12DOVE Verdict
Pros
- +
If you liked the first one...
- +
Jolly for the first level
- +
Multiplayer adds a little spice
Cons
- -
Nothing-special visuals
- -
Ships slide all over
- -
Tired story
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This is the follow-up to lacklustre WiiWare title Pirates: The Key of Dreams. This is essentially the same game, about which we have the same opinion. So, “take charge of a pirate ship... it’s a life of navigating angular waterways populated by fleets of enemy vessels, which you destroy either with standard broadsides or finite bow-fired weapons... it’s all quite jolly for the first level but once you’ve progressed a bit further you realize how little variety there is... multiplayer free-for-alls add a little spice to the formula, but overall this is a yo-ho-no.”
Did we really say “yo-ho-no”? Ha! How funny we are. Anyway, we gave the original a 4. Which sounds about right.
Oct 16, 2008
More info
| Genre | Adventure |
| Description | A lackluster WiiWare game goes to the DS and it is still crummy. Who would've guessed? |
| Platform | DS |
| US censor rating | Everyone |
| UK censor rating | 3+ |
| Release date | 14 May 2009 (US), 19 September 2008 (UK) |
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