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Title: Sea of Thieves
Post by: Kurt Russell on March 23, 2018, 06:35:25 AM: Don't see a thread for it yet, so I'll start it..

(http://www.dlcompare.com:8042/upload/cache/game_tetiere/upload/gameimage/file/20157.jpeg)

Sea of Thieves Reaches 1 million players in 48 hours (https://www.rollingstone.com/glixel/news/sea-of-thieves-reached-1-million-players-in-first-48-hours-w518276)

Sea of Thieves put anti-toxicity strategies into game's design (https://www.polygon.com/2018/3/22/17153164/sea-of-thieves-toxic-brig-scuttle-ship-code-of-conduct)

Sea of Thieves servers can't keep up with demand (http://www.bgr.in/gaming/sea-of-thieves-servers-just-cant-keep-up-with-the-demand/)

Has anybody played it yet? I read on Twitter that it's essentially a whole game in the style of Destiny 2 patrols.
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: MMaRsu on March 23, 2018, 07:22:41 AM: (https://i.imgur.com/B3c5jlD.gif)
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on March 23, 2018, 07:29:46 AM: Heard there is no content

And its 60 bucks

:doge
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: Svejk on March 23, 2018, 07:57:22 AM: No Man's Sky: MS Edition - No Man's Sea
spoiler (click to show/hide)
At least you can actually see other players in this one. :doge
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Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on March 23, 2018, 08:01:15 AM: In an alternative universe this is was a smash hit on the GCN for Rare, kind of feels like it belongs there.
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: bork on March 23, 2018, 08:08:50 AM: Quote from: Kurt Russell on March 23, 2018, 06:35:25 AM
Don't see a thread for it yet, so I'll start it..

(http://www.dlcompare.com:8042/upload/cache/game_tetiere/upload/gameimage/file/20157.jpeg)

Sea of Thieves Reaches 1 million players in 48 hours (https://www.rollingstone.com/glixel/news/sea-of-thieves-reached-1-million-players-in-first-48-hours-w518276)

Sea of Thieves put anti-toxicity strategies into game's design (https://www.polygon.com/2018/3/22/17153164/sea-of-thieves-toxic-brig-scuttle-ship-code-of-conduct)

Sea of Thieves servers can't keep up with demand (http://www.bgr.in/gaming/sea-of-thieves-servers-just-cant-keep-up-with-the-demand/)

Has anybody played it yet? I read on Twitter that it's essentially a whole game in the style of Destiny 2 patrols.

There's a video in that Polygon article that shows them having to go below into the ship, take out a bucket and scoop up water leaking in, and then go back to the deck and throw it overboard. WHAT FUN
:snore
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: pilonv1 on March 23, 2018, 08:46:23 AM: Quote from: Premium Lager on March 23, 2018, 07:29:46 AM
Heard there is no content

And its 60 bucks

:doge

I had a deal where I got Game Pass for $5 a month which was stackable.

Still don't feel like I got my money's worth with this
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: Kurt Russell on March 23, 2018, 08:46:48 AM: They're using the sunk cost fallacy model pioneered by Destiny.

1 - Announce new MMO game
2 - Hype
3 - HYPE
4 - More hype
5 - Launch framework of game
6 - Users complain about lack of content but continue to play because $60
7 - Users eventually accept lack of content
8 - Drop expansion pack offering more content. Because of low-content acceptance, this feels like CHRISTMAS 2.0. Make another $30
9 - Repeat step 8
10 - Repeat step 8
11 - Repeat step 8 and introduce paid cosmetic microtransactions
12 - Announce sequel and go to step 2
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: demi on March 23, 2018, 09:30:51 AM: Sea of Thieves is hardly the same as Destiny dude, none of my Destiny people were remotely interested in this game
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: ToxicAdam on March 23, 2018, 09:42:51 AM: I tried to watch it on Twitch over the weekend and was bored to tears.

