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ZTGD | One Piece: Pirate Warriors Review

Drew Leachman writes: I will be honest, I have watched a good amount of anime and read a significant sampling of manga in my day, but in all the series I have read or seen, I have never experienced One Piece. Of course, that doesn’t mean I won’t give the game a fair shake, and that’s exactly what I did with One Piece: Pirate Warriors. Even though I know nothing of the series, I came through this game pleasantly surprised.

vortis4219d ago

Was One Piece always that fan-servicy? If so, I can see why the sales are so high and the reviews so nice.

Sephiroushin4219d ago

Nope, OP is not popular just because it fan-service ... One Piece has a bit of everything and well used, best story I have seen on an Anime/Manga so far ... The only complain you'll hear from people who has not tried the anime is "The art is dumb" or something like that ... As I always say, try it at least 25 episodes, if you don't like it stop watching it ...

x5exotic4216d ago

Yep ever since CP9 it's focused more on fanservice sadly

Rangerman12082720d ago

Agree with everything except SAO Lost Song. It should be replaced with either Rehollow Fragment or Hollow Realization.

Also there are a few other anime games that were pretty decent:
Gungrave
Berserk (dreamcast)
One Piece Grand Adventures/Battle Rush
Samurai Champloo
Ghost in Shell PS1
Yugioh games
Bleach Soul Resurrection
Cowboy Bebop
Hajime no Ipo
Steins;Gate
Nitroplus Blasters
Dengenki Bunko
MS Saga

And as for anime like games:
Persona
Blue Dragon
Tales games (my favorites being Vesperia, Symphonia and Graces)
Valkyria Chronicles
Disgaea
HDN

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Venoxn4g2719d ago

I could recommend some japanese games, not exactly from anime..but still i think its worth to play for people who like anime:

Killer is dead, no more heroes (USA wii versiom), No more heroes 2, killer 7, okami, viewtiful joe 1 & 2, god hand

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7 Things About: One Piece: Pirate Warriors

Maul Squad: I’m a fan of the One Piece series, there, I’ve admitted it. I’ve watched the anime and I currently read the manga weekly when it’s been scanned and translated with many other mangas which I’m in the middle of reading. For anime inspired games, there are a couple of gems in the rough but I don’t really play anime inspired games for the same reason why nobody plays licensed movie games, they’re normally turd (I’m looking at you Gungrave) and only accessible for fans of the series. One Piece: Pirate Warriors falls head first into that category.

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SeanScythe3842d ago

I'm a huge OP fan but the games are just boring, I've never liked the Dynasty Warriors games. I with this was more of an RPG or open world type game. The entire wave after wave after wave of the same things get so boring. I bought the first one but never made it past Choppers arc because I just wasn't having fun anymore.

Ginji3842d ago

Aye i know the feeling. I soldiered through, it gets better but not by much. Funnily enough if you have a PSP you can keep an eye out for One Piece: Romance Dawn which apparantly focuses more on the RPG element.

SeanScythe3842d ago

Oh wouldn't mind that for my PSvita

CrossingEden3841d ago

Pretty weird that AC4 is a better pirate game than a one piece game.

Ginji3842d ago (Edited 3842d ago )

double post

AceBlazer133841d ago

Is it so much to ask for a good game based on one of my favourite animes?I like the game but I can honestly say if it wasn't based on one piece it would suck to me.

Varzoth3841d ago

I loved this game, though I do agree with all of the negative points about it. The way the awesome story of the series was told in the game was indeed lame, and there were way too many QTEs. I agree though, if not for the One Piece stuff the game would be crap. One Piece is my favorite anime/manga though so I'll gobble up anything to due with it; I only had two coins left before I could platinum this one, and now if they would just lower the price of the second game, I would be all up in that right now.

Ryasha3841d ago

"They have the original Japanese voice actors from the anime with no English language setting in sight (thank god) so for fans of the anime it’ll sit right with them."

....Unless of course fans of the anime also happen to like the English dub.

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Namco Bandai Marks Naruto, One Piece off 50% on PSN

Namco Bandai Games America has today announced the downloadable versions of Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Impact (PSP/PSVita) and One Piece: Pirate Warriors (PS3) are available to purchase for 50% off the original price.

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jc485734094d ago

they don't sell well digitally.

Godchild10204094d ago

Just because they are on sale that doesn't mean they didn't sell well as digital titles.

chrispseuphoria4094d ago

Final Fantasy VII is constantly on the top 10 for PS1 Classics and its on sale this week.