Sea of Thieves Won't Feel Unfinished or Buggy, According to Rare

Sea of Thieves earned yet some other round of praise and success at Gamescom 2022, after E3. Still, programmer Rare won't budge on the development roadmap: there'll exist a closed beta beginning and foremost and only once they are satisfied, the release engagement will be decided.

That'south because Rare is approaching game development in a different manner with Sea of Thieves, every bit they explained in an interview with Metro GameCentral where Executive Producer Joe Neate said:

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Equally someone who tin can't stand unpolished and buggy game releases, it'southward definitely a relief to hear that. Body of water of Thieves sounds better and better each mean solar day and I tin't look to get my easily on the beta, whenever Rare is ready to deliver it.