The Most Boring Video Game I've Ever Played - Sea of Thieves
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- Опубликовано: 18 апр 2018
- Sea of Thieves is a game that had great potential with a brilliant concept. Unfortunately, it takes more than that to make a great game and Sea of Thieves would turn out to be one of the most boring video game experiences I have ever had.
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Let's take that tag line: Create your own fun.
That's something someone would tell you to describe how to get into a pen and paper rpg (D&D, Deathwatch, Rogue Trader, Edge of the Empire, etc.). But the difference is that in those pen and paper rpgs, you have a plethora of different stuff to do, you just have to either try to look for thing and throw your Game Master a bone, or step in and pretend that while trying to flirt with that peasant lass you learn that something has been killing her livestocks, or if you play a merchant crew in a sci-fi setting, you are a trying to avoid bankruptcy but the only way to get your cargo to the market in time is to gamble by going into that uncharted nebula full of aliens and pirates.
So yes, you can have people create their own fun, but they need to have the tools to do it as well as being given the opportunities to do so. A game like SoT gives you all the opportunities you need, but doesn't give you any of the tools needed to really get creative because they aren't there. At the same time, a pen and paper rpg gives you all, and I mean all the tools you could dream to get creative, but if you have a bad Game Master that thinks he has come up with this amazing adventure and doesn't let the players explore or do anything that isn't approved or decided by him, then you simply don't get any opportunities to use those tools.
Tools and opportunities, this is what game developers working on stuff like SoT need to get both right, not one or the other, but both those things into the very core of the game.
Damn good comment! I might just pin it
I can tell you several things.
1. PvP can be made easier by just a simple Tag that highlights your ship. A "Swashbuckling" tag lets people know you are looking for a fight, and someone can also throw a "Swashbuckling" tag showing a mutually agreed PvP show down.
2. PvP Privater Guilds. And you don't need fully fleshed out factions like Horde and Alliance. You can just make diffrent colored flags like Pokemon Go. Have people select their color then beat up on all other colors.
3. Shipwrights and a way to save customized ships. They can also double as turn in points for ships that are captured. Also need more ships are needed. Even rowboat with a cannon, or heck a barrel with an oar would improve the game.
4. Some sort of lower flag and raise your own ship capture system. Capture enemy ship, stop the spawns. Make them spawn a new ship and take your prize to the Shipwright for Rep, Xp and Gold.
5. A race type PvP quest can help if you get tired of sinking each others ship.
6. Improve the combat system, add sail damage (and fire maybe) to ships. Also add a powder load to the cannons so it is a 3 step processes. Load powder, load shot, FIRE. Also different types of shots would be nice. You got chain shot for the aforementioned sail damage. Grape shot which is multiple balls but shorter range. And Canister shot which is a blunderbuss on Steroids.
7. Improve the player to player combat as well. Have ropes from the mast to swing down to deck or onto enemy ships (instead of a lame sword charge bug). Also vary the load out with melee and ranged combos. Along with a rifle you can have one with a bayonet instead of a scope. Got some melee ability as well as range even though the sharpshooter is king at range. Make range weapons do more damage but take longer to reload so you are forced to mix up range and melee attacks. You can have a brace of pistols (or make that three braces) so you can do the 6 guns thing with 6 shots but a lot of reloading. Need a better balance a Dueler's combo of a Pistol and a Saber so you have a range attack along with melee. OR you can go all melee without a blunderbus by a Drunken Brawler with a covered grogg tankard (to keep the rum in while swimming, and a cutlass. You drink you swing your cutlass wildly with drunken strength, you may not have a ranged weapon but if you drink enough you can vomit on enemies.
I love when a game gets everyone so hyped and then is a HUUUUUGE disappointment. When will gamers learn to wait for reviews? Honest reviews from people who actually bought the game and not given codes. You'll have to wait at least a week but at least it's an honest review. I no longer buy games day one at launch. My gaming experience has greatly improved since I started this practice.
wow nice essay
"PvP can be made easier by just a simple Tag that highlights your ship. A "Swashbuckling" tag lets people know you are looking for a fight, and someone can also throw a "Swashbuckling" tag showing a mutually agreed PvP show down."
People who suggest separate PvP areas really don't get what this game is about.
Unlike what Act Man said, because he doesn't understand the game, the RISK comes from carrying treasures on your ship and having the possibility of being attacked at any time. After you finish a few missions you start getting paranoid, looking around for other ships, etc.
The REWARD for attackers is the loot. You are a pirate, why would a pirate attack another ship? In order to steal stuff.
I think this game caused a glitch in people's brains and they can't get out of it. Removing PIRACY from a pirate game is like removing CARS from a Forza.
Remember when games were released with all their content upfront? Those were good times...
Critical Nobody What happened to those times right
Critical Nobody yeah, devs! Pong didn’t have crappy customization, loot boxes, or dlcs. And it was popular.... WONDER WHY? (Joke)
Bryan Pate Video games became more mainstream so companies cared more about money than the actual game, hence why there is half assed games riddled with microtransactions and little to no content at launch(so they could rip off more people with half assed expansions)
Specter knight You got that right
I miss those times.
At least we got,
“CAPTAIN, LOOK!”
out of this.
Thank you, I was hoping I wasn't the only one thinking of that the whole time.
SHITSHITSHIT WE HAVE SO MUCH STUFF
@@burnttoqst9061 GUYS GUYS CHILL WERE COOL
SHUT THE FUCK UP
True.
