Looking back to 2010 and Ninja Theory’s Oriental-Inspired Enslaved: Odyssey to the West

Richard writes: "Boasting talents such as Andy Serkis, Nitin Sawhney and Alex Garland, and coming from an up and coming studio in the form of Ninja Theory, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West should have spawned a franchise. It was however not to be. Though extremely well-received, sales figures did not meet expectations. As such, Enslaved is remembered fondly by those that played it, but that is the only legacy it has. With time coming around to its tenth anniversary, we take a look back at another forgotten classic."

[Silly gameAr]

I wonder what Sony is going to do with the Heavenly Sword IP now that NT has been bought out.

[stonecold3]

sony own the ip heavenly sword that wont go no where

[porkChop]

I think if they had any plans for it we'd have gotten a new game by now.

[blackblades]

GoW team can do it.

[RememberThe357]

They'll probably keep working on God of War though. Seems to be going to well for them so far.

[lucian229]

Such a crappy game compared to heavenly sword. Bad combat, lake characters, bad platforming. Such a waste of time me playing this back then lol

[Knushwood Butt]

I remember the demo. Button mashing combat and flashing ledges / autopilot platforming.

[NEXUS-6]

I didn't even finish the demo, that's how dull it was.

[J-DARKnes]

Fully agree, Trip was such an annoying character... was definitely a step back in terms of combat, characters and art style compared to heavenly sword.

[blackblades]

It was fine to me would love a sequel to finish it.

[Jericho1337]

I enjoyed it, an interesting story (although the ending was a bit of an anticlimax).

[Knightofelemia]

Such an underrated game a sleeper hit I enjoyed ever minute of this game I thought it was great wish there was a sequel.

[LoveSpuds]

Yeah, I remember really enjoying it and I especially recall liking how the relationship developed between the main characters. I really liked the art design too, it was nice and vibrant compared to all the brown games doing the rounds at the time. While the combat was a little 'button mashy', you could actually string some good combos together.

[RememberThe357]

They way they wrote those characters made the simple combat worth it. Never seen a video game relationship developed so well.

[Petebloodyonion]

Quite a hidden gem.
I hope that Ninja Theory can make a spiritual sequel for Gamepass or remaster the game so ppl can play it.

[Knightofelemia]

Microsoft owns Ninja Theory but who is to say the ip transferred over with that purchase the owner of the Enslaved ip might be Namco.

[TheExecutioner]

The most title looked back so far in N4G

[Abracadabra]

Enjoyed Enslaved Odyssey to the West at the time. Would be great if Ninja Theory could make a sequel with updated graphics and gameplay.

[SamPao]

Their gameplay improved so much with dmc, its insane, enslaved was a huge letdown gameplay wise, I enjoyed the world and the characters

[Bismarn]

With everything going on in gaming and the world, it's not worth wasting 5 minutes reflecting on the overhyped mess that was Enslaved. It's worth leaving a troll here though.

[Limitedtimestruggle]

I played trough this game for the first time last year, sadly the ps3 version..which isn't a very good port! I wish I had gotten my hands on the 360 version lol. But it was a very intereseting and fun game, but a very ugly and flawed version running on the PS3.

[Dark-soul]

I liked that game so much, it was really special

[InklingGirl]

Amazing title, one of my favorites of that genre and of 2010