It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
Sea of Thieves News - Rare took a bit of time out of last night's Game Awards to announce that its pirate-themed multiplayer game, Sea of Thieves, will be setting sail on March 20, 2018. The announcement came along with a new trailer.
Comments
The potential this game had when announced was massive but they have narrowed the gameplay down to basically 1 activity. It's a real shame.
Blackwake has better graphics and art style, better gameplay and customization and is 1/3 the price ...http://store.steampowered.com/app/420290/Blackwake/
I'll take just a copy of the game and I'll be your friend. :P
no it doesnt
First, the initial $60 price point is going to be a barrier to entry for a lot of people. Tons of people I know are interested in playing this game at $40, but not at $60. In a game built around multiplayer, you sure as shit don't want to have a price barrier.
Second, I have a sneaking suspicion that this is the kind of game you dabble in for fun. You play for a the first month, then go play the latest releases you've been waiting for, then come back a month later. It just doesn't look like it has the holding power to keep people playing for months on end like, for instance, Overwatch.
This creates a backfiring catch-22 situation. A lot of people, like myself, are going to wait for that price to drop. I don't ever pay more than $40 for games with rare, RARE exceptions and this company hasn't earned enough trust with me yet to be the exception. But! By the time we've waited for the price to drop, the community will have become bored with it and players will drop off making the multiplayer aspect a little less enticing.
The moral of the story is: The price of this game is too damn high.
They should be smart and do what Blizzard did with Overwatch. Add in a multiplayer friendly price point like $39 with the full base game, then have a $59 version with some one-time-purchase additional cool stuff in it.