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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: maxy on March 30, 2010, 04:57:07 PM

Title: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: maxy on March 30, 2010, 04:57:07 PM
New Ninja Theory game

http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/enslaved/video/6254305?hd=1&tag=topslot;watchlink;1#toggle_video (http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/enslaved/video/6254305?hd=1&tag=topslot;watchlink;1#toggle_video)

Sounds interesting...kinda like POP(2008),but hopefully there is a game inside

Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Ichirou on March 30, 2010, 08:26:04 PM
What the fuck?  Is the game about an African slave traveling to the west and working at a cotton plantation or something?  What a horrid title.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: maxy on June 08, 2010, 02:53:13 AM
E3 trailer

[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSYkKzockNI&feature=related[/youtube]



Hmm,i like it...for now at least
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: iconoclast on June 08, 2010, 03:00:46 AM
sup Nariko

Looks interesting. Will play it someday.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: BlueTsunami on June 08, 2010, 09:50:03 AM
Enslaved: Odyssey to Arvie's Basement
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Great Rumbler on June 08, 2010, 09:55:58 AM
Quote from: maxy on June 08, 2010, 02:53:13 AM
E3 trailer

[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSYkKzockNI&feature=related[/youtube]

Hmm,i like it...for now at least

Post-apocalyptic games :rock
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Great Rumbler on June 08, 2010, 10:09:20 AM
Quote from: mojovonio on June 08, 2010, 10:06:36 AM
I love the game's aesthetic.

I liked Heavenly Sword's aethetic too, but I got bored of the repetitive gameplay in the DEMO.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: tiesto on June 08, 2010, 01:27:03 PM
I like the 'nature overruning the city' background, and the female character... male lead chara looks horrible though.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Raban on June 08, 2010, 03:23:44 PM
The art style looks fucking horrid and fuck Ninja Theory, but I'm pretty sure this is an adaptation of Journey to the West, so count me in.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: WrikaWrek on June 08, 2010, 08:23:01 PM
Hey, at leas they are trying to do something new.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: treythemovie on June 08, 2010, 10:47:12 PM
The next Uncharted/Gran Turismo  :smug

spoiler (click to show/hide)
No Nolan North though :drake
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Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: maxy on July 22, 2010, 02:14:00 PM
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNQwW4D1smo[/youtube]
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Positive Touch on July 22, 2010, 02:30:14 PM
Quote from: Ichirou on March 30, 2010, 08:26:04 PM
What the fuck?  Is the game about an African slave traveling to the west and working at a cotton plantation or something?  What a horrid title.

:lol i thought the same thing.  hoped it woulda been a game where you rise up and kill whitey slavemasters
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Sho Nuff on July 22, 2010, 09:37:51 PM
Played this at E3. It was OK I guess
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Van Cruncheon on July 22, 2010, 10:26:15 PM

Quote from: Positive Touch
Quote from: Ichirou on March 30, 2010, 08:26:04 PM
What the fuck?  Is the game about an African slave traveling to the west and working at a cotton plantation or something?  What a horrid title.



:lol i thought the same thing.  hoped it woulda been a game where you rise up and kill whitey slavemasters

spoiler (click to show/hide)
mandingo-style qte cutscenes :drool
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Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: maxy on August 25, 2010, 10:55:45 AM
First level,no sound
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTXl2HpELf4&feature=player_embedded#![/youtube]

Looks good.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: chronovore on September 21, 2010, 09:56:37 PM
Glad I searched for an OT, even though this thread isn't getting much love lately.

I'd seen the ads on Penny-Arcade, and ignored them. Namco does not have much oomph this generation, so I was ready to just write this off the same as Dead to Rights 5 and Soul Calibur XII. But yesterday this had a featured video on Xbox Live, so I watched it. Gorgeous game is gorgeous. The combat/platforming looks like it may be fun. Yes, it's an adaptation of the Monkey King, which has tremendous cultural lineage, and the game is being written by Alex Freakin' Garland. Gokuu-as-Riddick? Yesh, pleashe.  I went from having zero interest to big-time interest. Hopefully it's not ill-founded hope.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Great Rumbler on September 21, 2010, 09:58:52 PM
Did you play their last game?
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Purple Filth on September 21, 2010, 10:02:56 PM
Quote from: chronovore on September 21, 2010, 09:56:37 PM
Glad I searched for an OT, even though this thread isn't getting much love lately.

