I Played The Skull and Bones Closed Beta...

I played the Skull and Bones Closed Beta for about 6 hours and I am thoroughly unimpressed. It strips out a lot I loved about Assassin's Creed Black Flag and is missing key features that should be in every Pirate game. Skull and Bones has been in development hell for 10 years and the result doesn't look so good...
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[@tneonrider007]

I don't know why they thought giving us 50% the pirate experience was a good idea when they gave us 100% the experience in black flag

[@Drako_Sayre]

Because it was the part a lot of people absolutely loved. So they took that part and made in multiplayer.

[@tneonrider007]

@@Drako_Sayre all they had to do was add on to it not take away, I don't remember anyone complaining that you can get off the ship in black flag. They dropped the ball on this one

[@ayyyyoman]

Agreed. Ubi is king at making bad fucking decisions like this. It just seems so obvious what they had to do and yet they somehow managed to fuck it up.

[@johnblack6571]

guess they don't have the necessary bugdet to reach the ac black flag quality....

[@Beery1962]

It's incredible isn't it! All they had to do was give us Black Flag with updated graphics and without the Assassin lore. That's literally all they had to do!

[@roamanxo5882]

Bethesda: Starfield's game design is 10 years behind. Ubisoft: Hold my beer.

[@murray821]

Hold my rum

[@ROLLCALL08]

it is the way... come on biowear show them how you can get lower on the limbo scale

[@miceatah9359]

what r u u clowns even talking? andromeda best in series starfield absolute banger quite literally skyrim in space well and skull n bones ... exists i guess @@ROLLCALL08

[@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

[@onoloko]

THIS! ALL THE PROJECT LEAD HAS TO DO IS READ THE COMMENTS OF THEIR EFFIN FANSSS

[@RubberyDuck]

Bro straight up just made the whole plot for a pirate game on the comments 😂

[@JackWGames]

Sea of thieves exists

[@ryan4640]

Whoa Whoa whoa there, you actually want a decent story and completed game at launch!? You must be crazy. 😅 It is mad to think they got the blue print/foundations right there. Even if it was a basic guideline and worked on smoothing that out for the newer consoles, massive open world like a AC game but at sea, would of been so epic.

[@weirdbassementguy]

Thats Sea of Thieves -.-

[@pixelarrowproductions6308]

I am flabberghasted. Frankly stunned. Astonished, even. Floored, if you will. How in the goddamn fuck do you make a pirate game with no guns or swords. Thats just completely wild.

[@vesssyltv3462]

Disrespectful to pirates honestly. I was hoping this game would have blood gushing sword fighting saloons to party in with your buddies blunderbusts and wenches

[@tylermccall2505]

Plenty of guns look at the cannons and shit bro

[@pixelarrowproductions6308]

@@tylermccall2505 ain't no way bro boutta make the case that a cannon is a gun

[@DontBeAWollyy]

@@pixelarrowproductions6308it’s ancient artillery this guys going on like it’s a hand held musket

[@pixelarrowproductions6308]

@DontBeAWollyy real. I mean no cannons would be even more ridiculous, but as it is a pirate game without flintlocks, muskets, and sabers is just unreal to me. Such a key part of the aesthetic and fun.

[@Criddy420]

an authentic pirate fantasy without swordfighting...

[@medalion1390]

It's like a Jedi game with no lightsaber combat. It's such a dumb decision.

[@Xue-tu]

It's like a Need For Speed game with no drifting

[@__________.....]

​@@medalion1390star wars: squadrons is a dumb decision then

[@medalion1390]

@@__________..... Isn't that a flight game? I wasn't aware you get to run around as a Jedi.

[@__________.....]

@@medalion1390 yea well this game is a sailing game with a few select "hubs" where you can run around but that's just classic ubisoft for ya

[@timotmon]

You can't have a pirate experience without hidden treasures, sword fighting and drunk on rum swashbuckling .. You just can't.

[@black_dahlia8256]

It's not a pirate game tho it's a naval combat game in a pirate Era that's where people are getting the miscommunication

[@lee32uk]

@@black_dahlia8256 Not a pirate game, but they chose to call it Skull and Bones ?

[@jacopovilla2028]

​@@black_dahlia8256if this was their goal from the beginning it's even worse, this shit is boring AF, the best thing about ac4 was going to attack ships (actually boarding them) and when you got bored go do other things, like explore on land search for hidden treasures and all that stuff. It's like if Rockstar made a game with a huge ass world with a lot of cities but you could only visit them on car, knowing Gta exists you know about the missed potential on the game.

[@Nightlordford]

There are treasure maps found some flame based cannons that weren't unlocked yet in 1

[@darklord9581]

@@black_dahlia8256 no they specifically said it was a pirate game literally years ago. And if it was a so called naval game then why aren’t we British, Spainards sailing In the east seas instead of known waters of piracy lmao.

