Pirates of the Caribbean
- June 16, 2003 10:31 AM PST
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The publisher of Morrowind teams with the publisher of Mickey Mouse to bring this summer?s blockbuster movie to the Xbox.
If these screens look familiar, it?s because they are. Once called Sea Dogs II, Bethesda?s pirate-centered RPG is now the official game of Disney?s blockbuster movie Pirates of the Caribbean. Of course, the game was pretty much done when they decided to make that deal, so aside from a few name changes and tweaks here and there, it?s pretty much the same game.Pirates has you adventuring on land and at sea, forging your own tale inspired by the plot of the movie. The game doesn?t tie you to the movie?s story, though; just like in Bethesda?s Morrowind, you can do anything you want, whether you long to be a rich trader, a noble navy captain, or a ruthless pirate.
An early build featured Pirates? land adventure and sea battles in their full glory, though it had yet to be tweaked for difficulty. The coolest thing on display in the demo had to be the ship combat, featuring some awesome boarding sequences in which you and your crew board an enemy ship and fight it out against the other ship?s crew. Win, and you can plunder the enemy ship or even take it as your own, placing one of your officers in charge of the new addition to your armada.
