inspired me to do another play thru for blackflag

[@Xornicus]

Youd think they would mimic the captains quarters from black flag where you can access some things on the ship to take the load off of having to go to vendors

[@Dylan-fs5kn]

When it got announced I was so excited, i thought it was gonna be like ac4 but pure pirates. Shame it’s gone so downhill

[@simplecapt]

Explain how the fuck this is different to what you thought it would be

[@BloodyKnives66]

@@simplecapt oh hush fan boy, other people have higher standards and expect more. Most people aren't as willing to kiss a$$ like you. If you like it good for you 👍 other people are allowed to have an opinion also, grow up kid.

[@TotallyToonsTV]

A constant peeve of mine in any Ubisoft game is their lack of commitment to full immersion....more specifically the menu designs. Take the menu at 05:16 for example. What I'm getting at is they tried to make the menu look like it was on a piece of parchment. A very clean and intact one but parchment nontheless. Now look at the font of all the text. NONE of that says "ye olde pirate" to me. They used moden plain computer fonts that don't fit the world or the parchment they're on. Instead of, say, light cursive, stylised gothic or even some mild fantasy font. Something like you would almost always see in ES IV: Oblivion UI. This peeve extends to their entire UI, HUD and presentation as a whole....although personally I think there is far to much on screen as is. Ubisoft would probably say it's to make it easier for people to read but I can think of a dozen better designs that what they used. They do the same in Assassins Creed too.

[@ItsDatCajunStuff]

2067 AD, somewhere on the southern Martian colony: "Man, Skull and Bones got delayed again...."

[@sadgiraffe6669]

It’s quite sad actually because a lot of aspects in this game look quite cool

[@Hexenkind1]

My condolences to you. Must have been hard.

[@timoplays478]

I’m sorry you had to go through it man…

[@MainerdLoyd]

LOL A crows nest isn't a cockpit but I did know what part of the ship you were talking about. The command area of a ship would be called the bridge. Great assessment of the game. This is my second beta of it and I think you were very fair and kind to it. Since the NDA is lifted I'm pretty sure this will be the finished product. I'm having fun but I do question how much I'm willing to pay for the game.

[@AceOfBlackjack]

It's called a cockpit in game.

[@aventicks718]

"I wanted a dedicated pirate game outside of assassins creed" Sea of Thieves:

[@ArronTKO]

If depression was a game

[@flicka25]

If it gets bead reviews and goes on the sale heap quickly I will get it lol. The combat had me hooked to the screen. Takes me back to when I was a kid pretending to be a pirate. And yeah there will be a pretty vast store I'm sure of it.

[@pressrepeat2000]

Lots of people will buy it because it’s a great realistic graphics pirate game. We need it.

[@esmeecampbell7396]

I remember when Black Flag came out and people all said "this would be a really good game if they just took out all the dumb templars and assassins stuff" We didn't want them to just take out EVERYTHING but the ship driving though... There's nothing here, no fighting on land, no reason to hunt for treasure, no boarding of ships to capture them.

[@catie33336]

it looks like they spent many many years trying to create the game that sea of thieves already made, and in that game you can get off the ship

[@BlackRavenRiot]

I was so hyped for this yonks ago but it has taken soooooo long for this to reach this point. My hype level depleted long ago and just out of spite, i will be passing up this game and sticking with sea of thieves.

[@omzyno]

assassins creed black flag with a new name and 10x worse lol

[@evant4739]

this isnt even close to black flag, the only similarity is sailing, thats it, even thats not similar with these goofy ass ship models. black flag doesn’t deserve to be associated with this stain

[@user-gj5vi1pz3b]

Its beautiful... Ive looked at this for 5 hours now.

[@maegnificant]

You can really see how much talent has left ubisoft

[@rajanrajanowski]

Sooo there is no melee combat? Damn

[@drewfeemster809]

This is one of the games of all time

[@revanxanbabayev1621]

Truly🙏

[@RealistRatRace]

Hold on dude this is Ubisoft don’t believe the hype

[@Kdkjdjewerdnxa]

@@RealistRatRaceI don’t think there is any hype whatsoever.

[@ObligedUniform]

​​@@Kdkjdjewerdnxaas someone who actually still enjoys even the new AC's: yep. Not an ounce of hype for this thing at this point

[@RealistRatRace]

@@Kdkjdjewerdnxa anyways don’t have high expectations then

[@justinx590]

"Have you ever killed a person with a cake?" **big-bakery starts sweating**

[@QuiteNeptune]

For me it kinda seems like star wars squadrons but with pirates. It would be so much better if there was hand to hand combat but oh well

[@viniciusalmeida1057]

They never showed interest in making human combat in this game and we know this, ship combat is what they are doing. We shouldn't be disapointed if it was never the idea, but is it a better idea? I don't think so, one of the thinks that made black flag the best pirate game we had was this perfect flow between ship combat, ship boarding, land exploring (with no loadings), cool animations when entering or ending a hunt or dive, finding caves filled with pirates and stuff. This freedom and attention to detail in animations gave us all that imersion, I don't think choosing not to give us more features and mechanics (that already worked in a previous masterpiece) is a better choice to make us feel like pirates

[@leserdemun]

The idea was ship combat? Then why did they make it inferior to the ship combat in AC4..

