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Be sure your PC has the min specs - this is picky software!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 10 / 11
Date: August 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Be careful when buying this product - it states that it runs on many Window's platforms, but actually works on very few. The video and sound card requirements are pretty hefty. I made the mistake of buying this software only to find out I can't run it, and my laptop is less than a year old. Plus, the trouble shooting information is minimal on both the software and the official website. I ended up having to contact technical support. It looks like a great game if you can run it.....

Beware of Bootleg copy put out by a UK company called UBI Soft Exclusive

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: July 08, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I have played Pirates of the Caribbean on Xbox, and I really enjoyed the game. But as you advanced to higher levels of play, the Xbox would lock up. So I was wanting to but the Bethesda's Pirates of the Caribbean PC version. Its is the same game. I recently purchase this NEW game from a 3rd party in Amazon.com. When I got the game, I was surprised by the cover, it had a different company name, of UBI Soft Exclusive in big letters along the botton of the packaging. The name is make to look like it matches a well known software company, yet in fact, its not the same company. Upon opening, and seeing the black and white labeling on the disk themselfs, that is identical, to the Bethesda game disks, except they are only in the colors of Black and White, where the original in in colors, I suspected I had been sold a Boot-leg game. As it turned out, it was a bad copy too. I am disapoited that the seller with a 100% rating, would sell a Boot-leged game. Beware of sellers.

Pirates of the Carribean

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 10
Date: September 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I found this game to be one of the most difficult, most poorly documented and least intuitive games I ever played.

You start off the game with a crewmember to lead you through the start of the game. From there, you continue on your own. There is no primer on how to sail a ship. There is a minimal trainer on sword fighting but little feedback on how you're doing so you can modify your actions.

After getting my ship sunk in a storm twice, getting sunk by random ships attacking me three times (including just showing up at my home port)and getting no feedback or instruction on how to survive those events or how to avoid them, I gave up and quit the game.

One of the worst.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 10 / 12
Date: August 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

As an extremely avid gamer, I normally say I have no problem throwing [money] away on a new game, even if it only holds my interest for a few weeks. With Pirates of the Caribbean, I definately did throw away [money] though, and I wish I could get it back.

I bought Pirates of The Caribbean after being addicted to Morrowind, another Bethesda game for months and months, expecting to see the same breathtaking graphics and flexibility of gameplay. While the graphics aren't bad, they are a little less than I expected, with things starting to look the same after you've visited a few islands. Some areas appear to just not be finished, with large green spots, bare of rocks or foliage or anything.

The gameplay is what really upset me. While your first sea battle is a blast, and your first few sword and pistol duels are pretty fun, after having to load an old game a dozen or so times because almost every opponent on the sea can quite easily destroy you, and getting stuck in a storm can easily be an end-game, it gets old.

The story line is so linear, you have none of the flexibility of Morrowind, or other recent RPG's.

The first day was horrible, with poor documentation and a high learning curve.
The second and third day were awesome, exploring the new opportunities of sea battle and new areas of the Caribbean.
The rest of that week, and all of this week, I've been frustrated and disappointed.
Pirates of the Caribbean is now sitting in a box in the hall.

What a waste of time and money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 10
Date: January 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is my first review - ever. But I felt a sense of duty to let everyone know if you didn't buy this game yet, DON'T. This game is a complete waste of time. Don't buy it. It's nothing at all like Seadogs. A lot of reviewers rave about the great graphics, and they are great when you can see them. But forget about doing anything at night or when it's raining, it's virtually impossible to see anything. All you do is walk around in almost total blackness bumping into everything. If it starts getting dark at all, you have to go to a tavern, if you can, and wait until morning. At least in Seadogs, the lanterns were lit. If you're in the jungle, or anywhere outside of town, you may as well reload the game from where you left off. And what the *$!) is with the storms at sea? You can't control the ship, you can't see, and you just sit there until you reload the game or your ship sinks. I loved Seadogs, and couldn't wait until this game came out, then finally got it this past Christmas. I spent over half the game time so far wandering around in the dark. What a letdown.

Just not fun.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: August 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

For starters, you can't easily control your character or your ships. There are times you'd like to save, but can't. The instructions are non-existant. The combat engine is a joke. Combat is supposed to be an important part of the game, but the action is the worst I've seen in years. Please don't buy this game. If we keep buying [weak] games like this, there will be no real incentive for developers to make decent products!

Big letdown

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 9
Date: December 31, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I'm not a big action gamer (obviously since my last game review was for Barbie Princess & the Pauper for my daughters) but sometimes I try something new. Pirates of the Caribbean looked interesting and, hey, I love Captain Jack, so why not? There was a lot of potential for this to be a very fun adventure, but it was only a big disappointment.

The manual is almost completely useless. I read it carefully and gained very little insight into how the game is played. There is an onscreen tutorial character, but he's almost as useless as the manual since all he does it take you on a three-stop tour of the first town and give some very non-helpful sword fighting lessons. He shows you where to buy supplies, get repairs, and hire a crew, but then you're on your own. The manual hinted at quests and deserted beaches on the islands where you could find treasure, but you have to figure it all out by yourself. There are lots of buildings with locked doors but not even a hint at what's behind them, or even how to find a key.

Maybe its my computer, but the other characters all fought faster than mine, even though I was pushing keys as quickly as I could. I died many, many times and it got very frustrating. The worst part though - and this is what earns the one star rating - is that there is absolutely NO tutorial or learning period for sailing the ship. None...zilch! I was still working to get the camera angle right and a pirate ship or a storm would swoop in and sink me, before I even got out of port. Ridiculous and very frustrating!

Thank goodness I previewed this from the library. I'd be very, very ticked if I'd wasted money on this game. I guess I'll go back to Barbie.

Bethesda's Folly

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: August 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game thinking that perhaps it was just a name change, that maybe it was still going to be sea dogs 2... but alas, the gameplay is horrible.. the AI is lacking.. and the speech trees are annoying.. My only hope is that perhaps by selling out with this game, bethesda will have made enough to make another great game in the elder scrolls series.... Don't purchase this title thinking it will be Morrowindesque, it's just not even close. Disney put the big stink on it.

BUYER BEWARE!!!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 9
Date: November 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I must say that this is one of the worst games I have played since Outpost. The manual is utterly useless. It has hardly any solid information about the controls or flow of the game. The controls are non-intuitive and sluggish. The game play is very poor and kluggy. This game is so bad, I thought there must be a patch for it. But I was wrong. I am playing this on a P4 H/T with a GB of RAM and a G-Force video card. Unless you enjoy disappointment, avoid this game at all cost.

Only looks good on the surface.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: June 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Pirates of the caribbean is a very good 'looking' game. It has some very attractive features.

Unfortunately it is SO sloppy it's not worth trying to get around the problems.

First, the manual is almost useless. There are aspects of game place that the manual doesn't even begin to describe. There are sections of the manual that are completely missing.

As others have mentioned, there are BUGS. Plenty of them. I've had characters that you had to interact with inhabiting the same physical space as other characters - making it impossible to interact with them.

I've also had outright crashes where the game just quits. Bethesda's support was quick and responsive - for the first couple days before they finally just gave up. Their solution? Start again. Well.. after starting again for the 3rd time I lost interrest.

There are other "Pirate" games out there.. Spend your money on one of those.

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