Recently delayed for the umpteenth time, it's hard to get too psyched for Skull and Bones, as who knows when we will finally get our hands on the finished product. Still, we are always happy to see new gameplay, and Ubisoft has given us exactly that, with more than 30 minutes of developer-led pirate action.
Taking place during the chaotic closing days of the 17th century, Skull and Bones tasks players with building a pirate empire stretching from Africa to the East Indies, preying upon the lucrative trade routes and the merchants brave enough to ply them. The setting itself looks like a fascinating one and looks like it will provide the perfect backdrop for some nautical misadventure.
Have the repeated delays of Skull and Bones taken the wind out of your sails? Or does this latest look at the game put a spring in your step? Walk the plank into the comments section below.
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This game won't look so great when it launches on 2028.
How many times has this ben delayed now?
@XenonKnight 6 times I believe.
This game is going to fail big time.
Looks like free-to-play, but certainly won’t be. They should shift developer capacities to more promising titles.
They should have just made a Black Flag 2 with the latest technology. The sales figures for this game are going to be really bad.
Wow that looks rubbish, sail to a map marker and shoot a tower until you magically get a clue and sail to another. It's like someone ripped out the sailing part of Black Flag and then realised they had no idea what to actually do with it.
What this video has done is made me appreciate why I enjoy Sea of Thieves so much
I might go play a bit of Overboard on PS1, now that was a fun pirate game
@XenonKnight 100%. I will be shocked if this gets reviewed well at all.
@ironcrow86 with Black Flag released 10 years ago... Big pirate games are something very rare. And amount of decent things among them is even less.
@Tomato_Goose sadly I think we'll have to wait even longer - judging by this footage, skull and bones hardly looks up to much...but yeah, even though BF is a decade old now, it's still massively fun to play 🙂
@ironcrow86 I also sadly have low expectation for Skull and Bones. This game had too many problems during the development.
I was eagerly awaiting this game until I found out there is ONLY ship combat.
Like what? A pirate game with no swashbuckling sabers and pistols?
Wow...Ubisoft...wow. I can't think of a more out of touch gaming company than Ubisoft...
When it comes to open world pirate adventure I'm still salty that Seadogs 2 was hijacked by the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. The original Seadogs (2000) was so good, and there were hints of what could have been in the Pirates of the Caribbean game, but by the time the true sequel came out in 2006 the studio had evidently lost whatever spark it once had.
This, on the other hand, looks kinda *****
This looks like more of the typical Ubisoft bloated blandness that I had my share of years ago.
This is one of those games that I’m just really curious to see how it reviews. Ubisoft does have the ability to make some catchy gameplay loops when they want to. Not sure this is a $70 loop though. Given the style of gameplay, I wouldn’t be surprised if it transitions into a F2P title to try to gather back lost revenue after sales don’t help. It wouldn’t be the first game to do so.
For some reason, I feel like they’re truly nervous this title may bomb, and justifiably so, but it’s interesting. Ubisoft actually seems to have trepidation to release anything right now, outside Far Cry and Assassin’s Creed, and even the new AC game is going back to its roots.
I remember playing Black Flag late in to the night! Ship combat was cool then, and the best thing about it was... at any time you could dock and carry on with the actual game 👍
Really low expectations for this game but like all of us, curious to see how it reviews. I’m sure we’d all love to be pleasantly surprised but it doesn’t appear to be very realistic…
What a desperate attempt to reinvent Assassins creed black flag!
I don't think I've ever seen a game that should be right up my alley and yet looks completely not what I'm looking for at the same time. I love pirates. I love Black Flag. However every time I see Skull & Bones I just feel sad. Maybe a demo could change my mind but at the moment I just couldn't be more disappointed with how this game is shaping up as an observer.
A pirate walks into a bar with a ship's steering wheel extending out of his trousers. Bartender says, "That has got to be uncomfortable." Pirate replies, "It drives me nuts!"
This game has sunk before its even set sail on its maiden voyage!!!
They should've scrapped it and made Black Flag 2. If I can't dive off the ship and go kill a black panther to upgrade my pirate apparel, I think I'll pass. Truly a shame this has been delayed as much as it's been and still doesn't look like I'd waste $20 bucks on. Huge miss considering the time put in.
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