“It’s not even AAAA!”: Fans are Turning to a ‘much better pirate game’ than Skull and Bones, and it’s Easy to See Why
Skull and Bones took a long time to be developed. After its initial announcement in 2017, the game was finally released in 2024. Seeing the rocky and lengthy development process, fans hoped a lot from the game, especially because it is an AAAA title. However, the reality hits hard, and Skull and Bones seems to disappoint them throughout. The game is getting criticized for multiple aspects, including its graphics, gameplay, and other features. A piece of recent news even shows that players disagree to call it an AAAA game and they have found a much better pirate game than Skull and Bones.
Skull and Bones Receiving Severe Criticism As Players Have Found A Better Pirate Game
Since Ubisoft’s Skull and Bones released, this game has been inviting comparison with another pirate-themed game from the same studio, Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag. Both these games share several features, and players opine that the latter is much better than the former, despite it was released more than a decade ago in 2013. On an X post, a fan expressed his impression of Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag, saying, “It’s not even AAAA!”
Since the beta version of Skull and Bones was released, players have been constantly comparing this game with the Black Flag and surprisingly, the 2013 game won in almost every aspect. From graphics to facial expressions of the NPCs to collecting resources, and every other feature, the 2013 game successfully defeated the 2024 game.
Players even complain that there’s no proper storyline in Skull and Bones and this game has the worst facial expressions. If one compares the facial expressions of NPCs in Black Flag, and Skull and Bones, the latter seem to be hilarious. Even the game doesn’t let players explore the open world properly as there are invisible boundaries placed at different locations. Notably, the Assassins’ Creed 4: Black Flag was an AAA game, and Skull and Bones is an AAAA game.
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In the comment section of the above X post, players agreed with the caption and expressed their frustration. Some fans have been making fun of Skull and Bones being a quadruple-A game.
Skull and Bones has invited comparison with another game of this year after getting so many negative comments.
Ubisoft Surpassing Rockstar in 2024 with their Skull and Bones?
In 2024, just a few weeks back Rockstar Games released, one of their most-hyped titles of the year, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. This game took a long time to be developed but when it officially launched, it proved to be a disaster. It received severe criticism from players and critics on every social platform and scored only 3.7 on Metacritic based on User Scores (PS5 and PC). Additionally, it scored 62 on PlayStation 5.
Based on some opinions, Skull and Bones is going to surpass this game and become the worst game of the year. The scores of the game also indicate the same thing as it scored 3.1 on Metacritic user score (PC and PS5). Though the critic reviews of the game are a little better, still 70% of the reviews are negative on all platforms. On Metacritic, it scored 64 based on Critic Reviews.
Ubisoft has divided players into two teams. While one team is trying to point out the positive sides of the game and requesting others not to expect impossible things from the game, the other side is still the heavier one.