The respawn system was stupid as hell. You'd have a crew fight their asses off to beat another crew and then they'd respawn right on top of them and have to do it all over again.
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: Huff on March 23, 2018, 09:59:21 AM: Quote
"The problem is that Sea of Thieves is not a complete game," Tassi writes. "It just isn’t. It’s maybe 5 or 10% of one, but given what other open world/co-op games can offer you for $60, it’s just astonishing how little Sea of Thieves offers."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2018/03/22/sea-of-thieves-review-round-up-not-the-pirate-game-we-deserved/#4db4a62a3c92

Hard pass
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: blaze on March 23, 2018, 10:03:48 AM: I mean if you take the gameplay, missions, lore and "story" out of Destiny, this is similar. But it's really nothing like it. It's No Man's Sky in the sea, with even less to do, less interesting exploration and a LOT of downtime. I paid €2 for two months of game pass to play it and I regret it.
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: Freyj on March 23, 2018, 11:16:49 AM: Don’t know why anyone would pay $60 for this when you can try it for free for at least two weeks with game pass. “I regret spending $5” is silly.

Quote from: ToxicAdam on March 23, 2018, 09:42:51 AM
I tried to watch it on Twitch over the weekend and was bored to tears.

The respawn system was stupid as hell. You'd have a crew fight their asses off to beat another crew and then they'd respawn right on top of them and have to do it all over again.

I’m having fun but yeah this sucks. Can’t count the times we’ve just let our ship sink, had one person run a brand new one in and finish off the attackers with a fully replenished inventory.
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: Eel O'Brian on March 23, 2018, 11:59:22 AM: Quote from: demi on March 23, 2018, 09:30:51 AM
Sea of Thieves is hardly the same as Destiny dude, none of my Destiny people were remotely interested in this game

All the Destiny folks I know jumped ship to MHW when that came out.

This entire game has less content than most tutorial levels in other games. Pretty water, though. My advice to anyone interested is to use the free 14 day trial on Game Pass. Be prepared to cancel on day two.
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: blaze on March 23, 2018, 12:01:34 PM: Quote from: Freyj on March 23, 2018, 11:16:49 AM
Don’t know why anyone would pay $60 for this when you can try it for free for at least two weeks with game pass. “I regret spending $5” is silly.

Quote from: ToxicAdam on March 23, 2018, 09:42:51 AM
I tried to watch it on Twitch over the weekend and was bored to tears.

The respawn system was stupid as hell. You'd have a crew fight their asses off to beat another crew and then they'd respawn right on top of them and have to do it all over again.

I’m having fun but yeah this sucks. Can’t count the times we’ve just let our ship sink, had one person run a brand new one in and finish off the attackers with a fully replenished inventory.
I regret wasting my two months of gamepass for €2 on this, I would have rather kept that for State of Decay 2. I don't regret spending the €2 to play it.
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on March 23, 2018, 12:39:03 PM: Might do a game pass trial for state of decay, not for this
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: Raist on March 23, 2018, 07:30:55 PM: http://www.gameinformer.com/games/sea_of_thieves/b/xboxone/archive/2018/03/23/game-informer-sea-of-thieves-xbox-one-review.aspx

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Sea of Thieves is like the kiddy-pool at the waterpark. They’re both pirate-themed, they both feature fun activities improved by having friends with you, and they’re both shallow in the interest of keeping things entertaining without being dangerous.

Well that's one way to open a review :whoo
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: bork on March 23, 2018, 09:02:27 PM: Quote from: Raist on March 23, 2018, 07:30:55 PM
http://www.gameinformer.com/games/sea_of_thieves/b/xboxone/archive/2018/03/23/game-informer-sea-of-thieves-xbox-one-review.aspx

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Sea of Thieves is like the kiddy-pool at the waterpark.

Amirox's favorite game confirmed.
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: Nintex on March 23, 2018, 09:18:02 PM: Rare looked around their offices and wondered.
"Gee, what Nintendo concept haven't we ripped off yet guys"
"We could do another Perfect Dark or Banjo"
"SHUT UP DAVE YOU'RE FIRED!"
"Now, remember when they did that Wind Waker thing with the sea that was totally barren"
"Sounds good, let's work on that I'll give Phil a ringer"
"Cool beans guys but really for me to put in on my shirt and greenlit it, it needs to have ONLINE and IMMERSION and CLOUD"
"O.k."

