Week of 09 Mar 2025
“Knowledge against our enemies is best shared, after all.”
Achievements Earned In:
- Skull and Bones
As I’ve stated before, my goal this year is to play games from 2024 that I feel unfairly fell on the wrong side of the public (gaming community) opinion. For January I did Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (which was maligned because it wasn’t a true “Arkham” game, and a sugary infant worked on it or something), and in February I did Tales of Kenzera: ZAU (which just had the misfortune of releasing a few months after the fantastic and similar Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown). For March, I grabbed a 1-month subscription to Ubisoft+ and loaded up Skull and Bones, which is the sailing part of the Assassin’s Creed games fleshed out into a game of its own. If you’ve played an Ubisoft game, you know how this goes: locate the icon on the map you want to engage with, go to it, repeat. I really enjoy how you can kinda turn your brain off as you sail the Indian Ocean, tuning in to sink an opposing ship or harvest some resources when needed. I had a lot of fun! As I got stronger, I quickly found more of the meat of the game, taking on powerful legendary captains or straight-up sea monsters! Since this is a persistent online game, you also have lots of customization options to show off for other players. I had plenty of fun customizing my ship to sport the Fire Hawk colors, along with a cute parrot to keep me company. There’s also a Photo Mode which allowed for some really pretty shots! This game is very nice to look at. By the end of the week, I’d left town for a vacation at a resort up in Wisconsin, but before I left I had reached almost the Kingpin I rank (which would allow me access to all the achievements) and had gotten the grindiest achievement for picking 10000 jute! That last one was pretty ridiculous, as even with the upgraded sickle you only get 13 jute each time, and there’s not a lot of nodes to even target. With grinding that out of the way and my vacation over, I don’t think it’ll take much longer.
Achievements unlocked: 41 (+41) | Completion: 84%
We’re here to raid, pillage, plunder, and otherwise pilfer our weaselly black guts out.
Highest ratio: 6.62
Skull and Jute (Skull and Bones)
Lowest ratio: 1.00
Mainland Pirate (Skull and Bones)
