Different beasts.
DICE
- Narrow Body
- Original Theme
- A somewhat standard rule set, leading to repeatable scoring / improvement strategies
- Meaningful code updates released
- CE items included non game items (Comic, Jacket, Dinner), cabinet trim is nice, but not super noticeable, topper for CE is okay, not a wow
- Standard out of box issues experienced. No crazy issues.
POTC-CE
- Wide Body
- Movie Theme (that has been done before)
- Rule set has lot more variability per game (sold as a feature, but not all will like)
- Initial code update released
- CE items include Cabinet Trim (Neat), Star Field (w/LE too) and topper (which is a wow for me)
- Standard out of box issues experienced. No crazy issues.
If I had to choose, it would be a toss up, but after initial impressions I am partial to POTC.