abandoning creativity and originality faster than Blackbeard apparently abandoned moral decency, Tortuga—Two Treasures instead wallows unapologetically in virtually every hackneyed pirate-ism to ever walk a gangplank. All the swordplay, all the gravely voiced "Avasts," all the looting and the pillaging and the rum-soaked yet somehow romanticized no-goodniks, all the peg legs and the ghostly references and the voodoo and the cannon battles.
Even the main character, one Thomas "Hawk" Blythe, wears and bears all the typical swashbuckling-rapscallion-with-an-underlying-heart-of-gold traits and garb that have adorned most every pirate hero throughout the ages. That the action-adventure game around these oh-so-stereotypical trappings is structured to leave very little room for actual adventure outside the hand-holding linear storyboard somehow doesn't seem surprising.
Yet despite its obvious shortcomings, Tortuga does not completely suck. Though it certainly won't satisfy hardcore action or adventure veterans, newcomers to either genre and those who simply aren't as serious about the whole thing or just need a "gaming lite" diversion every now and then may well find it delivers just enough immersion and just enough fun to make its quasi-discounted price point palatable.
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