Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow

 PlayStation 2
Metascore
51

Mixed or average reviews - based on 32 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 20 out of 32
  3. Negative: 11 out of 32
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  1. Digital Entertainment News
    45
    If you loved the movies, you'll enjoy the game. The game itself won't do much to endear itself to people looking for solid gameplay.
  2. Eurogamer
    30
    Unfortunately, while the movie's version of piracy is a picturesque mixture of high-adventuring, quick-witted, swashbuckling derring-do, The Legend of Jack Sparrow is a weak mixture of low-brow, quick cash-in, button-bashing doggy-do.
  3. G4 TV
    40
    More open-ended environments, greater character customization, trickier puzzles, and smarter enemies would have all made for a memorable trip.
  5. Game Revolution
    33
    At least you won’t have to play this weak game for very long because it’s short, linear, and has no multiplayer. Even a drunken sailor knows what to do when faced with this kind of fool’s gold. Anybody got a plank?
  6. GamerFeed
    40
    The game has most of the necessary ingredients for success, but Bethesda and 7 Studios managed to produce a lackluster hack-and-slash adventure title that features woefully linear level design, mediocre voice acting, and tired swashbuckling.
  7. GameShark
    42
    If you strip away the license and the voice acting what's left is a short, uninspired, linear action adventure game that has awkward execution.
  8. Play Magazine
    40
    Mundane battle exercises. [Aug 2006, p.64]
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  9. Play UK
    43
    Pirates was a children's movie that appealed to adults, whereas this will appeal to no-one. [Issue 143, p.93]
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  10. PSM3 Magazine UK
    47
    It's just relentless button mashing with no variation. [Oct 2006, p.86]
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  11. The A.V. Club
    42
    The backdrops match the film's hazy, eerie tone, and the story—a "tall tale" retelling of the events of the first film—is clever, although Johnny Depp never sounds that excited about telling it.
  12. Thunderbolt
    40
    The exact opposite of the film series. While the movies feature lavish visual effects, the game does not thanks to a poor frame rate and second-rate animations. Although the movies have impressive action and swashbuckling swordplay, the game is burdened with a clunky fighting system that rarely delivers thrills.

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7.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 23 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 23
  3. Negative: 5 out of 23
  1. sparrowuckdude
    Oct 4, 2018
    10
    just awesome totally worth buying and the graphics are also pretty good great
  2. Alisha
    Aug 3, 2007
    10
    Great graphics, fun gameplay, and AMAZING story! Very enjoyable. Worth buying.
  3. Idea
    May 18, 2007
    2
    Bad graphics, dull gameplay, and boring story
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