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A spirited adventure game, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West benefits from rich, engaging characters and a compelling story, but suffers from some minor control missteps. The story takes place hundreds of years in our future. It’s a war-ravaged, post-apoca...
Compelling characters and superb performances that have an emotional impact; gameplay that is varied enough to stay interesting throughout.
Problems with the controls and the camera; lacks polish.
It’s too bad the game suffers from some irritating problems, because Enslaved: Odyssey to the West is a game that never gets boring and often surprises. There are glimpses into the apocalypse that befell our civilization. Signs indicate evacuation zon...
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Enslaved: Odyssey to the West takes place in a post apocalyptic world where robots have virtually wiped out all humanity on earth. The story is a loose retelling of the Chinese novel ‘Journey to the West’. You play as Monkey a strong warrior type who...
Overall Enslaved: Odyssey to the West is a bright, vibrant, action adventure game with a great story (up till the ending) that will keep your interest throughout the 15 chapter saga. Many of the game mechanics are simple and easy to get used to althou...
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Pros:Some of the best character development and dialog this year Cons:Gameplay, combat and platforming are all lacking The 7-hour campaign is short lived and not interesting enough to want to play through Stagnant plot, no real reason for players to ke...
Some of the best character development and dialog this year...
Gameplay, combat and platforming are all lacking, The 7hour campaign is short lived and not interesting enough to want to play through, Stagnant plot, no real reason for players to keep playing after an hour...
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Set 150 years in the future, Enslaved tells the tale of star-crossed captives who must help each other tread across the desolate American frontier in search of Pyramid, the global organization that imprisoned them. When the slave ship upon which they w...
Rich characters inhabit an equally rich world; gorgeous environments; fascinating story thats presented in an engrossing way; flawless facial animations; voice work and music are exceptional...
Simple platforming and combat hold it back from being a truly great action title; sloppy camera system; very frequent texture popins; the storys culmination doesnt live up to its presentation.
Enslaved is a definite improvement over Ninja Theorys previous title, Heavenly Sword. Though it features that same great attention to character detail and some remarkably beautiful looking environments, it remains a bit shallow in the technical depart...
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Enslaved: Odyssey to the West is a pleasant surprise. It’s one of those games that you might overlook, because it wasn’t heavily promoted and came out at a time when a lot of big name releases like Fallout: New Vegas, Dead Rising 2, Rock Band 3 and...
Interesting story, no install needed, gorgeous environments, simple controls, fairly easy to command the Trip NPC, multiple difficulty levels, lots of upgrades to acquire, good voice acting and comes with comic book. There are also occasional third person shooter segments.
It’s difficult to explore and look for orbs since Monkey can die if he wanders too far from Trip, you can’t lock-on to enemies, it’s short and sometimes its difficult to see the shimmering items Monkey can climb on. Subtitles are very difficult to read.
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When we think of post apocalyptic settings and locales our minds are implicitly drawn to images of barren wastelands or dilapidated cities enveloped in darkness. UK based developers Ninja Theory have approached a typically desolate portrayal of global...
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Whenever video games and the film industry collide there is usually a mess. It is rare to find a collaboration between the two great entertainment industries that truly works well. Video games usually suffer for their links to Hollywood names and so it...
Whenever video games and the film industry collide there is usually a mess. It is rare to find a collaboration between the two great entertainment industries that truly works well. Video games usually suffer for their links to Hollywood names and so it...
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star-techcentral.com Updated:
2012-01-25 05:15:24
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Ninja Theory mashes together ancient Chinese folklore and an action game to create a fun new experience. STAFF OF LEGEND: Like in the original Chinese folk tale, the Monkey in has a "magical" staff that can elongate at will and additionally, can sh...
Great graphics; exciting and fun gameplay; great story.
Some camera issues; platforming a bit too rigid.
Ninja Theory's Enslaved is a real diamond in the rough - it's a real gem of a game that with some work and money for a sequel, could turn out to be one heck of a franchise. Enslaved has some areas that could be improved, for sure, but the good story...
