PotC: WE tries to innovate movie-based games, but doesn't present enough effort to make this game buyable.
User Rating: 7.2 | Disney Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End X360
Gameplay: The developers for this game tried really hard to separate this game from other recent movie tie-ins, as well as upcoming ones, to no avail. Basically you'll be stabbing all the same-looking enemies, all the time; either that or collecting scattered items and Calypso pieces. The basic controls are [A] to use your sword, [X] to punch, [Y] to grab, and a combination of the LT + [A], [X], [B], or [Y] to initiate finishing moves. There are 11 levels to play through, the first 5 consisting of Dead Man's chest storylines, which then moves on to Singapore and the resulting story of the World's End movie. Throughout the button-mashing and item collecting, you'll have duels (at least once in ALMOST every level, but not all). The duels try to innovate by changing the scheme, you press Up, Back, or Down to attack, [A] for a "special" swing, and the same as well to defend. These duels are mostly uninteresting, and break up the action in a bad way; only to slow it down. My biggest pet-peeve is that if there are minion-based enemies, then a special enemy which can only be killed by the finishing move I spoke of, the minions will keep spawning until the special enemy is dead. This results in a lot of deaths as a result of you or your allies losing health before you realize what must be done. That brings up another problem, your allies, sometimes you have to take care of 1 or 2 allies, as well as yourself, switching between them with the D-Pad (left or right), and guess what, the enemies your allies kill just revive until you kill them personally, as well as the A.I. being crap. Lastly, there is an attack called Jackanism (LT + RT + [A]) in which your sword turns green, and you can steal souls or open Jackanism chests, which, other than that, provides no neccessitty to be included.
Graphics: The graphics, like all the critics pointed out, are the best selling-point of this game. The characters look like they should, the duels look better than one would have thought, but a lot of enemy skins are re-used.
Sound: Official soundtrack from the movies are used in this game, I was pleasantly surprised when I heard the Kraken music being played (like in DMC) on the associated level.
Value: There are 7 items to collect on each level, as well as a Jackanism chest on most levels you play as Jack Sparrow, as well as Calypso pieces (12 in all). When you open Jackanism chests or collect all the Calypso pieces, you unlock content in the Extras, but it's usually uninteresting, the Calypso storyline was okay, it followed the movies. Also, there is the ability to Replay Levels, which is only useful for finishing your achievements.
Reviewer's Tilt: It follows the plot decently well, but when I fight Singaporians on the Singapore level, I was in awe when, after killing their kin, they let Elizabeth and Barbossa in; did they even think some of these things out? Some changes are made to the plot to fit in levels, but why the hell can't Jack Sparrow swim? I mean, maybe in the movies he can't swim but... why would he die instantly on contact with shallow water?
My Final Word: Rent it, don't buy it. I achieved 100% completion (game and achievement-wise) in 1 sitting; I can sit really long. I hope you do check this game out, because for what it's worth, it's one of the better movie-based games. 
