I expected little from this game after the development hell over many years and bad marketing from Ubisoft.
Well, I have to report I am 70hrs played so far on Xbox and I am loving this game. Forgive the pun but there is oceans of content. I am very much in the endgame now with a ship I am proud of and I am still enjoying the game and looking forward to Season 1 launching in a few days.
Don't let other people who have absolutely zero experience of this game put you off.