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Official Sea of Thieves Developer Update: The World of Sea of Thieves
Y'all have done an amazing job at crafting a beautiful world. I loved wandering around islands just looking at it and especially finding small details I know a developer put their in hopes of one of us finding it. And obviously the water is some of the best in the industry. Everything feels so lush and gorgeous. Can't wait til next week. Itching to get back in the sea.
@erinom3 Alright, I will do my best to breakdown what I saw:
Looks like bats are flying around in caves now. That is new to me. Also, can't quite make out what that is on the bottom right of the screen, but it looks like something. But could be nothing.I think that is an ammo box, but maybe its something more? Maybe its a different kind of ammo? Or maybe not. I also cannot tell what that is above the cabin entrance. Maybe someone else can zoom in and read it.Crab alters; what are these for? Is this a possible hint at some fishing or farming quests?Snake alter; there is clearly a note on this one. More hints at possible different kinds of harvesting or questing?@katttruewalker That’s why I love the fact that SOT is not procedurally generated. Everything you come across everything you see everything you interact with is painstakingly crafted by the programmers and artists
@ethnine I believe says blackwyche?
Which google has told me is an old pirate game on the Commodore 64 in 1985
@UVG-Reign is correct. The sign there reads "Blackwyche". It has been in the Alpha for quite awhile now. I can understand why someone would miss it though! As for the note on the Snake Altar, who knows? :D
@mrjones197739
Even if you explore the world during beta, do you think that they would show off their entire world and all it's secrets and features? Don't expect the world to be many times the size it is now, but there will definitely be more secrets to be discovered. The art team is very good at sneaky implementations.@angel-rugal
Of course it's their lore! Islands aren't an invention of RARE, or part of SoT's IP, but they have clearly done a lot of work on how their islands will look, sound and 'feel'...
The layers of history in SoT that have been alluded to so far are intriguing. The current pirate population is obvious- it's us! But what about those that came before? Who is the Ferryman and what's his story? Who were the skeleton pirates who guard their chests so fiercely? Who is the guy on the picture in the Blackwyche shipwreck? What else will we learn?
Then, who are the indigenous peoples of these islands that were alluded to in the video? Cannibals? Savages? Will they make an appearance in game? Imagine fighting war-paint and tattoo covered tribespeople with bones through their noses & shrunken heads on necklaces, firing arrows & poison darts... Very Indiana Jones...
How about Pygmies? Huge flightless birds? Dinosaurs? What else can we expect?!
That is the lore that is being drip-fed to us. This is a world ripe with possibility, and I am for one am very excited!
I will deffo be buying the Lore of SoT book when it's released because I know a lot of these answers will be found in there, as well as a great many new questions and teases...@angel-rugal
Lore of SoT (with a capital L) will indeed be a cool book that is released in March- no disagreements with anyone there...
Lore (with a small l) is the story/history/ creative vision & direction- the ethos of SoT- that I've been discussing. The 'vision' that RARE keep mentioning for their game.
I'm excited to learn about SoT's universe & history, by playing, & by reading the Lore book when it's released...
Can't wait...
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