When One Piece Odyssey was announced in 2022, you could feel a tentative excitement from fans. “Is this the one?” we whispered among ourselves. “Is this the One Piece game which will actually be unequivocally good?”

One Piece celebrated its 25th anniversary last year. Part of this celebration was the release of the series’ (absolutely spectacular) 15th film. It’s had many, many games come out in those 25 years as well. Including mobile games, the Wikipedia page for “One Piece video games” counts no less than 56 titles. FIFTY-SIX. Plenty of these games have been ambitious, but none of them have quite nailed the ideal formula for converting the feel of One Piece into a video game. The most satisfying so far is perhaps Pirate Warriors 4, which I love because I’m one of the 10% of people who enjoy musou games. (In particular, I enjoy embodying one of the many sexy, seemingly “fragile” female playable characters and beating the everliving shit out of thousands of grunts.)

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