Most of your time is spent either fighting, platforming or puzzle solving. While the last LEGO game, LEGO Star Wars: The Clone Wars, introduced an RTS element and a few other gameplay ideas, Pirates is a far more traditional LEGO experience. His swagger has been perfectly captured and translated into a plastic minifigure, and while he walks his arms flair in that slightly loose way that makes the Jack Sparrow character such a hit. The cuteness and charm of watching little plastic people try to mime idea’s certainly hasn’t faded yet, and there’s plenty of nods to the films hidden away in cutscenes and the game itself to keep fans happy.Ĭutscenes are all very well, but the gameplay in between those funny moments has to be up to par and Pirates doesn’t disappoint, however it also doesn’t change much. Classic moments from the films are relieved through great cutscenes injected with that fabled LEGO humour, and the fact they’ve captured the movements and mannerisms of Jack so well helps to add to the experience.

Like previous LEGO games the story simply doesn’t make much sense, but that’s because the game is aimed at fans of the films who already know the storyline, and can therefore focus on the hilarious antics of the LEGO characters. LEGO Pirates tells the truncated tale of Jack Sparrow and friends, following the events of all four films to do so.

There is just one day left as I write this until the launch of the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean movie, On Stranger Tides, and it’s fair to say that I’m a little excited, so what better way to celebrate than to play the newest LEGO game which encompasses all four films! Wait, didn’t we have a LEGO game just a month or two ago?

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