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This is a cool game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: July 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have played in first version of this game wich called Sea Dogs.
It was the greatest game about pirates and ships.
I think Sea Dogs 2 (or Pirates of the Carribean if you wish) will be the best game of this summer.
I advice it to all people who likes pirates, slaves and the sail age. It will be fun!!!

Frustratingly Difficult

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: July 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I was looking forward to this game for a long time. However, I found it to be annoyingly difficult. There is no level balance at all that I can see. You start out poor with poor equipment, which is fine except that everyone you run into can kill you in one swipe. Not to mention that it's hard to get money, but you have a lot of expenses. You might be tempted to say 'well that's life', well, this isn't life...it's a game. If I wanted life, I'd go to work for entertainment.

I couldn't find any way to scale the difficulty, nor did it seem was I able to adjust the sensitivity or flip the axis on any of the movement controls. I'm going to keep plugging away, because it does get easier as you figure it out, but the learning curve is very steep, much like a some of the football games.

I give this two stars only because it shows potential, if I can survive long enough to develope the character's skills to a point that the game is enjoyable. Naturally the instruction book that came with the game was abysmally general, and not very clear. It's sad that that's become the norm.

It's not Morrowind, but it will fulfill pirate expectations

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: July 03, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game yesterday and was so excited to have a pirate game created by the makers of Morrowind. I knew this game was open ended plot-wise, so I had high hopes that Pirates of the Caribbean (POTC) would be Morrowind on the open seas of the Atlantic.
I was wrong.
In the game you cannot interact with everything on the screen. Enter a room, and you can open a chest or cabinet if it's there, but don't think you can pick up some silverware off of a dining room table and sell it at the pawn shop.
You don't have a first person perspective in this game (except for when sailing).
I have a gripe about not being able to adjust all the keys on my keyboard to the arrangement I want in order to play this game. For instance, the space bar is a fixed action button.
The campy music for this game is terrible. I ended up muting it.
Lastly, the instruction booklet is nearly worthless, so pay close attention to the online tutorials. Skip them and you will be lost later.
However, the graphics are incredible! The plot possibilities are endless. And you get to perform ship to ship battles.
All in all, this is the most in-depth pirate game on the market, so if you are a pirate fan this game is for you (mostly because you will likely forgive any misgivings this game has currently). If you are looking for something like Morrowind... stick with Morrowind.

The Next Great RPG

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 37 / 39
Date: July 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

From the creators of Morrowind comes Pirates. The game was originally Sea Dogs II, but Disney bought out the game. However, the game is still awesome with great graphics, good sound, and a lot of fun installed into it. The game is similar to Morrowind, and heavily encourages exploring. You can trade, or buy, or sell. You can choose the attitude and qualities that your character will have, and the entire game is very open-ended. The combat is great, with the sea battles being especially exciting! The game plays as if you were a pirate, and the game unravels like a tale about, well, pirates and what they do. Overall, this game is great for open-ended fun and will provide a great gaming experience for a fan of Disney's ride, the movie, or pirates!

Belongs in Davy Jones locker!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: July 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Ok here is my beef, I own "Sea Dogs" and I also own "Morrowind" both which I thoroughly enjoyed. But after beating this "Non-Linear" game in only 4 days I can say this game is a huge bust. I must admit im not a huge rpg game fan but if it has something to do with leveling up in order to get bigger and better things such as ships I have got to have it. I find it hard to believe the creators of morrowind made this game, it looks great but underneath is a hideously awful game. It seems like every other person you run into for a job proposal is named Rooper, and the ending which I wont give away, is extremely disappointing. I will however say that to call this game "Non-linear" is an extreme hoax because once you've gotten so far there is no turning back, and right at the point where your thinking the fun is just beginning, the ending will be in its place, and all the time you've spent leveling up to finally capture the ship of your dreams will end up in an extremely watery grave leaving you with no since of fulfillment or enjoyment at all! Because once you get it you will lose it and there is nothing you can do about it but watch with horror from starboard as the credits role and the game ends. My biggest problem with this game is the ending, maybe I just ran into a streak of luck which allowed me to level up fast (I did not cheat) but even so to be forced to end the game after capturing a ship which cannot be bought and not even getting to take it for a test drive or anything is pretty awful. One of the things I loved about The original "Sea Dogs" and "Morrowind"(which I still haven't finished yet) was that you decided when the game would end, and it did not force it upon you. I seriously doubt I had even finished leveling my character up to a level anywhere near his maximum potential which dualy upsets me, But alas, this was a disney production so I guess it was only to be expected.

In short save your money if you like rpg's of an exploratory nature get into the morrowind series or if you have a ship upgrading addiction and need a game to satisfy this urge Buy the original "Sea Dogs" or if you already own that get "Freelancer" from Microsoft, just don't buy this game because you will end up with a huge disappointment. ...

