More than 20 years ago, I started a lie about a handsome boy who was as thin as a rubber. Known as Luffy, his dream was to become King of Pirates and acquire One Piece, the great treasure left by Gol D. Roger before he died. Although this light was promising, few would have thought that One Piece would be a global phenomenon that has been leading the sale of comics worldwide for many years in a row, and that is part of the history series.
In One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 we follow the legacy of his previous installment, One Piece: Pirate Warors 3, which we end up facing Doflamingo, one of Luffy's most fearsome enemies. As in manga / anime, the adventure ended with Dressrosa's escape with the help of Sabo, and we ended the longest game in the series so far. As fans well know, after Dressrosa moved a group of Straw Hats to Zou and broke up, some headed for whole Cake, the dreaded Yonkou Big Mom Island, and others to Wano, following Pirate Alliance's plan to defeat Kaido.
Luckily for us, One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 does not live on Cake Cake, but we came to Wano with the rest of the team and there we have to deal with Kaido and his animals. At first, this is still good news, because Zou and Whole Cake aren't long enough, but, including Wano, the game is on par with the manga / anime, so we won't miss some news. . And to warm up with the new characters, as soon as we start the game we kind of teach on the island where we play with Luffy and deal with two simple rivals … the Big Mom and Kaido. Probably nothing to accept.
But let's rest, because this is just the beginning and is not so risky, though in this sequel we can already get an idea of how the battle system is going, because we have reduced its chances a lot earlier. One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 repeats the slash formula from other titles in the saga, where we always enjoy the action of fighting against thousands of Musou-style enemies. In any match, we have to defeat the crowds that seem to find the bosses, and so on until the final opponent comes out. In the course of these battles, you have to conquer areas and find an enemy foe, which makes each mission more efficient, since there are many motives in between.
For example, if we have to do Chapter Mode mode, it starts by landing somewhere, they are always set in series settings, and we have to complete it in a changing journey. First you have to defeat 500 enemies, then the task can be to defeat several emerging leaders, then defend the nakama and eventually defeat the last boss. This makes the combinations much more powerful, because you have to keep up the map, their spaces are really big, and do a different job while the second tasks may appear, all while finding locations as if from the game of flags involved. In total, the game can last from 8 to 50 minutes, depending on the difficulty and requirements. This set-up near the satellite line is fantastic, since a large number of enemies force you to fight continuously while slowing down your strategy of traveling around the world. There is not a single exception.
Pirate Warors modes 4 modes of the game are important to unlock characters and earn coins to improve their skills and stats. The Dramatic Diary (story mode), unlike the One Paint: Pirate Warriors 3, originated directly in Arabia. That is, skip all the East Blue sagas but give this & # 39; skip & # 39; a graphic summary made the details of the original story even better until Chopper joined the team, and from there we can begin to enjoy the conspiracy to travel to the World from Wano, the current saga series. It is not a bad decision for the Omega Force and Bandai Namco, as many motorists can start to do the boring thing of constantly repeating history from the beginning.
Although it may seem like a repetition, the story animation is short and well done, and the variety of characters in each saga, the changes of scenery and requirements at each level, make it pass through in a new way, with the incentive to travel to hire characters and unlock important skills we didn't have in the first place (for example, Liffy & # 39; s Gear 4) . It should be noted that all chapters can be completed in multiplayer with the help of a partner, making it easier to develop. After that we can replace Diario Libre, which lets you try different characters, change the difficulty and try to plow things, bonuses or records we didn't know before. It's a bad way.
Fortunately jewelry for One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 by the Journal of Treasure, a kind of introduction to chapters where each game is unique and we deal with completely different characters that make up dream teams. This is where the game shines, and the path is worth trying. Its subdivisions are divided into three different oceans, the East Blue, the Grand Line and the New World, to indicate levels of difficulty.
For example, East Blue's easiest place to fight is between Sanji and Zoro (something that wouldn't be surprising to see, since it's a dog and a cat). To play, we select a character and then map out a three-dimensional battle. Our mission is to conquer territories and to defeat the leaders holding Sanji and Zoro. If we manage to win the entire map and end up defeating the couple, we complete this level, but this is not easy, and when played in difficult mode, the games can be greatly expanded.
There are chapters for two or up to four people, something very new and inviting for many players and variants in the works. As in the case of Pica, it consists of defeating one great enemy with the ability to withstand supernatural forces. The huge amount of success this mode has and the motivation to unlock individual skills means that we have many game hours in front of us, so we're not short on content. So, One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 is the most complete and robust game in the series. They make the game more fun to play than combat AI over and over again. However, the combat system is almost the same, and without some changes, mechanics can be poor in some ways.
Fortunately, to avoid repetition we have the largest number of playable characters the Pirate Warriors have fallen in love with (43), some of them impressive like Katakuri, Hawkins, Bege, Kid, Big Mom or Kaido (and in their studies dragon form), so the catalog has improved a lot compared to its predecessor . There is also a large repertoire of executives and NPCs completing many deliveries and the first one is almost lost, though 43 is still not a completely satisfactory picture, but it is one of the most frequent issues of One Piece games. To be compensated, the game has already confirmed Character Pass which will improve coverage by nine, but we don't have much information about it.
As for graphics, we've played it on Nintendo Switch, but there are some quality improvements on the portable console and on the big screen. The alliance is smooth and the large number of enemies does not hold back at any time, except that sometimes it all slows down due to the large number of people on the scene. Pirate Warors 4 maintains the same viewing style as the previous one, a mixture of cel-shading and anime that achieves the most direct impact of what we see in the series. The animation of the story is very well done and the elimination of the characters is a huge one, something fortunate we are already familiar with.
The soundtrack remains one of the strengths of delivery, and does not slow down compared to the previous one. We continue to experience the same effect of combating complexity and size during animation. As always, the words of the characters are called by their Japanese characters and we have Spanish subtitles, everything is clear in this case.
The most important change in the combat system is that we do not have Kizuna Rush from the previous installations, a mechanic who was a partial favorite. Now we fight a lot more smoothly, and special attacks are better integrated with shorter screens that don't take us off the screen like before. We continue the same program of combos and special attacks with the "R" + command, but thanks to the skill tree that is able to unlock new attacks and conversions. The thing to note is that the size limit is finally adjusted. Big Mom and Kaido are great, not to mention a dragon change, and that is shown on the screen, not like the previous entry. Another point for the Omega Force and Bandai Namco.
In short, One Piece: Pirate Warors 4 raises the level in the same way that Luffy will play to defeat Kaido, and the improvement and stamina of combat are greatly appreciated, as well as the multiplayer mode, which gives many hours to exploit the Treasure Diary well. There may not be a long way to go in order to be the last treasure that every pirate wishes to acquire, but it is a desolation for the New World and a vital topic for saga fans. They are not, they will be able to enjoy it, but just as dizzy right now, they are avoiding beating, after all, the sea is not for everyone.
