@crampedtiara06 said in Hey, i'd like to know some details about the game before I buy it:
Hey, me and my friends are thinking about getting sea of thieves but we're uncertain about a few details
- How many players can play on one ship (were a group of 8)
- does this game contain any kind of quests or side stories
- Is it worth the money
- Is it fun?
thx in advance for any1 who answers this post
@crampedtiara06 1. Four to three on a gallon two to one for sloop
2. Yes voyages
3. Yes as long as you don't mind learning the game your self and it not holding your hand
4. Yes the most fun I've had playing a game in recent years
@crampedtiara06
So far every game i have played as group of 2 in a sloop we have not been left alone to carry out any pve content.. Constantly chased around the map by groups of 4 in larger faster ships who sink you for a laugh... Even when you have no treasure to take
if your a large group looking to whoop parties of 1 or 2 players this will be great for you.
Bit of a gankfest
@crampedtiara06 Hi, this is the most fun I've had in years. I met my crew through the forum. If you're unsure about purchasing you can always use your two free weeks gamepass trial and give it a go? See if you enjoy it.
No more than 4 people per crew max. And no you cannot have two ships sync in the same server... at least not manually. That being said me and my friends are a total of 6 people and we tend to do a 4-man and 2-man groups or 2x 3-man groups. I personally love the sloop and prefer to use it whenever possible that is why I always offer to be part of the 2 man.
The entire game can be considered questing and side stories. Honestly the best way to describe it is that it has no main story which seems to be a break it point for many. This is a game that requires you to make your own fun which is possible. I think its worth the money because I know I will get enough hours out of it if not more and feel satisfied.
It is fun for me in my friends that is a question of opinion. What is fun for me may not be fun for you.
That's actually one on the smartest threads around here!
4 max on a big ship, with veeeery little chances you play on the same server. You wil have to split in two groups I fear.
There are 3 quest givers (find & unburry chest, find & capture animals and find & kill skeleton captains). You gain reputation that leads to longer voyage sending you on further islands. Honestly, you do it for having a purpose for sailing and for unlocking comestics more than anything else. Hunting the kraken, attacking forts and PVP are much more interesting, but it's not incompatible at all.
Yes if you use the Game Pass (10$ per month, with 14 days free) to test and play sometimes. Yes if you purchase it and plan to play it every months for more than 7 months. No for any other case — for the moment. I think that like every new multiplayer game, a perdiod of 3 months is needed for it to get out of it's launch issues.
Depends on your interest for pirate things, and being more pirate! I'm personally having a lot of fun with friends ;)
@crampedtiara06 said in Hey, i'd like to know some details about the game before I buy it:
Hey, me and my friends are thinking about getting sea of thieves but we're uncertain about a few details
- How many players can play on one ship (were a group of 8)
- does this game contain any kind of quests or side stories
- Is it worth the money
- Is it fun?
Actually asking this in the forum before buying the game is a good point that you think about it carefully and not just buy something and complain about it later - a good way to do things!
@crampedtiara06 GAME PASS 14 day free trial and then you can make up your mind.
Just for the record they delivered everything advertised and the people complaining about no enough content clearly didn't do research before they brought the game.
@jjblackhat said in Hey, i'd like to know some details about the game before I buy it:
@crampedtiara06 said in Hey, i'd like to know some details about the game before I buy it:
Hey, me and my friends are thinking about getting sea of thieves but we're uncertain about a few details
- How many players can play on one ship (were a group of 8)
- does this game contain any kind of quests or side stories
- Is it worth the money
- Is it fun?
thx in advance for any1 who answers this post
- 4 Player Galleon is the biggest at this time. You can also solo, or do a 2 or 3 man.
- It does not seem to have much story at this time, but there are loads of fetch quests and kill quests that gain you gold and achievements with each NPC faction.
- It is for me, but everyone is different. It definite suffers from a lack of content, but the game is a thrill - especially if you love to PvP.
- I like it a lot. PIRATES are coo
I think a lot of people are coming in looking for something its not and missing what it is. If you like open-world pvp'ing, the danger of losing stuff that took you time to get, if you hate the grind to get to the 'end-game' state of most mmo's, then this game might be for you. Also, if you like the idea of soft skills (like communication and planning) being as important or more important than twitch skills.
@ashawee-123 said in Hey, i'd like to know some details about the game before I buy it:
@crampedtiara06 GAME PASS 14 day free trial and then you can make up your mind.
Just for the record they delivered everything advertised and the people complaining about no enough content clearly didn't do research before they brought the game.
I would quibble with this, though we love what we are seeing so far.
