Pirates of the Caribean

Dooey Jo · Post by **Dooey Jo** » 2003-09-26 06:00am

Has anyone played it?
Did it suck?

It thought it looked intresting on the cover but usually when I get that impression, the game sucks...

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2003-09-26 06:36am

The game sucks, short and simplistic I regret that I bought it.

The movie is far better.

Dooey Jo · Post by **Dooey Jo** » 2003-09-26 04:08pm

As I suspected then.

Unfortunately I haven't seen the movie yet. I like the way they translated the title into Swedish, though; from "Pirates of the Caribean" to "Svarta Pärlans Förbannelse" (Curse of the Black Pearl).

BTW, is the game based on the film or do they just share names?

Macross · Post by **Macross** » 2003-09-26 04:22pm

The game was originally Sea Dogs II, but they changed the name at the last minute to help capitalize on the movie.

Luke Starkiller · Post by **Luke Starkiller** » 2003-09-26 05:06pm

Dooey Jo wrote:As I suspected then.

Unfortunately I haven't seen the movie yet. I like the way they translated the title into Swedish, though; from "Pirates of the Caribean" to "Svarta Pärlans Förbannelse" (Curse of the Black Pearl).

BTW, is the game based on the film or do they just share names?

Well, the full title is Pirates of the Carribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl; so the translation actually does make sense.

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2003-09-26 05:38pm

the movie and soundtrack r0ck0rz

Graeme Dice · Post by **Graeme Dice** » 2003-09-27 03:48am

http://www.gamesdomain.co.uk/gdreview/z ... rates.html

Looks like it's not too bad.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-09-27 05:57am

The game isn't that bad. Though the controls take some getting used to.

Dooey Jo · Post by **Dooey Jo** » 2003-09-27 06:38am

Luke Starkiller wrote: Well, the full title is Pirates of the Carribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl; so the translation actually does make sense.

Well in that case they only translated half of the title. But they could've just left it alone IMO. They probably translated (half of) it because it's a Disney movie!

SPOOFE · Post by **SPOOFE** » 2003-09-28 05:31am

If you bought it expecting it to be Morrowind With Boats, you're gonna be disappointed. The land-based aspects, such as exploring or swordfighting, are pretty simplistic (fun, though simplistic).

The beauty of this game is the boating, which kicks so much ass it's amazing that they don't include it in every game. Hell, Doom 3 should randomly have a sea battle, for no reason, just for the cool factor. There are few things more satisfying than acquiring a fleet of Class 1 battleships and just absolutely bitch-whomping some bastard pirates that come after you, or, better yet, pouncing on some poor unsuspecting merchant fleet.

LordShaithis · Post by **LordShaithis** » 2003-09-29 01:22am

Pirates of the Carribean is Sea Dogs II, rushed to completion under a different title. It has nothing to do with the movie, except for the new name and some BS tacked onto the main quest.

Go find the original Sea Dogs. Graphics aren't quite as good, but you have pretty much all the same features + a much larger gameworld, since the original wasn't pushed out the door early.

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2003-09-30 10:15pm

It's pretty sad that we haven't seen any good pirate games since the old Commodore 64 (and NES) 'Pirates!'. That game kicked some major arse.