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ONE PIECE Grand Cruise

  • PS4 Version PS VR headset required
  • PS Camera required
  • PS Move motion controller optional
  • 1 PS Move motion controller supported
  • DUALSHOCK 4 vibration

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Come aboard and experience the pirate’s life in ONE PIECE Grand Cruise for PlayStation®VR. Be prepared to be swept away in the first ONE PIECE VR experience. Step onto the famous Thousand Sunny ship and meet the legendary Straw Hat Pirates including Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Sanji, and many more while you brave fierce battles and fire cannons to defend the ship! Choose rooms to explore within the ship and feel what it’s like to be a pirate. In addition, on PS5™ consoles: PlayStation Camera adaptor for PS Camera is required (no purchase necessary) go to Playstation.com/camera-adaptor; for the best PlayStation®VR experience on PS5™ we recommend using a DUALSHOCK®4 wireless controller.

One Piece Grand Cruise

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One Piece Grand Cruise is an interactive, virtual reality game released in May 2018 in Japan, North and South America, and Europe. [1] [2] A demo of the game was available at Tokyo One Piece Tower .

  • 2.1 Sea Battle Against the Marines
  • 2.2 Repel the Kraken
  • 3.1 Enemy Characters
  • 4 References
  • 5 External Links
  • 6 Site Navigation

Gameplay [ ]

Unnamed Grand Cruise Protagonist

The unnamed protagonist and the Straw Hat Pirates fighting the Kraken.

Players are able to interact with the Straw Hat Pirates by visiting rooms of the Thousand Sunny and having conversations with the crew. For example, players can train with Zoro or help the crew fight the enemies. In conversation, characters' reactions will also change based on the options you select. The game also includes summer and winter experiences formerly exclusive to Tokyo One Piece Tower. [2]

Players can interact with Sanji in the kitchen, with Zoro on the ship's deck to train, and with Chopper in his medical offices to watch his examinations. They can also collect items from the crew by spotting them in the environment and hovering over them.

During combat, players operate cannons to shoot at enemy pirate ships and large enemies like the Kraken . Shooting enemies gives players points. Players also use the cannon to choose which Straw Hat Pirates will complete actions like attacking enemies or deflecting projectiles.

In the Tokyo One Piece Tower demo, eight players can play simultaneously. It is unknown if these features will be available in the console version. The game features two main adventures: Sea Battle Against the Marines and Repel the Kraken . Each adventure has multiple scenes.

Players board the Thousand Sunny as new deckhands and meet different members of the crew. An unidentified person speaking through Den Den Mushi acts as the main guide and narrator for the duration of the game.

Sea Battle Against the Marines [ ]

Players choose whether they want to visit Nami's Quarters to talk with Nami and Robin or the ship's Galley to talk with Sanji and Chopper. After they finish their conversation, the players return to the deck of the Sunny to Fight the Marines in a cannon battle, shooting to deflect cannonballs and barrels sent toward them by a fleet of Marine ships . They are divided into two teams, one red and one blue, competing for higher scores. Sanji and Zoro get into a dispute, and players use the cannons to choose which of them will defend against a giant cannonball.

Repel the Kraken [ ]

Players choose whether they want to visit Nami's Quarters to talk with Nami and Brook , the ship's Galley to talk with Sanji and Usopp , the Sick Bay to be examined by Chopper, or the Upper Deck to talk with Zoro and Franky . After the conversation scene, the players and the Straw Hat Pirates return to the deck of the Sunny to Fight the Kraken . Divided into teams again, players shoot at the Kraken and its tentacles. After the players damage and anger the creature, Robin uses Gigantesco Mano: Stomp to knock it out and send it back into the sea. Suddenly, Donquixote Doflamingo appears. Luffy fights him, and players choose what happens during an interactive cutscene. With the players' help, Luffy defeats Doflamingo.

Characters [ ]

The only playable character is an unnamed first-person protagonist. Players can interact with all of the Straw Hat Pirates.

Enemy Characters [ ]

  • Marine ships
  • Donquixote Doflamingo

References [ ]

  • ↑ One Piece Grand Cruise Lets Players Interact with Strawhat Crew & Fight Alongside Them
  • ↑ 2.0 2.1 One Piece: Grand Cruise coming west in 2018

External Links [ ]

  • Official Japanese Website

Site Navigation [ ]

  • 1 Story Arcs
  • 2 Five Elders
  • 3 Chapter 1111

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First anime game in Playstation VR with ONE PIECE GRAND CRUISE

The first ONE PIECE VR experience will allow players to become a new recruit of the legendary Straw Hat Crew from the inside with ONE PIECE GRAND CRUISE coming exclusively on PlayStation VR in 2018. BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe is pleased to announce the development of this new experience at Spike Chunsoft Studios.

