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I recently reviewed LEGO Batman: The Videogame, and gave it a pretty positive score. Now, I will warn you, that I am actually reviewing this game because it will have a negative score (so you can see I don't like everything LEGO/TT throw at me).

Value for Money

I paid $20 for the Batman game, as it was on sale, but I paid the full $50 for this game. I am disappointed with the price. I would of rather paid vice versa between the two games. Why? Read on…

Instruction Manual/Packaging

The artwork on the front is interesting, but it seems to pro-On Stranger Tides, which to me is a bit boring. The manual is horrible. It is only a page or two long literally, but don't worry, if you need more info, there is an ad for Disney.com where you can read more of the manual. I thought I paid for your product already, do I really have to go to your website?

Playability/Replay Value

I'll say that the puzzles are more challenging. That's it, that's pretty much all I have to say about that gameplay that's positive. Well, we do have bigger minifigure groups, and I do like that. The abilities are boring, they've all been done before in either Review:LEGO Batman: The Videogame or LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures. The only new abilites are Jack Sparrow's compass and Blackbeard's magic sword (and even that is similar to the Dark Force/Magic from the Star Wars and Harry Potter games). The game is glitched horribly, and after owning it for only two days, it started to crash. I do not look forward to replaying it.

Characters

Again, only two new abilites, nothing exciting. It also gets a little boring because quite a few of the characters wear similar colours, and with the exceptions of Jack, Hector Barbossa, Elizabeth Swann, Admiral James Norrington, and Angelica, no characters have any variations. There was a simlar problem in Batman, where only The Joker and [Catwoman]] had any real variations (outside of the Super Suits), but most of the characters were all so colorful and fun, that it wasn't a problem.

Graphics

In my Batman review I said that I don't really care what the graphics are like, and even though I think that the minifigures are too bright, I won't take points off for that. I will take points off for it repeatedly crashing after I had only owned it for two days.

Final Thoughts

I'll have to say that I am not a fan of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, but that doesn't have anything to do with my thoughts of the game. I'm not an Indiana Jones fan either, but I liked LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (its sequel is a different story though).

I'd say skip it and keep your money, unless you are a die-hard Pirates of the Caribbean fan or a LEGO video game collector, where I would say get it for $20 when it's marked down, which should be soon, as LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 just came out.

Note: I played this game on the Wii. It may not have similar problems on other consoles and I should say that console games are normally extremely different than DS games.

Value for Money:
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Instruction Manual/Packaging:
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Playability/Replay Value:
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Characters:
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Graphics:
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Overall:
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