Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat
More an action-adventure game than a straight naval sim, Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat is designed to offer PS2 and Xbox gamers the chance to live the free but dangerous life of a true pirate. Players will…
Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat is an adventure developed by Westwood Studios, released 17 February 2002 on PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
What Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat is
Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat is an adventure game developed by Westwood Studios and released in 2002. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It carries an ESRB T age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
More an action-adventure game than a straight naval sim, Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat is designed to offer PS2 and Xbox gamers the chance to live the free but dangerous life of a true pirate. Players will explore five strange new lands that hold unimagined treasures for those brave and skilled enough to claim them. Battle and conquest are also important ingredients in a pirate's lifestyle and combat takes place both on land and on the high seas. The player's character is quick with a sword and can increase her swashbuckling skills with experience. Similarly, wealth gained from adventure and victory allows the pirate to upgrade to larger ships with more deadly weaponry. A dozen unique…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat holds a critic score of 72 out of 100. That places it above 42% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2002 averaged 68, so it scored 4 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat launched on 17 February 2002, within three weeks of Jet Set Radio Future, Enclave, RalliSport Challenge and Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Jet Set Radio Future, Enclave, RalliSport Challenge, Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny.
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