Enslaved Demo Impressions

[d21lewis]

binary solo said:

Scoobes said:

I think 7.5 is spot on.

I wasn't dissappointed as such, but it didn't have any "wow" factor. Technically I was more impressed by Heavenly Sword, although the segment on the outside of the ship was brilliant. The platforming was very Uncharted-like but with melee combat rather than guns. Overall, solid gameplay, but nothing special.

They probably should have shown a level where you have to protect the girl for a bit to show how that gameplay dynamic works. It feels like it's missing some integral components for a demo.

I'd say Uncharted-lite. You can never just fall off anything or mis-jump. The challenges in the platforming are all just how fast you can get through the time sensitive segments, otherwise it's just getting from point a to point B. With Uncharted you could fall and die if you didn't get the dioretion of your jump right, and of course you could fall off anywhere if you didn't pay attention to where you were running.

I enjoyed the demo and I think the game should get in the mid 8's. Graphically nothing special, but middle of the road HD console graphics is plenty good enough for this game to be worthwhile. Not sure it's a game for my (will buy) A-list though.

Playing the demo did make me more interested in the game.

What!?  There were times I tried to kill myself because I though I did something wrong (Uncharted 2, not the first) and tried to kill myself and couldn't!!  I think it's because Drake was a real person and wanted to live instead of letting me kill him, though.