Furious Seas

You wait all day for a pirate game, then three come along at once! Another *very* early review (I will update when I have gotten further in). I have got to the point where I am sick to the gills with crappy, little, broken VR games. I bought this expecting it to be the same. But as soon as I reached the main menu - I could see this was something on a whole different level. From the realistic wave-effects (best I have seen in VR, by a long way), to the excelent sound design and professinal graphics (no 'playmobile' figures in this one!) - this is a very polished game. Just half an hour in, and I am thinking 'man these guys nailed it here'. The controls as really simple: Oe hand grips the ships' wheel, and the other controls a cannon by your side - and by extension, all of the cannons on the ship - ring one bell to you left, and the crew lower the sails; the bell on the right, and the sails are raised. *Very* simple, but perfect, as the controls do not get in the way of the immersion and the experience (as can often be the case in other games). The gameplay is basically the ship battles from Black Flag (nothing wrong with that!). After playing two missions, it seems that the game loop is a bit 'rinse and repeat' (but take this with a pinch of salt, as I am not far into the game), still - this is early access and hopefully the devs will add more variety of missions (like smuggling runs to earn money to upgrade your ship - remember, this may already be there, as I have not played long at all). Also, even if it is just getting on the sea and blasting cannons at other ships - well, that's good enough for me! So, why the very early review? Well, the game is so much FUN -do you remember when games *were* just fun - an escape from the drudgery of life? - before all games became brown and post apocalyptic zombie-fests? This has a real Nintendo vibe to it. The sun is shining, the sailors are singing shanties, the waves look beautiful - everything is slick and fun (you could almost forget we are heading to the appocalypse!). So here I am playing with a big goofy grin on my face, thinking 'man, I need to tell everone how good this is!'. A real ray of sunshine in a sea of gloom.

i know its early access but i can only review whats available so please...relax. This game is BORING. Dont come into it thinking Sea of Thieves or AC Black Flags ship battles in VR. All you do is ring 2 bells to slow down or speed up, turn the wheel of the ship (and clip through land masses) and aim a very inaccurate unpredictable tiny cannon (one to the left of the wheel and one to the right). The game is as basic as basic can be... You cant move around, you cant order attacks while you pay attention to steering and speed because the AI only fires when you do. Its possible that someday this game will be amazing and i truly hope thats the case. Ill buy it again if that happens but right now do yourself a favor and wait.

You're just a stationary unit shooting cannons or driving the boat, you can't actually move yourself. It's not "Sea of Thieves in VR". The overall graphics and the water physics are quite enjoyable. Not entirely terrible but disappointing to say the least.

[h1][i]Furious Seas[/i] is still pretty bare bones, there's not much content right now, I would even say it's a proof of concept, but the game is visually fantastic, it runs great, it's really immersive and the core idea is there.[/h1] I bought it at full price and had no intention to ask for a refund because there's a huge potential here but if you're expecting a lot of replayability and a deep gameplay you will be disappointed. After all this an early acces title. I think the addition of the exploration mode is a great step toward an [i]Elite: Dangerous[/i] type of experience which I think is what a lot of people want. Now we need an open world with ports, trading, ship customization and of course multiplayer. That being said, the last update was almost 2 months ago and there's no news about what's next... So I'm a bit worried about the time it will take to become a true fully fleshed game. I still have high hopes though! I'll update this review at the end of the year.

Kind of disappointing honestly. i bought it expecting a full pirate experience but it's really just standing in a stationary position shooting ships and steering. it also lacks polish, but i hope with updates they will add more polish and more gameplay elements (such as walking.) I could recommend it if it was free, but 20 bucks? i got it on sale for 15 and i still felt it wasn't worth it.

Expensive, limited and boring. I am usually not this harsh on reviews, however this price is not acceptable for the gameplay or content. In essence you are the captain of the ship and without the ability to move, you can make the boat go slower or faster, you can steer it and you can shoot the canons with few different types of ammo. Yes, that's it in a nutshell. The team could instead have invested on a Sea of Thieves type concept in VR, where you could explore, fight, quest, buy/upgrade ships, cosmetics, etc. Would it be complex? Yes. Would it take time? Yes. However, it just seems like a lost opportunity for the momentary hype this game had and is now losing due negative comments where one can't even claim "you get what you pay for" as this isn't cheap. Not only VR fans but also Sea of Thieves fans would likely be all over this if it was anything alike. Despite VR still being "recent" we are no longer at a stage where any game without relevant gameplay or content is acceptable, just because its VR and "its all about the visual experience and immersion". Hopefully the team completely revamps the game or likely starts from scratch on version 2 of what could be a great game concept.

Despite there not being much content yet, this is still very much worth the price as it's as close to being in AC: Black Flags ship battles as you'll ever get. Looks great, the water in particular, and runs well. Quite exicited to see what it turns out like.

This game is a go-to for me when I just want to play something for 30 minutes to an hour or so, and have fun feeling like a pirate! I can't say enough how much I feel like this game could be as fun (or more) than SEA OF THIEVES, if things keep being added. The base to this game has been created, and it looks and plays SO well! Is it a full game yet, no - but the developers ARE still working on it, and just made a major update, and I LOVE what they've added so far. Getting better each time. PLEASE keep adding to this - being able to have friends as crew mates would be AMAZING. Being able to wonder around on shore would be great too, but I know that's not the game you've made (so far). SO much potential here - and if anyone ever feels like playing some multiplayer, hit me up! Keep up the great work, devs, and let's stay behind them with support!

im refunding this game. all you do is sit behind steering wheel, ring a bell to speed up, or another bell to slow down. you fire your side cannon and then crew will fire along with you if the guns are reloaded in time. super rapid fire, side canon every 2 seconds or so and main guns every 6 seconds. no tactics, just aim and shoot. good luck aiming, precise movements in VR suck. and its not just aiming the arc to hit the ship you have to lead target and this is super arcadey so the AI ships move around like crazy. long shots are hard while the AI shots are on target. first boss sails away at range fast. there is chain shot to take out sails i guess but im already done with this. all you had to do was make blackwake but in VR. blackwake is already a very arcadey version of what naval warfare used to be, but at least basic tactics were available

I like the idea, i like the Gameplay. I could like this game. But there is nothing in it which says, hey play me longer. Its short time fun but nothing more. its sad because there could be so much more with this game!