[@mercthejerk8945]

Rockstar would probably be able to make the best possible pirate game if they made it

[@orkhepaj]

no

[@ItaAndyOfficial]

They probably add flying ships with rockets....

[@drkmichael8365]

I actually agree, if you see what they can do with rdr (offline) it surely will be great if they focussed on piracy. The only thing I'm not sure about is if they can nail melee combat, but yea

[@BigFruity]

They would also take 10 Years, but it would be the best game to come in that Year.

[@mcl_vin411]

​@@ItaAndyOfficialsay what you want about rockstars microtransactions, that's all fair but at least they provide a quality base game

[@jonnorton8810]

wow, they legit were like "how terrible can we make this"

[@yasifaizi4316]

Ubisoft got one of the most talented developers out there. THE ONLY ISSUE they have is the lack of direction and purpose of their project. They need to sort that out, and quickly.

[@saintjames1995]

The game is shit and will remain so

[@seifsameh7043]

So true, Assassins creed lost so much of its charm once ashraf ismail the director left after origins

[@saadkhaion9234]

​@@seifsameh7043 wasn't he accused of SA?

[@saintjames1995]

@@seifsameh7043 he didn't leave, he was fired for literal sexual assault

[@JackycakesV2]

@@seifsameh7043the dude was a creep lmao. He got fired

[@izzymore470]

the pirate fantasy: me personally it was always be a pirate captain who raids ships and gain a reputation that is feared among the seas. as well as having a brutal way of fighting multiple swordsmen at once. im completely shocked that you cant even board ships during naval battles

[@ninjafrog6966]

black flag is a better pirate game, and it came out a decade ago

[@ac_nerd9794]

​@@ninjafrog6966 Yes sir, this game should have been Black Flag, except nothing to do with assassins.

[@ninjafrog6966]

@@ac_nerd9794 preferably yes. take everything black flag did besides the assassins creed stuff and you got yourself a good game

[@astronotics531]

You can’t board ships during naval battle because it doesn’t work in a multiplayer game. There is others players who wants to destroy your ship.

[@ninjafrog6966]

@@astronotics531 excuses

[@stephanusandi9098]

Before AC : Black Flag, the closing realistic game about pirates for me is Sid Meir's Pirates (2004 version). Despites the cartoonish graphic because of it's an old game, the game's mechanic itself are quite complex and fun. - You can board enemy ship and challenge enemy's captain. - You can travel by land to find treasures, sneak into cities, meet people, etc. - You can find a lover/wife by seducing Governor's daughter and by luck also get useful informations/items. - Get reputation by doing multiple quests, raiding, capturing wanted men, etc. - Declaring war and being hostile against enemy nations. Sadly, there are not much typical games with these kind of mechanic like this anymore.

[@keironiP]

You reminded me of a great game I used to play, Thankyou

[@gerardfarresfranch7242]

there was also the Age of Pirates 2 game, more realistic looking and with different gameplay but giving a similar experience! I also played that game to death. Easy to mod too!

[@Ironfist528]

You may look into the Sea Dogs series. Sure they are a bit rough around the edges but I haven't played much like them

[@bansek]

I vote for Sea Dogs, also (after SM:Pirates!) Unfortunately, Sea Dogs 2 become The Pirates of the Caribbean, I never played.....​@@Ironfist528

[@535phobos]

Not to forget the depth of the naval combat. You got different ships with different speed, maneuverability, gun number, crew number... Which you can also upgrade. You can choose how to fight your battles. Not simply shooting down a healthbar, and after that you have to bord the ship. No, can do that immediately. If you can manage a full, healthy enemy crew. Or you put canister shot after canister shot into a troop ship, until you dont have to bord it at all, because it just surrenders. Or... Or... Or... So many possibilities and no pirate game since captured that.

[@FlipConstant-jb5sl]

The way I feel about this game: 25% arcade pirate game, 25% UI in your screen ruining the immersion, 50% of fading screen teleportation

[@toogafishi]

The UI isn't that big. And plus you can make it smaller.

[@FlipConstant-jb5sl]

@@toogafishi dude, I'm not talking about the SIZE of the UI, I'm just taking about the presence of it. More UI = less immersion, that's why sea of thieves feel só immersive, there's not much UI clustered in the screen

[@toogafishi]

@@FlipConstant-jb5sl why can't you play a game for fun? Why do you need to feel immersed?

[@softwaremediaguru]

I don't mind the teleportation tho, cause I'm not good at parking a ship, but NO swords fight... meh... I'll pass this is just a ship battle royale

[@toogafishi]

@@softwaremediaguru it's mainly a PvE game. The PvP is VERY optional.

[@spooder-man4782]

Should've canned the game when they had the chance

[@obsidianwarrior5580]

They legally can't, they were given money to support the making of the game, they're legally required to publish it.

[@wolfranga8477]

​@obsidianwarrior5580 By the singapore government, right?

