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Quick Look: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West

Jeff and Brad show you as much Enslaved as the world will allow!

Sit back and enjoy as the Giant Bomb team takes an unedited look at the latest video games.

Sep. 24 2010

Cast: Jeff, Brad

Posted by: Vinny

256 Comments

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He gave that dude the rock bottom.

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He looks like Josh Koscheck

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Edited By MagikGimp

I don't play modern games but I'm not sure I want to play things that are so linear. It looks great but you can't even fall off things and neither can you push enemies off either. Realistic looks, fake gameplay. =/

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I just played the demo of this, it was freaking awesome.  Cant wait for this game now :D

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@MagikGimp If you don't play "modern" games...

Oh nevermind.
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Edited By Addfwyn

I get something like an action-adventure Ico vibe out of this, and I was pretty impressed with Heavenly Sword, so I'll def give this a look.  Really nice looking game graphically, and I like the premise of it.  Combat may not be too terribly involved, but if there's a good narrative and environments, that goes a long way for me.  
 
Also, I love Journey to the West.

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Edited By jasondaplock

The art style reminds me of PS2 era Ratchet and Clank, the strong greens particularly. The game seems okay at best.

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Edited By ImperiousRix

Eh... looks pretty unpolished for a game that's coming out this October.  I never really was too excited for this game, but I'd hoped it looked a little better than this. 
I'll wait for the reviews.

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I've heard it is very very good. At first it strikes as generic, but it pulls off to be compelling and fun still. 

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Edited By RE_Player1

This game just reminds me of their previous game, Heavenly Sword. It looks amazing and the animations are great but the actual gameplay doesn't look compelling. I might pick it up but only when it drops to like $20-30. 

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Edited By jazin

where can i try the demo?

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Edited By MachoFantastico

Looks pretty good, if a tad generic. Noticed some texture load in issues but it's still in development.  

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Did Brad just make a Britney Spears joke? 
 
Goddamnit, Brad.

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ok not my cup of tea

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Edited By cooljammer00

Scene deleted?  I suppose that's plot and not some game mechanic or something.

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Edited By roamunit

Pretty sure the 'Scene Deleted' placeholder graphics were better than whatever it was that we weren't supposed to see. Looks alright, though, I guess?

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Edited By hermberger

the demo was pretty awesome. this... meh.

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Edited By ptys

The demo felt like Uncharted 2, but slightly more amped, which is good news for those who haven't had the chance to play it yet.

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Edited By salad10203

They should at least give an opinion rather than narrate what they are doing.  

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@Jeevz: 
They probably just have a thing for redheads.  
 
Anyways, the demo was actually pretty cool.  But I have a feeling that it's the story that's going to be the real motivator for me to play this rather than the gameplay.  It certainly doesn't feel bad, but it came off to me as a little... unpolished?  Like Brad said, there's a weird magnetism that happens when you jump around.  Games like Prince of Persia or Assassin's Creed have done it before, but it felt smoother there.  And the action... well... I just don't know how much variety there'll be.  
 
But when I say the story will be the main motivator, I don't mean that in a bad way.  In the 20 minute demo, I already was pretty damn impressed with the characterization and animation, and the dialogue and voice acting are pretty damn convincing right out of the gate.  I'm interested. 
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Edited By krazy_kyle

Pullin' a Brad once again!
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The demo bored me.

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Edited By rottendevice

Something about this game does not appeal to me. I think I've played too many puzzly / action / platformers in my life and don't need any more.

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Edited By Garris

Well i've been looking for a game to play that my wife would enjoy watching and thought this might be it but it looks like we'll have to wait to see how much this improves over the course of time.

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Edited By Demyx

Demo compared to this sucks pretty bad, you don't even get a good impression. I will definitely consider picking this up at a discounted price. Not now though.

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Edited By captain_clayman

looks like uncharted 2 but...stupid.

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I hope this does well for them.  If it doesn't, then I have a bad feeling about DmC.

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Funnnnnn.

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Hmmm. Not what I was hoping for. Too close to Heavenly Sword for my liking.

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Edited By uroboros

played the demo and felt like I sleep walked through the whole thing. it was so monotone and monotonous. i think the world they've created and the concept art and location art are fantastic but its let down by fairly uninspired game play that was just very sloppy..real shame..had high hopes for it..but..haven't ridden it off completely yet.. 
 
still a little peeved Tripitaka is suddenly a woman..and a skank at that..

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Edited By The_Dude_Abides

Man that 'stop start' jerky animation was bugging me just watching it. 
 
I'll definitely check this out, as it's something a little different, i.e. not a first of third person shooter. And the location and art design looks lush.

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Don't know about this one... didn't find the demo to be good, and I'm not too fond of Ninja Theory previous work.

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Made it to 1:16, and decided I just do not like how this game looks, don't know why, just bleh

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Edited By yukoasho

Sooooo it's a giant escort mission?
 
No thanks.

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Edited By KillerFly

Watched the QL and added this game to my GameFly Q. I enjoyed Heavenly Sword and this looks interesting.

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Well it seems the broken controls from Heavenly Sword will be carried over to this one. Sure hope they fix that till their next game... snark snark

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I wish this game was multiplayer co-op :(

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Well if I ever need a non-addictive sleep-aid I guess I can watch footage of this game. That looks like the definition of generic.  Shame too... Heavenly Sword was awesome.....mostly....

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I wish I could watch the video without it pausing every
5 seconds.

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@Demoskinos: What part of this game looked generic, sorry? Curious.
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@RE_Player92 said:
" This game just reminds me of their previous game, Heavenly Sword. It looks amazing and the animations are great but the actual gameplay doesn't look compelling. I might pick it up but only when it drops to like $20-30.  "
 
First thing I thought of. Even the female character looks like Nariko after a haircut.
 
If it's anything like HS it will not be worth paying full price for when it's a five hour game.
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I liked the demo, I could go for this kind of game right about now

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@Impossibilium said:
" @RE_Player92 said:
" This game just reminds me of their previous game, Heavenly Sword. It looks amazing and the animations are great but the actual gameplay doesn't look compelling. I might pick it up but only when it drops to like $20-30.  "
 First thing I thought of. Even the female character looks like Nariko after a haircut.  If it's anything like HS it will not be worth paying full price for when it's a five hour game. "

I think the 1up or destructoid review puts it at 8-11 hours or so
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 wauw this look like a really bad game

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@Demyx said:
"Demo compared to this sucks pretty bad, you don't even get a good impression. I will definitely consider picking this up at a discounted price. Not now though. "

I liked the demo, and my daughter walked in while I was going through it and asked if it was done by those "Drake guys" that made the other game.  I agree though, I'm not going to drop $60 on it and I'll look for this one to get it's price into the $35-$40 range before picking it up.
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@Daroki:  i agree.  $60 is too much, $40 would be much better.  I'm gonna rent it.
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@superlauth: Does it? :/
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@SQUIDS said:
" Well it seems the broken controls from Heavenly Sword will be carried over to this one. Sure hope they fix that till their next game... snark snark "
I always found Heavenly Swords controls to be fantastic.
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Edited By sweep  Moderator

Can't help but feel this QL missed the entire spirit of the game. I got to play over an hour at the Eurogamer Expo in London and the games best features are probably the characters and the platforming type navigation puzzles. This (criminally short) quick look just skims the combat, which is arguably the filler of the game :/ 

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Is there a page for quick looks in which Brad DOESN'T DIE?