

Jack Sparrow will also have a special ability to help with the progression of the game. Objects from the environment will prolong this experience, but undead characters will obviously be unaffected. Characters will now have to worry about maintaining their breath when searching sunken ships in underwater segments. One such feature will be used when accessing the newly expanded water areas of the game. These are elements that are a bit less dexterous than Buccaneering, but are essentially a set of new abilities for a wide array of characters. This sounds like a new addition that will certainly bring LEGO's adventurous side to the forefront, and could make for some thrilling in-game sequences taken straight from the films.Īnother new aspect to their pirate gameplay is called Pirate Powers. Things like swinging from ropes, climbing up riggings, and even walking planks, will all be a part of the fundamental gameplay but they also wanted to take things a step further.Ĭertain sections will be on what the developer called "LEGO rails," which allow players to lock-on to specific areas for dueling, swinging from ledge to ledge, or executing a variety of other activities while remaining safe from the pitfalls of standard platforming. This was their general term for the platforming elements of the game. The first was something they called Buccaneering. With a significantly larger focus on pirates, TT Games wanted to bring out a few basic gameplay elements that were specific to the new theme. We recently sat in on a short demo presentation with TT Games to get a rundown on the latest additions in the LEGO series. Over seventy characters from across all three films, plus the soon to be released fourth film, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, will be making an appearance. With past adventure franchises like Star Wars and Indiana Jones, it was only a matter of time before Pirates of the Caribbean were added to the ranks. The bricks are back, and this time it is Jack Sparrow and his motley crew that are getting the LEGO treatment.
