One Piece: Burning Blood Critic Reviews

Burning Blood offers a great approach to One Piece Universe. Fighting mechanics and game modes suit the series perfectly, but we miss some characters from the anime and level design could be more detailed.

One Piece: Burning Blood is the perfect game for the fans of the popular anime/manga, but its story mode and its simple gameplay mechanics are not recommended for the players of fighting games.

With a combat system that requires simple combos to achieve signature techniques, as well as activate Logia powers and Haki, each moment feels geared toward a faithful recreation of the source material. While it may only be a game for those who already love the series, Burning Blood delivers fans a boat load of fun.

A fun game for the fans who want to relive one of the most exciting arcs of the One Piece franchise. Lack of difficulty and appeal to those outside of the fandom and complex mechanics that can be easily forgotten unfortunately limit the player base. However with a variety of game modes that’ll have players coming back for more, this is a must play for the fans.

Perfect for the One Piece fans but not the best fighting game around. The campaign is short and almost every other game mode gets boring before too long.

One Piece Burning Blood is an enjoyable fighting game that will delight fans of the series from beginning to end. There is a lot of fan service, awesome art and great music, but the mechanics lack polish and identity giving fans the sensation of playing just another anime fighting game.

One Piece: Burning Blood satisfies friends of the series, but probably leaves others cold.

Even though it's not One Piece's first game, it is as a PS4 game and the feeling can't be better. It lacks story content, which revolves around Marineford's story arc, and really simple scenarios. Visually, it looks really like Pirate Warriors, although an enhanced modelling of the characters, really fluid and with no framerate drops, make it look closer to the manga.

One Piece: Burning Blood is far from perfection, especially if you are a fighting games lover. Much better if you like Rufy and company. In this case, you will find one of the best representation of One Piece’s characters in a videogame.

One Piece: Burning Blood is an interesting game with tons of characters to choose from, a great array of game modes and a solid battle system. And of course, you will find the best representation of One Piece’s characters in a videogame.

A good take on One Piece with a solid but very simple fighting game. A good fan-service for everyone who loves Luffy and his friends.

Spike Chunsoft learned something from their previous fighting Shonen game, J.Stars Victory Vs+. Albeit One Piece: Burning Blood has many similarities with this, in the end the focus in the aspects like haki and the abilities of many Devil fruit users benefited this title to the point of becoming something predictable. Despite its many noticeable failures, this is one game that fans from the manga and anime will truly enjoy.

Since the presentation matches the source material quite well, One Piece fans will be pleased enough with this game as they continue with one of the longest manga stories ever told.

It's not quite the bountiful booty that is One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3, but Burning Blood's explosive combat is bound to leave a mark all the same.

It's possibly the best One Piece fighter, but one that's still mired in anime arena fighter jank.

One Piece: Burning Blood is a great example of a licensed videogame, and it gets so much right, bringing the characters of One Piece to life in spectacular fashion. It’s a shame that the limited and unwelcoming narrative scope and unnecessary difficulty spikes take away from what is otherwise a great arena brawler.

The chaotic action really pops with sketchy cartoon visuals — I especially loved the visceral satisfaction of knocking my opponents into background objects and watching the debris fall. This isn’t as tight or polished as some of the other stuff out there (Naruto Shippuden’s latest installment comes to mind), but it’s well-worth a look if you’re a One Piece junkie or just a fighting game fan looking for a little anarchic fun.

At the end of the day, One Piece: Burning Blood is another fun instalment of this series that features a decent collection of playable characters that is cemented with a sturdy gaming engine.

One Piece Burning Blood is an easy to play fighting-game with some great graphics. Unfortunately the story mode is somewhat short and the gameplay quickly becomes repetitive after a while. It is still a great game for fans of One Piece despite the flaws.

It’s not without its faults and the difficulty spikes during Story Mode could certainly do with a rethink, but despite these issues, One Piece: Burning Blood delivers a fine recreation of the hugely popular One Piece series while also providing a genuinely enjoyable, if slightly lightweight brawler.