My favourite thing about the game being open world was the complete lack of load times. For those unfamiliar, it’s a fun (and open!) world to get involved in, even if at times you’re not too sure what’s going on. I was trying to guess who my friends were based off the opening cinematic and was I right in guessing who Franky was? No! But I had fun anyway!įor those who are familiar with the inner machinations of One Piece, I imagine the story would present an exciting new take on Luffy and co’s adventures. The game told me to go rescue my friend Franky and I dived right in, excited to meet whoever this person would turn out to be. The story presented to me was one of friendship, loyalty, and bashing people’s heads in in the name of such things. In all honesty, going into the game knowing nothing about One Piece might actually be a big benefit for new players as it adds a new layer of mystery, intrigue, and excitement to the story. I was still a dab hand at fighting up until anything past medium difficulty but, if you’re a veteran at these kinds of things, you’ll probably enjoy the challenge presented to you. Combat was decidedly easy, even for a terrible fighter like me, so I switched it up. I first played the game on the beginner’s difficulty level, meaning that combat was easier and there was a greater focus on the story. You can upgrade these moves and unlock new ones. If you punch well enough, you unlock a combo move. You can use the skill tree to upgrade your fighting skills, exploring skills, and other general skills as you like. One haki makes you faster, one haki makes you punch harder. You can also access different types of ‘haki’ which, as I’ve been informed, is true to the source material. The combat system in One Piece: World Seeker is fairly straightforward, with both melee and ranged attacks available for Luffy. There’s a crafting system, there’s skill trees, there’s side quests galore. It’s an open world game with a bunch of delightfully weird characters. Luffy is definitely a chaotic good kind of guy which is great, because this is a chaotic good kind of game. The fact that he can turn his limbs to rubber definitely helps. It turns out that a big part of Luffy’s personality is helping people in whatever way possible, even if it involves killing or some light maiming along the way. You get thrown into One Piece: World Seeker at the deep end – or, more accurately, off a giant floating prison and into the ocean – and it’s up to Luffy to round up his missing friends and help out people along the way. For example, I don’t know what sea prism stone bullets actually are, but the game lets me know that they’ll hurt Luffy more and that I should be wary. It doesn’t baby you, meaning veterans of the series won’t feel belittled or condescended to, but it also doesn’t alienate newcomers. One Piece: World Seeker is extremely accommodating to players who know nothing about One Piece. ![]() ![]() It turns out that rolling with it was a great idea. My complete lack of knowledge on the subject thus made it a complete surprise when my editor asked me to review One Piece: World Seeker, but I figured I’d just roll with it and see where it went. I will be totally honest: I know nothing about One Piece.
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