If you’re like me, then you’ll admit that the Enslaved: Odyssey to the West has sort of flown under the radar for the most part.  When my daughter first saw it she asked if there was a new Avatar game coming.  I suppose that’s a good thing eh?  There’s a demo coming soon so watch out for news on it.

Set 150 years in the future, ENSLAVED takes place in an unrecognizable America, where war and destruction have ravaged the population leaving few human survivors and a world reclaimed by nature.  Mysterious slave ships roam the land, capturing the dwindling population for unknown purposes and taking them out west, never to return. Technologically savvy young Trip and strong brutish Monkey are two survivors who have both been imprisoned by one of these slave ships.  Trip manages to escape by using her mental prowess while Monkey, uses his raw physical power to tear through his confines.

Trip knows that she can not make it safely back home on her own, but believes that Monkey is her only chance to survive.  She hacks into a slave headband and fits it on Monkey to link them together – if she dies, he dies… Her journey has now become his.  It’s being made by Ninja Theory, the very same team responsible for the upcoming Devil May Cry reboot.

You can check out more of the story and a screenshot below.

Together Monkey and Trip form an unlikely, but complementary team whose respective strengths will be critical in their journey. In ENSLAVED, players take direct control of Monkey, with gameplay revolving around combat, strategy and environmental traversal.  Monkey attacks and defends using his trusty staff weapon to deliver punishing melee attacks and combos, ranged stun and plasma blasts, blocks, and intense finishing takedowns.  Players must survey each environment and work closely with AI partner Trip to ensure both make it through each area’s dangers and progress safely onwards. 

Trip provides vital support with her cerebral talents, offering Monkey invaluable intel on enemies, identifying optimal routes, upgrading Monkey’s abilities and more.

Excited yet?