Luffy Took a Bite of Gum-Gum in One Piece Online

I've never really paid attention to pirates works, as pirates usually isn't something that grabs my attention. Besides, I didn't think that I was missing much more than a whole lot of button mashing. Then there is coming an online game based on One Piece, Shonen Jump's anime/manga franchise about a stretchy boy trying to become the next Pirate King. Most anime-licensed games tend to be forgettable, but early footage looked surprisingly fun, like it could capture the energy of the source material.

If you start to get tired of the fetching and the fighting, however, take some time to look around. Developer has captured the anime look of One Piece with a game engine saturated in color in every version of One Piece mmorpg we tested. The design style uses the glossier modern One Piece look, offers huge levels that can pack several enemies and massive bosses on screen without framerate hiccups, and I didn't see any of the draw-in issues that have been a problem in previous One Piece online games (through waves of enemies do pop-in, by design.)

From time to time, more powerful enemies appear who require a bit more effort to defeat. You might need to evade some of their techniques, and rely on your own devastating special attacks to defeat them. These special attacks have even more elaborate animations, but they take no skill to perform. As long as your special attack meter has charges in it, you just hold down a button, and the attack takes care of itself. Watching Luffy's bizarre, stretchy attacks is fun for a short while, but they don't disguise how dull the underlying mechanics are.
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Chances are, if you’re not a One Piece fan, you won’t have understood much of that. However, even if you’re completely new to the franchise, the game requires next to no prior knowledge – it’s perfectly possible to see the characters simply as they’re portrayed within the story, and you’ll only be missing out on some minor references here and there. Accessibility is arguably the story’s greatest achievement, and its likeable, creative cast is a testament to how well the title captures the essence of the original work.

Another factor contributing to the title’s high production values is the excellent orchestral score, with stirring and playful pieces alike built around the same memorable recurring motif. It scales nicely along with the action, too; exploring is usually accompanied by incidental music and lighter melodies, while bigger battles and boss fights are backed up with rousing bursts of audio encouragement. Add in the high quality Japanese voice acting — subtitled in cutscenes and interspersed throughout the action — and at times it can feel as if you’re watching the action unfold on Crunchyroll instead of playing it on the website.