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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Comments by Kristan Reed

23 May, 2007

Kristan of North London: At Wit's End.

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ZuluHero
23/05/07 @ 13:05
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i enjoyed the demo on live. It even surprised me ;)
mcwildcard
23/05/07 @ 13:05
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Crap?
Who'd of thunk it?
Hugundo
23/05/07 @ 13:07
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Oh well.
The_Aardvark
23/05/07 @ 13:09
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5/10? Doesn't that make it about average? The review reads more like a 1/10.
ecureuil
23/05/07 @ 13:09
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The game of a movie is shit? You're fucking kidding me.
smoothpete
23/05/07 @ 13:09
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Missing an "s" after "17 time_"
souljacker2000
23/05/07 @ 13:11
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I cant believe it i was hoping for some good gaming from this... it looks very nice...
5/10 definitely seems more like a 1 but i suppose got better as it does look good...
At least i know not to waste my hard earned cash on this abomination
krudster [mod]
23/05/07 @ 13:13
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It's 3, not 5, it's been input incorrectly.
Mr_Brown
23/05/07 @ 13:13
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You know...some games you just know are going to be average. Make you wonder why people bother reviewing them really...
jellyhead
23/05/07 @ 13:13
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Why is there never any Rum?
;_;
Corben Dallas
23/05/07 @ 13:16
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Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of rum..........

Shiver me Timbers!

LOL *got in first
.......+demo plays pretty slick.......YYyyyyyarrrrrrrrrgghhhhhhhhh..
:D :p
peteb
23/05/07 @ 13:16
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cool, its now a 3

about right i'd say. no mention of the crap voice acting though.... from what i saw/heard in the demo the captain jack character (famed for his witty quips etc) is pretty much mute the whole time, even in cutscenes where you'd expect him to talk, or when fighting, giving a bit of guff to someone he's brawling with.

is the full game like this also? (im assuming yes, hence the 3)
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Sid Nice
23/05/07 @ 13:19
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Games like this should only come out on the Wii.
krudster [mod]
23/05/07 @ 13:19
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The voiceovers aren't terrible, but there's no real attempt to link together the plot elements, so anything they do say makes no sense unless you've seen the movies (which I did on monday, and sorry to say but it wasn't a patch on the first one...again.)

It just jumps between events in an incredibly jarring way. They'd have been far better off making a game inspired by the characters and events that actually made sense. As it is, it's just a disconnected series of battles, and the occasional duel.
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Socrates
23/05/07 @ 13:20
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Controlling the camera is in fact a minigame on its own in this game.
NewYork
23/05/07 @ 13:21
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Where's the thread from that guy who wanted more gay representation in games?
Xerx3s
23/05/07 @ 13:29
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I saw you playing this yesterday. :p

/hugs xbl friendslist/instantstalker
LOLLERS
23/05/07 @ 13:30
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"It's a bottom of the barrel exercise in cynical brand extension, and quite harrowing to play if you've got cells in your brain."

Thats my favourite sentence in this review.
Have_to_Speak_Up
23/05/07 @ 13:31
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Buy Sid Meier's Pirates! instead!

He's no Orlando Bloom but...
the_dudefather
23/05/07 @ 13:33
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looks like I'm stuck selling fine leather jackets for pirate based gameplay
korky
23/05/07 @ 13:34
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The industry defecates once more and the scat loving masses lap it up...

Next time you're in town, look out for the hordes of Little Britain (the game primarily but...) loving chavs and half term fearing parents / grandparents rushing out to ensure little Johnny is "entertained" next week - and of course to ensure this alleged pile of excrement makes it to the top of the ... pile for next week's charts.
MrWonderstuff
23/05/07 @ 13:40
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As the first poster said the demo was ok. I thought the animation and graphics were very well done. However it was a demo and the repetitive nature of the combat over a full game probably would prove wearisome.
G-Money
23/05/07 @ 13:40
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I appreciate that quality releases are thin on the ground at the moment, but i've got to question the value of this review given Eurogamers readership....

If parents want to avoid a blunder, any spotty counter clerk can point you in the opposite direction of this rubbish, but please, two pages of (clearly well thought out) writing given over to THIS.........



Dizzy
23/05/07 @ 13:40
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Will be number 1 next week! ;)
space ace
23/05/07 @ 13:42
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monkey island 2 was also made in less than one year...
karstux
23/05/07 @ 13:43
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I thoroughly enjoyed reading this review. A well-worded shredding if I ever saw one!

