Skull and Bones AAAA Game Review - What a joke

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  • @WorthABuyreviews
    @WorthABuyreviews  3 місяці тому +1272

    The sad thing is AC4 actually did all this better than this dedicated Pirate game, also many other AC games allowed you to board ships and fight. If Skull and Bones had spent as much time adding ship boarding and swashbuckling as they did box ticking it may have been a worthy Pirate game.

    • @elliotwatson3964
      @elliotwatson3964 3 місяці тому

      Not suprised at this point. The sub reddit is licking this game ass though

    • @duke7052
      @duke7052 3 місяці тому +13

      Thank you for all your hard work and years of content Mack! Been subbed to your channel since 2015!

    • @bhushanharripersad5716
      @bhushanharripersad5716 3 місяці тому +62

      This game is the best advertisement for Black Flag I've seen.

    • @MrShadowfax42
      @MrShadowfax42 3 місяці тому +31

      Sid Meir's Pirates! is still the gold standard as far as I'm concerned

    • @deathbunny3048
      @deathbunny3048 3 місяці тому +10

      But Mack....
      It's AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA game!!!
      The more A's there are, the more half-AAAAAAssed it is XD

  • @kaidorade1317
    @kaidorade1317 3 місяці тому +898

    Don’t forget Ubisoft says to get used to not owning games. I’m not to worried about owning Ubisoft games at this point….

    • @brandwilbll
      @brandwilbll 3 місяці тому +65

      At this rate, Ubisoft would need to pay me to play their games. Maybe that is what they are talking about doing. Change the landscape of gaming....

    • @Getoffmycloud53
      @Getoffmycloud53 3 місяці тому +39

      It is the usual corporate greed from Big IT.
      Their ideal is Gaming as as Service, ideally server / cloud dependent, packed with (micro) transactions, surprise mechanical, you own nothing subscription, forcing diversity down your throat and whatever holes you have, shallow gameplay etc.
      Of course people can stop this by not buying into the business model.
      People decide where and when this stops.

    • @CBadger
      @CBadger 3 місяці тому +6

      Except that quote applied to subscription services like Ubisoft+, GamePass, EA Play etc. but you can't beat taking something out of context to shit on something you don't like and forcing a narrative to spread misinformation and propaganda. Fun times.

    • @jasonhubsmith
      @jasonhubsmith 3 місяці тому +4

      epic burn and truth

    • @kaidorade1317
      @kaidorade1317 3 місяці тому

      @@Getoffmycloud53 TK421 you are alive! Why aren’t you at your post?

  • @zzkzz7727
    @zzkzz7727 3 місяці тому +526

    no sword and boarding combat in a pirate game.
    11 years in the making.

    • @TearThatRedFlagDown
      @TearThatRedFlagDown 3 місяці тому +19

      AAAA must mean that they wasted more time and budget than they would have with a AAA game.

    • @absence9443
      @absence9443 3 місяці тому +17

      Who needs boarding, that sounds boring, you wanna upgrade n stuff right? Upgrade n collect, like, like, like Destiny here look Destiny lots collect goodies yummy progression very neat, we have that too! See here that coconut tree, now you click the tree and, be careful not to miss the sacred spot, strike at the right time when the icon shifts to get a coconut! Yes yes, lots of stuff, collect stuff, good good, good game, very good.

    • @alexmendez3681
      @alexmendez3681 3 місяці тому

      I’m okay with no boarding and wash buckling. We already have that with Sea of Theives and that game didn’t so so well not I’m not sure why everyone is complaining when they didn’t show a high demand for sea of thieves. Kind of weird if you ask me.

    • @BanditoBurrito
      @BanditoBurrito 3 місяці тому +7

      @@alexmendez3681then why release it at all? The only sea of thieves content I EVER saw popular on UA-cam was when people boarded ships

    • @alexmendez3681
      @alexmendez3681 3 місяці тому +1

      @@BanditoBurrito Because it’s a different experience! This game focuses on nautical combat. Some of us are tired of shooters and first person games.
      Again, why design a game that is exactly like Sea of Thieves? That game was trash and no one bought it but now you guys want that same game again, make that make sense. If you want a sea of thieves experience than play sea of thieves. Haha. I’m so confused.

  • @anorax001
    @anorax001 3 місяці тому +76

    I am never going to be able to look at the character creation screen with a straight face ever again. 🤣

    • @petiertje
      @petiertje 3 місяці тому +6

      I'll never look at that character creation screen. (period).
      Though this one time was quite funny I agree 🙂

    • @IskenderCaglarM41B441
      @IskenderCaglarM41B441 3 місяці тому +8

      What were they thinking?

    • @time4tea99
      @time4tea99 3 місяці тому +1

      That absolutely cracked me up. Have no idea what they were thinking ...

    • @ConorMcRocketFuel
      @ConorMcRocketFuel 2 місяці тому +1

      Surprising you ever did

  • @Foti_Guy
    @Foti_Guy 3 місяці тому +59

    "My ship is basically a hen do" LOL! Man that killed me hahahahaha🤣

    • @Re-Todd_Howard
      @Re-Todd_Howard 3 місяці тому +1

      What is that, is it a British thing?

    • @geehammer1511
      @geehammer1511 3 місяці тому +2

      @@Re-Todd_Howard yeah, night before a wedding the bride & her friends go out, basically a stag do for women.

    • @Re-Todd_Howard
      @Re-Todd_Howard 3 місяці тому

      @@geehammer1511 so like a bachelorette party.

    • @geehammer1511
      @geehammer1511 3 місяці тому

      @@Re-Todd_Howard yep that, not heard it called that before we call them hen nights in UK

    • @ConorMcRocketFuel
      @ConorMcRocketFuel 2 місяці тому

      ​@@Re-Todd_Howardlike a Tuesday for Todd Howard

  • @GeraltofRivia22
    @GeraltofRivia22 3 місяці тому +987

    All we wanted was Sid Meier's Pirates using the Black Flag engine.

