With each new Tall Tale,Sea of Thieves combines the binge-worthiness of appointment television with the stage presence of live theater. Players today rightfully credit games such as Fortnite andRed Dead Online for their emergent storytelling qualities, where fully player-driven moments can birth gaming memories as strong as what we see in some games’ proper campaigns. But Sea of Thieves continues to blaze a trail between traditional game storytelling and player-driven moments. Rare has dumped its lore bible into the vast ocean of Sea of Thieves and invited players to play along. What began as a polarizing pirate adventure brimming with untapped potential is now rewriting the rules of video game storytelling.
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