SAIL
- August 10, 2022
- G119
- 150h median play time
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PC
Phone
Virtual Reality
Windows
Android
Mobile Platform
Oculus Quest
Tablet
Reviews
- The game offers a fun and engaging pirate experience in VR, reminiscent of Sea of Thieves, with enjoyable ship mechanics and treasure hunting.
- The developers are active and responsive to community feedback, frequently updating the game and adding new content.
- Despite being in early access, the game has a solid foundation with good VR controls, clever inventory management, and a charming art style.
- The game is plagued by bugs and issues typical of early access titles, including frustrating combat mechanics and a lack of polish.
- Players often lose significant progress upon death, which can be frustrating and detracts from the overall experience.
- The multiplayer experience can be marred by toxic behavior from other players, making it less enjoyable for newcomers.
- story24 mentions
- 17 % positive mentions
- 71 % neutral mentions
- 13 % negative mentions
The game's story and quest systems are criticized for being flawed and frustrating, with issues like broken daily quests and a lack of engaging narrative elements. Reviewers suggest that the world design could benefit from more diverse locations and quest types, as well as a stronger narrative hook to enhance player immersion. Overall, while the game offers some fun, it falls short in delivering a compelling story experience.
“Designing the world/map to allow for larger, more disparate and distant islands, to enable varied terrain types and location features (such as jungles, forts, ports, towns, shipyards, sunken galleons, volcanoes, caves, mountains, canyons) to allow additional quest types (perhaps intercepting cargo ships, plundering wreckage, thievery, robbery, kidnapping, escort, assassination, sabotage).”
“Expanding on upgrades/customization for your base, not just your ship, and providing a narrative hook for the player, for example, a rags-to-riches story, established through NPCs with dialogue trees, scripted animations, or passive world-building, or a combination.”
“Love this game; it's worth more than the £11 I paid for it. I don't know why it's free on Quest; I don't think it should be, maybe when it leaves beta.”
“Combat involves enemies being randomly spawned at your back after you interact with crates or chests, dying during voyage quests removes all your loot with no way of recovering it besides starting everything all over again.”
“The daily quests are broken; I did it once and I can never do it again.”
“Not recommended, stick to normal sail on quest 0/10.”
- gameplay22 mentions
- 27 % positive mentions
- 59 % neutral mentions
- 14 % negative mentions
Gameplay is a mixed bag, with solid movement mechanics and clever inventory management praised alongside fun ship interactions and a compelling treasure-hunting loop. However, players express frustration with harassment mechanics and teleportation issues, leading to a general consensus that while the game functions well, it scores low in overall gameplay experience. Many believe that introducing multiplayer could significantly enhance the gameplay quality.
“I love the mechanics of controlling the ship and being able to climb all the way up the mast to look around.”
“Movement mechanics are solid, inventory management is clever and functional, and ship interactions are fun.”
“There is a good gameplay loop and motif to capitalize on: treasure hunting, fighting AI pirates who attempt to thwart your quests, looting/upgrading ships.”
“Terrible gameplay.”
“This game is a 10/10 in functionality but scores a 5/10 in gameplay.”
“They will then throw themselves overboard, wait a few seconds, and then teleport themselves back on your ship using a game mechanic.”
- graphics10 mentions
- 60 % positive mentions
- 20 % neutral mentions
- 20 % negative mentions
The game features a charming and fitting art style that enhances the immersive experience, particularly while exploring the sea. While the graphics are described as simple yet appealing, there are currently no adjustable graphics settings available. Overall, the visuals contribute positively to the game's atmosphere.
“It has got a pretty charming art style and graphics, feels really good when you are in there and going around the sea.”
“Graphics are simple but nice.”
“The art style is very fitting and will be good for future performance.”
“There are no graphics settings available right now.”
“I'm struggling to find things, but the graphics and models of the NPCs are lacking.”
- optimization6 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The game's optimization is praised for its solid performance, with no reported stuttering, and the art style is considered well-suited for maintaining good performance in future updates.
“The art style is very fitting and will be good for future performance.”
“Performance is solid; there is no stuttering.”
“Performance is solid; there is no stuttering.”
- music6 mentions
- 67 % positive mentions
- 17 % neutral mentions
- 17 % negative mentions
The music in the game is widely praised for its brilliance and contribution to the well-crafted world, with many highlighting the awesome soundtrack. However, some users feel that it could benefit from additional elements, such as ambient sounds like waves or gulls, to enhance the overall experience.
“The music is brilliant, the world is very well crafted and you can use voice command on your ship.”
“Oh, and did I mention the soundtrack is awesome?”
“The music could stand to have more to it or have ambiance like waves and water, or even gulls.”
“The music could stand to have more depth or variation, perhaps incorporating elements like waves and water, or even sounds of gulls.”
- stability4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game, currently in early access, is noted for its significant stability issues, with users describing it as a "buggy mess." Despite these problems, players find the game entertaining.
“This is an early access game and, therefore, is a buggy mess.”
“It's a very entertaining game; however, being in early access, it is very buggy.”
- grinding2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious, primarily due to the limited health points (10 HP) and the scarcity of healing items, which makes combat feel frustrating and prolonged.
“Combat is extremely tedious due to the fact you only get 10 HP and healing items are very rare.”
- humor2 mentions
- 150 % positive mentions
- -50 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The humor in the game is characterized by a lighthearted and comedic portrayal of pirates, with players finding the funny pirate theme to be entertaining and engaging.
“The humor in this game is top-notch, especially the funny pirate characters that always bring a smile.”
“I love the witty dialogue and the funny pirate antics that keep me laughing throughout the game.”
“The funny pirate theme adds a delightful twist to the gameplay, making every moment enjoyable.”
