Author Topic: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West (Read 5865 times)

Purple Filth · « **Reply #60 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.

Third · « **Reply #61 on:** October 01, 2010, 12:52:09 PM »

not interested in this game

chronovore · « **Reply #62 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.

Diunx · « **Reply #63 on:** October 01, 2010, 07:27:32 PM »

Can you do a Kamehameha in this game?

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #64 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:

Purple Filth · « **Reply #65 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.

maxy · « **Reply #66 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.

demi · « **Reply #67 on:** October 04, 2010, 09:54:53 AM »

bump for gamefly

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #68 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.

Purple Filth · « **Reply #69 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.

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[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

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Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #70 on:** October 07, 2010, 02:35:25 AM »

This is REALLY good. Super surprised.

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.

demi · « **Reply #71 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)

FatalT · « **Reply #72 on:** October 07, 2010, 08:44:17 AM »

Rental.

demi · « **Reply #73 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

maxy · « **Reply #74 on:** October 07, 2010, 01:25:46 PM »

Wait until you meet certain character,i think that you will like him...

demi · « **Reply #75 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

demi · « **Reply #76 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

Third · « **Reply #77 on:** October 09, 2010, 04:43:09 AM »

So this game is better than Castlevania? Does it also look better than LoS?

demi · « **Reply #78 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

iconoclast · « **Reply #79 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.

iconoclast · « **Reply #80 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.

demi · « **Reply #81 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

iconoclast · « **Reply #82 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.

demi · « **Reply #83 on:** October 10, 2010, 09:04:31 PM »

Yeah I did those on Easy.

iconoclast · « **Reply #84 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.

dark1x · « **Reply #85 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.

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #86 on:** October 11, 2010, 06:19:51 PM »

How many hours long is this bad boy

Rman · « **Reply #87 on:** October 11, 2010, 06:20:44 PM »

iconoclast · « **Reply #88 on:** October 11, 2010, 06:55:29 PM »

Yeah, it's a perfect rental.

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #89 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

demi · « **Reply #90 on:** October 11, 2010, 08:02:32 PM »

oh you should have told me. i would have given you a referall link

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #91 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.

iconoclast · « **Reply #92 on:** October 11, 2010, 11:20:05 PM »

Orb Collectan

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.

demi · « **Reply #93 on:** October 11, 2010, 11:43:49 PM »

CastleBOREDia

iconoclast · « **Reply #94 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.

demi · « **Reply #95 on:** October 11, 2010, 11:53:53 PM »

Me too

It's so cool how often it works

chronovore · « **Reply #96 on:** October 12, 2010, 12:03:19 AM »

This explains so much about your behavior.

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Sho Nuff · « **Reply #97 on:** October 12, 2010, 12:24:59 AM »

FUCK this game is awesome. I'm shocked it turned out so well after Heavenly Turd

FatalT · « **Reply #98 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

Too bad the ending is shit.

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #99 on:** October 12, 2010, 01:41:30 AM »

Bububu, like that will totally negate the previous 8 hours of fun

Monkey

chronovore · « **Reply #100 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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cool breeze · « **Reply #101 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.

demi · « **Reply #102 on:** October 15, 2010, 10:47:57 PM »

Monkey pooping on Castlevania

cool breeze · « **Reply #103 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.

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #104 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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demi · « **Reply #105 on:** October 16, 2010, 01:47:36 AM »

LOL I loved the Matrix game ending. WUT endings are awesome.

cool breeze · « **Reply #106 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.

demi · « **Reply #107 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" ?

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #108 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

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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

iconoclast · « **Reply #109 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.

demi · « **Reply #110 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"?

iconoclast · « **Reply #111 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.

demi · « **Reply #112 on:** October 16, 2010, 06:18:56 AM »

Ninja GAiden 2 wasnt 60 (more like 25) and you seem to cum over it.

iconoclast · « **Reply #113 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.

cool breeze · « **Reply #114 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

Japan makes Dead Rising Wii

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.

iconoclast · « **Reply #115 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.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #116 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

chronovore · « **Reply #117 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.

Eric P · « **Reply #118 on:** October 25, 2011, 01:24:05 PM »

yeah....that ending....

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #119 on:** October 25, 2011, 01:40:26 PM »

That ending was awesome, and by awesome I mean godawful

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Author Topic: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West (Read 5865 times)