One Piece World Seeker PC review: Bold idea, horrible execution

1 Piece is one of the most popular manga and anime series of all fourth dimension and has maintained a huge post-obit around the world for an extended period of time. As such, One Piece Globe Seeker, which brings the franchise's impressive writing, humor, and wackiness to an open-world video game setting, is a title that fans were hoping would be amazing. Unfortunately, the final game is anything only amazing.

In fact, it would be more accurate to say that it seems like One Piece Earth Seeker tries to bore, frustrate, or downright anger the player at every opportunity, thanks to its bland open-world, clunky controls, and repetitive gameplay pattern. Like the source textile it'southward derived from, World Seeker'southward writing is solid and its humor is enjoyable, but that'southward pretty much where the fun stops.

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One Piece Earth Seeker

A shockingly disappointing feel

Despite skilful writing and quality presentation, One Piece World Seeker'southward bottomless mechanics and uninteresting world hinder the experience extremely.

Wide as oceans, deep as puddles

One Piece Earth Seeker puts the thespian in the shoes of Monkey D. "Straw Hat" Luffy, the main character of the franchise. Luffy is defined past his special powers that allow him to stretch his body like rubber in order to assault, dodge, and move around. The game takes place in a location called Prison Island where criminals are kept nether lock-and-primal by a militaristic force known as the Navy. Due to Luffy'due south own groundwork as a pirate, the Navy is hostile towards him and his treasure-seeking. Without spoiling the plot much, the majority of One Piece Globe Seeker is about exploring Prison house Island, discovering its secrets, and interacting with its inhabitants — all while dodging Navy capture.

The story, overall, is quite good. The characters are great, the narrative (surprisingly) tugs on the middle strings, and the humor got several laughs out of me. Unfortunately, the wonderful writing is completely juxtaposed by the abysmal gameplay experience. The behemothic open world feels devoid of life, with every location giving off a feel of emptiness due to a lack of busy NPCs. On summit of that, there'due south very little worth exploring in the open-world; the only things you'll observe are generic enemy camps with treasure chests that contain useless items.

Combat is lacking, too. Despite being almost exclusively melee-focused, One Slice World Seeker only has a minor handful of combo moves to pull off, which means that the bulk of the fourth dimension you'll simply be mashing the attack button without whatsoever thought. Enemy artificial intelligence is terrible and extremely easy to exploit, and in that location's barely whatsoever notable enemy diverseness. Overall, the game is simply not fun to play, and that'south a massive shame.

At to the lowest degree it's pretty

Despite the terrible gameplay, it's impossible to deny that I Piece World Seeker is a great looking game that faithfully brings the franchise'south manga manner into a video game format. The cel shading look is perfect for the serial' trademark exaggerated expressions and vibrant environments, and in that location's a surprising amount of detail on the models for foliage, buildings, and characters. Without a doubt, this I Slice game looks the part.

Performance could exist better

When it comes to how One Piece Earth Seeker performs, it'south a bit of a mixed purse. From the perspective of frame rate, the title is perfect, and there wasn't a single time during my gameplay experience where I experienced any stuttering or other complications. However, the controls are extremely clunky, and you'll oft discover that your inputs don't end up matching with what Luffy does in-game. Considering the gainsay experience is painfully piece of cake and i-dimensional, these bug won't ever get you killed, only that doesn't alter the fact that it's frustrating when your character doesn't practice what y'all told them to practice.

Should yous purchase One Piece World Seeker?

There is no good reason to buy this game unless y'all're a die-hard One Piece fan that cares about the characters enough to slog through the awful gameplay. The story and visuals, while corking, merely aren't enough to make this 1 worth your time.

Pros:

Awesome story.
Great visuals.
No FPS drops.

Cons:

Banal, empty open up-world.
Terrible combat.
Poor control responsiveness.

The fact that information technology costs a total $60 is simply salt in the wound, as I'd probably still give it a depression score at half that price. If you must get the game, then wait for a big sale. Otherwise, yous're wasting your money. If a wacky and humorous open-world experience is what you're after, then I highly recommend choosing either Simply Cause four or Far Cry five over I Piece World Seeker.

One Piece World Seeker is available now for $60 on Xbox 1, and for $51 on PC through Green Human Gaming every bit office of a pocket-size sale. You lot can also buy it directly from Steam for $60.

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One Piece World Seeker

A shockingly disappointing experience

Despite practiced writing and quality presentation, I Piece World Seeker's abysmal mechanics and uninteresting earth hinder the experience extremely.

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