I'd seen the ads on Penny-Arcade, and ignored them. Namco does not have much oomph this generation, so I was ready to just write this off the same as Dead to Rights 5 and Soul Calibur XII. But yesterday this had a featured video on Xbox Live, so I watched it. Gorgeous game is gorgeous. The combat/platforming looks like it may be fun. Yes, it's an adaptation of the Monkey King, which has tremendous cultural lineage, and the game is being written by Alex Freakin' Garland. Gokuu-as-Riddick? Yesh, pleashe.  I went from having zero interest to big-time interest. Hopefully it's not ill-founded hope.

i think it would be best to play the demo before getting your hopes up.

The thing is though the demo is only on PS3 at the moment.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Junpei the Tracer! on September 21, 2010, 11:09:22 PM
The demo was good. I don't know understand why people are hating on it so.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Don Flamenco on September 21, 2010, 11:20:36 PM
Quote from: Green Man on September 21, 2010, 11:17:37 PM
Quote from: Junpei the Tracer! on September 21, 2010, 11:09:22 PM
The demo was good. I don't know understand why people are hating on it so.

Because Heavenly Sword was fucking GARBAGE. F-tier God of War clone with the worst character in a video game, Kai. Female Gollum was an awful idea.

gamers like their little girls to be distinguished mentally-challenged, but not obviously distinguished mentally-challenged
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on September 21, 2010, 11:21:23 PM
I think a lot of people have a stick up their butts because this is a multiplatform game from a company that previously made a PS3 exclusive - an exclusive that seems much worse by comparsion to Enslaved.  They're obligated to hate.

Heavenly Sword may have sucked ass but judging by the demo and all the positive previews, Enslaved seems like it might be worth the money......as long as Ninja Theory doesn't fuck it up and put in a ton of annoying QTEs like they did with Heavenly Sword.

And Kai was the only interesting thing about Heavenly Sword.  It was like having Bjork follow you around with a gun.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: demi on September 21, 2010, 11:35:30 PM
QTEs :bow
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: cool breeze on September 21, 2010, 11:58:42 PM
The demo didn't have any QTEs.  A lot of people on gaf trash the demo, but I thought it was alright for the most part.  Like Heavenly Sword, the best part of the game was when you weren't playing it.  Platforming is even more automatic than Uncharted, combat is boring and dull, and the game has a really loose skin look where things don't mesh together.  Yet it still managed to be interesting.

It is actually coming out the same day as Castlevania.  Both are games where the 'game' part doesn't interest me much.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on September 22, 2010, 12:06:23 AM
no sane sony fan likes heavenly sword and this is coming from a xbox fan
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: chronovore on September 22, 2010, 12:39:23 AM
I'll download the demo tonight, hopefully along with the free copy of Tomb Raider: GoL mentioned in the "online deals" thread.

The hate is probably coming from Heavenly Sword being overhyped and underdelivering. And again from them "jumping ship" to become a multiplatform developer. You know, being a PS3-exclusive dev house this generation is like being an original Xbox-only dev last generation. There's no way to make it work unless you are getting a steady flow of money from the hardware manufacturer, and even then it is unlikely that you'll see a major bump, big sales to the point of being able to grow. You're more likely to just become a 2nd party house, destined to eke out an existence tethered to the good graces of one fickle corporation.

FWIW: Playing Conan (speaking of 2nd rate God of War clones...), I have to do some horse-crap QTE at the ending of each stage of the final boss, so six-multipart QTEs after the most grueling end boss fight I've encountered. Mid-level monsters have QTEs which can be ignored (Like Star Wars: The Force Unleashed) but big bosses cannot be passed without them, failing them gives the boss an extra hit on me, and restores the boss to 1/2 health. FFFFUUUU....

:piss QTEs :piss2
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Purple Filth on September 22, 2010, 02:23:23 AM
For me it seems they haven't learnt a goddamn thing from their last game. Decent to alright story, somewhat serviceable gameplay, technical issues (though being fair they are using UE3 which runs like shit on PS3 but if the 360 version isn't good then...).

