Pirates of the Caribbean (video game)
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| Developer(s) | Akella
<tr><th style="background-color: #ccccff;">Publisher(s)</th><td>Bethesda Softworks</td></tr> |
| Release date(s) | June 30, 2003 (PC US/EU)</br>July 1, 2003 (Xbox US)</br>September 5, 2003 (Xbox EU) |
| Genre(s) | Action RPG |
| Mode(s) | Single player
<tr><th style="background-color: #ccccff;">Rating(s)</th><td>ESRB: Teen |
| Platform(s) | Xbox, Windows, Mobile Phone |
Pirates of the Caribbean is a 2003 video game for Xbox and Windows, developed by Akella and published by Bethesda Softworks. A Sony PlayStation 2 version was also originally in development, but was later cancelled. An unrelated game under the same title was also released for mobile phones. It was developed by Flying Tiger Development and published through Walt Disney Internet Group on July 25, 2003, in the United States.
Pirates of the Caribbean is a action role-playing game in which the player, as Captain Nathaniel Hawk, goes on a series of quests for any one of the countries that control the islands of the Caribbean in the 17th Century. The player can buy new ships, recruit a crew and hire officers who will follow Hawk on his quest and help him in battle. The game features gameplay that takes place both on land and at sea, and allows the player to upgrade their character by earning skill points and gain new abilities.
The game was originally developed under the name Sea Dogs II, and was to be the sequel to Sea Dogs, which was released in the year 2000. Apart from the pirate theme, the setting and the presence of the Black Pearl, the game otherwise has few connections to the Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl film, which was released around the same time as the game. It also stars Keira Knightly as the narrator.
[edit] Plot
After a fierce storm, Captain Nathaniel Hawk arrives on the island of Oxbay. His first mate is retiring and he needs to spice things up a little. As he leaves Oxbay the French attack the colony and capture it. He manages to slip away and warn the English Governor on Redmond Island that Oxbay is attacked. He sends you to run several quests until you meet an old inventor who helps you find a treasure that could defeat the evil ghost ship, the Black Pearl!
[edit] The Black Pearl
Indeed, the Black Pearl is in this game but it is unknown if Barbossa is the captain (although when one looks at the code for the game, Barbossa is set as the ship's default captain). It does not attack you unless you attack it. Do not try to destroy it for it will not be destroyed. At night you see the Black Pearl's crew as skeletons. You only get to see the Black Pearl during the middle of the game and the end of the game. However, some people have claimed to have seen the Black Pearl at random points and in random areas in the game, such as arriving and departing from a harbor.
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