Pretty good sailing agains the wind simulator, if you like sailing against the wind in games like valheim and sea of thieves, this is the game for you :)

Got this on sale, even though the sales was also dubious asf. Scenario goes, I saw it on sale for $31 and was contemplating. Next day I went ♥♥♥♥ it and wanted to buy it but suddenly it is called "ASIA" edition and the price went up to $40-47 despite having the same discount %. Take this knowledge with what you may affect your considerations.

As for the game, I got it to give it a chance and properly review this thing but I cannot with my honest heart recommend this game as it comes with BattlEye anti cheat that is so invasive to my system. I get occasional DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION BSODs (Blue screen of death) even when I'm not touching this damn game for a month. A short google shows that many have experience similar BSODs with BattlEye.

If you do not have any issues with BattlEye, this game is still pretty generically "ok". If you forget about the fact that it is backed and developed by a triple A company, touted as quadruple A; it can be actually quite a visually pleasing game as well as a fun niche cannon boat game. There are few games that endorse the theme of pirates and have open sea combat so it easily stands with some value just because there aren't much competitors other than sea of thieves, blackflag or indie games.

Gameplay and some of its options seem pretty shallow, as you progress further in the game, it only presents itself as colored or (+1) upgrades to your weapons. You will find yourself using the same few weapons pretty much throughout the game and content doesn't seem to be king for such a live-service game.

Yes there isn't as much content to warrant it being a paid live service game that still has microtransactions. The other bummer point, microtransactions are not pay to win and purely cosmetics but begs the question whether it is worth it or not seeing as how gameplay is shallow and repetitive in nature. There is also the existence of battle passes and any modern day live service practice you can think of are pretty much present here in this game.

Pretty addicting even if repetitive. I think its not bad at full price but definitely worth it on sale. It's been a fun game to come back to a couple times a week over the course of the season once you have your empire running.