Following up from our earlier hands-on outing of ONE PIECE ODYSSEY at Tokyo Game Show 2022, one other probability is to be at at Thailand Game Show 2022! While the demo shouldn’t be a special construct, it is obtainable in English, in addition to Thai for followers who cease by! You can take a look at our preliminary impressions right here.

SUDDENLY, STORY

The demo promptly drops you off because the Straw Hat Pirates get shipwrecked on a mysterious island. The crew have been separated, and worse, Luffy doesn’t have his hat. Luffy, Usopp, Sanji, Chopper, Robin and Franky set off deeper into the island in order that they will discover Zoro, Nami, and Brook. I might count on this story transition can be smoother within the full model of the sport, however for these unfamiliar with the sequence, it might be a bit of jarring to be abruptly thrown into the center of the journey.

SO IT BEGINS

Once you begin on a most important quest, the sport turns into linear. Other characters will drive you on the set path after they exclaim you’re going the flawed approach, and also you’ll be moved again to the primary goal. Along the best way, you will discover objects to choose up, resembling potions or elixirs. If you’re actually anxious about lacking objects, Observation Haki will ping out objects for you.

If you had been questioning, no, you possibly can’t swim.

FIGHT!

The fight works in a rock-paper-scissors type, with the localized terminology given as Power, Speed and Technique. Handily, there will probably be indicators subsequent to character icons so that you just don’t need to memorize the component benefit.

A “Dramatic Scene” will happen on getting ambushed by enemies. A personality will probably be stricken with a standing ailment e.g. Stun or Confuse, and can begin separated from the celebration. Enemy assault energy will even be elevated, however successful the battle will get you extra EXP and Gold.

Each character can carry abilities separate from the component benefit which will also be simpler on sure enemies. However, with out a full primer, it’s laborious to inform why one thing is simpler than others.

Skills eat completely different quantities of TP which scales in keeping with how a lot injury they do, or in the event that they inflict standing illnesses. There are each close- and long-ranged abilities, so naturally you’ll need to see how shut you want to be earlier than you employ both kind.

PERFORMANCE NOTE

As the sport will even be launching on a earlier gen console, for the PS4 Pro at the least, visuals nonetheless look crisp and clean, sustaining a steady 30 FPS.

ONE PIECE Odyssey will probably be launching worldwide 12 January 2023, so cling in there!