Sea of Thieves
£44, Xbox One
This is a swashbuckling, massively multi-player online pirate game by Rare studios.
With your vessel selected you can then choose if you want to be part of a crew of other human players or if you want to go it alone.
The game has three different factions, the Gold Hoarders, Order of Souls and Merchant Alliance.
Completing quests gets you more gold to buy equipment and more advanced adventures.
However, the gold can only really be spent on cosmetic items and none of it forces you to change your play style. The lack of character progression and loot can make the experience feel hollow, too.
Ship versus ship battles are tense and engaging but with enemies re-spawning so quickly the close combat can become tiring and irritating.
That said it’s an enjoyable game with friends but don’t expect any real depth to these murky waters.