


That gives you a chance to get the feel for Sea of Thieves while also giving you something interesting to explore without the risk of running afoul of other players. Die in combat or fall too far as you're climbing a wrecked ship, and you'll respawn shortly to give it another go. The content has you figuring out how to make your way through the Sea of the Damned's locations, but it won't really test you. The Tall Tales of A Pirate's Life feel like more traditional, linear video game levels than most of the rest of Sea of Thieves, and that's handy if you're learning the ropes. Once you're through the portal, you're alone in the new area (unless you brought a crew, that is), free to explore its story, solve its puzzles, and uncover its secrets. After a quick story introduction, you're able to sail your ship straight into a portal that takes you to the Sea of the Damned, a new location for A Pirate's Life. You can jump into the new content as soon as you've completed the tutorial mission, Maiden Voyage.

They're also fun to take on alone, filling a gap in Sea of Thieves content that's been there throughout the game's life.įor new players, A Pirate's Life is a nice way to get started in Sea of Thieves. They represent a pretty solid on-ramp into Rare's excellent swashbuckling adventure game if you've never played it. These aren't the only Tall Tales in the game-there are quite a few others that take you on lengthy voyages all over Sea of Thieves-but the story chapters in A Pirate's Life (or at least the first three, as that's all I've completed so far) are a bit of a different speed than the rest of the game. Now Playing: Sea Of Thieves A Pirate's Life First Tale Gameplay These stories take you on a journey to uncover what's brought Captain Jack to the Sea of Thieves, sending you to some new locations that haven't been part of the game before.īy clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's What the new expansion really excels at is giving new pirates and lone scallawags a new, low-stakes way to engage with Sea of Thieves without the threat of getting riddled with enemy cannonballs and losing hours of progress.Ī Pirate's Life launched as a free expansion to Sea of Thieves this week, and while it makes a few changes to the game at large, it mostly consists of five new "Tall Tales" that specifically concern Pirates of the Caribbean mainstays Jack Sparrow, Davy Jones, Captain Barbosa, and others. But while it's nice to delve into the crossover content to see nods to both Disney's films and its theme park attractions, the story and Easter eggs aren't the reason you should check out A Pirate's Life. The biggest draw of A Pirate's Life, the new expansion content for Sea of Thieves, might be Captain Jack Sparrow and the many other Pirates of the Caribbean characters now a part of the live game's world.
