Which idea drew you to Sea of Thieves?

Honestly when i saw the trailer it was the pirate aspect of it all.

I have always been fond of pirate games but none have made me feel complete, always lacking. I seen the trailer with the combat, digging, shooting out for PvP and thought hmm something different we can man ships, be in crews. I wanna try this.

Though I wont lie with the end of the trailer I screamed at the shark. And @captain-scourge @DrBullhammer @Drachmul I scream like a little .... When I get bit. Haha

After testing this it has stolen my heart for gaming . I could sail for hours as it alone is so serene and beautiful I couldn't get enough. I can't wait for more!

To be honest, the art style drew me into the game when I first saw screenshots and footage of it.

The water is the best digital water I’ve ever seen 👍🍻

I think the ship battles really drew me into the game, plus I reeeeaaly liked the art style!

The idea it's an open world with pirates in it and all the potential ideas that could come alive, i'll be honest the recent video rare put up about capturing animals and taking care of them made me want the game more...it's like a little bit of pokemon with rare amazing creature design....basically i want to capture every animal and maybe breed them for rare more exotic ones sort of like ARK does.

It was I think a year ago when I saw one of the first trailers, there wasn't much in the way of information about SOT at the time but it had me interested. What I yearned for was the sailing aspect and the adventure and freedom that the game seemed to offer me. I thought the visual aspect of the sea and was stunning. I did plan on buying Forza 7 for Christmas but instead I'll leave it til my birthday now, that's how much I want this game.

The open world/seas aspect of it. This game seems like it could have been truly something amazing. but they are going to simple with it. seems like the entire game is litteraly finding treasure chests whether it be from Maps, or puzzles/riddles and delivering caged animals. They should have designed it into a procedural MMO and gave us a lot more to do.

@drbullhammer lets leave the scary fort out of this!

The team aspect immediately grabbed my attention. When I saw a small clip with a galleon--several people managing the sails, cannons, etc.--that's the exact moment the stars bloomed in my eyes.

The idea of an actually good multiplayer pirate game because i've been disappointed many many times.

Enjoyed the Alpha a lot.

@erinom3 I was initially drawn to Sea of Thieves by its simple concept of allowing players to be a single pirate, on a single ship, working with others as a crew. Although, recently, I hadn't realized my true feelings for this game until my wife was able to play with me on a small sloop.

Initially I was excited to sail a big galleon with all of my friends, which was fun and all; during the alpha we were able to coordinate and gather treasure quickly -- but it became tiring and I wanted to stop worrying about being 100% efficient. When I'm in a crew on a galleon I get stressed out and become anxious and it really bothers me. I don't like feeling like we're "falling behind" because the sails are backwards or the anchor gets dropped prematurely.

Then I played with my wife on a small boat and the experience became much more intimate. We were able to take our time, explore every nook and cranny, and just enjoy the world for all of its sights and sounds! We weren't stressed out and we had a lot of fun! We even crossed paths with other ships and either outran them, fought them, or boarded them by surprise! After three solid nights of playing with my wife I immediately realized that this was the experience I wanted. Shortly thereafter I pre-ordered two copies of the game.

I couldn't thank Rare for a more warm and welcoming game in this "sea of a games" that appear to follow a single formula. I'm sick of the games with endless treadmills, twitch-based shooters, the bread crumb trails or games that even play themselves. Sea of Thieves breaks the mold in every single way and I'm very excited for its release!

@Erinom3 Waaaay back in the mists of time (or so it feels) when I first watched a trailer showing these scallywags running around an island, then onto the beach with the Galleon anchored waiting for them. The art style kept me watching til the end but it was the ship that 'Hooked' me.

I just said to myself. " Finally. I just want to sail those amazing looking waters on a ship like that".

After that, it was just meant to be.

What drew me in was the trailer for E3 this year. It looked like a cool game and the fact that i could sail a ship together with my friends who i don't live near made it even better. The idea of sailing, exploring and sea battles is just so awesome.