I have a history with Sea of Thieves, and it ain't a good one. Picked it up for fun to not only have to change around files just to accommodate my motion sickness (which they later removed btw, as I learned today) but also joined the game to never being able to enjoy it. No character customization was a real loss to me, and the online-only approach made it unplayable at times, never letting me get far enough into missions to save progress, and instead the randoms instant killing on site for loot, making it real hard to enjoy.

I'm sure the game is better than I think and I know a lot of people who enjoyed it, but between the now irremovable motion sickness, and the way the game handles its monetary model, there just is no shot it'll convince me to come back.

Journal de bord, 19 Mars 2018.
Je me trouve, moi et mon équipage de 2 marins (insane), dans une taverne à l'autre bout des Caraïbes à discuter de ce que nous allons faire dans ce jeu. Je crois que cette nuit du 18 mars restera sans doute graver dans ma mémoire par le flot de fun qui me submerge dans une expérience vidéoludique inédite, ainsi qu'un torrent de rigolade sans précédent à poursuivre du bâtiment maritime pour le mettre au fond de l'océan bleu écarlate. Putain de merde mais où je me trouve maintenant ? Suis-je réellement devant mon écran d'ordinateur ou dans une expérience immersive à couper le souffle ?
Certains me diront : "oui mais l'argent ne te sers qu'au cosmétique, il n'y a aucun upgrade de ton personnage". A cela je peux vous répondre la goutte à l'oeil et au kiki : "oui."
C'est dans un éternel déni que je peux vous répondre "OUI" en pleurant à chaude larme. Ne soyez pas triste pour moi, oooh non. Car dans ce jeu vous retrouverez les étapes de la vie avec votre équipage que je cite dans l'ordre présentement : la rencontre, l'amitié, l'amour, le sexe, la trahison, la colère, la haine, l'acceptation et la réconciliation.

C'est pour tout ce que m'a apporté ce jeu que je lui mettrais 5 étoiles. Merci Rare et vive la piraterie YYYAAAARRRRGGG

Sea of thieves is the greatest pirate game of all time, and it's great to see it succeed were so many other live service games have failed. A great example is the late game content which is in the form of pirate legend, it takes many 10s of hours to become a pirate legend and once you become one you are given a wide variety of new quests to do, items to buy, and adventures to be had. One thing that may be a turn off for some people are battle passes and seasons in full priced games, and I'm no exception, except in the case of sea of theives. Each plunder pass is full of well designed cosmetics as well as enough ancient coins to buy the next plunder pass, and on top of that each season they introduce TONS of new content that will keep you busy for hours upon hours. Overall I'm very glad that I went back to play this game before the PS5 launch. I'm looking forward to playing it again on my ps5 next month.

As a day one player, I've truly enjoyed this game at various stages. Duoing with a friend when skull forts were the pinnacle of content, into tryharding a brig for the Reaper's Bones over a year later, into finally returning to a sweaty sloop PvP experience, it's been a long run. However, updates have slowed down with less and less meaningful content. Seasons that take months to produce fail to provide as much content as old monthly updates that brought game changing playstyles. The anniversary of this game might be the greatest update ever released by a live-service game, but I can't give the past years nearly as much commemoration.

Todo en este juego me encanta. El estilo artístico estilizado, la temática de piratas desenfadada y relajada, la cantidad de aventuras que puedes elegir para hacer, ya sea buscar tesoros, pescar, pelear, tall tales... El control del barco se siente cómodo y da la impresión de que el mar está afectando realmente a cómo se mueve. Jugar con amigos es de lo mejor, puedes tener un barco más grande que requiere de más manos para manejar, y con un par de jarras de grog, un mono maldito y un cañón, las risas están aseguradas.