The Entire History Of Skull And Bones Failure

Skull and Bones is becoming more and more of a disaster as time goes on, can it get any worse? Or can Ubisoft save it out of the depths.
00:00 Memes
01:10 Intro
02:32 The Pitch
03:40 Gameplay Reveal
08:20 Disaster Strikes
09:30 Nothings Changed
14:35 Closed Beta Arrives
19:07 Black Flag Comparisons Are Wrong
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[@Geri5100]

All they had to do was delete the “assassin” half of Black Flag and add multiplayer.

[@phoenixzappa7366]

Not really. That would have been underwhelming

[@hannibalburgers477]

​@@phoenixzappa7366dude, this franchise used to mass produce annual games with minimal changes and make shootload of money every single time. I doubt fans will feel that it is underwhelming that time.

[@stc3145]

And without multiplayer

[@leshuncross9238]

Obviously you have 0 experience is sales or entertainment industry, if they did this the game would have failed even worse

[@reposter6434]

​@@leshuncross9238I honestly doubt it dude 😂

[@CrazySailor1637]

Seeing the full auto cannon actually made my jaw drop

[@arima272]

literally me, man, literally me

[@jamesmeppler6375]

Both good things and bad things do that, what do you think? I think this is garbage. You can't even have semi auto cannon so full auto is just mentally insane

[@DarthT15]

I think it's supposed to be a Hwacha, which did actually get used on ships by the Koreans during the Imjin wars.

[@vlexonkol8466]

They use hwacha on ship? I thought it was land based artillery, similiar to katyusha

[@louiscypher4186]

@@vlexonkol8466 It was mainly used on land but they also used it on ship to land. With the ships firing on the shore ahead of landing parties. It may have been used in ship to ship combat but i don't know enough about Korean naval warfare in the 16th century to confirm.

[@gagefisher4785]

An entirely new genre, the PSS: Pirate Ship Shooter. Equip your ship with the GAU-8 Avenger, and proceed to set sail not on water, but on shell casings.

[@Xion_Toshiro]

Don't forget your Healing Class Ships; & cook your sea monster meat, 'till it's done

[@frozentoast9078]

you cook sea monster meat in SOT and board up the same hole 30 times with a plank of wood that barely covers the hole? :)@@Xion_Toshiro

[@Nicmadis]

Fat guy with a cigar sitting behind a large desk was once told that the moneybags\kids loved rapid fire and that they needed to keep time to kill as low as possible.

[@jamessizemore7103]

How did the devs not understand that all we wanted was a realistic sea of thieves, or a black flag minus assassins. not a sixteenth century battleship arcade.

[@alexphelps7042]

The concept you’re describing doesn’t sell enough battle pass

[@jamessizemore7103]

@@alexphelps7042 you think this hot garbage is gonna sell at all? Even if it's free on game pass I'm not gonna touch it. Looks boring as hell

[@GamerDeibos]

ArcheAge. o7

[@typicalasianguy1805]

I’d love to have an immersive game where you can run around your ship and do repairs. Fill up holes and pump out water or using buckets. Move ammunition to the guns, running to the medical room and accidentally injecting your patient with eggs or fentanyl. I feel like I’m describing Barotruama.

[@Joel-wx7zk]

@@alexphelps7042World of Warships will beg to differ.

[@AlanGChenery]

What we wanted: the best pirate game ever. Full of all the tropes. What we realistically expected: Black flag/Rogue with more customisation, and probably a lot of cosmetic DLC. What we're getting: Fantasy boat mobile game gone large. And probably a lot of cosmetic DLC.

[@leinaD051]

if you want a really good pirate game, go play sea of thieves

[@anon4854]

@@leinaD051 Nah, just replay Black Flag.

[@HighPriestessGabagool609]

@@leinaD051 I would rather play mobile games than that

[@Dark_GMD]

@@HighPriestessGabagool609 once you get a good player in open crew (best sloop open crew) you will have fun

[@HighPriestessGabagool609]

@@Dark_GMD I sooo f*cking doubt that mate

[@frankwren8215]

There really should be a game award for "biggest divergence from what the customer wanted". Ubisoft would win every time.

[@hughcaires7434]

There is. It's called "The Whale award" and it's awarded to the company every time people buy into their garbage.

[@LastDrakkar82]

They would have serious competition: Blizzard, Bethesda, et consortes😂 But yes, they would probably win🤣

[@Slurpified]

I feel bad for the good side of the devs who wasted time making this game all for no one to like it lol. The directors/management are straight mongoloids

[@anarchyexe]

​@@LastDrakkar82 I hate Blizzards disregard for their own playerbase so much

[@LastDrakkar82]

@@anarchyexe - Blizzard is a bunch of a$$holes, but Ubi is a bunch of woke m0r0ns... And a$$holes.

[@Marshal_Dunnik]

Machine guns, flame throwers, lasers and 30 knot propulsion independent of the wind is exactly what Age of Sail gaming enthusiasts have wanted; throw in Ubisoft's legendary $50 underwear skins and you've surely got a classic in the making

[@Mikalent]

Heel, I just wanted Naval Action, without the 2 hour travel times.

[@adamrice4559]

yup LMAO

[@xjamie85x]

You unlock a seagull napalm strike & eagle orbital vsat after lvl 75

[@beekydogg]

I saw the mg and was flabbergasted. Utterly ridiculous

[@awmh1990]

Forgot to mention the torpedos.

[@torvasdh]

Ubisoft is the king of making mobile game slop for consoles and PC. Its genuinely impressive.

[@Wulfen109]

Ubisoft has sucked for over a decade at this point

[@dnte5921]

I don’t get why developers think sail boats need to be machine gun speed boats. The slower speed is easier to code and adds so much more impact in getting off broadsides that take a minute to reload vs seconds. It builds anticipation. I’d rather have one hit sinks that take ten minutes to acquire versus 5 minutes of barraging targets

[@hanswurst-ej3qj]

they prolly target the tik tok generation of players that need the highest ammount of action per second. :D

[@TheUglyFish]

@@hanswurst-ej3qj 100%

[@rexex345]

There's a reason games like World of Warships make reloading take a long time, the speed makes it so much more tactical as you have to think about bracketing your opponent and account for their speed and angle.

[@jamesmoriarty-me2jb]

HMS Warthog goes brrrtttt

[@amorak223]

while i agree with most, i don't think a slower speed on a boat is easier to code. Its literally just 'when w pressed, move x units forward'

[@Khabraypak]

when your pirate ship fires better and faster then 21st century Navy ships

[@Oldboy..]

