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One Piece: World Seeker Reviews Thread
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They did plenty of garbage ass titles, Jump is not alone in this.
UE4 helped them achieve this result.
Here's the thing tho: A licensed anime game being plagued by modern game design fuckups is a huge step ahead of whatever the hell developers like CC2/Spike Chunsoft have been doing with their licenses this gen.
Engine accessibility isn't going to stop a developer from making shitty licensed games is what I'm trying to say. The choice of engine the developer is using has no dictation on the quality of the title
the game's been in dev for 3 years from what I'm understanding so it isn't like Ganbarion quickly shitted out a product. Maybe, like All Star Battle and Eyes of Heaven before it , were just unfortunately mediocre/underwhelming passion projects by developers known for licensed shovelware (and even THAT is kind of unfair to say about Ganbarion, because their One Piece games are usally really good!)
Engine accessibility isn't going to stop a developer from making shitty licensed games is what I'm trying to say. The choice of engine the developer is using has no dictation on the quality of the title
the game's been in dev for 3 years from what I'm understanding so it isn't like Ganbarion quickly shitted out a product. Maybe, like All Star Battle and Eyes of Heaven before it , were just unfortunately mediocre/underwhelming passion projects by developers known for licensed shovelware (and even THAT is kind of unfair to say about Ganbarion, because their One Piece games are usally really good!)
Game never looked good imo. It always seemed like it was gonna be another Unlimited World Red at best (Which is to say: painfully mediocre).
I just wish they'd commissioned another OP Musou sequel tbh. Those were always the best of a bad bunch when it came to OP games.
I just wish they'd commissioned another OP Musou sequel tbh. Those were always the best of a bad bunch when it came to OP games.
My hero, black clover, shinobi strikers consistent average at best anime games at least. Laugh at ninja storm all you want burn the presentation and the fanservice was off the charts.
If that's what it takes for anime fans to be satisfied with anime games -- just excessive fanservice and good graphics -- then it's no wonder these licensed game developers get away with so much shit lmfao
and by this merit one piece must CLEARLY be good if that's all that it takes
Well considering ppl can't play with their fav characters, witness the story's epic moments nor does it have good presentation I'd say you missed the point entirely to be snarky but carry on
Looking from the trailers, much like Left Alive, this never looked good honestly. Barren world, uninteresting snippets of boss fights, single fodder enemy encounters. It looked like one of the dullest ways you could bring life to the One Piece universe honestly. There's good reviews in the listing as well, as there usually is, but I'm pretty sure those negatives are ever present.
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That's interacting with most stuff there's a door that takes the same amount of time
If I had to wager, I'd say less than 1% of One Piece's story is spent sailing open waters. The overwhelming majority of the story is having adventures on (sometimes dubiously) firm ground.
Last 10 anime games from Bandai Namco (sans Dragon Ball)
One Piece: World Seeker - 53
Jump Force - 57
My Hero One's Justice - 68
Black Clover: Quartet Knights - 53
Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker - 61
New Gundam Breaker - 43
One Piece: Grand Cruise - 35
Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time - 58
Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet - 64
The Seven Deadly Sins: Knights of Britannia - 55
It's really a shame Bandai Namco owns the license for most anime games. They all deserve to flop.
One Piece: World Seeker - 53
Jump Force - 57
My Hero One's Justice - 68
Black Clover: Quartet Knights - 53
Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker - 61
New Gundam Breaker - 43
One Piece: Grand Cruise - 35
Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time - 58
Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet - 64
The Seven Deadly Sins: Knights of Britannia - 55
It's really a shame Bandai Namco owns the license for most anime games. They all deserve to flop.
All I wanted is for this to be comparable to the original Unlimited Adventure/Cruise and less to World Red but it doesn't seem like that is the case.
As huge a OP fan as I am, if the game's just okay, I can wait for a bit of a discount. Namco games tend to go on sale pretty often. Oh well, guess I'll put that money towards Sekiro now...
As huge a OP fan as I am, if the game's just okay, I can wait for a bit of a discount. Namco games tend to go on sale pretty often. Oh well, guess I'll put that money towards Sekiro now...
So glad I read reviews, nearly pre-ordered on GMG for the PC. Looks like pretty good graphics and a decent story, but horribly bland side quests and mind numbingly boring, repetitive combat means avoid at all costs. Could have at least had you switch to different Straw Hats throughout the game and had some sort of combat system where it wasn't just mashing punch or holding down punch for big hit, repeat.
I'll probably get it someday at a deep discount, but not at $50.
I'll probably get it someday at a deep discount, but not at $50.
Yep. Quite a shame.
But it does exist. To completely omit any sailing whatsoever is disappointing.
Go play Pirate Musou
I am all for the idea of game developers focusing on a single character of a popular anime series, even if it is just the protagonist, in favor of trying to cater to every fucking soul who wants to play as idk fuckin Wapol or something. within the context of anime game developers I really, really couldn't give two shits about what the 'FANDOM' wants because it's just gonna be the same shit every game anyway
It's why I'm quite fond of the Unlimited Red series over the Musou stuff, or things like Grand Adventure's 'create a crew' adventure mode. It's new! It's another's interpretation of a popular IP instead of some manga panels recreated in CG cutscenes!
