One Piece World Seeker Review
Join the crew of the Thousand Sunny as they embark on yet another crazy adventure. You will play as the captain, Monkey D. Luffy, in One Piece World Seeker. At the start you find Luffy breaking out of custody and falling from the sky into the ocean. Thankfully someone comes to your rescue and that’s where the story begins. You will first be tasked with finding your crew members that are located in several locations on the island that you find yourself on.
If you’ve ever watched or read One Piece you know that Luffy is always ready to help a friend in distress, and his savior tells him of her troubles. Luffy will use all of his elastic powers to make sure that everything works out the way it should be. However, it is very apparent that more is happening than first meets the eye. You’re going to run into groups of characters that you will recognize from the anime or the manga. Now this is where I’m going to warn you about something, and that is that if you haven’t watched or read most of One Piece there are going to be characters that you’ve never met, or story points that are revealed that will leave you scratching your head. I suffered through those feelings through a good chunk of the game having only seen the first 130 episodes (there’s over 1000 currently).
I really liked the look and feel of the game. For the most part it was a smooth experience. There are tons of side quests to take on that will gain you karma points that will be used to unlock other things in the game. If you can get 100% on all the relationships in the game you’ll get the best ending for the game. I did not get that perfect 100% across the board, but I did get an ending that wrapped everything up, even if it was a bit sad. You’re going to be traveling all over the island and visiting every location several times during the game. As you advance through the game you’re going to have to face off against stronger enemies, mini-bosses, and of course bosses.
Thankfully you’ll also be accumulating experience points that you can turn around and use to unlock additional attacks, skills, and overall improvements to Luffy. You will need every skill and attack that you can get in order to make it through this game, and even then there will be enemies that will make it very difficult for you to breeze through the game. There’s also crafting in the game to help create items to increase your stats, and later on you will be able to craft lunches that can be used by crew members to collect better ingredients to make better items.
Honestly if you’re looking for a good button mashing hack and slash (well more like punch and kick) game, this is one you’re going to need to take a look at. You’ll probably enjoy the game more if you’re completely caught up with the One Piece story, or if you’ve never watched the show or read the anime, but even if you’re somewhere in the middle of those two extremes there’s still enough to make this game a good time sink and very enjoyable.