Why is it so hard to just realize people want a single player that can walk around, give orders, fight and openly sail. Skill based is hard for some to understand

[@jish55]

It should have been a game where we create our own pirate, start off small, build a crew, and have ship and sword fights while exploring the caribbean or asian isles (which was very active with piracy as well).

[@MLGxIxBIOHAZARDxIx]

You do make your own pirate in this game you also start with a small sloop and have to work your way up

[@Casboof]

Bannerlord with pirates

[@Aussieeeee]

It's definitely catered to the casual player that also is about as complicated as a goldfish. 😅

[@NikkiTheOtter]

Like Sea of Thieves but with better graphics?

[@MLGxIxBIOHAZARDxIx]

I played beta and when I got the full game I was extremely disappointed I thought there be more content things to do in the full game but there wasn't I thought there be more ships and islands and everything it's a small map with nothing to do after two days your you've done everything I thought full game would have bigger nso more stuff anyways I'm trying to get a refund but Xbox said I can't cause my beta time is over the time they allow they treat the beta as if I had already bought it then it's ridiculously

[@drak1559]

As someone who is damn near obsessed with the age of sail, disappointment is a massive understatement. 17th and 18th century sea battles were so incredibly epic with giant behemoths slowly riding through the waves before opening a thunderstorm of cannons ripping the hull and men apart. Hell even in sea of thieves, which is basically a cartoon, engagements can last HOURS if both the crews on both sides are competent which makes them so memorable and rewarding even if you lose. Instead Ubisoft treats us like a bunch of 10 year olds whos attention spans couldnt possibly last longer than five minutes.

[@TheBigLanowski]

Amen Brother! Exactly how I feel about this. And in their trailers they made us believe that we will get the best pirate experience ever. Now we have autocanons, torpedos and flamethrowers. Biggest letdown in my gaming history!

[@crankpatate3303]

Ubisoft doesn't treat you like a 10 year old, but they seem to have decided that you (we) are not the target audience. They hope the 10 year olds will like rocket launchers and machine gun swivel turret cannon and cringe dance moves in hubs and firework emojies, etc.

[@Ambilition]

I felt the same and while Age of Pirates II is still a thing, that game shows its age so much at this point.

[@J4Koro]

Try Naval Action

[@drichmo]

Naval Action was like this when it first came out. It was absolutely packed with historical ships that acted realistic enough. I haven’t played in years so I don’t know if it kept its player base, but worth a look before buying cause it sounds exactly like what you want

[@Sinaeb]

That's not a machine gun That's an auto cannon.

[@Homnicidal_doktor]

I think thats supposed to be a Hwacha, its still goofy though.

[@Sinaeb]

@@Homnicidal_doktoromfg it is, and it's not even hard to get realistic sound for those too

[@BloodyKnives66]

Auto Cannon in the 1700s 😂

[@wilser2312]

They might as well bring modern guns into the game 😂

[@IgnarXela]

@@Homnicidal_doktor Definitely looked like it. Not sure if they were used on ship during that period though.

[@TheTrampingPony]

Having been a part of the past insider's program, I can confirm that they have made it worse between test sessions. They expelled me from the last closed session about 6 months ago, so I don't really know the current state of the game. However, I have reasons to fear that we'll encounter the same issues as with The Day Before, only this time it will be backed by Ubisoft's substantial financial resources. My advice is to steer clear of pre-orders (as is the case with highly anticipated games; in recent years, they have increasingly failed to deliver on their promises).

[@xodiac-gg7049]

Substantial financial resources? Ubisoft has lost sooooo much money just from this piece of shit game. Let alone their other titles where they are pissing off their community. I wouldnt be suprised if some time this year i hear that epic games or microsoft buys out ubisoft

[@TheTrampingPony]

​@@xodiac-gg7049 for now they didn't exactly "lost" money in this title, they "invested", that makes a slight difference. Not to mention that they received singaporean subsidies for their studio there. Besides, being bought by Epic, why not, but Microsoft has just won a 20 month battle with regulatory authorities over acquiring Activision / Blizzard, I think it's highly unlikely for them to start it all over again for Ubi.

[@titoskeleton9571]

What I believe is that you have an idea as the core and build a game around it, having the idea influence everything while making the game. Some have "fun" as the core, others "adventure" or even "multiplayer/coop" Skull and bones feels like "monetization" as the core, and they built the game around that... to me, it looks like they thought, "How can we make players spend money for this?" Every time they made something for the game

[@Jiub_SN]

I disagree, I think initially it was meant to be a fun and realistic pirate game based on what I've heard from back post black flag, but as the game has taken longer and longer to make and times have changed ubisofts priorities changed to make as much money as possible from this devhell game

[@Turkeysammich3000]

This breaks my heart. I spoke with a dev, when the Ubisoft forum still existed. They were so excited about making a historically accurate pirate game. They wanted to incorporate aspects from “Pirates of the Burning Sea” where you could sail the Caribbean, and then you had ports and each port had it’s own resources that you could cap and craft with. This… this is garbage

[@elduriangavriel2130]

This is what I thought it would be. PotBS 2 with non-instanced boarding. If that had been accurate I would have certainly played it.

[@dimitri7615]

WE

[@pipertheroastingpepper672]

It sounds like Ubisoft has a terrible history of being entirely corporate -driven projects to the point where a few powerful higher-ups will disregard what the playerbase is calling for solely to force developers to implement their own ideas. They've been trying and failing to add RPG elements to all their titles for the past decade and it's embarrassing. Nobody is asking for this

[@graf666orlok]

100% agreed but if it was historically accurate, the only women in it would be low rent doxie's in some Caribbean dive town. They wouldn't be anywhere near a ship and certainly not Captaining a crew. mary read, anne bonny, madame cheng, and grace o'malley dont count as historically accurate. Cheng and o'malley never went to sea with crews. Bonney and Read were dumbass teenage girls that were passed around by a low rent crew of coastal hugging drunks that robbed fishermen. They were like a pack of cigarettes in a foxhole passed around from man to man. So much so that they were both pregnant when captured. I am sick to death of these woke a**holes ruining historical gaming.