[@obsidianwarrior5580]

@@wolfranga8477 I believe so yeah

[@IMGNFUN]

Ubi did themselves dirty with that deal 😂

[@wolfranga8477]

​@@IMGNFUNThat's what they get when they follow the money

[@SoupBoy223]

I was so hyped when it was first announced but i dont even know if im going to buy it anymore

[@googanbaits4341]

It would be better to spend your money on crack than this game.

[@JimCall-si3xy]

​@@googanbaits4341as a crackhead, i agree.

[@deepflare1028]

​@@googanbaits4341I don't think this game is even worth being cracked

[@laurenedney7]

Same. If it had a story to it like fo4 it'll be a lot better. Multiplayer is overrated

[@cheemsdoge]

I’m telling everyone the game is a good arcade game, but NOT worth full price, wait for it to go on sale for 6 dollars like the other Ubisoft flops like division 2 and breakpoint.

[@loek309]

This game had me so hype, however it turned into a cheerful, colorful, way to much fantasy having joke. They had a real chance to make a gritty pirate game and went this route.. truly unbelievable

[@sdaftermath123]

It really is unbelievable how bad they dropped the ball with this game, it’s like they had a bunch of monkeys in charge of the production. Like seriously, how did, “let’s make a pirate game where you can’t explore land, board ships yourselves, swim, create your own cove, and only allow ship combat,” how did that pass the original pitch to the production team? Who’s idea was it?

[@zark175]

a decade was spend on this game omg this is more disapointing thn cyberpunk

[@dylanstreit3612]

@@zark175 lmao no. Cyberpunk had 1000x more hype and was a good game underneath all the bugs. Now with 2.0 and Phantom Liberty, it’s a phenomenal game. Skull and Bones will never touch Cyberpunk

[@alaric_]

Years ago, many many years ago, i was hyped... Then Ubisoft revealed it's going to be multiplayer. Killed the game overnight for me.

[@murray821]

@@sdaftermath123they probably looked at black flag and thought everyone only liked the naval combat. And perhaps they wanted to make a Black Flag 2 or something but ended up scrapping everything until this is left. So sad.

[@MasterMayhem78]

All we wanted was a full on pirate experience to rival Sea of Thieves

[@firewingman9448]

I mean without being a direct ripoff of sot, you almost kind get any better then sot, atleast in my opinion. Sot has a mix of fantasy and goofiness, while a good story and combat

[@toogafishi]

Sea of thieves sucked. You need a party of like 5 people for it.

[@firewingman9448]

@@toogafishi no you don’t, you can’t even have a party of 5, two players is really effective, and in my opinion the more players on your ship the worse

[@toogafishi]

@@firewingman9448 you need someone to sail. Bucket water. Fire the cannons. Etc.

[@firewingman9448]

@@toogafishi that’s all possible on a sloop. Helm can bucket and do sail management while there’s someone who fires cannons

[@CRAZYMUGMAN]

all they had to do was make a more realistic version of sea of theives, THAT'S IT, that is all they had to do. but nope, they took the ship combat from ac4, make it worse, and then pushed it out

[@Disciple550]

😭😭

[@kayneownsworth3994]

So true it's honestly crazy they haven't noticed this like how much dumber could your team get😂

[@pugernoufer]

They even copied the same visual effect the meg does to you in Sea of Thieves.

[@toogafishi]

But. This. Isn't. Sea. Of. Thieves. Or ac black flag.

[@CRAZYMUGMAN]

@@toogafishi you are missing the point

[@Landscape_]

Ubisoft keeping failing on going back to the roots just make me appreciate more those old games

[@yt_hatesfreespeech]

they are not your personal nostalia purveyor, create a time machine and go back if u want the old crap so badly

[@QuatarTarandir]

Yeah, I wish they had stuck with the old games and perfected them, instead of just starting over and giving us this crap

[@QuatarTarandir]

@@yt_hatesfreespeech The old game are pretty good, and have some amazing gameplay. The fact they can't make anything that good is a testament to how bad they are doing

[@mattbettcher7439]

Are talking shit about mirage with this comment?

[@Landscape_]

@@mattbettcher7439 YES

[@ViViDG]

I went back to sea of thieves the second I realized I couldn't leave my ship, what were they thinking

[@14maxhealth47]

They were thinking of a naval focused game? Stop being a sheep, play Skull and Bones with the expectation that its entirely ship focused and you will find it is actually enjoyable. And lets not pretend getting off the ship in sea of thieves is a big deal, to do what? Dig up the same treasure over and over? Spam left click to smack skeletons with as much engagement as swinging a sword in minecraft? To slowly reload your gun with the 5 shots youre allowed until you run off to find a box with more cannonballs? Its garbage and you know it.

[@letri3139]

​@@14maxhealth47 sounds fun to me

[@ViViDG]

@@14maxhealth47 I don’t want to play sea of thieves, you absolute porkchop. That’s the problem. Skull and bones is absolute garbage. And the fact they’re calling it a AAAA game is laughable. It’s generic low-effort Ubisoft at its best.

