LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean (Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, Windows, PSP)
common sense media says
Explore all four movies' worlds, with unique LEGO humor.
parents & educators say
- 67% say it's educational
- 67% say there are positive role models
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean is a cartoony adventure game based on all four of the Disney Pirates of the Caribbean movies, including the most recent Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. While the game features a good deal of fighting, puzzle-solving and exploration are more key to gameplay than violence. And all the characters are depicted as LEGO toys, so a character "dying" is only seen as the toy figure breaking into its component pieces. Still, kids will have many chances to see LEGO characters get their plastic parts lopped off by swords. There is also a bit of very cartoony sexuality in the form of characters ogling one another in an over-the-top Looney Tunes fashion.
Educational value:
While intended as pure entertainment, there's a lot of strategy and puzzle-solving involved. Children's minds will definitely get a workout during play.
Positive role models:
While the heroes here may be pirates (who are always wanted by the authorities), they exhibit a great deal of bravery, loyalty, selflessness, and even nobility. Outside of their choice of profession, they make for pretty good role models.
Ease of play:
The controls work well and are easy enough to learn and understand. Some of the puzzles can be tricky to figure out, but nothing is too baffling for kids.
Violence:
LEGO toy pirates battle one another with swords, fists, and old-fashioned guns. Grunts and yowls can be heard during combat. In certain sequences, you'll use a crosshair to fire a cannon from a first-person perspective. There are minor explosions when bombs or dynamite are used to destroy obstacles (or in one case, a giant squid). Characters break up into LEGO pieces when defeated, though in the case of swordfighting, this can sometime look like dismemberment. Still, as they are cartoony toy people, the violence is never realistic. There is also some slapstick humor in the cinematic scenes, including a kick to the crotch. There is some spooky imagery, including skeletal ghost pirates.
Sex:
Male characters do some cartoony ogling of female characters (or characters they believe to be female, since there are some scenes of male pirates disguised as women). In one scene, the disguised male pirates (wearing dresses) wiggle their bottoms to distract their enemies.
Language:
Not applicable.
Consumerism:
The game is based on a LEGO toy line that is inspired by movie franchise, which is in turn, based upon a Disney theme park ride.
Drinking, drugs, & smoking:
During a cinematic scene, characters drink an unnamed beverage and act silly and careless afterwards.
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Based on 3 parent & educator reviews:
- 67% say it's educational
- 67% say there are positive role models
- 33% say there are positive messages
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WriterGirl1233
teen, 14 years old
teen, 14 years old
Age
Perfect for tweens
I played lego year harry potter and this one looks pretty cool.
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m.logan
teen, 14 years old
teen, 14 years old
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grounups need to know
it is good for ages 18 and above because very violent and scary for younger children but does not include sexual scenes also no bad speech
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kaelen
teen, 14 years old
teen, 14 years old
Age
news for the parents
I have this game myself and I think it is for ages 7 and above because there is a little bit of violence but it does not include any blood or sexual scenes which is a good thing for younger kids
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jakehomerun109
parent of 10 year old
parent of 10 year old
Age
very good
one of the best lego games.
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litobm
parent
parent
Age
A Jolly Roger Good Time!
The game play is challenging enough to keep the player's interest, but not so much that it becomes frustrating or confusing. The signature Lego humor is fun, but the cut-scenes make very little sense. My kids (10 & 6) hadn't seen the movies, but greatly enjoyed playing the game, even without understanding the storyline.
Anyone paying attention to the reviews AND the age recommendations will notice that I flagged this game as "on" for ages 8 & up, yet mentioned that one of my kids playing this is 6. I believe my 6 yo would've had a difficult time playing the game on her own, without the guidance of her big brother.
The only complaint I have is the game occasionally freezes up, forcing me to shut down the PS3 console. I haven't run into this issue with any of the other Lego titles we've played, but we don't have the most recent titles other than P.O.T.C.
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kid, 12 years old
kid, 12 years old
Age
Was very quickly made and really shows.
This is noticibly one of the weakest lego games. (the worst being Indiana Jones 2)
Good
It has the normal Lego feel to the Disney Movies and they did a fine job of making some of the boring movie parts fun ( riding goats through Davy Jones Locker) And the graphics look like somebody sent their legos to a dry cleaner and it does make the movies more humorus than they normally are And in the UK the game came out before the movie which was great for them.
Bad
I said the game wasn't the best lego game. The quests are alot more complex than the others there are too many people on the screen at most points and sometimes they make you switch between them to solve puzzels why are they on the screen? Just let us switch between them insted of clamming in a tight spot. The gameplay is also very tedious and you will get bored unlike in the first 3 Also the 2p split screen can get very annoying when it is changing from one screen to two epecily when one is high and one is low which makes one drop out and come back in which also makes this game annoying it's still worth the money if you can find it cheaper than 39.99 but if you see it for $49 just don't get it
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otherscreenname
kid, 12 years old
kid, 12 years old
Age
Impressive, but at the end of the day, just another game.
Lots of swprdplay and scary sequences. Girls dress up as boys. Lots of kisses between characters. Lego is mixed in with the succesful Pirates of the Carribean saga. Characters drink and are drunk at many times along the storyline. The characters can be shown as bad role models, but no matter how many times they betray each other, they still come through to each other at the end of the day.
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Singing Wolf 156
teen, 16 years old
teen, 16 years old
Age
Words From the babysitter
I babysit and I let the kids play it and they enjoy they don't get the sexual references they just think its just silly and It's what Lego does they to that in all their games. But the one thing that kind of led me to sell the game is the drinks.. .I understand its pirate time period but children shouldn't be learning about that until they are older.
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