SAND: Raiders of Sophie

Riddled with cheaters. Matchmaking full of teaming in solos. Incompetent devs who instead of fixing an exploit, removed a core game mechanic entirely for weeks, only to reinstate it without fixing the exploit. I've tried to give this game a real chance, it's not gotten any better since launch. Spend 95% of playtime dealing with ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ only to have 5% of your time where this game does something other games don't.

Another example of a great game completely ruined by cheaters to the point where is just not fun to play.

With the game besieged by negative reviews made by people who played a couple of matches and left because of some inconvenience they experienced in an EA title, I've decided to leave a positive review. The game actually deserves it for what it is, and most importantly, what it's trying to achieve. Firstly, the game suffered from two major issues which caused the early wave of negatives: -Server instability during first week which caused some matches to crash, returning everyone back to base. This issue is already solved and the servers are mostly stable now. I haven't seen it but there might be some minor issues. Never had a match interrupted for a long time now though. -A cheater wave ~1 week ago. The devs, as with all such competitive games with resource collection (Rust, DayZ, Tarkov etc) are locked in a fight. So far, after the initial struggle, it looks like they got their things in order and solved the worst of the cheating. This game also has potential to be a bit more resistant to cheats simply due to its nature. Most fights are at range and bullets have dropoff and travel time. Wallhack would also be mostly useless. Both issues are under control now and the devs are releasing weekly patches to address the issues. This leads me to an important point about the devs: even if it's the studio's first release, the devs are very active and seem to react to many popular issues quite quickly. It doesn't mean they can solve everything overnight, but this does make me hopeful for the game's development. Just today, they've released a patch with more improvements and much requested smoke shell nerf. Smoke shell topic picked up steam 2 weeks ago tops and they reacted quickly. It's nice to see the devs doing something with feedback, even if it's simple tweaks. As for the game itself: there is no other title like this one on the market. I know there's sea of thieves but it has a different vibe. Unlike other shooters, this one is very focused on teamwork and outcompeting the enemy team with the resources you have and the machine you built. There's different playstyles and they all are based on what you come up with. Firing your broadside on the move? Getting in close with a ram? Boarding? Straightforward shootouts? Avoiding combat and having rear-facing weapons only? All are down to what you want. Asides from that, the game does feel somewhat fair compared to other shooters. Most of the time you'll see your opponents coming from afar. Ambushes and sneaking are rare and done dynamically instead of camping the only chokepoint on the map. Even if you are facing a bigger, better armed trampler - you can always try to run before they get to you, get into rough terrain that's hard to navigate for bigger ships or simply win the fight via boarding. Gear advantage is at it's weakest in close combat. Shotguns are deadly and medium tier armor is the most common. Granted, killing an enemy does not take them out of the game - players respawn in crew quarters as long as they have supplies or the module is intact. Even still, wiping the enemy crew lets you sabotage and disarm their trampler if you are quick at it. So there's always a chance for your team to win as long as you can get up close and board the enemy. This all ends up creating a thrilling experience where you have times of calm as you travel and loot the deserted (no pun intended) planet just to run into an enemy and have the action suddenly begin. Maybe you spotted them at the last possible moment. Maybe you surprised them. Or maybe you just had a chance to rob them and took it. The game has a long way to go. But people acting like the intermittent issues during the post-launch period were some sort of catastrophe really seem to miss the mark. I played during early release and had ~4 out of 10 matches ruined but still had lots of fun. Currently, you can still encounter bugs but it's something to be expected in an EA title. The only major issue that's still unadressed are teamers in solo (people trying to join the same game at the same time to play together). While it is a bannable offence, you can still see them sometimes in lobby. I suspect the devs will also roll out a patch to solve this fairly soon. The game is cheap, has huge potential, and you may have like one match out of 20 ruined. Chances are, in any other extraction shooter, something would make you rage anyway. Buy it, try it. Learn from mistakes and try to think up solutions. I say it's worth it.

Au début c'est fun et on aime créer son vaisseau et explorer le monde, puis a la longue le farming deviens répétitif et on peut s'ennuyer, a coté de ca une grande partie de la communauté est toxique et a une immense hostilité envers ceux qui commence (oui le jeu est sorti il ya même pas un mois mais que voulez vous...) sans parler des hackers omniprésent en jeu... C'est marrant une heure avec les copain pour la nouveauté mais ca n'ira pas plus loin

I really want to like this game. The idea is great but the longer I play it the more I hate it. A lot of features are just buggy you get stuck in physical places on the map an in progression from resetting from getting bombed by hackers or by players who play all day since demo. Its honestly no fun.

I really enjoy the game mechanics, graphics, and the style. I had a blast playing with my friends. Unfortunately, unless you are a hardcore player who puts in hundreds of hours you will always be behind the people who put in more time. Without proper match making you will be at a huge disadvantage. The game doesn't really give anything for time spent, if you die, you lose everything. While I think this is probably a great game for some people, if you are not in the top echelon of player, you will always lose. Great game if you can commit a ton of time and don't mind losing hours of your time with nothing to show for it. If you can only play a game for a few hours per day, regardless of how much this game will appeal to you, its not for you.

Größter Müll, eigentlich gutes Spiel würde auch Spaß machen wenn die Devs es hinbekommen würden ihr Spiel zu fixen. Spielen Duo queue und haben in 4 von 9 Spielen ein Trio was uns knallt und in 5 von 9 Spielen 2 duos die miteinander teamen. So macht das Spiel keinen Sinn vor allem wenn es für Teamer so geringe Strafen gibt.

I do not recommend this game at this time. It's all of the bad of sea of thieves, but worse in every imaginable way. it promises gameplay that it can never live up to. shotguns are OHK, the meta is just boarding, there's no REAL customization of your walking base, you either build it to the meta spec or you lose every time. all extracts are camped, half the players are RMT farmers trying to cash out of this game while there's still a dwindling playerbase left to sell items to. don't buy it, even if it looks interesting. maybe they'll clean up the gameplay in a few years, and I'll change my review.