[@CarlosInfante-mx8hc]

Ubisoft: we need more time, sorry for the delay Players: Maybe we are going to get the game we wanted, a truly pirate experience without Full automatic AR 15 canons and actual battles Ubisoft: We are back with something actually better. Players: Black Flag? Ubisoft: Better yet, Sails with Neon lights so you can get a full mid night club experience in the middle of the ocean with your virgin friends

[@AyJayEm23]

LOL😂😂😂

[@denmarkball7728]

You should look up AR15 before saying it

[@solarissv777]

@@denmarkball7728 *fully automatic AR-15 that shoots high capacity magazine-clips. And then people are wondering "how the hell we got torpedoes in 18th century?".

[@FutaCatto2]

As someone who lives in Singapore, we are way behind in terms of catching up in the gaming industry. Even if Ubisoft SG has funding from its other peers, they're not going to develop a good game. Most Singapore game companies are known for working with Tencent and getting funding from China.

[@ninjaballgaming]

​@@denmarkball7728 seeing that you just used it, I'm gonna assume you did the same thing.

[@BrutallyMagical]

I’m simultaneously glad and sad to be vindicated on this. When this was announced all of my friends were so excited and hopeful and I was the one person who knew with certainty that Ubi wouldn’t deliver.

[@uwillnevahno6837]

0:44 I was today years old when I learned pirate ships had autocannons.

[@tgsoon2002]

I havent play the game, but that rapid fire. I already forsee the disaster.

[@no1hereisahuman]

its in closed beta right now you can watch people play it on twitch and it looks fucking awful

[@pyroparagon8945]

Even the normal cannons reload in 3 seconds.

[@teddypicker8799]

It looks terrible but easily fixed. Ships in those days used to fire 1 at a time because those huge 36 pound cannons could tear a ship apart with the recoil

[@pyroparagon8945]

@@teddypicker8799 neither of these ships are even nearly large enough to have a 36 pounder gun.

[@teddypicker8799]

@pyroparagon8945 false the size of the ship is irrelevant to a pirate you use what's available.

[@andreasottohansen7338]

6:58 honestly my favorite thing with the boarding was the ability to just jump off your ship, sneak over via the water, and climb on. This way, you could leverage AC's stealth to wipe out the crew and take the ship uncontested.

[@MALOK003]

my main issue is the loss in scale, the boats looks tiny

[@CatNap_is_Tired]

Ship combat looks like World of Warships with those healthbars

[@adrianhartanto5243]

All they had to do is remove hooded guy. Upgrade graphic. And add multi player mode or single mode.

[@chrisdavis4131]

I was really looking forward to this game. The torpedoes and rockets are enough to let me save my money for something else.

[@leinaD051]

sea of thieves is actually what a pirate game should be

[@HadleeHalide]

second this with the other guy just get sea of thieves when its on sale or something lol

[@BOYVIRGO666]

@@leinaD051 Sea of thieves isnt bad but it gets exhausting to deal with other players in it very quickly.

[@shigarumo2263]

@@leinaD051 Nah, it's a Multiplayer game and I want a decent Singleplayer Pirate game.

[@VaultPieter]

I'm playing World of Warships and War Thunder Naval right now. Exactly this but more realistic XD

[@Bang-Ai146]

That pirate ship with machine-gun part caught me off guard. I never expecting such a thing.

[@jackbruno4748]

Been trying to find a game that could scratch the itch of Pirates of the Caribbean Online and was originally excited because of this game. Then I realized how...unrealistic they made the ship combat. I just wanted a more diverse Blackflag ship experience with different ships, and expanded combat system, but I guess I am not getting that huh.

[@netherwarrior6113]

If your ok with a more cartoony art style, I would suggest Sea of Thieves. While it might not be as diverse as Black Flag and there is really no way to upgrade your weapons or ships, you can have some of the greatest naval battles in that game. Plus it is a PvPvE game, so you can do something else if you don’t feel like fighting

[@CaspianNomad]

Pure greed. They saw how popular the idea was and wanted to make a multi-player game out of it so they could bleed that popularity dry with microtransactions etc.

[@kugelblitzkrieg]

It would’ve been fine if they put actual effort in to making it fun. Imagine commanding a fleet (or even a single ship in the vein of blackwake) with friends or alone, being able to leave the ship to explore cities or search for treasure, getting into naval and land battles, boarding others ships, I can go on and on. If it were fun and well made, it’d be fine to have that stuff. It’s the fact that it’s just an extremely stripped-down AC4 with zero soul put into it to be used as a cash grab that makes it awful.

[@lucascapelao]

you will not be missed in game. thanks. have a nice day

[@lordhelwintr283]

@@lucascapelaosick burn dude.

[@thalion3410]

they forgot to add the fun. now NO ONE will play it and it wont make any money. dont worry. the people with money (us gamers) ultimately have all the power.

[@Ignatiusussy]

@@thalion3410 Yeah but unfortunately we also have all the brain rot, so I expect this game to sell. Poorly, but still sell.

[@MrCow579]

Literally ALL they had to do was grab Black Flag, remove the assassins creed part of it, make it co-op/multiplayer, add a semi-interesting story and call it a day.

[@lilkiwi608]

Warthunder had an event called the sailing fleet wich i say, displays almost exactly what we wanted from ship fights.

[@Sludgehammer138]

Black Flag reminded me of a modern version of Sid Meier's Pirates... which I fondly remember from the NES days. It is absolutely a game that needs to be made. Black Flag without the assasin part and a more felshed out kind of rpg and leveling side

[@Jordan_Manuel]

I played Black Flag many years ago and finished the game for like my 1000th time a week or two ago, I love pirates and have loved them since I was incredibly young, I grew up with pirates of the caribbean and Peter Pan (my favourite character was captain hook as well). When this game's trailer came out (the first one) I was extremely happy, I had hopes that this could be the ultimate pirate game, where you can go around the caribbean pillaging ships, escaping from storms, boarding enemy ships, have awesome brutal swordfights between your crew and the enemy or even manage your own crew, select a quartermaster or decide who goes where and what they do... I wanted something realistic, I wanted to be, to feel, to act like a pirate captain. Then, everything went cold and nothing was spoken about this game, I still had hopes that it would come out and that I would finally be able to do everything I thought and hoped, but as I watched the videos, trailers and whatnot, I became disolusioned, nothing, absolutely nothing that I had hoped for became reality. You don't play as a pirate, you play as the ship itself like another comment said... This is not what the fanbase wanted, this is not what people believed or waited for, this is a completely waste of development and of a pirate game. Even the ship to ship combat doesn't seem fun, it'll eventually be whoever has the weirdest and more random idiotic weapon or how much time you clicked the green thing to collect things and upgrade your ship to look like a baby was told to make a pirate ship. Anyways, this game is not what it was supposed to be and I only wish Ubisoft sees this video or at least LISTENS to the fanbase and realise the mistale they've done and fix it. Sure the game might be delayed more but I believe it'll be better to wait more time for the game to reach what it should be.

