The pirate game to beat all pirate games, Windrose, is coming out into early access a lot sooner than I had anticipated, allowing us to sail the high seas as of April 14. That means we’re just a few days away from getting stranded on islands, discovering strange creatures, looting, shooting, and pirating our way across the West Indies.
That was confirmed by the developers themselves in a new early access trailer on YouTube. The game will finally let us go beyond the limited demo, even if it was a massive demo indeed, letting us truly embrace the pirate within. I loved what the demo had to show, and it seems Windrose‘s early access program is going to be just as surprisingly packed with content as its free-to-play limited version was.
Compared to the demo, it seems the graphics were improved, there are a lot more outfits to wear, enemies to chop down or shoot at, and buildings to erect above azure shores. Every aspect of the game seems bigger and better, which is incredible considering it’s been just a blink since we first encountered the demo that itself saw the game wishlisted by over a million people.
April 14 falls next Tuesday, and while it is a weekday, you’d better get your crew and first mate, as the sea never rests and everlasting winds blow toward the West, eagerly awaiting to hit your board and sails to take you into new adventures.
And the music is awesome, too, I just hope we’ll get to hear a lot more of it by the time the early access launches (or within the game itself). Either way, time to put Ye Banished Privateers on 24/7 repeat until the game comes out.
