Enslaved odyssey to the west
Game:
Developers: Ninja Theory
Publishers: Namco Bandai games
Designers: Bruce Straley
Writers: Alex Garland
Composers: Nitin Sawhney
Engine: Unreal Engine 3
Modes: Single-Player
Genre: Action-Adventure Platform
Narrative/Storyline:
Based on a old Chinese text called “journey
to the west”
You play as a man called Monkey who
mysteriously wakes up on a spaceship heading to an unknown location. After
waking up you break out of your pod and immediately skewer the ship to look for
any information you can to why you’re on the ship and the direction in which
the ship is heading. After a short amount of time you run into a girl who
immediately sees you as a threat and attempts to run away from you, locking
security doors behind her in an attempt to get away. After finding your way
around any problem she causes for you, you come to the realization that the
ship is decreasing and about to crash as the ship is on fire due to an engine
problem. because of this you quickly make your way to the end of the ship
trying to find any emergency escape pod you can in an attempt to not die, at
this point you then run into the girl you met before who then steals the last capsule,
attempting to leave you on this ship to crash with it. At this point in a last
resort you grab hold of the escape pod just before it shoots you into the air
and crash lands on the planet below. You then wake up besides the crashed pod
with the girl not too far in front, in anger you approach the girl furiously
before falling to the floor in pain, the girl then tells you that her name is
Trip and she has mind control device to protect her from you as if you attempt
to kill her the device attached to your head will kill you also. At this point
she then blackmails you in to helping her return to her to her home town and be
reunited with her father, in an exchange for her to free you and relies the
device controlling you. This is where your journey begins.
The Characters
Monkey Is a smart strong
character that doesn’t mind using his staff (His weapon of choice) and overall
fighting techniques to push his way through a wave of Mekz (Robots) Also being
named after a monkey we soon learn why he is given this nickname, as he is fast
and uses parkor and aerobatics as a part of his fighting style also being
surprisingly smart and light on his feet like a monkey. As well as this, Moneys
appearance has similarities like his posture and the way he moves around all
relate to that of a monkey to add to his character and gimmick.
Trip is a smart team leader with authority over monkey, using her brain she uses mind control to communicate to monkey in different ways, with this power she can guide monkey what to do and where to go also using her tech skills to help out the team with complicated stuff. Trip having no real ability uses her brain in almost every situation and relies on monkey and Pigsy through out the game in many different situations, this can often be annoying as she doesn’t take part in any action (apart from the rare occasion when she’s being attacked) but still expects you to do everything, and with her having control over you playing monkey you have full responsibility over her which often can be hard when your busy in the game and she needs your help or rescuing.
Pigsy is the most unique character in the game as you meet him quite late on and he automatically becomes just as important as Trip and Monkey. Having the same features of a pig as well as the assets, Pigsy not like the stereotype of a pig is very fast very smart and comes in handy with a gun as well as the humor that tops the game off.
Platform:
Play Station 3
Xbox 360
Microsoft windows
Appeal to target audience
To the fans that like this type of game
(Action, Adventure) they will find this game a real treat to play as this game
ticks all the boxes of what an action- adventure type game should from
phenomenal Graphics to an amazing story. Everything about this game is
fantastic and won’t disappoint fans as there’s constantly action, which by
itself takes a lot of time and planning as half of the time going out with
fists flying may not be the best option. Overall the game is a great pick and
will please all buyers and generate a large fan base.
Quality of Game play
The game play is smooth and flows well with
movement of the characters as everything works well together witch is why the
game was so successful, gained a large fan base and had such a great story, as
everything was planned and thought out carefully to make the game as good as
its now become.
Personal Recommendations
I think this game is amazing and well worth
the money, for its age and the type of game it is, it has superb graphics and a
fantastic story. From the visuals of the game it looks like all the game play
actions have been preformed from actors as cut scenes because the quality of
the graphics are so rich and detailed. All the characters are designed well and
all have a purpose to contribute to the game
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