21.3.2013

Purchased for the kids (8 and 13) for Christmas 2012 they both and I love playing it. We have all got to 100% - that is we have achieved all the levels and found all the characters and mini-kits (ships in bottles). This took us about two months to complete including many hours played by me in the evenings on my `Slot'. So it is very good value for money.My son just loves going into it sometimes to play around in the port and have a few good sword/gun fights. He also loves the 20 ships that you can get in the port once you have found all the mini-kits in the chapters.The other Wii games are hardly getting a look in now we have this and another Lego game.There is lots of problem solving to do to get through the levels and earn mini-kits.My son whose 8 needs some help to figure things out but my daughter 13 takes pride in working it all out herself. Personally I can spend ages doing the wrong thing and then feel foolish I didn't see the actual solution quicker!The Lego characters have their own traits and we have had several funny moments in the house where the kids imitate the way the characters behave in the game. Having re-watched the films these traits can all be seen there.Tips for the beginner:1) You need to complete the first game which has several stages in order to see the full expanse of the game. This first game is in-fact the first chapter of 5 from the first film. Some reviewers have said they had to keep having to replay the same scene (the Blacksmiths). This is because they haven't completed this first chapter.2) Smash everything you can to get studs and often reveal an obscured item which you need.3) Use Jack Sparrow's compass in every arena and find all the things that are shown on it.4) Purchase red hats in the port area as these will help you earn treasure more quickly and do a host of other things. Spend your hard earned treasure wisely though!5) Once you have red hats make sure that you turn them on through Extras on the `+' menu whenever you start playing.6) If you drop something like a torch and it disappears go back to where you originally picked it up also check you haven't left it with another character!7) Women jump higher than men.8) As you get further into it more things open up in the port as you earn more gold bricks.9) There are loads of hints and tips on the `cheats' web sites but I managed to get through it all without their help though I caught my daughter on one once!10) Once you have seen the trailers to the chapters you can press `C' to skip them on subsequent visits. Many of them are very amusing so it is well worth watching them the first time.Still 5 stars but here are a few cons:1) The game has frozen a few times at frantic moments of play. Whilst being extremely annoying at the time it happens infrequently enough to be easily compensated for by the overall fun playing the game. I've seen this in Lego Clone Wars as well but not as frequently so far. You can reboot by holding the power button in for several seconds rather than having to switch off at the wall either way you lose everything since the last save icon was displayed.2) Characters can get stuck between objects this is normally solved by switching to another character or dropping that remote out. Assuming they aren't critical to completing the scene they release themselves to the next level when you move on.3) When playing on your own there are one or two scenes where it is very hard to complete without two remotes but it is normally possible. Normally when playing on your own the other characters follow you around and follow your lead of how to solve a problem. If they don't follow you make sure that they have the ability to do so if they don't switch and help them across or swap their character.4) The split screen with two players can be annoying but the benefit is that it can be fun working together to solve the levels and get treasure.5) Treasure goes mad once you have several red hat multipliers. We got into tens of billions which is impossible to spend! Lego Star Wars - The Clone Wars