In ONE PIECE GRAND CRUISE, players step onto the famous Thousand Sunny ship to meet the legendary Straw Hat Crew including Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Sanji, and many more while they brave fierce battles and fire cannons to defend their ship! By choosing rooms to explore within the ship, players will be able to make choices to guide their own experience and feel what it’s like to be a pirate!

Be ready to defend the Ship from the Marine, monsters and legendary foes of the crew with ONE PIECE GRAND CRUISE coming exclusively on PlayStation VR in 2018.

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Playstation vr exclusive one piece grand cruise gets first gameplay trailer.

Get the first animated look on One Piece Grand Cruise for PlayStation VR, showing the world of the anime from a different perspective.

Today Bandai Namco Entertainment released the first gameplay trailer for its upcoming One Piece virtual reality game One Piece Grand Cruise .

We get to see how the game works, with basic interactions with the characters somewhat similar to what you see in  Summer Lesson  games, but there is more gameplay here, including a battle against an enemy ship and defending from the attack of a Kraken.

All is topped by the well-known cast of the anime, including Luffy's crew and assorted villains, much to the joy of  One Piece fans.

You can enjoy the trailer for yourself below. If you want to see more, you can check out a recent gallery of screenshots and  the original announcement  with more images.

The game will come in 2018, with no precise release window announced for now. It will be exclusive to Sony Interactive Entertainment’s PlayStation VR on PS4.

At the moment, we don’t know whether there will be a localization. Bandai Namco has normally been good in localizing obscure Japanese games, but  Summer Lesson  is not a positive precedent for virtual reality.

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One Piece: Grand Cruise isn’t a good game, but it’s a fantastic experience. It is a way for One Piece fans to feel like they’re part of the One Piece universe. The gameplay is essentially nonexistent, but for fans, nothing will prepare you for how amazing your first step on the Thousand Sunny will feel.

One Piece: Grand Cruise Developer: Bandai Namco Price: $9.99 Platforms: PS4 (reviewed) MonsterVine was provided with a PS4 code for review

Fans of One Piece will get quite a lot out of Grand Cruise because of their love for the series, while people looking for an objectively good game will likely not be pleased with the experience. Like many franchise-based VR titles, Grand Cruise is focused entirely on letting players step into the world of the series they love, making it entirely hit-or-miss.

One Piece: Grand Cruise puts you (literally) into the shoes of a nameless and faceless fledgling pirate in the world of One Piece . The entire Strawhat crew is hanging out with you for the day to give you the full pirate experience, which is made up of naval battles, a Kraken battle, and an encounter with the infamous villain of the Dressrosa arc, Donquixote Doflamingo. While doing everything will only take a couple hours at most, simply being on the Thousand Sunny is breathtaking. I’ve followed One Piece since I was a kid in the early 2000’s, so stepping onto the crew’s iconic second ship while interacting with the characters was remarkable.

Players are given the ability to hang out in different parts of the ship with different members of the Strawhat crew. Each crew member talks about themselves and what they do on the ship while asking the player a variety of “yes or no” questions. It’s nothing too deep, but bonding with Zoro over sword-fighting, or with Chopper over medicine will make any fan’s day. There’s something truly surreal about looking around while talking to these characters from a first-person perspective, a feeling that can be attributed to just how exciting virtual reality can be.

The cannon minigames that make up the majority of actual gameplay are pretty dull, as you simply mash one button while aiming your controller at the sky. Shooting at the Kraken from the Fishman Island story arc is neat in concept, but boring in execution. There’s no real gameplay hook in One Piece: Grand Cruise , meaning the title is carried by fanservice alone. This isn’t a bad thing for fans, as the $10 price-point is entirely worth it for the One Piece VR experience I received; just know that there’s no exciting or even interesting gameplay to be had.

There are plenty of small details for dedicated fans to notice as well, from Sogeking’s mask and Brook guitar on display to Usopp’s Dressrosa face occasionally shooting out of your cannon. It’s clear to see that Grand Cruise was made by developers who are familiar with and passionate about the world and story of One Piece , which is incredibly important in an experience which lives or dies by how it pleases One Piece fans. The Japanese voice actors and actresses for the Strawhat crew all reprise their roles alongside Doflamingo’s actor, which definitely helps in this regard.