    • @davidrenton
      @davidrenton 3 місяці тому +170

      what u crazy , an open world Pirate game based on the Black Flag fundamentals, add the ability to walk around the ship in 1st person while sailing, fleet management, do raids on forts , towns, get chased down by the Royal Navy and maybe have some form of Shadow of Mordor Nemesis system against other Pirates, no one would want that :)

    • @guttedEwok01
      @guttedEwok01 3 місяці тому +16

      damn that was a great game! Forgot about that one.

    • @jarigustafsson7620
      @jarigustafsson7620 3 місяці тому +1

      Agree

    • @SirAser.F__k.you.Google
      @SirAser.F__k.you.Google 3 місяці тому

      Dream on!! ....with thousands of other likeminded gamers!!

    • @Darkforest127
      @Darkforest127 3 місяці тому +12

      That sounds pretty sick forgot about that shadow of Mordor game the nemesis system was great ​@@davidrenton

  • @jamesonm.7925
    @jamesonm.7925 3 місяці тому +206

    Boarding...no that would take work, and Ubisoft only had 13 years to make this. Lol, that was gold.

    • @puffel3178
      @puffel3178 3 місяці тому +2

      Yo mate I STRONGLY disagree. Cuz, you know, I played AC Odyssey back then and... well, they had ships (with upgrading and crew stuff) and you could also shoot and also board enemy ships and then play the AC-Arcade style combat on top of ships like... Well I did not even play Black Flag back then, but it seems even the other AC games had more pirate gameplay than a dedicated pirate game? My point being: Copy pasta your own games and you have boarding LOL. With 0 work MORE LOL.
      Did they just invest into upgrading graphics for 13 years and didn't even bother to add gameplay to their game? I am left speechless after seeing all of that... (wait the graphics look like arcade s*** that would have been possible 13 years ago OMG WTF

    • @uniquehandleidk12zedm
      @uniquehandleidk12zedm 3 місяці тому

      @@puffel3178 didnt ask

    • @johnydnb
      @johnydnb 3 місяці тому +1

      Play black flag or any other Assassins creed if you want that 🤷‍♂️

  • @MEATOGRE
    @MEATOGRE 3 місяці тому +38

    “An Ubisoft original” told everyone all they needed to know.

  • @RoboticMagus
    @RoboticMagus 3 місяці тому +90

    Back in the day, I played a Pirates of the Carribean game. It had features like exploring towns, islands, caves and dungeons on foot. You could steal enemy ships and have a group of 4 ships. There was actual sword and pistol fighting when you board ships or attack forts. Storms were very dangerous, especially trying to fight inside a storm. It had so many features that one would expect from a pirate game that this is completely missing.

    • @theinnerlight8016
      @theinnerlight8016 3 місяці тому +6

      An upgraded version of this came out just yesterday on steam.
      Apparently there are some bugs to be fixed, but otherwise you might want to put it on your wishlist.
      It's called Caribbean Legend and I have my eyes on it too. 🖖

    • @RoboticMagus
      @RoboticMagus 3 місяці тому

      Looks way more like a proper pirate game than Skull and Bones. @@theinnerlight8016

    • @dingickso4098
      @dingickso4098 3 місяці тому

      "Honestly, "Caribbean Legend" is just "Sea Dogs: To Each His Own" from 2012 with a "new" coat of paint. Expected a fresh adventure but got the same old bugs, outdated graphics, and clunky gameplay. The engine feels ancient, and the controls haven't improved at all.
      Disappointed big time. Not worth the hype or money."
      Yep I copied this from a steam review. @@theinnerlight8016

    • @wexfordrob
      @wexfordrob 3 місяці тому +6

      It’s when people who made these games had imagination. Ubisoft don’t care about games anymore. It’s lazy and greedy game making now that’s taken over. It’s sad because the potential is enormous.

    • @zacharyadammusic
      @zacharyadammusic 3 місяці тому +4

      This was the Bethesda version were you didn't play as any of the film characters? Was a great game

  • @ShagadelicBY
    @ShagadelicBY 3 місяці тому +528

    The first time I came across a man o war in Black Flag I shit my panties.
    I think that's what players wanted Ubisoft to recapture.
    They did not.

    • @LethalTurd
      @LethalTurd 3 місяці тому +20

      When we encountered our first sea monster in Valheim our all crew went OOOOOOHH SHIT!!!

    • @TheDani305
      @TheDani305 3 місяці тому +4

      To be honest there are some high level privateers that will wreck you, later on in the game. It's fun if you have the plus subscription but not worth 70 bucks.

    • @Vaguer_Weevil
      @Vaguer_Weevil 3 місяці тому +6

      My heart still stops whenever the little boat in the distance turns out to not be so little up close..

    • @NMBPictures
      @NMBPictures 3 місяці тому +5

      I played ac4 a shit ton. Man o war would still scare me lol

    • @goose300183
      @goose300183 3 місяці тому +12

      Yeah that's my favourite pirate game for sure. The actual pirate part of Black Flag would be a great game on its own without the weird AC storylines and setpiece fights and that. In fact in my last playthrough, I barely advanced the story at all, just sailed around taking over other ships and exploring islands

  • @wrathgor
    @wrathgor 3 місяці тому +19

    I was a student at university when I have seen this game for first time as a cinematic trailer, now I'm 30 years old lol. Time flies.

    • @reidparker1848
      @reidparker1848 3 місяці тому +1

      Yeah, I'm still a loser. Might have to get a second degree. Careerless.

  • @SYL3NZR
    @SYL3NZR 3 місяці тому +25

    this is the PEAK ubisoft game - it just cannot get more ubisoft than this

  • @dentara-rast
    @dentara-rast 3 місяці тому +230

    I remember playing a pirate game from 1999 called Cutthroats: Terror on the High Seas. You had ship to ship fighting, boarding, and the ability to go ashore with your crew and have land battles against towns, loot houses, blow up garrisons, and capture the town governor. It had the lot. Skull and Bones, a AAAA pirate game that has less depth than a game from 1999... smh.

    • @TearThatRedFlagDown
      @TearThatRedFlagDown 3 місяці тому +22

      That's the norm for AAA too lol. I don't buy corpo slop games anymore.