Lieutenant Gaz worth the 60 bucks
Definitely needs a revisit I wanna know your opinion on it now
PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN WOOOOO
He said on stream he was going to check out the new update on June 22nd
Whether he actually does or not we don’t know
@@justadictatorridingonanuke3714 WOOOOOOOO
Still 0 progression or purpose... It's just a game with only fetch guests for 60 $ so his opinion won't have changed
@@scardor2630 i mean theres a lot of content compared to launch tho. You have tall tales which is a story and you got the world events which also have lore n story built into the flame heart ones. The game is a lot more fun now thats for sure and its only gonna be better with this new update which looks to be the biggest update in SoT.
I find it funny that, most of his suggestions where implemented into the game. He was right back then that the game was unfinished beta for $60
It’s sad cause it got better after release (anniversary update and season 1-5), I’d say up to 2022 when it was in its prime after that the game died because of things like a 9 month season and now it’s truly boring
It didn't get better after launch lol
They added a bunch of stuff, but the game is the same as it ever was
Sea of Thieves is a game for people that like skins more than gameplay
If that's your bag, cool. But don't try to make it out to be more than it is
It's still just fetch quests for cosmetics
@@whocares9033 because they added a bunch of stuff it got better, ofc it’s core is still the same but it’s very much not the same as it was before😂
@@mcdoublejumbo adding a bunch of diarrhea onto a steaming pile of shit doesn't make thing better
It just takes what was already shitty and makes it even more shitty
Throwing objects into a puddle still makes it a puddle, but with a bunch of crab sitting in it. Game is still awful
To quote an angry reviewer: "As wide as an ocean, but as deep as a puddle"
Justin Y. That a deep *quote*
Justin Y. U
Nice Angry Joe reference.
Justin Y. Please tell me how you’re in all the videos I have watched.
no it was this justin dude apparently he has a long history of collecting CP. he's pretty fucked up
Its called sea of thieves because you get robbed of 60 bucks
Noah Jordan AHAAAA
Truefulls
Noah Jordan
Its not Sea of Thieves
Its S *EA* of Thieves
Noah Jordan I taste salt
sound leggi
The game is very good now. Can't wait for pirates of the Caribbean in this game
Its not
The game still sucks. Its as boring as it ever has been. There is no incentive in playing, you only play to get money to buy cosmetics. Not to mention there is only 3 types of guns. Its still boring imo
@@sparky7523 i don’t think you are totally right. You can have your own opinion of course. But for me, this game is really about the encounters, the cinematic fights. And stealing someones loot, or defending your own. You can level up to become pirate legend and unlock athenas fortune. You can level up individual factions to unlock more diverse, diffcult and profitable quests.
@@SC-vd4ry have you tried everything tho? Please i really want people to like this game. Cause there is so much content now
@@sparky7523 nah
When my friends and I were bored, we invented Major League Snowball Wars. It was a snowball fight with rocks packed into the snowballs.
Lego pirates of the Caribbean: Am I a joke to you?
Meison Mendoza - WHAT. I won’t lie, man.. I didn’t even know that existed.
Yes. You are a joke.
@@izzeypally fuck off that game was awesome like lego star wars and indiana jones
Pirates of the Caribbean. One of my favorite movie series and the lego pirates game was awesome
@@ddm_gamer lego star wars tcs: am i a joke to you?
Microsoft: "Sea of Thieves-create your own fun!"
*someone creates Halo Online*
"Woah woah, you can't just create your own fun."
squibbles "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I thought this was America!"
This is the most amazing comment ever
Copyright infringement bro
Yes.
Too bad 95% of the community are hackers since there isn't any anti cheat. It's trash.
Man Act Man, they added quite a bit of what you recommended. Fall and Rise of sea of thieves video incoming? 👀
I wouldn’t personally call Sea of Thieves a “rise” but it’s definitely not the shell of a game that it was at launch
@@Broccoli134 i agreed with this on launch, i hated the game. But i tried it again a year ago. And i can say it is amazing.
In order for something to fall it has to have been good in the first place
@@juicedbeetlejuice4572 yea you right, but is good title init
I might do this with my dad and other family members; A pirate themed DND adventure where they're their own crew, being freelancers who can work for and/or against various factions, even being able to take down all factions or make everyone be in harmony. The real kicker is that they have a ship that, each will be able to upgrade in one of the 6 stats with telling anyone what they did and every other level, they ruin one of the stats on their ship. (Those being Strength, Dexterity, Construction, Charisma, Intelligence and Wisdom. The last 2 being more about navigation and dealing with the weather respectively)
Everyone shits on the Assassins Creed franchise, but 4 is by far the greatest pirate game I’ve ever played
And 3 is the best frontier man experience out there.
Also 4 end the age old question of pirates vs ninjas.
@Kyle Kern same
Ryan's Rants the newest one with Egypt is really good
@Kyle Kern same
You need to revisit this game now Act Man. It's come a long way
@HurricaneGriz it has. So much more to do on it nowadays
@HurricaneGriz guess you missed E3 where they showed an entire update adding a whole story in based on one of the best movie franchises of all time
Considering rare got an award for "best evolving game" i think it deserves a revist lol
I feel no man's sky deserves that.
@@pootassopick its very close to me
I enjoy it
Edit: not any more just got bored
Edit2: I lost the disk
Hahaha ahhh that's funny
I don’t like naming I’m not lazy you did that on purpose but still funny
I don’t like naming I’m not lazy u definitely did that on purpose but it’s still funny lol
Fuuuuck I lost the disk
I don’t like naming I’m not lazy rip
I feel bad when I play this game because they only thing I truely enjoy doing is fucking over other crews for no gain whatsoever
jiāngshī huō for what enjoying a game?
fuzz duck i FUCKING HATE YOU lol jk and gg
On one hand I'm like "Wow, you're a real piece of shit for griefing people" and on the other I'm like "Well, if the game had better, more rewarding shit to do maybe people wouldn't resort to that kind of behavior to enjoy it." Regardless, I didn't get suckered into buying the game, so it's whatever to me.
