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I have game pass too so I’ll probably give it a try this week. I have a feeling it’s going to get boring pretty quick though with micro transactions out the wazoo but hopefully I can be proven wrong

They’ve done a really good job at advertising this though. I got an email from topcashback about a cashback deal for this (20% with Argos or something) so that might be worth looking in to @meep as I think you might be able to cross play it?

I'd really like to play this but can't for silly achievement based competition reasons

It’s up on Game Pass.

I'm downloading it from the Microsoft Store on my laptop at the moment via Gamepass, will probably give it a try tomorrow.

BID0 wrote:I have game pass too so I’ll probably give it a try this week. I have a feeling it’s going to get boring pretty quick though with micro transactions out the wazoo but hopefully I can be proven wrong

They’ve done a really good job at advertising this though. I got an email from topcashback about a cashback deal for this (20% with Argos or something) so that might be worth looking in to @meep as I think you might be able to cross play it?

There’s no micro transactions, in a few months they are adding pets that you pay for, nothing else.

It’s entirely cross play.

Meep wrote:So, am I correct in that the only way to get this on PC is through the MS store? I can't really justify spending £50 on something that's only really enjoyable in multiplayer as I won't get to play it anywhere near enough. I can't recall the last time I ever paid that much for a game on any platform, let alone on PC.

If you get it on Xbox Game Pass it’s free on PC.

To thank you for sailing with us so far, we're gifting you an exclusive in-game Founder Sail and Title!

Gee thanks, I mean I didn't even get to try the game out

Manwell Pablo wrote:I'd really like to play this but can't for silly achievement based competition reasons

Ditto.

Will probably be jumping on at 4.01pm on Wednesday though.

I guess having this on Game Pass is going to totally gimp its chart position.

more heat than light wrote:

Manwell Pablo wrote:I'd really like to play this but can't for silly achievement based competition reasons

Ditto.

Will probably be jumping on at 4.01pm on Wednesday though.

You've got enough decay going on as it is

Think I'll wait for the general consensus and for the ratios to properly drop off before dropping my free month game pass.

Plus need some pirate friends all my loser mates on PSN

Left it downloading overnight so looking forward to playing it once I get in from work. Though I fully expect the servers to gooseberry fool the bed round about that time just to spite me.

Cheeky Devlin wrote:Left it downloading overnight so looking forward to playing it once I get in from work. Though I fully expect the servers to gooseberry fool the bed round about that time just to spite me.

We'll get to see how useful those multiple stress tests were. Plus the US will still be at work. Reckon it'll be OK.

rinks wrote:

Cheeky Devlin wrote:Left it downloading overnight so looking forward to playing it once I get in from work. Though I fully expect the servers to gooseberry fool the bed round about that time just to spite me.

We'll get to see how useful those multiple stress tests were. Plus the US will still be at work. Reckon it'll be OK.

Presume the US will be on US servers...

It had a few issues state side last night going by tweets but rest of the world seemed fine.

EDIT: Hope it’s ok later.

twitter.com/seaofthieves/status/975981049913098241

I think the tests just pointed to how fast they can react to problems. No doubt Rare has people who've been up 24hrs frantically spinning up servers and on the phone to MS support.

Yeah hopefully there won't be too many (If any) issues later on. Liked the look of this for a while now so should be fun.

The servers are region locked?

Mafro wrote:The servers are region locked?

Maybe not, I remember in the Alpha playing with a Canadian an American and an English guy.

rinks wrote:

Photek wrote:I wonder if they have some sort of Goonies stuff in the first month of the game, that'd be pretty cool.

Close enough.

Monkey Man wrote:

The opening pitch to the Rare team as a whole on Sea of Thieves was made after they brought them all to a private screening of the Goonies. Right after it was over Joe Neate (SoT executive producer) made a speech about harnessing the feel and excitement of the movie as a starting point.

I’m a nerd about this game.

Yeah, I figured it was no coincidence they used Sean Astin.

I don't think I 'get' this game.
I didn't participate in any betas and basically went in blind after getting the game through Gamepass, but I've started it up, picked a pirate and....now what? Is there no actual single player element to this? Is the only way to play that you get dumped into a game with random people or friends? I started up a game, it seemed to put me into a game with 2 random people whom I didn't see, then I wandered around for a bit, eventually figured out that I could get a 'voyage' from someone. Figured out I need to swim way out to some merman thing to return to my ship, climb aboard and I can put a voyage down on the table, then I can 'vote' for it, and then nothing happens.

Is there any kind of tutorial or anything in the game? Or does it just throw you in at the deep end with a 'off you go' attitude that explains nothing?

I think it's very obvious that you can play on your own... If you boot up a game on your own you'll figure it all out pretty fast. Pick a sloop.

tbh you're not the first person to have this problem so maybe it's an issue. I still think it's hard to miss the fact you can pick a smaller ship. The flip side of it not telling you everything is that it leaves you discover things yourself. A few minutes on your own boat will teach you the basics.