9.6.2015

I have become quite addicted to the Lego video games, and my latest game is Lego Pirates of the Caribbean for Wii. It’s a fun addition to this video game franchise.In fact, if you are familiar with the franchise already, I’m going to make this short and sweet. It’s more of the same. If that sounds good to you, get the game. If you were hoping for something different, you’ll be disappointed. You get five levels for each of the four movies in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Other then a couple of small variations on the theme, you’ve seen it before.Looking for more detail? Keep reading.The Lego video game franchise takes popular movie franchises and recreates the movies using Lego characters and settings.This game features all four Pirates movies, and five levels for each movie, so all told there are 20 levels of play here. The first time you play through each level, you play in Story Mode, doing your best to get through that part of the story with the assigned characters. Once you’ve done that, you can start playing in Freeplay. In this mode, you can bring other characters who weren’t in that scene with you. You can also bring villains you’ve unlocked along. There are some areas you can only unlock and explore in Freeplay, so you'll definitely want to do that.Along with just completing the level, you have several missions. You need to collect Lego studs. Quite a few of them are sitting on the ground, but you can find more by building and/or destroying things. When you hit a certain threshold (different on every level) you reach “Real Pirate” status. The points from the studs you collect carry over, and you use them to unlock certain characters for Freeplay or helps that you’ve unlocked. You also need to collect 10 "bottles" in each level to complete a minikit.Really, it usually takes more than once through Story and Freeplay to unlock everything I need to from a level. That means you get lots of play time from this game.There are always at least two characters you can play on the screen at a time since this game is designed for one or two players. I’ve only played by myself, and it’s easy to switch between characters as you need to. In fact, they’ve added a wheel, so if there are multiple characters on the screen, you can choose which one in particular you want to play as. When enemies attack, the computer won’t defeat them, just keep them at bay. But if a puzzle requires two players to solve, the computer will do its part.When an enemy or something else kills you, you lose some of the studs you’ve collected. Even if you get down to zero, you can keep playing. This is one feature I like since there are no more frustrating parts of getting to a certain point and dying. As long as you keep moving forward, you will finish all of the level.The game uses the Wiimote and the Nunchuck controllers, and frankly everything becomes second nature after a little bit of game play. It does seem a bit more finicky about picking things up than other Lego games have been, but once you know that, it’s okay.Graphic? They won’t blow you away. This game is on the cartoony side of animation. The graphics are certainly good enough that you can tell what is happening and what you should be doing. But this is a Lego video game, and I wouldn’t expect anything realistic from a game with plastic characters as the main characters.The sound effects are good. They’ve got swords clashing and other fun things like that. And the background music includes the soundtracks from the films, so it’s great.The Lego games always have fun cut scenes taken from the film to bridge the various stages of the level. This one is no exception; however, I feel they overwhelm the game play at times. This is especially true of the opening, which takes a couple of minutes to recreate the first scene of the first movie. You can’t skip it but must watch every time you turn the game on.Still, Lego Pirates of the Caribbean for Wii is another fun installment. Fans of either franchise will have hours of enjoyment before them.

16.5.2011

As a happy owner of all current LEGO ____ games I preordered this one with months to go.More than happy that it arrived on the day of official release to say the least.First impressions when I turned it on was that the cutscenes were awfully pixellated. I was using a DSIxl at the time and even when in a smaller DS there's the same problem. - this comes from the game being made for larger platforms and scaling down as a personal thought.Then when gameplay began the graphics are different from past titles on the DS, this is something that is easy to overcome as the camera follows the player and the levels are huge.Yes, the levels are large, which makes up *almost* for only four levels per movie.

2.9.2011

Lego adds its touch to another popular film series. Its nicely focused, and a great addition to the series. But technical issues and glitches prevent it from being perfect.Many of the films scenes are recreated well, there's a great stage fighting on the rolling wheel from Dead Man's Chest; the madness of Davey Jones' locker is also captured well. The storyline is stripped down to the basics, which makes the middle films seem much less confusing. As expected for the Lego franchise, cut scenes are variations on moments from the films, with some very humorous touches.There are 20 main levels, 5 for each film, which can be accessed from a beautifully created hub area. There's a tavern,

16.7.2011

Precisely balanced platforming? Check. Plastic slapstick? Check. An almost upsetting quantity of collectibles? Check, check, check, check... You might fear that the Lego formula would be getting stale by now, but I've got some banana-throwing monkeys and a chap called Jack Sparrow that say different.Spanning all four Pirates films, this jumps from desert islands to towns full of swashbucklers swigging tea (an age-appropriate replacement of grog) bringing its cast along for the ride. Tiny Jack Sparrow is another Lego triumph, wobbling about on his little plastic legs, and cursed pirates Davy Jones and Barbossa make for great fun. As usual each character has a special skill - ladies can double jump,

18.5.2011

It seems a long time now since the first Lego Star Wars game heralded a new wave of amusing and very playable titles that appeal to a wide mix of gamers. The subsequent Lego releases and tweaks to the gameplay have been a mixed bag but this one is up there with the best.The basic mechanics are unchanged and as the blurb - rather pointlessly - points out, there are a host of new characters to unlock. The two-player co-op mode is as before and you can easily switch between players directly using a pop-up dial rather than having to be close enough to tag them. The puzzles have become more detailed though, often requiring several steps for completion using a wide variety of items including the novelty of Captain Jack's compass.

17.5.2016

I bought this game because I just love the challenge it provides. These computer games are not simply designed for children because mature adults like me can get just as much satisfaction and pleasure from them. I try hard to convince my wife that they are great to play but she find it hard to see the attraction. I find that they keep my mind sharp and encourage logical thinking and problem solving. The more challenging the problems are, the more satisfied you feel when you overcome them. These Lego games are so well designed because you gradually gather skills as you go through them and you are encouraged to continue when you get rewards along the way.

