{"id":105262,"date":"2022-07-18T17:01:19","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T09:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d27fq2mgp64qlg.cloudfront.net\/en\/?p=105262"},"modified":"2023-08-07T15:58:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T07:58:55","slug":"one-piece-odyssey-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d27fq2mgp64qlg.cloudfront.net\/en\/post\/105262\/one-piece-odyssey-preview","title":{"rendered":"One Piece Odyssey – Hands-On Preview and First Impressions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As the manga sails toward its 25th anniversary, One Piece fans will have a big new role-playing game One Piece Odyssey<\/a><\/strong> from Bandai Namco to sink their teeth into. It is not the first time for the popular franchise to be adapted into video games, with the last one being 2020’s One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4, but a turn-based RPG is definitely a surprise when One Piece Odyssey first came into sight early this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At a recent media event held by Bandai Namco in Hong Kong, QooApp has the opportunity to have a hands-on preview of One Piece Odyssey. Though it was a short demo that lasts around 10 – 15 minutes, it does show the basic game mechanics and what it has to offer when the Straw Hat Crew finally made it into the next-gen consoles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*The screenshots and videoes of this preview are captured from the Traditional Chinese version. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u258d<\/strong><\/span>A Thrilling New Adventure of the Straw Hats<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One Piece Odyssey goes after a completely new journey of Monkey D. Luffy and his Straw Hat Crew members as they are swallowed by a huge storm at sea during their voyage. They end up on Waford, a mysterious island full of nature amidst the storm with scattered crew members, and a broken Thousand Sunny… The crew thus sets out on a “waku waku” adventure filled with wonders of a raging nature, powerful enemies, and strange encounters with island locals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The demo started as soon as Luffy and his counterparts find that Nami is captured by a gigantic Gorilla, a situation that is no stranger to the series’ fans. While on the quest to save Nami from this intimating (or not) monster, the player will manipulate Luffy to discover the island and take down the weird creatures\/animals along the way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The fully-fledged and up-to-date 3D graphics of the Straw Hat Crews give you the chills as if they were captured right from a movie. The vivid natural environment and colorful creatures are icing to the cake, giving you the excitement to discover a brand-new island that won’t be featured in the original series. The map that is available in the demo is limited, but would it be awesome if you could explore this vast world and find treasure all on your own?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

One of the features of the game is that you can use the unique skills of the Straw Hat Crew to explore the island, something that you won’t be able to experience in the previous One Piece games. And during the demo play, we can see that you can use Luffy’s Gomu Gomu no Mi ability to swing to higher grounds and across cliffs with simple controls. However, the spot that allows you to use this ability is finite, so don’t expect you could swing anywhere you want like those open-world games that the world is crazy about. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n