*4 years later*

"WOW Guys, 4 years, can't wait to see how you've improved the Xbox(TM) brand with another stellar exclusive in the greatest year in Xbox History."
"We can't wait to see it either Phil"
"Sooo uuhh, where's is the rest of the game"
"It's called minimalism Phil, it's the first minimalist game"
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: Eel O'Brian on March 23, 2018, 09:23:52 PM: This should have been a free games with gold exclusive. GameStop's going to be a sea of previously owned sea of thieves next week.
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: pilonv1 on March 24, 2018, 08:09:24 AM: I will say the PC port is really good though, running it at 1440p with max detail and never drops below 60fps

Guess it helps when you don't have to render any content
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: Raist on March 24, 2018, 08:13:14 AM: There's something horribly off with the water physics. It looks crazy, but the ships don't move at all like what you'd expect from such intense waves :-X
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: Human Snorenado on March 24, 2018, 08:18:46 AM: Play Rare games in 2018, brehs
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: MMaRsu on March 24, 2018, 09:55:18 AM: Quote from: Human Snorenado on March 24, 2018, 08:18:46 AM
Play Rare games in 2018, brehs

Hey Viva Pinata is still awesome
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: Corporal on March 24, 2018, 11:29:19 AM: Can you even still play Viva Pinata on PC or did the game die with the last abortion of a shop MS inflicted on us? I'd check online, but eh, it's Viva Pinata.
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: paprikastaude on March 24, 2018, 01:31:03 PM: Quote from: Human Snorenado on March 24, 2018, 08:18:46 AM
Play Rare games in 2018, brehs

I actually know a forum that, once it significantly died down over time, was left with a core of nintenyearolds who still wait for that new Banjo Kazooie and praise the N64 and "collectathon-genre" as the epitome of good game design to this day.
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: Eel O'Brian on March 24, 2018, 01:34:58 PM: Quote from: Human Snorenado on March 24, 2018, 08:18:46 AM
Play Rare games in 2018, brehs

What's there is fairly well done. There's just hardly anything there, haha. You can quite literally play for an hour and experience everything this game has on offer.
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: Joe Molotov on March 24, 2018, 03:24:33 PM: Quote from: Eel O'Brian on March 24, 2018, 01:34:58 PM
Quote from: Human Snorenado on March 24, 2018, 08:18:46 AM
Play Rare games in 2018, brehs

What's there is fairly well done. There's just hardly anything there, haha. You can quite literally play for an hour and experience everything this game has on offer.

It’s crazy that this is basically Rare’s only game in five years and one of the only big exclusives for the Xbox in 2018 and this is all they’ve got to show for it.
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: Positive Touch on March 24, 2018, 04:02:36 PM: they cancelled scalebound but released this
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: kingv on March 24, 2018, 07:07:38 PM: Quote from: Positive Touch on March 24, 2018, 04:02:36 PM
they cancelled scalebound but released this

I drafted this same comment last night but forgot to hit post.
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: Human Snorenado on March 24, 2018, 07:23:20 PM: Quote from: Joe Molotov on March 24, 2018, 03:24:33 PM
Quote from: Eel O'Brian on March 24, 2018, 01:34:58 PM
Quote from: Human Snorenado on March 24, 2018, 08:18:46 AM
Play Rare games in 2018, brehs

What's there is fairly well done. There's just hardly anything there, haha. You can quite literally play for an hour and experience everything this game has on offer.

It’s crazy that this is basically Rare’s only game in five years and one of the only big exclusives for the Xbox in 2018 and this is all they’ve got to show for it.

...is it, tho?
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: Eel O'Brian on March 24, 2018, 09:47:37 PM: I think MS took a look at this, Crackdown 3, and State of Decay 2 and thought "well, maybe people will forget to cancel their Game Pass trials."
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on March 25, 2018, 01:11:51 AM: I really thought this would be a huge light mmo
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: team filler on March 25, 2018, 02:25:26 AM: for switch?
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: Rahxephon91 on March 25, 2018, 03:22:50 AM: MS is pathetic.

How do you support a console with such little software effort? Fuck how do you push a new revision with such little software? I don't think any major console manufacture has been as bad with first party support as MS has this gen. And unlike with the 2nd half of the 360, it's not like they have the mainstream and third parties to coast on. I know the resetnerds are all "well MS has been so great great on hardware". Who the fuck cares? You made an awesome 4k console with nothing that takes advantage of it. You've made strives in backwards comp, on games I can run better on my PC. So excited for Xbox.
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: kingv on March 25, 2018, 11:43:14 AM: I agree 100%

There’s something really low effort feeling about all of MS first party games this generation.

