LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean

Lego Pirates of the Caribbean

What's more fun? Building miniature castles out of Lego bricks or smashing them to smithereens? What makes the Lego film tie-ins so wonderful is that you needn't choose. Like its predecessors, Lego Pirates of the Caribbean is at its best when you're either constructing items from vibrant plastic blocks or bashing them and collecting the little pips that go flying everywhere. Equally fun is the game's silly, wordless retelling of the Pirates of the Caribbean films, with cutscenes as sly and charming as Jack Sparrow himself. However, these joys are interspersed throughout a mundane, by-the-book adventure with little excitement or momentum. Easy-peasy puzzles make it simple to sleepwalk through the small environments, and the one-on-one sword duels scattered throughout drag the pace down from a mild stroll to a sluggish crawl. Lego Pirates of the Caribbean is a leisurely journey to pleasant but predictable shores that is mostly devoid of the treasures you might hope to find there. At least, its heart is in the right place. The game recounts the tales told by the Pirates of the Caribbean films, including the yet-unreleased fourth installment, with chunky Lego figures stepping in for the films' stars.