We need a thread for this already. Just pre-ordered it from Microsoft (I know, yuck, but whaddya gonna do?). I’m hoping to still get in on the closed beta which started today, but they’re having some difficulties getting it going.
At any rate, looks like a lot of Chewers are up for this one, so looking forward to plundering with you fools soon.
I’ll cross-post this Multi-Stream here. Enjoying watching this and will absolutely buy it. Unless there is no PS4 controller support since it is a MSFT title…
Talking in Twitch chat a “fleet” probably wont be possible because you won’t be able to necessarily instance to the same server with more than 4.
I’m enjoying that stream immensely (not in a Donald Trump way, either).
A second ship came by theirs, they thought they had run it off, but the intruders left behind a stowaway who went below and blew up their stores. It was hilarious.
What I can’t figure out is how they got another ship?
It’ll be a shame if that’s true. Seems like the perfect game to have clans / guilds sailing around together.
Fuck it. I’ll head over there now and do the same. Have been putting it off for a variety of reasons (my Amazon Prime subscription renewed this week) but it’ll give me a fancy pirate outfit and the chance to dive into the Beta.
I’m pre-spending a portion of my tax return check myself.
Also, as mentioned, lots of people (me included) are getting a “Too Early” message to get in on the Beta after the game installs, but it’s being addressed supposedly.
I was initially wary of Tzu streaming stuff but, you know what? If we can only get four people at a time on the CHUD ship and I’m not able to get onboard every now and again, I’ll happily watch four of you fuckers rolling around the waves via Twitch instead.
Holy crap are you guys watching the stream Tzu posted above?
The sea just turned red!!!
THEY JUST SAILED OFF THE EDGE OF THE WORLD!!!
I. Am. Dying.
I’ve heard that the Kraken is in this game. Can’t wait to see someone encounter it for the first time.
If I wasn’t sold before, watching that stream pushed me over the edge.
I’ve not bought anything from the Microsoft Store before but, damn, it was unnecessarily complicated. At one point I freaked out, thinking I’d bought the xbox version instead of the PC version.
I’m getting the same “You’re too early” message as nearly everyone else.
Yeah, because they instituted that policy, I think, where you get the PC version of every Xbone game you buy. Once you’ve bought from them at least once, though, it becomes basically one-click buying.
It also sucks that Steam usually doesn’t list Microsoft games if you try to add them through the “Add a Non-Steam Game to Your Library” deal.
Jacob, I’m assuming they’ll fix this by the weekend, so I suggest we continue our streak of playing a different multiplayer game every Saturday. Even if nobody else has picked it up by then, I say we grab one of the small boats and go pottering around looking for gold.
And then, of course, we’ll have the long horrible wait until the game’s actual release in March. Urgh.
Count me in.
And yeah, I went blergh too when I saw the March release date after watching that stream. This game looks like serious fun.
You mean my clicking the button every five minutes isn’t speeding up the fix?
I’ll get this when I get home. I am all about giving this a shot.
*EDIT* This stream is killing me.
You can join us for Saturday shananigans after your meeting. Jacob’s the Captain, you can do the steering, and I’ll be the map / cannon guy!
Watching a 12-minute stream* of this sold me on this game instantly and I went down to my brick-and-mortar store to pre-order. I got a beta code and will be involved in all sorts of pirate shenanigans tomorrow.
*Not the stream everyone else was watching. In mine, the crew of four successfully figured out where a treasure was, snuck up on two ships at night, sunk one ship, chased the second ship to an island, robbed the other pirate crew of the treasure, only to have their own ship sink in the end.
