Lego: Pirates of the Caribbean Review
- Thread starter Susan Arendt
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I was hoping this game would be good 
. Do you know anything about the different versions? Not sure whether to get this on DS or a console.
And reviewing another Lego game Susan? Shame on you for hogging them so.
. Do you know anything about the different versions? Not sure whether to get this on DS or a console.And reviewing another Lego game Susan? Shame on you for hogging them so
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Watched On Stranger Tides last night. It's amazing!
And I will definitely be picking this up once exams finish. Haven't played a lego game in a while, and I'll need something fun at that point.
And I will definitely be picking this up once exams finish. Haven't played a lego game in a while, and I'll need something fun at that point.
Nobody else actually ever wants to do them, believe it or not. So I luck out.Vault Citizen said:I was hoping this game would be good
And reviewing another Lego game Susan? Shame on you for hogging them so
Ah Susan, you Child-at-Heart, you.
But really? Pirates is good? After the atrocity that was Lego Star Wars III, I am surprised that the bar has been raised so significantly.
Although I guess it's because Lucasarts didn't touch it with their arm of eternal stagnation (Their last good game was Grim Fandango).
I loved the movies (I'm going to go see On Stranger Tides) so it will be good to see if it lives up to the humour in full.
But really? Pirates is good? After the atrocity that was Lego Star Wars III, I am surprised that the bar has been raised so significantly.
Although I guess it's because Lucasarts didn't touch it with their arm of eternal stagnation (Their last good game was Grim Fandango).
I loved the movies (I'm going to go see On Stranger Tides) so it will be good to see if it lives up to the humour in full.
No-one was more surprised than me, man. You couldn't force me to play more Lego Clone Wars - you can't stop me from playing more Lego Pirates.Boyninja616 said:
Yes, finally, the game based on the toy that's based on the movie that's based on the Disney ride that's now based on the movie that has a brand of toys that now has a game based on them.
The great thing about Pirates is it's a bit of a throw-back game for the series. Boss battles are back to the usual fare, instead of the overly complicated things in Indy 2 and Clone Wars. Vehicle bits are few and far between (don't know why the series has this obsession with making you run a timed race where half of it is toward the camera... where you can't see the checkpoint until you've missed it). And it looks like they assembled a greatest hits collection of character types. Diggers, jumpers, strong guys, even Dark Jedis (in a slightly different way) are here for mini-kit collecting fun. And the movies have lots of diverse locations, great action sequences, and funny moments to make the Lego treatment shine... although the middle two movies are on the incomprehensible side in Lego mime, but still fun to watch.Susan Arendt said:
Although I do find it odd that the original Lego Indiana Jones gets tossed in with the bad ones. I seem to recall Susan saying it was a buggy mess, but I played it on the PC and PS3 and can't remember anything but the mildest of glitches that all the games seem to share. Worst problem I had was a non-functioning co-op AI for a Red Mail Drop... always seems to be one place where I have to co-op with myself to get a collectible (happened in Harry Potter and Pirates as well). Mostly I found Lego Indy to be lots of fun, right up there with the original Star Wars games.
Played the demo yesterday and I had to pause the game because I couldn't stop laughing at how LEGO jack walks and runs. The developers did a great job bringing him to LEGO from.
I'll definitely try this game out if I ever get the chance. Might even get a Pirates LEGO set as well.
I'll definitely try this game out if I ever get the chance. Might even get a Pirates LEGO set as well.
So am I. I played it on two different platforms and it performed up to standard.direw0lf said:
Second one has the most amazing hub system. A bit of a pain to find the characters and power-ups you unlocked, but the four different hubs (one for each movie) was the best part of the game.Susan Arendt said:
The levels, on the other hand. They had moved all the collectibles to the hub, so levels had zero replay value. Story mode was extremely straight-forward, often only with about two screens worth of map (criminally short levels) and Free Play was some sort of challenge mode that required you go in the right character types... oh, and you had to find said character types in the huge hub. No handy menus to switch characters.
Worth checking out for the hub (seriously, best hub system in any Lego game) and I enjoyed seeing a different take on the story... but the levels and their Clone War style boss fights were just not up to standard.
Star Wars was pretty damn cool, and this looks good. Might have to pick it up, although most likely not until the price drops (poor student).
I do love the way they adapt the cutscenes.
I do love the way they adapt the cutscenes.
