In addition to discovering new images of gameplaywe learn in particular that the development of One Piece started 5 years ago, when the one of the beat ’em up One Piece Warriors 4. With a view to returning to an adventure game, which corresponds more to the manga universe having recently celebrated its 25th anniversary in Japan, this J-RPG will include somewhat special turn-based combat: the combat zone will be divided into several areas, and the different members of the Straw Hat crew are randomly distributed. Each pirate obviously has a move set matching his style developed in the manga, and these unique abilities will also allow players to progress through the all-new open world of Waford Island.
Besides the gameplay, this notebook also returns to the musical part, an important element of J-RPGs. It will indeed be the first encounter between the One Piece universe and Motoi Sakuraba, whom the composer of Tales Of and other FromSoftware games describes as “an exciting challenge“. One Piece Odyssey still keeps its release date secret but remains planned for PC and consoles PS4, PS5 and Xbox Series.