One Piece Pirate Warriors 3 PC Review

The One Piece Pirate Warriors series has been around for a while now and has finally come to Steam. Join Luffy and everyone you know fight through the story all the way to Dressrosa. I will add at the end.

Gameplay

You are Monkey D. Luffy, the man who’s going to become the pirate king! You can choose to play the main story, a free log mode where you can select any character, or play dream logs. The combat is fun, fluent and will make any One Piece fan happy as hell. I have played around 32 hours so far and I still have a lot to do. The combos are swift and the team attacks are fun to use. You will unlock more characters as you play and a leveling system is present with characters. Different combos lead to different team attacks and so on. Honestly it's a blast to play through.

Graphics/Sound

So the graphics are not realistic, but that’s the point. The art style stays true to One piece and perfectly recaptures the One Piece story arc. The voice acting is great and the cinematic scenes are awesome. The music fits perfectly with every moment and I may or may not have cried at some moments. Graphics and the sound mix perfectly to create an authentic One Piece game which stays true to its roots. There is a problem right now which limits the game's graphics, hopefully this will be fixed soon. There are actually multiple problems existing with logia users.

Does it stay true to One Piece?

As I have said before, this game perfectly captures the essence of One Piece. If you have watched the show or are a fan you will not be disappointed. This is the first time I played this game series (because I don't own a Playstation 3 or 4) and I cried at how well this retold everything in some moments. I relived this series and kicked butt while doing it. The combat shows all the popular moves from Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Nami, etc. The character rooster is a perfect size (for me at least). If you are a fan of One Piece don't worry you will almost definitely enjoy this game.

Pros/Cons

Pros

+ Retells the One Piece storyline

+ Graphics are perfect for One Piece (they should just fix the graphics bug ASAP)

+ Good sized character rooster with favorites

+ Leveling system

+ Great campaign

+ Free logs and Dream logs for even more fun

+ Combat is fluent

+ Cinematic scenes are amazing along with the voice acting

Cons

- Horrible optimization for the keyboard controls

- Controller buttons are not shown making it a guessing game to figure out your attacks at first

- Certain small things in the storyline are non-canon

- Large graphics problem existing within the game right now (hopefully fixed soon)

- ???? support from developers

Final Thoughts

I am a huge One Piece fan (I have watched every episode to date) and I am so happy to have played this game. The release to steam surprised me and I got everything I wanted and more. This game made me remember those amazing moments One Piece has had and why I love the show as much as I do. I loved the combat and I can’t wait to continue playing!

One Piece Pirate Warriors 3 is the first in the series to leave its home on the Playstation system. The combat is great and the game really does feel as if you're playing through One Piece. It stays true to everything you know and the addition of free log, dream log, a leveling system, and a decent character rooster. You should have a controller to play this or you will regret it severely as the optimization for the keyboard controls are horrible to say the least. The buttons for controller are not displayed at first and will make you guess for a short while before you get the hang of it.Currently there sadly is a graphics glitch which is very annoying to some players. Overall this game is the perfect thing for One Piece fans to get with its visuals, music, gameplay, characters, and voice acting. However I would only recommend it to fans.

Minimum Requirements of One Piece Pirate Warriors 3:

OS: Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1

Processor: Core2Duo 2.4GHz

Memory: 2 GB RAM

Graphics: 512 MB Nvidia GeForce 8800 / ATI Radeon HD 3870

DirectX: Version 9.0c

Network: Broadband Internet connection

Storage: 13 GB available space

Sound Card: DirectX® 9.0c or higher

Additional Notes: Game pad support

Recommended Requirements of One Piece Pirate Warriors 3:

OS: Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1