One Piece Odyssey Review: A fun JRPG for fans and newcomers alike
“One Piece Odyssey is an anime spinoff JRPG that’s a shade better than the rest.”
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Fun fight
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Well written plot, characters and dialogues
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Great research
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Beautiful visuals
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Odd weight curve
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Bad pace
When I started my adventure with the Straw Hat Pirates in the One Piece Odyssey, I was taken aback by the beautiful virtual world in front of me. I felt like I was being pulled into the pages of a manga I’m a huge fan of, complete with wacky creature designs, great choreography, and loads of character humor and drama. By the end of the adventure, I was excited to One piece finally had a Dragon Quest level JRPG.
One Piece Odyssey is a new Japanese role-playing game spinoff of the extremely popular manga and anime series. Although it has a rough start, One Piece Odyssey it’s not a quick cash-grab based on IP power — it’s a full-blown JRPG that looks like a push One piece to new heights of gaming with its superb style, storytelling, characters and twists.
Good JRPG plot
One Piece OdysseyThe main characters are the Straw Hat Pirates, a motley crew of weirdos chasing their dreams with the goal of finding a treasure called “One Piece”. The team crash lands on the mysterious island of Waford after being bombarded by a wild storm and palpable lightning. The team quickly learns that there is more to this island than meets the eye when they come into contact with a giant fire keeper and their abilities are scattered across Waford in the form of memory cubes. Those adventures around Waford and through those scattered memories, which recount moments from One piece manga and anime, to return to full strength. Meanwhile, the corrupt government leaders of the One Piece world, the Four Elders, have sent an operative to the island to intercept the Straw Hats.
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The story is quite entertaining thanks to solid character, plot and world building. As a One Piece fan, this game felt like an extension of some of my favorite stories from the franchise, as it allowed me to explore them in a new way. There are tons of tidbits that fans of the series will really enjoy. I would engage with every interactive thing on the screen just to see what new information I could learn. Still, this plot contains many flashbacks that give new players details on characters and arcs that are important to this trip down memory lane.
All in all, One Piece Odyssey it strikes a healthy medium of new and old territory, allowing anyone to jump in and enjoy its plot. Fortunately, its twists and turns, little nods, great characters that are easy to understand, and a few epic moments help tie the story together. It’s a very good plot for a JRPG.
If it’s not broken, add it
If there is one JRPG series I could compare it to One Piece Odyssey that, that’s Dragon Quest. This is not just because of its aesthetics and strange and hilariously unique monsters, but because of the entire structure of the game. One Piece Odyssey is a very simple role-playing game. You go from point to point while taking the usual detours you’ve come to expect from genre mainstays like Dragon Quest and move the plot along while doing a bit of exploration. Although this may sound simpler than similar titles Tales of Arise, Final Fantasy 7 Remakeand Crimson Nexusnot bad at all.
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As seen in Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Unattainable Agesometimes less is more, and it works in One Piece Odyssey grace. This is the kind of game you’ll want to start after a hard day’s work, as it will allow you to relax and enjoy a few hours in the world of One Piece.
You can switch between Straw Hats and use their different abilities to travel between areas and avoid obstacles on the roads. Captain Luffy can use his rubber powers to conquer light platforming elements by making his arm an improvised hip thrust, for example. The shape-shifting reindeer, Chopper, is small enough to walk through narrow crevices and reach secret areas. And the beautiful archaeologist, Nico Robin, can destroy obstacles on the way. These moments of adventure are even more alive with the constant chatter of company. The simple and distinctive research philosophy also carries over into combat.
Fights in One Piece Odyssey they are divided into multiple attack areas and you are allowed to switch party members in and out of them at will. This sometimes makes it feel like you’re fighting multiple battles at once. These areas can also constantly change during battle, either due to enemies or your actions. For example, Luffy can use his Gum Gum Bazooka attack to knock opponents into other party member areas, and many times the party member in that attack area will hilariously react to it.
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Another great thing about Fr One Piece Odyssey is that grinding is not a problem. While there is choice, there are plenty of ways to progress quickly. You can throw a celebratory party (at a typical straw hat) and get extra experience in subsequent battles, or you can seek out certain enemies that give experience bonuses. You also have access to a bunch of enhancement and debuff items that you can use to defeat tough enemies and level up. Although there are many good aspects pushing One Piece Odyssey to great heights, he is held back by some wrong turns on the way to the great treasure that could be.
There are a few holes in this ship
Although I liked the first chapter of the game, after that, the early parts of the game spoiled my experience. Not only is it One Piece Odyssey very slow, chatty and manual before, but it gives the impression that the game will be too light. As the Straw Hats land on the island in full force, it’s only natural that they’ll single-shot every enemy they come into contact with. So in the beginning I was mindlessly mashing the attacked through the battles, hoping to finally hit that difficulty curve that would finally appear in Chapter 2 when the main plot beats started.
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Unfortunately, the game never finds a proper pace of difficulty after that, and battles are randomly harder in a way that doesn’t transition smoothly. It doesn’t help that the fights get a bit repetitive after you’ve done a lot of them. In general, pacing is a big problem for One Piece Odyssey. There are plenty of moments where you can tell the developers are waiting with pointless missions that take you back to previous areas. These moments add nothing to the plot or gameplay and only signal at the end that maybe it’s time to take a break. Throw in some unnecessary moments of dialogue from NPC characters, and the padding is felt a mile away.
One Piece Odyssey it’s not the most perfect adventure, but it’s a magnificent one that plays to its strengths. It is designed to be a journey that everyone can enjoy, and it achieves this by embracing well-established formulas while adding its own flavor to the mix. While there are a few bad winds pushing the ship away from port and it’s a perfect experience, this is a great addition to the JRPG genre and I think you should give it a try whether you’re a big One Piece fan or just a fan of JRPGs.
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Source: newstars.edu.vn