Enslaved: Odyssey to the West looks gorgeous, plays well, and has a fantastic premise. Despite all these plus points, however, developer Ninja Theory is realistic about its chances of success. The game is being developed without plans for a sequel, so don't expect any major cliffhangers or giant story arcs.
For this game this is the one story, we focus everything on that one story and pretend there won't be a sequel," says studio head Tameem Antoniades. "So no, we don't have a big arc.
"We did Kung-Fu Chaos and there was no sequel for that. Heavenly Sword, there was no sequel for that. So we're now in the mindset that there's not going to be a sequel for this unless it's miraculously successful. Well not miraculously, but we don't assume it's going to be successful."
Well, I for one hope it's successful. I played this at E3 and was impressed to find a game that, unlike Heavenly Sword, was as fun to play as it was to watch, with Ninja Theory finally getting the balance right between gameplay and story/graphics. If this game isn't a hit, I will have to do murders.
Enslaved 'We don't expect a sequel' [CVG]
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8:20 AM on 07.21.2010 | 
Yea, I luckily was able to play Enslaved, and I thought it was great - it's nice to finally see them come around and make a good game.
I hope it does well so they have an even bigger budget for their third original game.
I'd really respect devs who were more concerned about giving us something new rather than giving us more of the same. Still, I don't have an issue with companies that set out to do a trilogy/etc either so long as it doesn't turn into a milk-a-thon of the series until it is in its death-roes.
They don't expect a sequel for Enslaved
What is this I don't even?
They're responsible for Heavenly Sword, which is a great game despite some issues.
Anyways, I hope this means "we wanted to do the full story in one game" and not "we know this game will be the next Dark Void".
This game looks fucking sweet and I have it preordered. Please be as amazing as you look, Enslaved!