Megaton Aaron if it makes you feel any better I've met one crew in 4 weeks of consistent playing that didn't attack on sight to grief. Like you said, there's little to do so it really is just a griefing simulator, the gold is useless and you respawn ready and stocked to grief some more. Zero consequences for fucking with people, zero for getting fucked with
I would love to see him take another look at it like he did with cod ww2
18:40
Imagine watching this in 2024
and it's still boring.
@@wattzx maybe for you, as somewhat of a veteran i can admit that after maxing out hunters call commendations, completing every tall tale 100% and having most of the bilge rat commendations it can feel boring sometimes, but for me there is still lots of pirate legend, reapers bones and both hourglasses to do, so im not really sure how anyone could call it boring unless they are just salty cause they are bad players
I just played yesterday for the first time and it was enthralling lol, kraken attacks and storms and sharks and pvp, just awesome
@@alexs_toy_barn good to hear that new players aren't instantly mocking the game just for getting into pvp lol, hope you have fun going forward, but i have to warn you that it is true that the skillgab between you and veterans is so immense that you eventually have to start watching guide videos about how to get better soooo, just be ready for it when it happens ok
@@wattzx nah u just bad
Creating your own fun is something like Gmod or Minecraft. Not this. This is basically a chatroom with good graphics
I play on xbox one s so my games frames is crap
AC: Black Flag is literally the only game that comes to mind when someone mentions a good pirate game. It nails the open seas and freedom feel people want when playing a pirate video game. I personally have never played Sea Of Thieves so maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think I am. As always great video Act Man
Darthrevan1170 is ac syndicate worth playing
Darthrevan1170 you forgot lego pirates of the Caribbean
Hmm Monkey Island...
CabinDoor for being a kid he actually said something smarter than you, how does that make you feel?
Darthrevan1170 it is the best Pirate game ever. Period
I would love if The Actman revisited Sea of Thieves and make another review
SO much better than what it was at launch
No, still just a bunch of fetch quests
@@hrymkthul1106 so i shouldnt buy it?
Unless you really like the ship PvP, do not buy it. Even then you have to have your own crew for it to be enjoyable. For some reason, the developers decided not to add any progression whatsoever other than the cosmetics. All they are adding to the game are new fetch quests and forts. They also put stories into them, but who cares about a story in a game like this?
Their dev team is the most bizzare thing I have ever seen. They never add something entirely new, they just keep adding more of the same shit that's already in the game.
@@linussteifo8265 I would say if you dont have anyone to play with then you should not buy it bc alone it gets boring quick but with a crew is 100 times better and more than worth the money.
Ever since release they have added
Megeladon
Cursed cannon balls
Ghostships
Volcano area
Row boats
New instruments
New songs
Pets
Story mode
Breakable masts anchor and wheel
Fire
Firebombs
Blunder bombs
Chainshots
Fishing
Arena
Pvp faction
Flamheart
Ashen winds
Fort of the dammed
Fort of fortune
Emmisarys
Harpoons
Ancient vaults
Ghost ships
Bildge rat adventures
And a tone of new treasure to find like
Dark relics
Mega kegs
Ashen loot
Rage chest
Athena variants
And there still putting the foot down all the way.
And it’s the best looking game out there
Sure it doesn’t have as much detail as red dead but it does have me stop and just take it in. The water is amazing the lighting is amazing and there’s a reason half the subreddits posts are screenshots of the sunset
But they still need to fix hit reg
This is the ultimate respose to anyone who says rare didn't add any content
I dont understand why he say thats the most boring game I mean Its ok to he says: "its boring game to me", ok dont play with it but dont say thats the most boring game because a lot of people love it (I play for a year and Im not bored)
@@bendeguzkovacs9282 this review is from 3 years ago when there was nothing to do in the game
@@bendeguzkovacs9282 that’s because this review is when the game first came out
Play with friends and make your own fun.
Minecraft intensifies
*M I N E C R A F T I N T E N S I F I E S*
It's Sad That You Have To Create Your Own Fun Where it's devs are to lazy to put it.
Proto why would you say something so controversial yet brave?
@@pobodysnerfect3034 i agree with what you said
Proto tf did you just say you little shit?
Yoo, I wanna know what he thinks about the game now, I’m curious
Idk, his idea of game progression is something that should be its own game mode in order to be good. It seems that this game isn't for him, and he likes skill trees, purchasable upgrades and such. He forgets to look at it from the other side of the coin, and fails to realize that this way, the game is balanced. Everyone has access to the same package of rules and constraints and its just up to the player, how well can they navigate through these constraints. I think that the game execution was done correctly, and gets better over time, though, I must admit, i am scared of the next update with the flamethrower skull.
Still sucks honestly, I should've never bought it, it's extremely disappointing
Well, yeah I was skeptical about the whole progression thing and if the game would even be any fun at all before I bought it, but I can say it’s good fun, especially with friends. But I guess the game just isn’t for everyone. Only bought it when it came to Steam btw, so can’t say anything about the game when it first launched, but I think the game right now is in a pretty good state and the devs come out with new content pretty much every month so that’s not bad. I suggest people do some research about the game first before buying.
