Pirates of the Caribbean Online Hands-On

[Nick]

IGN have had a hands on preview of a beta version of Pirates Online, click here to read the full article. Below is a snippet of the article and I must say there is some VERY interesting information about the game in this article.

Disney Online plans on releasing the game with two pricing tiers. The first one's subscription free, though not all of the game will be accessible to players. From what we were told, it sounds like you'll be able to create a character and learn all the game's skills, but certain zones would be inaccessible to you. The more dedicated or wealthy players can drop funds on a $9.95 USD monthly fee to get full access to the game.

Before jumping in to the game world, things start off at a character creation screen. Here you'll find loads of ways to customize your character's nose, pants, clothing colors and styles, eyes, hair color, and numerous other aspects. Though it's planned to be implemented before the game's release, there wasn't any way to enter your own character name in the build we saw. Instead, you had to pick a first name, then pairs of words to combine and form the last name. After tweaking appearances to your liking, into the game you go.