Nothing too flashy, but fun all the same.
User Rating: 8 | Pirates of the Caribbean PC
First of,, it would be appropriate to say that, if you're a fan of the theme, I whole-heartedly reccomend this game. Perhaps the best way to describe it would be that it complements Sid Meier's Pirates in a way that no game can. The gameplay allows you to immerse yourself in the world of buccaneering, experiencing first hand the battles and other aspects that books and films have always shown and this would be a deffinite plus. On the downside, I must say that the world is somewhat restrctive, having only a handfull of islands to visit, each the representative of the great colonial emires of the time. True enough, the map sailing perspective makes traveling between these islands somewhat time-consuming and having even more ground (or rather water) to cover would certainly put one off. The storyline is a two-bladed knife. It is both welcome and sometimes annoying. While a pirate game with a story and final game was hard to come by until this one, the story can prove rather restrictive at times. Other than that, all is well: the graphics aren't too flashy, but they can please the player's eye nonetheless, the character development part is quite well put together, even though it takes away the pleasure of creating your own appearance and naming and the sound is most excelent, even more so if you have a 5.1 system to enjoy it. On the whole, not a bad game at all, but those rough edges could use some smoothing.