[@marcusclark1339]

to monetize it @@leserdemun never about a good game but a good "service"

[@sportsman0075]

What about exploring your ship with your character and visit your captain's cabin? 5 years ago you could at least see your character stear the ship. 🤔. Not to enter other ships is a downer😑

[@MadeInChinaPlat]

That running around is for player retention, basically it's stuffing.

[@cordell224]

I was wondering about the resource gathering too, I saw how it worked and thought it was odd and wondered why they didnt use the crew

[@jordanosman]

I just hope that this game is enjoyable to some degree. It just feels like too little too late with this one, and I’m not sure where it’s attempting to innovate or set itself apart.

[@RLJSlick]

Nice video! This game seems a lot like an arcade game, more than a deep RPG, I would go back and play the 2013 Black Flag, than pay money to play this. I know it's still beta, but not sure this game is for me.....

[@the_vasl]

I loved the Sid Meier's Pirates mechanics when you can fight a captain to captain of ships, and you could actually lose even if you already are on the other captain's ship. Weird there is nothing like that in here.

[@potatomagic1239]

3:26 that had me cracking up lmao 🤣💀

[@Ouium]

That ship combat looks more arcady/simplified/casual than sid meier's pirates. Shame, but pass for me (and in-game store, resource mechanics just screaming "we are here just for microtransactions" makes that a hard pass)

[@gbhgvhgbh]

You have to admire Ubisoft's unwavering commitment to soulless mediocrity.

[@Gawddaym]

🤣

[@wcs9284]

Its a ship combat game. I think some strategy game elements with a fleet of 3-4 ships and crew management system must be there.

[@patrykiaa]

If they added a hideout system where you spent resources to buy and upgrade it I would be sold immediately

[@walterkrueger5947]

Without the ability to run around and fight as my character I don't think it will be very good.

[@Ah_Shit_Here_We_Go_Again]

The constant yelling female crewman is incredibly annoying, it probably would have been tolerable if it was a lower pitch.... but its not. But she's also yelling the ENTIRE TIME you're out there.... I just want to listen to Sea Shanties man, not get screamed at constantly

[@pressrepeat2000]

I love pirate games so will buy this. Have wanted a great realistic graphics pirate game since I was a kid. I don’t know why they don’t do natural progression between ships and land though, Odyssey did it amazingly, it was seamless. Same with boarding. But I still can’t wait for this. As you said, the game is ships focused, not person focused.

[@takkie4064]

just buy black flag

[@LuizFernando-ym1my]

Well, I just wish a Sid Meier's Pirates! remake at this point.

[@stephenholbrook4391]

It’s sad that with all the amazing graphics available today that someone can’t just redo Sid Meir’s Pirates…

[@dolfan0019]

I've wanted this game for so long and after watching this video I'm confident I can pass on it

[@Two_Face_Gemini]

the resource collecting feels and looks like a mobile game

Gonna give it to Ubisoft, not many companies would blatantly release a mobile game for 60 bucks.

[@silentro65]

i stg im pretty sure theres a pirate roblox game with the exact same beat of "meet a pirate on his island and u must do his bidding to become big pirate man"

[@zhanewithah7462]

disclaimer this is like the third beta we have seen in the last like 7 years there is still only like a 50% chance this comes out within the next 12 months

[@onslajoueqc]

You can auto-harvest items using a menu preference by the way :) No more mini games lol

[@Shumas1000]

This game has potenial if they work on it make it better even if its in a sequal or dlc if love to be able to get away from being borded and if im bored have a crew battle and if our crew kills theres we get double resorces

[@AlixLondon]

the resource gathering is jarrrrring

[@_-_CrimsoN_-_]

Lol the Sea Dogs series has interactive boarding and every single Sea Dogs game after the first one featured land combat.

[@117twarner]

That's a great idea, a quartmaster that work like a drive thru. You don't even leave your ship and it's all one menu. I fuccin hate going to 5 or more different vendors to do my shit

[@miqdadmahmood9873]

Will we be able to play this game offline? or will we require a constant internet connection ?

[@MizzterFu]

Are there weather events like in BF? Like hurricanes, the big waves and the waterspouts?

[@itsThunderrlol]

nope

[@Someguy_97]

Ever since that moment in Red Dead 2 where the gang ends up in guarma, I always thought it would be interesting if Rockstar tried their hand at a pirate centric game. It’s somewhat up their alley in terms of concepts. An outlaw focused narrative and law breaking exploits with an open world traversed by foot or “vehicle”. Whatever it would be I’m sure it would be better than this.

[@IffathZiyard]

I like the game as it is though it lacks a lot of things which I agree, but I don't want this to get delayed over and over again, I hope with updates they can fix the game.

[@waverlygarner6189]

New fan theory: this “game” is actually a simulation set in the same universe as Portal and made by the turrets to trick you into giving them cake.

[@Hell_O7]

I wonder how much cutting the on-foot gameplay entirely and simplifying it to 2D menu improve this. Aside from making it easier to do as players and require less resource for devs, it also lessens the expectation of manual raiding like AC4.

[@andreylucass]

So they needed feedback in order to include a narrative to their game. Amazing.

[@MIK33EY]

Never heard the Crows Nest being referred to as the “cockpit”. 😂😂😂

[@OriginalName42069]

I just want a game like the old school pirates of the Caribbean, it was such a great game.

[@sprite9849]

The ingame store is what really makes this a pirate simulation