[@czjmaster]

Right, I m with you

[@NaviRyan]

The game is essentially fully funded by Singapore if Ubisoft don’t release the game they lose all the funding. The game at this point has no hope of making its money back, yet it also can’t get the axe. So it’s stuck in permanent dev hell.

[@cuziambiqram5640]

Not reading allat 😂💀💀

[@SirDenzington89]

Skull and Bones is the perfect example of over engineering. I was just playing AC Black Flag a few weeks ago and it’s still perfect. I still was spending more time than necessary sailing around and getting into fights and jumping off the ship to grab a collectible. That’s what I want. As realistic as possible pirate RPG sticking as close to history as possible cause guess what? The history is actually just as interesting as something someone could dream up. If anyone wants a good book, I’m listening to the republic of pirates on audible. It’s fantastic

[@Bpinator]

It really is, I still play black flag from time to time. It just works so well. Everyone I know who played black flag loves it, it was truly lightning in a bottle unfortunately.

[@SirDenzington89]

@@Bpinator there’s only a few games that me and one of my friends have really gotten into together one was Arkham city and one was black flag and we just played the shit out of that. I haven’t played anymore cause I got distracted with the cyberpunk 2077 updates but I need to go back and finish it up

[@ciretaorg]

I go back and play a.c. black flag every year or 2. it's the best one in the franchise

[@SirDenzington89]

@@ciretaorg this was the first time I had played it since it came out years ago and I couldn’t believe how well it holds up. It really just sucks you in and you want to do all the things even though you’ve beaten it once already. I need to go back and finish. I got distracted after the cyberpunk 2077 update came out and started playing the metro games after that

[@BlueBD]

Black Flag stands as the best "Realistic" pirate game. Sea of theives is way to cartoony and team focused. But Black Flag Really Gets it right. All the future AC games that tried to copy them could not compete, because you CANNOT COMPETE AGAINST A FUCKING CANNON UBISOFT.

[@artisan2.048]

For any of you confused, the Flamethrower ship is most likely inspired by Greek Fire which was basically 14th century flamethrowers primary used on ships by the Byzantine Empire which have saved them multiple times from neighboring invasion through the Aegean and Black seas. The firework launcher was most likely a emplaced Hwacha from the Imjin wars, the Hwacha was not only used on land but its capability to fire down explosive arrows and fire arrows were much deadlier on Japanese wooden ships and transports. Most of these weapons would likely be effective in some way or form but eventually I'm pretty sure the Dutch and French crews already standardized at least having like a few hundred buckets that could be used in case of a fire in real life.

[@lionelstarkweather982]

I really enjoyed sid meiers pirates, the old ancient one on pc, where you could board the enemy ship and duel the other captain, manage your crew numbers and food, cannons and so on. Im gonna replay it, thanks skull and bones for reminding me of a fun game

[@ladahieno2382]

Because Ubisoft is a trustworthy company that always delivers a product that is 100% accurate to what they tell you it will be like

[@UgandanWarriorofHell]

krappa

[@Guardian582]

at least it isnt EA

[@ladahieno2382]

@@Guardian582 that's a low bar to set for a multi-million dollar game making company

[@Guardian582]

@@ladahieno2382 true but the bar is still there since alot of EA(the company not the 'access') games are freaking loaded with 'nolan sorento' ideas

[@darklord9581]

And people are still hyped for Xdefiant lol I can’t wait to see the bad reviews pile up lolololol

[@TheMalmut]

If this was supposed to be a realistic simulation of Pirate Age naval combat, I'd say our species screwed up by advancing technologies further. These badboys have far superior acceleration, speed, turning radius, and fire rate than current generation ships. 😂 Hell, even Space Pirate Captain Harlock aboard the Arcadia would be outmatched.

[@Janzer_]

"you're starting on the wrong foot' - while showing angry joe... yeah... that's meta

[@adam_somada4266]

They certainly added more features in the game. But they are not fleshed out. I remember on a comment i left back in the day of the first reveal and also the initial downfall of everyone’s expectations is that all they had to do was look into games like sid meier’s pirates or sea dogs or potc by akella and published by bethesda. Both of the aforementioned games literally had it all. Choosing a pirate life or a letter of marque to join one of the colonial powers. You could be a merchant or you could be a smuggler selling contraband. You could berth ships, explore dungeons filled with pirates and loot while also having a chance to encounter cursed skeletons. You could enter houses and steal loot, explore the islands’ inner jungles. The sailing, at least in POtC was hyper realistic with long drawn naval battles and amazing boarding realism where if you were boarding a smaller vessel you only had to clear out 1 maybe 2 decks of enemies before reaching the captain’s headquarters with a gigantic stash of gold and the ship’s storage, while on larger ships you would have to clear 3 or 4 decks. Your crew would turn mutinous if you failed to divide the plunder soon enough. You had skills such as leadership, fencing, sailing and a massive amount of ships divided into 7 tiers depending on size, speed, firepower, cargo capacity from measly tartanes with no cannons all the way to 4 decked ships of the line with a hundred guns. I wish we got something like that with awesome gritty dark graphics. Oh well

[@johnnybacklund153]

When I was younger I played a game called "Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales" and it was amazing. You could either buy your ships or just capture them, any ships, there was no ships off limits, you got to choose what flag you wanted to sail under which either gave you lots of enemies or lots of allies. You could walk around the cities and recruit people and everything, it was like Black Flag before Black Flag. That is what I wanted and damn near expected from Skull and Bones. I believe it came out in 2006 and was part of a series of games. You could even capture ships and assign people from your crew to be the captain and they would follow you around and help you in battles with their ship (and spec in their talent tree as well as your own)

[@nickmelfi3467]

That was a great game. I think it released under original exbox as pirates of the carribean. Phenominal game.

[@johnnybacklund153]

@@nickmelfi3467 I believe that was the first one in the "spiritual series" and the one I mentioned was the second one, or something like that, there were 2 or 3 in total

[@wildchild1823]

Thats what we wanted too, with todays resources.

[@fancyultrafresh3264]

I also appreciate that it started looking worse over the years. Very promising.

