For 25 years, One Piece has captured the hearts of anime/manga lovers all over the world. It’s the top-selling manga and longest-running shonen anime of all time. 

With the new gaming title gracing our streams, One Piece Odyssey attempts to retell four major One Piece story arcs in an ambitious Japanese-style RPG format. Odyssey is an expressive and dedicated portrayal of the classic anime series that does a fantastic job of letting each character shine.

One Piece Odyssey sees the Straw Hats make for one hell of a party of RPG characters; Eichiro Oda’s one-of-a-kind art style lends itself well to filling the world with fantastical and amusing creatures; and the over-the-top nature of battles from the actual manga and anime story. Let’s review how the new title follows through in the article ahead. 

Story Overview

One Piece Odyssey sees the Straw Hat Pirates led by Monkey D Luffy, their master of rubber and consumer of meat, shipwrecked on a mysterious island called Waford. The island is inhabited by Colossi and other mysterious creatures alongside two original characters for the game. 

Here, the gun-wielding Adio and the jug-carrying, pirate-hating world of mystery Lim, cross our paths, who steals the Straw Hat’s abilities and spreads them around the island in the form of cubes. Luffy and the Straw Hats have to follow the quest of solving the mystery of Waford, win over the mysterious Lim, and get off the island while the Marines are slowly catching up to…