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Critics Make Dead Man's Chest Walk the Plank |
Listed in: Reviews, Titles Tags: Disney, Flying Dutchman, Johnny Depp, Pirates, psp game reviews
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I guess not even Johnny Depp's charm can save Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest from harsh critiques of some gamers. Typically, games that have been adapted from the movies are of poor quality, appealing only to die hard fans of the films. It is rather unfortunate that this swashbuckler has fallen the same path.
Battle scenes were pretty much follows this order - speed attack, strength move and stun maneuver. And if you keep on doing that for hours on end, you'll just eventually get bored. Add to that the game's inconsistent framerate, it was not only distracting, but unsightly as well. Maybe, to break the battles' monotony, puzzles were inserted into the game. Although the intention was good, the sloppy controls made it impossible for players to accomplish the tasks with ease and ends up getting frustrated, not at the puzzle games, but with the controls.
One thing keeping this game afloat is its multiplayer option. Using one game disk, you and three other friends, can engage in an epic sea battle, much like in the movie. You can even take the helm of the legendary Black Pearl if you were able to unlock it single-player mode or take control of Davy Jones' Flying Dutchman.
Overall, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is a playable game but not enough to save it from walking the plank.
Via businessweek
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Wow, first time UMD's are seen in a movie. GJ Sony!
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returned it for warriors code, now thats way better.
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...but you start to play and are immediately unindated by the poor camera perspective and the overly tedious fighting... X X X X X then square, but if you don't hit square quickly, the power attack gets blocked and you more than likely get killed. It sucks! I played into this game about 15 minutes then gave up. Not a good representation of the movie in my oppinion.
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Cars for the PSP was surprisingly good (really fun and looked great, too).
What gives? How come so many movie games are just really bad and only a few rare ones shine?
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Yeah thats right!
Those idiotic people , they should've made me look more handsome!
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The name's suppose to be Jack Sparrow.... somehow it signed me in and overrided the username....
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And cause the game sucks then the entire thing has to walk the plank?
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