Too bad for the game, though. Wasn't the first PotC game rather good - you know, the rebranded Sea Dogs 2?
souljacker2000
23/05/07 @ 13:45
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/bends over drops pants

/ squats

/ splat

/ POTC drops to the floor
Max_Powers
23/05/07 @ 13:46
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"Games like this should only come out on the Wii. "

That made me laugh :)
presh
23/05/07 @ 13:52
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This isn't a game. It's an interactive trailer for the movie.
nickthegun
23/05/07 @ 13:56
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If you distill the review down to about 15 words, thats pretty much what i thought of the demo. With an additonal 'that doesnt sound anything like [character]'.

Still, better than last year, though, eh?
menage
23/05/07 @ 14:00
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Finally a review which doesn't think it's OK for a movie license. Abolute crap. The demo did nothing at al for me. Slow, rips everything from other games and does it worse.
Genji
23/05/07 @ 14:01
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This game is going to sell MILLIONS.
dr_faulk
23/05/07 @ 14:02
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I downloaded the demo. Shit.
citizenHUNTER
23/05/07 @ 14:06
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At least usually with these games the graphics are duff too, they spent the time doing something though clearly it wasn't honing the gameplay. Tis a shame no one will actually put any effort into making a GOOD GAME when they know it'll sell crap loads no matter how crap it plays. Grr.
krudster [mod]
23/05/07 @ 14:08
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I fear that one of the big downsides of this new generation of consoles is that even terrible games will often look fantastic. Hopefully that's where we come in...
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YogiTah
23/05/07 @ 14:10
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... buuhuuuuu it looked so pretty....
DrunKao
23/05/07 @ 14:15
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In other news: 4 users have no idea what they want.
SBfistfun
23/05/07 @ 14:16
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Most entertaining review in quite some time :)

"Pieces of hate" ftw!
IAmBatman
23/05/07 @ 14:22
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> got to question the value of this review given Eurogamers readership

But they didn't know it was a shit game until they played it. And once they've played it, they may as well write a review otherwise it's just a waste of time.
krudster [mod]
23/05/07 @ 14:29
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It's also the time of year. The supply of quality new releases has pretty much dried up, so stuff like this is top of the pile.
urban
23/05/07 @ 14:34
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so glad you realised how terrible this was..so so glad.
morriss
23/05/07 @ 14:36
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Film title in crap, SHOCKER!!
Garulon
23/05/07 @ 14:41
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The graphics are absolutely ace, but yes this is a very, very shit game. Once again we agree Eurogamer! Don't make this a habit!
Chtulie
23/05/07 @ 14:50
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It delivers less but scores a point higher then the last pirates game? What kind of message is that sending out?
cyber_nicco
23/05/07 @ 15:03
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Orlando Bloom has to be the least likeable actor that I can think of. Well no, actually, but he is extraordinarily bland and not very likeable - that's for sure...

Discuss!
Razzajazz
23/05/07 @ 15:20
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Are kids thick nowadays? Why do they ask for this stuff? When I was younger, I knew to avoid any game from THQ, especially on the SNES (James Bond Jr. and Ren & Stimpy come to mind), stay the hell away from anything by Titus (of Superman 64 infamy), and genrally treat anything tied into films with the comtempt it deserved. I knew what shitness was, even at a young age, so what's their excuse?!
Poorandugly
23/05/07 @ 15:21
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...but isn't the feeling of having the power of Jack Sparrow / Johnny Depp at your fingertips...fabulous??

/Isn't gay
Poorandugly
23/05/07 @ 15:23
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"I knew what shitness was, even at a young age, so what's their excuse?!"

One thing that comes to mind was that when I was young I had to bloody well save up my own money to get videogames. My parents sure as hell wasn't going to spend any of it on that "junk". So I made sure that whatever I got was pretty damn good.

A lot of kids today just point at something at a store and gets it. My sisters kids aren't like that, gladly. They are the minority though :/
krudster [mod]
23/05/07 @ 15:25
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Definitely a better game in all respects than last year's mockery of a sham, but still terrible. Therefore worth 3 instead of 2.

/no confusion.
sajtion
23/05/07 @ 15:25
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i don't agree with this review

whoever wrote this is smartass moron and asshole. demo was excellent and game will get probably 7-8 on other review websites
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