Michael Purscell

TLDR: They said it’s a “AAAA” title, when really it’s AA and the third A will come out over the next 2 years as waves of paid DLC There are so many problems, but so much potential. Sadly, the direction this is going I doubt Ubisoft can capitalize on half of that potential. The lack of any real story, the horrible clunkiness of the few mechanics there actually are (ship and water physics, UI, AI spawns and balancing, etc), the complete lack of content in a $70 “AAAA” game is disrespectful to the consumer. As an audiophile, the audio in this game is trash. The volume balance is all over the place. I can’t hear dialogue in a cutscene but my first mate whom I despise constantly shouts in my ear. People are always shouting and it has a warble to it, almost like a harmon mute on a trumpet. Shouts over the waves sound metallic like they’re over loudspeaker rather than just traveling over the waves. The game could have launched with more than like 8 ships if there were more than one region and 10 actual player levels, but I’m sure thats all being saved for paid dlc later.