Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

PS2- I don't even have 1 anymore.?? on March 01, 2008

Disney InteractiveThe gameplay is broken into a handful of different parts, but none of them are all that stellar. The basic combat is just mashing the A and X buttons to swing your sword or punch until your enemies are dead. You also build up a little finishing move gauge as you fight that you can use to defeat tougher enemies. Occasionally, you’ll be in a fight with a couple of other friendly characters with you and you can switch control over to them with the D-pad. These sections are incredibly annoying because your AI partners don’t ever really fight back, so you have to constantly switch back and forth to make sure no one dies. When you aren’t fighting, you run around looking for hidden chests and items and climbing ropes and shimmying along ledges Prince of Persia-style. There are some puzzles here and there where you have to mix a pirate a drink or play some music on an organ, but they are pretty easy. The final gameplay element is one-on-one duels in the boss battles. Three dots on the screen light up to tell you where you need to defend by pushing either up, down, or backwards on the left analog stick. Combos are fast and furious and can have six or seven parts, so you have to pay attention and move the stick quickly to defend. Then it is your turn to attack by moving the left stick. Even though the basics are pretty simple, the duels are easily the best part of the game.
All in all, the gameplay can only be described as simple. And even though you have a few different playable characters, they all play exactly the same so it gets repetitive pretty quickly