    • @RetroMMA
      @RetroMMA 3 місяці тому +10

      7 Cities of Gold for the C64 is deeper...

    • @KnexJunkie
      @KnexJunkie 3 місяці тому +6

      i remember a old game corsairs or something it also had boarding ather ships and fighting on the deck in window 95 era... + also attack towns / resupply and capture ather ships for you're fleet. Way more advanced then this trash pile of ubisoft XD dissapointment

    • @hillehai
      @hillehai 3 місяці тому +4

      @@KnexJunkie The way you write made me lose faith in Humanity.

    • @awakeandwatching953
      @awakeandwatching953 3 місяці тому +15

      @@hillehai if spelling errors in a you tube comment effects you that deeply then id say you have bigger issues to worry about

  • @gotaburn7591
    @gotaburn7591 3 місяці тому +67

    AAA just means shit to me, AAAA means I just stepped in it and tracked it into the carpet.

    • @SolarNeonFlare
      @SolarNeonFlare 3 місяці тому

      lmfao xD

    • @AcceptYourDeath
      @AcceptYourDeath 3 місяці тому +4

      For real, its like a warning label for me for years by now.
      "If you hear AAA, stay away \o/"

  • @underleft
    @underleft 3 місяці тому +10

    Wait until you see that the new AC game is about a black samurai in fuedal Japan.

  • @martindevries8335
    @martindevries8335 3 місяці тому +32

    What I want is a development company with the balls to develop a historically correct pirate game. Where you have the Dutch naval empire, the British ships, slave trade, almost no women on ships, the whole nine yards.

    • @renisrrenis9225
      @renisrrenis9225 3 місяці тому +4

      Too bad, these are the times when woke shit is happening, so either indie devs will make such thing or there wont be such game.

  • @TheSometimeAfter
    @TheSometimeAfter 3 місяці тому +509

    11 fking years....

    • @3G00dboys41
      @3G00dboys41 3 місяці тому +29

      Best go back to Black Flag will be a much better experience in 2024 than this.

    • @British_Dragon-Simulations
      @British_Dragon-Simulations 3 місяці тому +8

      OH MY GOD… Yeah! I forgot it was that long! I was looking forward to this in a different life! Crazy!
      I knew when I saw the trailer it was all about ‘Girl Bossing.’
      I’m so glad I moved to PC from Console!!!

    • @Vaguer_Weevil
      @Vaguer_Weevil 3 місяці тому +2

      ​@@3G00dboys41
      This has been the case since AC: Viking Edition
      I couldn't remember the name.. To think I used to know which game was what back in the day..

    • @The_Noticer.
      @The_Noticer. 3 місяці тому +3

      And probably rescoped and restarted several times. They did not spend 11 years on this. No way.

    • @goose300183
      @goose300183 3 місяці тому +2

      @@The_Noticer. Yeah it seems like it was a low-priority project to work on in downtime while they churned out the big franchises they have.

  • @tubey84
    @tubey84 3 місяці тому +67

    5:38 - the way the boat turns on the spot made me actually say "oh f*ck off" out loud.
    Disaster.

    • @Infernal_Elf
      @Infernal_Elf 3 місяці тому +6

      ohh yeah and dont forget about the cargo being stored on the sides of the ships. silliest thing ever has never happened.

  • @armelior4610
    @armelior4610 3 місяці тому +15

    "Forget everything you know about pirates" indeed

  • @CuriousGeorge13
    @CuriousGeorge13 3 місяці тому +4

    Because when I think of pirates, I definitely think of a ship full women shouting incessantly...

  • @diablostriker4793
    @diablostriker4793 3 місяці тому +368

    To quote @fleekazoid "If this is an 'AAAA' game, then Candy Crush is an 'AAAAA' game."

    • @BarneyGoogl
      @BarneyGoogl 3 місяці тому +11

      The AAAA thing just refers to budget, it just means they spent a, quite frankly, criminal amount of money to make it lol. I'm sure Candy Crush was made for pennies in comparison. I bet Candy Crush had made far more money than this will, though.

    • @Pankypops
      @Pankypops 3 місяці тому +13

      @@BarneyGoogl It used to refer to budget, now it refers to scope and ambition. This game has neither.

    • @absence9443
      @absence9443 3 місяці тому

      ​@@Pankypops it can also stand for effort and quality

    • @MyIndieGameDevJourney3818
      @MyIndieGameDevJourney3818 3 місяці тому +1

      well as you should when you are making a pirate game😂 i mean spending anything less than a criminal amount on making a pirate game would be a crime😂(just be careful Ubisoft you know pirates exist in the real world too and they get tons of downloads when a game is overpriced)@@BarneyGoogl

    • @BarneyGoogl
      @BarneyGoogl 3 місяці тому +3

      @@Pankypops It's never referred to that, and people only assume it means scope and ambition/quality. Every time you hear someone talk about the A's from a studio, they mean budget.

  • @stevemoss9
    @stevemoss9 3 місяці тому +285

    The character creation is the player being rogered lol

    • @LordofRacoons
      @LordofRacoons 3 місяці тому +31

      It's funny he said that because that was the first thought I had as well. Some opening to a game just seeing your character getting jolly rogered.

    • @rayWinstone-ud9th
      @rayWinstone-ud9th 3 місяці тому +11

      ​@@LordofRacoonscame here to say jolly rogered.

    • @neinstein-says
      @neinstein-says 3 місяці тому +46

      If you're paying full price for this then you'll be right at home during character creation..

    • @moshunit96
      @moshunit96 3 місяці тому +6

      ​@@neinstein-sayslol

    • @Mcklusky12341
      @Mcklusky12341 3 місяці тому

      Nice!

  • @nguyenn99527
    @nguyenn99527 3 місяці тому +5

    The main quest givers stay in their rooms THE ENTIRE STORY giving you orders while they barely DO ANYTHING THAN TALK

  • @beandean356
    @beandean356 3 місяці тому +8

    Mack you have saved me a fortune over the years. Thank you brother.

