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Sea Of Thieves' A Pirate’s Life expansion does feature lots of things that aren’t Johnny DeppYo Ho Ho and a bottle of yikes
Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of yikes
Bobbing onto our screens in 2018,Sea Of Thieveswas perfectly timed to provide the jovial, ultimately unthreatening ambience of Pirates Of The Caribbean, just as that film series became a lot less fun due to the allegations against leading man Johnny Depp. How unfortunate, then, that 2021 should bringa massive Pirates Of The Caribbean crossoverto the game, with Captain Jack Sparrow plastered all over it.
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Sea of Thieves: A Pirate’s Life - Gameplay Trailer
1. Davy Jones
Pictured here is Tia Dalma’s shack, she being another character from the films who turned out to be like, the god of the sea, I think? Not sure why she still lives in a shack tbh.
2. Five new story missions
At the core of A Pirate’s Life are five new Tall Tales (Sea Of Thieves' long story quests), to join the nine already in the game. There looks to be a huge amount of story content in A Pirate’s Life, which will be refreshing news to those looking for a bit more meat in their sandbox, so to speak. The new content will be made accessible via a mysterious NPC called theCastaway, who’ll be present as soon as new players enter the game, catering for POTC fans making their first foray into Sea Of Thieves.
3. Two new worlds
4. New brutes
One each of the three new Ocean Crawler baddies
There’ll be a lot more to fight in A Pirate’s Life, and not just in the new areas. Heading up the bill are three types of “Ocean Crawlers”: man/animal hybrids which include a big muscly crab bloke, a geezer with a load of electric eels, and a maniac with a giant clam for a head who barks unpleasantly at you. There are also sinister swarms of Sirens, who look a bit like what would happen if there were mermaids in X-COM, and of course fast-moving, ghoastly phantoms. As dessert to all that, there’s also what looks a lot like a new boss fight with the Kraken, based in the undersea region, where you get to shoot it in its actual face.
5. New items
Each of the new Tall Tales provides at least one high-powered reward item, connected with the theme of the mission completed. For example, there’s the Trident Of Dark Tides, which does… I’m going to be completely honest, and say I’m not certain what it does. But you can give other players' ships a really rough time with it, and you can use it outside of the new content, too. There’s also a bunch of POTC-themed cosmetics for sale within the game, including - inevitably - a Captain Jack Sparrow costume. Just in case you miss him when he’s not directly in front of you.
