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Skull and Bones is an open world naval action RPG where ship combat, build choice, and sailing skill define your pirate legend. Conquer rival ships and mythical beasts in a vast ocean of up to 20 players.
Skull and Bones is a pirates, action and naval combat game
developed by Ubisoft Singapore
and published by Ubisoft.
Released on August 22nd 2024 is available only on Windows
in 14 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Italian and Polish.
It has received 1,704 reviews of which 1,156 were positive and 548 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.6 out of 10. 😐
The game is currently priced at 29.99€ on Steam.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
- Processor: Intel i7 4790 AMD Ryzen5 1600
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB or AMD Radeon RX 5500 8GB
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 65 GB available space
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Game Review: Skull and Bones I’ve been thinking for a long time about writing a review for this game, and now I think it’s finally a good time to do so. So here’s a list of the positive and negative things I have to say about it. First of all, I love this game. I’ve played nearly 650 hours, most of that on Ubisoft Connect since it launched there first. Even though it gets a lot of hate, I still think it’s a good game with lots of potential—though admittedly it launched in a kind of early-access state. Negative: - Even with a ton of good updates, the game still kind of feels like early access. - When land combat finally releases later this year, it might put the game into the state it should have been released in. - World Tier 2 can be overwhelming. Enemies feel way too overpowered—even heavy tank builds barely stand a chance when playing solo. - Instead of nerfing normal overpowered enemies (some stronger than World Tier 1 bosses), they nerfed all long guns, weapons especially used on one popular ship, but ofc others aswell. While those ships were overused, staying at long range was one of the only ways to survive in WT2 for a longer period. Buffing other weapons might’ve been a better option to encourage variety. - Season 2 of Year 2 will bring a large ship, but If they already nerfed long guns because of one ship, I worry what might happen to culverins when the big boi with over 30 gun ports (I think?) arrives. - There are still bugs—some minor, some major. But to be fair, name a modern game that doesn’t have a few annoying ones. - The boarding mechanic is underwhelming. A quick-time event would be cooler than just a cutscene. - Some weapons are tied to seasonal events, which isn’t ideal, especially since they can be used in PvP arenas. Gray Area: - It’s great that they lowered the price, but it might still be too steep for new players who don’t use Ubisoft+, PS+, or Xbox Game Pass. - The game has a battle pass, but the free version includes all the seasonal essentials. Premium is purely cosmetic. - There are a lot of premium vanity items—but to be fair, some are earnable for silver or handed out during events, even parts of premium-exclusive sets. - Annoying NPC's that greet u when u dock your ship in one of the main docks Positive: - Tons of player and ship cosmetics you can get for free—and they look amazing (especially for tougher content). - You’ll always get back all the gold you spent on the premium pass if you complete it before the end of the season. - Ship pets! - A sticker book for all the completionists out there. - The game looks fantastic—well, unless you’re on the lowest settings. - Sailing feels great. - If you’re not obsessed with min-maxing or chasing the “meta,” there are lots of cool weapons to try. They might not be as powerful as long guns used to be, but they’re still fun to use. - Seasonal and other events. - The music in this game sounds great! - Shanties. Lots of them! - Big Ship ! ( More comming in later Seasons) - Land combat coming in autumn! - Ships look and feel amazing. - No forced PvP! - The devs are still doing their best to turn the tide on this game, despite all the hate directed at them and the game. Conclusion: Would I recommend Skull and Bones? If you love beautiful ships, blasting cannons, sailing, smal to giant combat events, and the ocean as much as I do—go for it! If you love free cosmetics (I mean, it’s an online game—fashion is the real endgame), the game has a lot to offer aswell. I think the game has a lot of potential, all tho its still kinda in a early access state. Way better than before, but still not quite there yet. Basically, this game is like Elite Dangerous but set in the Indian Ocean during the age of piracy – which is great, since I love Elite as well! Oh, and no walking on your ship (as of now...), and the land combat part still has to be patched in later... just like in Elite Dangerous! Let’s hope the devs can turn the tide. I really don’t want this game to end up like a certain cowboy-themed online game "cough"that kind of wasted its potential. Also, to be fair, the marketing dude kinda killed the vibe with his "AAAA" nonsense If you’re into PvP battles and boarding mechanics… maybe Sea of Thieves is a better pick. The ship boarding in SKull and Bones is still a bit weak. -Edit: There is currently a bug with the Premium Edition where you only receive the Deluxe Edition cosmetics, not the Premium ones. Even though it's on sale, I thought you should know. (i used an ai to check for typos, just so u know ;'D)
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honestly for 8 bucks you can't go wrong here. Several gameplay loops that are relatively engaging. good progression path and rewards. I'd recommend getting this on sale.
