Pirates of the Caribbean at Worlds End Xbox 360 Review

STAFF REVIEW of Pirates of the Caribbean: At Earth's End (Xbox 360)

Ahoy Matteys! Ye be about to be enterin' the crude seas as ye exist battlin' nefarious pirates and sea creatures in a quest to save yer' scurvy soul. Ye will face enemies such as "colossal slimy Squid face", "White wig wearing colonialist", and "generic barnacle encrusted sea pirate". Sharpen ye sword, and prepare to walk the plank. Plenty Pirate talk though. While talking like a pirate sure can exist fun for awhile, just like this game it tends to go one-time and repetitive after you lot've heard all of the "ane liners". That is non to say "At World's End" (A.W.E.) is a bad game, but several mis-steps foreclose it from being an all fourth dimension pirate classic.

You play the office of nearly wanted and legendary movie pirate Captain Jack Sparrow played past Johnny Depp. You lot volition likewise get your chance to play as several other characters from the moving-picture show although the only real difference between them is visually likewise as a few special moves. Your travels take you across land and ocean, as well as several levels aboard the ?Black Pearl? pirate ship. While the game claims 11 levels, several of them take place on levels y'all?ve already played but with a unlike set of enemies. The main method of dispatching said enemies is via your trusty pirate sword. Swashbuckling fans rejoice because A.W.Eastward. has a lot of both Swash and buckling. And then much in fact that the gainsay tends to get a bit repetitive afterward awhile (hope you like pressing the A push button!). You have one main sword slash (A), a punch (X), and a grapple(Y). Combining these moves fills up a sword meter, later on which a special move can exist unleashed. Special moves are required to defeat one of the tougher to kill enemies who volition appear in and amid the myriad of generic and easy to dispatch peons y'all?ll face. The enemies you face keep spawning from magical enemy doors until you kill a sure number of them or defeat all the mini dominate characters. While A.W.E. is teen rated, the finishing blows are visually tearing and satisfying. Yous literally impale enemies on your sword or knock them down and stab right through their pirate physiques. Since there is no blood whatsoever, it?due south all good cartoony pirate fun. There is also a simplistic boss boxing style used for ane on one duels at the cease of some levels that involves either pressing up, down or forrad on your left stick in a back and along boxing of wits and piracy.

It?s non all about sword fighting though. Sparrow and friends as well have a wide variety of acrobatic moves at their disposal to navigate the environments. Moves such as shimmying along cliffs, climbing pirate?s masts, and balancing on beams offer a bit of diversity and puzzle solving. It helps break up the several long and drawn out sword battles but make sure non to fall into the sea or it?s back to the last checkpoint. Zilch always became too challenging, except a few instances where you need to alternate between decision-making 3 characters at once and the AI is pretty much brain dead and unable to defend iself.

A.Due west.E. follows the storyline of the last two films in the Pirates serial, but unless yous've seen both you?ll frequently discover yourself dislocated. You will be working together with an ally, and next thing you lot know you?ll end up having to fight them. The cut scenes endeavour to piece the levels together and while fun to scout, make little to no sense at conveying the story. Why are you in the scurvy pirate hamlet? Why are you saving Black Bart and going to Shanghai to invade a bathhouse? Good questions.

Incentive to go back and replay levels is offered in the grade of several cliché collect-a-thons. Each level has seven hidden items such every bit shells or bottles of rum. Additionally, there is a subconscious piece of parchment in each level, and collecting them all unlocks a special bonus (150 gamerscore likewise!). If you pay attention, the subconscious chests tend to be in obvious hiding spots such equally on up on clearly visible ledges, and behind apparently waiting to be opened doors. Diligent gamers who pay attending should exist able to get most of them on their first play through and score an easy 1000 gamer points.

I area where Pirates really shines is in the visual section. From the expressionless on wait of Jack Sparrow, to stunning water effects, this game dresses to print. They even managed to capture Sparrow's signature drunken walk and mannerisms. Captain Squid face (aka Davey Jones) and his crew look delectably slimy, as if they were pulled out from the lesser of a dark and dirty ocean. It actually is nice to see such loftier production values in a movie licensed game, and y'all tin tell the artists didn?t just phone this one in. This visual quality helps suck y'all into the Pirates globe, and at to the lowest degree for awhile helps you lot forget that y'all merely dispatched your 1000th enemy using the aforementioned techniques learned from the very showtime level.

Audio is a mixed bag. While the soundtrack is fairly well done, the trouble is that it tends to repeat a lot. The tunes are catchy though and if you find yourself humming along don?t feel as well bad. There is a lot of sword clanking and pirate talk too, only over again, lots of repetition.

Multiplayer is besides included but is limited to local console only. You can have role in one on one duels using the dominate battle minigame, or play in a serial of timed pirate battles. Team upwards cooperatively for a high score or exist competitive and effort to impale more than pirates than the other guy. It?southward limited in nature only fun for awhile. Besides bad the unabridged game can?t be played through in this divide screen fashion, as co-op e'er tends to add a little fun to long and repetitive single actor campaigns.

In this summer blockbuster movie flavor, nosotros are going to be seeing a lot of licensed titles hit the 360. Pirates offers some spattering of fun, only in the end might bore you. Fans of the Pirates films or those looking for something to proceed them busy over a weekend should give this a look. Ultimately, at that place isn?t enough meat here to keep yous playing for weeks on finish, only if you want something to show off your HDTV with non a lot of thinking involved, you are in for a treat. Non horrible at all, just likewise, naught aside from the visuals is compelling enough to warrant a higher score. This is definitely the right direction to take a motion-picture show licensed game, let?s just promise they tin can build on this and offer some gameplay innovations next time.

Suggestions:
There needs to be more multifariousness both in gainsay and the types of enemies you lot fight. The beginning few levels are actually enjoyable but by so finish you are left wanting something more. The game looks freaking astonishing though, so bonus pirate haul for that.

Overall: 6.half dozen / 10
Gameplay: five.4 / x
Visuals: 8.6 / 10
Sound: half-dozen.0 / 10

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