Pretty good game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: July 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is pretty fun I have to say. Pretty open-ended, but I would have preferred for Bethesda to spend another month on the game and make it more Morrowind-style. What I mean by this is that it's pretty annoying to enter house after house and have doors locked all around you. It makes going into houses not even worth it.

For the people who say that this game is too difficult, I'm afraid I have to disagee. Perhaps they haven't learned to block and dodge (the latter of which is a necessity to learn in the mid-upper game due to the fact that the enemy's swords get high piercing abilities and can slash through your block easily).

Naval battles are also a lot of fun, though in the early game having a Lugger makes it impossible to duke it out with any ship, though your ship is fast so you can easily board bigger ships.

The level-up system is really nice I think. For each level you gain you get 2 skill points to level up various skills, and one ability point, which lets you get a special ability.

Now the bad parts. The game was rushed. It's very obvious. I still think incorporating PotC was a really bad move. All throughout the game there are spelling errors, spacing errors, and sometimes words are just downright missing! I expect Bethesda to jump on that immediately. Next is that the land battles start to get repetitive. There's nothing new about them. If I'm running to X town from X shore, or vice versa and I see people on the road, I immediately shoot them because I know they're going to be highwaymen.

There are also other things that bring down the quality of the game. I think another month or two in development would have made this a pirate-version of Morrowind, which would have made the game SO much better. Bethesda made a good game out of what could have been a terriffic game, which is sad.

Prepare to be Boarded.. Or is that bored?

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: July 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game seems to have a lot of great points, but also a lot of bad points.

The graphics are well done.. Characters and ships look nice, the storm effects are beautiful.. Land textures are well detailed and don't get boring. I remember seeing an ad that claimed sea-battles featured "Spectacular Explosions".. If a cannonball smashing a ship's hull resulting in a red and orange ball of "fire" to be displayed are spectacular, then the graphics are flawless!

The sound seems to be a problem for me. Any time spent in the "port" section of a city, or half the time while in a sea battle, the sound is garbled and slows down. The game runs at normal speed, but the sound (speech mostly) is slowed down dramatically. Contacting technical support proved to be pointless, so it's something I have to deal with. When the sound isn't garbled or slowing down, it's still not all that great. Every NPC says one thing in greeting when you speak with them, and most of the time it's nothing useful or even enjoyable.

Gameplay? This is probably where the game shines.. There are numerous quests in each city, or you can sail the seas, stealing pirate ships and selling them for profit. Battles and boarding are entertaining, and it can be fun to try and keep your worthless officers alive long enough to get past the enemy crew.

Now one big problem I have is the rushed feeling the game has. The text dialogue is full of spelling errors and spacing errors.. As well as apparently buggy quest scripts. Twice I had to deliver goods, I got it to the person I had to deliver to, and the script to turn it in never appeared. A couple of re-loads later and it worked fine. Also in one place I got someone to join my party, which opened a quest script, and when he died during boarding it never closed.. So now there's an open quest I can never complete.

After a couple of patches this game will definately have potential. I don't think it'll ever match Morrowind, but it's definately going to be good.

If you're looking forward to getting this game, I'd definately suggest waiting until it's been out for a couple months, and the bugs are ironed out. It will be MUCH more enjoyable at that point.

Fret not for there are peg legs for all!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 11
Date: July 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Salvation has arrived! To all of those who believe that this game is not worthy of any merit, you should swab the decks! It is incredibly sad that Disney had to come along and wreck the beautiful Sea Dogs 2 party, releasing a game that isn't finished - but all hope is not lost. The game is extremely buggy, but underneath all those bugs is *gasp* Sea Dogs 2. The game is still extremely fun to play, cruising around the Caribbean looting merchany ships and plundering the many isles in the expanse of sea. To say that this game is a waste of time would be unfounded, and the modders over in the original Sea Dogs forums have already made great strides in the improvement of the gameplay and other bugs, and in a couple more weeks, will have an outstanding game. Look in the forums at the original Sea Dogs website for more information. The mods have mainly fixed gameplay issues - such as replacing the shotty control system which you have no option of changing in game. So don't throw this one to Davey Jones' Locker - It will make you say Arrr to your hearts content.
C. Jack

It's no sid meyers pirates

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: July 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Beautiful graphics for ship sailing but tedious and not very interesting role-playing. I think the developers made a lot of questionable design decisions and there's not enough movie tie in - that's for sure. If you're waiting for a game that captures the adventure and thrill of being a pirate, Atari has announced the remake of Sid Meyers Pirates. This game is still -to this day even with all the flashy, first person shooters, etc. on the market, one of the greatest games of all time! So if you're selective about your pirate's games wait for sid meyers great pirates to come out, but if you can buy more then one pirate game then I'd say Pirates of the Caribbean is probably worth the money...or wait 6 months and get it on sale.

Worst game ever, period.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 8
Date: July 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The controls are terrible. Once you get used to them, you realize that the combat engine is terrible. The graphics are nice, but so what? This game just isn't fun.

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