While we're grateful that Europe is suddenly getting a lot of games long before they're even confirmed for America, like Xenoblade Chronicles, The Last Story and Pandora's Tower, it doesn't necessarily follow that the games in question are always worth shipping over from Japan. Sadly, One Piece Unlimited Cruise SP is a good example of this.
It's basically a 3DS port of the Wii game, One Piece Unlimited Cruise Part 1, that sees you taking control of Luffy and a bunch of his fellow pirates as they explore various islands in search of the One Piece, the ultimate treasure.
The opening few hours are an immensely dull grind, as you slowly run around an island fighting countless identical enemies, collecting items and bringing them back to various crystals on the island, unlocking new areas every time you've collected enough.
The lack of any meaningful tutorials or instructions means many players will get frustrated wandering around, and navigating the samey levels is a chore.
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Things do eventually pick up as you start to build up your characters' abilities, the enemies begin to show some variation and you get to travel to new areas, but by that point you're likely to be sick of the whole thing and ready to jack it in.
Add to that the choppy frame rate in both 2D and 3D and the lack of an English voiceover (we prefer the Japanese one anyway, but it's hardly that familiar to younger fans of the One Piece cartoon in Europe) and it's difficult to like this game.
Stick with One Piece and you will eventually begin to enjoy it, as it does become a decent little action-adventure game. The question is whether or not the end justifies the means, though, and not many people will think the effort you put in slogging through the game's opening hours will be worth the pay-off.
I loved the manga books and its really annoying to find that to find out the games bad
Not what I was expecting, but I suppose you have to be critical. I'm still looking forward to playing the game when it arrives tomorrow though, as I never got a chance to play the Wii version.
They removed Part 2? Why?
I already have part 2 on the wii so i'm not bothered about it not being included
Pretty much getting it for the Marineford Arc though
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Your revie is pretty harsh. Just because their is a boring start... you do realise about half of all games ever evented have boring starts? I found Skyward Sword boring beyond sin got halfway through and could not be bothered to continue. Skyward Sword is my worst ever zelda.
4.0 from Gamespot,so this isn't the harshest review out there.
Shame about the score,I saw this game on Youtube yesterday and I thought it actually looked like a good game,might get it when it goes down in price.
I have to say this is a very good looking 3DS game graphics-wise.
Having played through Marineford Mode (I'm going to start the story tomorrow...) I have to say that I really enjoyed it. I'm sure I read something about part 2 in the manual, but I can't seem to find it now...
sony's pulled this off before with PoPoLoCrois PSP. this was their excuse: 'People don't want to play long games on portable consoles.'
i wouldn't be surprised if bamco/nintendo pulled off the same rubbish
also 60% doesn't mean this is a bad game, it means it's an above average game with some faults.
GTFO skyward is amazing
Skyward sword was boring but also good. I loved the beetle. But it really was not worth the wait. Alttp an Tp are still my favs.
After playing the one piece game I love it! The jumping mechanic feels broken the same with dash and jump attacks. I got the limited edition for £30 on amazon. Although it really is a fan game.
They cut a full half of the game out, they don't mention that anywhere on the box or anything, no wonder this gets 60% in the review, that is not harsh at all.
I only found half the game was missing myself earlier today, when I noticed it was getting one star customer reviews and wondered why. There was no indication of this in preorders - no wonder they are mad!