*Negative and critic points:
- The game doesn't spread the story, like it has been with Pirate Warriors 3. Like another comment, there are only these arcs: Alabasta, Water 7/Enies Lobby, Sabody/Paramount War, Dressrosa, Whole Cake Island and Wano. It's a shame because /SPOIL/ Ener is back in DLC but not in the story.
- The game is offenders oriented. I mean, you only can play Attack characters in order to do an amount of kills most of the time. You sure have : Boa Hancock (Technique), Ener (DLC and technique) who have a big amount of kill but most of the time, you have to set the powerful skills.
- The skills are ALSO attack oriented. You have some specific skills for specific characters but it's a miss, a lack of precision and empowerment of the characters who aren't powerful.
- Some characters are really not often chosen: Uta (bad strats and stats), Hawkins, Capone, Chopper (it's a shame because he has a lot of forms in the manga AND the anime) and developpers are obligated to create him.
- The Maps aren't always accurate for the Giant characthers/forms: Big Mom, Kaidou, SPOIL: King)...
- The Maps sometimes have some bug. For example, I use a flying to down attack in a corner with King and sometimes, he has issues to reach the floor so the specific attack retains him in air and I need to wait a while 'til he reaches the floor.
- We lost some of old skins : Robin in leather dress, brook in a suit costume... Shame.
- The game doesn't allow you to play with specific friends online. WHY ?! Is is the same thing on playstation ? Do I need parsec in order to do it, lol ?
- There are some useless additional characters like ANOTHER Shanks. WHY A SECOND ONE ?! Wasn't it possible to add new skills and skins to have a second version from RED:FILM ? Same thing for Luffy and Onigashima (SPOIL : GEAR 5) and Kaidou in hybrid form too; Sanji's brothers: THE THREE ?! Why the three?! Ichiji could have been enough with some specific attacks that could invoke his brothers Niji and Yonji.
- Kizuna special team attack gone...
- One Piece Pirate Warriors 3 was more comprehensive than the fourth: You had all the maps, you had a lot of protagonists, antagonists and playable allies (Perona). And now it's gone.
- OPPW3 had a lot of more strategy. I feel like the 4th is... without it ? In the previous one, you could miss a mission/quest that was leading you to miss a chance to complete the Great Puzzle. Where's the stress of it ? It's almost easier.
CONCLUSION: The game could have been better but Bandai Namco want more money and respect of deadline. Perhaps trying doing a sort of Beta for the next time ? Like it would be likeable to have a feedback from the fans ?
*Neutral and ambivalent points:
- Some choices are good: Say goodbye to kizuna rush and say hello to authentic forms of awakening: gear 2, Gear 3, Gear 4 (Kongman, Snakeman), (SPOIL DLC : Gear 5); Big Mom in fire on the cloud, Kaidou in dragon form, hybrid form.
- DLC : New maps in order to power up the bundle of the charecteristics of your characters (soul map) and to make available an empowerment for the skills with a bench of new ones.
- DLC : New way to have fun. Specially with the quizzes of Roger and Rayleigh...
- The coins are still here and sometimes it's difficult to rely to the chances to unlock them...
*Positive Points:
- You have a lot of charachters, regarding to the new arcs. Some of then are not relevant but quite curious to play with (Kinemon, Drake, Capone, Crackers...)
- The map are wel design, according to the anime/manga. I lost myself in Enies Lobby: Well done (or not... x))
- The new categories of characters are a good idea in order to make more a complete and diversified game: Sanji can fly so he's this type.
- The DLC (SPOIL) are in the same wavelenght as the lore of One Piece: Seraphin, Bonnie, Lucci CP0, King, Luffy Gear 5...
