SOT is a fun pirate simulator if you want to take to the seas and search for buried treasure. It's best played with others as manning a ship is easier with crew members (you have the option of sailing alone or friends or open). Also, considering that this game is particularly about sailing ( SEA of Thieves) it helps to have people to talk to and goof off with as you crash through waves. Constantly updated and with problems often quickly addressed, SOT just might be one of the greatest time passers of all time. It's not for everyone, but it's different than most games out today. Be warned... pirates are pirates... and your hard earned treasure is never safe til you've delivered it to port.... oh and sharks bite....

This game is fun but if you encounter another crew, you will 9 times out of 10 end up fighting them. Having a full crew of 4 only ups you chances of doing this. You can partner with randoms or have awesome friends.

Love Sea of Thieves. Best Buy shouldn't advertise that you get a free souvenir coin if they aren't going to honor that. It's still on their website. Not worth paying higher price and no coin.

This is not for the game but for the shipping. The game arrived but the cased was shredded to pieces and now i have nowhere to keep the disc if i need to store it.

Your adventure on the high sea awaits. Sword Fighting... Check. Treasure hunting...Check Ships rolling over the waves... Check Danger from other pirates, monsters and storms wanting to take your life and your treasure.... Check, check and triple check. Sea of Thieves is very cool. This game successfully puts together a play set of muskets, swords, ships and pirate outfits that allow you to lose yourself in the game and become a pirate. It's set in an open world you share with everyone else playing the game. All of you going after various treasures or skeleton crews at the same time. Also you can at any time choose to go and fight any of the other human players in the game. This can at times be terrifying when you realize that you can't not play with other humans. At any moment the player in that ship that you see on the horizon might decide to see if you have any treasure on your ship and come after you. And there isn't anything to stop them. Except your own musket, sword and skill you gain while sailing the seas. This has led to multiple situations in my own game where I've had to fight off another player or two to keep them from getting a treasure chest I had just dug up. The best advice I can give you is to realize that while the pirate you are having to fight might have a super cool hat, peg leg, and a hook with tattoos and a sweet looking sword, he/she actually isn't any more powerful than you are. All of the "upgrades" you can buy for your ship or pirate are only cosmetic. This means that the one guaranteed advantage one ship has over another is the number of crew. Your crew can consist of up to 4 pirates working together. It supports a closed crew where just friends can be on the same ship or you can join a crew of random pirates. I've enjoyed playing with my kids. So we take the smaller ship and there is usually just the two of us. If you choose to do the random assignment the community has generally been great. Lots of people have been very helpful and talkative while sailing. I can't say that I've made any life long friends yet but I don't encourage people trying to do that on the internet. Ultimately this always online structure and being thrust into a world and forced to interact with other humans will be the appeal or repelling force for this game. Much like playing dress up and imaging to be a pirate growing up, you are only going to get out of this game as much as you put into. There is almost zero narrative to be found in this game. As the point of this game is to do pirate stuff. So if a compelling story is what you come to games for I would certainly encourage you to pass this game. The journey is the point. Hopefully this helps anyone on the fence about this game, and if you think you'll be getting the game.... Well I'll see you on the high seas. Best of luck and remember to put the kegs of black powder in the crows nest. That way if it explodes it won't damage your ship.