That link doesn't work for me, but whatever. I stand by the things I have said about Sea of Thieves. I was one of the very few people on this forum who accurately statedwhat the full game would comprise and how it would be received, while the majority allowed themselves to be overhyped and mislead. You can go back and read through the arguments if you want, and while you can perhaps criticise me for going round in circles arguing with people, I was proven right pretty much every time. When people were getting excited about a data mine, I was one of the first to point out the dangers of interpreting files found in a data-mine as things that would actually be in the game.
The following details were widely shared on this forum as things that were going to be included at launch (only after my interjections did some stop being so bullish):
- More enemy types / more variations for skeletons and possibly evil mermaids as enemies
- More islands
- Harpoon guns (on ships?)
- Complete ship customization
- More types of food: Coconuts, pineapples and pomegranates
- New game mechanic - Potions: probably curing, poisoning and resurrecting etc.
- More Weapons: boarding axes, heavy sword, rapier etc.
- More music instruments (Banjo etc.)
- Skeleton parrots
- Possible wieldable bread, fishmeat, sharkmeat, scrubbrush, mango and dic
I can't help but resent the fact that I am singled out for combating nonsense with facts and for combating hype with reason in the months leading up to launch.
I will admit, I do have a contrarian streak. In topics that are generally more positive than I feel they ought to be, I have a tendency to be more critical (and the reverse is true too). In the case of Sea of Thieves, I do spend
far more time talking about the things I dislike than the things I like and I can how people might get the impression that I hate the game, but I really, truly don't. I always criticise the games I care most about most heavily. I spent huge amounts of time criticising Call of Duty 4, my favourite shooter and most played game ever. I've written
hundreds of thousands of words critiquing FIFA, a franchise I loved from when I was a kid. Nowadays I apply the same lens to the games I develop.
As I said, I don't hate Sea of Thieves by any means, but I do think there is a lot wrong with it and I do think it's a shame. If I hated Sea of Thieves I wouldn't spend any time talking about it. Here's what I wrote just after launch:
My views on Sea of Thieves aren't outliers. They are just outliers within the subset of people that still care about the game.
The search system doesn't pick up any instances of either of us using eachother's name. Maybe you dreamed about arguing with me?
I am neither capable of banning of you nor do I want you to be banned.