[@ViViDG]

@@letri3139 IKR, you can be an actual pirate in sea of thieves, as opposed to only attacking other players if they have a treasure map. Skull and bones is world of tanks with a pirate skin. Skull and bones should be a free to play title, at best. It plays like a mobile game when you go to loot resources, it was straight up embarrassing to witness a timed clicking meter minigame to gather wood. AAAA game? What a joke.

[@trimmy8461]

@@14maxhealth47 what is wrong with you genuinely, the whole point of a pirate game is to have guns and swords and other fighting mechanics. what is this 'naval focused' game bullshit. i want to dig up treasure and fight drunktards in taverns and slay the kraken

[@Clu2298]

I think the best thing this game will do is get more people back into Black Flag again.

[@txorimorea3869]

They will release a patch to ruin the original game so only pirates can enjoy the game.

[@bencorrigan5915]

Scrap the whole game and remake black flag with no trailing missions. Instant hit!

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

Bf doesn't need any remake. Man I miss 2000's gamers! They wouldn't want that crap and act smart unlike you whole circus.

[@GRGCompletionist]

@@IskenderCaglarM41B441well, it doesn't need a remake. That's true. But, it'll be worth it in my opinion because we get to replay one of the best AC games out there and all that with modern graphics and a bigger open world with hopefully more stuff to do. Although with today's Ubisoft i'm starting to feel like their newest games look worse than their older ones especially when it comes to cutscenes and character models so my excitement isn't really that high. But, as far as gameplay and open world exploration, i hope they'll get a certain number of things right and actually make this remake worth buying.

[@bencorrigan5915]

Cool 👍I have no clue what your saying. I'd be more than happy with a 60fps update. I've bounced off black flag more than any other assassin's creed game because of the trailing missions, they ruin the flow for me. Which is a shame as the gameplay is some of the best in the series.

[@thomasov2004]

@@bencorrigan5915 yeah... hmm.... i guess😅😅🤣🤣

[@redcobra6016]

@@IskenderCaglarM41B441for real, plus I don’t trust modern Ubisoft with remaking that game.

[@lentwolf8256]

I'm excited to see the sales numbers after it releases

[@krisdeaglephotography4539]

I’ll be surprised if it makes it to the 6 figures category.

[@devilgames2217]

It'll be big poopoo and I will laugh. 🍿😁🍿

[@1kulik]

Will pop your bubble. Some people actually enjoyed the game

[@krisdeaglephotography4539]

@@1kulik They may but they will be in the minority.

[@1kulik]

@@krisdeaglephotography4539 does it matter? if you arent the target

[@fluffyx1556]

I've never really been into pirate games, but the way my friend described it made it sound really fun and I was honestly a little excited to see what it was all about. When he finally go to play the open beta he was very disappointed and uninstalled it in about 20 minutes.

[@BigFruity]

I didn't uninstalled it, but I found nothing in that game that was fun to me, the only thing I could do was complained about how unnecessary shit everything was.

[@toogafishi]

You do realise a BETA isn't the current state of the game?

[@BigFruity]

@@toogafishi you realize the Game releases in 6 Days and the current Open Beta is really not that good. So unless they intentional have us the Game in a worse state then it actually is, to minimize thier Sales on Release, the current Beta is the current state of the Game.

[@toogafishi]

@@BigFruity a beta is usually set roughly 2 months behind a games current state. To stress test the servers etc.

[@fluffyx1556]

@@toogafishi yea and i never said it was. But compared to other betas for ubisoft games (like breakpoint which i played), there's a lack of things to do and features. Almost nothing changed from breakpoints open beta to the live build.

[@lasifike1951]

Cheers for the grounded review. It has been interesting seeing the various reviews for this across KZbin, it sometimes feels very much like there are 2 versions of the game out there and being played depending on the review. It was going to take something extraordinary to kindle interest in the game, nothing about it seems to suggest you can live the pirate life. Sea of Thieves scratches that itch, even with all the bugs it has.

[@GenFredburger]

That rumored Black Flag remake should be what we expected Skull & Bones to be, ironically enough.

[@pascaletje9]

W/ normal multiplayer.

[@Not____Applicable]

Only naval and no actual boarding of ships is a huge turn off. Thought I could fight against opponent online crews with my buddies and actually feel like a pirate. I completely agree that this is not what we should’ve gotten. We also could’ve gotten ac follow-ups to Edward or Conner if this is what they decided to put all their efforts on. Just disappointed.

[@PirateModer]

To be fair, nobody ever said that you would get what you are talking about! Hell, even in the cinematic trailers there was no sword fighting. Don't get me wrong, i would love to get a complete game like that, but that would be a very very big project, even for Ubisoft!