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ONE PIECE: Grand Cruise Review – Wobbly Sea Legs (PS4)

By Paulmichael Contreras

Virtual reality is an exciting proposition for fans of all kinds of media. Imagine seeing your favorite comic book, television, or movie characters brought to life and meeting them virtually face to face. ONE PIECE: Grand Cruise takes this approach with the popular manga franchise, with its release on PlayStation VR. Is this trip with the Straw Hat Pirates worth your time and hard-earned booty? Read on to find out in our ONE PIECE Grand Cruise review.

Instantly Recognizable

ONE PIECE: Grand Cruise features plenty of characters from the main cast of the manga. Protagonist Monkey D. Luffy makes an obvious appearance as the leader of a ragtag bunch of pirates aboard the vessel Thousand Sunny. There are two battles that can be played. The first is a battle against the navy, and the second is a fight against a Kraken or giant octopus that Luffy naturally wants to subdue into a pet. In any playthrough of both scenarios, the player is given only a few seconds to decide where to go by looking at a barrel and pressing the cross button. After a short conversation between characters in the chosen location, the player is called back out onto the deck for the real action to take place.

The graphics in Grand Cruise are one of its best assets. Familiar characters are instantly recognizable, and the cel-shaded style presentation lends itself well to VR scenes, which tend to have lower poly counts since two viewports must be rendered each frame. There’s some fanservice going on with the characters Nami and Robin as well, including the rather awkward option of staring at Nami’s chest while in her bedroom, prompting a reaction from her. There’s no direct interaction, however, as the entire experience plays out like a very short episode from the show involving the player as an audience member.

Not Much to It

VR is all about immersion. It puts the player smack dab in the middle of a scene, engrossing them in the center of all the action. Grand Cruise loses a lot of this immersion factor in its main events. While individual scenarios featuring marginally interactive conversations between the player and a couple of characters have a good level of immersion, the fight against the marines and the fight against the Kraken both sideline the player. It appears Grand Cruise ’s origins as a multiplayer experience couldn’t be ripped out entirely. Instead, random red and blue silhouetted player characters with letters emblazoned across their chest appear at all other cannons that the current player is not occupying. There’s some sort of Red vs. Blue competition going on, but the player’s teammates are so accurate that there’s hardly a contest, and the player’s team will usually come out on top, for no reward other than notching a win. There’s not even online leaderboards!

Seeing everything that ONE PIECE: Grand Cruise has to offer will take most players well under an hour. This includes an introduction that cannot be skipped, which becomes very repetitive after running through it a few times in order to visit new locations. Navigation definitely could have been upgraded for this PlayStation VR release. There is a way to change who congratulates the player at the end of both scenarios, but that’s it in terms of affecting the overall adventure.  Grand Cruise is, for the most part, an on-rails experience, without even the excitement of actually moving anywhere since the player is stationary for the duration.

ONE PIECE: Grand Cruise feels like a trip aboard a dinghy rather than a pirate ship. Even simply allowing for free travel around the boat as the show’s various characters react and move around would’ve given players something more interesting to do. But for die-hard One Piece fans, this is the closest you can get officially to the series’ many characters. As it stands right now, it’s hard to recommend ONE PIECE: Grand Cruise for anything more than a couple of dollars, and the entertainment value on offer doesn’t feel worth the current asking price of $9.99 USD.

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  • Good presentation
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By Ryan Ouellette on May 24, 2018

Developer / publisher – bandai namco entertainment price – us $19.99 / eu €19.99 / uk £15.99 / au $26.95 release date – may 22, 2018 control method – ds4, 1 x move controllers play type – sitting pro patch – no digital only – yes reviewed on – ps4 pro.

There is nothing better then some good old-fashioned fan service, provided of course that you are a fan of whatever it is being thrown your way.  ONE PIECE Grand Cruise aims to be a VR taste of the ONE PIECE universe that I am admittedly totally unfamiliar with. It’s an odd blend of anime, pirates, comedy and some of the most flamboyant characters I have seen and even after playing through this title, I still really have no idea what the heck is happening in this world.

