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- One Piece Treasure Cruise’ Playable on: iOS, Android. Metacritic Metascore: 79. Those mobile gacha RPGs have a chokehold on millions of players - and to be quite honest, we're among those millions.
- 'One Piece' Playable on: Game Boy Advance. Metacritic Metascore: 76. The memorable beginnings of One Piece's East Blue Saga are summarized in beat 'em up form in this way better-than-expected Game Boy Advance title.
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4’ Playable on: PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC - Steam. Metacritic Metascore: 75. Without question, One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 is one of the top Musou games to ever come out of the house of developer Omega Force.
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 Deluxe Edition' Playable on: Nintendo Switch. Metacritic Metascore: 74. All the previously released DLC that got added to the regular PS4, PS3, PS Vita, and PC - Steam version of this Musou classic got stuffed into the Deluxe Edition.
- A seaworthy adventure.
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- What We Said About One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4
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- In Memoria
- One Piece Odyssey Screenshots [September 2022 Update]
- One Piece: The Complete Playlist
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- One Piece Odyssey Review
By Mitchell Saltzman
Updated: Jan 14, 2023 8:42 am
Posted: Jan 13, 2023 9:24 pm
A classic turn-based RPG in the style of Dragon Quest is not exactly the first place my mind goes when it comes to thinking of game genres that would pair well with the action-heavy world of One Piece, but as One Piece Odyssey proves, it’s actually kind of a great fit. The Straw Hats make for one hell of a party of RPG characters; Eichiro Oda’s one-of-a-kind art style lends itself well to filling the world with fantastical and amusing creatures; and the over-the-top nature of battles from the actual manga and anime gives plenty of material for some of the coolest (and funniest) special attacks I’ve seen in any turn-based RPG. Those fights would’ve been better if they were a more consistent challenge, and I could’ve done with less backtracking through areas I’d already explored, but this is still a surprisingly satisfying JRPG that’s not quite by the numbers.
The story begins with Luffy and crew suddenly finding themselves marooned on the mysterious island of Waford. It isn't long before they meet two original characters: Lim and Adio, who have an understandably deep distrust of pirates. So much so that, upon first meeting, they steal the powers of the Straw Hats, providing a convenient way to explain why Luffy and company don’t win every battle just by looking at their enemies. (Though, that does come later.)
What follows is a grand story that plays out on two fronts: The adventure in Waford sees The Straw Hat crew attempting to help Adio and Lim by defeating a handful of elemental colossi that are responsible for the giant storm that surrounds the island (I know, what’s the worst that could happen?); and another that plays out in Memoria, a world of memory created through Lim’s special ability that allows the Straw Hats to revisit specific locations and events in their history. The revelations and twists won’t shock anybody, but I still very much enjoyed both sides of Odyssey’s story. Lim, especially, is a wonderful addition to the cast, and I loved watching her go from being extremely wary and cold towards the crew to being intrigued and occasionally flabbergasted by each of their individual quirks, and eventually fully embracing the Straw Hats as her friends.
One Piece Odyssey’s combat is refreshingly simple, though that simplicity does wind up being a double-edged sword. The traditional turn-based combat is powered by a rock/paper/scissors logic that assigns every party member, enemy, and boss a damage type of either power, speed, or technique. Power beats speed, technique beats power, and speed beats technique. What makes this system work is that there’s no traditional turn order, and you can just freely pick whatever character you want to take the first move in combat. Even if they’re not in your active party of four characters, you can freely swap them in without taking up a turn. You’re also able to see which of your enemies will be next up to take their turn and try and plan around that as well. Once all four characters in your active party have taken an action, the round of combat ends and everyone is able to act once again.
The one complication to all of this is that there are multiple zones in the combat field, and in order for one character to move from one to another, they must first defeat all of the enemies in their own zone. So on paper, there’s some strategy involved in deciding the order of which of your characters should attack first. Let’s say for example, there’s a group of enemies in one zone that have a weakness to Technique, but my strongest technique character, Zoro, is stuck in a zone with a single enemy that’s weak to Speed. I can have Usopp, my Speed character, go first by using a ranged attack to hit enemies in other zones to free up Zoro; then, Zoro can clean up the other zone with one of his attacks that hit multiple enemies.
One Piece Odyssey is so easy for 95% of its battles that strategy is rarely required.
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One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 is a great One Piece game, and though it wears its many flaws on its sleeveless, red button-down top and straw hat, its smart additions to combat go a long way in reducing the notorious tedium that typically plagues the musou genre. It’s still a tough sell to a non-One Piece fan, but as someone who absolutely loves One ...
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Towards the very end there’s a significant bump in difficulty, but even then I never felt like it made for more challenging or particularly fun battles. It was more that it forced me to pay more attention to my characters’ equipment loadouts, which at least is fun in its own right. Rather than find new weapons or pieces of armor, you find accessories of varying sizes and shapes that you must fit onto an ever-expanding grid. It’s a very flexible system that allows you to assign your own roles to each character, and just as easily switch them up if you want to focus on a different character or bolster a different attribute. You could even make Nami your big damage dealer by loading her up with attack gear, which is surprisingly effective given the fact that for a while, she’s the only character that can hit every, regardless of what zone they’re in. Eventually, you gain the ability to fuse these artifacts and add up to four effects on them, allowing you to really turn your party into absolute beasts.
In your journey through Memoria, you’ll visit four main locations from One Piece’s storied history and credit goes to developer ILCA for doing an amazing job of making each of them feel like real, lived-in locations. The Kingdom of Alabasta is enormous, with two bustling towns to explore – Nanohana and Alubarna – and vast deserts connecting them; W...