Kinda disappointing and its gonna get worse since they are now doing that DmC game.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Third on September 22, 2010, 08:36:03 AM
Demo was shit. New DMC game will be a disaster confirmed.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Himu on September 22, 2010, 09:15:08 AM
You have to be drinking serious Xbuck kool-aid if you think Sony fans give a shit about Ninja Theory going multiplatform. Then again, if we're talking about the denizens of gaf it sounds like a possible reality.  :-\
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: cool breeze on September 22, 2010, 09:20:48 AM
The more recent hate is because of the DMC...excuse me, DmC thing.  The thread about the demo on gaf is all about that.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Himu on September 22, 2010, 09:45:01 AM
Good.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: chronovore on September 23, 2010, 09:04:40 AM
Demo was fun, but every complaint listed here so far seems valid: auto-platforming is auto, mashy combat is mashy. The visuals, voice acting, and the promise of Monkey's cloud-riding, er, hoverboard riding sequences are enough to keep me interested, as well as some hope for Alex Garland's interpretation of the Monkey King myth.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: AdmiralViscen on September 23, 2010, 10:16:34 AM
Liked the video on XBL dash, will buy for $20 in a few weeks.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Stoney Mason on September 24, 2010, 11:53:26 AM
demo is up on xbox live.


I kinda liked it although I have a feeling most people on here will detest it. It's not a very technical fighting game or platforming game but then I tend to not like the very technical aspects of either of those two genres. It does have sort of a prince of persia 2008 meets uncharted kind of feel.

A lot of the gameplay is definitely on auto-pilot but the main draw of the game seems to be spectacle and story, and character interaction.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: chronovore on September 24, 2010, 11:56:46 AM
There is definitely enough spectacle. The exterior portion of the intro felt pretty great. The whole visual package feels like playing through a Métal Hurlant issue, maybe Ranxerox.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Stoney Mason on September 24, 2010, 11:58:54 AM
Quote from: chronovore on September 24, 2010, 11:56:46 AM
There is definitely enough spectacle. The exterior portion of the intro felt pretty great. The whole visual package feels like playing through a Métal Hurlant issue, maybe Ranxerox.

Yeah I liked it. The demo was enough for me to put it immediately in my gamefly queue over some other games.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Purple Filth on September 24, 2010, 12:17:59 PM
Quote from: Stoney Mason on September 24, 2010, 11:53:26 AM
demo is up on xbox live.


I kinda liked it although I have a feeling most people on here will detest it. It's not a very technical fighting game or platforming game but then I tend to not like the very technical aspects of either of those two genres. It does have sort of a prince of persia 2008 meets uncharted kind of feel.

A lot of the gameplay is definitely on auto-pilot but the main draw of the game seems to be spectacle and story, and character interaction.

after watching that first 15 minutes video i would agree right now (monkey getting pissed when she didn't open the door was  :lol)
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: G The Resurrected on September 24, 2010, 12:36:20 PM
got my hands around the demo. I went from  :-\ to  :hyper this plus a $25 dollar video game coupon at Kmart makes this totally worth getting.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: demi on September 24, 2010, 12:45:18 PM
Yeah this game is hot. Uncharted with a much more interesting theme
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Van Cruncheon on September 24, 2010, 12:58:24 PM
this is pretty good. will buy
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: demi on September 24, 2010, 01:00:57 PM
Game is super easy on Hard mode though :\

It is the tutorial level tho
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: AdmiralViscen on September 24, 2010, 01:55:06 PM
Anyone else having issues downloading from xbox.com lately?
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: cool breeze on September 24, 2010, 02:19:41 PM
I'm either getting this or Castlevania on the 5th.  I'm leaning towards this since while the action isn't great, it is still interesting.  Castlevania is all around looking sketchy.  Some people are trashing the demo, others are saying it is good.  Times like this make me wish I had gamefly.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: AdmiralViscen on September 24, 2010, 07:17:51 PM
The controls are really wonky. Usually games that have such scripted jumping have much smoother controls. I don't know why he has to do that clunky pause before every jump.q
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: demi on September 24, 2010, 07:59:40 PM
Quote from: Linkzg on September 24, 2010, 02:19:41 PM
I'm either getting this or Castlevania on the 5th.  I'm leaning towards this since while the action isn't great, it is still interesting.  Castlevania is all around looking sketchy.  Some people are trashing the demo, others are saying it is good.  Times like this make me wish I had gamefly.

