Skull & Bones has had a true odyssey: After more than 8 years of development, during which massive problems were apparently encountered, there is an official sign of life for the first time. in one Tweet the official account of the game indicates that more information will be announced soon. In addition, a authentic gameplay leak for discussions about the lack of features.
Most recently, Ubisoft had targeted a release date between April 2022 and March 2023 on the occasion of an annual report. You can find out what new information there is about the title from Ubisoft Singapore in this article. Géraldine has researched for you what became of other lost games:
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Few days ago were on Reddit Leaked a few minutes of gameplay from a Skull & Bones playtest. The video has since been deleted, however Ubisoft has already confirmed to the website Kotakuthat these are shots from the ship combat game and promised more information:
We confirm that this is a preview of our upcoming Spiek Skull & Bones. We held a technical test and some details have been released. The video is from an early version of the game and does not reflect the quality and features of the final game. We’ll be announcing more details about the game soon.
When we will find out more is currently not foreseeable, but if the game appears in a period up to March 2023, it is likely that it will be presented this year.
Insider Tom Henderson, who reported on Skull & Bones last year, appears in view of the footage concerned about the state of the game. So it seems that not only the fight against other players on land, but any PvP content is missing. In fact, Skull & Bones was originally advertised as a game primarily focused on fighting other players. A gameplay trailer from E3 2018 showed the vision for the pirate game at the time:
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Skull and Bones – E3 trailer shows pirate life with 6 minutes of gameplay
In addition, it seems that players can hardly leave their ship. Resources found on islands appear to be harvested with a click of the mouse, without setting foot on the targeted island. And the looting of forts is probably quite monotonous: once we have sufficiently weakened the fort by shelling it, we send our crew ashore to complete the job. The same applies to boarding ships
From time to time there is a shore leave, but we can only use it to talk to NPCs and go shopping. on Reddit players reacted disappointed to the leaked details of the game. The hope for a more realistic Sea of Thieves seems to be buried for many. Incidentally, the rough pirate Michi tells you why Rare’s sea excursion is so great in the podcast:
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Of course it is possible that the gameplay of Skull & Bones will change before the release or that the playtest did not include all the planned features. Here we must continue to wait for official information.
