#Lego pirats of the caribbean license
#Lego pirats of the caribbean series

#Lego pirats of the caribbean series

I can only speak from my own experience of losing interest in the series a little after finding the lack of signposting in LEGO Batman a little too confusing. The experience here is all about enjoyment, and that's something that a lot of game devs would do well to keep in mind.ДЄbove: Don't worry about the resolution - on a 3DS screen and in 3D, this looks awesome It sounds like a cop-out, but let's face itвЂ¦ nobody likes falling off things in videogames. They want you to enjoy being as awesome as a pirate jumping across posts would be, so you can't fall off. Traveller's Tales believe that finding the poles is the the challenge - jumping across them should not be. For instance, when progress is blocked, the game requires quite a lot of exploration before a solution presents itself, such as a set of posts to jump between. The team has deliberately made control easier. You can also control animals as party members, like the dog from the jail cells, who can dig up items that Jack finds with his compass. I don't remember the films featuring pig riding, but the game is definitely all the better for it. Speaking of fun character movement, there are also opportunities to ride around on pigs. The team spent a lot of time making sure that simply moving the characters around was fun, because if just controlling a character is fun in itself, thenthe rest of the gameshould follow on.ДЄbove: Hooray for Captain Jack! Those plastic limbs bend subtly to allow more nuances of animation You wouldn't think that stiff, barely posable LEGO figures would afford any kind of emotional connection, but they do.Look - there goes Jack SparrвЂ¦ sorry, Captain Jack Sparrow, mincing around with his hands up around his shoulders in perfect character. I don't think it was meant to happen that way, but it became a bit of a recurring theme during the presentation. There are actually quite a few instances of carrots being added to the script.

#Lego pirats of the caribbean license

Sure, they echo moments from the movies, but a lot of artistic license has been taken to make the tongue-in-cheek even more daft. The original Star Wars entry had superb cut-scenes (seeing Luke's hand go haywire and jump around the room is a scene we'll never forget) and that tradition is continued in fine form. TT argue that the creativity is in exploring the world and solving the puzzles, but this is one area that could be improved. Sadly, the custom level builder from LEGO Indiana Jones is still absent after its non-show in LEGO Harry Potter.