If you use my referall link, you get a couple free months
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Purple Filth on September 24, 2010, 11:50:43 PM
Quote from: AdmiralViscen on September 24, 2010, 07:17:51 PM
The controls are really wonky. Usually games that have such scripted jumping have much smoother controls. I don't know why he has to do that clunky pause before every jump.q

I guess that's NT's trademark now?

anyways GiantBomb has a quicklook (even with a deleted scene  :lol :lol)

http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-enslaved-odyssey-to-the-west/17-3274/
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: cool breeze on September 24, 2010, 11:52:17 PM
I heard the 360 version is noticeably better than the PS3 version (well, yeah).  I played the PS3 demo and it was pretty messy.

Quote from: demi on September 24, 2010, 07:59:40 PM
Quote from: Linkzg on September 24, 2010, 02:19:41 PM
I'm either getting this or Castlevania on the 5th.  I'm leaning towards this since while the action isn't great, it is still interesting.  Castlevania is all around looking sketchy.  Some people are trashing the demo, others are saying it is good.  Times like this make me wish I had gamefly.

If you use my referall link, you get a couple free months

how does that work?

I checked the site and it says the trial is 10-days.  I was thinking about using that whenever there are a bunch of game coming out.  I keep thinking about going for gamefly like I did netflix, which ended up being a great choice, but one game out at a time is $16 a month seems weird when I can just buy a game for that price in less than half a year.  Plus the general problem I have with not owning games is that I get weird urges to play the most random games in my collection.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Purple Filth on September 24, 2010, 11:57:35 PM
Quote from: Linkzg on September 24, 2010, 11:52:17 PM
I heard the 360 version is noticeably better than the PS3 version (well, yeah).  I played the PS3 demo and it was pretty messy.


Not really surprising to be honest since UE3 runs like garbage on PS3.

Only like 2 games ever ran good enough and one of them is from the team that made the engine  :lol

Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: maxy on September 25, 2010, 12:15:29 PM
PS3
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5T2zD6Zy0o[/youtube]

360
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58rMqcvn4rw[/youtube]




360 :bow2




       
PS3 :yuck

Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Raban on September 25, 2010, 01:09:04 PM
I thought this was Enslaved, not Run Like Hell. Game looks awful :-\
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Stoney Mason on September 25, 2010, 01:12:23 PM
Quote from: startselect on September 25, 2010, 01:09:04 PM
I thought this was Enslaved, not Run Like Hell. Game looks awful :-\

It's the tutorial. You are trying to escape from being a slave.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Purple Filth on September 25, 2010, 01:28:46 PM
Quote
XBOX360
Avg:29.367fps Min-Max:20.0-30.0fps Tear:1.968%(1.879%)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58rMqcvn4rw

PS3
Avg:28.194fps Min-Max:17.0-30.0fps Tear:15.645%(15.011%)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5T2zD6Zy0o

wow Ps3 version tears out the ass compared to the 360 version
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: demi on September 25, 2010, 01:29:16 PM
Told yall. Dont listen to impressions on PS3 demos...
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: chronovore on September 25, 2010, 11:11:58 PM
Quote from: Stoney Mason on September 25, 2010, 01:12:23 PM
Quote from: startselect on September 25, 2010, 01:09:04 PM
I thought this was Enslaved, not Run Like Hell. Game looks awful :-\

It's the tutorial. You are trying to escape from being a slave.

And an airplane. Which is in the air.

Very excited for more of these set pieces. Hope they're not too uncommon.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Raban on September 26, 2010, 01:16:07 AM
I played the demo. Auto-platforming makes it zzz.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Van Cruncheon on September 26, 2010, 08:36:52 PM
360 version annihilates the ps3 one

:bow power of xenos :bow2

:piss rsx budget gpu :piss2
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on September 26, 2010, 09:24:20 PM
Quote from: startselect on September 26, 2010, 01:16:07 AM
I played the demo. Auto-platforming makes it zzz.

Yeah, that's a little bothersome.  It's even worse than Uncharted 1 & 2 and I thought those games were way too forgiving with its auto platforming but this still seems interesting to me. 

Not a day 1 or anything like that but I definitely want to give it a go.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: WrikaWrek on September 30, 2010, 08:33:35 PM
Will post impressions in an hour.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: demi on September 30, 2010, 08:53:44 PM
:lol "post impressions"

DIS GAME SUX
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: WrikaWrek on September 30, 2010, 10:00:57 PM
The game is pretty fun. It plays very much like Heavenly sword, but since it's not trying to be a martial arts epic, the slow pace of the combat works well with the character since its supposed to be this big strong brute force kind of guy. Combat works even if it's not extremely engaging, an interesting aspect is the use of Trip to help out by the use of a decoy for example that distracts your enemies, it's NT take on the whole dynamic of a duo in a combat scenario. It's not quite as involved as in Prince of Persia but hey.

