Table Of Content
Players can interact with Sanji in the kitchen, with Zoro on the ship's deck to train, and with Chopper in his medical offices to watch his examinations. They can also collect items from the crew by spotting them in the environment and hovering over them. One Piece Grand Cruise is an interactive, virtual reality game released in May 2018 in Japan, North and South America, and Europe.[1][2] A demo of the game was available at Tokyo One Piece Tower. Paradise stretches from the Twin Cape to the Sabaody Archipelago. Of the few pirate crews that are actually strong and skilled enough to hold their own in the Grand Line, a very small number of them actually make it all the way to Sabaody.
Repel the Kraken
Whenever you move your head the subtitles take a second or two to float back into position so while you may want to look around in the game, doing so will more than likely sacrifice the conversation. This is especially true in the canon firing sections when you will be too focused on targeting incoming projectiles to even notice the words popping up below you. If you are interested in what the characters are saying, you need to pay attention to the sub titles and ignore everything else. There are plenty of small details for dedicated fans to notice as well, from Sogeking’s mask and Brook guitar on display to Usopp’s Dressrosa face occasionally shooting out of your cannon. It’s clear to see that Grand Cruise was made by developers who are familiar with and passionate about the world and story of One Piece, which is incredibly important in an experience which lives or dies by how it pleases One Piece fans. The Japanese voice actors and actresses for the Strawhat crew all reprise their roles alongside Doflamingo’s actor, which definitely helps in this regard.
Enemy Characters
The 1st takes you through 1 of 2 cut scenes before battling pirates that hurl not just canon balls your way, but weights and meat and I think I even saw a kitchen sink. The second section gives you 4 more cut scenes, and has you battle a giant Kraken, which really just involves spamming the fire button until you win. After that battle you a greeted with longer cut scene where the main hero faces off against I’m guessing the main villain from the series. The scenes have to be unlocked through menu selection, but once you have viewed them all, you can revisit them any time you want. Aim your cannon with your Dualshock’s awkward motion sensors, press X like there’s no tomorrow and win the game. That’s all you have to do here, unless you’re curious to find out who developed this masterpiece on the credits section.
Discover Games
Players also use the cannon to choose which Straw Hat Pirates will complete actions like attacking enemies or deflecting projectiles. The content presented is all fan service and I’m just not a fan of One Piece…at least not yet. That said, I think there is just enough content here to warrant a full priced purchase if you are fan of this seemingly insane series, just keep in mind it’s more experience then game. First off, all the voices are in Japanese with English titles floating at the bottom of your vision. This alone is not an issue as I assume it keeps the characters and their eccentricities intact.
There are seven different paths that one can choose from to sail through. The clashing weather and magnetism of those first seven islands cause insane sailing conditions that are beyond nearly anything else in the first half of the Grand Line. There is nothing better then some good old-fashioned fan service, provided of course that you are a fan of whatever it is being thrown your way. ONE PIECE Grand Cruise aims to be a VR taste of the ONE PIECE universe that I am admittedly totally unfamiliar with. It’s an odd blend of anime, pirates, comedy and some of the most flamboyant characters I have seen and even after playing through this title, I still really have no idea what the heck is happening in this world.
We rank the highest-scoring new PlayStation games released in 2023. We reveal the past year's best and worst video game publishers (based on their 2023 releases) in the 14th edition of our annual Game Publisher Rankings. Find release dates and scores for every major upcoming and recent video game release for all platforms, updated weekly. The first ONE PIECE VR experience will allow players to become a new recruit of the legendary Straw Hat Crew from the inside with ONE PIECE GRAND CRUISE coming exclusively on PlayStation VR in 2018. BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe is pleased to announce the development of this new experience at Spike Chunsoft Studios.
The Best Anime VR Games - TheGamer
The Best Anime VR Games.
Posted: Tue, 20 Feb 2024 08:00:00 GMT [source]
Additionally, the Grand Line is home to the world's most powerful people and groups, including the Three Great Powers. Only one group, the Roger Pirates, has managed to fully sail across the Grand Line, and this achievement is what caused their captain Gol D. Roger to be labeled as the "Pirate King". This is way more experience then game but if you are into One Piece, you’ll probably appreciate what is offered up here.
Check out our reviews via these partners:
Summary Come aboard and experience the pirate’s life in One Piece Grand Cruise for PS VR. Be prepared to be swept away in the first One Piece VR experience. Players choose whether they want to visit Nami's Quarters to talk with Nami and Robin or the ship's Galley to talk with Sanji and Chopper. After they finish their conversation, the players return to the deck of the Sunny to Fight the Marines in a cannon battle, shooting to deflect cannonballs and barrels sent toward them by a fleet of Marine ships.
One Piece: Grand Cruise Review – VR, VR On the Cruise - MonsterVine
One Piece: Grand Cruise Review – VR, VR On the Cruise.
Posted: Mon, 04 Jun 2018 07:00:00 GMT [source]
Since its launch, WTMG has been a presence at E3, Brasil Game Show, and Play NYC, with more events on the way. Tekken 8 is a strong next step for one of the most iconic 3D fighting franchises. All you do is either stare at One Piece characters talking to you or partake in clunky minigames with awkward controls. Stationed in the barren arctic land of Canada, Spencer is a semi-frozen Managing Editor who plays video games like they're going out of style.
Grand Cruise looks great and captures the look of the anime nicely. Specific areas of the ship are available to visit, each populated with 1 or 2 characters from the show who mostly monologue about the other crew members. Whether it be a crew members quarters or the galley, each of these stations offers some light comedy clearly aimed at fans of the series. Some more dramatic explosion effects pop up during the 2 canon firing scenes and do look and feel like they were ripped right of an anime series and do a great job of making you feel like you are in this strange universe. The game is broken up into 2 sections, but both offers similar scenes and action.
The scenes are minimally interactive and mostly require you to stare at a reticle that pops up on an object or person to trigger a tiny event. Once those scenes are done you are brought to the Ship deck fight where you control a canon…it’s not as exciting as it sounds. Aiming is handled by tracking the controller so you tilt and steer the DS4 to line up a targeting reticle on the incoming objects or just point with the Move. Once you hit X the game takes over and auto aims and shoots the target and you just keep doing this until the game decides to move on to another cut scene. Reputed as the "pirate's graveyard," the sea and the islands possess a vast number of unpredictable phenomena that are not seen anywhere else in the world, many of which make sailing extremely difficult.
This is because islands in the New World tend to experience changes in their magnetism. Therefore, if you lose the magnetism of one island, you still have two backup options. Furthermore, changes in magnetism can be caused by abnormalities on the island, the unstable magnetism of the island resulting in the corresponding needle jiggling.
Shallow combat, short cut scenes and an emphasis on repetition is the name of the game (or experience) here. Besides the subtitle issue, my other contention would be the over sexualized female characters. I get that this is just how things are done on the other side of the world, but for me it was laughably ridiculous and unnecessary.
Being able to look at One Piece characters in virtual reality might be interesting for the first minute or so, but this game is simply devoid of fun. A Log Pose for the first half of the Grand Line has only a single needle. Alternatively, a Log Pose for the second half has three needles. Each of the three needles locks on to the magnetic waves of one of three different islands.
