Confirmed former Sea of Thieves developer says the game is repetitive and shallow

Sounds like the classic "I can't wait until I can say, I told you so" situation.

That's how it goes when you have higher powers that are calling shots, but not taking into consideration of the good ideas to the table, even with a popular vote to back them up.

I've been there before, and when you try to be passionate about your work, but it is instead shot down... the only thing left to do is watch the ship sink while you're standing on the shore, saying, "I told you so". I sympathize with the developers here, and I don't blame his opinion one bit.

@a-trusty-mango I didn't take it personally until he stated I needed to be honest with myself and I have issues. I originally stated that we all weren't delusional.

Again I never said there couldn't be more content added. Read the posts again, in order especially the previous one because you didn't read the part about the content. "My true colors" and "my issues" are done with you both, like talking to walls. Obviously you both are entitled to your opinion, but my opinion is wrong.

@timidobserver said in Confirmed former Sea of Thieves developer says the game is repetitive and shallow:

@wkgnoxx Lol, you are acting like Sea of Thieves is rocket science.

how?

The game is simple, you are correct. Simple and Fun.

I truly enjoy the game. I thought the art style was going to ruin it for me - as I love that clean Blag Flag look - but somehow it just works.

Right now, I think of Sea of Thieves like an Apple computer. What's there works. It looks well engineered and styled beautifully, but there isn't a lot to do with it.

I think there is likely truth to this Beddall’s claim. I've been a part of development teams that lose the true focus of a project and gold plate things to death.

But, Beddall also gives me hope. Somewhere in there you have the ability to cook on your ship? He didn't talk about it in theoretical sense... but in actual "this was something we could do". So, there is stuff that they felt isn't ready for release ... but they have worked heavily on.

I pray Rare gets some good content out the door before people get too bored to return ... this forum is full of ideas and obviously they have a ton themselves.

I hold out hope. GTA Online was a joke when it was released -- and now it's one of the largest money makers in games. They keep adding things to a game that wasn't supposed to be so grandiose. SoT is supposed to be large ... so I have hope.

@a-trusty-mango Never once said he was unskilled, especially not "s*cks" in your terms. He was not informed enough to purchase a game that was shown for a long time and think it was something different...I never said he was "stupid" Sure, maybe he should play something else if he doesn't like what he bought, why torture yourself. Yes, I said all those things.

My legs be fine mate.... but quit putting words in my mouth....

Me and him seem to have similar thoughts. My conclusion came very close to his. A pity really.

Ex-employee publicly b******g makes him/her seem petty and vindictive no matter if truthful or not.

It's something actual professionals don't do.

Thus , kinda hard to take anything he said with more than a grain of salt.

Whole post seems kind of pointless now to be honest'

It's fun Vs I's not fun arguments.

I like basketball, but I don't like football. I also only like Crunchy peanut butter, the smooth stuff is garbage.

It's all subjective people, Fun for you? Boring for someone else...

why are we even discussing this?

@a-trusty-mango And now we really into semantics (which really has nothing to do with this thread), I plainly stated with my personal bias. How you interpret those sentences with no verbal inflection is also reliant on your views as to how you read them.

Like I stated, I'm done. Have fun on the seas, or don't. I could care less.

@dahkohtlewin said in Confirmed former Sea of Thieves developer says the game is repetitive and shallow:

Ex-employee publicly b******g makes him/her seem petty and vindictive no matter if truthful or not.

It's something actual professionals don't do.

Thus , kinda hard to take anything he said with more than a grain of salt.

No matter how salty his comments might be and no matter to whom, it doesn't make truth any less of a truth. Truth hurts the more layers of dirt it has on top. Makes a great workout too.

If I sensed that someone's product had flaws, I would absolutely tell them about them. I would also tell them how to correct them unless they don't want to.

Sometimes we need to make public statements for the good of the product and customers. Especially when a company won't allow their employees to do so. Sometimes you have to go outside to blow the whistle so people actually hear you.

@dahkohtlewin said in Confirmed former Sea of Thieves developer says the game is repetitive and shallow:

Ex-employee publicly b******g makes him/her seem petty and vindictive no matter if truthful or not.

It's something actual professionals don't do.

Thus , kinda hard to take anything he said with more than a grain of salt.

Only his opinion completely reflects the TONS of complaints already flooding in, there's nothing to do other than the same 3-4 very repetitive things.

He's right. I was desperately awaiting the release of SOT. It had such promise, but in essence it's a massive let down. If they mixed the graphics and general play with the economy, map and ideas of PIRATES, this game would have been awesome.

In essence, this game is a pumped up version of a mobile phone game. Get a mission, locate a chest/skeleton/pig, grab it, head back. Game over.