Platforming is merely visual flair to help you get into the world, and the character of monkey, and it helps that its so automated in scripted sequences like the opening. It's very much Uncharted 1 kinds of straight forward platforming, it's not Tomb Raider if that's what you are expecting.

Game looks very good, runs pretty good, but most importantly what the game does have is personality and character. It feels like a different game, that has different characters, and it's interesting. Not one hour in and i'm invested in the Journey already, in these characters, be it because of the voice acting or whatever, it's good stuff.

I like it, i don't think it's amazing but i'm gonna see this one through.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Purple Filth on October 01, 2010, 12:50:52 PM
more reviews have come out in the 8 and up range saying it has great story/ presentation whatever eludes the gameplay but more likely its serviceable.


Should be interesting since i'm looking forward to the story most of all ever since that 15 minute look and Giantbomb's quick look.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Third on October 01, 2010, 12:52:09 PM
not interested in this game
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: chronovore on October 01, 2010, 07:14:53 PM
Quote from: Third on October 01, 2010, 12:52:09 PM
not interested in this game

Soooooooooooo glad you popped in to contribute to this conversation.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Diunx on October 01, 2010, 07:27:32 PM
Can you do a Kamehameha in this game?
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Sho Nuff on October 01, 2010, 08:00:49 PM
Quote from: Diunx on October 01, 2010, 07:27:32 PM
Can you do a Kamehameha in this game?

Urrrgh Unreal Engine hair D:
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Purple Filth on October 01, 2010, 09:29:38 PM
Quote from: Sho Nuff on October 01, 2010, 08:00:49 PM
Quote from: Diunx on October 01, 2010, 07:27:32 PM
Can you do a Kamehameha in this game?

Urrrgh Unreal Engine hair D:

Well the main dude is based of the monkey king who DBZ Goku was loosely based on.  :lol
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: maxy on October 03, 2010, 09:16:32 AM
This is pretty good and fun game to play.I'm totally hooked,stopped playing everything else because of it. :)

It's a really nice adventure game,better than tons of overhyped big name games.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: demi on October 04, 2010, 09:54:53 AM
bump for gamefly
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: WrikaWrek on October 05, 2010, 06:18:24 PM
Kinda loses it's momentum in some parts, but the last part is strong i feel.

Pretty fun game.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Purple Filth on October 06, 2010, 02:18:14 AM
The ending is up on youtube


Do not click if you actually care about getting the whole story before the ending.

spoiler (click to show/hide)
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PtFbv6vW8c[/youtube]
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Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on October 07, 2010, 02:35:25 AM
This is REALLY good. Super surprised. :piss es all over Castlevania

It's not a hardcore game at all, so if you are looking for that, you will be disappointed. Combat and platforming are both perfunctory. Not bad, but no real strategy or depth or "systems" to learn. You run, you jump, you mash, you win. That said...

This game is the good parts of ICO x the good parts of Uncharted 2. I like all the characters. It has actual dialogue that doesn't make me want to kill myself. The environments and world are amazing, in both design and execution.

It's just engrossing and wonderful, and I'm kind of a total fanboy for this game.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: demi on October 07, 2010, 02:56:37 AM
Good to hear... Castlevania put me to sleep. Hopefully Enslaved is the total opposite (I got both today from GF)
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: FatalT on October 07, 2010, 08:44:17 AM
Rental.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: demi on October 07, 2010, 01:16:53 PM
This game poops all over ICO & Uncharted

Definite purchase. Dont rent a gem like this. Can't wait for DmC :bow
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: maxy on October 07, 2010, 01:25:46 PM
Wait until you meet certain character,i think that you will like him...

Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: demi on October 08, 2010, 11:46:10 AM
Game took a big greasy shit on Chapter 6. Combat is total shit when there's 3 enemies on screen.

Counter Attacks dont work

Evade Attacks dont work

I'm wasting points on this shit
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: demi on October 08, 2010, 08:29:46 PM
Just beat it. AMAZING game. Ending is WUT, but I love WUT. Not on the same scale as AssCreed 2 though.

Who was that guy at the end?