  • @bniy
    @bniy 3 місяці тому +159

    Ubisoft presents
    Timothy Clanceman: Cursed Diversity 2: Pirates and Stuff

  • @leandro4552
    @leandro4552 3 місяці тому +239

    The pirate was making a fucking heart with his hands, wtf...

    • @Daniel__Nobre
      @Daniel__Nobre 3 місяці тому +75

      Just like social media and stories invading every platform, Executives think all games must be transformed into Fortnite.

    • @Feja2503
      @Feja2503 3 місяці тому +42

      @@Daniel__Nobre Being tough or realism is soo 90's. Soon we ll WW2 games full of women, hearts, 2020's poses, outfits and where hitler regrets it. Probably because he was gay himself.

    • @Daniel__Nobre
      @Daniel__Nobre 3 місяці тому +18

      @@Feja2503 Yeah, truth is it has been happening for awhile even. i.e. Regarding WWII having soldiers and their stories replaced by fictional female characters it has already happened with Battlefield.

    • @Feja2503
      @Feja2503 3 місяці тому +9

      I​@@Daniel__Nobre i dont mind women in games nor strong ones. I just hate it when its so obvious in history games. In era's where it was 98% male and in the game its 70% female.

    • @leandro4552
      @leandro4552 3 місяці тому

      @@Daniel__Nobre More like woke culture invading every platform.

  • @TheBuffmeister66
    @TheBuffmeister66 3 місяці тому +3

    love your reviews bud, don't ever change or stop making them...thank you :)

  • @CN-kf1me
    @CN-kf1me 3 місяці тому +24

    Must have been the cleanest ship going and plenty of sandwiches served up on deck 😂

    • @Unknown-sz8kg
      @Unknown-sz8kg 2 місяці тому

      Ive spent time with over 20 white women and not a single one knows how to cook, yet they are the "caretakers" for kids and automatically win custody but can't make healthy food for the kid.

  • @GruffGames
    @GruffGames 3 місяці тому +283

    Customers: We really love Black Flag, you should take the core of that game and create a new grand single player swashbuckling adventure, in a brand new pirate IP
    Ubisoft: *8 years of fart noises, then sharts out Skull and Bones* ..Oui?

    • @TouchedProductions
      @TouchedProductions 3 місяці тому +13

      hon hon hon

    • @True_Christian
      @True_Christian 3 місяці тому +10

      No one wanted them to make a "new IP" for this: they just need to create Black Flag 2, without changing anything about BF1, and definitely with them not adding any woke crap to it either.

    • @GruffGames
      @GruffGames 3 місяці тому +33

      @@True_Christian The worst parts of Black Flag were when they pulled you out of the pirate fantasy to remind you it was an Assassins Creed game.
      Walking around the Abstergo offices to read emails and other garbage.
      A new Pirate IP built on the foundations of the Black Flag is exactly what they should have done.
      Also, they litterally did create a new pirate IP, you're looking at it.

    • @Feja2503
      @Feja2503 3 місяці тому +5

      @@GruffGames They had 70% done already, yet they managed to screw it up. How... Build upon and improve on what you have. Not make it worse

    • @Cramblit
      @Cramblit 3 місяці тому

      @@Feja2503 It's the same dumb ass move every game company ever, does.. They have a game that's loved, they go "hey, they love this aspect of the game, lets make an entirely new game and reinvent the wheel" then they get surprised when its dog shit and everyone hates it..
      It's like I'm a fucking genius 900 IQ individual here, because its the same fucking tune from every development company ever for the last 3 decades..
      Apparently just working off of the successful foundation and building on that is just way to above and beyond the idiots at these companies to comprehend.

  • @MattLloydShredder
    @MattLloydShredder 3 місяці тому +88

    "It sounds like a hen do". Mack, 2024.

  • @marksantory410
    @marksantory410 3 місяці тому +5

    You are seriously one of the only reviewers i still trust. Thank you.

  • @_DinoHat_
    @_DinoHat_ 3 місяці тому +3

    sid mieres pirates seems to have more that this

  • @CaptHotah
    @CaptHotah 3 місяці тому +163

    Did the pirate just made a heart shape with his hands?? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤮😂😂😂

    • @ancogaming
      @ancogaming 3 місяці тому +22

      Did you just assume their gender???

    • @Cha4k
      @Cha4k 3 місяці тому +45

      I'm sure the young women and twinks who worked on implementing those features are very proud of themselves.

    • @reidparker1848
      @reidparker1848 3 місяці тому +13

      ​@@Cha4k
      Psssh, like they do any work. Not at all.

    • @benoitbergeron8858
      @benoitbergeron8858 3 місяці тому +15

      it's the Fortnitification of gaming. That's what happens when profit leads artistic decisions.

    • @raskolnikov6443
      @raskolnikov6443 3 місяці тому +10

      The state of Ubisoft and the industry ffs 🤣

  • @mackenzieroberts1
    @mackenzieroberts1 3 місяці тому +96

    ubisoft? what a surprise

  • @sarveshchande5087
    @sarveshchande5087 3 місяці тому +7

    Not even worth pirating

  • @TheRevan1231
    @TheRevan1231 3 місяці тому +3

    How do you cut down trees in Skull and bones. Well you use the "Magic sword of alakazaz" 😂

  • @m9cuss
    @m9cuss 3 місяці тому +31

    sids miers pirates was released in 1987 and you could get out the ship, fight pirates and search for treasure. there is a lesson here

  • @Nibbor
    @Nibbor 3 місяці тому +79

    This game makes me want to play AC 4 Black Flag again, which was free in some holiday giveaway some years ago.
    That game actually lets you board a ship properly and have more stuff to do.
    Who is going to pay €70 for this.........???!!

    • @jackabsolute5525
      @jackabsolute5525 3 місяці тому +2

      Heck even Tempest has boarding action. What a joke this quadruple A game is.

    • @Sython6
      @Sython6 3 місяці тому +8

      There's always some idiots.

