If Monkey King had Stockholm Syndrome Enslaved – Odyssey to the West is an action-adventure game that involves two slaves of the land - Monkey and Trip – who escape from captivity and journey across the country to get Trip to her family. Obstructing their path are Mechs, intelligent robots working for Pyramid, a supposedly evil organization that is making slaves out of whatever humans it can find. It’s a post-apocalyptic take on the Chinese legend of Monkey King, aka Journey to the West, hence the game’s subtitle ‘Odyssey to the West’. Inspired by a legend While playing the game, I didn’t realize that it was based on the Chinese folk tale. Only when I visited the Extras section, did I find out that there’s an unlockable costume for Monkey that combines the original red and gold colours worn by the Monkey King in his legend. The in-game description of this costume mentions as much, and through further research, I came to know that the theme and characters of Enslaved have quite a few pa...
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