Time to cleanup for the 1000
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Third on October 09, 2010, 04:43:09 AM
So this game is better than Castlevania? Does it also look better than LoS?
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: demi on October 09, 2010, 10:49:21 AM
Nah but it has that fake Uncharted look where they do big panoramic shots and stuff

The models and animation are nice too
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: iconoclast on October 10, 2010, 07:45:22 AM
Played up to chapter 6. Game's okay so far. Animation, graphics, art, voice work, etc. are all very nice. Combat is awful and insanely simple, but I guess that's to be expected since this isn't an action game. Not a big fan of the automatic platforming either. You couldn't fall off the edge of a platform no matter how hard you tried, it's completely predefined where you can and can't go. Just hold the direction you want, mash A, and Monkey will do all the work. Boring, but nice to look at I suppose.

Also, I didn't know this going in, but this game's yet another collectathon nightmare. Can't wait to replay levels because I missed one of the five hundred orbs. Ugh.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: iconoclast on October 10, 2010, 05:27:04 PM
What was wrong with chapter 6? That was the most fun the game has been so far. You actually get to fight a bunch of enemies instead of constantly running to cover to hide from turrets. Hope the rest of the game plays like that.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: demi on October 10, 2010, 05:28:02 PM
I was just frustrated at the time, but replaying I have no issue. You have to wait until Chapter 13 for another enemy rush
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: iconoclast on October 10, 2010, 08:50:06 PM
WTF is up with this bad doggy achievement. I've tried this like 15 times and the dog is ALWAYS too far ahead of me on the final stretch. I watched videos of people doing the achievement on youtube, and even if I beat them to the area where they kill the dog he's still two or three boost pads ahead of me in my game. Is this not possible on hard mode or something?


Nevermind, some people in the youtube comments says it's impossible on hard. Stupid.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: demi on October 10, 2010, 09:04:31 PM
Yeah I did those on Easy.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: iconoclast on October 11, 2010, 01:28:09 AM
Just finished this. Great game. Didn't care for it too much at first, but the more I played the more I liked it. The presentation as a whole is pretty much excellent, the level design is really good, and the combat - though extremely simplistic - is still fun. I wish Ninja Theory would stick to making action/adventure games like this.

Now I guess I'll go collect all of the stupid orbs. God I hate collectibles.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: dark1x on October 11, 2010, 03:38:22 PM
I also quite enjoyed the game, but I was disappointed in the second half of the game.

The environments were much less attractive and the framerate went down the shitter.  I was playing it on 360 as well.  I can't imagine how much worse it would have been on PS3.  Every time an enemy shows up it starts to chug hard.  :(

Still, overall, it's a good game.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Sho Nuff on October 11, 2010, 06:19:51 PM
How many hours long is this bad boy
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Rman on October 11, 2010, 06:20:44 PM
8-10
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: iconoclast on October 11, 2010, 06:55:29 PM
Yeah, it's a perfect rental.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Sho Nuff on October 11, 2010, 07:56:03 PM
Quote from: iconoclast on October 11, 2010, 06:55:29 PM
Yeah, it's a perfect rental.

Dats coo. I actually just signed up for Gamefly today. I haven't bought a single movie since signing up for Netflix last year, so I'm hoping I can cut 80% of my game purchases with the service. I mean, it's not like I ever touch 95% of the games on my shelf after I finish em
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: demi on October 11, 2010, 08:02:32 PM
oh you should have told me. i would have given you a referall link
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Sho Nuff on October 11, 2010, 08:11:46 PM
Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeit, sorry, didn't know they were doing that.

Is the service decent btw? I'm trying to catch up on some slightly older stuff that I wouldn't pay a lot for (Splinter Cell, Alpha Protocol etc) for now, not sure how quickly you can get first-run games though.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: iconoclast on October 11, 2010, 11:20:05 PM
:piss Orb Collectan :piss2

Been stuck at 99% on chapter 5 and 9 for a while now. Fucking chapter 9 is the worst. I think I might have glitched the orb actually, because I remember picking one up in front of a mech, then pressing RS to activate the cloud and he jumped right into a bomb. Then when I reloaded the orb wasn't there. I think.

