![]() You explore the world as one of the seven crew members of the Straw Hat Pirates. So it’s partly new stories, and partly a One Piece Greatest Hits compilation presented as a JRPG. But in practice, for story reasons Luffy and the gang will be travelling to select moments in their past adventures, like when they travelled to Alabasta and Water Seven. On paper, One Piece Odyssey is an original story. The mysterious island is surrounded by unusual weather, and once on land, they discover two inhabitants and a mystery to solve. In One Piece Odyssey, the Straw Hat Pirates are shipwrecked on their journey to the island of Waford. Its graphics may not be why you get the latest generation console or max out a PC for, but as an adaptation from a manga and anime series, it looks good, without being jarring (like Jump Force was). Minor UI stumbles aside, One Piece Odyssey presents itself well. ![]() (Side note, the UI on PC is usable with a mouse, which is nice.) It’s the little things, like how removing cubes (points) on skills and removing accessories are not done the same, that the game didn’t quite nail down. I never developed the muscle memory to navigate the pause menu without stumbling. Figuring out where is the menu where you upgrade skills, and where you slot in accessories while not accidentally switching to the other tab was a common occurrence. Though the menu when you pause the game is a bit off. The shopping and crafting menus look lively yet are still easy to operate. Its wind instruments really steal the show if you ask me, the flutes, horns, trombones and trumpets were tooting and they were tooting tunes that really get you in the mood to kick some butt.Įven the UI presentation was given some extra love. There are hints of Japanese folk music and flamenco being sprinkled around the soundtrack. It makes good use of its orchestra ensemble by still having earworm-worthy melodies and going hard in various genres. What really hooked me in the game is how amazing the soundtrack is. As well as the expected character banters fans know and love, it’s all here.Īnd yes, this is a shonen series, so there’s a decent amount of men shouting really loud after spouting their different ideals which leads to explosions. From delivering emotional moments to really selling a joke with their overreactions. Thankfully, the voice performance is astoundingly great. There’s no English dub in One Piece Odyssey, so the only choice you have is what language you want for the subtitles. Which is actually fine, this should make it more approachable even for the younger audience, somewhat. ![]() The crew is all panicking about getting attacked by a Sandora Dragon and all I see is a goofy giant lizard. The non-human enemies are all silly looking, though. Just relatively silly and/or cool-looking. I’m surprised that despite the people coming in all shapes and sizes (literally), they all are animated in a believable manner. And that means folks with unusual proportions like long noses, lanky arms and legs, and massive pecs, as well as attractive females being portrayed as they are portrayed. The characters maintain the charm of manga author Eiichiro Oda’s art style. The locations you visit like the main island of Waford are vibrantly coloured and inviting to see. Fascinatingly the world and characters look decent and as you’d expect from what you would see from the manga panels. One Piece Odyssey is running on Unreal Engine (The One Piece! The One Piece is Unreal!). One Piece Odyssey is a fun romp and an absolutely good game, but it’s missing some ingredients that stop it from being great. ![]() The publisher sure has a thing going here, adapting popular series into JRPGs. What if the popular manga and anime series One Piece is turned into a JRPG? That’s One Piece Odyssey, the latest game from developer ILCA and publisher Bandai Namco.
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