The reason of making this is that, I dont see much video or discussions of the pros and cons between the two, so i just like to throw my hat in an see how this goes. Now before I go into this i like to say that im not going to be basis on this as i only want to see the differences from Sot and blackwake as they be two of my favorite pirate games as this just be my opinion of what i think of the games but what each game have that maybe similar or different.
To start off is the prices of the games. Sot: $60 U.S (or $10 a month in gamepass) Blackwake: $20 (This game is still early access but can be found on steam)
.Sot is more of colorful and cartoony type in graphics and gameplay. For Blackwake its more of realistic kind of look (ex: Black Flag).
.Both of these games are multiplayer only, only difference is that Blackwake is fully pvp unlike Sot as its Pve and PvP
.Factions in Blackwake is basically Pirates vs the British Navy and for Sot is crate your own adventure which it can be anything you like in the game.
.Unlike Sot of having three fractions of quest that is for PvE, Blackwake has game-modes in it, such as Team death match, capture the flag (in this case, capture the chest), and Siege (still an experimental gamemode but its fun)
.This might be some of the main things people want to know is ship types, but before going into that, just remember that Blackwake was released in Feb 2017 so they had more into it unlike Sot, since they released in 2018. So for Sot ships is the Gallon, and the Sloop. For Blackwake the list of ships are like this as far as I know.
.Galleon, Cruiser, Brig, Schooner, Junk, Hoy, Gunboat, Cutter, and the Bombketch.
.Blackwake is more multiplayer strategy game as there be one big crew and two small ones that works together to defeat the other team as its a team focused game. Sot however is more on the crew itself and to explore and rank up to legendary status or have fun and do other things.
Progression system is may be a twist with these two games, for most that know in Sot is that doing voyages and getting gold, and you can use that to get cosmetics. Blackwake is..quite similar to Sot as for mostly cosmetics to custom your pirate, however it doesn't require gold but requires a certain level to unlock it. For the most part the amount of cosmetics is somewhere the same amount between two games. As far as I counted Blackwake have 99 cosmetics to custom your pirate and I think Sot is close to that (correct me if im wrong)
.Weapons would probably the last part of this as I wont go over all the names of the stuff in Blackwake I would say the amount of stuff is in each category (unless a lot of people want to I can edit it in later in this post) 4 Main weapons, 5 secondary, 6 melee, and 4 specials (can be use for getting health back or an extra weapon that can cause massive damage but runs out it after a certain amount of uses) For Sot is a bit short on that but I bet more is yet to come to fill it up with more choices but at the moment it has Blunderbuss, Eye of reach, Pistol, and a cutlass.
For the most part that Blackwake is mainly just PvP unlike Sot which has more to it in PvE such as THD, kraken, skeletons, skull forts, and have more tools that be more towards having fun with your crew. Like I said before, this is just something that I haven't seen much talk about and so I like to share how these two are different and similar is some aspects in gameplay. Im not saying sot is bad, it just needs time to grow and to become a great game. Only time can tell, but let me know what ya think of these games and why you think which one is better for you, until next time, far seas matey!
