While many could see this as being a ‘greatest hits’ compilation, bringing together the greatest moments in the One Piece series, it instead seems like the developer cutting corners and trying to skip to the arcs they have yet to adapt, such as Dressrosa, Whole Cake Island and Wano (which isn’t even adapted faithfully). What we’re left with is a game that feels disinterested in being a faithful adaptation of Oda’s manga and is instead more interested in just cutting to the most memorable moments without any of the context and build-up contributing to what made them so great. Pirate Warriors 3 did the same with the manga’s Dressrosa arc in 2015 however, it adapted the entire story from chapter 1, the Romance Dawn arc.

One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 follows the manga from the Alabasta arc to the current Wano arc in the anime and manga, but it opts to go for an original interpretation of the arc due to the arc still serialising.

While Koei Tecmo’s Warriors-style crossover series, One Piece: Pirate Warriors, has received acclaim from fans, it’s quite a confusing franchise to adapt One Piece into, and while Pirate Warriors 4 does a lot to expand the series, it stumbles far more often than not. While last year’s One Piece: World Seeker was a step in the right direction, it was still full of bugs and felt ultimately far from finished. Unfortunately, depending on who you ask, One Piece hasn’t had as good a track record with tie-ins as the aforementioned series, not nearly. That hasn’t stopped One Piece from having its fair share of video game adaptations. Despite its astronomical success, standing as the highest selling manga of all time and the highest selling comic book series too, the One Piece series isn’t as established as a household name in Western territories as the likes of Dragon Ball or Naruto.

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