@@renzobuenagua6590 I play it with three of my mates as a crew. It's just a brilliant game to have fun and mess around. We do the tall tales which are quality but generally it's a good laugh. Not a game to take seriously imo and defintiely not one to play on your own
@@AxelLRX why buy it, if it's in Gamepass? And the game is good
Pretty crazy that act man put out a halo infinite review nearly 3 years before the game launched
Could you link it because I have no idea what video you are talking about?
@@ZacharyFeifel my nigga what
@@ZacharyFeifel He’s referencing this video.
Although I’ve not played Halo infinite, I’ve heard It’s pretty boring.
Hey The Act Man ik you most likely wont see this comment but if you do can you redo a video on SOT cause they added lots of stuff like weekly adventures
and I really think the game is worth playing now and its pretty fun.
And if you own the XBox game pass its really worth it
How to improve Sea of Thieves with 3 simple steps
1. Realize it’s beyond hope
2. Uninstall SoT from your console
3. Play AC4
Jack S you forgot request refund or you can't refund games on Xbox
I almost forgot AC stands for Assassin’s Creed.
I’ve been playing way too much Armored Core.
SEA OF TRASH.
If you buy this trash you are trash.
LOOOOOOWLAAAAANDS
LOOOOOOWLAAAAANDS
AWAAAAAAAAY
ME
JOHN
You should try playing LEGO Pirates of The Caribbean. This is the best pirate game I have ever played
what a fuckin madlad
Its actually good fun
I've played that game so many times especially the first episode
In Kindergarden when waiting for my parents to drop me off I would play this game. It still holds up with a van full of Nostalgia being towed right behind.
Lego Pirates of the Caribbean was my childhood first game I played on Xbox 360
This still holds up in 2023. Its just not a good game.
I heard that there is a Pirates of the Caribbean story line coming
*"What other Pirate games are there?"*
*Sid Meier's : Pirates*
Not as good as AC 4:Black Flag,but I respect your opinion.
Skull and Bones releases in Fall season. Look out for that one.
Sea dogs is an old bethesda game from 2000. you should check it out if your eyes can survive the graphics from that era.
Tom Clancey's: Pirates*
BLACKWAKE!!!!!!!
It was nice before the days of high speed internet when companies actually had to complete the game before they released it
What really sucks is that high speed internet isn’t completely widespread yet; people who don’t have fast internet connections are left in the dust of video games that employ online-only features. They buy a physical copy of a disc, but are locked out of half of the game’s content over time.
@@slendertale1186 people in rich countries forget this fact it's sad really
@@mikemarks6136 As someone from a rich country, I only got decent internet last year. Before, I only had 5 Mb download. There are still many people less lucky than me here.
They could have at least said like "Sea Of Theives Beta Testing) or something
wanna hear something funny? my download speed is 600kb/s
I wonder how you'd view this game now versus back then.
3 YEARS LATE SQUAD WHERE YOU AT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
85% of the experience of this game for me was getting drunk with my friends then voting someone in the rig puking on them and playing instruments the other 15% was just sailing around to do quests so boring
May I recommend Deep Rock Galactic? You can get drunk and pass out drinking beers that make you rocket all over the room or teleport out into space. But then when you had enough drinking you have an amazing co-op first person shooter with *gasp* content.
I had two instances where i had soo much fun in this game.. first was discovering that you can get drunk.. i had soo much laugh with my friend when we played instruments while drunk and puking.. second was discovering other player ship and doing pvp with them.. it was fun at the start, we kill them and take their chests while they keep coming back.. and then it turned into griefing lol.. we griefed them and then they also had a chance to grief us.. it was fun tbh.. but then that was our first day of playing.. the second day wasnt that much exciting.. we didnt have fun at all.. just sailing around killing npc.. getting chests felt like a chore on our second day.. after that we never played SoT again lol
@@SirNarax Deep rock is a lot of fun, as a deep rock player with ascended miners and like maxed weapons. SoT just has more content.
@@ShaggyDabbyDank Eh, how? With the huge variety of mission types and bonus objectives Deep Rock has, I fail to see how "get chest", "shoot other ship", and "walk through story level" constitutes "more content".
yep my friends get drunk irl and in game and puke on eachother and annoy our one friend that loves the game and wants to do the missions lol
They should just make a Red Dead Redemption Pirates game
Imagine the potential on that bad boy!
Red pirate redemption
@@joeldavid0426 how witty
Captain Rex Red Sea Redmeption
Pirate cowboys?
Allow me to word this better.
Rockstar should just make an open world pirate game.
Imagine the potential on that bad boy!
Sir, I suggest an updated review for Sea of Thieves, the game is really great now
The merits of this game rely on who you're playing with. I had a blast playing with my buddy, but that being said, you could give us two sticks and a pile of dirt and we'd find a way to have a blast
The worst thing a piece of media could be is boring.
Griffin not true the worst thing it could be is average and forgettable
Top 5 Cartoon so, in short, boring
manillafb06 yeah pretty much
Sea of Thieves = Yawn
Special thanks to Rushy for helping me with footage: ruclips.net/channel/UCaN-oiog0ESMFCOrP855FlAfeatured
hey act man can u make a video on rainbow six siege?
The Act Man Can you do a video on call of duty black ops 2?
