Enslaved: Done and Done

Enslaved was a game i’ve had on my radar for a long time and i finally got round to playing / finishing it last week.  Without going on for too long, most of the things said about it by everyone else I agree with, namely:  Great acting, fun gameplay, good length, room for improvement.

The acting in particular was just superb.  Nothing fancy, and always understated, the relationships between the three characters play out with a real air of authenticity.  After the problems I had investing in vanquish, this was a real change of scenery, and was a perfect antidote to that problem.  You care about what’s going on.

I was playing it on hard, which for the most part was quite cool, and made most of the fights interesting instead of bash bash bash – you have to block and dodge quite a bit.  Main issue with hard was swarming – if you get 3 bots attacking you you can die very quickly, which as the game went on happened at a few bottle necks to really take the charm off.  Unfortunately, i haven’t got the sense to admit the level should be a notch lower and so i carried on regardless.  It certainly helped to give a desperate feel to the proceedings.

Recommendation: I paid £17, for that price you can’t go wrong.

I’ll probably pick up the DLC if it ever goes half price on a gold offer, but wasn’t pigsy’s biggest fan.

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