Pirate Warriors 3 is FANTASTIC!! Steam has it on sale right now. Regular Edition is $10 and Gold Edition is $13! Sale goes on till July 9 :D
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One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 coming to Switch/PS4/XBO/PC in 2020
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Pirate Warriors 3 is FANTASTIC!! Steam has it on sale right now. Regular Edition is $10 and Gold Edition is $13! Sale goes on till July 9 :D
This video does a good job breaking down why the previous game is considered one of the best, if not THE best.
The last 2D fighting game on consoles was Fighting For One Piece and.....yeeeeaaaah we don't talk about that one. lol
Kaido and Big Mom (looks more like the residue from Spear of Elbaf)
My take on it is that both games have pros and cons and enough differences that I don't think you can clearly decide one over the other. But they're definitely both at the top of the pile. PW3 generally has less diversity in gameplay than HW, as HW has a good variety of mission types and map size restrictions, as well as sub-weapon systems that serve well to keep you from doing too much of the same thing over and over. It also has "too much" content with its selection of adventure maps.
PW3, on the other hand, has more playable moversets (pretty sure) with even more unique character mechanics (can be hit-or-miss), more potential for flashy over-the-topness with its team building system, the absence of sometimes tedious enemy types that force you wait for a weak point to appear. Its got a decent spectrum of "decent-to-godlike" characters, which you probably can only appreciate as a fan of the series (the most broken characters are appropriately so, matching their strength in the source material). The strongest characters are also ridiculous compared to HW's strongest characters, so it's way more power-trippy in that sense. Some annoying mission types like needing to cut-off NPCs trying to reach a destination or it's game over. While not difficult, if you're liable to lose track of the objective you'll get hit with failed missions out of nowhere. There's also fewer sub-systems to interact with, like a simpler character progression system and no universal sub-weapons or anything like that.
I had a feeling that Pirate Warriors was on hiatus simply because the only way to make an interesting enough selling point for a new one was waiting for the manga to show Big Mom and Kaidou, thus allowing them to finish adding the Yonkou.
Has the PC version still all these issues it had before like it being stuck on Low Settings? I ask because I have it on PS4 but wouldn't mind double-dipping.
I give zero fucks about the anime one piece. With that statement out there I have to say the pirate warrior titles are easily in my top 2 musuo titles usually tying with orochi 3 ultimate.
Even for a non enjoyed of the source material these museum titles are Incredible.
Tons of enemy variety, tons of moveset variety, flashy attacks, great systems for combat, great upgrade systems, great economy for exp and other necessities, large fun levels.
Basically everything Hyrule Warriors got right happened in the One Piece games first.
Seeing this return has happy. Sadly orochi 4 and all stars left bad tastes In my mouth from either lack of polished or shoved down my throat mechanics that replace instead of enhance the experience like the magic weapons. Cant wait to play pirate warriors 4.
Even for a non enjoyed of the source material these museum titles are Incredible.
Tons of enemy variety, tons of moveset variety, flashy attacks, great systems for combat, great upgrade systems, great economy for exp and other necessities, large fun levels.
Basically everything Hyrule Warriors got right happened in the One Piece games first.
Seeing this return has happy. Sadly orochi 4 and all stars left bad tastes In my mouth from either lack of polished or shoved down my throat mechanics that replace instead of enhance the experience like the magic weapons. Cant wait to play pirate warriors 4.
Character wishlist:
Big Mom and Kaido. Confirmed.
Katakuri. Basically confirmed.
Some Charlottes as bosses. Amande or riot.
All the Supernovas. We can get a partial moveset out of the ones we haven't really seen yet. Bege is a most wanted though.
Bartolomeo. Popular character, interesting moveset. Would be great.
Carrot. Sulong specifically. Flying across the maps like Sonic.
If we must have the Germa, have them be a unit rather than individual character slots. Have R1 be the character swap button to cycle through them. Hire me Bandai.
Kin'emon. He's now become very important in the manga, but he hasn't really done much in the way of combat. Would like him as a support character at least.
Jack. It's a pity the anime has only shown the least interesting Calamity so far, but he'd make a good boss fight. Queen for PW5!
Big Mom and Kaido. Confirmed.
Katakuri. Basically confirmed.
