Sea of Thieves (PS5) - Before You Buy

After many years, the Xbox/PC exclusive Sea of Thieves has come to PlayStation. How is it? Let's talk.

[WeaponizedKarma]

I've played this game at least weekly since launch and have logged many hours as a solo pirate. Playing as a solo does NOT have to be a lonely experience. Every server has up to 6 ships, and each ship can have 1 to 4 players. Interacting with these other players will be your greatest source of content in this game. You can alliance and work together for a common goal or you might battle it out over loot. Even if you form an alliance, anyone can betray anyone at anytime. It's all fair game. The loot in Sea of Thieves isn't yours until you've sold it. That's the real risk and real reward.

[MrSeventyAce]

Just started playing this week.
Took me like 90 minutes to stack about 20k worth of loot, had to dodge other ships the whole time and nearly sank againt a kraken. Loving every minute, theres nothing like the honeymoon period with a new game

[brck]

Player interactions are the real deal of Sea of Thieves, kinda disappointed to not see that mentioned

[LuckySOT]

I have 2, 300 hours on this game and I have to say that at face value this game seems like it's very simple but as you play more and more you realize that there is a ton of very intricate mechanics and strategy.

[SirShadeyy]

There are 12 seasons but there were countless content updates before seasons with unique names such as Ashen Winds and Sails of Fortune

[greedythegoon]

I have about 400 hours in this game, and about 200 or so of those hours are with my mom. From getting her into a game like Dead by Daylight, to moving her over to a game like Sea of Thieves has been an absolute treat, and although I don't have a lot of particular memories in those hours, it's so cool that his game is absolutely for everyone if they want it to be. I can see this game being here for the next half a decade at least, and I as well as the rest of us could only hope for more. Sea of Thieves is one of the best pirate games out there, and a treasure of a game overall.

I'll always remember the time my cousin and I came across a galleon of an open crew, and there was some discordance between them from the moment we met them. We ended up getting two of them to MUTINY the rest of their crew and join our galleon as a 6 man crew. Absolutely wild, and will always put a smile on my face when I think of it. This game will create moments you didn't expect to happen, even though they very well could happen. I cannot give Sea of Thieves anything less than an 8/10 in 2024.

[Captain.AmericaV]

After 6 years it has more players than skull and bones😂😂

[prestonwinters]

Honestly I think sea of thieves has the best water in any video game it just looks and sounds so good

[Randolf.Redbeard]

Sea of Thieves will always have a special place in my heart due to one night of playing after enjoying some devils lettuce, and jumping into a public server all by myself and proceeding to engage in sword combat with a random person. Only for it to end with me sheathing my weapon, pulling out the banjo, and playing some 1812 overture. This was followed by him pulling out the accordion and playing along. This was also followed by 3 other completely random people, each taking turns pulling out an instrument, and playing along. We played at least 20 minutes of songs together. It was hilarious. It was beautiful. It was by far the best buzz I’ve ever had. I still think about them to this day and hope they are well. If you seriously made it this far, thank you. Go enjoy sea of thieves ps fam.

[samhain]

Finally! Thank you guys for talking about this game again!

Several years of updates, new stuff, some back-end engine stuff, they even added a new lighting system post launch and recently added ship shadows on the water!

This is easily my favorite game of all time. I've met some incredible people, and it's a great way to spend time with my friends. Sea of Thieves is a special place to me so I'm so glad you guys went back and gave it a little bit more love!

[Calaveravi]

I bought it. Love it. But am overwhelmed and have no idea what I'm doing. So I'm just blindly sailing the sea... And love it lol

[FelonRac]

I have close to 3, 000 hours in this game. One of my favorite games of all time. To anyone on PS5 that is wondering if they should get it or not. Ask these questions.
1. Do you like open world games?
2. Do you like teamwork?
3. Do you like being able to do whatever you want whenever you want to?
4. Do you like working out puzzles?
5. Do you like working with other players to complete common goals?
6. Do you like roleplaying?
7. Do you like slaughtering everyone in sight and taking all of their hard earned loot and supplies?
If the answer is yes to any of these SOT is for you. There is so much to do in this game, it is not the same as before. It used to be a shell of a game, but not anymore. There is SOOO much to do. If you answered yes, get the game try EVERYTHING out, not just pvp or pve or one part of the game. And give it some time. Trust me, once you get the handle of how the game works, you'll be addicted. Thats what happened to me, I hated this game the first week I played, but once I got the hang of it and could hold my own, I haven't been able to put it down since. Hence the 2800 hours I have. Trust me, this is a great game. You just have to give it a shot to show you.