Meh, I just want to be done with this crap so I can get back to Castlevania.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: demi on October 11, 2010, 11:43:49 PM
CastleBOREDia
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: iconoclast on October 11, 2010, 11:51:22 PM
Finally found them and got my 1000. Thank god. I notice when I bitch about stuff like that, I tend to find them shortly after. 8)
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: demi on October 11, 2010, 11:53:53 PM
Me too  8) It's so cool how often it works
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: chronovore on October 12, 2010, 12:03:19 AM
This explains so much about your behavior.
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:-*
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Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Sho Nuff on October 12, 2010, 12:24:59 AM
FUCK this game is awesome. I'm shocked it turned out so well after Heavenly Turd :poop
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: FatalT on October 12, 2010, 12:48:57 AM
Quote from: Sho Nuff on October 12, 2010, 12:24:59 AM
FUCK this game is awesome. I'm shocked it turned out so well after Heavenly Turd :poop

Too bad the ending is shit.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Sho Nuff on October 12, 2010, 01:41:30 AM
Bububu, like that will totally negate the previous 8 hours of fun

Monkey  :-*
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: chronovore on October 12, 2010, 08:00:42 AM
Quote from: Sho Nuff on October 12, 2010, 01:41:30 AM
Bububu, like that will totally negate the previous 8 hours of fun

Monkey  :-*

It can happen.
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The Phantom Menace
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Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: cool breeze on October 15, 2010, 10:47:15 PM
This game ended up being pretty awesome.  It a bunch of problems, mostly because of how rough it felt, but I enjoyed it a lot.

One thing that annoyed me was how shit your evade move was.  Monkey does a roll and moves about three feet.  All the combat in the game (I played on hard, btw) was just charge stun attack, mash a lot, then do the focus attack.  It worked out since sometimes I had no idea what was going on with the camera clipping behind a building; positive through a negative!  The auto-platforming is actually decent decent since at times you have multiple paths.  Again, the game is pretty jank so sometimes you end up jumping to a platform and back.  Story and all that stuff was also surprisingly good.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: demi on October 15, 2010, 10:47:57 PM
Monkey pooping on Castlevania :bow
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: cool breeze on October 15, 2010, 10:58:40 PM
I went into both games thinking they would be so-so.  Castlevania was worse than I expected and this was much better than I expected.  Can't wait for DmC!

actually, after playing this I'm more worried about that.  Combat isn't good and it performs sloppy even on the 360.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Sho Nuff on October 16, 2010, 01:45:52 AM
The ending

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breaks new ground in regards to awfulness.

For the final boss, aiming with the staff is fiddly garbage and was kinda annoying.

But that doesn't even come close to the Epilogue. Oh my god so awful. So awful so awful. PYRAMID IS FMV ANDY SERKIS!!!!!! HURRRRRRR

Seriously, most distinguished mentally-challenged ending since the Wachowskis showed up to introduce the Mega Smith final boss intro. Just cringeworthy.

"YOU DON'T GO TO SCHOOLS, YOU HAVE MECHS!"

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Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: demi on October 16, 2010, 01:47:36 AM
LOL I loved the Matrix game ending. WUT endings are awesome.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: cool breeze on October 16, 2010, 01:52:10 AM
I thought the ending was weak because it wasn't dumb enough.  Assassin's Creed has that type of ending locked down.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: demi on October 16, 2010, 01:55:33 AM
Yea I love AC's ending too. How do you guys hate WUT endings? I thought we arent supposed to take stories to heart? You dont like it when they just say "ah fuck it. ALIENS" ?
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Sho Nuff on October 16, 2010, 03:01:51 AM
I wasn't so much offended by the content of the ending but rather the fact that

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Andy Serkis is in FMV while the rest of the game is Unreal Engine  :lol
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Anyhoo, enough of this silly game and on to Splinter Cell Conviction, thanks Gamefly

Hunky Michael Ironside as growly Sam Fisher  :-*
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: iconoclast on October 16, 2010, 05:02:04 AM
Quote from: Linkzg on October 15, 2010, 10:58:40 PM
Can't wait for DmC!

actually, after playing this I'm more worried about that.  Combat isn't good and it performs sloppy even on the 360.

Pretty much. Enslaved is a fun action-adventure game, but it is the polar opposite of DMC. It's gonna take a miracle for DmC to turn out well.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: demi on October 16, 2010, 05:03:32 AM
Except DmC will have JAPS overseeing it... Enslaved and Hevenly Sword were all Ninja Theory. Did you expect DR2 to turn out good from the creators of "The BIGS"?
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: iconoclast on October 16, 2010, 05:44:34 AM
It's different in this case. The deep combat is what makes DMC a great game. The only way I could see it turning out well is if Capcom handles everything regarding the combat, and if that were the case, why would they have gone with Ninja Theory in the first place? It's a complete reboot for the series and it's clear Capcom is not aiming it at the current DMC fans.

