Soon one of the most popular manga in history will be adapted into an exceptional turn-based RPG. We tell you everything about One Piece Odyssey and its demo just below.
[Mis à jour le 09 janvier 2023 à 17h34] With its millions of fans around the world, and its good thousand volumes available, the Japanese fresco One Piece extends both in time and space, resonating in the ears of all manga fans in the world. . However, for the first time, this creation of the famous Eiichiro Oda will be adapted on small screens and directly from the famous studios of Bandai Namco. One Piece Odyssey will be available in a few days, a new JRPG transporting you to key moments in the series, and about which we tell you everything, just below.
We told you in the introduction, the scale of One Piece Odyssey is extremely ambitious, and the game will offer you to immerse yourself in four narrative arcs that have marked the history of Luffy and his crew. You will have the opportunity to return to the Kingdom of Alabasta, to Water Seven, but also to Marineford and Dressrosa and will fight some of the most emblematic enemies of the series. Not convinced? Bandai Namco offers you to test the game on your platform for free from the next January 10, 3 days before its release. To do this, go to your gaming platform and download the One Piece Odyssey demo.
If you want to test the game before you start buying it, know that it is open to absolutely all players. It will allow you to enjoy one to two hours of content according to Bandai Namco, depending on your tendency to snoop right and left, or rather favor the main story. Your progress will also be saved in your main game if you plan to purchase the full game. In addition, Bandai said it wanted to offer a gift to players who tested the game, in the form of a golden jelly.
To summarize the main information on One Piece Odyssey, know that the game will be released on January 13 on PC, PS4, PS5 and Xbox Series X. A release exclusively reserved for the new generation of consoles, justified by the technical ambition of an RPG that exceeds the capabilities of the Xbox One. PC players will be able to enjoy the title directly on Steam, a platform on which they will also have the opportunity to test the game from January 10. For Sony and Xbox players, you will have to go to the Playstation Store and the Xbox Store to download the game demo.
One Piece Odyssey risks being a small UFO in the recent trend of role-playing games, since it does not really offer free exploration, but rather corridor-like environments guiding the player through different levels. It will still be possible for you to deviate from the beaten track from time to time, to find different collectable objects. The in-game combat is turn-based, and works on the classic rock, paper, scissors principle, forcing you to adapt your actions based on your enemies’ strengths and weaknesses.
As for the script, don’t panic, Eiichiro Oda was involved in the game’s writing process. It is true that an adventure without the talent of the famous mangaka would have had a completely different taste, like the Would have been a game without the official anime voice actors. It is therefore for the greatest pleasure of the fans that they will be able to find the original voices of the characters of One Piece. The story is also included in the manga canon, but is more like an interlude, a sequence of sequences in the past that our protagonists are forced to relive if they wish to regain their lost powers.