Ahoy mateys, yesterday I had the chance to download and install Disney’s mmorpg or online version of their very popular pirate title Pirates of the Caribbean after learning that it has a Basic Account option which is FREE!

The game, Pirates of the Caribbean Online, will take you to the cutthroat world of the Infamous Captain Jack Sparrow. In fact, he was the very first character I met inside the game even before I created my pirate character.

Speaking of my pirate character, creating a character is very simple and if you don’t want to waste time at it then you can always generate a random one. Me? I went through the process of creating my own character and I even typed in my own character name which is “Kabalyero” but it is still subject for review and approval. Once approved, it will be my character’s name in Pirates of the Caribbean Online.

Anyway, I didn’t do much in-game because I kinda spent a lot of time downloading the section required to proceed. This is what I noticed about the game, it downloads what it needs when it needs it from the server to your machine. This made the installation client very small but if you have a very fast connection then you’ll have no problems with it but if you are using a dial-up connection then you’ll be spending more time downloading than playing the game. Anyway, I wouldn’t recommend playing this game with a dial-up connection to anyone.

I entered the game without any knowledge about it except for what I know from movies which, obviously, won’t be of any help to me but I feel that the game is simple enough to learn, besides, the opening part is really like a tutorial. I was able to figure out how to move and do some stuff just by tinkering with the keyboard. If you need a guide to help you get started then one is available at the official website, Disney Pirates of the Caribbean Online.

Back in the game, I started in Prison sharing a cell with the Infamous Captain Jack Sparrow who kinda helped me break out of the cell. After that, he scoots off leaving me all alone. Finding the right way wasn’t hard for me because an arrow was like pointing me to where I must go next.

Outside, the arrow led me to a bar and there I met two of Captain Jack Sparrow’s friends, the bar owner and the waitress. I was given a chest and instructions on how to use it. I also got a slap (no not me, my character did) from the waitress courtesy of Captain Jack Sparrow. LOL!

Other things I was able to do in-game before I quit were meet a ship captain, fire a cannon and sunk a ship and get blown away by a skeleton pirate named Jolly Roger. I stopped after all of that because the download for the next section was a little too slow for me to wait for it.

Anyway, as I’ve mentioned above you can play Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean Online for FREE with a Basic Account but there are certain limits to it. Also, Basic Accounts will have advertisements on them. I have not seen any advertisements yet because new basic accounts will get to play the game in full for a few days. After that, advertisements and limits will be implemented. Of course, upgrading to a Premium Account will remove all limits as well as the advertisements but I don’t really see myself playing this game for long so I guess I’ll just have to stick with my Free Basic Account.

A few of my screenshots!