60
Seabound play is great fun, initially at least, but the longer your voyage lasts, the more Skull & Bones struggles to provide new, interesting things for you to do. [Issue#39, p.98]
59
Skull and Bones is not more than a repetitive live service game without any hint of a story. Apart from the large land- and waterscapes, neither the naval battles nor the visits on land offer any entertainment.
50
Maybe, after all, Ubisoft has managed to simulate the existence of the average pirate. Perhaps that's what the fourth 'A' stands for. [Issue#396, p.112]
6
Como toda a gente, nem sei o que dizer acerca deste jogo, nem bom nem mau. mas vamos ver com as próximas atualizações se o jogo poderá ficar melhor.
3
Disclaimer: I'm not paying full price for a bad game, so I did the trial.Much like many of Ubisoft's games, Skull and Bones is a sad game, this is not some random title that they put out; this was a game with a 650-850 million dollar Budget and an 11-year game development cycle. For reference, a good contrast is GTA5, which had a 5-year development cycle and a 250ish million dollar budget. It's sad to see this much time and money being put into a game with this level of unpolished gameplay. At the same time, it's not; it feels like this was a cash grab- get the money and go **** me break down the first few hours of Skull and Bones (Which is the longest you should play this game for. You hop on, the game, you're forced to make a UBisoft Club account before playing the game, you start playing the game with this cinematic battle going on, and die not matter what. You get brought back to shore and now you have a crappy unpowerful and unfun to control ship and have to play 30ish hours to get a better ship.I think companies like Ubisoft don't understand what fun Gameplay is. They think that **** has a long story, complicated skill trees and menus, millions of side quests, and a material-based upgrade format, people will like the game and play hours of it. Along with that, people will spend tons of money because of how fun that is.Skull and Bones' Development cycle was spent on just that; it wasn't focused on the fun part of the game (the combat), it split its attention to all of this bloated garbage that makes the game **** skull and bones should have been, was a at sea game where you're on your ship, battling other boats not only as a boat, but actually boarding other boats and having combat there- and that's it. It didn't need a complicated skill tree, a story, or anything else; it just needed to have an idea for the core gameplay and deliver on that **** again, the core gameplay is fighting other boats- the issue with splitting your time between the fun part and the unfun part of the game is that the fun part **** controls, the majority of the time, are sloppy and sluggish, and the combat is mindless; you shoot cannons, ram into ships, that's essentially it unless you spend a million hours unlocking everything else.This is not to mention all of the performance issues- the game itself can look good, there are good lighting effects, and the textures can look good at times. As a whole, though, there is constant clipping in and out of things, objects in the background that appear and disappear, along with the edges of objects sometimes being pixely.I clearly have mainly bad things to say about the game, but this is not the worst game I've ever played. I did have elements of fun in it. But once again, it's bloated by Ubisoft crap.
0
I’ve played a lot of bad and mediocre games, but this one is just absolutely rock bottom.
Skull and Bones
Released On:
Feb 16, 2024
Metascore
Mixed or Average
59
User score
Generally Unfavorable
3.3
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Feb 19, 2024
79
I will reiterate that the game has a "debt" to settle until the deferred melee combat is dispatched, if ever. Naval combat is great and customization is compelling. But considering the element of being an outlaw of the sea, without the drama and adventure that matches the bravado and flamboyance of the clothes my pirate is wearing, the Swash just ain't gonna Buckle. Skull and Bones is plainly a 'pirate ship game' more than it is about pirates, for now. Fair Winds and Following Seas until that changes.
Feb 22, 2024
70
Skull and Bones doesn't quite live up to the expectations of "a AAAA game", at least not at launch. The title relies on dynamic naval combat and bland, pointless walks on land. What Skull and Bones does it does well, but it doesn't aspire to be the definitive pirate game. Perhaps the ultimate pirate ship game would be a title more in line with what we've encountered.
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21% Positive
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512 Ratings
Dec 9, 2024
10
It's great game, the reviews are total bolloccs in my opinion. I have more time on this than any other game except GTA5 and Red Dead!
Jun 2, 2024
10
Estou aproveitando o tempo gratuito do jogo para testar, estou curtindo bastando o jogo. Pode ter certeza que vou aproveitar o preço de promoção dele, mas pois vou comprar. Sem falar na qualidade gráfica que está muito boa.