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I've always had my problems with this game since launch, and refused to get it for a lot of reasons. That I won't bother going into. But now that its on sale for $20 i decided to go ahead and give it a go, i personally find the game to be pretty fun at the moment for the starting stages of the game, the grind seems less intense compared to the trial that was provided during launch. My personal opinion is give it a try, sure ubisoft tends to suck lately. But, if you compare this game to other old sailing mmo's this one is pretty decent and new to that genre. Its definitely not sea of thieves though, or black flag.
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I got this game on sale for £20 The changes that are being made to Year 2 are phenomenal. Land Combat, Large Ships, more events and bosses and more meaningful combat. I like the game, I enjoy the game, and while it's not perfect it brings me enough happiness sailing around and looting that I really don't care. You are genuinely doing good for Year 2 Devs, please keep this up.
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"Would you recommend this game to other players?" Hmm. . . Well. . . You see. . . Let me start like this: This game can very well work for you (it did for me) BUT Only if certain conditions are met. First of all: This game is not AAAA. It's barely even AAA. This game is ONLY worth it on sale. Get it for 25€ or something and you are good. Condition 1: You love arcade like ship combat and DON'T care that there's no hand to hand melee swordfighting Condition 2: You love customisation, be it cosmetic or build-crafting Condition 3: You love PVE / Coop and DON'T care for PVP (there is opt-in PVP in the game, but noone takes part in it. The community is 90% PVE) Condition 4 (the big one): You love the above mentioned 3 things enough, to be able to excuse the little amount of content that exists in this game and find enjoyment in doing the same activities over and over again. If you don't enjoy the gameplay loop during your first 2 hours of playtime, go and refund! The rest of the game is pretty much the same, just with bigger ships, tougher enemies and longer grinds. Yes, there are more things that spice up the gameplay loop that you might enjoy down the line after 30 - 40hrs, but I wouldn't bet on it if you're already bored / annoyed with the first 2 hrs of gameplay (except story. The story is terrible and you have to sit through that one. I recommend spam skipping every dialogue). also: This is a live service game with the option to spend real life money ingame (shocker, right??). The things you can buy are almost exclusively cosmetics. There are some time limited events (that usually repeat every few months) that allow you to get parts of these paid cosmetic sets by just playing the game and doing event missions (these paid sets also get cheaper with every part you collect). I say " parts " since I never was able to get a full paid set by just playing (drops magically stop when there are only ~2 parts left). Maybe it's possible, maybe not. I'm now sitting at 211 hrs and concluded for myself, that it is not. I also don't want you to think that cosmetics are just paid: there are a lot more cosmetics you get by just playing the game. Absolutely no need to pay for looks. The other thing you can spend money on is the smuggler pass ( yaaaaay another battle pass; look at us quirky pirates; it's called smuggler pass instead of battle pass! give us money now ). In essence, it's just early and guaranteed access to ships and equipment, that will otherwise be obtainable by just playing the game after the season ends. Granted, "[I]obtainable " in the most soul crushing grind this game has to offer: You need 4 cannons to fully equip your ship: bow, stern, starboard and port. 1 cannon costs ~800 boss currency (obtained by killing the seasonal boss). 800 x 4 = 3200. Killing the boss gives ~50 currency (more often less). Have fun doing the same boss 64 times before the shop rotates next week. And there's a lot more to obtain than just the 4 cannons... As you can see, there are most definitely quite a few things standing in the way of enjoying this game. I came up with the above mentioned 4 conditions, by asking myself: "why do you even play this game?" . So, if you are reading this (way too long) review and at any point, where I mentioned something negative, thought: "that sounds bad, but I really want to sail around in my customised ship and do bosses with my friends in coop" this game is for you.
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Skull and Bones is currently priced at 29.99€ on Steam.
Skull and Bones is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 29.99€ on Steam.
Skull and Bones received 1,156 positive votes out of a total of 1,704 achieving a rating of 6.59.
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Skull and Bones was developed by Ubisoft Singapore and published by Ubisoft.
Skull and Bones is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Skull and Bones is not playable on MacOS.
Skull and Bones is not playable on Linux.
Skull and Bones offers both single-player and multi-player modes.
Skull and Bones offers both Co-op and PvP modes.
There are 2 DLCs available for Skull and Bones. Explore additional content available for Skull and Bones on Steam.
Skull and Bones does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Skull and Bones does not support Steam Remote Play.
Skull and Bones does not currently support Steam Family Sharing.
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Game modes
Multiplayer
Online players
569
Developer
Ubisoft Singapore
Publisher
Ubisoft
Release
22 Aug 2024
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