You remember how some old JRPGs would have static portraits display during cutscenes and dialog due to the technical limitations of the time? That’s sort of how it’s presented here, but worse. ” There’s no nuance to it, and it feels almost limited by the screen’s real estate and chosen method of storytelling, which is one of the worst parts of the package. You’ll notice it when the first villain of the game bursts into a bar and starts spouting off segmented lines like “Hi dumb pirates. Sadly, the writing of the game is so poor that it’s almost childlike. That’s basically the setup for the entire series, as Luffy grows up and starts to assemble a crew of his own.Īlthough it follows the typical Dragon Ball convention of “one big bad after another,” the show is actually pretty well written and engaging. That is, until he eats a magical piece of Devil Fruit, giving him the ability to bend his limbs like rubber, and cursing him with the inability to ever swim again. There’s only one problem - he’s not really a warrior. Luffy is a young boy that looks up to pirates (specifically his idol, Shanks), and wants to have his own ship and crew someday.
Romance Dawn is a standard JRPG that basically re-tells Luffy’s story from the beginning.
Sadly, One Piece: Romance Dawn isn’t a great reflection of the show, mostly due to a lazy presentation.
They’re over 600 episodes in and they still haven’t found it, but it’s an entertaining journey all the same. Luffy and his charismatic Straw Hat Pirate crew as they search for the “One Piece” - the most valued treasure in the entire land.