    • @i.sebastian.c6563
      @i.sebastian.c6563 3 місяці тому +8

      I was so close to buy this game, I am glad I checked for a gameplay first. I would be so scammed from ubisoft. This shiiit locks like an early access game not a full release.

    • @RafaelSantos-pi8py
      @RafaelSantos-pi8py 3 місяці тому +5

      Don't forget the sea shanties. Sailing across the map and then your crew starts singing. I loved that.

    • @firstnamelastname-oy7es
      @firstnamelastname-oy7es 3 місяці тому +3

      Play AC rogue if you haven't already, it's the sequel l to AC 4, has exactly the same game play , but it's set back in North America like AC 3 instead of the Caribbean.

  • @damefame8921
    @damefame8921 3 місяці тому +3

    Games are reminding me of school projects.
    Logically you believe when a game or project is late it’s supposed to be more polished since they had more time
    But it’s always the opposite

  • @serijas737
    @serijas737 3 місяці тому +4

    Truly one of the best AAAA games of all time.

  • @cazabrow1967
    @cazabrow1967 3 місяці тому +79

    Proudly brought to you by the company of that guy recently telling people to "get comfortable not owning products"
    I see Ubisoft is making great progress on the jokes for their comedy sketch.

  • @blackfalcon1992
    @blackfalcon1992 3 місяці тому +163

    I'm 32 years old, been gaming since I was young. For those of you that remember going into stores to buy games, this is the sad thing for me. There was a time when you saw company names on the box like Ubisoft, EA, Bethesda and that meant something. It meant you was buying a quality game; just having company names like that meant that you didn't need to see an old 480p IGN review, or read up on a game through official Xbox/ PlayStation magazine. That's the real shame for me on how companies had the reputations they did; and yet completely soil that to modern day gaming :(

    • @hydra8612
      @hydra8612 3 місяці тому +14

      Ah man, some of the most fun of had gaming was when I used to go into a game shop with absolutely no idea what I was looking for, spending 10 to 15 minutes picking up games with cool names, staring at the pictures on the back then fucking off to play these random games. No trailers, no review sites, just fun. Anything that had a 12 to 18 rating and a picture of explosions on the back got bought. I came away with all sorts that I probably wouldn’t have touched if I saw trailers. Good times. Sometimes I’ll run up to the second hand shop to find something for an old gen console, you’d be suprised how much random shit exists that nobodies ever heard off, it’s all better than what comes out nowadays.

    • @blackfalcon1992
      @blackfalcon1992 3 місяці тому +4

      @hydra8612 completely agree mate! The times of company names and box art alone being enough to sell you a game! Luckily that isnt the sales tactic anymore, which is good for us since we're comparing it to modern day games.
      I do still find joy in alot of modern games, but to me if we're talking in terms of era, like console generations, Xbox 360 and PS3. Sooooo many smash hits and randomness that all seemed to be their own thing.
      Put it this way, I still play games from a decade or two ago more than anything modern. There's still gems out there, just seems we had a whole treasure chest back in the day!

    • @Sicarius888
      @Sicarius888 3 місяці тому +14

      I bet like half the gamers today can't even imagine the good old days when today's most hated companies were liked and making good games. That Blizzard or Bioware logos were marks of quality and instant hits.
      And gaming magazines people were trustworthy hobbysts who knew and liked games. I think that is what we wanted in the 90s, but going mainstream and online really destroyed games.

    • @blackfalcon1992
      @blackfalcon1992 3 місяці тому +5

      @Sicarius888 couldn't agree more! Actually sad that young gamers will never no the kind of milestones that games like Halo/ Crysis/ Mass Effect laid out. A time when you paid a single/ fair price for a game, good and long story, fun multilayer, single player dlc and overall, plenty of replayabality.
      I think that's where the disconnect is between us and the developers. Now we pay more than double the money for the complete edition, only to then get half a product.
      Young kids will enjoy their Minecraft, Roblocks, Fortnite, PUBG ect. And I'm OK with that. But devs have to understand that their main target market for games like this; are people in their 30s, 40s and 50s. So because we had that point in time, we aren't gonna settle for anything less, or we'll just play old games.
      Last thing I'll say, last game I pre-ordered, was AC Unity, let that sink in..

    • @Carolinaslimdud
      @Carolinaslimdud 3 місяці тому +5

      In my time we rented a game for the weekend to see if it was any good. Mario Bros 3 blew my mind. EA sports and Konami were the companies I searched for when looking for a game in the late 90's. Man how gaming has changed. Not for the good I know that.

  • @petiertje
    @petiertje 3 місяці тому +2

    So, a game about a certain order of assassins, one of them was a pirate at some point, another one was during the time of ancient Greece and has pirates in it. Those games were not about just pirating, you could if you wished to do so however.
    Those games had better sailing, ship fighting, and development then a game dedicated to piracy.
    From the same company.
    It's as if the grandson of some board member got to much freedom during his internship for a highschool project.

  • @timwilson755
    @timwilson755 3 місяці тому +2

    Sid Meir’s Pirates! After all these years is still the only pirate game you will ever need.

  • @user-vf4je7ne3d
    @user-vf4je7ne3d 3 місяці тому +89

    “Ooh you can’t say rapier” - nearly wet my self laughing.

    • @raspvidy
      @raspvidy 3 місяці тому +2

      Who said you can't ?

    • @user-vf4je7ne3d
      @user-vf4je7ne3d 3 місяці тому +4

      @@raspvidy Mack did. In the review 😀

    • @charlesfranks1902
      @charlesfranks1902 3 місяці тому +2

      Censor bots are out of control, they don't know what words mean.

    • @raspvidy
      @raspvidy 3 місяці тому

      @@user-vf4je7ne3d who told mack you can't say rapier? Is he an idiot?

  • @DemonsSoulsSuperPro
    @DemonsSoulsSuperPro 3 місяці тому +88

    Fucking hell that character creator segment made me laugh out loud

    • @charlesfranks1902
      @charlesfranks1902 3 місяці тому

      To be fair, it has been said that the British navy was built on sodomy, the lash and rum

  • @Err0rkatze
    @Err0rkatze 3 місяці тому +3

    AAAA is wild. Almost as wild as making your entire M.O. "how can we recycle FarCry 3's open world loop again?"

