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Though games in this genre can feel a bit shallow and repetitive, there’s enough here to keep you playing.

There’re also some new places made just for Pirate Warriors 4 to keep things fresh.

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Once I started the game, I was expecting pop-up windows explaining different mechanics, attack moves, and other important information within the first few moments of battle, but to have them interrupt my gameplay after I was over two hours into the game felt intrusive and counterproductive.Įach chapter you complete takes you to familiar locales that fans of the series will know. On top of that, the UI becomes crowded when character bubbles pop up while you’re trying not to get jumped by a hundred looting pirates. The mini map in the lower right corner of the screen can become a complex network of unbeaten paths as you get to larger stages, making it difficult to decipher objectives. The User Interface is terribly dated –feeling like a circa-90’s imported Japanese game. And that’s where my first complaint comes in. Unfortunately, because this is a fast-paced game, much of what’s said gets lost. There’s a lot of dialogue that takes place as you pummel thousands of pirates yelling shiver me timbers. While you will be doing most of the heavy lifting, it does add something to the gameplay to see friends fighting alongside you. Jumping into battle, regardless of the character you choose (usually you will be given a choice before starting the mission), you will be accompanied by a few of your Straw Hat cohorts. Often feeling like they would never end, much of the dialogue felt like banter and never felt like it was driving home the point of the conversation between the characters. One of the detractions for me was the length of the cutscenes. The animations and visuals aren’t the best, but it never takes away from the gameplay. Much of the story is told through directed cutscenes, in-engine cutscenes, still images, and some in-game dialogue. Diving into the story mode, I was blown away at the different ways the narrative designers and artists chose to tell the story. From the original voice actors, character’s personalities, and art design that mirrors the anime, the game is a chip off the old block. More on that later.Ī lot of thought went into crafting the story to make fans of the series and newcomers feel like they are experiencing the anime and taking part in the ongoing saga.

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Dramatic mode is where you get to experience the story and all of its glory, Free Log gives you the ability to select different levels to play without the need to listen to the banter of the story, and Treasure Log offers episodes that are divided into ranks. Like Pirate Warriors 3, three game modes are available, but have been renamed and enhanced to fit the tone of the game. Like the anime, you experience the One Piece story from Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirate’s point of view, and sometimes their well known foes. It introduces new game mechanics, modified modes, characters, and the ability to cram hours of One Piece storyline into roughly 17 hours of gameplay – and it does it fairly well. One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 is more than just another adrenaline boosting button masher in the series. It builds upon what the previous games in the series have done and turns up the action. Like all Musou games, this one doesn’t break the mold as far as trying to remix the formula. One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 brings all the familiar faces of the series and its stories and builds upon them in only a way One Piece can. There’s nothing more satisfying than crashing through hundreds of booty looting pirates while unleashing high-count combos.

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