It was a fun experience, but also undeniably short-lived. I played plenty of Sea of Thieves at launch, but in the end meandered off before I reached the game’s juiciest content.
But for me, as the game approaches its third birthday, Game Pass feels critical to its continued relevance and success And it’s true that with its emergent, non-scripted, anything-can-happen seafaring jaunts, Sea of Thieves is a perfect fodder for streaming. A few months after its 2018 launch, Sea of Thieves’ producer said that the number one factor in its success was it being taken up by streamers and content creators.
To be fair, Rare itself has downplayed the role of Game Pass in Sea of Thieves’ enduring success. Until, years later, I returned - and that return is further proof that this sort of game can thrive and be given a thrilling new lease of life by services like Xbox Game Pass. After some riotous fun online, I fell off Sea of Thieves. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. It felt like it was destined to be another one of those service-like games that’d be good, but ultimately sink, unable to hold player interest. It had strong ideas, and a whole lot of developer Rare’s trademark heart, but it also just didn’t seem like… enough. When Sea of Thieves first released, I liked it well enough - but I also thought it was probably going to end up struggling.
For an ever-improving service game like Sea of Thieves, Game Pass seems like where it's always belonged.
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