#im so surprised i dislike it for reasons that aren't the combat tbh

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I got Odyssey bc I am in brainrot hell at this point and I have several questions, comments, and concerns thus far

Things I enjoy:

-you get to play as all the straw hats in the overworld, and they each have their own unique abilities that affect the overworld environment. Luffy can of course use his grubby little grabby hands to reach shit far away and climb up to places others can't. Zoro can cut iron boxes and doors. Chopper can fit through small spaces and in some quests helps to sniff out medical herbs. Nami, Sanji, and Robin can find hidden money, ingredients, and lore about the world, respectively. And Usopp can snipe things!

-lots of things to collect and explore. Lots of side quests, loads of nooks and crannies filled with treasure and other useful stuff, and lots of going back to places you've already visited for new things.

-as far as turn based battle goes(which I usually despise), that part is implemented fairly well! You can switch out crew members in battle without wasting a turn which is awesome, and there's loads of different types of enemies and attacks, so it's fairly engaging.

However, there's a lot of shit I DONT care for as well.

-the load times are ridiculous. You have to sit through a small load screen to switch characters in the overworld, which seems silly. It's just a black screen too. They didn't even bother covering it up with like, a fun animation of the current member calling the new member. There's even a small loading time to pull up the fucking pause menu. That's actually the least forgivable thing about this game, considering the maps are sprawling and you'll need to look at the main map quite often.

-other than the treasures and some random npcs and occasionally enemies, there is nothing interesting in these big, sprawling locations, especially the huge ones like the Alabasta deserts. Hell, they don't even include a lot of the side characters for each arc. Pell and Kozu are absent from Alabasta entirely, only being referred to by 1-2 random NPCs. Most of Baroque Works is missing too, along with Igaram. Same with literally everyone from fucking Water 7. No Paulie or any of the non-CP9 foremen, no Chimney, Gonbe, Yokozuka, Kokoro. Hell, CP9 only has Lucci and Kaku, none of the other agents. It's shockingly lazy for a game company that literally helps make the Pirate Warriors games and already has a lot of those characters as assets somewhere.

-as well, there are a lot of liberties taken with the stories happening in the game, since they're happening inside a memory. And most of it is clearly due to rushing the game out or sheer laziness.

What's fun about this game is fun, but its undercooked as fuck. I don't think it's nearly as fun as World Seeker was, and considering how much bigger and longer the game is, you can really tell.

All in all, if you're on the fence about getting it but haven't played World Seeker yet, id suggest getting that instead. The plot may be stupid but at least the game feels finished.