LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean

by Disney Interactive Studios

• Exploration - Players will explore familiar locations filled with interactive LEGO objects and encounter more than 70 new characters
• Combat - The LEGO Caribbean is full of danger! Intense sword fighting moves give the LEGO minifigure a brand new pirate flavor
• Puzzles - Players will need all their pirate cunning to find the hidden LEGO treasures and discover the game's many secrets
• Two-Player Co-op - Players can join a friend or family member in the same room for two-player drop-in/drop-out cooperative action
• Freeplay - Building a collection of characters throughout the game, players can then use their distinctive abilities to gain access

Product Details

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• ASIN: B003O6E7O2
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: May 10, 2011
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (109 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #732 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #25 in Video Games > Xbox 360 > Games > Adventure

Product Description

Platform: Xbox 360

From the Manufacturer

LEGO® Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game is an action adventure game that brings the Pirates of the Caribbean world and all its colorful characters to life in LEGO Brick form. Players will experience all the memorable scenes from the first three films, as well as those in the upcoming fourth film, "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides," in the humorous and quirky LEGO Video Games style. Product Features Exploration: Players will explore familiar locations filled with interactive LEGO Objects and encounter more than 70 memorable and new characters while making their way through more than 20 levels Combat: The LEGO Caribbean is full of danger! Intense sword fighting moves give the LEGO Minifigure a brand new pirate flavor Unforgettable Cut Scenes: Some of your favorite scenes from the Pirates of the Caribbean films are re-rendered with LEGO Minifigures, in the humorous style synonymous with LEGO Video Games Puzzles: Players will need all their pirate cunning to find the hidden LEGO Treasures and discover the game's many secrets Two-Player Co-op: Players can join a friend or family member in the same room for two-player "drop-in/drop-out" cooperative action Freeplay: Building a collection of characters throughout the game, players can then use their distinctive abilities to gain access to previously unavailable areas About Disney Interactive Studios Disney Interactive Studios, part of Disney Interactive Media Group, is the interactive entertainment affiliate of The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS). Disney Interactive Studios self publishes and distributes a broad portfolio of multi-platform video games and interactive entertainment worldwide. The company also licenses properties and works directly with other interactive game publishers to bring products for all ages to market. Disney Interactive Studios is based in Glendale, California, and has internal development studios around the world. For more information, log on to http://www.disneyinteractivestudios.com.

Product Description

Lego Pirates Of The Caribbean XB360 (XBOX 360)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

39 of 41 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Flawed Co-Op Mode Diminishes Gameplay Experience May 31, 2011

By J. Kennedy

Platform for Display:Xbox 360

Fun: 4.0 out of 5 stars   

I have no complaints about Lego Pirates of the Caribbean from a single player standpoint. The gameplay is great, the entertainment value is high, and the game's extensive extras makes for really high replay value. If playing on your own, this game is a great installment to the Lego video game series. BUT...

For myself and those I know who buy the Lego video games, the real draw is the multiplayer co-op mode. The Lego games have all stood up pretty well as single player games, but playing a game like this with someone who grew up with Legos and who also knows the source material adds so much more depth and fun to the experience.

Lego Harry Potter took the mutliplayer mode of these games and really flipped it on its head (in a good way) by going from the static screens of the previous Lego installments to what I like to call the "evolving split-screen." For those unfamiliar with this new type of split screen, the game allows both players to be on one screen when they are close together. As they separate, the screen splits, allowing for free exploration by both players where previous Lego installments forced the players to be somewhat tethered to one another.

This "evolving split screen" was implemented quite well in the Harry Potter installment of the Lego games. But this same feature exhibits huge flaws in the Pirates game. No small number of stages take place on or in confined spaces (pirate ships). The "evolving split screen" goes haywire in some cases, and in some instances where one player accidentally drops down a hole or climbs a set of stairs in an already confined environment, the split screen barely knows what to do. In some cases, it flips the screen so quickly and severely that it made me and the person I was playing with become dizzy....

When you finally make it out to a more open area, this issue resolves and gameplay returns to a satisfying norm.

One other flaw that has made the game less enjoyable than it could have been are the massive numbers of characters you seem to collect in a few of the stages. When playing other Lego games, you unlock a few characters here and there and buy all the rest for use in Free Play. In Pirates, though, a huge chunk of characters are unlocked in-game by helping them find or do something. Although this is fine in theory, you can end up collecting more characters than you know what to do with. This wouldn't be a problem except that they follow you around like puppy dogs and have caused more than a few deaths-by-falling when the platform or ledge I needed to reach was unreachable due to a cluster***k of playable characters exercising their drone AI.