  • @Toad2320____
    @Toad2320____ 3 місяці тому

    Love the look of cannonballs coming out at a 80 degree angle from the cannons

  • @scrooge-mcduck
    @scrooge-mcduck 3 місяці тому +113

    If i were to buy this game it'd be only to name my ship "Biggus Dickus".

  • @lukasgaming82
    @lukasgaming82 3 місяці тому +73

    If Ubi goes under I will not shed a single tear.

    • @domberry1502
      @domberry1502 3 місяці тому +2

      Come on now, Rayman was a challenge twenty years ago ;)

    • @lemming9984
      @lemming9984 3 місяці тому +10

      The game industry will be better without them.

    • @benoitbergeron8858
      @benoitbergeron8858 3 місяці тому +4

      A bit like Atari's crash in the 80s, I think that the end of that era would leave a bitter sweet feeling. Maybe not right away, but certainly in hindsight.

    • @dingickso4098
      @dingickso4098 3 місяці тому +2

      Come on now, where will be the CTRL + C CTRL + V Assassin's Creed every year? Someone has to compete with Call of Duty.

    • @lemming9984
      @lemming9984 3 місяці тому +1

      @@dingickso4098 🤣🤣 so true!

  • @time4tea99
    @time4tea99 3 місяці тому +1

    Wow! The character creation screen is depicting *you*, right after you give Ubi your money. I love that realism!!

  • @tazy2314
    @tazy2314 3 місяці тому

    Been watching you since I was 16 and I’m 22 now, still makes me cry with laughter with the little digs u make at Shit games like this, I’m in stitches man

  • @Wrobles14
    @Wrobles14 3 місяці тому +25

    For me in AC4 Black Flag the boats wer slow and cumbersome they had weight and were not easy to manoeuvre, the cannons took time to reload, you had to fight the current of the water and the wind all of this was brilliant as it added so much to the realism. All of that is gone in S&B and the boats they move on a sixpence and instead of feeling like being in command of a ship you feel like you're playing with a toy boat in the bath.
    TLDR It's trash

  • @presidentcovfefe
    @presidentcovfefe 3 місяці тому +42

    The women crew yelling🤣🤣

    • @Mr_Mistah
      @Mr_Mistah 3 місяці тому +9

      Leave it to Ubisoft to add a bunch of women pirates even though in this time period women weren't allowed on ships because they were bad luck

    • @charlesfranks1902
      @charlesfranks1902 3 місяці тому +9

      @@Mr_Mistah History cannot stand in the way of wokeness.

    • @Chris-we7hh
      @Chris-we7hh 3 місяці тому

      ​@@Mr_Mistah 2 of the famous pirate women (among 4) also had to disguised themselves as males throughout their pirate life, yet the women crews in game just openly dress showing skin.
      Same misandristic wahmen power leftists always treat men as horny rapists and abusers who'll lose control if they got stuck in a place with a woman for a long time, yet at the same time they don't think it'll happen in a ship in the middle of the ocean for long periods of time? Especially among ruffians who couldn't care less about rules, laws and manners? lmao

  • @AngelsPath
    @AngelsPath 3 місяці тому +1

    I was never interested in Skull And Bones but I had to watch your review on it. Your reviews are the most entertaining and funny reviews I have seen on UA-cam. Plus informative. Keep up the great work of informing and entertaining us 👏👍

  • @psyantologist
    @psyantologist 3 місяці тому +2

    Looks so bad how the cannons fire at angles, usually through the deck - they're not even trying to make the cannon balls come out of the cannons...

  • @supermariosunshine64
    @supermariosunshine64 3 місяці тому +66

    This review is priceless.

  • @chuckbrandon627
    @chuckbrandon627 3 місяці тому +54

    5:50 I love how the cannonballs curve towards the enemy ship once they’re fired out of the cannon.

    • @theinnerlight8016
      @theinnerlight8016 3 місяці тому +4

      Homing balls 😂

    • @Zanbatoss
      @Zanbatoss 3 місяці тому +5

      AAAA magic of course

    • @bking87
      @bking87 3 місяці тому

      They're using Worms weapons
      "The first of many!"

    • @Infernal_Elf
      @Infernal_Elf 3 місяці тому +1

      WoW from 2005 got solutions like that for bullets. Must Hit the programmet point at front of hitbox. Nothing advanced to see here.

    • @theinnerlight8016
      @theinnerlight8016 3 місяці тому +2

      @@Infernal_Elf I thought it was sarcasm in the original comment... Now you make me doubt 🤣

  • @GaryJones-jn5fp
    @GaryJones-jn5fp 3 місяці тому +1

    So glad I came across your review on this one Mac - looks as if I've dodged a bullet on this one....

  • @tk-morrow6216
    @tk-morrow6216 3 місяці тому +3

    I downloaded the demo and it wouldn't load for me so I just deleted it. Seems like it did me a favor?

  • @MrDfromjersey
    @MrDfromjersey 3 місяці тому +103

    It’s unbelievable that they released this and all you is sail on a ship shooting other ships. It’s mindblowing.

    • @Lorifel0
      @Lorifel0 3 місяці тому

      Does it actually have wind and sail mechanics?

    • @denisrutz
      @denisrutz 3 місяці тому +2

      Considering the gov of Singapore was involved in this with heavy money, Ubisoft was basically forced to release it, in whatever state wouldn't actually matter, they had to get this game out, no matter what, otherwise the Singapore folks would have lawsuited Ubi's arses off to the next moon.

    • @buggart
      @buggart 3 місяці тому +4

      @@Lorifel0 People in subreddit said that it does have wind mechanics. Unfortunately, you can't turn your sails so that the wind would be in your favor.

    • @obs4life228
      @obs4life228 3 місяці тому

      I glad I got to play the trial version… saved me $70. I thought we would get sword fights ect but all you can do is sail and shoot other ships. The steering is trash too hahaha. I thought it would get better, but it didn’t.

