As the nights develop colder and the times shorter, Rare’s piratical MMO Sea Of Thieves is drawing me again with an enticingly warm-looking volcanic replace, Forsaken Shores. This free new treasure-chest of content material provides a brand new space to the map referred to as The Devil’s Roar crammed with superheated environmental hazards – the ground is actually lava. It additionally introduces a brand new sort of retailer encountered out on the excessive seas, helpful little rowboats for ferrying of products round and the standard slab of beauty goodies. Forsaken Shores is out now – try the trailer under and the release notes here.
As with the previous few Sea Of Thieves updates, the central story mission in Forsaken Shores is a time-limited occasion. I don’t know why they maintain doing this, however that’s simply how it’s on the excessive seas. The occasion quest sends you on a mission to find the destiny of the Devil’s Roar’s first explorers, however the space will persist within the game at the same time as the following replace comes ashore. As will most new options, akin to Seaposts – a brand new sort of small retailer discovered within the ocean itself, every promoting a small vary of discounted objects.
While a brand new, more durable surroundings to navigate sounds enjoyable, I really feel the extra mundane stuff launched on this replace will maintain gamers going long-term. Players can now generate profits by means of mostly-legal means by means of cargo run missions. After scoring your self a rowboat or two (which spawn all over the world, and may be hooked up to your ship), you’ll have the ability to do deliveries, although totally different items want totally different dealing with. Bottles have to not be jostled, textiles must be saved dry and crops must be watered. Not very piratical, however a brand new factor for a crew (or lone wolf) to do.
When Sea Of Thieves first launched in March, it was seaworthy but not really weathered enough to call itself properly piratical. These updates have achieved it extra good than a barrel stuffed with limes, with the earlier one introducing cursed ships with (literal) skeleton crews, giving gamers an opportunity to tussle with different vessels with out diving into the PvP facet of the game. Between the brand new hazards and cargo runs right here, there’s extra for a mild-mannered pirate to do now. Still, there’s all the time the possibility you’ll stumble upon one other captain that’s extra Blackbeard than Pugwash.
The Forsaken Shores replace is out now, and detailed here. Sea Of Thieves stays Windows 10 unique. You can discover it on the Windows Store (the place it’s at the moment 35% discounted), or as a part of the Xbox Game Pass subscription, which is including Forza Horizon four on October 2nd.