[heybates]

I played this game at Launch 6 years ago and returned for my 3rd time in the last Season. This is clearly played in a Safer Seas Server, where you're essentially offline with just your crew and ship. The High Seas servers can have up to 5 other player ships out there. There's so much depth to this game that this video doesn't even cover. PvP is a constant worry. People can just take everything you've worked 3 hours for. I love this game. "But hey, it's a Before You Buy." 😉

[bloodwolfgaming]

I just got the premium edition on Xbox One last week and it's been fun...even as a solo player. There are still several times where I get the blurry unrendered texters on things at times.

The one thing I am not a fan of is that you can spend hours stocking up on resources while you are island hopping and it ultimately doesn't matter because once you log off, everything you had on your ship is lost/reset for when you log in the next time. I get that it is for "balancing" reasons. But it just feels unrewarding to spend a couple of hours going from island to island, collecting extra wood and food for my ship only for me to lose all of it once I log out.

[Trooperst]

Sea of Thieves is an Epic game!!! Ive played since lauch and I've been into it for 5 year none stop playing every single day after work almost all night and I never Found any moment boring (some frustrating for sure but never boring)! Theres always a new approche to strategie or encounters you can betray, be friendly or straight up raise the jolly roger and be chaos on the sea. Each night was a different story.

I've met one of my Best friend on a open crew sloop and we have been sailing togheter everyday since 4 years now!! We have so many stories, we have met so many funny people and have spent more than 100 millions each for sure in cosmetic !

One thing I will never forget, once I receive news about a familly member dying, and let the game open... when i came back all my ship was looted and burning down.. I told the other crew that i left my ship because of that news and they actually fixed my ship, gave me back my loot and stock up my ship with supply so i could change my mind and continue my adventure!! Sea of thieves can be rough and toxic but from my experience its a small part of it. Thers are alot of nice crew ready for a good fight.

My avdvice, dont trust anyone too fast, always keep your hands on your blunderbuss ;), angle your sails and be patient for the right moment to canons em!

Sea yall on the ferryman and thanks to gameranx crew for all the good stuff they create!

[gatr]

I'm part of a small friend group on a Discord server and every other main active person on the server (4 of them not including me) except for me plays this game together multiple times a week, but I couldn't because I only own a Switch and a PS5, but now that it's on PS5 I can join them, and one of us will have to sit out each time now 😅 at least one of us is usually busy often enough that it shouldn't be too big an issue I think. This game is really fun I've already gotten a look for my pirate that I really like so for now I'm gonna save up for a ship of my own. The characters you can make in this are seriously such a great part of it. One of my friends pirates feels like a celebrity among the group he's so iconic lol.

[DisasterTime]

Last night I tucked a crew's brig for a solid 15 to 30min before I got reckless and they spotted me, they were new PS5 players and super chill. We had a good laugh and I went on my way. The player interactions are so fun in this game *as long as they arnt toxic and happy to chat before doing pirate things :)

[SuperGinsel]

As someone who’s been playing since the release, this game is jam packed with so much to do now. This game can be exciting and frustrating at the same time. If your ship gets attacked and you loot taken down not quit. Keep playing!

I now play it with my 8 year old and he’s better than I am now. This game is absolutely one of my favorites games ever!

[gamewl]

Good to see another Gameranx video drop been watching you guys for almost a decade!

[dakotareyna]

As a solo sloop captain, I kind of have fun with the whole wandering alone thing as opposed to sharing my ship with another person that I haven't played with before because you never know when you're going to have that one rando that leaves a banana on your stove until everything catches fire. Not saying that all randos you find in MM are like that, but as Sir Michael Caine's Alfred once put it, "some men just want to watch the world burn." It's nice to make new friends sometimes, though