    • @yoanhg421
      @yoanhg421 3 місяці тому

      With the current price of yachts. $70 for a virtual boat seems reasonable.

  • @ElektroBandit89
    @ElektroBandit89 3 місяці тому +59

    lol I got an ad for skull n bones before the video. Love you Mack. Thanks for everything you do

    • @GeraltofRivia22
      @GeraltofRivia22 3 місяці тому +8

      Same. Wasted advertising.

    • @MaxRager80
      @MaxRager80 3 місяці тому +3

      Same.

    • @spritelyguys108
      @spritelyguys108 3 місяці тому +3

      I did too, half the budget went on advertising it seems (no surprise) even got one with fast and furious girl talking about it

    • @Chris-we7hh
      @Chris-we7hh 3 місяці тому

      @@spritelyguys108 3/4 of the rest came from the DEI diversity hires who just do meetings then off to yoga breaks and wine-on-tap and in-house lunches. The remaining 1/4 for the cucked devs who have to shoulder all the development of this shitty "AAAA" game.

  • @user-zg1lr3oq6f
    @user-zg1lr3oq6f 3 місяці тому +2

    Amazing review as always Mack
    We truly are in the era of AAAA gaming

  • @Doppleganger1016
    @Doppleganger1016 3 місяці тому +2

    "Why are butt pirates butt pirates? They just Arrrrrre, fruits."

  • @qfragger
    @qfragger 3 місяці тому +20

    DEI pirates, awesome😮

  • @Jackfromshack
    @Jackfromshack 3 місяці тому +174

    Female gunners. The captain's worst dream.

    • @thejudge1712
      @thejudge1712 3 місяці тому +27

      It’s for a “modern audience “. Didn’t you get the memo?
      Lol, what a joke.

    • @duncanidaho5834
      @duncanidaho5834 3 місяці тому +1

      at least they're not on helm

    • @Cyrstal_Rose
      @Cyrstal_Rose 3 місяці тому +6

      So what!? The game also has torpedoes that never existed. Its a fantasy take on Piracy, give your sexism a day off!!

    • @thejudge1712
      @thejudge1712 3 місяці тому +30

      @@Cyrstal_RoseAwh, Soy Boy got triggered. 🥲

    • @True_Christian
      @True_Christian 3 місяці тому +18

      @@Cyrstal_Rose Female crew members, especially ones who are drawn in a modern woke way as these are, that is a *dystopian nightmare,* not a "fantasy."

  • @po123333
    @po123333 3 місяці тому +1

    Top review this, well made mack.

  • @ryansta
    @ryansta 2 місяці тому

    Every so often there is a review that stands out as head n shoulders above them all, and here it is !!! Congrat's.

  • @sashavenka
    @sashavenka 3 місяці тому +16

    I remember when my great great great great great great grandpa was a battleship commander fighting off pirates with torpedoes machine guns and mounted rocket launchers

    • @charlesfranks1902
      @charlesfranks1902 3 місяці тому

      The guided missiles were coming in, hot and heavy. Good thing the ancestor had a ship that could turn on a dime and speed away.

  • @ansgar_odinson
    @ansgar_odinson 3 місяці тому +26

    Notice too that if you have 4 canons, it means you have 8 shots. Not a broadside where they all fire at once. No, 8 shots of rapid fire chaingun black powder canons. Which, magically all converge on your reticle rather than firing in an arcing field like they did in black flag. More canons in this game just means a larger "magazine" for your machine gun before you have to reload.

    • @Ethan-fz6tp
      @Ethan-fz6tp 3 місяці тому

      To be fair, most ships didn't fire all at once anyway. If you hold lmb they all fire one after another which was common.

    • @ansgar_odinson
      @ansgar_odinson 3 місяці тому +2

      @@Ethan-fz6tp But each canon doesnt fire twice, chain firing in rapid succession like it does in this game.

    • @buckfiden946
      @buckfiden946 3 місяці тому +1

      Yeah..who cares, I wouldn’t buy this trash game anyway

    • @thedocnak
      @thedocnak 3 місяці тому

      demi-cannons fire all at once

    • @lorddiethorn
      @lorddiethorn 3 місяці тому

      @@Ethan-fz6tpno ship can fire at once they have fire in a line or the ship would break a part

  • @andreimorari2569
    @andreimorari2569 3 місяці тому +1

    A game about NAVAL combat, so much potential. A lot of strategy to consider, a lot of environmental factors, it could have been amazing.
    This is literally just a modern tank game, but the tanks have been reskinned to look like boats and got a little wiggle going on.

  • @Hoozpoppin
    @Hoozpoppin 3 місяці тому +2

    At this point, i firmly believe ubisoft are purposefully tanking their games to lower their stock price for an aggressive takeover by tencent.

  • @SynthLizard8
    @SynthLizard8 3 місяці тому +17

    They couldn't even change the font to a partridge styled on, it's just a bog standard, modern one.
    That's the level of slap-dash this game is.

  • @kageshimunamae
    @kageshimunamae 3 місяці тому +25

    Dull and Barebones ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • @rifz42
      @rifz42 3 місяці тому

      lol ya it looks like a UE4 asset flip weekend gamejam.

    • @True_Christian
      @True_Christian 3 місяці тому +1

      Don't forget to add woke garbage propaganda too.

  • @stevesonyoutube
    @stevesonyoutube 3 місяці тому +1

    😂😂 the josè bit... ' if I speak'

  • @edtcrandall
    @edtcrandall 3 місяці тому

    When you sailed "out of bounds" across the grey fog boundary: at least they could have placed a sea monster where the map states "here lie dragons" to drive you back in bounds.

  • @user-mi9mw5wm5w
    @user-mi9mw5wm5w 3 місяці тому +98

    11 years to watch a hen do on a boat and a magic saw....
    AAAA gaming: well done ubisoft, well done.

    • @benoitbergeron8858
      @benoitbergeron8858 3 місяці тому

      No wind blows in favor of a ship without direction.