Bottom Line: The game is great as a solo experience but what normally made the Lego games shine so brightly (co-op multiplayer) has pushed this game to the brink of unplayable. Fortunately, the open areas are frequent enough to give you a break from the head-turning, stomach-churning flaw of the "evolving split screen" in confined spaces. Solo grade: B+ Multiplayer grade: C- Read more ›

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Captain... Captain Jack Sparrow. May 11, 2011

By D. Dobson

Platform for Display:Xbox 360|Amazon Verified Purchase

Fun: 4.0 out of 5 stars   

Travelers Tales, this time teaming up with Disney, have delivered yet another great Lego themed game. Having owned every one, for the kids of course <wink>, back to the original Star Wars, this one falls right in the middle of the pack. There is nothing earth shatteringly different about the game, we have the now familiar (and cleverly executed) split screen, the multitude of characters, gorgeous graphics. The animation of Jack Sparrow is spot on, capturing perfectly Johnny Depp's portrayal of the scallywag ruffian perfectly, right down to the drunken walk. Characters have different abilities, the females continuing the trend of being able to jump better. The puzzle solving seems a bit easier than that of the Indiana Jones 2 game, the worlds a bit less congested. But then again, it's a different theme, a different world. Single player is fun, but it really shines with two player. While nowhere near completion, it's obvious the game will provided hours upon hours of replay value in free play mode as one gathers all the extra bonuses and loot.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great addition to the Lego franchise July 17, 2011

By Capcityadam

Platform for Display:Xbox 360|Amazon Verified Purchase

Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

While our favorite is definitely Lego Harry Potter years 1-4, Lego Pirates is definitely a strong 2nd. The game play is great (definitely recommend 2 players) and the controls are much better than some of the other Lego games. If you're a fan of the movies we would definitely recommend trying the game out just for pure fan-dom.

If you're new to the Lego video game franchise, we would recommend in this order:

1. Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4 (hands down the best of the franchise)
2. Lego Pirates of the Caribbean
3. Lego Star Wars III
4. Lego Star Wars the Complete Saga
5. Lego Indiana Jones
6. Lego Batman
7. Lego Indiana Jones 2 (terrible controls, terrible menus, don't waste your time)

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars so far, best lego game yet May 13, 2011

By Erik Guttormsen

Platform for Display:Xbox 360|Amazon Verified Purchase

Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

After a few days of owning the game it is easy to say that if you are a fan of lego games, this is a must own. If you are a Pirates series fan, this game is a must own. Don't wait, buy it now.

The controls are great, the visual and audio are great. The cutscenes take you back to the movies, although a little long, and they are great if you are a Pirates series fan. Plenty of sword fighting and the AI actually fights back which is fun. The compass system that Captain Jack uses to find items and treasure is innovative and fun and incorporates other characters and their abilities. After just the first few levels you already unlock characters with abilities that would allow you go back in free play and find a few more hidden items as opposed to the latest Lego games where you had to practically finish the game before you had any reason to go back in free play mode.

Overall a great game and worth the full price. It's so good I haven't even finished Lego Star Wars the Clone Wars yet but will now have to get through most of this one before I even have a desire to play anything else.

The game does include the new movie, so be warned that you could get some stuff spoiled. I may wait on those levels until after I see the movie, but with trailers the way they are nowadays, you probably won't see too much more than you have already seen in the commercials. But I think it's great so I don't have to buy a Lego Pirates version 2 in 6 months.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars 2nd-best LEGO game to date May 10, 2011

By Matt Murphy, Author of THE SOMEBODY OBSESSION: A NOBODY'S DESPERATE JOURNEY TO STARDOM

Platform for Display:Xbox 360|Amazon Verified Purchase

Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean was well worth the wait! Gameplay is a bit more challenging than some of the earlier LEGO games, but my five-year-old can still get through it with a little work. The cutscenes are hilarious. The split screen is a bit annoying at times, but it looks like that's the way all newer LEGO games are going to be. The price should come down on this in a few months just like the other LEGO games, but if you're a fan of Pirates of the Caribbean or LEGO games it's definitely worth the full price.