https://www.theguardian.com/games/2024/may/02/sea-of-thieves-on-playstation-5-review-youll-laugh-youll-sail-youll-drink-grog-until-youre-sick

Microsoft; PS5 (version tested), Xbox, PC; RareYou’re pirates on the ocean wave, fighting sea monsters and digging up buried treasure, but you’re also larking about playing musical instruments

When Sea of Thieves originally set sail on Xbox in 2018, it promised a journey filled with shared adventure, but set off a little short on supplies. Though early sailors found a vast multiplayer ocean to explore, it was tough to get a reliable crew together and when you did, the quests were limited in scope and the islands offered little in the way of emergent entertainment. You came, you dug up what you were told to by one of the game’s quest givers, and you returned to an outpost to cash in your treasure, perhaps occasionally battling another crew of players en route.