    • @AuthorMorgan7436
      @AuthorMorgan7436 3 місяці тому

      Wait so AAAA is a thing now

    • @imrileth6618
      @imrileth6618 3 місяці тому

      @@AuthorMorgan7436 According to Ubisoft yes

    • @AuthorMorgan7436
      @AuthorMorgan7436 3 місяці тому

      @@imrileth6618 that’s insane 😭

    • @imrileth6618
      @imrileth6618 3 місяці тому

      @@AuthorMorgan7436 Ubisoft kinda is. Thats why i haven't bought any of their games in 10 years.

  • @jarigustafsson7620
    @jarigustafsson7620 3 місяці тому +118

    No family to rescue.
    No town attacks by crew.
    No treasure map getting from pirate and searching it.
    No prison time when you get caught.
    Sid Meyers Pirates is still the King.

    • @alexmendez3681
      @alexmendez3681 3 місяці тому +5

      This is straight up misinformation. You do get to attack towns or monuments.
      And you do find treasure maps.
      Tell me you haven’t played this game without telling me you haven’t played this game.

    • @Hekk.
      @Hekk. 3 місяці тому

      Ah yes, because all the people watching reviews played the game... you do know people usually watch reviews before buying/playing the game, not after?@@alexmendez3681

    • @Sarnatuile
      @Sarnatuile 3 місяці тому +15

      @@alexmendez3681 ''No town attacks by crews''. If you played sid meiers pirates you'd know what he means. The treasure map is not an argument though.

    • @alexmendez3681
      @alexmendez3681 3 місяці тому +1

      @@Sarnatuile No I never played that game. The one from 2004 right? Haven't played it.

    • @Leogoth68
      @Leogoth68 3 місяці тому

      @@alexmendez3681 1987 the 2004 is a reskin.

  • @dingickso4098
    @dingickso4098 3 місяці тому +1

    3:13 Look at where they're shooting from and where the shells are moving, I didn't know they had automatic targeting back then.

  • @Justintime2grow
    @Justintime2grow 3 місяці тому

    I like how the cannons can shoot a different direction than they're pointing. Ultra realistic AAAA for sure.

  • @sparkofcuriousity
    @sparkofcuriousity 3 місяці тому +37

    i laughed so hard when i saw Macks pirate crew. It caught off guard. And then i heard them speak hahahahahaha
    also that character creation lololol

  • @noahr9054
    @noahr9054 3 місяці тому +17

    Bro that character customization is literally the most awkward and hilarious thing ive seen in a bit, WHO APPROVED THIS

    • @EEEEEEE354
      @EEEEEEE354 3 місяці тому

      HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAA 7 days freeee

  • @Brainfracture
    @Brainfracture 3 місяці тому +3

    The state AAA gaming is in is truly depressing.

    • @wpyyexe
      @wpyyexe 3 місяці тому +1

      Not to mention funny and eye opening.

  • @LazyKalor
    @LazyKalor 3 місяці тому +1

    3:32 Are these cannons shooting sideways?

  • @kirit1665
    @kirit1665 3 місяці тому +18

    a load of bollocks

  • @mikehowlington4020
    @mikehowlington4020 3 місяці тому +15

    Man I actually spent like 15 min going around land trying to figure out how to get off and gather resources till the prompt to harvest came up -_-

  • @fedroger51
    @fedroger51 3 місяці тому

    Anyone knows the music at the end?

  • @tylercahoj8659
    @tylercahoj8659 3 місяці тому +1

    No sword fighting in a pirate game is crazzyy

  • @menglish83
    @menglish83 3 місяці тому +20

    You're hilarious, Mack. AAAA gaming in 2024, the future is now!

  • @bigginsmcsauce
    @bigginsmcsauce 3 місяці тому +32

    This reminds me of how great of a pirate sim game Sid Meyer's Pirates was.

    • @GangsterFrankensteinComputer
      @GangsterFrankensteinComputer 3 місяці тому +1

      One of the best games ever made. Always loved the end game screen that would tell you your score like it's a historical record, how I was haunted by not rescuing my family and died from the clap after spending my fortune on French girls.

  • @GamerKahn
    @GamerKahn 3 місяці тому +2

    Remember...just play Sid Meirs Pirates ❤

  • @NewOrderOfAlexandria
    @NewOrderOfAlexandria 3 місяці тому +2

    Your pirate crew look really scary, Mack 😂

  • @bigjoeangel
    @bigjoeangel 3 місяці тому +15

    On a positive note, I just ate a Fry's Turkish Delight, so I'm full of eastern promise.

    • @quoth7330
      @quoth7330 3 місяці тому +1

      Great. Now I have the tune to that advert as my ear worm.🙄

  • @evaone4286
    @evaone4286 3 місяці тому +42

    They should have just remastered AC Black Flag.

    • @SEPK09
      @SEPK09 3 місяці тому +2

      Typical game developer no research, no immersion just give us your cash and F888off

    • @mac2312
      @mac2312 3 місяці тому +3

      Should have remade it

    • @rickmasters219
      @rickmasters219 3 місяці тому +1

      ​@@mablesfatalfable6021 do you have a link to the mod

    • @raskolnikov6443
      @raskolnikov6443 3 місяці тому

      I don’t care for the Assasins nonsense. Why couldn’t they just make a pirate game based on the assasins creed game? Build upon that.

  • @Ostsol
    @Ostsol 3 місяці тому

    I love how your cannons can fire diagonally.

  • @chippysmittens7788
    @chippysmittens7788 3 місяці тому +1

    You said everything I’ve been thinking and more. You’ve gained yourself a subscriber

  • @Kolotop
    @Kolotop 3 місяці тому +8

    When you think the bar can't go any lower

  • @-Elysium-
    @-Elysium- 3 місяці тому +14

    its ubisoft nothing great to expect

  • @HyperImmune
    @HyperImmune 3 місяці тому

    Love the great outdoors reference!

  • @harrybaba8560
    @harrybaba8560 3 місяці тому +1

    Remember folks, this is what AAAA Game looks like according to Ubisoft.