

With a respectable gaming rig Enslaved: Odyssey to the West Premium Edition is going to look and play just as good as any other game releasing in 2013 – it may even approach Gen 4 quality if you take the time to tweak some hidden settings.Īnd therein lies my one and only complaint with the game. I’m not sure why it has taken so long for Namco to port this game to the PC, but I’m secretly glad they did, because I know whatever PC I was running back in 2010 was nowhere near capable of running the game as it appears today.

Released at a time of stifling Christmas competition, Ninja Theory’s action-brawler-adventure never achieved the commercial success it deserved despite still being heralded by critics and those who did play it as a phenomenal piece of work. It even manages to pull all this off one without any titillating moments of passion that could so easily have undermined the tenderness of the couples burgeoning co-dependence.It’s been just over three years since Enslaved: Odyssey to the West appeared on the Xbox 360 and secured its spot as one of the best games nobody ever played. Better togetherĮnslaved is a great action game, but also an interesting romance. The reclaimed world really draws you into the world, and Andy Serkis and Lindsey Shaw performances as Monkey and Trip really add to the story. Its also worth mentioning the game looks fantastic.

Particularly when the roles reverse, and he finds himself needing her more than she need him. Indeed, eventually Monkey starts to see the headband as a blessing that allows him to stay close to Trip. Suffice to say that at some point during Monkey's beat downs of the various mechanical monsters that the slavers send after them, and the wonderful world traversal through stunning environments, the two fall in love. There are multiple twists to this unexpectedly romantic tale. Monkey isn’t too happy, and makes various theoretical threats on her life, but slowly an affection and respect grows. Having previously seen him in action, she realizes that this feral inhabitant of the wasteland probably won’t help willingly, and so she slaps on one of the slavers headbands – a device that will explode if the two are separated or if her heart stops.