18.7.2012

As ever, the Lego collect-a-thon is a wealth of smashable things and collectible objects with fun- if basic- puzzles, platforming and fighting, held together by a colourful sense of fun. It's a format that appeals to the inner child or inner hoarder in all of us which is why the Lego games have had so many iterations. The thing is, each addition demands something new to set it apart from the other members of the Lego Stables, so what booty is this one laden with?Well, there's Jack's compass. As in the films, the compass points to whatever Jack desires so here it's used for...collecting items. Anyone signed up to a Lego game will be expecting collecting but with the compass out,

12.2.2012

Ahoy, me hearties! Yes, it's another Lego adventure and this time we're on the quest for treasure. The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise was a great choice for a Lego makeover and we join Jack Sparrow and his crew on a journey spanning the four films. There are 20 levels to complete, five per film, and you will find yourself roaming the towns, exploring ships and sword-fighting to your hearts content. The graphics of the game are brilliant and there's a huge variety of characters to enjoy in all their miniature glory including Will Turner, Captain Barbossa, mermaids, pirates and even a skeleton Jack who carries a cursed medallion. Each character is incredibly fun to play and has useful skills such as walking underwater,

15.5.2011

Pirates of the Caribbean is perfect for the LEGO Fix, iconic characters, locations and music! The game takes you through the 4 movies, each containing 5 levels, the level selection area is SO much more organized that LEGO Indiana Jones 2 and LEGO Harry Potter. The game is about 10 hours long, however if your going for all the collectibles and characters, the game length can triple. The graphics have gone a long way since LEGO Star Wars , considering it's LEGO, the lighting effects and environments are detailed and nice to look at. Coming into this game, don't expect anything unique added to the game, i do like the fact that it's a lot easier to stay on tight ledges, and the combat and sword fights are VERY in-depth.

16.5.2011

i have bought all the lego games so far except the star wars collection and out of indiana jones, indiana jones 2 and harry potter 1-4 this is the best so far, the game includes all 3 dvd movies and the fourth that has not even been released in the cinema yet, you can even play as Blackbeard. the menu where you choose the chapter you want to play is at a dock, i bought this game on thursday 12th may and it arrived on saturday 14th may i am now on the last movie (on stranger tides) but i will now have to go back into the last chapters to collect the mini kits and the compass items to get all the gold bricks which will probably take me the rest of the week if i play it non stop.

1.7.2011

I purchased this game recently as a present for my 4 year old son.My son had already played Lego Batman on the Wii, so I decided this would be a great treat since he loved Batman Lego. The game focuses on the 4 films, and you can move between films at your leisure. Each map represents one of the films, and you have 5 levels to play through to unlock that map.As a family we're still playing through this game, over 80 characters to unlock / purchase, and some puzzles on each level to keep you guessing. You'll find if you have young children that mum and dad will have to get involved as sometimes the levels need an adult mind to unlock, even then some parents will still be left scratching their head.Overall a fantastic game,

5.9.2011

Having played other Lego games like Harry Potter, Indiana Jones and Star Wars, I was looking forward to this POTC release. As others have said, it's great fun and you can spend hours playing through all four movies. The humour is not quite up to the standard of other games in the Lego series and some levels are certainly more challenging than the earlier games. There is however one really annoying problem. The game crashes occasionally; the screen freezes and the loud buzzing noise eminates from the Wii console. The only option is to pull the power cable out and put it back in again, thus losing all progress made on that level. It seems to happen more often on the last episode "on stranger tides",

1.8.2011

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.That's what they say, and so it is here with this game from the Lego series. Not all lego games have followed the same format, Harry Potter years 1-4 and Lego Battles are different. Whilst Harry Potter is good, the format used on Pirates of the Caribbean is by far the best. Pirates of the Caribbean shares exactly the same layout as Indiana Jones 1 & 2, Star Wars 1, 2 & 3 and Batman.Work your way through the films a level at a time, returning to each one again and again once more characters are unlocked. As with the other games, the Lego theme is very strong and the tongue in cheek approach is very good too. If you have played and enjoyed any other of the Lego games,

29.1.2013

Great game. Funny, engaging, and the mini puzzles/challenges really get the players thinking. For those who haven't read about the game, gameplay does require the nunchuck as well as the remote, so those not used to playing games this way (many kids will only have used only the remote if they mainly play Mario style platform games etc) may be in for a bit of a surprise whilst you get used to it, so for the first few days I controlled the remote whilst my boy used the nunchuck. This in itself was good fun though. Graphics aren't exactly mind blowing, but certainly good enough, and I don't think this was ever designed to be a rival to CoD or Crysis 2.

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