Of the four, the only one that wore out its welcome was the very first Memoria location of Alabasta. The main quest pads out its length by bouncing you back and forth between locations you’ve already visited, sending you on a bunch of errands and fetch quests, and forcing you through drab caves. It’s a very slow burn to get to the actual meat of the story you’re reliving, and it's made especially repetitive due to the fact that you don’t get any new techniques or abilities when you level up. Instead, you just unlock a ton of abilities at once at the conclusion of the chapter, making the feeling of progress uneven. So it's just hours of the same types of battles against mostly the same types of enemies until you reach the end of this one extraordinarily long chapter.
The main quest bounces you back and forth between locations you’ve already visited.
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It was especially a bummer for me because Alabasta is one of my personal favorite One Piece arcs. Fortunately, the others strike a better balance of keeping their main quest pointed and focused on the story, while relegating the more menial tasks to optional sidequests, of which there are many, though few of which were actually compelling to start or rewarding to complete. The Hysteria sidemissions are the notable exception, as they at least reward you with neat team-up special moves that gather up three party members for a single super powerful attack.
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Outside of Memoria you’ll explore a handful of more puzzle-focused dungeons, which typicallsy require you to use each individual character’s unique field techniques. Luffy can use grapple points to cross gaps as well as grab items from a distance, Usopp can use his slingshot to knock down items or activate certain switches from afar, Zoro can cut through steel doors, and Chopper can fit through small passages and access hidden areas. None of these abilities really enhance the puzzles or exploration in any significant way, but they do a nice job of varying up the visual design of the dungeons, adding some hidden collectibles off the beaten path, and giving you something to do other than just walk on a path fighting enemies for hours.
The power of One Piece’s story, world, art, and characters does a lot of the heavy lifting in making One Piece Odyssey a joy to play, even if I could beat most of the battles in my sleep. It really could have used some sort of way to adjust the difficulty and add even just a little more tension to its fights to make them more satisfying to get thro...
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One Piece Odyssey proves that a classic turn-based RPG is a good genre fit for the world and characters of One Piece, and that makes it rewarding despite a lack of tension in its all-too-easy fights and some frustrating quest design that pads out its length.
Mitchell Saltzman
- One Piece: Unlimited World Red (Deluxe Edition) (2017) Platforms: PS4, PS3, Nintendo Switch, 3DS, Wii U, PC. Initially released in 2014 but recently renewed for an eighth-gen console release, One Piece: Unlimited World Red is the best game in the franchise’s roster for adventure lovers.
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 (2020) Platforms: PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC. Now if you really want the newest and greatest, there’s really no reason to play Pirate Warriors 3 when you can grab the most recent release: Pirate Warriors 4.
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 (2015) Platforms: PS3, PS4, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch , PC. I’ve always been a fan of Omega Force’s Dynasty Warrior series.
- One Piece: World Seeker (2019) Platforms: PS4, Xbox One, PC. The latest open-world installment in the One Piece universe looked promising throughout the development cycle’s concept art, character designs, and brief looks at the gameplay.
- Tristan Jurkovich
- Listicle Writer
- 1 One Piece Treasure Cruise (79) Released: May 12th, 2014 (Mobile) Developer: Bandai Namco. Metacritic Score: 79. Believe it or not, the best-rated One Piece game on Metacritic is a free-to-play mobile game.
- 2 One Piece Odyssey. Released: January 13, 2023. Developer: ILCA, INC. Metacritic Score: 77. Amazon Link. The most recent One Piece games, Odyssey is a turn-based JRPG that frames some of the manga's most prominent arcs through a new storyline.
- 3 One Piece GBA. Released: September 7th, 2005 (GBA) Developer: Dimps Corporation. Metacritic Score: 76. This game is just called One Piece, but fans often refer to it as One Piece GBA since that was the system it was released on in 2005.
- 4 One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3. Released: March 26th, 2015 (PS3, PS4, PS Vita, Switch, PC) Developer: Omega Force. Metacritic Score: 76. Amazon Link. This score is based on both the Switch and PS Vita versions, whose Metacritic scores are tied.
- James Potvin
- One Piece: Burning Blood (2016) - 66. Compared to fellow Shonen Jump franchise Naruto, there aren't many fighting games in Luffy's history. There's not a direct comparison to be made with the Naruto Ultimate Ninja STORM franchise, at least.
- One Piece: Unlimited Adventure (2008) - 67. Despite being a shonen battle anime, One Piece features a lot of exploration and adventure. It was inevitable that a game would eventually capitalize on the piracy adventure the franchise loves so much.
- One Piece: Grand Battle (2005) - 69. Despite not having any numeral title, One Piece: Grand Battle from 2005 is actually the fourth game in its series. It's the fourth in the Grand Battle series, which began in 2001 as the series' fighter.
- One Piece: Grand Adventure (2005) - 70. While the 2005 Grand Battle game is the last in the series, this doesn't mean it went sequel-less. Less than a year later came One Piece: Grand Adventure.
Sep 21, 2023 · By Gary Kay. Updated Sep 21, 2023. Link copied to clipboard. Highlights. There are many standout games based on One Piece, especially for fans of musou-style games with a cast of characters from the series. The Game Boy Advance version of One Piece is worth playing for its retro charm and a closer look at the series' formative arcs.
Jan 31, 2022 · Despite featuring controversial mechanics from gacha games, Bandai Namco Entertainment's game was well-received among critics. Furthermore, it had over one hundred million downloads as of 2019. One Piece: Unlimited Adventure.