There are MULTIPLE OP games that cater to exactly what you desire and they are already easily accessible, let these devs do something new
you're gonna read the manga/watch the anime anyway
Of course, but you can't deny that having UE4 in Japanese helped make faster games in HD when japanese developers were suffering the previous gen because they found HD development to be hard. Some games deserve more, why big IPs like One Piece don't receive Dragon Ball treatment from Namco Bandai?
Like others are saying, you could tell from the trailers this game wasn't going to be great. Barely any characters around, boring environments, boring/repetitive looking exploration...there's so much more you could do with the One Piece world if a developer put enough effort into it. Even the concept of only playing as Luffy in a sandbox didn't sound great with the variety of One Piece crew members they could have made playable.
One Piece is one of the best things to ever happen and they treat it like garbage again and again and again. Fuck this.
What defines a game deserving 'more' beyond your own personal investment in the IP
and are you sincerely arguing that the Dragon Ball games are better off at this moment in comparison to One Piece game after two generations of regurgitating the same fighting game template from Budokai all the way to Xenoverse. If Fighterz is what constitutes as a breath of fresh air to anime fans despite being yet-another-fighting-game then I'm utterly convinced that anime fans don't know what the hell they want out of their licensed products
Very curious if this notion will remain when that Dragon Ball game made by CC2 will get the same reception as world seeker lmfao
You really bout to sit here and downplay fighterz and compare it to the crap they pump out for everything else
Not surprised, but still disappointed because it did look like a pretty cool concept.
At this point, I don't know what can be done regarding Namco's constant funding of these terrible licensed-anime games (outside of Fighterz, the Ninja Storm games, and to an extent, My Hero (was a fun arcade arena game, just needed a bit more polish)).
Even though these games are receive such poor critical reception, they still make so much money for Namco, as seen with Jump Force's sales.
It's annoying that Namco has been putting more effort into putting these games out and marketing them, when their internal studios make amazing games on a budget like SoulCalibur VI, Ace Combat 7, and God Eater 3, and those get essentially no advertising or promotion. Heck, apparently faith in AC7 at Namco was small given the project got restarted so many times, the final product was made in a year and it was STILL great.
Really hope something changes with them soon before next generation.
At this point, I don't know what can be done regarding Namco's constant funding of these terrible licensed-anime games (outside of Fighterz, the Ninja Storm games, and to an extent, My Hero (was a fun arcade arena game, just needed a bit more polish)).
Even though these games are receive such poor critical reception, they still make so much money for Namco, as seen with Jump Force's sales.
It's annoying that Namco has been putting more effort into putting these games out and marketing them, when their internal studios make amazing games on a budget like SoulCalibur VI, Ace Combat 7, and God Eater 3, and those get essentially no advertising or promotion. Heck, apparently faith in AC7 at Namco was small given the project got restarted so many times, the final product was made in a year and it was STILL great.
Really hope something changes with them soon before next generation.
If DB by CC2 is shitty i won't excuse them, like at all.
It's not about personal investment, but weight of the IP.
Namco Bandai loves to cheap in these games, they made several anime licensed games and they are all mediocre, all of them because they don't give a fuck about quality they just publish and make games with important IPs and they sell enough to get a profit and go again with the same modus operandi.
I just watched a gameplay trailer (this one) and holy shit that looks awesome. I'm not particularly a fan of the anime/manga, and I'd always been under the assumption that the One Piece games were just Dynasty Warrior clones with the One Piece license. Was I wrong? Are these good? That trailer makes me want to play.
I like Fighterz as much as the next guy but it's yet another Dragon Ball fighting game with yet again the same tried and true roster + one OC
It's amazing that you interpreted my comment as me slandering Fighterz, I know it's a good game but it's still at the end of the day more of the same out of licensed anime products. I'm tired of licensed anime fighting games! That's it, that's all!
What I've been trying to say is: equating World Seeker as a 'cheap cash in' when that obviously hasn't been the case like those other bum anime games is a pretty ignorant thing to say, especially if you're basing that off of the same divisive reviews associated with those bum games
Yup and reviews on this have me ignoring this game till deep discount and going back to PW3.
Pw is the best ya gonna get. This game follows the unlimited series formula. Gonna be an empty world, some samey side quests and repetitive combos. And we all gonna buy it anyway
I feel you.
One Piece has been a constant in my life since more than 17 years. I love it to death. I'll not reward these shitty games anymore.
I'm still going to play it though. I love One Piece too much.
I mean that's a life of fatherlessness and non-bathing in it's own right
Eh. Maybe. But the IGN writer is clearly a fan of One Piece. I think since so much of the complaints are gameplay related, it's hard to tell how correct they are from afar. The first 20 minutes didn't look very exciting though, which sucks - I actually like the art style and the story could be intriguing (one of the few things the IGN reviewer said was good).
Cool, I'd rather see for myself if it's shit or not. I've enjoyed many poorly reviewed games so this isn't a big deal for me.
Just got done reading the Gameinformer review, paints a very different picture to the one from IGN.
At this point, a traditional 2D fighter (a la FighterZ) would probably be the best thing for the franchise going forward. It's one of the few genres the devs have yet to try. Though I'd prefer it if someone other than Ganbarion developed it.
I would pay a large amount of money for a One Piece fighting game as good as DBFZ is.
This! I know it won't be a great game necessarily, but there will be plenty of fun to be had running around as luffy & interacting with the strawhats & some of Luffy's allies & enemies. I'm looking forward to it once the price drops a bit.
