While some free-to-play online games might try to hook you with a bombastic opening, I actually appreciate how quiet and wordless my first foray into Sea of Remnants is. Going hands-on with a pretty early build of this open world pirate game, my mitts are immediately filled with oars – having me row a small boat towards a bright horizon on a ghostly sea. Presumably, I've copped it, quite possibly at sea.
Yet, before I can make it to the other side of that horizon, the water rises above me to block access to my cloaked character. Instead, a wooden, ramshackle ship emerges from behind, beckoning me to board. I really love how Sea of Remnants focuses on creating this intriguing atmosphere from the off, drawing me in to its mythological take on the sea and the pirates that seek to nab treasure from it.