[@vandadaghili]

00:28 I figured out that the song is a cover/remix of "Seal - Crazy" thanks to the lyrics, but who sings this version? where can I find this song??!?!?! plz thx

[@starkergermane]

Same need that song

[@Alster26]

I was so hyped for this game when it was announced then it was in development hell forever. I played the closed beta and it was okay, but it is disappointing that it seems there is no on foot combat. Boarding ships just takes you to a loot screen and there is very little in terms of landing on islands like just a small area to maybe dig up treasure.

[@MrHarperMD]

Oh, nice to see a WW2 Soviet Katusha cannon on a damn pirate ship. Truly a historic game.

[@qiaonasen3559]

We wanted something more casual, we expected it to be more like Naval Action and AC Black Flag. but lo and behold we get world of tanks converted into pirates.

[@TheRogueJedii]

World of Pirate Ships

[@latestgreatest5116]

"Lo and behold" :)

[@qiaonasen3559]

Thank you lol@@latestgreatest5116

[@lukz7600]

if the game released in 2020 probably he would be like world of warships lmao, they just add up walking in the outpost and etc a lot of menus and black screens ...

[@paracite187]

The trailers for SkullnBone show all the important things that would have made this game good. This means they know what the players wanted, but are no longer up for it.

[@GheGho]

The fact that they shows ships sailing next to big cliff and very close to other ships from the start should tell you everything about what level of realism was intended.

[@mattmannina1935]

Watching this makes me want to play black flag again.. seems like that’s the closest game I’ll get to an open world pirate game

[@Pepe-pq3om]

Sea of thieves

[@smugwendigo5123]

Idk how it holds up now but I have found memories of sid Meyers pirates

[@pooppilot9979]

@@Pepe-pq3om a pirate game thats not an actual cartoon? with real combat and maybe a seasoning of grittyness and realism? sea of thieves is good but its not the type of pirate game people want en masse. plus supporting companies that launch half finished games (even if they try to fix it) is for silly gooses who are the reason everything is live service nowadays.

[@derekoegema6490]

I was definitely hoping for an open world black flag like game with real boarding and character control, and able to have any size ship if the time (start off with a sloop and work your way up to a ship of the line or something). Between the apparent loot boxes, the weird colour schemes on ships, and the seeming lack of everything else I was hoping for, I won’t be spending any money on this game until I see some stellar reviews on a fully released game. Ubisoft really needs to get its shit together.

[@1699stu]

Where this game falls short is the organic discovery of items in a open world mmo. All the significant items picked up in the game are scripted and the lesser items are zone generated.

[@sgt.bonkers8706]

What is the music in the background around the 5:00 mark? I've looked into the description, but it doesn't list titles, only royalty-free sources.

[@l.palacio9076]

Imagine an open world pirate game realistic grounded but with some classic fantasy tropes misteries like sea monsters, ghost ships etc towards late game. With gameplay out of the ship, exploring islands and fighting on foot, boarding etc with an NPC system like Middle Earth: Shadow of War, where you can recruit crew members. Even maybe upgrading fortresses that act like your base. With some space to trolling like Sea of Thieves where you can sneak into other players ships

[@BlueBD]

Black flag, remove the assassins add some fantasy spice. That's really all they had todo. Of course make some changes cause what works for black flag wont completly work for anything else, But black flag is the perfect base they had to work on... but they took over 10 years todo everything they could to ignore black flag and everything they did. So much for innovation The gaming industry is way to obsessed with reinventing the wheel when they dont have too

[@aesirgaming1014]

When I first heard about this game, I was so excited. I loved Sid Meier's Pirates (which I considered to be the best pirate game of all time). Now, after seeing the closed beta videos, I still consider Sid Meier's Pirates to be the best pirate game of all time.

[@Jack_Slate]

Gets repetitive, but the fights were great. Black Flag revived that feeling and made it better, at least for me.

[@azrulashraf00]

Tf black flag is the best sid meier is 2nd

[@Chairdolf]

I played the beta and it sucks ass it does not at all play like blackflag or rouge its fucking shit its like a mmo form 2003 and it lacks a reason to do anything

[@ShadowRulah]

I cannot describe how stupid it is that that ancient janky game is still the best pirate game ever made. Companies: you know there's a demand go for it.

[@bradleyyurk5744]

@@Jack_Slatean ideal pirate game would be some sort of synthesis of the best aspects of Sid Meier’s Pirates and Black Flag.

[@RogueAmarice]

Just in case anyone's looking for more reasons not to get this thing: I participated in the closed beta. The game installed BattlEye alongside itself, an anti-cheat software. I had spent maybe 10-15 minutes in the game when BattlEye hard crashed my PC with a kernel heap corruption bluescreen. Rebooted, uninstalled the game, and (of course) had to manually uninstall BattlEye afterwards.

[@nade5557]

11 years later AC Black Flag is still the blueprint of what an open world pirate RPG should be like. And it's an ASSASSINS CREED game first and foremost. That main menu theme still gives me goosebumps when I boot up the game. They had the perfect formula.

[@pablopablo3834]

I think there is a lot of people like myself that wanted more than just the Ship combat aspect because I knew that would get boring. I wanted raiding forts and small settlements boarding ships and having your own pirate base on Nassau that you can upgrade and explore the city do duels, gamble, Drink at a bar, Fist fight, hunt, Recruit new crew and accept bounties. I also think a system where you are competing against AI pirate crews in a sort of ranking where the higher up you get the better equipment becomes available because the better crews get priority over you because they have a system that means more notorious pirates get tribute. They could also have a kind of online mode where a pirate hunter can spawn into your game to try and kill you or something.

[@Dark_Darkonix]

So literally a Sid meier’s pirates but better?

[@pablopablo3834]

@@Dark_Darkonix I've never played it mate but I have heard others mention it was a good/great game before. Curious why they never made a newer version because it seems popular and I think CIV is pretty shit.

[@MLGxIxBIOHAZARDxIx]

This game has most of everything you said go watch KZbin video about it this guy isn't telling you what you can actually do I have played the only thing you can't do is board ships or sword fights but everything else you said you can do it

[@PhyonesArc]

If you want a Pirate game, a good Pirate game, go grab "Pirates of the Carribean" by Bethesda from like 2003 or when it came out. The community has done an absolutely amazing job of modding that game, and while sure it will never be mistaken for any modern game, it is so well done.

[@Patricksargentmusic]

💯💯💯💯

[@jamesforbes1173]

Or Sid Meyers Pirates

[@k_-kq3ch]

Caribbean hunt is the same game as this but better in everyway and it's literally a mobile game

[@PhyonesArc]

@@k_-kq3ch I do like Carribean Hunt but it's just not as "big" as PotC. Especially with the Build Mod. But in terms of gameplay it's just as fun, yeah.

