This game gives you a sandbox environment to have some great pirating adventures if you give it a chance, but it is not for gamers who need a very structured gaming environment all the time. The best description I have read and can provide is SoT is like being given a toy pirate as a kid, and you played with this toy pirate by creating by acting adventures either alone or with friends. You loved playing with this toy pirate, and only wished there was some way to make the adventures more real. That's what SoT CAN be if you let it. It provides an interactive play field where multiple "kids" get to play out this pirate fantasy in the same place with others doing the same thing simultaneously. For those who have realized this potential, SoT can be amazing. However, if you are someone who needs to have your game completely defined for you, telling you what to do all the time and have little interest in this type of sand box adventuring, this game will probably not make you happy. Word of warning even if you think you are ready to make SoT your personal adventure gaming environment... currently there are a very limited actual pre-created adventures provided in the game, and most of these basically require you to do similar things. You will be required to complete an egregious quantity of repetitive fetch quests that has ever been required in ANY video game to gain the sweet bounty needed to make your pirate the envy of the seas. If Rare does not keep adding some form of content to the game it will risk losing its fanbase quickly. Read reviews and forums before you buy the the game to make sure you understand what it is and what it isn't before you put your coin on the table to purchase the game. If you go in with a full understanding of what you will find in SoT, you mught just have some of the best gaming adventures you have ever had.