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Destructoid | Review: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West

Enslaved tells the tale of Monkey, a hard-headed loner who must survive in a world where most of humanity is dead, and an army of violent robots stalks the ruins of civilization in its place. After barely bailing from a mech slave ship with his life, Monkey awakens in the wreckage of an escape pod and comes face to face with Trip, a young girl who has trapped him with a slaver's headband that forces him to do as she says, and will kill him if Trip dies. Her terms: get her home, and she'll let him go.

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TOO PAWNED4974d ago

Jim is fanboy of this game so his review is irrelevant

Natsu X FairyTail4974d ago

Reviews are pieces of Opinion. Maybe the guys at IGN are dumb haters so their review might be irrelevant aswell?

Bobbykotickrulesz4974d ago

Opinions are like assholes...

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coolfool4974d ago

Always getting f**ked up by d1cks?

callahan094974d ago

I'm confused why you brought up IGN and called them dumb haters? They gave the game an 8. That's an "Impressive" game by their own standard.

dgroundwater4974d ago (Edited 4974d ago )

Everyboy's got one.

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Montrealien4974d ago (Edited 4974d ago )

why am I under the impression that the reactions from the enthusiasts on this site about the how well this game is getting recieved is also fanboyish, which would make them...irrelevent?

DigitalAnalog4974d ago (Edited 4974d ago )

I still agree with his "ACII and Deadly Premonition", simply because he lists out the points very well. (IMO)

However, I am more disappointed with this review because it seems to me that he's giving this game a free pass (probably because the devs are from his native homeland).

The "no-brainer" platforming sections would've easily peeled off 20% of the total review score but he likes to paint them off with the "amazing" storytelling and gameplay - even though he did make it sound like the fighting system and the platforming section to be not so finese (ironically, criticizing Heavenly Sword for poor gameplay).

The rest was all about the aesthetics. Acting, story, acting, story.. rinse and repeat and then ends it with an abrupt 9.0.

Other reviews are also consistent with the "hand-holding" gameplay mechanic (the demo has already portrayed that part fairly well), but it does baffle me to how something like this can easily slip by the reviews. I'd bet if Uncharted guided you with "flashy" areas for platforming segments, it would instantly kill off any possible chance of receiving a high-rating score.

-End statement

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AwesomeJizz4974d ago

HELLZ YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHH

CrzyFooL4974d ago

Jim Sterling likes it!! Oh mah gad!! I'm not even sure what that means anymore!!

SilentNegotiator4974d ago

It means that he knows that most of the others won't rate it that high, so his score will stick out and get him attention. 9/10 for a paint-by-colors game like Enslaved, with flashy climb surfaces and been-there combat?

Socrates4974d ago

SilentNegotiator you are ridiculous. You hate on nearly every multiplat. Such a crybaby. It's like you think only PS3 exclusives can be good.

Enslaved looks awesome. I enjoyed the demo, but I can tell from the videos that the full game is much better than the impression the demo gives you. I love games with rich narratives.

SilentNegotiator4974d ago

You're a paranoid fanboy, Socrates. De-validate my opinion all you want if it makes you feel about yours, but it won't change that Enslaved's combat and platforming are nothing special.

monkey nuts4974d ago

The ps3 demo was shockingly bad from controling movement to the camera angles. Even the visuals were sub par, considering the quality of past unreal engine titles enslaved feels and looks like it needs alot more work.

visualb4974d ago

he's too unprofessional / childish in his manner, so anything he reviews (be it fair or not) can't be taken seriously by me

thats just me though,

that said, I don't think enslaved is a BAD game at all, it looks great.

R_aVe_N4974d ago

Who listens to these hacks?

writersblock4974d ago

People complain about every single fucking publication, maybe because they gave a game you liked a bad score years ago

IGN - Ignorant
Destructoid - Hacks
Gamespto - Fanboys
Edge - Too picky
Kotaku - Fanboys

if you dont like ANY of them....?

