15th March 2024
Hello! Welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we’ve been playing over the past few days. This week: sanctuaries, odysseys, and sausages.
If you fancy catching up on some of the older editions of What We’ve Been Playing, here’s our archive.
One Piece Odyssey, Xbox Series X
Last year I decided to properly get back into One Piece, which I believe was a great idea. (Though everyone who’s had to listen to me talk about it might disagree. Special shout out to Jen who’s had to listen to me the most.) This decision has led to manga re-read, still on-going anime catchup (got to start at the beginning), persuading my friends to watch the live action version and, over Christmas, buying One Piece Odyssey. It was very much a whim-purchase; the game was on sale and I thought, why not? At worst, I’d be a little shorter in money and lifespan.
I’ve currently spent over 50 hours playing One Piece Odyssey.
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I’ll openly admit it’s not a great game – the combat system is basic, the special attack animations are long even when sped up and, while exploring the world is fun, it’s hampered by a feeling of emptiness – but man if I’m not having an awful lot of fun. It’s been a while since I’ve played a game where I can simply turn my brain off and enjoy the experience. Matters are helped by how well paced unlocking new attacks is, with the result being I feel actively encouraged to try new battle strategies amongst pummeling enemies to death with Luffy’s rubber fists. I’ll also admit to finding bizarre joy in how, to fully understand the context of what’s going on, you need to have either read at least 801 manga chapters or watched 746 anime episodes. (One Piece everyone.)
I will get around to playing something else eventually – might just get every achievement first.
Sosig, card game
Sosig is a card game about making sausages. It comes in a small square box that contains small square cards. Each of them has a piece of sausage on it, and you use these cards, each turn to construct complete sausages, with two ends and a middle.