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Fuck It, Let’s Add More A’s - Aftermath (aftermath.site)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Skull and bones got described as a "quadruple A" game. Why stop at 4 A's though?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

I didn't know about this game. I love pirate stuff. The boats and aesthetics of that era, the natural environments of the Caribbean, the relevant sociopolitical developments at the time, and of course the stories and mythologies.. but Skull and Bones fails to interest me even the slightest bit.

It appears to be an arcade game where you just press keys to move your ship around, shoot at things until their health bar depletes, and go around playing minigames to collect loot/resources. I don't know anything about the story content but I'm willing to bet there's at best some passably written character arc but nothing resembling a deep commentary on the relevant issues of that time (nor our time).

I'm almost laughably far from being a representative of the average gamer but the number of 'A's assigned to titles (so far) hasn't been indicative of quality as I perceive it. Budget and effort is mostly orthogonal to the artistic and creative value of a work.