One piece world seeker achievements series#
One piece world seeker achievements ps2#

If you’re a fan of the series and anime games in general, you’ll probably be able to get past some of the clunkier features in the game, and if you are, you’ll have some fun occasionally. While it never reaches the grand heights of other open-world games, there’s a solid foundation here that I hope will be applied and expanded on a sequel of some sort. One Piece: World Seeker is a commendable attempt at adapting the anime into an open-world game. I found myself playing it over and over again in the actual game.

One piece world seeker achievements ps2#

Also, this might just be something I noticed, but the game’s opening music is really great and totally took me back to the licensed anime game openings from the GameCube, Xbox, and PS2 era. While you won’t find any original One Piece music in this game, it’s got a really fun set of songs and the ability to listen to those songs anywhere, in any order is a welcome feature that I hope more games adopt. Some of the most iconic anime of all time is accompanied by incredible music. One feature that I really liked in One Piece: World Seeker is the ability to create your own playlist with the game’s soundtrack. Equipment never feels rewarding and the items you get are just that, items. All of these things sound interesting but you never get much more than what they are at face value. Usopp and Franky work as the game’s crafters, while Sanji can cook and send other crew members out with a meal to search for items. Additionally, you can interact with each Straw-Hat Pirate in different ways. You’re able to develop your relationship with multiple factions and characters across the island but it never feels like any of these bonds are meaningful, nor did I really care what sort of rewards I would gain from them. There are a variety of systems in the game that could make for some great side content, but they don’t.

I did find some enjoyment in finding various items and collectible chests as they encouraged me to explore the map a bit more, but the fun in this may wear off fast for some. There are tiny sub-plots in side quests but none are very interesting. None of these quests really amount to anything though outside of collecting various items or beating down a couple of enemies which is a shame. Quests are littered throughout the world of One Piece: World Seeker. There’s never too many to the point where things feel overwhelming but there’s a decent number to take on. This almost seems like a given as we’ve seen other games do this before and things typically turn out for the better because of it. I think a lot of the game’s arbitrary difficulty could’ve been alleviated if you were able to dodge during combos, especially since you’ll be consistently going up against more than one enemy. You can take your hand off the attack button which will cause Luffy to stop attacking, but there’s a period in between that moment and your ability to do anything again where you’re basically a sitting duck. Once you’re committed to Luffy’s combo string, there’s no getting out. This is even more difficult because the combat’s two main mechanics, attacking and dodging, don’t flow together well at all. When paired with the game’s loading screens every time you die, things also get frustrating. So much so that I found myself having to completely opt towards cheap mechanics to overcome some difficult fights. This difficulty never really carries over to grunt enemies, but when pitted against some of the bosses things can feel really, really cheap. I’d say the most infuriating thing about combat is One Piece: World Seeker’s incredibly harsh difficulty spike about six or seven hours in. …the combat’s two main mechanics, attacking and dodging, don’t flow together well at all. Enemy AI is about as good as you’d expect and isn’t awful, but it’s nowhere near up to modern standards. Luffy has the same combo strings over and over again with little to no variation and it gets boring fast. Combat is really clunky and uninteresting just a couple of hours into the experience. It’s at the ground level where One Piece: World Seeker suffers the most. It’s certainly no Spider-Man when it comes to traversal, but what we’ve gotten here is pretty solid. These moments are admittedly cool and made me feel like I was controlling the iconic series protagonist with ease.

As you progress through the game you’ll be given skill points that’ll improve Luffy’s Gum-Gum abilities which in turn allows you to traverse the world easier and fling yourself across large distances.