Pirates of the Carribean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow

Granted, the game does try to make pirating a fun activity. Usually mundane actions like opening a treasure chest or freeing a prisoner (don't ask) let you dabble in some light button-sequence action a la God of War. Even some boss battles step outside the box for a brief moment and challenge you to defeat your enemies in unorthodox ways. One boss, for example, stands beneath an enormous bell tower in Port Royale. While attacking him will do some minor damage, you can only defeat him by actually coaxing him in to attacking the supports around the tower. After a few misfires on his part, the tower comes crashing down on top of him. It's easy to see how moments like that fit well in to the swashbuckling style of the films, and while few and far between, they are pretty enjoyable.

If You Were Waiting For The Opportune Moment . . .
Visually Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow won't make you want to walk the plank, but crusty pirates on the high seas certainly do deserve better. Environments are fairly well rendered, and you'll be treated to a pretty diverse mix of environments and locales. Enemy character models are lacking, however, and you'll swear you're fighting the same looking enemy over and over again.

Johnny Depp has lent both his likeness and his voice to the game, so you'll be treated to his trademark dazed and confused bravado and one-liners. Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightly lent their likenesses to the game, but not their voices, which is a bit unfortunate. The voice actor who brings life to Will is actually pretty good, but poor Elizabeth's voice actor sounds like a British 'tween after a few hits of helium.

. . . That Was It.
The best thing Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow has going for it is its entertaining storyline. It's fun to follow along on the adventures of Jack Sparrow and see what sort of trouble he gets himself in to. What's not fun being forced in to taking part in the repetitive and uninspired gameplay in order to experience it. Johnny Depp adds a good deal of credibility to his role in the game (and the movies, for that matter), but as far as late-generation PS2 titles go, this one should walk the plank.

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