
Its character design is also strong and distinctive, though there is a certain amount of love it or hate it involved. Set in the post post-apocalypse, Ninja Theory has nonetheless filled the world of Enslaved with bright greens and reds, evoking a sense of a world moving past the end of humanity. Enslaved is a beautiful game, for the most part. After crashing to the ground, Monkey finds himself enslaved - a young woman named Trip has bound Monkey to her will using a control headband, demanding that he help her find her way home. After being captured by a group of slavers, Monkey is freed in the midst of another prisoner's escape. You play as Monkey, a loner who grew up alone in the wilds of the post-apocalypse. This is never really explained, but clues in the environment and off handed bits of conversation imply that there was a war involving mechs, and humans lost, one way or the other. It even manages to pull all this off one without any titillating moments of passion that could so easily have undermined the tenderness of the couples burgeoning co-dependence.Play Enslaved's story is set in a future after most of humanity has been destroyed. Better togetherĮnslaved is a great action game, but also an interesting romance. The reclaimed world really draws you into the world, and Andy Serkis and Lindsey Shaw performances as Monkey and Trip really add to the story. Its also worth mentioning the game looks fantastic.

Particularly when the roles reverse, and he finds himself needing her more than she need him. Indeed, eventually Monkey starts to see the headband as a blessing that allows him to stay close to Trip. Suffice to say that at some point during Monkey's beat downs of the various mechanical monsters that the slavers send after them, and the wonderful world traversal through stunning environments, the two fall in love.


There are multiple twists to this unexpectedly romantic tale. Monkey isn’t too happy, and makes various theoretical threats on her life, but slowly an affection and respect grows. Having previously seen him in action, she realizes that this feral inhabitant of the wasteland probably won’t help willingly, and so she slaps on one of the slavers headbands – a device that will explode if the two are separated or if her heart stops.
