If you can believe it, Skull and Bones is actually here. The Ubisoft live service project, which had been hit with so many delays over the years, is playable right now on PS5. The question, then, is whether you're eyeing the open waters yourself.
At the time of writing, we don't have a Skull and Bones review to pull quotes from — which makes this part of the article a lot more difficult — but we've seen plenty of split opinions floating around online. Some seem to think the game's fine, if a bit uninspired, while others are just dismissing it outright based on its development history and Ubisoft's seemingly eternal hunt for that live service cash cow.
So, are you playing Skull and Bones? Dare we ask if you've been waiting on this one, or has it simply arrived far too late? Have your say in our poll, and then raise your sails in the comments section below.
Robert's been a dedicated PlayStation fan since the days of Tekken 2, and he still loves a good dust up. When he's not practising combos, he's usually getting lost in the latest 100-hour RPG, or, y'know, replaying The Witcher 3.
Turns out it's called Skull and Bones because that's what it is on arrival.
I'm too busy spreading hot lead-wrapped democracy.
This game is going to cost them big time. They should have cancelled it years ago, I honestly don’t know what they were thinking. Scratch that I do, they want those live service bucks.
I'm interested for when the price drops a fair bit and I can do some seabound lollygagging. At 70 quid? Narrrrrgh!
Too busy blowing the s*it out of giant bugs.
@j2c They could not cancel the game as they made a deal with the government of Singapore. Were it not for that legal obligation it likely would have been canned a long time ago, as I can’t see how they will make anything close to their money back.
I really liked the naval combat in AC4, might give this a go if it shows up on PS+. It'll probably need the players.
No even if I was interested which I'm not Foamstars has 100% of my
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