I don't see anything even close to the character clothing options shown in the various trailers. Why they aren't in game is beyond me, since they obviously finished them in some cases, over a year ago.
I'm not seeing things like the Manta Ray shown off several times in trailers.
Player matchmaking is missing a lot of basics... adding a friend while in game, or accepting a new or replacement crew member while in game is missing... people literally just show up on your ship in your crew, but the active quest for them is partially broken, because they can't even get a crate for fetch quests.
There are a host of others, but they DID deliver a REALLY fun experience, and both my wife and myself REALLY look forward to content additions and balance improvements in the future.
To the OP: Microsoft is giving refunds in the store for digital purchases if people are unhappy with it. We JUST decided to spring for it last week, and don;t regret that decision at all. if you are on the edge, loooks for discounted microsoft/xbox gift cards online, and use those to purchase to save some dubloons. I think we picked up $50 gift cards for $40 a pop.
@crampedtiara06 said in Hey, i'd like to know some details about the game before I buy it:
Hey, me and my friends are thinking about getting sea of thieves but we're uncertain about a few details
- How many players can play on one ship (were a group of 8)
- does this game contain any kind of quests or side stories
- Is it worth the money
- Is it fun?
thx in advance for any1 who answers this post
I give you details here - game's not finished product and should not be sold at full price. Achievements are turned off, DLC's are turned off... game is fun but there's flaws, all I'm saying.
@crampedtiara06 said in Hey, i'd like to know some details about the game before I buy it:
Hey, me and my friends are thinking about getting sea of thieves but we're uncertain about a few details
- How many players can play on one ship (were a group of 8)
- does this game contain any kind of quests or side stories
- Is it worth the money
- Is it fun?
thx in advance for any1 who answers this post
Here is my opnion:
1 & 2 - Ppl already stated, so dont need to repeat =)
3 - For full price they asked for? NO. Reason: Lack of Content, for both PvP and PvE. It is more like a Indie Game than a AAA game right now, later when they add more stuff, might worth the full price they asked for.
Solution: Get the game on the Xbox Game Pass, THAT is worth right now.
4 - I liked the game, even being a most of the time solo player. But since i am from SA and only have NA server (to me), the game becomes totally frustating when comes to PvP, due to ping/desync problems. And also have some lack of content (like random events, right now we only have the Kraken, wich only happens for Galeons, but there is 0 reward from it).
And a advise: Sea of Thieves ISN'T sandbox!!! You can't alter world, destruct the world, build or anything related to a sandbox. Character and ship customization isn't sandbox! Sea of Thieves is a Action/Adventure game.
@gareeet I'm almost 100% positive there was no mention of a manta ray and I'm pretty sure you have to unlock most of the clothing however I completely agree with you on the matchmaking it does seem really under developed.
@ashawee-123 said in Hey, i'd like to know some details about the game before I buy it:
@gareeet I'm almost 100% positive there was no mention of a manta ray and I'm pretty sure you have to unlock most of the clothing however I completely agree with you on the matchmaking it does seem really under developed.
There was a manta ray in several of the old trailers, maybe the E3 ones? Why he was removed is beyond me... and why we can hear a whale in the distance while sailing but they aren't in the game is beyond me.
@gareeet Not really related but I'd love to see more sea life like the manta ray and a whale. Imagine that sailing peacefully one day no ships in sight and then just BOOM you've hit whale you got holes, your filling with water, oh yea and theirs a massive corpse/knocked out whale at the front of the ship
@ashawee-123 said in Hey, i'd like to know some details about the game before I buy it:
@gareeet Not really related but I'd love to see more sea life like the manta ray and a whale. Imagine that sailing peacefully one day no ships in sight and then just BOOM you've hit whale you got holes, your filling with water, oh yea and theirs a massive corpse/knocked out whale at the front of the ship
Whale and shark hunting were a lot of fun in Black Flag.. I'd MUCH rather see them than fishing. If I had my choices, I'd add a sea turtle (with an option to rope and ride one as a challenge), a manta ray (Maybe we could grasp them underwater for a faster ride) and an octopus. (While diving they could grab us and try to drown us.)
Just having more sealife diversity alone would be great, but why not make them fun play mechanic additions as well?
(And add a drunken manta ray rider achievement while you are at it...lol!)
1-four
2-not really, there are 3 flavours of essentially the same fetch quest
3-no - just use a two week trial of gamepass, if you aren't bored by 2 weeks, then maybe consider buying it. But it really isn't worth the full price in the slightest.
4-yes. It is as fun as you make it. But that's more to do with how you create your own fun in the barebones game, since it so badly lacks content.