Feb 19, 2024
69
Skull and Bones is not an absolute disaster, but it ends up throwing all its potential away. Its problem isn't that it's a game as a service, but that on a general level it's not structured well. It has standout moments and good ideas that make it enjoyable, but if this is AAAA, then let Davy Jones drag us all into the abyss.
May 13, 2024
60
Seabound play is great fun, initially at least, but the longer your voyage lasts, the more Skull & Bones struggles to provide new, interesting things for you to do. [Issue#39, p.98]
Apr 24, 2024
59
Skull and Bones is not more than a repetitive live service game without any hint of a story. Apart from the large land- and waterscapes, neither the naval battles nor the visits on land offer any entertainment.
Feb 20, 2024
50
With excellent sailing and naval combat mechanics, it's a shame that Skull and Bones is so hampered by its lack of diversity, odd developmental decisions, and minimal capacity to offer a true pirate fantasy.
Feb 19, 2024
40
It doesn’t provide anything new, or even the basics of what people want from an ambitious pirate adventure, being overshadowed by Ubisoft’s own game 11 years older. Even with the solid naval combat mechanics we’ve seen in multiple games over the last decade, it’s just not enough to carry the promise of a pirate’s life on its own.
Mar 30, 2024
10
This game is great for what the current state of gaming is in. I hope to see a skull and bones 2 with even more to do!
Jun 30, 2025
7
I had pretty fun time playing with friends. There are some minor bugs and story is very boring but sailing and fighting with ships is fun. Not sure would I play this alone. If you have friends you should try it!
Feb 26, 2024
7
I have around 30 hours now on the game. Positives : - very good naval fighting
- situations can get very exciting in a second
- boat specialization is interesting
- artistic direction varies per region and some are really nice
- just very pleasant to sail
- end game brings additional content and mechanismes (new currencies for King Pins and rewards)
- the different camps are similar but each have their own atmosphere
- easy to meet people while sailing, and the game gets super good when you are a team of three Cons : - currently no chat
- a bit of grinding (mitigated by the various different ways to get resources : pillage, sinking boats, farming trees/sone)
- early game isn't as exciting as mid/late game
- boat crew can get a bit annoying (shouting for a fishing boat when you are level 10 is a bit ridiculous) All-in-all, it's imperfect, but a very good fondation to build on through the seasons and bring new features & content. Also : this is not AC black flag, people should stop complaining about swords & gun fights. It's a boat MMORPG. If you are confortable with that, it's a good game.
Mar 26, 2024
4
It could be incredible but they needed pistols, swords, on land exploration for treasure and fighting. As it is I’ve sunk high end game cash into a game as shallow as Fortnite. Having massive purchasers regret - good to buy in a sale but don’t waste your money on full price I’ve not played it since two weeks after it came out
Mar 15, 2024
4
More like quadruple HAHAHAHA for lamest joke of 2024. I really did enjoy the basics of the game, the story and the feeling of the environment, the mechanics, etc. but again a major publisher fails to listen to it's customers and seems focussed only on money. The achievements are half assed, boring, grindy, and don't even require you to complete the story, build the best ship or equip it properly. With a basic tier 7 ship I completed almost every achievement. The 'almost' not caused by a lack of skill or investment of time, but because Ubisoft has failed to allow even a single player to earn the most basic of achievements: saying 'ahoy' in ingame chat. The chat and ingame voice has been broken since launch, nearly a month ago... I bought the premium edition, which is something I'll probably never do again, as it only includes a _digital_ artbook, soundtrack with local audio files, ingame cosmetics and 3 days head start. I enabled the premium pass for the first season, which is also included in the premium edition, but I have 0 motivation to do anything else except getting that last trophy and platinum. Premium battlepass? Around 10/90 progress of the 3 trees you can progress.
Premium currency? Unspent
Premium edition cosmetics? Never completed the quest.
Premium edition artbook? Looks nice, browsed it once.
Premium edition audio? Listened to the tracks once. The 'quadruple A' title? I'm logging in 1 more time when they manage to enable the ingame chat, then it's uninstalling for me, a disappointed AC4 black flag fan. So much potential wasted.
SummaryWe are in the Golden Age of Pirates. Renegade captains command the most powerful weapons on Earth, warships. You assume the role of an upstart pirate captain who has refused the King’s pardon and sailed from the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean, an untamed frontier full of lavish riches. However, these waters are also a battleground where f... Read More
Rated Mfor Mature
Platforms:
- PC
- Xbox Series X
- PlayStation 5
Initial Release Date:Feb 16, 2024
Developer:
- Ubisoft Singapore
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