• orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts
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    1 year ago

    I don’t know much about this game. Why do people dislike it so much? I can already play Sea of Thieves on Game Pass.

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      1 year ago

      It’s been in development hell for like 11 years so people had low expectations, and it ended up being reasonably accurate.

      It’s just Black Flag, except notably worse and multiplayer. It was also on the expensive side @ $70, and someone at Ubisoft defended the price increase by calling it “the worlds first AAAA game.” which was just stupid.

      As someone that very much does not enjoy Sea Of Thieves I was kinda hoping it would scratch my pirate game itch, but nah I’ll just replay Black Flag lol.

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        1 year ago

        Digital Foundry also pointed out that Black Flag looks better on PC today than this new game. In particular the water, which seems like a big deal.

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        1 year ago

        “the worlds first AAAA game.”

        Wow. I’ve never heard anyone use “AAA” as a measure of value before. Maybe as a stand-in for “polish,” but that hasn’t even been true in ages; and even still, polish makes a game more pleasant, but you have to have a good game first.

        just stupid.

        No kidding. He really thought he had something there, didn’t he? Probably thought it up in the shower and everything.