Crackdown 3 looks like hot garbage and will probably suck worse than 2. And state of decay was always a low budget indie game. It barely even counts as an exclusive.
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: Tasty on March 25, 2018, 04:05:34 PM: Nintendo (and Sony to a lesser extent) make having a good first-party line-up look so easy that I'm happy Microsoft is always there to show how difficult it actually is.
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: CatsCatsCats on March 26, 2018, 06:48:24 PM: Think I’m gonna start the game pass trial to give this a whirl, looks kinda fun
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: Nintex on March 26, 2018, 07:03:16 PM: Quote from: Tasty Meat on March 25, 2018, 04:05:34 PM
Nintendo (and Sony to a lesser extent) make having a good first-party line-up look so easy that I'm happy Microsoft is always there to show how difficult it actually is.
Microsoft closed nearly all their studios and ruined those that they didn't close.
They've intentionally handicapped themselves.

If they had bought Nintendo they would've ran Mario into the ground by now, fired Miyamoto, Koizumi and Aonuma and had the designers of Wii Music build a Zelda game. :doge
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: Sho Nuff on March 26, 2018, 07:40:29 PM: I don't understand what is going on over there. I get the feeling that the leads of the game org are attempting to recover from the disastrous leadership of the previous regime, but are still getting stomped and are incapable of recovering thanks to douchebaggery further up the MS chain. (Shrugs)
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: bluemax on March 27, 2018, 02:33:09 AM: Quote from: Sho Nuff on March 26, 2018, 07:40:29 PM
I don't understand what is going on over there. I get the feeling that the leads of the game org are attempting to recover from the disastrous leadership of the previous regime, but are still getting stomped and are incapable of recovering thanks to douchebaggery further up the MS chain. (Shrugs)

Microsoft changed leadership in a LOT of places, not just games. Maybe Nadella just doesn't see something that loses as much money as games development as being a worthwhile endeavor?

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Former first-party
Bungie – Halo series
Twisted Pixel Games – The Gunstringer, LocoCycle, The Maw, The Adventures of Captain Smiley, 'Splosion Man series

Defunct first-party
Aces Studio – Microsoft Flight Simulator series
Digital Anvil – Brute Force, Freelancer
Ensemble Studios – Age of Empires series, Halo Wars
FASA Studio – MechWarrior series, Shadowrun
Hired Gun – Halo 2 for Windows Vista
Lionhead Studios – Fable series, Black & White series
Microsoft Game Studios Japan – Magatama, Phantom Dust
Press Play – Max: The Curse of Brotherhood, Kalimba
XSN Sports – NHL Rivals 2004

Former second-party
Beep Industries – Voodoo Vince
BioWare – Mass Effect, Jade Empire
Fuel Industries – Tinker
Media.Vision – Sneakers
FromSoftware – Ninja Blade
Mistwalker – Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey

Defunct second-party
Artoon – Blinx series, Blue Dragon
Bizarre Creations – Project Gotham Racing series
Carbonated Games – Hexic series
feelplus – Lost Odyssey
Game Republic – Every Party
Hudson Soft – Fuzion Frenzy 2
Realtime Worlds – Crackdown

I dunno, it feels like looking at this list there aren't as many missteps as you would think. Lionhead definitely got fucked by Fable Adventures and Microsoft not being able to decide what that should be. Who the shit remembers Press Play though? Apparently they were making a multiplayer survival game. Maybe MS decided to just get PUBG as a timed exclusive instead?

I admit I didn't realize From had been a MS second party at one point.
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: Svejk on March 27, 2018, 07:56:44 AM: https://youtu.be/9kl3hf1aJ9s
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: blaze on March 27, 2018, 12:30:05 PM: they released an update, you've to download the whole game again lol
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: kingv on March 27, 2018, 12:43:45 PM: I remember when they did that shit with Halo5. I was not happy.
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: CatsCatsCats on March 27, 2018, 06:08:15 PM: Can’t play this game, it keeps saying I don’t own it even tho I started game pass for it
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: CatsCatsCats on March 27, 2018, 06:11:24 PM: http://www.dailystar.co.uk/tech/gaming/691963/Sea-of-Thieves-Xbox-Game-Pass-NOT-WORKING-0x803f8001-errors-hit-game-following-new-update/amp