[@kassaken6521]

​@PirateModer But what was expected had already been done in AC Black Flag, so it's a reasonable expectation. I also expected the multiplayer to be similar to Black Flag, but they stripped it of everything that made it so fun. And a "very very big project". Dude we're talking about a billion dollar company who've made games like AC Odyssey, AC Valhalla, Far Cry 6, Pandora, all within the last decade, they should be able to do a multiplayer game where players shoot at ships and board ships, and travel to islands on foot.

[@zealousinitiate3697]

@@kassaken6521it’s not a reasonable expectation if you ever watched gameplay. It never shows anything but ship combat

[@greggblack8205]

​@@kassaken6521It's ok.... just go back to your old stale game... it'll be ok 😂

[@the_oofer]

Sea of thieves but bad?

[@atomas6091]

This Ship is going to sink 😅

[@pugernoufer]

I think they know it too. Thing is, they took federal funds to create the game, so they're legally bound to publish something. I think money ran out, and they wanted this thing off their backs after all these years. I have a bad feeling they kept it restricted at 6hrs so players wouldn't see the entire game, and get disappointed.

[@fineshooter50]

Was hyped for this game and you just saved me money. Thanks

[@epicrust]

now this was the brutally honest review i needed... thank you man for the real advice! If they spent more time working on a grounded pirate life, this would be so much better. Hopefully Ubisoft takes the criticism and tries to make something better out of it in the future.

[@tommeegunn9318]

You mean give it a total rebuild on a new engine

[@melvinfeenstra7037]

it was the guy own opinion, not a real fact base. some like it others do not. it is up to you what you like.

[@tommeegunn9318]

@@melvinfeenstra7037 correct

[@dazzaboy04]

​@@tommeegunn9318that will be Assassin's Creed Black Flag. It's getting a re-make

[@edwardevans1498]

​@@tommeegunn9318 what's wrong with the engine?

[@cloudsavage]

this game reminds me a lot of pirates of the Caribbean online, but with even less gameplay

[@DerangedJoker97]

Pirates Online was actually really good

[@cloudsavage]

@@DerangedJoker97 sure was, still hop on the fan remake from time to time haha

[@Leeright37]

Sailed around the world/islands looking for wood/trees. The wood/tree were all gone. I was not able to find any wood/trees that were not already chopped down. Sailed around for a solid 30 minutes. Boy was that a lot of fun.

[@Jan_Iedema]

Translation: buy black flag and rogue, have a good time. Sleep.

[@migueltejeda182]

Not being able to ride pirate ships with friends is crazy.

[@pugernoufer]

Glorified ship driver.

[@toogafishi]

Go in a damn fleet then ffs. You don't have to sit on your friends meat all day.

[@DocSunshine]

It’s impressive how the first hour of the closed beta gameplay was a loading screen simulator

[@Road_Dawg]

Whew!! Thank You for helping me avoid this sea faring catastrophe. I was really looking forward to a newer version of Black Flag with full immersion. I was about to go full send with the pre-release $99 bucks.

[@technewsfortechnoobs]

Pretty much everything you mentioned is exactly what I felt about it when I played. To me, Skull and Bones looked more like that the devs of AC:Black Flag used as influence by saying "Hey...this looks like a cool idea. Let's amp it up and fix all the ways it screws up"

[@user-zp8kj2cl9g]

I just wanted Black Flag but with multiplayer, man...

[@red-nv6vc]

I played in the closed beta that was from the 15th to the 18th and I had a lot of fun

[@Williomukian]

I was excited to play this when it was announced, and randomly got a code to play the beta. After less the two hours I realized I could be playing Sea of Thieves instead….and I’ve never played it before. So I’m now 10 hrs in to becoming a Pirate Legend. Thank you, Ubisoft!

[@robroff9796]

🤣🤣

[@user-du3ru7vr4l]

Sea of thieves is leagues above this mess of a game.

[@toogafishi]

​@@user-du3ru7vr4lsea of thieves is buggy. Graphically worse. Requires at least 5 other players to be able to be played efficiently. Barely any content.

[@vidabela9162]

That was of much help. thank you. Thought might be nice but it lacks everything important

[@MadManMatrix]

I much prefer the ability to have each friend control their own ship I personally hate that in sea of thieves I get a I either steer the ship or shoot a single cannon when war ships are supposed to have dozens of cannons. Even the galleon in sea of thieves feels pitiful because the deliberate decision of making everyone work on one ship

[@esdrasfilipe431]

I prefer that tbh, it feels more immersive and realistic

[@esdrasfilipe431]

It actually feels like a ship, not just a car in the ocean

[@twinzzlers]

Then just ask to helm the ship...

[@obamaprism7148]

@@esdrasfilipe431 That's why people play sea of thieves and will keep on playing it when S&B releases, but I think some people are looking for an experience where you get to be the SHIP and fire volleys of cannonballs at other ships. In black flag I felt that to be one of the most powerful and satisfying feelings in the game.

