Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (PS2)

For most Pirates of the Caribbean fans it was disappointing that the second movie didn’t have a companion game on consoles. However the creators (Disney) are making up for the huge losses in revenue and support from fans with ‘Pirates of the Caribbean 3’. The game includes the storylines from both the second and third movie installments.
The game outstandingly captures both the humorous and looks of the actual movies but fails in other areas. ...
...film as this is a game review but the main characters are Captain Jack Sparrow (Jonny Depp), Elizabeth (Keira Knightley) and Will (Orlando Bloom). I’ve seen all three films and even played the first PotC game but does the final game enhance the Pirate feeling??

Throughout the majority of the game you’ll play as Captain Jack Sparrow, but at some stage you’ll also get to play with Elizabeth and Will plus a few other characters. You’ll ... more

For most Pirates of the Caribbean fans it was disappointing that the second movie didn’t have a companion game on consoles. However the creators (Disney) are making up for the huge losses in revenue and support from fans with ‘Pirates of the Caribbean 3’. The game includes the storylines from both the second and third movie installments.
The game outstandingly captures both the humorous and looks of the actual movies but fails in other areas. I’m not going to go into depth about the film as this is a game review but the main characters are Captain Jack Sparrow (Jonny Depp), Elizabeth (Keira Knightley) and Will (Orlando Bloom). I’ve seen all three films and even played the first PotC game but does the final game enhance the Pirate feeling??

Throughout the majority of the game you’ll play as Captain Jack Sparrow, but at some stage you’ll also get to play with Elizabeth and Will plus a few other characters. You’ll battle your way through each level coming from Tortuga to Singapore – Sound Exciting? Well its really not. You have the variety of many attacks including light and heavy attacks, close and far range attacks in which you will perform combos by stringing each different attack together. The game miserably fails to match the films action sequences and the combat can become really boring, you constantly find yourself sticking to the same combo or just bashing one button. As you progress you’ll pick up new combos; however they don’t look like developments from the earlier combos. In addition to this there not much effective either. There are handfuls of weapons available including swords (obviously), guns, grenades and knives which are available for you to use at some stage in the game. I was very disappointed when I had the whole inventory of weapons, the most effective weapon was my sword, you can’t expect anything more than an explosion from a grenade but the guns and knives were hard to aim.
Disney shows itself off on advertisements as being magical, and I don’t disagree but the enemies in the game appear from thin air as if a Disney creator waved his magic wand and poof!!....There are enemies everywhere. Not to worry, just wear some more of the paint down on your control pad.

The first half of the game follows the events which occurred in the second movie (Dead Mans Chest) where you have to recover the heart of ‘Davey Jones’ to evade becoming a associate of his crew. This ultimately leads to an encounter with the Kraken. The other half of the game sees Sparrow join forces with some of his previous enemies in an attempt to recover Davey Jones’ heart once and for all. If you’ve seen the second movie don’t expect the game to refresh your memory as it’s quite difficult to follow. Recognisable scenes are included but the game offers more stuff to do than what is in the movies.

The game does offer solid audio and the sound-alikes do an exceptional job in leading us to believe that they are in fact the real deal. The game also includes the movie soundtrack which tends to fade in and out depending on what situation you’re in. On the other hand you’ll get sick of hearing your enemies yell the same stuff when they charge at you.

In conclusion, the creators have stuck to the by the book approach. Sure you get to play as the characters and you’ll get to explore the different destinations that appear in the movies. However the creators have approached the matter all wrong! It feels as if they were scared to take risks and show there true potential and imagination. Picture this…..Your a cool character in a game, in the middle of an exotic but dangerous place, and all you do is run round in circles doing the same thing over and over again. I certainly wouldn’t recommend this game to anyone interested, especially fans of the movies. 

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