After more than six years, Sea of Thieves Has finally added the ability to crouch to the game. While being able to bend their knees may seem trivial, players have been requesting this feature for nearly a decade. Today, they finally get their wish, because Rare adds crouching to the popular pirate multiplayer.
The good news was shared on the Sea of Thieves YouTube, in a hilarious short announcement video. The video shows the camera zooming in a Sea of Thieves Character standing around as white text on a red background says dramatically: “After 6 years, 6 months and 27 days… you can now crack into Sea of Thieves.” The character then pops a squat amid a shower of confetti.
Fans of the game are ecstatic at this addition, with players like netherwarrior6113 Exclaimed happily: “My knees will not suffer anymore!!!!!“Others call this addition revolutionary, while YouTube users g_raffthearchlich hesitate”Oh, thanks Ramsay, I’ve been playing this standing up the whole time.“
Season 14: Doing Mischief is now life in Sea of Thieves
Crouching is just one of the sneaking tools added
The ability to crouch was added as part of this Season 14: Making Mischief Update from sea of thieves Detailed on the official Website. In addition to the ability to climb, The update adds several stealth-oriented tools and weapons, Allowing fans to sneak around and “create chaos” wherever they go. According to the developers, however, “In a game of stealth, the most important tool in any pirate’s arsenal is their own knees!“Crushing will keep players hidden but slow them down and prevent weapon use.
The community responds to the update with the same level of playfulness and humor as it is presented. The comment section to the announcement on the Sea of Thieves X is full of hilarious responses from fans poking fun at the dev for this silly celebration.
x user xCaptRedbeard asks”Do they include a snap-crackle-pop SFX feature so I can show my age?“Other responses range from wanting to crab walk everywhere to praising the devs for taking their time to make such an important decision. But X user 1337GamingLive Not impressed, he urges them to take it a step further: “Now do prone.”
Our take: How adding silly little things like this add character to Sea of Thieves
It leads to playful interactions between developers and fans
The Sea of Thieves Developers could have added crouching without much fanfare, but they chose to highlight it and have fun with it. Little moments like this create great conversations between fans and Show that the developers are completely in tune with their fans. Not only did they listen to what the community wanted, but they also pushed themselves for taking so long to implement it.
The resulting engagement is hilarious and playful, and it’s fantastic to see this kind of interaction between a major game company and its fans. It also resulted in the fans having even more fun with the game and their reactions to it, as in the adorably hilarious video shared to Reddit by illuminattyvrWhat shows Several treasure chests conspicuously waddle across a ship, Proclaim that “We are very sneaky.“
Sea of Thieves has sold over a million copies on the PS5, according to Windows Centraland remains a popular multiplayer game with a focus on ship faring and piracy. Season 14 just launched on October 17 and adds many other delightful features sea of thieves Like a shock dart, a grapple hook, and sneaky disguises.
Source: Sea of Thieves, Sea of Thieves/YouTube, netherwarrior6113/YouTube, g_raffthearchlich/YouTube, Sea of Thieves / X, xCaptRedbeard/X, 1337GamingLive/X, illuminattyvr/reddit
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March 20, 2018
- developer(s)
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Rarely
- Publisher(s)
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Microsoft Game Studios