Sea of Thieves lets you captain your pirate ship solo — but at a cost

Pirates seem like a smelly group of people who are lacking in morals. They don’t seem like they would make a great friend. And Xbox One’s new high-seas adventure acknowledges that.

You don’t need to play Sea of Thieves with other people. Rare wants to give players the option to approach the connected world of pirates and ships however they want. If that means you want to strike out on your own, you can do that. So far, Microsoft and the development studio have only showed big battles between teams of players who work together to crew massive sailing vessels.