Pirates online came back thanks to some fans btw
The Act Man Hello Mr. Man. I have Sea of Thieves just like you. I don’t agree with your opinion, but I respect your criticism of it. This game is mostly based off of experiences with your friends. The content shown off at all the different conventions was exactly what we got. We weren’t told this would be an epic collection of awesomeness by Microsoft, (Cough Cough, EA Battlefront 2) We weren’t told we would get an insane campaign with awesome characters and amazing 4K balls to the walls graphics. As I said this is a game built of of experiences with friends. Again I really like your videos and I respect your criticism. You critique a game because you love a game. I think Sea of Thieves is awesome and I have fun with my friends. I’m sorry you don’t like the game, but that’s totally fine with me. Keep up the great vids. Also I agree that this game should be at least $20 or less. Bye
The Act Man Another thing, if the game had a progression system like customizing your ship and let’s say increase the damage of cannons or increase the durability of your ship would break the pvp. It’s always online and new people are always joining. If the customization was in the game and if the game is mostly online, we would have EA’s garbage fire known as Battlefront 2 all over again. Noobs would get destroyed by players who have all the customization they want. Granted this is acceptable is certain games (Halo Reach, Call of Duty, Injustice etc) but it simply isn’t meant for Sea of Thieves. Nice video though
It's ok, Watch Dogs Legion has now taken the medal.
Really?
@@larcdetriomph7790 yes
Lamo if anyone could be more boring then sot year 1 it’s Ubisoft
Love the Black Flag music at the start. (After the "Drunken Sailor" spoof)
No man's sea
Feds
No mans sea
happy gamer
No mans sEA
*TRIGGERED*
Pretty much xD
SEA OF THIEVES DIDN'T LIE ABOUT ANY CONTENT AND IT ACTUALLY HAD MULTIPLAYER
Infinity Hand Even thought it did not lie about content, the content provided was sub par
Dario Quintero Yes that is true, but that does not constitute a comparison to the AIDS that is No Man's Sky
When No Man's Sky has more content than your game, you know you fucked up. Pirates are underutilized in games just in general. There are hardly any pirate games, hell there are barely any pirate themed levels or worlds in games. Like Sly 3 had a pirate chapter and it was great, but that's like the only game that has a pirate chapter that I can think of.
The Red Guy I literally spent HOURS as a kid just messing around on that entire stage. So good
And No Man's Sky had virtually no content, including an auto created map.
This game was fun because of my friends, and for that reason I prefer it over no mans sky
The Red Guy it is not empty to that extent I can tell u played the game for 15 minutes then just decided to be salty
The Red Guy What abouy Assassin's Creed 4? That game was entirely focused around pirates. And it's not like it wasn't a well known game lmao
EDIT: Just re read your comment and realized you said "pirate chapters" not "pirate games" my bad.
Not boring anymore
“It’s the best game ever for 3 hours”. Very true I jumped on when it came out and was hooked. Then I didn’t wanna play it. Felt like a chore
Black flag music
The best pirate game
Oh yeah I recognized the music as soon as I heard it because ac was my childhood
At first I thought it was in my head but now I know
Also best pirate anything
LEGO pirates of the Caribbean
Rockstar should make a pirate game
Sofrito thatd be fucking insane
Sofrito I wish they would do something new like that instead of rdd2
Too limited for RockStar to make micro transaction money on.
That would actually be sweet. They did great with RDR, and LA Noire. I would have faith in a pirate game by Rockstar
Would be a shitty version of Black Flag with more shark cards.
CD Project Red would be better.
This has filled in a few blanks for me.
I'll be keeping this information in mind from now on.
You should give Sea of Thieves another chance. A lot of stuff has been added since launch and the is a Pirates of the Caribbean update coming out soon.
This video has more content than the game
stop
Lol
TheCephalon
LOL
TheCephalon LOL
420 likes lol
They should have fort invasions in the game too, all out raids on heavily fortified islands.
They do, that is the one content that he missed. The problem is that it is so rare. Skeleton Forts are IMO the most fun in the game.
Larry Bundy Jr that’d be awful considering there is only snakes and skeletons to kill
Larry you need to spend less time on youtube.
PhantomFir3 he is an idiot...he didnt even pvp i bet or have any golden experience...why you say? He had to hop on the hipster bandwagon and hate on this game for comedy reasons
They will lie str8 to ur face in the name of comedy and hipster bullshit. Be a leader not a follower
even with the fort raids, and kraken, theres just not much to do, and not much reason to do it, other than perfecting your sailing skills, theres not much to git gud at either
That intro song was the best thing ever, made my day
This aged well lamo
You are full of honesty, not a fake person who reviews to get money. Keep it up
If you look into the real history of the 17th century Caribbean, you may just freak out about how it's different from what you expect, but also at the same time, just as you expect, except cooler. There really were different pirate factions, for instance. In addition to the privateers sailing under Letters of Marque (like Henry Morgan), different pirate cities grew up like Nassau in the Bahamas, Barbocan (now Tampa Bay) and Key West in Florida, and Isla de Tortuga in Hispaniola. The "true" pirates' favorite loot? Clothes and medicine, seriously.
coming here 5 years since the game's release, there's definitelly more content, and more variety, but it is still a very passive game.
Personally I hate that there are no dedicated PvE servers and content, which is apparently a taboo to say in any regards to Sea of Thieves, because god forbid I wanted to spend my time in a game without worrying about some bunnyhopping clown quick-scope me at point blank wihile also managing to put all of the shotgun pellets in my face, and thus rendering any tasks I did for that session moot.
The visuals are beautiful, and I can't praise the art team enough, but it seems like mechanically it has not evolved one bit. Combat is still just as broken as it was 2 years ago, weapon variety is only in the skins, for the 4 that exist, and often the spawns of the PvE enemies are some unbalanced shit, in the worst way possible. They've created more enemies to spawn, but me and a few friends discussed how it would be a noteworthy mechanic for the ghosts, the crab-folk and the skeletons to be different "enemy" factions on different islands, that shift around, not just entries in a unified spawn pool.