[@mareksinister]

Are you joking?

[@GamerGateVeteran]

Perfect example of why I hate everything about modern AAA multiplayer titles. If its a singleplayer game, I allow myself to get hopeful sometimes. The moment I hear its heavily multiplayer focused, I stop paying it any attention because I already know its going to be hot garbage thats overpriced, more focused on graphic metrics than gameplay, it will have no soul or passion of joy, and most (if not all) of the post-launch development will be on cosmetic goofy nonsense that ensures that any small taste of immersion that was left is soundly scrapped off and tossed in the gutter. Ubisoft did not make AC Black Flag, a team of skilled and passionate people made it. Those people dont work at Ubisoft anymore, the few that do no longer get to be passionate, only using their skills to do what they are told to do by less qualified fools. Making a game is an ART. And Ubisoft doesnt make art. Why do people keep paying them AAA prices to make "free + microtransactions" mobile game crap? Follow the names in the credits, not the corporate logo on a start screen.

[@The_krazy_kriegsman]

if ppl are looking for a pirate game there's an old one i play it's called Pirate:the caribbean hunt ( it's free and on steam, there is some big ship you buy via real money but all ship can be unlocked by buying them in ports or finding parts in wrecks ) it can be played solo or multiplayer ( nvr player multiplayer so dunno how it is )and you can play either as a blood thirsty pirate and kill anybody you meet destroy towns to take them over or stay neutral and trade and kill the ppl that attack you and make money by trading or finding treasure or you can decide to serve a nation and fight for them you got your own base you can develop to produce goods and set caravans on voyages to sell your goods it has a good pace and wind DOES matter in battles you can even choose the long way to go to ports you can choose to command your ship directly and go to the ports you want by navigating

[@Inrikator]

It just frustrates me! It was so EASY. Make a game out of the black flag part and they f*cked it. And the conclusion will be: "Lets not try this again, they dont want a pirate game!" And its... ahh! And to be honest I have no problem with the unrealistic weaponary but I understand people that have a problem with that. I m just angry! I didnt even need multiplayer. As a bonus maybe but singleplayer as a focus.

[@no1hereisahuman]

They are so out of touch with the player base they went and got cigarettes 20 years ago and never came back

[@allonifrah3465]

I don't understand how you're not bothered by the unrealistic weapory; Torpedoes, machine guns, flamethrowers: it's ridiculous. But even if you're not, there's so much else to be bothered about. The fact that you can pretty much not leave your ship, not even to eneter and raid other ships or to go on shore to cut trees, the cartoony bright colors of the ships, the strange models on the ships, the spikes...etc It's so terrible in so many ways. Skull & Bones has become such a chaotic, cheap looking, hyper arcady game that it has lost all of the things that made Black Flag appealing.

[@Inrikator]

@@allonifrah3465 Yes Im bothered that I cant leave the ship or the farming system is trash and boarding is a cutscene and some ships looks ridiculous but the weaponry looks fun and that is for me more important. I dont like the torpedos but that is that. And I like Customizing my ship and so Im not really bothered by the skins and such. Some are ugly but that just happens sometimes. I understand the struggle though...

[@allonifrah3465]

@@Inrikator Not being able to leave the ship, having to cut down trees from the ship's deck and boarding other ships only in brief cutscenes are obviously the worst handicaps this game has, but even if they fixed that the game would still be garbage on account of the ridiculous, unrealistic weaponry and the weird ugly, bright ships. I always thought the normal, conventional weapons and ammo types(plain cannons, swivel guns, fire barrels, round shot & chain shot) were alot of fun. I do think that AC:Black Flag was rather limited in that respect and could have benefited from more weapons and ammo types. But they could have done that by adding more, realistic (or at least historically credible) weapons and ammo types: Grape shot, heated shot, Forward facing chase cannons, backward facing cannons, actual harpoon guns..etc. That would've been much better than adding machine guns and torpedoes. They could have further upgraded the game by adding more weapons you can use as your playable character (In the scenario where you CAN leave your ship and fight onm land or on deck) such as: Throwabale handgrenades (Black metal balls with fuses), muskets, many different types of swords, daggers...etc As for the look of the ships: The realistic look of the ships in AC: Black Flag was amazing and one of the things I enjoyed most about the game. Made it feel like an authentic pirate experience. The fact that now, in SaB, the ships look like carnival attractions is terrible. It makes it look even less serious than Sea of Thieves. If people want "fun, arcady, high octane" games, they should go for fortnight; Entirely fictional concepts. Most people who were initially enthusiastic about SaB, just wanted a realistic, open world, online pirate game. AC;Black Flag, but much bigger, much better and online with many other players and crews. Keep the arcady, cartoony, brightly colored, torpedo and machine gun totting nonsense in kiddy games like Fortnite

[@Inrikator]

@@allonifrah3465 I wont argue with you. Yes, historical weapons could have been enough but as I previously stated I dont mind some of the unrealistic weapons. For me it looks fun. A lot of the skins they showed are a ugly and a bit too flashy for my taste but more options in customisation in weaponry and skins are for me always a win. It means more individuality and that is fun for me. The acardy gameplay is what grinds my gears the most. The gathering trees from the deck, the cutscene boarding, etc. That is what doesnt look like fun. That is what makes me upset. That the gameplay doesnt look like fun.

[@Avalad]

I expected as much from this game. All Ubisoft had to do was listen to the playerbase.

[@BloodyKnives66]

They never do...

[@itzkrakenzz7536]

Lol that’s like Hitler going to a bar mitzfa

[@hoplite1311]

They are deaf

[@astronotics531]

The problem is that they listen. They've been listening to feedback for years, and unfortunately players are giving them bad feedback. Last year, a lot of people wanted to have less PvP and more PVE elements. As a result, they've taken away most of the PvP...

