One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 Reviews

One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 is ranked in the 60th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
Digitally Downloaded
Nick H.
Top Critic
Sep 11, 2015

For me personally, the story was the highlight as it provides an excellent summation of the One Piece series as Luffy and his friends manage to overcome incredible odds and share some truly touching moments.

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Gamers Heroes
Johnny Hurricane
Top Critic
8 / 10
Sep 12, 2015

Overall if you like this type of game and you are a One Piece fan I think you will enjoy it. I have never seen One Piece before and I still ended up enjoying the game!

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4 / 5.0
Sep 14, 2015

In the end, One Piece Pirate Warriors 3 is probably one of the most enjoyable One Pirate games that I've played in a long-time and it's good to see the franchise remaining strong on the PlayStation 4. It's a fun beat 'em up with some exceptional graphics and a very entertaining story with some sturdy gaming mechanics!

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4 / 5.0
Sep 9, 2015

While the PC port of One Piece Pirate Warriors 3 is weak in technical terms, the game itself is very playable.  The Dynasty Warriors formula has been honed over endless iterations to be great fun, and if it's a bit on the easy side that's not necessarily a bad thing.

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8 / 10.0
Sep 20, 2015

Overall, One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 is the best installment in the series as it has both great gameplay mechanics, pleasing fans of the Musou genre, as well as plenty of content and modes faithful to the original series, which easily satisfies One Piece fans.

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8 / 10
Aug 27, 2015

Although One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 doesn't do an awful lot to distance itself from its predecessor, it still manages to refine almost every existing aspect. Kizuna attacks add some extra flavour to combat, the lengthy story mode is as comprehensive as it can be, and dream log is something that we'd love to see incorporated into future musou titles. However, as with the second game, it's the immensely fun and varied character roster that acts as the wind in this ship's sails. Simply put, Luffy and his crew's latest adventure is a joy to play.

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8.3 / 10.0
Sep 11, 2015

Underneath the One piece slathered visuals and story you have your typical Warriors game, but the two fit perfectly together. The hack 'n' slash combat feels nice and fluid and makes it accessible for anyone despite their level of skill plus the anime style is a real treat to look at just be wary of the drop in local multiplayer. One Piece Pirate Warriors 3 is a game that fans of the series and Warriors franchise will absolutely love plus its one that players unfamiliar to series will be able to enjoy.

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8.5 / 10.0
Sep 22, 2015

One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 is a remarkably fun entry in the franchise and easily the best One Piece game on any system. It has some flaws, many of which are common to the Warriors franchise, but it's just fun to play. Fast-paced combat, fun stage design, excellent graphics and solid adaptation of the anime and manga stories mean that it also has boatloads to do. It doesn't quite attain the heights set by Hyrule Warriors, but anyone who's a One Piece fan must buy this title.

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8.5 / 10.0
Sep 13, 2015

While not everyone's cup of tea, One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 is a solid entry into the franchise that fans won't want to miss.

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8.5 / 10.0
Aug 28, 2015

A sprawling beat 'em up with great replayability and loads of content for both fans and newcomers. Don't let the messy camera put you off.

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86 / 100
May 23, 2018

One Piece Pirate Warriors 3 lands on Switch with a "deluxe edition" that keeps all the pros and cons from the original release: a huge amount of content, repetitive gameplay mechanics and missions, varied modes, faithful visuals to the anime... A game that fits perfectly on Switch, and it's highly enjoyable "on the go".

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8.8 / 10.0
Sep 28, 2015

It's more of the same but that's not a bad thing as the gameplay is incredibly fast, frantic and fun. A great game on it's own but if you aren't a fan of Dynasty Warriors style beat em ups, this game might not do much to change your opinion on them.

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9 / 10.0
Aug 28, 2015

A tried and tested formula that’s hard to beat, no new evolutionary additions in this instalment but a series of refinement that makes for one of the best Warriors sub-franchisees to date. Being the first title in the series to be released on the new generation of consoles, everything has been amped up to get the most out of the new hardware. One Piece fans will enjoy the story mode that goes back to the series beginnings, following it to the most recent story arc in the manga and the whole raft of new characters it brings. The series also hits Steam for the first time so there’s even more availability for fans of One Piece and the Warriors franchise alike, you wouldn't go amiss with this awesome title.

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9 / 10.0
Oct 26, 2015

One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 is very solid title. It's great fun, action packed and has a great storyline to go with it. Whether you are a fan of the anime or not, theres some awesome times here for anyone that loves to plow through waves of enemies!

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