Plus it's on UE3, so that basically guarantees it won't be 60 fps. Game's doomed.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: demi on October 16, 2010, 06:18:56 AM
Ninja GAiden 2 wasnt 60 (more like 25) and you seem to cum over it.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: iconoclast on October 16, 2010, 08:01:01 AM
Yeah and the framerate is the worst thing about NG2. Plus, the framerate is only really bad on Master Ninja, because there's so many enemies and explosions. Mentor is fairly smooth as long as you don't skip any enemies.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: cool breeze on October 16, 2010, 11:06:51 AM
Quote from: demi on October 16, 2010, 05:03:32 AM
Except DmC will have JAPS overseeing it... Enslaved and Hevenly Sword were all Ninja Theory. Did you expect DR2 to turn out good from the creators of "The BIGS"?

Yes.  Both of those games were great.  I'd put them on par with The Show as really fun baseball games (The Bigs being more arcade-y).  Plus they had the mode where you were destroying time square with baseballs.  Canada makes Dead Rising 2 :bow2 Japan makes Dead Rising Wii :piss2

Then again, Lords of Shadow had Kojima Productions involved, right? but that game was by a Spanish dev.  Their last game was Clive Barker Jericho (never played this) so it might be an upgrade.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: iconoclast on October 16, 2010, 11:22:11 AM
I played Jericho, and Castlevania is most definitely an upgrade. Jericho isn't completely bad, but I'd say it's a 6/10 game at its best. Castlevania hovers around being above average and good, so they're learning I guess.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Van Cruncheon on October 16, 2010, 02:18:47 PM
Quote from: demi on October 16, 2010, 01:55:33 AM
Yea I love AC's ending too. How do you guys hate WUT endings? I thought we arent supposed to take stories to heart? You dont like it when they just say "ah fuck it. ALIENS" ?

cosign, brah
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: chronovore on October 25, 2011, 11:31:44 AM
Started playing this. The game is a canceling waveform against Dark Souls:
- an actual story
- competent voice acting
- cutscenes -- with lipsync even!
- fraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamerate
- bright colors, huge range of saturation and contrast
- bloooooooooooom
- an actual story, did I mention that? I may have, but I was really missing that in DS
- bog simple button mashing combat
- linear level design with clear direction on where to go -- and an AI partner who will tell you what to do
- Achievements actually occasionally pop

What does DS have that this doesn't?
+ Providing the player with an actual vindictive sense of accomplishment after clearing an area
+ A sense of constant tension, suspense, a feeling of impending loss

I'll be going back to DS, happily, at some point. For now, I need a brain vacation.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Eric P on October 25, 2011, 01:24:05 PM
yeah....that ending....
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Sho Nuff on October 25, 2011, 01:40:26 PM
That ending was awesome, and by awesome I mean godawful
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Sho Nuff on October 25, 2011, 01:50:08 PM
I sure can't forget

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(http://playstationlifestyle.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Andy-Serkis-Feature.png)
We have schools
You have mechs
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Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on October 25, 2011, 02:48:10 PM
I just want to know how such a batshit terrible ending made it into the final game
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Sho Nuff on October 25, 2011, 05:00:06 PM
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We're out of performance capture budget but we've still got Serkis for 4 days, someone set up a DV camera and he'll do the ending that way
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Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: chronovore on October 25, 2011, 06:21:44 PM
I'm preparing for a truly WTF moment at the end. In the meantime, the interaction between Trip and Monkey has been really entertaining, and well-handled.

Trip is charming for someone who has enslaved another sentient and bound his existence, against his will, to her own.

The opening sequence, when she's ignoring Monkey -- or outright fleeing from the insane, muscled brute pursuing her off from a crashing plane, was pretty great.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: Bildi on October 26, 2011, 08:45:32 AM
I found the ending fine.  It sure as hell wasn't boring which is a win.
Title: Re: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Post by: chronovore on October 26, 2011, 10:28:33 AM
That's good enough for me.

And I didn't mind Assassin's Creed 2's ending, and didn't find it out of place. I just don't think they have a plan to wrap it up, or the cleverness to make it fit before it finishes. I'm pretty sure it's about as pre-planned as LOST.