[@weirdbassementguy]

dumb dumb war ships have dozens of canons, and dozens of persons, each uses one individually, and one person helms the ship. Sea of thieves mimics that perfectly. You want to be able to drive shoot 20 canons and repair the ship all by yourself, yeah thats a lot more realistic....The only pitifull thing is you thinking that you made any kind of sense. Go play black flag if you want to play a racing game that shoots canons

[@rico8296]

Our expectations were low but holly shit it just keeps sounding worse and worse

[@luffyfries88]

The fact that you can’t fight and look for treasure is just a waste of a pirate game

[@thegreensphere]

nah, I'll replay Black Flag for 100th time instead

[@darthmarth87]

This really seems like something that should of been released a year or two after black flag with a 40 dollar price tag. Or maybe just a multiplayer DLC for Black Flag in the vein of Red Dead Online or some such. Sinking 10 years of time and money into this seems like such a collosal waste

[@pugernoufer]

I agree. It should've.

[@jasonkeenan4154]

The naval combat looks pretty cool to me. Maybe that doesn't make for a good game overall, but at least it looks good.

[@gsst6389]

Yea it is sure, but its the only thing you can do…

[@GrudgeyCable]

It’s a fun game man. Check it out at release. There is a huge amount of unfair criticism surrounding the game by a fan base that’s been hurt and lied too by Ubisoft. The game is pretty decent as of the beta though. There is a lot of legit complaints but so much of it is personal opinion expressed as undeniable fault in the game.

[@vast634]

Given that Black Flag already had this implemented, and they just took it over, its not something they could get praise for either.

[@jasonkeenan4154]

@@GrudgeyCable I intend to. My buddy and I feel like this would be pretty fun to co-op.

[@Volto97]

@@GrudgeyCable 40 year olds find this fun when they cannot melee combat bro

[@1GNUN0N]

The ships look cool and some effects are really nice but overall this game looks really rough especially gameplay wise. I also really hope this game gets updated a lot maybe a melee fight update etc...

[@pdxcorgidad]

Thank you for this video. SoT has had some pretty cool quality of life updates, and the new Guilds are a pretty cool feature. PVE for Tall Tales brought so many people back. Including me (though I usually only do PVE to fish). After seeing negative reviews on literally every single S&B video...yeah I'll stay with my cartoon. And kegs.

[@samuilmaev6018]

Bro you could do more things in ac 3 with the ships like getting on and off and more

[@AverageWarThunderPlayer]

Tbh i stil want to play this. Yes i love being a pirate fighting with swords, walkin around a ship. Things like ac black flag. But for me this looks good. And this is MY opinion

[@davidhurle2761]

I think it does have potential as a pirate management sim and I think your right it would be better if hand to hand melee was available., hopefully if the game is supported they may roll out these changes.

[@jodylufc4481]

How are they aiming them half ton cannons? The cannons follow the ships movement.

[@wassimlansari5814]

same thing dude. thats exactly how i felt when i tried it too. it was so outdated for a game that suppose to be released on 2024. i mean come on black flag was a decade old and feels way better than this.

[@villianbehindglasses8969]

Thanks for the honest review. Saved me a lot of money.

[@andreasmangs3131]

The fade to black you talk about, I had that but also a 5 to 120 sec loading screen för every one.

[@ModernFossilOuttakes2004]

As a person who only played black flag for the naval combat this looks pretty good to me

[@baconbro304]

The fans: make black flag but its all pirates open world and has multiplayer as an option! That should be pretty easy. Ubisoft: we just dont know what the fans want. We cant read minds

[@jingwuan]

Actually, it's Ubisoft: I don't care what the fans want. I want to make a multiplayer GAAS game out of naval combat, now how do we do that? and gets stuck in dev hell

[@robertjv]

I mean it looks great, the ship battles seems great from the looks of it. But, knowing you can even board and fight and its automated and there's not that much freedom which they could've done but, it's not like we thought so

[@JustK0SH]

It looks awful, at least on PC

[@thehiddenone2875]

The funniest part is that you can "miss" the boarding. If you are close to a boardable ship your crew throws out the hooks. Well their range is very short and it can miss.

[@jingwuan]

@@thehiddenone2875I think it was an improvement compared to the previous mechanic of press button and 100% succeed. At least now they added a layer of player skill etc. I hope they can add more rpg elements to the boarding success like rope strength, rope length, furniture that boosts these stats, etc

[@GrudgeyCable]

It’s pretty fun. And I think it looks quite good in a lot of ways. If your into the history your gonna dig it

[@Christian-cy4bm]

Compare those ships to Black Flag and it's fucking shit. The ships are very small and looks like mini ships in a mobile game.

[@DonGhul]

Thanks for the vid, this represents exactly my thoughts for this game.

[@jordaneast7577]

I wouldn’t mind another delay if they added melee combat. I wanna jump on someone’s ship and go wild.

[@abishekkr2870]

Thanks for the honest review bro.👍

[@chez1241]

I also got a private beta code and I very happily declined

[@jrgcgamingchannel2984]

I legit want to cry right now.......

