I’m talking about things like:

most realistic physics most aesthetically pleasing sea most fun to play most immersive (pun intended (I’ll sea myself out)) most activities available at sea most variety of sea going vessels

Games with impressive seas that I’ve played so far:

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Triremes and heaving seas) Just Cause 3 (Sparkling blue mediterranean seas) Sea of Thieves (Monsters and pirates) Sailwind (Gentle seas and actual sailing mechanics) Silent Depth 2 Pacific (Sneaky WW2 subs) Cold Waters (Sneaky modern subs) Uboat (Beautiful WW2 seas, rare shooting opportunities) Subnautica (Thalassophobia and crafting)

I’ve also noticed that Ships at Sea has just gone on sale. If you’ve played it recently was it any good?

    • Dragomus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      5 days ago

      Sea Of Thieves has amazing ocean effects. The fog sometimes also is very atmospheric with how it seems to occlude sounds etc.

    • simple@lemm.eeEnglish
      7·
      5 days ago

      Same, it’s a lot of fun with friends. They also added peaceful servers where you can’t PvP a while back so you can fish in peace.

      Fair warning though: This game needs to be played with friends, it can be tedious with randoms that barely communicate and disconnect whenever they feel like it.

      • Novamdomum@fedia.ioOP
        21·
        5 days ago

        Ooh I didn’t know about the peaceful servers. Might have to revisit that soon :)

        • simple@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          5 days ago

          They HEAVILY reduce the amount of rewards you get though, so if you actually want gold then it’s not worth playing compared to PvP servers.

          • Zahille7@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            5 days ago

            But if you don’t want the hassle of dealing with other players and still want full rewards, you could do all your questing over in that volcanic biome on the map.

            At least back when I played that was the relatively safest area for me.