Some Charlottes as bosses. Amande or riot.
All the Supernovas. We can get a partial moveset out of the ones we haven't really seen yet. Bege is a most wanted though.
Bartolomeo. Popular character, interesting moveset. Would be great.
Carrot. Sulong specifically. Flying across the maps like Sonic.
If we must have the Germa, have them be a unit rather than individual character slots. Have R1 be the character swap button to cycle through them. Hire me Bandai.
Kin'emon. He's now become very important in the manga, but he hasn't really done much in the way of combat. Would like him as a support character at least.
Jack. It's a pity the anime has only shown the least interesting Calamity so far, but he'd make a good boss fight. Queen for PW5!
Yeah, I played the game a year ago and it still looks really bad. I don't think Bamco has released any patch for the PC version...
If you have it on PS4, I suggest you play it there since it's basically a superior version.
Perfect! I'm excited to jump in.
Before I jump on the Steam deal, how is the Switch port? I'm going on a flight tomorrow and it would be nice to play some comfy One Piece on the plane if the port isn't too horrendous.
The more you ask for it, the more you tempt fate into giving you a terrible CyberConnect2 arena fighter instead. It happened to JoJo, My Hero, Little Witch, and One Punch Man, and it'll happen to you too.
You're right. A FighterZ-grade game is well deserved and long overdue, but with the hundreds of unique characters in the series, a musou game is honestly perfect for One Piece. If it were supported (and I can't believe I'm saying this) as a GaaS type thing with frequent updates like characters and maps to mitigate the repetition, then you've got both the perfect One Piece game and the perfect Musou game right there.
Same. I've let it run a bit. Loved all the other OP musou games so I'll pick this up but not sure if it'll be day 1 this time. Surprised they're continuing the series however.
If you don't have any other better consoles to play it on I'd say it is still worth the purchase. At only 10 bucks and the bonus ability to play as unplayable NPC characters, I still had a ton of fun with it despite the graphics issues.
Swear I remember an interview or quote that said they were waiting for more story arcs with new characters for them to add.
Switch port is fine, plays well, graphics aren't as good as PS4 but doubt you'd notice if you never played that version. Iirc switch version has all dlc on it, whilst the others you'd buy but it's mostly just costumes
I looooooved Pirate Warriors 3. One of my favourite Musou games next to AoT2 currently. Definitely hyped for this even if I have fallen off OP anime/manga for some time now.
I don't know how it is in Pirate Warriors 3,but there are Musou games that cut back on enemy density on weaker platforms. So if the Switch Version has a lower enemy count then go with PC. A quick Google search didn't give me an answer though. But if you are looking for a great One Piece game in Switch the Unlimited World Red might be for you. I greatly enjoyed that one on the Vita.
Pirate Warriors 3 had a last gen version as well. So PW4 is the first current gen only Pirate Warriors entry so we might see a boost in number of on-screen enemies and visual fidelity to some extent compared to PW3.
I'd say outside of Big Mom, Katakuri, and Kaidou, the most likely characters would be Ichi (with Niji and Yonji as back up attacks), Bege, Carrot, and Bartolomeo. Kinnemon probably should be there too, but he still hasn't done all too much. While I'm not completely sure if he'd be playable, Cracker almost certainly would be in the game since his abilities are perfect for a Musou boss at the very least. Jack's got a good shot too. Not sure about anyone else. I'm assuming that this will pretty much end with Whole Cake Isalnd and maybe a tease of Wano.
Big Mom is already in.
Outside her:
- Kaido (pretty much in as well going by his club)
- Katakuri (no way in hell he doesn't get in)
- Carrot (see Katakuri)
- Judge
- 1 or 2 Vinsmoke children (likely Ichiji and Reiju)
- Cavendish (Hakuba)
- Bartolomeo
- Capone Bege (Huge role in Whole Cake)
- Basil Hawkins (recently relevant)
- X Drake (see Hawkins)
- Vivi (Reverie relevancy)
- Wapol (Reverie relevancy)
- Jack (if they need Kaido to have a subordinate)
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I wonder if a producer at Bamco was pleading with K-T to not have the Switch version arrive day-and-date to fit better with their "strategies" for the platform and got told to shove it. Good guys, K-T!
