Once upon a time, the video game company Ubisoft accidentally created a series of side missions that ended up being as good as, if not better, than the game they were attached to. They took their Assassin’s Creed games and added naval warfare that was super, duper fun! They started it in Assassin’s Creed 3, and then perfected it and made it a bigger deal in the pirate-themed Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag. I was there when those games came out and they were incredible experiences!

So, like intelligent people, they decided to take that already developed game mechanic and turn it into its own original game, Skull and Bones! But that was a decade ago, and the game notoriously faced insane delays.

Until…now? Behold, a full gameplay trailer for Skull and Bones!

I think that trailer looks great! The game is due to come out in mid-February, and there’s already a closed beta, with people posting their reactions online…and I’m hearing good things! They didn’t completely recreate Black Flag because, apparently, you can’t take your character and board the other ships like an assassin. But the naval combat is there, as is the ship customization, and those are good! So I’m honestly considering getting Skull and Bones, we’ll have to see. I’ll probably wait for full game reviews, and probably a sale, so…we’ll see? That trailer looks great, at least.

Skull and Bones is due to come out on Feb. 16!

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