https://www.gamespot.com/articles/sea-of-thieves-review-roundup-xbox-onepc/1100-6457721/

Microsoft's anticipated pirate game, Sea of Thieves, finally embarked on its maiden voyage last week, and it's one of the year's most important releases for Xbox One and PC. Not only is it the first new title from famed developer Rare in quite some time, it's the first game to launch simultaneously on Xbox Game Pass as part of Microsoft's new initiative to bring its first-party releases day and date to the service.

Sea of Thieves is also one of the most ambitious games of the year so far. It casts players in the role of an aspiring pirate and lets them live out the full pirate experience, sailing across the wide-open sea, working together with friends to locate hidden treasure, and even raiding other players' ships and pilfering their haul.