perhaps the game just isn't for me but i feel like there is too much idling in this game. i suppose that's part of the authentic pirate life but it doesn't help that every task feels so monotonous or repetitive.

there's some really good missions you could do that feel less idle-like (looking at gold hoarders) but you are incentivized to play for every faction to see most of the content in the game

could also just be me being a scrub but i think the combat sucks too, so i never have a desire to act like a pirate and instead i commit to being a humble privateer.

there's also just a load of jank. i appreciate the continued support to add so much content, but something about the game still feels really unpolished in comparison to something like Assassin's Creed: Black Flag.

this is a minor nitpick but customization is incredibly important to me in games where it is offered, and it pains me greatly that Sea of Thieves does not let you customize the features of your character. you MUST select from a selection of randomly generated characters, and if you don't like those you just roll the dice again until you find something you like. once you have chosen your random design, if you ever wanted to change you it you must pay a fee. this just pisses me off to no end and is the icing on the cake for why i don't enjoy this game as much as i could.

i unironically enjoyed the porn racer. guess ill be labeled a degen forever lol. in pursuit of something closer to Crash Team Racing: Nitro Fueled but on PC, i landed on this game and nearly played it to completion. i haven't kept up with the seasonal events or some of the updates over the last year or two, but i can speak fondly of what i did play. there's just enough depth that you could really sink a lot of hours in learning the mechanics and fastest routes for all the maps but the skill floor is low enough that it is really easy to get into (easier than Crash Team Racing for sure, maybe slightly harder than Mario Kart which is great!).

while the gameplay is simple and feels tight for the most part, there are some interactions that feel incredibly janky and leads me to thoughts along the lines of "this wouldn't have happened to me in crash or mario kart". i've definitely clipped on geometry that i didn't expect to be caught on, or have had the game's lakitu equivalent force me to drive straight at the slightest deviation from the main track. it could probably use some polish in that regard to be prevent unwanted situations.

i think all the maps are also great, if a little under-detailed. this can be chalked up to the in-game artstyle which has a cute polygon/voxel thing going on. as far as actual level design, all of the maps are good in that regard but no standout courses come to mind. some turns will ask you to cut much more than you can control but there's only about 3-5 maps that have sections like that.

there is also a good soundtrack here. definitely some catchy beats that could get stuck in your head, especially the main menu theme.

oh yeah and there's lots of smut unlockable content but you probably didn't need me to tell you that. lots of cheesy writing for the sake of being horny too, which is sometimes funny.

hopefully one day we get multiplayer so i can bully my friends into playing the smut racer with me