[@miky2825]

I remember that after the game got announced, many many people compared it to black flag rather than sea of thieves (after it got released). Honestly we all wanted what black flag was, but multiplayer, obviously with some changes to adapt to the multiplayer style. Bruh i still dream of the black flag experience but in multiplayer, both boarding, ship battles and building your fort

[@alexandrugrigoras5208]

Imagine a pirate game made by Rockstar

[@snickaOG]

Best game for sure. Having that story map and immersion of a better rdr2. Combat of rdr2 and it would have so much gore and atuff to

[@iamisobe]

Odyssey had the best combat for ships with no cutscenes and the melee is fire

[@toogafishi]

It's not an assassin's creed game.

[@valkines]

I had also played this closed beta, all of the things you talk about I agree with. My expectations were already low, but man. I could only play an hour before I put it down cause of how bored I was with it

[@SimonAshworthWood]

I played in the open beta and I enjoyed it more than most games I've played. I definitely want to buy it (and will do so when it's discounted, as I do with all games I buy).

[@TheFirstCurse1]

I feel horrible for anyone who had to work on this game. Imagine putting in chunks of your life to make a game that was doomed from the start.

[@kavmanproductions]

How do you expect consumers to engage into a Pirate game with no Sword/gun play?

[@stevengauthier8347]

They even said it was going to be just naval warfare boat to boat

[@rlmiller007]

WOW! I was really looking forward to this. I'll wait for the $19.99 sale price. Thanks!!!!!

[@vinobear3410]

sounds like... some kind of cheap smartphone game

[@pugernoufer]

Looks like it too.

[@ryanturner2451]

The one of the things I don't like about it is it's more focused on multiple player

[@bobbyshmurda6094]

Played the alpha in December. Based on that gameplay and the roadmap, it's not worth a purchase. They explained to us on the side when we tested it that rare cosmetics will affect gameplay, season passes, and a warthunder-like grind for non premium users.

[@Viceking17]

Now imagine this, Skull & Bones but with full on black flag gameplay mechanics.

[@CtotheGG]

Just imagine yes

[@reeceytaylor]

I played the first fucking mission and that was it 😂

[@Manan_K]

Even AC Odyssey has better ship fights and onboarding fights than Skull and Bones I reckon.

[@zicuvalentin2251]

Played ODYSSEY 3000 hours...

[@Manan_K]

The 1st AC game I played and loved it. idk why people hate it.@@zicuvalentin2251

[@Luke-se6ly]

As I was also in this beta, I completely agree with him, ship combat is fun but the boarding had me unimpressed. What I found the most irritating were the immense amount of loading screens and how long they took... Not worth 60 euros. maybe 20-30 is a better price

[@dumb8899]

i found the ship combat and group questing fun, but all the ships and weapons are now quest locked instead of currency and resource locked, it makes the GRIND EXTREMELY slow to get to the fun ships

[@vsznry]

Forgot bout this. Mirage made Valhalla so much better. & I had more fun in Valhalla too.

[@zicuvalentin2251]

Played ODYSSEY 3000 hours...

[@keremaysan5841]

How?!

[@GrudgeyCable]

Personally I enjoyed it. Could be better but based on its own merits I thought it was good. I hope future content comes after release though

[@vast634]

But would you pay $60 for that? It appears to be rather a typical $20 game about a specific genre and to be played a few hours.

[@neodiniankatanaflake9666]

if a game launches unfinished, you should never buy a game from that studio until they repair their reputation, ubisoft havent made a game worth praising since the 2nd assassins creed

[@GrudgeyCable]

@@neodiniankatanaflake9666 that’s not true at all. They’ve released a few bangers since ac2 even if you don’t agree. And arguably it is complete. The whole live service thing kinda sucks but it’s gotta start somewhere

[@GrudgeyCable]

I would pay $60 for it I think. After having played a few closed betas and the upcoming open beta I think I’m willing to pay $60 for it. However I will. Or preorder or buy a premium edition. I think both of those are poor practices for any game/company. Regardless I personally do think it’s worth it for ME. And it’s not unfinished. It’s the same as most of these live service games where they add content over its life cycle. And in that respect Ubisoft actually has a pretty good track record and have shown some future updates/ more ships they are gonna add ect. Take Rainbow six siege for instance or the division or for honor. These are still supported with content from Ubisoft. Prolly more than ea can say. A low bar I admit lol but still I think we should give it a chance and if it’s garbage when it releases than we can all agree to go in on it and Ubisoft.

[@TheRealMiniIsHere]

I am hoping they will do a NMS overhaul style, I like the bases of the game and for it being casual it makes it welcoming to return to after long hours of work, I never expected ACBF style but did hope they learnt from the pros of it and added some in even small thing of freely walking on the ship and running off the boat. I would be happy to see animations later on to take over blank screens as transitional. I have low expectations and still want to try it out, this is a great review showing the beta and showing and explaining what was seen and not what was held back complaining about holding it back until release day.

