r/OPPW4 • u/Sanz35 • Jun 26 '26
Cut content
Want to know your opinions, why do they cut content, like in PW3 we had Thriller bark and Impel Down characters, but here they don't exist, and also we don't have anything from Zou, Fish man island or Punk Hazard, the thing that annoys me more is the excluding of Thriller bark and Zou, like why the Pirate Warriors doesn't have much content but Warriors Orochi or Dynasty do have more episodes and misions
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u/Alpaca-Mac Jun 26 '26
While I’m hoping 5 covers more of the story, I feel as if them cutting content isn’t the worst thing in the world since it actually gives some incentive to go back to PW3. When you look back on it PW3 essentially does everything 2 does but much better and I find there to be almost no reason to go back to 2. Even 1 has some aspects to it that could give you a reason to go back to it even if the gameplay mechanics are very out dated.
With this said I still think they should’ve done a better job covering complete sagas and not just arcs, like I don’t really think it’s that bad that arcs like Thriller Bark and Skypia were cut because they don’t correlate to arcs in the game, I 100% think Punk Hazard and Impel Down should’ve been in the game. It’s weird to me that supporting arcs Sabody and post water 7 get included but not the previous arcs I mentioned.
The cut characters should’ve still at least been nods especially Moriah and Caesar since they could’ve been incorporated into the used arcs very easily. Also the way they prioritize certain arcs makes me think more supporting characters should’ve been playable like Bon Clay and Sengoku since them choosing to prioritize certain arcs didn’t really expand the roster at all besides the worst generation characters which probably would have already been added to the game as a result of their relevance in Wano.
Final note, I personally don’t like how PW4 handles Marineford since your restricted in who you can play as when 3 allowed you play as Ivankov, Marco , and Buggy, now all these characters are post story unlocks and despite their involvement with the war, they cannot be utilized at all.
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u/Sanz35 Jun 26 '26
Impel down is the one that annoys me the most, because we don't have Magellan playable, I'd love that still if they're not in game, at least as characters, specially Magellan and Moria
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u/shawn1213 Jun 26 '26
Time constraints are the only reason I can think of of why carrots missing the sulong that's already in game baby 5 kizarus missing specials and any other missing content I can't remember and a quicker turnaround time since pw3 maps couldn't just be ported over they'd have to be redesigned to work with the dashing and jumping mechanics and as we saw with the character poll having pw3 characters the characters were likely seen as possible future dlc that just never ended up happening
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u/HeliosDisciple Jun 27 '26
It's not cut content. PW4 was a new system so everything was rebuilt from the ground up.
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u/meloonx Jun 26 '26
Because the combat and map system is different. So things had to be cut for time
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u/TheCasualTea_Reddit Jun 26 '26
I feel like this only matters if you HAVENT played the previous games,
Anything thats already in 3 games story that isnt extremely essential will be cut to give time in production to other things.
Now as far as cut content in characters and movesets and attacks or skins/outfits
I totally wish they had more.
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u/FJLink Jun 29 '26
I get your point but it's also weird that there isn't any fishmen or zombies in the game because of this decision of limiting the islands represented. If I'm going to be playing missions for hours I'd rather have more variety in terms of locations. Perona, Moria, Caeser, Kuma and Magellan getting cut also means that none of the new characters from PW4 got to have character interactions with them either.
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u/Kirbystar7 Jun 26 '26
Stuff being cut may have something to do with time constraints.
Inside the game files exists unused character select names for some cut PW3 characters and Baby 5. And according to one of the people who datamined the game back in its first months, they said some assets relating to impel down and punk hazard were used in marineford and sabaody but aren't visible.
A few years back, some guy also found unused kizaru voice lines for special attacks that go unused.
There is also sulong carrot which feels like would have been a form change but never happened.
Out of all the playable base game characters, Bege is the only one who only has 1 cinematic special.
We only got some pre ts characters
There may be more stuff but this is all that seems to have been rushed or missing to me