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When I first heard about Enslaved: Odyssey to the West I was very skeptical. A platform/action game where you play a character being led and ordered by a woman who has power over your every move? It sounded more like a bad relationship (or a crappy Jak...
Incredible story, action, & visuals. Great fun.
Slightly repetitive gameplay.
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Action game Enslaved: Odyssey to the West was one of the most promising titles at this year's E3 for a number of reasons: an interesting and epic take on platforming, a dynamic combat system and an apocalyptic, mech-filled narrative based on the 16t...
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It's hard to quantify Enslaved. On the one hand, you'd be hard pressed to find a game with better all-round production - Enslaved pops its head up into Uncharted 2's realm at times. On the other hand, the gameplay behind all of this lavish cinematic wo...
It seems a little harsh to accuse Enslaved of presenting style over substance but the feeling remains nonetheless: much like Heavenly Sword before it, Enslaved is an exceptionally well produced game from Ninja Theory where gameplay takes a passenger se...
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I’m a big fan of developer Ninja Theory. Though it wasn’t without its flaws, Heavenly Sword was one of my favorite games in 2007, and had me eagerly anticipating the company’s next title, no matter what it was. While it would have been nice to see anot...
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A compelling adventure that is hard to put down.I had more than my fair share of reservations going into Enslaved. Ninja Theory's previous effort, Heavenly Sword was a bit on the short side and didn't do much to advance the genre. Still to this day tho...
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gaming-age.com Updated:
2012-01-25 05:15:25
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I could probably put everything I know about the classic tale Journey to the West into one paragraph. A really, really small paragraph. Most of what I know is probably stemming from old Dragonball episodes anyways, so when Enslaved was announced as a f...
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In 2007 little known developer Ninja Theory teamed up with Sony to release a Playstation 3 exclusive known as Heavenly Sword. The relationship had been reported as being rocky, and the developer felt a lot of pressure working on only one platform. Shor...
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1up.com
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2012-01-25 05:15:25
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"Your main character is named Monkey and he doesn't wear a shirt." That was all I knew about Enslaved: Odyssey to the West about a week ago. But as I do before most review assignments I read up on the game from our previews section and learned that Ens...
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Enslaved is a game about a relationship. There is a story here, and it twists and turns and the ending flips the entire experience on its ear, but that's secondary to what's really important: the way two characters are thrown together and how they de...
The characters and setting are both top-notch, The voice acting and writing are incredible, The world feels filled with history and depth, even if it's not explicit, Combat and platforming elements feel solid, remain fun to the end, The story will keep you guessing, Vehicle sections change things up, don't get in the way, Your staff, with both melee and ranged attacks, is one of the cooler weapon...
Some technical glitches hurt the experience, The game is over in 8 hours or so, and there is little reason to play through again, Some of the humor falls flat, The levels can begin to feel repetitive in places: scan, fight, jump, repeat...
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This is how the world will look after the war. The buildings still stand, but they are in a state of ruin. Walls, ceilings, and floors have crumbled away, and the healthy foliage that covers every surface gives the appearance of a thriving ecosystem, t...
Sympathetic characters and wellcrafted cutscenes, A wide variety of beautiful locations, Smooth combat that is brutally satisfying, Boss fights, chase scenes, and puzzles offer good variety.
Touchy movement controls, Camera is too zoomed in at times.
Enslaved is an affecting adventure that makes strong use of its characters and story to create a believable world...
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It is an amusing coincidence that one of the most prolific U.S. game publishers of the Dragon Ball franchise is also the publisher of Enslaved: Odyssey to the West. Both are loosely based on the 400-year-old Chinese folktale, Journey to the West and b...
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ign.com
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2012-01-25 05:15:25
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Originally pitched to studios as an idea for a Unreal Engine 3 powered feature film, Enslaved has instead landed on the PS3 and Xbox 360 in an unenviable position: an unknown game from a formerly console exclusive developer, in a sea of high profile se...
As a reviewer, it’s sometimes hard to assign a number to an experience, and Enslaved presents that challenge. It has flaws for certain, from dodgy controls and limited combat, to a conclusion that feels less like an ending and more like the story just...
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