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Ubisoft announces Skull and Bones, open-world multiplayer Pirates game
- Thread starter FelipeMGM
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I was really interested at first but then I realized that there is only one player per ship and that one is bound the steer it. So much wasted potential here in my opinion. I would really dig a good multiplayer pirate game with crew tasks, entering the enemy ships and such stuff. Sea of Thieves is lacking atmosphere, so it's not really an option.
MrRudiMentary
Member
Personally when I wanted a Pirate spin-off game, I just wanted Black Flag but without the animus and tailing missions. I still wanted to follow treasure maps on islands and fight on board an enemy ship. Whilst watching the reveal I was expecting the game to be simply titled Black Flag 2, like Modern Warfare 2. It's like instead of taking out the specific AC parts and leaving the middle ground parts like combat and open world, they took out everything but the parts that were irrelevant to AC in ACIII.
How is for honor doing these days?
Its gonna be same shit with this one
Will sell because marketing, then die 2 months in
AgentLampshade
Member
That would make me feel even worse.
MAX PAYMENT
Member
Boat combat only?
For Honor is very active on console, I don't know where the "it's dying" is coming from.
King Gilga
Member
Dayum poor ms poor rare.
GeordieMark
Member
I'd take my chances with SoT over this anyday. I find most Ubisoft games very average and this doesn't look anywhere near as interesting as Rare's game.
Some of the 'RIP Rare' posts in this thread are bullshit. Especially the ones prefaced with 'LOL'. Have a word with yourselves.
Some of the 'RIP Rare' posts in this thread are bullshit. Especially the ones prefaced with 'LOL'. Have a word with yourselves.
From the gameplay video - it doesn't look at all like the same kind of game.
SoT you control a character, exploring islands/dungeons etc, and are part of a greater crew when on a ship.
In this, looks more like a pure naval action game where you control an entire ship and all the crew members on it yourself.
SoT you control a character, exploring islands/dungeons etc, and are part of a greater crew when on a ship.
In this, looks more like a pure naval action game where you control an entire ship and all the crew members on it yourself.
Im gonna need your source
https://www.gamewatcher.com/news/20...-over-2-000-average-users-months-after-launch
Um, naval battles?
What's the point of racing games if you can't walk around and leave the car?
Shit, what's the point of aerial combat games if you can't walk around and leave the jet?
Chaos2Frozen
Member
I'm talking about console, check the threads and the active concurrent players participating the events.
AgentLampshade
Member
Nobody wants a naval battle simulator. They want pirates. Pirates are not ships.
Fredrik
Member
You get to navigate and blow up pirate ships.
I have no issue with the focus on the ships, I love this bit in Black Flag. But online multiplayer? Just no.
So close, yet so far. Same thing with Sea of Thieves. I just want a 20 hour long single player campaign with lots of hidden treasure chests and sunken treasures.
What about jet boats?
Well I know at least one person that wants a naval battle simulator.
looks good, but i still prefer Rare's 'Sea of Thieves' to this.
I want to trust the pedigree behind SoT, and a decent break for them is a long time coming.
I like the aesthetics of Rare's game much more, and i could do with less "serious gaming" titles.
interesting; there's also a rumour that Retro's new game is pirate themed as well (grain of salt)
what's with all the pirate stuff lately?
I want to trust the pedigree behind SoT, and a decent break for them is a long time coming.
I like the aesthetics of Rare's game much more, and i could do with less "serious gaming" titles.
interesting; there's also a rumour that Retro's new game is pirate themed as well (grain of salt)
what's with all the pirate stuff lately?
StromboliProtocol
Banned
This. Plus it's Ubi Soft. And considering the lackluster record of Rare I couldn't be more happy that someone else is doing a pirate game
We are talking about a relatively niche genre if you can even call pirate games a genre. A SP only experience is almost out of the question for a AAA game budget.
In Service
Member
The games are very different. It's like comparing Destiny to Futuristic COD to Dead Space. They all have guns but are different games.
