One Piece: World Seeker

the fact that luffy is able to do stealth is baffling

DO not pay more than $12 for deluxe edition with all DLC. its good but not worth a penny more than $12 for deluxe.

One Piece: World Seeker is a mediocre game that fails to live up to the expectations set by the popular One Piece franchise. The game's graphics are good, but the character designs and environments lack the detail and imagination that fans have come to expect from the series. The combat system is functional, but uninspired and fails to offer the depth and variety that fans of the genre have come to expect. The story is adequate, but fails to fully immerse players in the world and lacks the sense of adventure that is so integral to the One Piece franchise. The game's open-world design is also lackluster, with a lack of interesting side quests and activities.
But it's a one piece game so it's entertaining if you have nothing else to do, and like one piece.

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THE ONE PIECE THE ONE PIECE IS REAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL

I 100%-ed the game in extreme difficulty so here are my opinions. Overall, I love this game, even though I wouldn't consider it worth the deluxe $90. I got it on sale for $9, including all the DLC. I had a lot of fun playing the base game and exploring the world as Luffy, as well as getting to experience the game as the DLC characters. If you're a hardcore OP fan, or tend to enjoy anything OP, then you should buy this game (on sale). But this game has some problems and is a bit of a let down considering it's 1) a $90 game, 2) a lackluster open world, and 3) came out in 2019 and has these problems.
It's no secret that One Piece games tend to be a little lackluster for such a big franchise backed by a wealthy company. The PC port is severely lacking in proper setup. You'll notice the guides in the steam community section, those are seriously going to help you not waste time setting the game up so it both looks and sounds good. Be expecting the game to play like garbage if you boot it up without tweaking the settings appropriately. Honestly, that is the most annoying aspect of this game but at least it's an easy fix.
My other complaints have to deal with the open world, or more specifically that you cannot interact with any of the "background" buildings. You can see that NPC's in the buildings are frozen in time, maybe eating, buying clothing, or talking. But you cannot interact with any of it. For a game that boasts such a high price tag, I expect that sort of attention to detail in the world. I'm not asking for every single building to offer some unique experience, but just for a few neat locations where you can interact with the world and the people.
Another issue is that the music in the game will often play once, and then you'll be left running/flying around the area in silence. I didn't notice it at first, but sometimes you'll be casually chest hunting only to realize "Oh, there's no music". The game does offer a music box option in menu, where you can play any track in the game, but the music shouldn't even be cutting out in the first place (you know, because it's a $90 game).
I don't personally consider this a con but it can get repetitive so I will mention it. There are "go here and do this and come back to me" side quests. The mass majority of those missions are actually ones you'll be doing to raise your karma with your crew mates, which are optional, but getting to speak to them and help them out is fine with me. I do wish there was more variety, but I feel it adds to the overall story of the game.
You do not get to play as any of the Straw Hats in the base game. I get that the world is designed for Luffy, and it makes sense that he's the playable character, but man the DLC characters proved that the option to be able to play as the rest of them should have been there. Only problem is it would have been painful to max out the skill tress of every single member, but considering the lack of options, it's still disappointing.
I experienced this problem because I am playing on a laptop that does not have a number pad, so maybe this won't be an issue for those of you with one or for those who choose to play with a controller. But Karoo, a DLC feature, was unusable for me. If you select that mission and head to the start location, you will soft lock yourself out of the game, unless you quit, connect a controller, load it back up, and use the thumb sticks to call for Karoo. It's a minor inconvenience, but another example of being a semi-poor PC port.
Lastly, and this is 100% just my opinion, but Kizaru is way too prevalent in this game (I hate Kizaru).
Now onto the things I liked about the game.
The story. The story is great. I love OP and getting to experience a new story with the Straw Hats was a lot of fun. I do wish there was more dialogue between the Straw Hats, but from what we do get, I enjoy it. The DLC stories are just as fun as well, adding to the overall story.
Even though the world lacks interaction, it's big and fun to travel around. Luffy uses gum-gum rocket to fling himself around the world, and it's really so fun to just fly as long as possible. Plus, if you do get tired of flinging yourself around the world, there's always the fast travel option.
The music, although it cuts out and leaves you in silence once the track finishes playing, is great. I wish there was more music, or that we could get some of the openings/endings and iconic soundtracks from the anime that you could play from the music box section, but what we get is nice.
The battles are the main draw and most entertaining aspect of the game. People will tell you in their reviews that the standard difficulty is not difficult. They're probably right. I don't know because I decided to play it on extreme the entire time so it was a challenge and a struggle for a long time to not die in a single hit. However, that meant I just had to play smarter and allocate my skill points efficiently. I'd say for me, playing on extreme was the right call and made the game all the more enjoyable. Skill points are what allows you to use Luffy's (or the DLC characters) abilities, including new moves, efficient and quicker exploration and gathering, special moves, and gear fourth buffs. Also getting to see and use his moves from the anime was pretty fun. The boss fights are also very fun and challenging, plus you get to see and fight plenty of characters from the anime. This is just my opinion, but beating Kizaru to death repetitively is fun, and you cannot change my mind. Lastly, this is only available to you after you beat the base game, but the boss rush challenge is fun, and tough if you haven't maxed out your skill tree.
That's it. I do really like this game and will come back to it (thank god I will never have to get top grade on those challenge missions ever again). I'm an OP fan and I wouldn't recommend this game to you if you weren't. As fun as it, there's plenty of things that should have been in this ($90) game. But if you like beating up goons, traversing the world, paying attention to the story, encountering important characters from the anime, and a hint of annoying setup, then this game is probably for you.

tony chopper