When Pirates of the Caribbean: The Black Pearl was released in theaters in 2003, it became the highest-grossing movie of that year. The movie was made about four and a half times the budget. When the film became this successful, you knew two things would follow. More Pirates of the Caribbean sequels and video games based on those movies. Three years after Pirates of the Caribbean: The Black Pearl came out, the sequel Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest came out in theatres and three years later Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest came out on Game Boy Advance. Now the game has mostly negative reviews but was Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest really that bad?
There are two different types of levels. One is the levels that feature sidescrolling and platforming gameplay. These could be normal stages you must complete to get to the next or pillage a ship that lost a fight against you. While these levels are fun, the fights against boats are not. These are instigated when you are sailing to a different island and you touch a different boat or a different boat touches you. When the fight between you and another boat is initiated, you fire cannonballs at the opposing ship If the opposing boat is about to sink, you could finish them off with more cannonballs and sink the ship or board it to find treasure.
When you are in the docking bay, you can get supplies and buy upgrades for your ship. If there are more items that you can buy to replace your current equipment, you see how that equipment is better or worse depending on what you have. Any equipment that you don’t have equipped can be sold to earn more money for upgraded equipment.
Even on the normal difficulty, the game is pretty easy until you get to Isle Del Pagotos. You reach this island during the second hour of gameplay What makes the game so hard is there are no checkpoints. You die before you complete a level and you have to start from the beginning. You get to keep the gold you already collected while the treasure and weapons are still in the same place you found them before so you could get a lot of treasure if you happen to die a lot on the same level.
When you lose a ship battle or your crew revolts against you, you get transported back to the first level. The good news is once you complete that level, you pick up where you left off after a boat battle and you have resources for your crew.
I have no problems with the controls. The controls are responsive and easy to use. So there is nothing I would change about the controls.
Unfortunately, the game does not take time to explain the story. When you start a new game, it drops you into the first level. There are still images with text explaining the story as you go through the game but as far as understanding where the story starts, the game doesn’t provide that understanding for the player.
The graphics are alright for Game Boy Advance. The different islands look different and with the limitations of the Game Boy Advance, The music that played during the game was enjoyable to listen to.
So Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest on Game Boy Advance is fun although sailing could be boring or frustrating. The game is pretty easy until you get to Isle Del Pogastos. I have no problems with the controls. There is no mention of the story at the beginning of the game. The graphics are fine and I like the sound. So I give Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest on Game Boy Advance 8 out of 10. While there are a couple of things I didn’t like about this game, it’s one worth playing if you have a Game Boy Advance. If you have a Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS Lite, or the Game Boy player for your Gamecube, then I suggest you get this game.
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