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Graphics stink and so do the controls

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 11, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Don't waste your money. Buy this used. I was so fed up with the crappy controls on this game, I just stopped playing it and went back to GTA4 and COD4.

Movie Game 'nough Said

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

It's a typical movie game here the developer spent all there time trying to match the movie, and not creating good gameplay. You have like two attack moves and that's it. so have fun pushing one button the whole game.

A Really Awesome Game...Really!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I would have been the first to be critical of a movie-based game, but I've got to say that "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" is all kinds of fun.

The gameplay is unique and captivating. Mostly you play Jack Sparrow, but occasionally you'll come across scenarios where you may become the other characters as well (unless you're satisfied with their programmatic behavior) by cycling through characters with the left control pad and taking control of that character - you keep your eye on how they're all doing healthwise and if someone looks like they're wearing out, you want to switch to them, earn a special move then use it in hopes of more health shooting out of your fallen opponent.

The levels are very well done - the rainy surfaces are great. The characters are fantastic. The musical score is great. Sound effects are excellent. The "puzzles" that you come across can be easily figured out if your paying attention, but they're not so hard that you would get to a point of not wanting to bother with it anymore - the game remains comfortably enjoyable.

There's plenty of variety in scenery, special moves, hidden treasures and characters to battle with. The sword battles are a nice challenge and there are certain bonus battle features that pop up on occasion.

Characters are large and well detailed...many different ones may occupy the screen at any given moment, giving a nice, somewhat "epic" feel. I really enjoyed defending the ship as enemies make their way on board. I enjoy the firing of cannons, the knife throwing, the grenade lobbing, taking souls with the "Jackanized" sword, walking across beams using sixaxis to stay balanced, and I especially enjoyed scaling the walls and cliffsides.

There are all sorts of fun things about this game and I've played it beginning to end. You can choose "extras" at the main menu if you want to go back and earn a better ranking on any of the levels you've already completed, or if you'd like to unlock one of the special treasure chests that you may have missed the first time around - these open up cool "special features" such as artwork, character meshes, music and much more that you can also explore on the "extras" menu.

This is an awesome game! It's a bit more violent than the films, though. The graphics - although not in the highest possible resolution - are truly incredible. They're lifelike in a video game kind of way - not the highest resolution, but high resolution enough and there are plenty of outstanding special effects, too!

I highly recommend this game, especially now that it's dropped down to $40! It is worth it and could stand on its own as a game without the movie tie-in...but it is a movie game, so enjoy it anyway! I loved it!

About what you'd expect from a movie based game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 31, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Every once in a while a video game based on a movie comes out and it turns out to be a great game. But most of the time movie based games are full of generic and uninteresting gameplay and seem to do little more than plug the movie they're based upon. This is one of those games, pretty standard fare and just like the myriad of movie games you've played before, only this time it's Johnny Depp's likeness and not that of some other Hollywood heartthrob.

In the interest of fairness this game is not a total waste, though it's close. The combat is amusing for a minute or two, mostly because Jack (that's who you begin the game as) has some pretty cool animated counterattacks. But it gets tedious fast, and pretty soon you're just mashing buttons in between yawns as you fend off another generic group of enemies.

This game does have a 2 player co op mode, but from what I can tell you can only play a mission in co op if you've already completed it alone (this may change later in the game). Pirates also features a system of dueling, which is as dull as the regular combat option. I've only played the PS3 version of this game, but I assume the game was made to play on previous generation consoles like the PS2 and then just released as is on the PS3 as well, because the graphics, while not bad, just don't seem worthy of the Playstation 3.

In short, At World's End is just another generic video game based on a movie. If you're really a Pirates fan I guess you could rent it--I doubt the game would hold your interest longer than the rental period anyway.

Standard "It's a Movie and Now a Video Game!"

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: July 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

There are two to three games that I will buy without having played every year. Pirates is not one of them.

I cannot stress the importance of renting enough to my fellow gamers out there. But for those of you that take the plunge and pick up this product, may your short-lived enjoyment serve as a reminder.

The graphics are mediocre for a game on a system like the PS3. There's a buncha horses under that hood and they certainly aren't being taxed by this. Gameplay itself is weak, uninteresting and repetitive. "Punch like this, swing your sword like that, jump like a goof by doing the other thing"...fun stuff if you're trading in your NES and stepping up, a regular yawner if you left Super Mario behind in the Eighties. Camera angles quickly become annoying, enemy AI is suspect at best, the dueling is...well...dull.

To give credit where credit is due, the cut scenes are nice. Umm...yeah, those cut scenes really can make a game worth ownin...no they can't.

There are going to be another two hundred games just like this one in the coming year. Games that have enormous potential and simply fail to deliver. If you love the movies and absolutely must play this game save yourself the sixty and just rent it...it will be one of the few you'll have returned well before the due date.

Excellent!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: June 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This Game Was one Of the best Games I have ever played! Not only do you play as Jack Sparrow, But a lot of other characters are available to play as too. There are cool duel-type things every once in a while in the game, which, even though they can be hard, they contribute to the game. If you are planning on buying this and have a PS3, buy it! You wont be disappointed!

Fun: 5/5
Music: 5/5
Interactivity: 5/5
Style: 5/5
Graphics: 5/5
Overall: 5/5

Fans of the POC movies will like this

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: June 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Graphics: Very good (still not sure what "Next-Gen" is supposed to be, but I don't think this is it). The scenery/environment is especially well done.

Gameplay: Good. Different puzzles to solve, things to find, skills to acquire. Nothing new here, though.

Music, sounds: Very good. This captures the Pirate motif.

Actually Good

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: May 31, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Pirates of the Caribbean is suprisingly good and better than your average movie game. You play as Jack, Will, and Elizabeth through different levels with swords, daggers, guns, and even bombs. The graphics are stunning with the PS3 graphics engine, and the environments fit the mood. You will have fun punching the bad guys and swashbuckling the bad pirates. The only things wrong with the game are that the controls are very awkward when you first begin to play. Also, the game has a weird camera even though you control it. Overall, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End is a fun game for PS3 owners and is a must have for fans of the movie.

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