This could also play into diversifying how you approach events, or islands. Say you have a mission on an island, but it's infested with the crabs. to clear the spawns and not have to fight them, find the sunken mermaid curse statue, and destroy it.
To stop skeletons spawning, maybe you have to find and defeat the skeleton captain on the island, etc etc.
There's a lot of possibly enjoyable potential in this game, for good pirate PvE, and the game world sort of already facilitates that, but more often than not, a random player crew will sail up, and without any communication (or if you're unlucky, throwing slurs and insults) just sink you, making any progress you've made completely disappear.
And with the emissaries encouraging longer play on tasks, before handing them in, that can quite quickly build up resentment.
But now that I've said all that, I await the torches and the pitchforks from the "Real" Sea of Thieves players, and them to spam "git gud" and "Sea of *Thieves*, not Sea of Friends" at me.
I completely respect your opinion on the PVE server but do not agree with it. I think that one of the things that makes sea of thieves such a unique game is the balance it has of PVP and PVE. You can go around and do PVE events and theoretically never run into another player. The thing is their is always a chance of that PVE situation turning into a PVP or PVPVE situation depending on what happens. I feel like if you got rid of this dynamic, of being able to do your own thing, but always have an eye on the horizon for potential threats, you he game would become boring. Honestly, the PVE by itself is relatively easy and if you where only doing PVE, would trivialize the process, and what is a reward without a little risk. I can understand coming across a sweat and being destroyed. I have been playing since anniversary update and I still get steamrolled all the time, you just got to try and learn from that experience and have fun. Sorry some people have tried to make you and your opinion invalidated by screaming get gud and skill issue but overall they are mainly trolls. No reason people can’t have a discussion about whether a game mechanic should be added or not. I do agree with about everything in the second paragraph though, I think the game is also beautiful and rotating enemie spawns and “clearing” an item could potential work very well. Hit reg is still a major issue but hopefully they are changing how hits are detected in the future which could help. I also think some new utility weapons could work, maybe not a whole new gun or sword, but maybe something small, like a throwing axe or boarding knives. Something to change up how people interact with the combat while still being fundamentally the same. I hope you have wind in your sails the next time you play.
@@netherwarrior6113 Nice to see some understanding, and if I step back from the salt, that I have regarding PvP, yeah, in of itself it is a decent mechanic. sadly it's, in my opinion, dragged down into the deepest pits of salt, all because of a plethora of unlucky encounters. I do admit that the ship to ship combat is fun, I just don't particularly enjoy how boarding works out, and also people spawncamping.
I did make a reddit post a good while ago, that maybe a strongbox on the ship would be worthwhile, where you can hide 2-4 items, that persist after death/sinking. That would slightly mitigate the salt at losing hours and hours of progress. Sure most would just hide 4 chests of legends (or an equivalent), but if you already factor in the amount of loot lost, as well as the emissary status being lost, the "safety net" of having at least something to show for hours of play would possibly make me less bitter about engaging other ships.
18:39 well well well looky here that e3 2021 changed his mind
Yep I'm happy now
It made me want to play Black Flag again, and the rest of the AC series by extension, so...there's that.
King Edward "Longshanks" I, Hammer of the Scots, Lord of Wales and King of England damn straight
King Edward "Longshanks" I, Hammer of the Scots, Lord of Wales and King of England look into skull and bones. The ac black flag guys took the ship parts of the game and are making into one giant game
AC Black flag is a fucking amazing game.
Their all backwards compatible
AC4 is a masterpiece hands down. Easily in my top 5.
I absolutely love that opening. Drunken Sailor is one of my favorite Sea shanties.
I liked the game, but it was barren. Thanks for another good review.
Bryce Mckenzie #SPONGEBOB
Thank you for the Love, Act Man. ♥️
Play with your crew and see how much fun you can have being pirates together. Gameplay may be flawed, but your company should be flawless.
Act Man's voice is pretty good.
No Man's -sky- *Sea*
7.62 x39mm 😂😂😂😂
I wish you would re-touch on this game now that it's been out for 3 years.
I wonder if you still feel the same or if any of the content made you feel differently?
this game needs a revisit. please act man!
Yup
It’s like playing the first round of zombies constantly 😂😂
Thats more fun
First round on Nacht Der Untoten.
holy fuck thats boring
Imagine playing zombies but theres no other guns theres no money and its only the starting room you cant open doors
Vlad 117 Jesus the first ten rounds of that map takes ten minutes each round
Activision: “Write that down!”
But Sir That's stealing
They stole from titan fall
And halo
@@cincochishom22 yep, and halo also stole an mechanic from Titanfall to
Yep in halo 5
Okay now with all of the tall tales it finally has a story especially with the new pirates life update and not just pointless grinding
A sandbox without any tools is just a box of sand.
Sid Meier's Pirates? I know it's old, but it's still great. Any version of it. :-)
Ikr, I don´t know why no one here mentioned this game.
Loved playing this game as a kid :D Should give it another run
@@ULTRAOutdoorsman Strategy games are for braindead boring people.
@@phizmeister braindead man tries to justify his inability to comprehend strategy games
@@Zellthan it's not that they're hard to comprehend, it's just that it's boring as hell having to watch your ai move without actually being in the action
This is a game where actually being a pirate is just considered a jerk move, as it's better to just do some missions for the factions. IN THE GAME, IT'S A JERK MOVE TO BE A PIRATE.