Oh. No one can. 🤦‍♂️
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: Nintex on March 27, 2018, 06:54:10 PM: The game has no content
Doesn't boot
And now the achievements are disabled

It's almost like this studio doesn't like working for Microsoft anymore. :doge
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: CatsCatsCats on March 27, 2018, 10:11:49 PM: Game is stupid as shit but I had a blast playing it with a buddy
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: blaze on March 28, 2018, 09:20:08 AM: Quote from: kingv on March 27, 2018, 12:43:45 PM
I remember when they did that shit with Halo5. I was not happy.
thankfully this game isn't as big as Halo 5, but I still am not going to redownload it. I've moved on.
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: CatsCatsCats on March 28, 2018, 10:38:51 AM: Lol it’s like 9 gigs, you petty

Anyway yeah, just did a couple treasure runs and a few skeleton attack things with one other dude while getting our characters drunk and laughing our asses off. It’s not a very complete or serious game but it was a lot of fun
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: Joe Molotov on March 28, 2018, 01:02:33 PM: https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2018/03/28/community-thank-you-sea-of-thieves/

(https://i.imgur.com/rPliqB9.jpg)
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: Nintex on March 28, 2018, 05:39:33 PM: Quote
The worldwide excitement for Sea of Thieves has made it the fastest-selling first-party new IP of this generation.

:dead
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: CatsCatsCats on March 28, 2018, 05:40:33 PM: I’m sure giving it away for free didn’t help inflate that figure at all
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: Nintex on March 28, 2018, 05:53:45 PM: Sea of shills
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: blaze on March 28, 2018, 06:30:51 PM: Quote from: CatsCatsCats on March 28, 2018, 10:38:51 AM
Lol it’s like 9 gigs, you petty

Anyway yeah, just did a couple treasure runs and a few skeleton attack things with one other dude while getting our characters drunk and laughing our asses off. It’s not a very complete or serious game but it was a lot of fun
I mean I just don't want to play it. Dunno how that's petty.
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: CatsCatsCats on March 28, 2018, 06:34:00 PM: Iuno fight me
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: blaze on March 29, 2018, 03:29:48 AM: let's go :cody
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: Raist on April 14, 2018, 12:56:27 PM: https://www.seaofthieves.com/news/sea-of-thieves-content-plans

"We're doing some stuff"

:lol
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: CatsCatsCats on April 14, 2018, 07:50:14 PM: Pretty cool that game pass + play anywhere + cross compat co-op = I can play this on the laptop co-op with my stepson on the xbone with only one gold account
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: Sho Nuff on April 14, 2018, 10:03:02 PM: Quote from: Raist on April 14, 2018, 12:56:27 PM
https://www.seaofthieves.com/news/sea-of-thieves-content-plans

"We're doing some stuff"

:lol

Very good, very descriptive, i can't wait until all those great ambiguous new features are implemented
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: Corporal on April 15, 2018, 09:29:08 AM: At least we now know that the game is going to grow and evolve because they've been listening to the feedback from the community. Which cannot be emphasized enough. They're listening. They have been listening. And they will continue to listen. To feedback. And the community. Now, the game. Man, it's gonna grow. And evolve. So much growing and evolving.

How exciting.
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on April 16, 2018, 12:48:42 AM: Just think of how many cool things they already put in in 5 years of development. Now divide that by 10 to see how much they can release in the next fewmonths.
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: chronovore on November 23, 2018, 08:28:04 PM: I've only got a couple friends who have played this game, but everyone seems to enjoy it.

I'm not going to buy an Xbone for it, but I'll put it right behind Sunset Overdrive when I eventually get one.
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: kingv on November 24, 2018, 01:06:26 AM: It’s interesting because it seems to have launched so poorly.
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: chronovore on November 24, 2018, 06:28:07 AM: It feels like MS got everything right on the 360, and everything wrong on Xbone.

I oknow that’s wrong because there were disc scratching drives and RROD and an I’ll advised push to prioritize the Japanese market from a luxury item approach (e.g. Apple, Starbucks, Le Creuset). But the prelaunch blunders with One and a lack of innovation really hit them this time.
Title: Re: Sea of Thieves
Post by: Maiden Voyage on November 24, 2018, 11:17:52 AM: I had a blast playing this with a friend and am itching to play more but I refuse to team up with randos.