R_aVe_N4974d ago

You pretty much nailed that list congrats! Although I have never had a problem with Gamepro or Game Informer. I don't consider places like Destructoid or Kotaku even worth the time to read what they say.

L-a-i-n4974d ago

These people have no creditablity at all. They just run a lame sight and use this stuff for hits. Kotaku is the same way. I really don't understand why writesblock is but hurt. Are you one of those hacks?

Acquiescence4974d ago

just the shitty, desperate-for-hits sites.

Like Destructoid.

Baka-akaB4974d ago

thing is i feel all of them are exactly like you described , writersblock . (except edge , wich are picky , but posers )

I pretty much see those outlet as just advertisements for most big games .

Hell remember how many of them even had an negative feeling or remarks , even the tiniest one while previewing stuff like Assassin's creed ?
That's right none .

After hyping it to death , and spending so much time with it , it's only at review they released the game might be a tad much too repetitive ? Yeah right .

And that's onyl an example among many other things wrong in the game review sector .

visualb4974d ago (Edited 4974d ago )

as they please. That said, I'd say

IGN - too big for their own good, but usually solid

Destructoid - rather unprofessional in my opinion

gamespot - after the Kane and lynche debacle, I wouldn't take them as seriously, but also usually solid

EDGE - its been proven they aren't very reliable / consistent with their reviews

Kotaku - fall under the same page as destructoid, and since they posted that "slowed down GT5 loading time" defamatory post, they can't be taken seriously either

that said, you listed 5 out of hundreds of websites. and If you are going to be a critical gamer, you need to be able to judge for yourself what you deem "reliable" and "non-reliable"

thats up to the individual. tbh I find it more sad you complain about his complaint than his complaint in itself =/

stuntman_mike4974d ago

The only one i really dont like out of all those is Edge not for thier reviews but the magazine in general, I think its a load of pompus shite and a waste of a tree to publish that shit.

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carreirabr4974d ago

Sadly, not as good as Deadly Premonition (10) ?

Damn.

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15 PS3 Games That Would Absolutely Shine as PS5 Remakes

GB: "With this feature, we talk about 15 games on the PS3 that should be remade for the PlayStation 5."

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kenpachi34d ago

You left out The Darkness games bring those back

fan_of_gaming33d ago

The head of Nightdive Studios has posted that The Darkness is on their list of games they want to do, so hopefully something comes from that

Yi-Long33d ago

Little Big Planet 1 and 2 deserve a mention, IMO.

Good call on Motorstorm, a game released 2 gens ago but still looks and feels so good. Motorstorm 2 and Motorstorm RC were gems as well. They followed up the Motorstorm games with the brilliant Driveclub, which still manages to put modern racing games to shame. Imagine closing down a studio as talented as that ... (!) Incredible.

A little 'arcade-gem' back then was The Last Guy, a top down 'follow the leader' snake-like game where you had to find and lead survivors to safety during an alien invasion, on terrible looking 'Google-earth' maps. Graphics were poor, even back then, but would love that same gameplay with modern maps and graphics.

Street Fighter 4, once it finally had a full roster, was quite good, but it was always an ugly game, sadly. Imagine bringing that back while using the current SF6 engine.

fan_of_gaming33d ago

Good suggestions, I'd be in for
LittleBigPlanet
LittleBigPlanet 2
Motorstorm: Pacific Rift
Motorstorm: RC

purple10132d ago

God damn I love motorstorm so much

At the time I had a low-mid range sony 40” tv, The latency to the controller was waaaay too high, would to play a modern version

In saying that later I got a 3d lg tv and playing the 3d motorstorm in my bedroom with the environment crumbling around the track, was something special, specially compared to what others were playing at the time, will always remember that

Skuletor33d ago

Some good choices here and Resistance: Fall of Man is my most wanted PS3 remaster/remake. Not sure about their claim it was Sony's answer to Gears of War though.

