A slew of questionable design decisions sink what could have been a great pirate game into another weak live-service game in a sea full of them. Skull and Bones’ story begins when my ship is ...

could potentially restore the essence of Skull and Bones, turning it into the ultimate pirate sim that has been yearned for since Black Flag and Sid Meier’s classic ages. Originally conceived in ...

And like Black Flag, Skull and Bones is a pirate game with an emphasis on naval combat. "Skull and Bones was never meant to be a spin-off of Black Flag," creative director Elisabeth Pellen ...

Ubisoft just dropped two trailers and a 2022 release date for Skull And Bones ... to be a spinoff of Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag—still one of my very favorites in the series, though ...

Multiplayer pirate FPS game Blackwake ... akin to Sea of Thieves and Skull and Bones, or if you just miss the swashbuckling of Assassin's Creed Black Flag, you'll want to check it out.

So, you know, hope prevails. As is well known, Skull and Bones was inspired by the more pirate-y parts of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. And, let's be honest, those were the best parts of ...

The main source of the disparity between Black Flag and Skull and Bones is that the former tries to make you feel like a pirate, while the latter is largely an RPG about being a boat. For more ...

Ubisoft's Skull and Bones has been in the works for 11 years. Reportedly starting life as an expansion for the beloved Assassin's Creed: Black Flag before ... in pirate politics, and growing ...

I haven’t followed the development of Skull and Bones too closely over the years; I’d see the pirate game emerge at ... Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag in its back catalogue, after all.

SEE ALSO: 'Our Flag Means Death' review: Taika Waititi's pirate comedy is a swashbuckling success Pellen even teased an early example of what a bigger Skull & Bones experience could add down the road.

The absence of historical characters in Skull and Bones takes away from the immersive pirate experience that fans enjoyed in Black Flag. Ubisoft's decision to focus on original characters and ...

The USS Kidd's pirate flag, the infamous skull and crossbones that hearkens back to the Golden Age of Piracy that spanned the 17th and 18th centuries, is the only one the U.S. Navy has ever ...