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This talking snail is the 1st character you meet in the game

Armed with a DS4 or lone Move controller, which is really only needed for the combat section of the game, you just choose which area of the ship you wish to visit and watch a scene unfold.  The scenes are minimally interactive and mostly require you to stare at a reticle that pops up on an object or person to trigger a tiny event.  Once those scenes are done you are brought to the Ship deck fight where you control a canon…it’s not as exciting as it sounds.  Aiming is handled by tracking the controller so you tilt and steer the DS4 to line up a targeting reticle on the incoming objects or just point with the Move.  Once you hit X the game takes over and auto aims and shoots the target and you just keep doing this until the game decides to move on to another cut scene.

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Line it up and take it down.

Grand Cruise looks great and captures the look of the anime nicely.  All the models carry a lot detail and are fully realized in 3D.  Specific areas of the ship are available to visit, each populated with 1 or 2 characters from the show who mostly monologue about the other crew members.  Whether it be a crew members quarters or the galley, each of these stations offers some light comedy clearly aimed at fans of the series.  Some more dramatic explosion effects pop up during the 2 canon firing scenes and do look and feel like they were ripped right of an anime series and do a great job of making you feel like you are in this strange universe.

Audio is a lot more of an issue.  First off, all the voices are in Japanese with English titles floating at the bottom of your vision.  This alone is not an issue as I assume it keeps the characters and their eccentricities intact.  The problem lies with the way the subtitles are displayed.  Whenever you move your head the subtitles take a second or two to float back into position so while you may want to look around in the game, doing so will more than likely sacrifice the conversation.  This is especially true in the canon firing sections when you will be too focused on targeting incoming projectiles to even notice the words popping up below you.  If you are interested in what the characters are saying, you need to pay attention to the sub titles and ignore everything else.

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It’s the KRAKEN!!!!!!

The game is broken up into 2 sections, but both offers similar scenes and action.  The 1st takes you through 1 of 2 cut scenes before battling pirates that hurl not just canon balls your way, but weights and meat and I think I even saw a kitchen sink.  The second section gives you 4 more cut scenes, and has you battle a giant Kraken, which really just involves spamming the fire button until you win.  After that battle you a greeted with longer cut scene where the main hero faces off against I’m guessing the main villain from the series.  The scenes have to be unlocked through menu selection, but once you have viewed them all, you can revisit them any time you want.

That’s it really.  Shallow combat, short cut scenes and an emphasis on repetition is the name of the game (or experience) here.    Besides the subtitle issue, my other contention would be the over sexualized female characters.  I get that this is just how things are done on the other side of the world, but for me it was laughably ridiculous and unnecessary. It just comes off as a cheap way to gather a younger male audience so if way over sexualized women are an issue for you, they are here.

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I honestly don’t know what to say……..

Not much more to say really.  Grand Cruise offers a small glimpse into the ONE PIECE universe and while I was left kind of dumbfounded by it all, I think fans of the series will dig this and in truth, I’m kind of curious to see what the show is about as it just seems to be a tad insane and over the top…which I kinda dig.  This is way more experience then game but if you are into One Piece, you’ll probably appreciate what is offered up here.

What would I pay? For me, $5 seems more appropriate.  The content presented is all fan service and I’m just not a fan of One Piece…at least not yet.  That said, I think there is just enough content here to warrant a full priced purchase if you are fan of this seemingly insane series, just keep in mind it’s more experience then game.

  • Crisp and clear presentation
  • Some funny moments
  • Fans of the show will probably dig this
  • Poor subtitle implementation
  • Way over the top sexualized women
  • Weak shooting mechanics
  • Those unfamilair with one piece will be left wondering what the heck just happened?!

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ONE PIECE: Grand Cruise

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Critic Reviews for ONE PIECE: Grand Cruise

Cogconnected.

One Piece: Grand Cruise is diabolically short, bereft of almost any interaction from the player's side, painfully repetitive, and a wholly uninspired effort that seems more interested in luring in its most ardent fans rather than making a competent game.

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One Piece: Grand Cruise is a big disappointment.There's a lot more interesting opportunities to spend time.

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PlayStation LifeStyle

ONE PIECE: Grand Cruise feels like a trip aboard a dinghy rather than a pirate ship.

Spaziogames

One Piece: Grand Cruise is an awful experience that lacks both in content and quality.

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Video Chums

The premise of Grand Cruise seems promising: a virtual reality mini-game set in One Piece's colourful world.

MonsterVine

Though it’s not a good game, One Piece: Grand Cruise is a fantastic VR experience for fans of the franchise. Despite its minimal gameplay and short runtime, One Piece: Grand Cruise succeeds in making you feel like a member of the Strawhat pirates for a solid couple of hours.

