


ENSLAVED centers on the complex relationship between the two main characters. If she dies, he dies and her journey has now become his. She hacks a slave headband and fits it on Monkey, linking them together. Trip quickly realizes that Monkey is her ticket to freedom and is her only hope to survive her perilous journey back home. Monkey, a strong, brutish loner and fellow prisoner also gets free by virtue of his raw power and brawn. Trip, a technologically savvy young woman has been imprisoned by a slave ship but manages to escape using her mental prowess. Mysterious slave ships harvest the dwindling population and take them out west, never to return. If you're not concerned with a storyline, to each his own, but that's why you don't understand why I would consider something like voice acting important.Follow a gripping, surprise-filled journey as two dissimilar characters form an uneasy partnership in order to survive through a perilous, post-apocalyptic America.ġ50 years in the future, war and destruction have left the world in ruins with few humans remaining and nature having reclaimed the world.

Along the same lines, the delivery of the storyline is important as well, and goes a long way to immerse you in the game world. You can say if I want to watch cinematics, why not watch a movie? But by that logic, if you want to just read subtitles, why not read a book?įor me, a quality storyline has a lot to do with whether or not I enjoy a game. But when it's acted by a high-quality cast including the likes of Andy Serkis, those parts are a joy and, yes, they add to the game. If you're not looking for a cinematic narrative, then don't play this game. I can read at least twice as fast as I can listen, so if games are cutscene-intensive I turn on subtitles and click straight through the 'voice acting' as soon as I've finished reading a line.ĭo people really sit there listening to people talk for half an hour between interactive parts of a game? Couldn't you just watch a movie instead? So because the game has voice acting, that means there's no gameplay?