Most the time if ur pirateing from ppl and they actually have treasure u will never catch and they will usually woop ur ass
@@tyson302 nah me and my friend can take on almost everybody. Seriously, as a sloop just us two can take out 4 man galleons. I've taken SOOO MUCH loot from people before to the point where I sincerely apologize in game
@Vu1tur3 people still play this game
@@kiawilliamson5417 yay they do
Kia Williamson the game is actually pretty fun now if you bought it id recommend returning now after all the updates
I LOVE this game but I can respect that sometimes it can get boring, but I’ve always came back and it was so much fun either by myself or with my friends.
The video is outdated a lot of the stuff he is saying is some what fixed like ai ships or more actual content
I'm sure he hears this all the time, but I think it'd be very fitting to take another look at the game 4 years later after that intro mentioned the original development took 4 years. So much has changed and so much has been added, it's now no longer "make your own fun" as it is "there's so much to do, find what you'll have the most fun doing".
Game is still the same at its core, it would have been great to have real progression, like being able to buy better ships, cannon, defenses and so on
But that would ruin the pvp if you could unlock cannons or guns that deal more damage. Being able to buy your own ship does offer an advantage in supplies but I like how if you want an advantage in weaponry you have to play that day to get wraith balls or an ashen winds skull, rather than people who grinded more just logging in with 100 wraith balls already.
@@trippyeyes1477 you could make lobbies with same level players
@@Sbinott0 they're not lobbies like in CoD or Val where you go in, play a game and leave. You'd end up with mostly empty servers, and playing with low level friends would put you at a massive disadvantage.
@@trippyeyes1477 the servers are empty because the game is not fun
I could sea that this video was coming...
Evan Aitcheson that was a terrible pun
I don't sea why you think that
I just follow The Act Man for some Month, after watch so many of his video like about Halo, Star Wars Battlefront 2 (old & new), KOTOR, ... I already know he not like this game, but i didn't know he love Pirate game, so kinda feel bad for him, because he made this video
Oh-cean up
get it?.............like shut up but - I'll let myself out
Noooo why why this pun out of all of them. 😂😂😂
I would be cool to have to build your boat and have a base building mechanic where you can see blank sand islands where you can build a fort where you can respawn and have recruitable ai also you can store your resources to build
So cowards can hide in their invincible base while having the best loot?
Sounds like Atlas
Good idea
If its balanced
@@dreadlist1711 No so people have the opportunity for progression and other players attacking bases and create engaging PVP encounters and also player owned trading posts.
You should review the game again just saying
Why? Game is just as shallow as its always been. Go to island you've been to 100 times. Collect chicken or dig up chest. Go sell. GG.
@@rocketman3285 how many hours do u have in sot? Half?
@@delicategaylord9221he just doesn’t have the skills/balls for PvP and probably doesn’t have friends to play with because his attitude is as garbage as his skillset. The game will never be fun for someone like him.
You should revisit it in 2021?
5:34
"taking this from point A To Point B,That is the gameplay loop"
sounds like death stranding if im being honest
This sounds like every game ever
@@Gustavo-nm3eu true but each game make you do somethimg in between
death strandind's main gameplay is to walk from A to B and between those two points there is just plenty of walking
@bruceownsu confusing
this sounds like life itself pal
D4C is fucking with us
it is Sea of Thieves alright. They robbed you 60$
WhatTheGyx
You want 1 $ game or what it going to increase to 130 $ the game in 2024
@@simpleman3458 ?
I think it’s safe to say that I lot of what The Act Man wanted to happen happened in one way or another, so I agree with some other comments that he should do another review on Sea of Thieves. Love the content nonetheless!
I remember him saying the Pirates of the Caribbean update, when that trailer dropped, looked cool to him and that he was interested in it. I wonder if he ever played it.
Well this video is incredibly outdated
When The Act Man opens up with a parody of “What Do You Do With A Drunken Sailor”, you know it’s gonna be good.
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The Golden Helmet r
Best shanty in black flag!
*"sEA of thieves"*
@@domokos_szabo637 I Know lol
domokos_ szabo r/whoooosh
No, it's not that bad
@@Hail_Macbeth r/woooosh
Michael wtf?
Act Man you should know that some wonderful people revived the Disney Pirates of the Caribbean MMO. It is now called Legend of Pirates Online. The player population is not nearly as large as it was in the old game, but you can still meet people when you join others on ships. I have many fond memories of playing the game with my best friend when we were still in elementary school and a lot of the feeling is still there when I play the revived game. If you do chose to play the game please let me know. I don’t need a whole video dedicated to it I just want to know if you like the game. Enjoy!
Or don’t.
I sort of gave it a chance again after a few years and it sort of failed me. Playing with randoms is near impossible when they keep disconnecting after loading into a fresh game
I don't even have a problem with games having dlc and additional content in updates, but I find it utterly disgusting when a game releases, and expects me, to wait for updates and paid dlc, to have content. One of my friends wants to buy the game, and I've warned him about the fact, that this game is about 7,3% of what it should be, and I will not buy it to play it together, because that 7,3% is just graphics and a repedetive loop that gets old so fucking fast, it kills me.
Internet Savage dlc will be free
2:15 You can still play Pirates of the Caribbean Online, its under a new name as The Legend of Pirates Online, it was rewritten by small dev team and it has a good player base, it’s also 100% free.
Ever heard of ToonTown? They've rewritten it as well! Such a pleasure to see all these great MMOs come back to life.
Thanks
Pirates 101*
Next is club penguin.
@@joshuaosborne9203 Look up Club Penguin Rewritten
I imagine this game is like the hour I spent sailing in Valheim before I discovered the Ocean isnt just an empty expanse but theres actually other islands out there.
0:00
What will we do with a terrible game?
What will we do with a terrible game?
What will we do with a terrible game?
