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One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 is the third installment of
the sub-series from the Omega Force studio, the creators of the two previous
editions, working under the aegis of the Bandai Namco Entertainment company;
the cycle is a spin-off of the Japanese hack’and’slash saga – Dynasty Warriors.
The production is based on a popular manga named One Piece; unlike the previous
installments, this time we can experience the beginning of our hero’s career as
a pirate.
The protagonist in One Piece: Pirate 3 – Luffy – is a
young corsair, dreaming about becoming the Pirate King; to accomplish this
task, he needs to assemble a group of similar swashbucklers and defeat numerous
enemies, that are preventing him from reaching his goal. The campaign mode
allows us to complete a series of missions, in which Luffy visits various
locations and encounters characters known from the comic book predecessor,
including the evil Donquixote Doflamingo and his missing friend Sabo.
The gameplay is extremely similar to the Dynasty Warriors
series, which means that we are dealing with a TPP slasher with heavy focus on
spectacular combat; using melee weapons and magic, the player fights dozens of
enemies at a time. The dramatic skirmishes often times end with an extremely
challenging boss fight; for the sake of variety, the developers have also
prepared many different playable characters for us to choose, with different
abilities and fighting styles.
One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 stands out due to its
humoristic approach, displayed both in the script and the colorful art style.
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