[@HitPointPersonal]

My friend tried so hard to get me to pre-order this game.... and i have never been more glad to have ignored someone

[@s.a.d.31]

Посмотрел всё твоё видео с субтитрами и... почему это так больно? Я про чувство, когда не злишься, но ждал более семи лет, а потом... как ты и сказал *с каждой новостью разочарование лишь увеличивалось*. Мне реально больно и... обидно. Если честно, то я мечтал что однажды выйдет эта игра в билде 2017 года, эти красивые и эстетичные корабли, любимый сеттинг пиратов карибского моря и стрельба из орудий, пролетающая со свистом шрапнель... эх... это романтично, хоть и по правде говоря ужасно (с точки зрения реальной жизни), но всё же.. Я ждал эту игру, ждал и надеялся. И даже когда я тяжело болел, живя по сути одним днём с мыслями: *сегодня - это всё что у тебя есть* мне было... обидно, обидно осознавать что так и не сыграл в ту самую игру, в которую был так влюблён. И вот я здесь, вроде живой. И... смотря на всё это, на то чем стала некогда любимая игра, которую я так желал я... могу лишь описать всё то что я чувствую лишь одним простыми и понятными словами... блять. Просто блять. За что? За чем? Почему? Ах... Ебали мою душу... P.S. Благодарю за видео, качественно и с юмором, было весело и грустно. ❤

[@hansolav5924]

the people who made Skull and Bones are the same people who enjoyed the 'real world' aspect of the AC series and made sure it was the focal point of the movie. related to each other, if nothing else.

[@xd_scorpionx3376]

I would of preferred the older Skull and Bones version. The one that they said was going to have a story mode with multiplayer and mini matches that you could play with friends ,and other players. Plus that seemed so neat.

[@zawareiiovyletsplaye9288]

All i wanted was singleplayer pirate game, where would i become the fearest known pirate in the world, meeting characters like Blackbeard etc.. with a touch of fantasy monsters, like kraken, exploring islands with a lot of treasures, building my own pirate city, fighting big ships. And the studios will forget about pirate genre yet again, because Skull and Bones had no success which in the eyes of the big studios means, that there is no interest in it. So sad

[@meltingatom]

17:38 the water behaves funny when theres an explosion. That super fast ripple , and then that ripples is just gone, and didntneffect any other ship

[@TheRealMiniIsHere]

I remember seeing the first gameplay which stopped my excitement, I wanted to see a "realistic" style of Sea of Theives open world type with AC Black Flag type locations and visuals. I saw it as a PVP match COD style. rush the ships shoot them down fast and hard and hunt the other player. And i felt like i was right.

[@ItsATrap614]

It would be awesome to have a realistic Sea of Thieves. Crewing a ship together with my friends and having to work together to manage the sails and other stuff is some of the most fun I've ever had in gaming.

[@fireemblemaddict128]

@@ItsATrap614 I just want a SoT 2, with leaderboards and progression. That game is the real pirate experience

[@johnmarston3232]

there was this black flag mobile game, this game feels so much like that. you just sailed everywhere and got in ship battles

[@kkristofer857]

ubisoft in a nutshell: r6 - ruined in years after release for honor - ruined in months after release skull and bones - ruined in development 7 years before release

[@chrische02]

At this point they could just delete the world, replace the ship models with space ships and make it a Sci-Fi Shooter game

[@Solstice261]

This ended up being an absolute disaster but man that trailer was so good. We really need a gritty pirate fantasy game

[@abnnizzy]

Just play Sea Dogs. The newer one still holds up.

[@fear8220]

Im positive there's like politics going on over at Ubisoft coz it's just too heartbreaking to think devs are producing such hot garbage with the full support of the company.

[@anon4854]

They absolutely are. Because all the publisher cares about is potential income. This game looks like it has the requisite cosmetic microtransactions that come standard with all Ubisoft games now _and_ confirmed loot boxes. That's all the publishers wanted to hear. They dont care what the games about as long as they think they'll make money off it.

[@eddiebernays514]

Not politics, greed.

[@publiusventidiusbassus1232]

​@@eddiebernays514he means studio politics

[@KayraTheNomad]

That rocket artillery isnt that surprising tbh, Brits were surprised in 1789 in India when they got swiss cheese'd by Mysorean Rocket Artillery tho. Yes they could not had that tech, but with 50 years of margin. Koreans had fire arrows that also fired like that since 1500s. And it is in indian ocean. So, not that "omg wtf is this", but definitely takes away from the fun since that is not what pirates used.

[@ianjarrett9375]

Dunno if anyone mentioned it yet but that "machine gun" is an ancient Chinese artillery pice called a hawatcha but it last i knew was never used on a ship

[@dovahkiin5499]

I’m not regretting turning down the invitation to closed beta after seeing this video 😂

[@kontrolledkhaos4853]

I don’t regret it either

[@stc3145]

Its like Dice said its WW2 like you have never seen before than we got Battlefield 5 lmao

[@philipford6183]

It's tough to fathom how Ubisoft mismanaged this decade-long project into a disaster. 10 years ago, it all seemed obvious: make a narrative-driven pirate adventure game replete with (some semblance of) historical accuracy and exploration. Simple, right? Alas... Alas.

[@DecafSaxGuy]

I could see the use of the Hwacha on a pirate ship but that fully automatic thing was definitely not a Hwacha

[@jakquinn4207]

Myself and everyone I’ve ever spoken to about this game wanted above else 3 things. 1. Black Flag-esque ship physics and combat. 2. Large open world to explore 3. Chance to play as your own pirate captain. How did they fuck that so badly?

[@noxi8766]

The Golden age if Piracy is from 1630ish to 1718, in 1721 key figures like Blackbeard, Ben Hornigold, Black Sam Bellamy etc these guys where all dead already...

[@denniswiggins3816]

More like the Sunset of the pirates...

[@blueripper1558]

Wait im confused is it a full auto cannon or is it that firwork launcher (forgot name i just remember you use it in ghost of Tsushima)

[@TheGreatVictorNewman]

I don't understand why this is so difficult for them, They could have just made a single player RPG Pirate tale with realistic history, and graphics mixed with mysticism and legends, I would have given it a multi origin story for whatever background one chose for replay value, choices being Privateer (you have steady paying work for the crown until a pirate attack changed your life either for revenge or for personal glory you make a career change), Stole away (poor and lacking any other options after being framed for a crime you didn't commit or one that you did depending on your whim, you hop on the nearest ship to escape but it turns out to be one with Pirates), Shipwrecked survivor, Marooned former Captain (A mutiny left you stranded until ingenuity bid you set sail once more either due to being a good captain or a bad one, The Sailor ( at home amid the waters making an honest or a dishonest living you choose to follow pirates or be chosen by them. The companions would be detailed with their own personal stories and missions for earning their loyalty (Bioware/ Bethesda esq.), Plenty of Romance and hookup options (Witcher 2&3) might even throw in a marriage or two (fable/ Skyrim/Starfield) you're a pirate you should do what you want when you want to do it, Land gameplay is a must, sword fights, with plenty of kill cam shots, treasure hunting, burring a crew members head as punishment, walking the plank punishment, scrubbing the deck, pirate songs galore robbery in general, seizing towns or forts also would be good, third person is a must with first person optional for those that love it, customizable characters, ships, and possible hideouts or islands, engaging story with historical and mystical legend is a must, option to become a cursed pirate such as vampire or werewolf or mermaid for lack of a better option due to the legends but still realistic, ghosts and so forth should be among many sea monsters, legendary ships and both the British navy and Spanish navy both on your trail or trying to recruit you. Become King/Queen of The Pirates or The Bane Of The Pirates your choice dialogue options and overall reaction and tone of story progression, potential for betrayal from you or your crew including lovers on the high seas, Sorry about the fantasy game rant, been dreaming of an ideal pirate game since Black Flag without all the animus stuff. If only right.

