Post by bramblett05 on Jun 3, 2016 18:22:43 GMT
I'm not a true follower of the OP franchise I guess you can say but I know a good bit of it like Luffy is wanting to be the Pirate King and has a crew of pirates with all certain kinds of power. I played more of the games than watched the show and I was curious about the new game and figured since I liked Red which though could get boring, it felt like the show in alot of aspects. Booting up Burning Blood you are greeted with just the story mode called Paramont War then you do your first story fight and things open up. The CG scenes look amazing and then the gameplay started. I know it was made this way to get it to run on vita but wow so much detail is lost in translation that they might as well call this a 3DS title. The blurry character models and background ruin the overall experience in a way and it's no wonder we never seen Vita gameplay till on launch.
The fighting isn't much better as the winner is the one who spams the most moves really but free battle may be the best mode in this game since story mode is in my opinion a slap to fans but more on that in a bit. Each character out of the 40+ characters I say plus because there is around 20$ worth of more characters as DLC but it's mostly from the movies or other arcs. You have 5 types of fighters such as speed, power and tricky and power against speed won't last so think of it as a RPS match. After fights you gain exp and can level up but i'm not sure leveling up does anything unless it says so somewhere in the options but I have yet to notice a change from level one to level 5. Story mode is one arc with four characters to play as and it's a toss up on how it is in general. In one hand you have good story and scenes and the other you have no way of setting up your character with a support crew and how the enemies do more damage to you than you do them though the Luffy story is the easiest.
My gripe with the mode is why have all these characters for the little of a story mode you have? I can see with online and free battle but story mode should have been done differently as it just seems to be cashing in for fans while other OP games seem to be alot better than this one. You also get money from fights which go to buying characters but they cost one million and up to two million and you don't earn all that much so grinding or earning them through story mode will be it unless in story mode your stuck because a fight. There are a few other modes like Wanted Posters where you fight a character/characters under certain conditions which can be fun and very challenging also limted versions which are timed.
Overall it's a decent One Piece game game but also a huge letdown with just one arc which is about four hours long. Free battles and online make up for it and you can read up on some of the story or terms in the options but you are better off reading the manga or watching the show if a fan.
Score 6.7 Out Of 10
+ Good bit of characters
CG scenes look amazing
Each character plays different
- Story mode way too short
Not for new fans
Some moves are way too slow to pull off