

Missions are often very similar throughout the game, and if you’ve played another Masou game you’ve already done them plenty. Being a Masou game, it cannot escape that everything can get a bit repetitive. Overall the battling and re-living the One Piece story is fun, and with the different fighting styles you can easily change up to keep the fighting from getting too stale. Including villains and allies, there are 37 characters overall that you’ll be able to play as in two of the modes available – there is no shortage of choice. Each Crew member fights quite differently from the others, and it can really add some extra variety to try out the less straightforward fighters. From Zoro the swordsman, Nami the Navigator, Usopp the expert of tricks and traps, Sanji the Chef who dishes out damage with his legs, and several more are unlocked as the game progresses. Over the course of the story you’ll see how Luffy recruited each of his Straw-hat Pirates and get to control them over the course of the game. Within the game this allows Luffy to stretch out his arms and legs with more than enough reach against everyone else’s swords and guns. Having eaten a Devil fruit when he was younger, Luffy has been essentially turned into a rubber man. He is seeking out the ultimate pirate treasure, The One Piece, to become the Pirate King.

One Piece is the story of Monkey D Luffy, an aspiring pirate who is building up a crew of the best pirates he can find. Most games of this genre are battles based around the Romance of the Three Kingdoms but Pirate Warriors 3 is instead set within the world of One Piece, a long-running Manga, and Anime series. It’s not uncommon to end a stage having defeated 2000 or more soldiers. With large battlefields come large armies, that will often surround you as you fight your way through. For those who aren’t, the games are generally a third-person hack and slash that take place in large battlefields. If you’ve heard of Dynasty Warriors, Fire Emblem Warriors or Hyrule Warriors, then you have some idea what a Musou game entails.