Throw it in the trash can.
Way hey, where’s the content?
Way hey, where’s the content?
Way hey, where’s the content?
Not in Sea of Thieves.
Update the game and hope it’s better,
Update the game and hope it’s better,
Update the game and hope it’s better.
Only took you four years…….
"Make your own fun so we don't have to work lmao, thanks for your money!"
You are right. It deserves so much more hate than this.
I haven't had ANY fun in the game past the 3/4 first hours, personally - and I have been playing with friends.
If that is what I get from a 70$ game today, I'd rather get back to DnD.
StevenT2002 mayority of pepole have the same opinion
Some pepole think looking grass grow is entertaing lol
GalloViking DnD is the shit
@@StevenT-sb2qt you must not be the sharpest knife in the drawer. Did you just say the game is getting FREE updates, are you that dense? I can't tell you how many games have free updates, it's called fixing their fucking game, (it's $60 and had no content but fetch quests at launch, what did you honestly expect) and the only reason they're adding content is because so many people are pissed off because the game had NO content at release. It's people like you who would literally find watching paint dry in a video game to be entertaining, and would be happy with an even worse game than it already is, that are the reason companies fuck over their customers like this, the company was lazy, plain and simple, if they DIDN'T add more content, there would be an outrage among the community, don't make it sound like they're doing it out of the good of their hearts when they knew Damn well they had to, you might as well give fortnite credit for being a free game even though ONE skin is about 10-15 dollars
@@StevenT-sb2qt "you and your friends are pretty boring people then" how the fuck does that make any sense whatsoever, you can literally have fun with friends on ANY game, even games like RIDE TO HELL RETRIBUTION, and idk if you know what a piece of trash that was (idk, hell, you'd probably think it's the best game ever with your level of what "quality" is) you're using having fun with your friends as an argument on why this game is fun, that's not a reason for the game to be fun, you could literally be playing the worst multiplayer game ever made with a group of buddies and have the best time ever, that's ANY multiplayer game. The problem with SoT isn't the quality, it's the CONTENT, the same 3 fetch quests over and over again? It's fun for the first 3-4 hours but then it gets stale, and the game gives you no reason to keep playing other than cosmetics
The Act Man: The most boring game i have ever played - Sea Of Thieves
Death Stranding: hold my R2 and L2
Ha.
At least it tried to do something new instead of Pokémon and COD games.
Moon Truther key word here is “tried”. There have been many games that tried something new and succeeded like journey and breath of the wild
@@nam9085 yes, I do agree but I stand by my stance that it did something new. BOTW didn't do anything new, it just did all existing aspects really good.
@@ren.67i disagree, breath of the wild is unique with its world building and exploration. Also are you talking about sea of thieves or death stranding?
3 years later, we have a decent amount of content, game is fun, lots of objectives, seasonal updates
to me sea of thieves is such a comfort game. i can always get on with my friends, fight others, end up losing because we suck, get drunk, shoot my monkey out of our cannon, get shot out of a cannon myself, laugh my ass off, and have the time of my life
Sid Meier's Pirates is one of my favorite games ever. It's an older one, but it's like the cool parts of Black Flag mixed with Oregon Trail.
Shit I forgot about Black Flag! Time to grind again....
Yes!!!adding to library today ty dude.
I was going to comment exactly that, then I checked and realised SMP! was released in 2004... :(
I used to play Sid Meiers pirates on my xbox. I sucked at the sword fighting and had no idea what I was doing half the time but I still loved it
If everyone is a pirate... then no one is a pirate. Sea of thieves has no pirates!
Andrew J Sounding like Syndrome from the Incredibles.
One idea I got is u travel to different locations with ur ship and u can talk to local NPC's who can give u clues to what's going on in the rest of the world and use that info to decipher a good location and time to set up an ambush/heist on both players and NPC's wether it be on land or sea where u fight to steal treasure. Make an ongoing on/off storyline about something so dangerous and when u get high enough player lvl, u and the navy who are sworn enemies temporarily unite to take down the threat, but u the pirate can make in game plans to doublecross the world's navies in order to gain rewards, but make this situation high risk high reward.
Hey Act Man new fan of yours here, in your video you said there are no other pirate games, and this my not be your genre cause i haven't seen any of your videos about graphical adventure (so far), but why don't you try MONKEY ISLAND, it is considered a master piece and set de bases of the genre, i think you will love it and theres a remastered edition of the old games, (at least the first 2), the remastered edition games even with the option to play in the old graphics (which is REALLY RECOMMENDED), i think you will find a 'treasure' in this games
I have more fun going to get the groceries and getting back home, on foot
And that's the game. Point A to point B
Joader R. Hah I just heard act man say that once I scrolled to your comment
(I’m just watching his old vids again)
Getting the groceries is fun though
More like point A to point B to point C to point D back to point A
Joader R. You a wanker
It probably took the entire dev team 3 years just to make the water look as good as it does. Lmfao
。テンマ it’s sad how that is accurately true, I’m not even joking they fucking wasted their time making the water.
Real shit. 😂
DAT LUUK GOUD!
yep somebody who left rare said they spent 3 years designing the boat and that a lot of the design team ( who did a superb job making the game look nice ) raised concerns about how repetitive and boring the game loop was.
but its pretty
The game was like : and i took that personally
The “troubled waters” suggestion kinda sounds like, well, everywhere, cuz anything can happen anywhere out on the sea, and the risk of another player sinking you is ever present.
That’s the reason games die. It’s just sweats or bitches who sink you for no reason. Or as in GTA you get exploded by a MK2. Killing for no reason slowly in return kills the game.