CrimsonWing6933d ago

I’d rather have sequels than remakes. Look at Dead Space 1 Remake. Would’ve been cooler if we got a new entry and it failed with sales sealing the fate of a sequel rather than just replay the same game and it fail in sales and we never get a new entry.

Remakes are great for things like PS2 and earlier games to really get a crazy new graphical coat, but I think we should ease up on all these remakes and actually do sequels.

fan_of_gaming33d ago

Yeah for sure, sequels would be ideal. But in the current market environment where many big publishers are risk-averse, I'd rather get a remaster or remake that a developer can do on a budget that will be approved, rather than nothing for an IP.

Inverno33d ago

I rather they remaster and port over to PC and current gen all the games permanently stuck on PS360. Those games don't need remakes, they need to be given a chance to live again outside of their confined consoles and then give a few proper sequels. Like Sleeping Dogs, Motor Storm, LA Noir, should get another entry.

fan_of_gaming33d ago

Yeah I'd be fine with remasters of PS3 games too, they don't have to be remakes.

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The 10 worst PC ports that ruined otherwise great video games

From Xfire: "It's not unusual to see the occasional bad PC port, but these ones make the bad PC ports look great in comparison."

Kados1039d ago

To be fair with GTAIV, it was a very CPU bound game, released at a time when the vast majority of PC gamers still believed that the CPU was nearly irrelevant, and that you only needed a good GPU. 95% of "gaming" builds back then were using turds for CPUs.

Giblet_Head1039d ago (Edited 1039d ago )

Ya, 2005-2010 was an interesting period. Entry/mid level CPUs have come a long way since then.

RonsonPL1039d ago (Edited 1039d ago )

The "majority" is still just as dumb as before.The game was simply f...d.
It had micro-stutters and never ever ran properly. People who say otherwise simply couldn't see the microstutter because of their LCD display's blurry motion. It should fly in 85fps or 100fps on fastest CPU back then, but it didn't. It was a buggy, awful port. I had a CPU over twice as fast as what x360 had. A GPU 5x as fast. And I couldn't do anything to make it run perfectly.
I don't know who's fault was this. Maybe it was not the developers alone. Maybe it was because of the drivers and the fact nobody gave a flying f..k about stable, high framerate on a PC game. We've had two different OSes then, and as I pointed out, microstutters were not that obvious on an LCD. There was no Digital Foundry to point such problems out and not many people still played on CRT monitors to be able to notice the problem (in like 2 seconds of playing, seriously, you don't need any tools. It just hits your eyes like a speeding truck)

GTA V continued the tradition. It manages the CPU resources so badly, it basically cannot run at locked 144fps till this day, or even 60fps in stereoscopic 3D mode (so 2x 60fps per second) because it's so dependant on single core performance and because it's so messed up by either port devs or Nvidia (who said they will fix it, then 3 years of promises led to shutting the forums down, which solved the problem in their eyes - no one complains anymore ;)

GTA III port was never optimized for even 60fps, not to mention 100 or 120.
The port of GTA V was hidden in their cabinet for almost 3 years, during which PC gamers were bein lied to about it.

See the pattern yet?
Yeah. They don't give a shit about PC gaming or assume a buggy, stuttery mess is good enough, as long as people keep buying the games.

Actually... to think of it. They didn't make a proper Lemmings game for PC either. There was Amiga version and that's it. Only later on they mercifully released Lemmings: Tribes sequel. Until then PC gamers could only dream about digitized (real recorded audio) sounds and music. So this tradition of shitting onto PC gamers is now 30 years old ;)

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Active Quest Episode 117: Star Wars: KOTOR Is Likely Returning, Atelier Firis DX Is Addictive

Joseph, Josh, and Chris go over a striking Sony decision, a Star Wars: Knights of the Republic remake seems to be happening, and local JRPG lover Chris talks about Atelier Firis DX.

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