Windrose

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Ah - Windrose. Not 100 hours in but already I am hooked - hence the review. Firstly, this isn't early access - 15+ hours in and I have not even left the first of 3 zones; nor challenged the first zone boss. Zero bugs, zero issues in 15 hours of play; this isn't an EA title and I just hope the devs, if they consider it so, continue to develop more content. Valheim meets Pirates meets Souls-like. And yes, very much of the latter; you WILL get absolutely destroyed, repeatedly, even on normal settings. The ground combat NPCs all are grouped, as are the ship based combat fleets. Prepare to get fubared by everything until you learn the flow - and even then, you will likely still get killed or sunk due to a ranged stagger or whatever the game throws at you. However, base building and it's variations are second to none, immersion is also second to none. Actually managing to do a quest and succeed has a real merit weight as a result; at least in single player. Ground and naval are both ok once you work them out - but still very Souls, but equally doable if you have patience. Negatives? Well, firstly, there are no official servers, despite what the initial screen hints at - they are just official "connector" servers for your own hosted games. Secondly, this game is clearly geared to a party of 4 not solo - early sea quests see you having to kill 3 or more ships with your single (bad) ship - possible but...interesting. That having been said, the ride so far for me, at least, has been very hard, but not impossible solo. If you enjoy pirates, base building, exploration or just getting your ass handed to you a lot, then this is a game you must check out. If you have friends, I have little doubt that this is a much more fun experience - but even solo it's worth trying out if you are a fan of the pirate genre! Thumbs up from me.

Awesome game play and story line

This game is GREAT! 117 hours in, 50% solo 50% co-op on a G-portal server. This game is what Sea of Thieves should have been IMO! I REALLY hope they continue to add content and PVP.

игра просто супер!!!

A fun Pirate adventure! Sea battles are great, base building elements look REALLY nice and overall, a lot of fun!

great game but it wont let me play for some reason as i cant get past the world loading screen but other than my own personal potato computer problem it is a very replayable and engaging game