[@I_Am_Wasabi_Man]

"I don't understand why this is so difficult for them" then proceeds to list off a million oddly specific expectations

[@TheGreatVictorNewman]

@@I_Am_Wasabi_Man All it required was imagination and they are in the field of creation, if they didn't have the ability to be creative then they shouldn't be in the field they are in.

[@vienle4089]

​@@I_Am_Wasabi_Mannot so much expectations, more so suggestion. And again, they're a professional AAA game dev studio, they have no bloody excuse

[@Admiralofthedeeps]

Another company will eventually make a good pirate game I'm sure. Would love rockstar to take a stab at it considering how detailed their worlds are.

[@mariusietswaard4353]

Sure but considering Rockstar would rather rape their online playerbase for cash nowadays, idk

[@vordt4139]

It's called Sea of Thieves.

[@Admiralofthedeeps]

@@vordt4139 while it is no doubt the best pirate game out there, it is not the living breathing world I would love to have from a more detailed game 😁

[@BBBplayers]

Imagine if RDR2 and Black flag had a baby.

[@Blackreaper95]

Never gonna happen, it will end up like RDR2 online, not much to monetize as far as 18th century tech would be concerned.

[@blahblah1044]

Even the trailer was looking like "put a chick in there and make it gay" was taken too seriously

[@sarcasmenul]

holy shit. I actually played this back in 2017 at Ubisoft singapore as an intern. It was a high school internship program and me and my friends were lucky enough to land a two week stay there, mostly because we were in a french school and the head of the studio at the time was french (and also happened to be a friend of some of our parents too). They made us play the game after we signed a mountain of NDA's and got our pockets searched and phones taken lol, really dramatic. But man, the game was so good, and really demanding too, you could get nuked by a single well placed shot, you had to manage wind direction or your sails would droop and youd be a sitting duck. You could also beach yourself if you focused on aiming too much, again, game over there. Overall it was a simple, fun and intense game, and I spent the next few years wondering from time to time "hey i wonder what happened to that game, maybe its out?". I remember when the trailer dropped last year and being utterly confused that a small multiplayer game project had mutated into... whatever the fuck the game has turned into i guess? And its *still not out*

[@b-hindert4352]

I just want a modern version of Sid Meiers pirates with the ship gameplay of AC black flag, or maybe even something a little more realistic!

[@Ri0tRec0il]

I think we're all incredibly disappointed. Even the Beta launch was a complete mess. Every time I see Skull & Bones news, it just makes me yearn for what could have been.

[@andrewplantgollum8689]

What is Sick is that they are Collecting Pre Orders with no Release Date.

[@Zgangup]

They really could have just remastered black flag and added a multiplayer mode and would have sold millions of copies instantly

[@mustangpotato5528]

I think another huge thing that ruins it... is the cosmetics, had they gone for the gritty, dirty pirate look like the original trailer, it would look like a better game. Instead they have to go for the colourful cosmetics and silly looking ship designs... no make it more realistic that's what the fan base wanted, like black flag... not Fortnite looking ships for kids.

[@brianlevor6295]

Wasn't Ubi making AC Odyssey during this same period 2013-18? Odyssey had a perfectly serviceable naval combat system, boarding and seamless environmental transitions. It's amazing they managed to bork this as bad as they have.

[@Shineinpoverty]

Lately, I feel like it all depends on the management of the team making a game and employees. And their quality is what defines the outcome. A lot of terrible games lately too... So, I think it means one thing only. The question I have to them is why they hire so many horrible people who do not like gaming. Kinda like comics industry that was once made of people who loved comics to now being a joke. Then the movie industry followed with atrocious preaching, societal modern problems replacing exciting stories and heroes.

[@stefani.5737]

Didnt they mention at one point how multiple titles in the same franchise are made in paralel by separate branches? If dev set 1 from branch A made Odysey while dev set 2 from branch B plopped out Valhalla left the studio since, theres a decent chance that dev set 3 branch A has 0 members of 1.

[@Area51UFOGynaecology]

would be nice getting to explore all the islands on foot and have pvp zones and co-op instances, both on foot and on sea

[@Texas240]

Pretty sure nobody associated with this title EVER had an interest in an age of sail game. They wanted a first person shooter with ships... World of Pirateships

[@thientuongnguyen2564]

The Battle Royale and World of Tanks trend are going strong everyone wants a piece, and executives want that 5th Lamborghini.

[@6randmn110]

The problem with these games at this time in history, is the EXACT image of what these characters appeared as despite any historical evidence or accounts and without any objective or end goal.

[@tsuaririndoku]

And this is the reason why SOT stills one of the best Pirate Games

[@setlerking]

Rocket ships were a thing in the days of the age of sail. However they were mostly large, fixed launchers in small gunboats rather than rotatable turrets on larger frigates or battleships. might add, torpedoes are also a quite old technology. Its more like mid 19th century however rather than classic age of sail and pirates. Also i think Ubisoft heard "fire ship" and assumed that meant a ship with a flame thrower rather than a ship filled with explosives deliberately set adrift towards an enemy fleet.

[@kalebhowatt6380]

Skull n Bones Is Just Call of Duty but for ship skins i liked the look of the game when it was first ever announced

[@blitzium709]

The best game I’ve played that I expected skull and bones to be similar too was mad max the customization on your car in that game was amazing. Non of the weapons felt out of place for the game everything, you added or removed for your car had downsides and upsides and the freedom to be able to leave your car anywhere on the map made the game really feel like black flag but with cars in an apocalypse instead of ships in the Caribbean