The world map is abysmal, a sea of tiny samey islands with annoying snakes and pitiful skeletons. This needed to be a proper world map with towns and villages you could trade with, countries you could fly under their flag or just be a pirate and hunt those with banners. The game content is over 30 minutes after you start playing.

I have no doubt they will add more `content' but they will never make the wholesale changes this game needs to be great. £50...... I came so close to buying this. Thank god for the 14 day trial period on XBOX game pass.

Gutted.

@runninghalfling you mean hes saltier than Dead Sea.

Again not debating his opinion or comments.

This isn't a public safety hazard nor financial fraud thus the "whistleblower" thing is laughable.

It will hurt , and it should hurt , his future employment opportunities because it shows he has zero , zero professionalism. Other companies will catch wind that he went on reddit and acted like a 12 year old girl about her former boyfriend.

"I wanted it this way , they wouldn't listen to me , and others agreed with me"

It's something again , actual adult professionals don't do.

@rager82 said in Confirmed former Sea of Thieves developer says the game is repetitive and shallow:

Well duh? Most people agree with him. The reviews also agree with him. The only one defending this game is people who have buyers remorse and have to keep up a lie, about what this game is.

"Its a PVP game!"

It is both a pvp and pve. Both got sold to players. So telling half truths is cute.

"The content is what you make of it!"

Again, the game gives us less tools to enjoy the content than most games. The game is slow, the treasure rewards are tedious for the amount of time you invest. And it makes the pvp a griefing fest instead of fun because of the pacing of the game.

Again this is a 20 dollar game that got charged 60 dollars for. If we don't get content updates in the next month. This could very well be Rare last game.

Wxactly. After the "Server Maintenance" today of which I am constantly now being "Kicked: from this game after an hour of collecting loot just to lose it I am starting to really question the game.
Don't get me wrong , I'm not a complainer , I'm a realist. I love the game but I'm starting to get very frustrated.
As far as I can tell this game still needs a lot of content. Whether you are a loyalist or not this game is incomplete or at best shallow. These aren't just little launch tweaks we are talking about. There is just not a whole lot here. Sure there is ship battles, they are awesome, love them, digging up Treasure etc. I find myself already bored with the quest system which is repetitive to say the least. I have myself just resorted to adventuring and randomly searching Islands for loot. Which I like, but after doing that and then getting booted by the damn server all the way out of the game to restart even that is starting to fall short.
I think the game is beautiful, I think it has great potential, I WANT it to do well. I'm afraid if they don't fix it fast, and send a TON of content our way VERY SOON its headed for trouble. I really do. The Article does not surprise me because my experience so far has matched what the guy said.

He isnt wrong that the game got released with not enugh content to be a full price game. But i see enugh potential for the game to be great. Hope it dont dies b4!
Edit: just have seen the game gets sold for 60 dollar? In Germany we pay 70 Euro = 86.53727 USD. Fortunately there is the Xbox game pass

@sn4res said in Confirmed former Sea of Thieves developer says the game is repetitive and shallow:

why are we even discussing this?

You tell me.

@ferroushornet01 said in Confirmed former Sea of Thieves developer says the game is repetitive and shallow:

This guy was a legit developer working on the game for years...thoughts?

Steve Wright  /  Mar 22, 2018

Former Sea of Thieves artist says it’s repetitive, shallow

Update: Beddall's identity has been confirmed, so we've updated this story to reflect that. Update 2: Stevivor reached out to developer Rare for comment, t

The game could have been more, and I agree to some extent, there could have been more to do and see. Lets hope Rare get some expansions out to remedy the situation. Meanwhile, since i have played for 20 hours max, I can enjoy what is already here.

@v**a-hombre Its a fun game. But the problem is if the playerbase dies the ammount of work for big and regullary content patches could be to high. So the game could also die qq.

@triheadedmonkey said in Confirmed former Sea of Thieves developer says the game is repetitive and shallow:

@v**a-hombre said in Confirmed former Sea of Thieves developer says the game is repetitive and shallow:

And yet I'm still enjoying it.

Am I, perhaps.... mad?

If you are indeed mad, then you aren't alone. I am 100% happy and proud to say that I am also 'mad' because I enjoy this game more than any other I have played.

But some people seem to have forgotten that "enjoyment" and "fun" are supposed to be the main reasons for playing games, rather than just side effects of an arbitrary number going up which in some way validates the player's existence and importance in the world!

I would agree with you if it were not for the fact I get kicked from servers every half hour in a game that takes an hour to do anything. Glad your having a good time though.

@wkgnoxx the general complaint is that there's nothing to do besides repetitive fetch quests that reward very little gold/rep for the time invested. It's either that or hunt other players which is what brings all the crybabies complaining about "griefing".

@zokraitz Everything is repetitive in videogames. You don't think Call of Duty, PubG, Fortnite aren't? Run and gun, die, respawn, repeat. The only difference is that you live longer in this game.