[@Skewrz]

I got in the closed alpha/beta whatever, and got bored after an hour, Ubi sent me an email for this latest beta worded: "Sign up for the closed beta!" I ignored that one. They sent me another soon after with an invite even though I hadn't signed up so I figured they were desperate lol.

[@IPrinnyExplosions]

i played the beta and i had so much fun playing. swapping between things to do, doing quests, then hunt for blueprints for upgrades, get my resources, and sometimes just going around aimlessly and hunting random ships. I even did some trading! but most fun of all for me was, configuring your ship, your look, the customizibility just worked for me.

[@yurikaman0suke]

Sure but are you willing to pay 60-70 bucks for this experience. If it was half the price I might think about buying because I had fun playing it but the price doesn't justify it.

[@din4807]

you should try sea of thieves then ^^

[@yurikaman0suke]

@@din4807 I have tried sea of thieve but I couldnt warm up to the art style. It is the main reason why I was looking forward to skull and bones :(

[@robotboy5990]

MUG

[@IPrinnyExplosions]

that's a fair point, i'd have to think about it to buy it at that price. like, i would buy it if i really feel the want to play it by the time it comes out. otherwise i'd give it some time. thing is i don't play a lot of games anymore and this one had my attention for a the whole 6 hours of the beta in one sitting. again, it depends of how much i want it by the time it comes out.@@yurikaman0suke

[@AdolfSpongler01]

Just play black flag or Odyssey LMAO

[@rancersweirdness]

problem with black flag and odyssey is that theyre not multiplayer like skull and bones, play sea of thieves but the problem with sea of thieves is that u need friends who are also gonna play it

[@GRGCompletionist]

@@rancersweirdnessI doubt people want a pirate game that's multiplayer focused in the first place. I'm pretty sure most of us would prefer a single-player open world but without all the AC stuff trying to fit in. Like you said, Sea of Thieves already does what Skull and Bones wants to do and it looks better and more fun so there's no reason for Ubisoft to try and capitalize on the multiplayer with this game.

[@zicuvalentin2251]

Played ODYSSEY 3000 hours...

[@rancersweirdness]

@@GRGCompletionist i mean a ac black flag sequel would be really good for the gaming community yeah but id also like an alternative (since i love sea of thieves) to enjoy being a pirate with my friends maybe in black flag style like ac unity co op mixed with sea of thieves and black flag

[@GRGCompletionist]

@@rancersweirdnessyou're asking too much lol. Nowdays companies would easily charge extra to implement a co-op like experience like the one Unity had in an already pretty sizeable single-player game like a BF remake. I believe that's why they decided to remake BF in the first place instead of making this a single-player game.

[@kostasexoristos3963]

the thing i would love to see in sea of thieves is you controlling a ship alone like a galleon

[@squeebbb]

The only thing this game has over Sea of Thieves is the fact that your ship upgrades actually affect the stats of your ship rather than being purely cosmetic. I haven't played SoT in a long time so maybe I missed an update that fixed that issue.

[@rubenwilde]

Props to you for lasting 6 hours! I played the beta as well. Gave up on it after 3 hours. Agree 100% with this video, SO SO BORING!

[@lukashansen4945]

Ubisoft should hire this guy for all of the ideas and creativity for all of the new games, just looking at one tenth of his videos and there's already a ton of exciting and intriguing ideas and content for new Assassin's Creed games and even some others like Watch Dogs. Ubisoft should start asking the fans for opinions instead of just choosing and hoping for the best, and what other guy is more fit for this?

[@Smokey348]

When i saw the damage numbers i was already thinking it would not be good. The only thing i like is the different types of ships and the first and third person on ship

[@kirkginoabolafia3650]

My little conspiracy theory is that Ubisoft wanted to scrap this game YEARS ago but didn't, because they are contractually obligated to complete this game due to a deal they made with the Singaporean government.

[@HeyItsTheWykydtron]

I personally know devs and artists that worked on this disaster since 2016. They've now moved to other studios, got married, had kids AND STILL this game hasn't seen the light of day yet lol

[@azell2913]

nah i liked it feels like an mmo and im boring like that

[@thenoobwalk5768]

Once you said there is only naval combat in the game that so quickly turned me off to getting it 100% lmao, thank you for saving me money!!

[@sukmuffarts3953]

Boarding is meant to end fights early so your not taking up time positioning and trying to get a goid angle on a tiny ship that is circling you 2 feet away

[@unleashthedog]

"Sunk-cost fallacy" comes to mind thinking of this game

[@baffledsquirrel2122]

Wow this was supposed to be out in 2018!! I didn’t know that holy smokes that’s insane I’m definitely waiting for release before paying I’ll probably wait for a good sale

[@gerbintosh]

Are those sail ships or speed boats?

[@shinrugal]

This is basically what I wanted. It's an updated version of the old Sid Meier Pirates games from the 90's. Give me the open ocean and let me sink merchant ships for loot.