Very few of the pirates would make for a good game. You want actually a romanticised or comic version of a pirate.
UltimaKilo
Gold Member
So this is Ass Creed Black Flag without the Ass Creed... same shanty songs and all. Hope they add some Spanish, French and Portuguese songs and voice acting.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
what would that matter to all the people mentioning that multiplayer makes it irrelevant for them?
Online multiplayer, the two words i did not want to hear/read
It seems every game that looks promising has to be wasted with those words nowadays...
Anyways, i have not bought a lot of ubisoft games recently and this is not gonna change i guess.
I'm in the same boat 😀
nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
Ah, dat fully-comprehensive pirating experience.
MADGAME
Member
Stupid question - is there more to the game than ship combat? Not trying to diminish what the game is, but when I hear open-world pirate game it evokes more than just sailing and positioning strategy. Can we get out and explore? Swashbuckling? Pirate camp building? Raiding colonies for treasure?
Zen_Arcade
Banned
Race car drivers and jet pilots aren't the same as pirates. Nobody cares what they do when they're out of their vehicles. What pirates do when they're out of their boats is just as, if not more interesting than what they do on their boats.
Waylon Drums
Member
I'm curious about it but I definitely wish it was the multiplayer mode in an otherwise single player game.
I have a feeling that this will get delayed and incorporate a single player campaign similar to for honor a few years ago
If you think about it this is almost the same thing : surprise debut at e3 only showing multiplayer then came back the next year with single player.
If their going to rip an ac game off I'd suggest syndicate since they're still working on origins
If you think about it this is almost the same thing : surprise debut at e3 only showing multiplayer then came back the next year with single player.
If their going to rip an ac game off I'd suggest syndicate since they're still working on origins
Not really. SoT will probably come out months before Skull and cross bones, and live or die by how the community and streaming picks it up. S&B will launch, have initial success but die out within 3 months.
I mean I suppose it's somewhat active on Xbox. It started off great but now it's the 30th most played game. Behind gears 4, Battlefront (2015), Halo 5 (2015), fallout 4(2015) etc. it's sinking like a brick
MaximusPayne
Member
"Play Solo or Coop:
Raid the Hunting Grounds alone or group with other players to hunt larger prey."
I'm not much of a online competitor mode these days but love co-op.
Did any of you see this in the OP that are salty about online in thread?
Raid the Hunting Grounds alone or group with other players to hunt larger prey."
I'm not much of a online competitor mode these days but love co-op.
Did any of you see this in the OP that are salty about online in thread?
UtterlyPerplexed
Member
No land gameplay means the morsel of interest I had has all but dissipated. I'll hang back for a sequel or whatever (unless they're dead set on this IP being a competitive naval combat game full stop), but I just wanted another Black Flag but without the trappings of Ass Creed.
Muffin1611
Banned
So basically Black Flag gameplay in multiplayer.
Like, literally. Even the UI was almost exactly the same. Meh. Got enough of that kind of gameplay with Black Flag, really. Don't need more.
Sea of Thieves is way more appealing to me. It also releases way before, doesn't it?
Like, literally. Even the UI was almost exactly the same. Meh. Got enough of that kind of gameplay with Black Flag, really. Don't need more.
Sea of Thieves is way more appealing to me. It also releases way before, doesn't it?
You do know it's just ship battles?
Yeah, not sure if they elaborated more on the whole "shared world" here.
I think (speculation) its similar in design to Destiny. You have to go to a certain part of the Menu and select (I want PvP) Because that is what we saw in the demo. It's literally a Capture the Gold elimination deathmatch with teams.
They also mentioned having to team up with players to take down certain targets. Meaning there will be coop "Bosses"
I think this is gonna shape up to be more like Destiny but you play as a boat then anything else. Destiny is also a shared world but the Crucible and co-op/strikes/raids are still kinda separate.
Sea of Thieves is more like you are just ALWAYS in The Division's Dark Zone. There are objectives for you, but every other ship has enemy players on it that may or may not be friendly.