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The only real differences between the two, however, are that Jack throws explosive "grog bombs" and Will tosses hatchets - which also factor into their special attacks.
Basic action aside, all the elements of a good game are present: your attacks are varied and upgradeable, you can destroy or toss around chunks of scenery (usually to the detriment of your enemies) and the action moves fast.
The trouble is that Legend of Jack Sparrow doesn't do any of these things particularly well. And after a while, the action gets really repetitive and boring, as tough-but-dumb enemies keep swarming out in the same predictable patterns (swordsmen charge forward while gunners or archers hang back and shoot). Your computer-controlled sidekick is even worse, and is almost as likely to stand around staring at you or getting stuck on a wall as he is to actually fight. (But at least he can't ever be killed while the computer's in control.)
This stuff might be easier to overlook if the game didn't try to compensate by always making you restart a level once you've run out of lives - which your characters share, even in the two-player co-op mode. Did you use up your lives fighting a mid-level boss, only to be cut down by some puny lackey much later in the stage? Tough. Get ready to do the whole thing over again. And you'll have to re-watch all the cinemas, too.
- Burning
- Probably Jack Sparrow
- Number of lives remaining - shared by both characters
- Your life meter, which can only rarely be refilled
- Pirate dumb enough to stand on destructible platform
- Destructible platform
- Contrail from Will Turner's awesome throwing hatchet
- Orlando Bloom's face, sorta
More info
| Genre | Action |
| Description | The Legend of Jack Sparrow is bogged down by a host of flaws, but in the end, it's still a passably entertaining sword-brawler. |
| Franchise name | Pirates of the Caribbean |
| UK franchise name | Pirates of the Caribbean |
| Platform | "PS2","PC" |
| US censor rating | "Teen","Teen" |
| UK censor rating | "","" |
| Release date | 1 January 1970 (US), 1 January 1970 (UK) |
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