Bad sign, good deal: Enslaved for $25 on Amazon

@Borenson

Funny thing is, if this were a Wii game, it'd be all about how Core 3rd party games never sell well blahblahblah...

The sad truth is that 3rd party core games is really the only thing that the other systems have going for them, so in turn its the SAME root issue for basically all the opposite reasons.

@Co so not true. I like a good "core third party" game, but I bought my PS3 because of it's huge line of first party exclusives.

@Monkey D Luffy 10 isn't enough? What an exciting life you must lead.
God of War, MGS4, Valkyria Chronicles, Warhawk, Motorstorm, LittleBigPlanet, Killzone, Gran Turismo, Demon's Souls, Ratchet and Clank, Fat Princess, Super Stardust, Heavy Rain, Infamous, Resistance, MAG, and Modnation Racers...those are more than enough games to keep you occupied for years (unless you're unemployed, or don't have a girlfriend or social life).

@Danzaiver Its because KMart is offering $25 in reward points, plus $25 off select games w/the purchase of COD. Since Enslaved is already $40 there, you get it for $15 with COD.

Still, I'm not interested in either of those games.

@phobic99 Trade-in value for Enslaved on Amazon is 20 dollars.

@acefondu

yea same happened to me. i saw it in Walmart and thought $60 was too much for a game i knew nothing about really other than a couple reviews. but i woke up this morning and saw the email on my phone, ran to the computer and placed my order. how can i go wrong at $25 for a game that came out a little over a month ago? (plus Joystiq gave it a 4.5/5)

@Dao Jones

I don't think there's any major difference between the two with this title. Apparently the 360 version has some minor advantages but nothing noticeable, so just pick which controller/console/onlinenetwork you prefer to play on.

Thanks Vcize. Funny thing is, I just checked my email for my confirmation on the 360 version of Enslaved and saw your post and was a bit worried you might say the PS3 version. :) Now I have this, Sly Cooper collection and Scott Pilgrim bluray coming from Amazon. Merry (early) Christmas to me!

@Dao Jones

"Funny thing is, I just checked my email for my confirmation on the 360 version of Enslaved and saw your post and was a bit worried you might say the PS3 version."

You clearly aren't familiar with where Vcize's allegiance lies.

@Pure Black World Tendency

....but it's not full price.....it's only $25.....and only a month old. it's going to my backlog too but i couldn't pass it up at $25.

@SoCoolCurt I'm in Europe unfortunately, so no super deal for me. :(

@Pure Black World Tendency

oh that sucks. sorry to taunt you then.

i just went on amazon.co.uk and it's still 54% off on there. (£22.99 down from £49.99). still looks like a pretty good deal to me if that's the Amazon site you order from.

@polysix

There was no "hand holding" design in the 90's that crap started in the 00's for sure.

And I still snagged this for $25 as I don't mind linear gameplay as I am accustomed to going through what the developer programmed like side-scrollers and practically any game that isn't a sandbox title really.

What does turn me off is the auto-platforming and what appears to be a very basic battle system. We'll see though, either way I'm sure without even playing it that it's worth $25 to try it out.

@polysix

It's not an open world game, you're not meant to go off and do all these things while not actually working through the story.

@This Little Man Says His Name Is



God when will people stop doing this.

Look guy, just because we don't like the one-narrow-path games that basically play themselves (a fate that's befallen almost every franchise I used to love) doesn't mean we want huge random procedurally generated sandbox landscapes instead.

Of course I can kind of understand why some younger people might think this, because games fitting into one of those two extremes are all we're getting these days.

No, what we want is a game with proper -levels- that make you feel like you're in a -place- and not in a non-interactive theme park ride, yet that still have real goals and a real structure, with every little corner having some significance to it.

Not being dropped onto a boring, meaningless randomly generated heightmap with some trees. Not being funneled through a narrow pipe, so that each cutscene can be presented in a neatly timed order (these "game designers" just want to make movies). What we want is Metroid before it became Other M, Resident Evil before it became Gears of War with zombies. Something that makes you actually give a crap about the environment you're in. Because there are almost no games that do this anymore, all for the sake of people who would rather be watching movies. Also, apparently, because a real level structure takes too much time and skill to create.

@bm111

Your definition of "linear" confuses me. You say you don't want games that have a "narrow" path to them but still enjoy games like the older RE games...which are games with extremely narrow paths with horrible camera angles.

I also don't understand how you can lump "younger" gamers into thinking there are two extremes of linear and non linear when older gamers like me probably see it more that way than anyone. Games made in my day were the very definition of linear as all you did in 90% of them was move from left to right, or stayed in one spot to get a high score.

I'm not sure it's the linearity you take issue with for this game, but perhaps it's the gameplay or atmosphere/level design you begrudge? If it is the linearity you're just being hypocritical if you honestly like the old RE games or old side scrolling Metroid games when they are just as if not more-so linear. Unless what you enjoy is getting lost in a game from time to time trying to figure out where to go next? Those two games had that in spades. But I'm not sure if I would agree that makes a game better or worse though.

I like those games too don't get me wrong, but I wouldn't say they have better or worse linearity than any other linear game, lol. I'd say Metroid at least has better level design, but that has nothing to do with defining how "linear" something is I don't believe.

@acefondu

The actual definition of Linear reads as (pertaining to this issue): "Of, relating to, or resembling a line; straight."

To address what bm111 is saying, I think he means that Enslaved (and newer games in general I guess) tend not to present the player with a "choice" when traveling through the level. You're presented with a set, strict platforming path to get from point A to point B, with no real options to deviate from said path to reach the goal. Hence, a straight line.

Now while the original RE and Metroid games still required you to obtain a specific item (key, ball form, etc.) to move past certain checkpoints, the player was free to explore a vast number of other locations and directions as well. In this exploration, there would often be a different reward altogether (like ammo, or missle upgrades). In that sense, the player is presented with multiple, non-linear paths to choose from.

@Lerkero

depreciation's painful for all these next-gen games...it wasn't nearly this bad in the ps1/ps2 days.

and its on its way :D

@MatthewJ

Also, on the game itself, I really want to play it, but the marketing in the UK was pretty rubbish, and the box art and, I think, the title of the game really hurt its take up rate here. I heard the name before I saw anything of the game and I thought it'd be some Japanese RPG or something.

@CNOLA85

Eh I mean $20 credit not $25 credit