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[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Just received an invitation for Skull and Bones closed beta that's happening this weekend lol.

Seems it will be available on all platforms (PS5, XBS and PC). Not really sure if I'm going to participate in it though.

 

[Kurotri]

My condolences.

 

[Salz01]

The last trailer made it look decent. I kind of want to try it out at least before buying the full game.

 

[Mowcno]

Get into the spirit. Drink enough rum and I'm sure it'll be ok.

 

[drotahorror]

Last time I tried this I was gathering random materials in the water to upgrade my ship and quit before I could find everything. Hopefully they axed that part or streamlined it cuz that shit was BORING. I had a bit of hopes for this game too.

 

[Kenneth Haight]

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

If anyone gets a beta key, but isn't going to play it, please PM it to me. I'm actually interested in trying this out.

 

[Kenneth Haight]

If anyone gets a beta key, but isn't going to play it, please PM it to me. I'm actually interested in trying this out.

I have a key for PS5 if you would like to try it? I don’t think I’ll be checking this out even though I loved black flag back in the day. I think this could be good but the constant delays doesn’t inspire confidence.

 

[nowhat]

Get into the spirit. Drink enough rum and I'm sure it'll be ok.

I have a (not completely full) litre of it next to me right now, and I'm pretty sure it's not going to be ok. But I'm pretty sure it will be a glorious trainwreck, so I'll pour myself another.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

If anyone gets a beta key, but isn't going to play it, please PM it to me. I'm actually interested in trying this out.

I sent you a DM with an invite into the closed beta.

 

[Pegasus Actual]

 

[Majormaxxx]

Multiplayer was a mistake

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Well, what the hell... I'm preloading it on Xbox and will give it a shot over the weekend when I have one or two free hours. Install size is 40GB.

 

[Gudji]

 

[TheInfamousKira]

We need GAF insiders to tell us if this is a Black Flag or a brown eye.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Well, what the hell... I'm preloading it on Xbox and will give it a shot over the weekend when I have one or two free hours. Install size is 40GB.

Please, let us know how it is. I don't have high hopes for it.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

I have a key for PS5 if you would like to try it? I don’t think I’ll be checking this out even though I loved black flag back in the day. I think this could be good but the constant delays doesn’t inspire confidence.

OMG yes. There are good people on GAF after all! PM me please!

 

[Kenneth Haight]

OMG yes. There are good people on GAF after all! PM me please!

No problem, sent. Enjoy the high seas

 

[Kurotri]

Reviving this thread because I got an invite but I don't want to check it out. Does anyone wanna have a PS5 code?

 

[AngelMuffin]

Reviving this thread because I got an invite but I don't want to check it out. Does anyone wanna have a PS5 code?

Me please.

 

[Kurotri]

Me please.

You got a PM!

 

[Games of Today]

Multiplayer was a mistake

No sword combat or ship boarding in a pirate game was a mistake lmao.

 

[Solarstrike]

I cannot believe over 5, FIVE!, Ubisoft studios worked on this game.

 

[Solarstrike]

We need GAF insiders to tell us if this is a Black Flag or a brown eye.

it's a floating turd on fire heading towards a whirlpool into Davy Jones toilet

 

[TheInfamousKira]

it's a floating turd on fire heading towards a whirlpool into Davy Jones toilet

Already exceeding expectations!

 

[Pharaoh 117]

I will never forgive Ubi for not making a SP pirate spin-off series after Black Flag. Fuck them!

 

[Sardaukarama]

Played it for an hr with a friend, I loved black flag but this was messy and feels like a time sink of chores I will be sick of.
On the flipside I saved $100 I was gonna chuck at uplay

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Not that this really matters...but the boats move around like RC motorboats. They look like they all have 1,000hp motors and they weigh 1,000lbs. Sea of Thieves sailing is way more realistic looking.

 

[TGO]

Seems very Black Flag to me, I can see people are not seeing it but that exactly how it feels and looks to me

 

[Varteras]

Drink enough rum

I did NOT read this as "rum" at first. Pray for me.

 

[nowhat]

Just watched this, seems like a fair assessment:



Personally, it seems both better and worse than I expected. Better, because it doesn't seem to be as much as a trainwreck as I thought, at least on a technological level. Worse, because - seriously, no melee or boarding ships by yourself? WTF? And also seems lacking when it comes to meaningful activities, but again, that's just from my POV.

Is this supposed to be F2P? If not, this will sink fast and hard.

 

[ManaByte]

Is this supposed to be F2P? If not, this will sink fast and hard.

Lol no it’s a premium title.

 

[havoc00]

Why didn’t they just cancel this

 

[ManaByte]

Why didn’t they just cancel this

They got money from the Singapore government to make it, so they couldn’t cancel it.

 

[havoc00]

They got money from the Singapore government to make it, so they couldn’t cancel it.

When this is all said and done Id love to see the financials on this esp when it flops

 

[Optimus Lime]

I just played it. Predictably, it is horrible. Annoying, slow, boring ship combat, and character models straight out of 2012. It just feels ancient and pointless and infested with live service garbage.

Is there some reason why western devs don't want me to play as a sexy wench with big jugs? Why is everyone so fucking hideous?

And fuck your 'body A' and 'body B' bullshit.

Awful.

 

[Ocean Dweller]

1. An extremely boring game.
2. You cant board ships. So, no sword fighting
3. Only naval combat which consists of spamming a button to fire cannons. I hope there is more to do than that but thats all I saw
4. You can land on beach and walk around but there is barely anything to do...
5. Graphics look dated and rough

 

[IYAOYAS2019]

Stopped playing not long after the intro sequence started whining about capitalism.

 

[Sleepwalker]

I played it, it wasn't THAT bad but you cannot ignore sword combat and big ass brawls in a pirate game. Huge missed opportunity...

 

[EDMIX]

I cannot believe over 5, FIVE!, Ubisoft studios worked on this game.

I mean, its not unusual for many studios to work on a project. I'd argue its rare that 1 studio does 100% of a AAA game in the first place.

They might have teams that assist with engine stuff, networking, design etc.

If anything, don't get caught up in hearing us say "Naughty Dog" or "Rockstar" Literally look at the credits and you'll see a list of many, many studios that assist, even in 3rd party games, you'll see Sony have some of their teams assisting other studios, they do that often in Japan and sometimes in the west.

Like Sony Santa Monica working on The Order 1886 with Ready At Dawn or Sony Bend assisting in The Last Of Us 1 remake or Sony Japan Studio assisting in a lot of the MGS titles.

 

[Solarstrike]

I mean, its not unusual for many studios to work on a project. I'd argue its rare that 1 studio does 100% of a AAA game in the first place.

They might have teams that assist with engine stuff, networking, design etc.

If anything, don't get caught up in hearing us say "Naughty Dog" or "Rockstar" Literally look at the credits and you'll see a list of many, many studios that assist, even in 3rd party games, you'll see Sony have some of their teams assisting other studios, they do that often in Japan and sometimes in the west.

Like Sony Santa Monica working on The Order 1886 with Ready At Dawn or Sony Bend assisting in The Last Of Us 1 remake or Sony Japan Studio assisting in a lot of the MGS titles.

I understand wholeheartedly. Thanks for clarification.

 

[Ar¢tos]

I miss Sid Meier's Pirates. One of the best pirate games ever made.
It's time for a (re-re-)remake.

 

[Raven117]

I’ll say this again, but why not just make Black flag 2 and be done with it?