Grand Cruise is expensive for what it has to offer with barely half an hour of playtime. As cool as it is to become a Straw Hat Pirate, the two barebones mini-games are boring to play and look pretty bad. Fans of One Piece might enjoy this, but that's it.

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One Piece: Grand Cruise Review

There's nothing grand about it

A.J. Maciejewski

Reviewed by A.J. Maciejewski playing a PS4 with PSVR on May 23, 2018 ☠️

One Piece: Grand Cruise is rated Teen by the ESRB

Luffy has been on plenty of video game adventures and his latest is in virtual reality. The question is: do you have what it takes to occasionally tap X then mindlessly watch characters fight each other?

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One Piece: Grand Cruise consists of two modes: Repel the Kraken and Sea Battle Against the Navy. Upon choosing one, you watch characters talk in an introductory scene then pick a room of the ship to enter. Once you magically teleport to that room, you watch a character or two talk about stuff then Luffy interrupts with urgency. So, you head outside only to see that either a Kraken or a few ships are attacking your vessel. Keep in mind, up to this point, there has been no gameplay as all you did so far was watch characters interact. To be fair, you may have looked at certain characters which triggered a short comment here or there or answered someone's question but that's about the extent of the interaction so far. It is cool to see the One Piece characters in virtual reality but this is a video game and not a VR movie, right? v1d30chumz 185-80-151-9

Next, we get to the gameplay. No matter which "mode" you chose, you'll find yourself aiming a cannon by tilting the DualShock 4 and tapping X to fire. You'll either try and blast away crap that the Navy slings at you such as barrels, cannonballs, and turkey legs or shoot at the Kraken's tentacles until its head emerges then you fire away at that. Meanwhile, there are a few other generic red or blue characters who are helping you by firing their own cannons. Essentially, you don't even have to do anything. You can just sit back and watch your teammates do all the work. There is absolutely no skill required or repercussions for doing poorly.

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That being said, you can compete with the opposite coloured team to see if you can beat their score. Considering it has absolutely no impact on anything, it makes me wonder why anyone would care if they win or lose. This is especially true considering just how random the core gameplay is. Trying to carefully aim at a barrage of incoming crap where your cannonballs travel in an arch is maddening so your best bet is to just keep tapping X and hope for the best but like I say, why even bother?

Fighting the Kraken isn't any more enjoyable. You basically just blast away then it falls eventually. After it does, Luffy fights Doflamingo and you can decide whether to give up or not after Luffy gets smacked away. What kind of choice is that? Also, why can't I control Luffy? Instead, you just watch while thinking about how cool it would be if you could do anything besides just sit and observe.

Aside from the few decisions you can make, the different rooms you can visit, and the incredibly basic and mindless core gameplay; One Piece: Grand Cruise doesn't really have anything else to offer. You'll be done with the whole experience mere minutes after you start it and there's no replay value whatsoever. That is, unless you're dying to see what's in the other rooms and what making different choices does. Even if that appeals to you, seeing every possible option won't even take that long to do.

One Piece: Grand Cruise screenshot 3

The premise of Grand Cruise seems promising: a virtual reality mini-game set in One Piece's colourful world. However, it's an awful bare-bones VR experience and the fact that they're charging a decent chunk of change for it is ridiculous.

  • + It's cool to be able to see the One Piece characters in virtual reality
  • - Only consists of one mini-game that isn't even fun in the first place
  • - You'll be done with it within minutes
  • - Requires virtually no skill / no replay value

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Comments for One Piece: Grand Cruise Review

A.J. Maciejewski (crazyaejay): Thanks for reading my review of One Piece: Grand Cruise. Feel free to ask any questions about the game or provide feedback and I'll gladly reply.

Catsim (samuelbickel): This was clearly a straight localized port of a One Piece VR show that was at an event in Japan. You can tell because of the other "players" who have been replaced with crack-shot AI. It should've been free, or at most a couple of dollars.

A.J. Maciejewski (crazyaejay): That's an interesting fact - thanks for sharing! The game actually makes more sense now but it's still a waste of money. You're right; it should be free or very cheap.

Alex Legard (alexlegard): Reading this review makes me wonder is it possible to beat the game by only pressing the x button? And why didn't you just give the game a 1?

A.J. Maciejewski (crazyaejay): Haha, I don't even think you have to push X to beat it. I'm pretty sure you can just leave it on. I gave it a few notches higher than a 1 because it's cool to see the One Piece crew in VR but that's really the only thing this game has going for it.

50HellsofPain (clementoverpowered): this is not a grand cruise

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