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Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat
European PlayStation 2 box art
Developer(s)Westwood Studios
Publisher(s)Electronic Arts
Designer(s)Michael Legg
Patrick Pannullo
Jim Walls
Artist(s)Jerry O'Flaherty
Writer(s)Wynne McLaughlin
Composer(s)Frank Klepacki
Platform(s)PlayStation 2
Xbox
ReleasePlayStation 2
  • NA: February 19, 2002[1]
  • EU: March 1, 2002
Xbox
  • NA: March 26, 2002[2]
  • EU: April 19, 2002
Genre(s)Action-adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat (whose working title was Pirates of Skull Cove[3]) is a 2002 action-adventure video game developed by Westwood Studios and published by Electronic Arts for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox.[4]

Synopsis

The game takes place in the year 1762 and focuses on the adventures of Katarina de Leon. Leon's father is the Pirate Isles governor (Marcus de Leon) and her mother is the Pirates of Skull Cove leader (Mara Rousseau). Leon sails the Five Seas in search of her mother’s grave, and to take revenge against Captain Hawke for killing her father. Kat must search for the mystical Chartstones to get to Hawke which requires her braving the dangerous and savage islands of the Five Seas infested with Hawke’s men, the Crimson Guard.

Throughout the game, Kat confronts dangerous creatures and savages, completes quests for island inhabitants in return for help, wage naval battles against the Crimson Guard, collect magical objects and artifacts, booty and unearth buried treasure which she can use to upgrade her ship. She also discovers the truth about her mother, Mara, and ultimately avenges her father’s death by defeating the evil Captain Hawke.

Reception

The game received "average" reviews on both platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[24][25]

References

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  18. ^ Lafferty, Michael (April 1, 2002). "Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat Review - Xbox". GameZone. Archived from the original on May 13, 2008. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  19. ^ Perry, Douglass C. (February 25, 2002). "Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat (PS2)". IGN. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  20. ^ Goldstein, Hilary (April 9, 2002). "Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat (Xbox)". IGN. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  21. ^ "Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. April 2002. p. 105.
  22. ^ "Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat". Official Xbox Magazine. June 2002. p. 74.
  23. ^ Steinberg, Scott (February 22, 2002). "Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat (PS2)". Maxim. Archived from the original on August 5, 2002. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
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  25. ^ a b "Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat for Xbox Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved April 10, 2017.

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