Couldnt care less about Thriller bark i hated that arc, no Skypeia sucsk though that's my favorite arc lol.

i picked this one up in japan for 500 bucks... ill get the english version when it comes out ...wasnt gonna risk not having this ... ill bring this over saterday when i come over and we can figure out wats going on hahaha

Well the Thriller Bark is super essential for Brook as a character, and some characters have few missions.

Its not a deal breaker by any means, but its not the full one piece experience if main arcs are clearly missing from the story.

Besides, Thriller Bark could have had some good fights in it.

maybe it wasnt in their budget honestly if another one piece game came out with more stuff and including thriller bark i would buy that game ... there arnt enough one piece games out ... and this will be its first one to be in english

@Sinn

Yeah it is essential to Brooke, but eh like i said i hated that arc lol. The nightmare Luffy Vs Od'z could be a ton of fun but eh as you said not a deal breaker.

Thriller Bark is not essential to Brook in this game as anyone playing this either knows exactly what is happening in the story or doesn't know the characters at all so wouldn't know the difference if something was missing.

I'd much rather they put more time into missions with more supporting characters such as Boa, Whitebeard, Mihawk etc.

I Liked thriller bark. Just a fun adventure.

DarkPrince said ...

Thriller Bark is not essential to Brook in this game as anyone playing this either knows exactly what is happening in the story or doesn't know the characters at all so wouldn't know the difference if something was missing.

Thats like saying the anime can skip all the major arcs because
1) you have read the manga and already know
2) you have not read the manga so it does not matter.

Horrible DC.. The game is about One Piece and the story involved therein. TB is important to Brook. Should be there but will most likely be DLC.

Dude honestly read my damn words "Thriller Bark is not essential to Brook in this game". Key words are 'in', 'this' and 'game'.

The game isn't really about One Piece actually, it's more a Sengoku Basara game with very little plot or story, that just happens to have One Piece characters, you go from one map to the other beating up hoards of enemies till you get to a boss, who has no explanation of why he is there or who he really is. So yeah in terms of the game like I was actually referring too in my latter post, TB being absent means bugger all to the overall game and Brooks inclusion.

Anyway moving on played the game last night, I enjoyed how it played, thought it was a bit mean of them giving you this insanely overpowered Luffy and then as you finish the level your taken all the way back to when you first encounter Buggy. Zoro and Nami are already there so you need some back story knowledge if you want to know why they are there in the first place.

Combat is decent it is very button mash happy but all the main moves from the series are there and easily recognizable, game is pretty damn easy though. It looks good and you get to go up against quite a few enemies at once. Combat can get a bit boring but hopefully as you progress in the game you can continuously change between characters to freshen it up as Zoro plays differently to Luffy as one would assume. Should be really fun with co-op on online co-op though so I will pick up the English release when it comes out. Looks like it will be PSN only if so then hopefully it's quite cheap.

Quite a fun game for a fan.

DarkPrince said ...

Dude honestly read my damn words "Thriller Bark is not essential to Brook in this game". Key words are 'in', 'this' and 'game'.

The game isn't really about One Piece actually, it's more a Sengoku Basara game with very little plot or story, that just happens to have One Piece characters, you go from one map to the other beating up hoards of enemies till you get to a boss, who has no explanation of why he is there or who he really is. So yeah in terms of the game like I was actually referring too in my latter post, TB being absent means bugger all to the overall game and Brooks inclusion.

Yeah I did read what you originally said and it changes nothing.

The fact is that there is story exposition, both through actual cinematics and manga esque panels. Exactly how good id your Japanese that you can actually give an accurate explanations on the story being presented?

Also, they include the arcs for other characters, such as Baratie for Sanji, Arlong for Nami. As some of us have established, its not a deal breaker by any means, but its still a questionable cut from the final game.

Good to hear its a fun game for fans though. Will get around to getting it soon.

Played this over the weekend at DP's.

There really is not a lot of story, honestly if you haven't watched the anime or read the manga your pretty much going to be going what the hell is going on.

Other than that it's a ton of fun, beat the living hell out of everything that comes your way. Get the different combo's and move set's, also team combo things which should be pretty cool.

Overall pretty fun but if your not a fan of One Piece your probably not going to enjoy it all that much.

Sinncross said ...The fact is that there is story exposition, both through actual cinematics and manga esque panels. Exactly how good id your Japanese that you can actually give an accurate explanations on the story being presented?

Really and where was this? Where did you play the game up to? Cause from what I remember there was no cutscene at all and all the text was related to gameplay, the game basically thwos Luffy, Nami and Zoro on a Map where you have to take out Buggy. There was no cut-scene of why they where there, who they are or what they are doing.

The fact that the game basically starts you on the Sabaody stage with the time skip Sanji and Zoro and then when you complete beating the pacifista you scream to Rayleigh and tell him your going to be the pirate king. Who is Rayleigh? This already means that the developers expect the players to know who these characters are.

Sinncross said ...
Also, they include the arcs for other characters, such as Baratie for Sanji, Arlong for Nami. As some of us have established, its not a deal breaker by any means, but its still a questionable cut from the final game.

Yet nothing for Zoro? It's not really anything to care about, the game doesn't need it as anyone that's played it will tell you, the developers clearly made this for people that know the one piece story.

DarkPrince said ...


Really and where was this? Where did you play the game up to?.

If you keep playing you will notice that the story is told through manga esque scenes (i guess more comic book like) and some cutscenes.

DarkPrince said ...


The fact that the game basically starts you on the Sabaody stage with the time skip Sanji and Zoro and then when you complete beating the pacifista you scream to Rayleigh and tell him your going to be the pirate king. Who is Rayleigh? This already means that the developers expect the players to know who these characters are.

Like typical in so many stories, the OP game starts the story at the end, and goes back in time to how they crew got to that point.

Yet nothing for Zoro? It's not really anything to care about, the game doesn't need it as anyone that's played it will tell you, the developers clearly made this for people that know the one piece story.

Fair enough, Zoro's arc at the beginning is gone, but its also a arc incredibly light on content in the first place. Obviously having known the story beforehand is better since the game does not cover everything, but its not, and really should not be, a prerequisite.


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