Here we have a couple of videos of Enslaved: Odyssey to the West that Namco Bandai has been kind enough to furnish. The first shows the technologically-inclined Trip building a robotic dragonfly and then using it for reconnaissance. The second, seen below, features Monkey fighting a giant robot. The two videos seem to be indicative of their individual skills but I’m just taking a wild stab in the dark here.
It looks beautiful, in my opinion. I love the lush overgrowth in the world, a demonstration of Mother Nature reclaiming her planet from the ill-fated monkeys who thought themselves its master. That’s how things would really go down anyway. I think we’re just so driven by our own egos that we would like to believe we are capable of creating the ruined grey/brown worlds so common in post-apocalyptic settings even while the possibility horrifies us.
I have had Heavenly Sword sitting on my shelf almost as long as I have had a PS3 and barely made it past the tutorial. Now with Enslaved on the horizon, I’m starting to think it may be time to sh*t or get off the pot. Is it worth giving the game a serious attempt? You tell me.
