EU copy played on a PlayStation 3 Super Slim.

Going from Heavenly Sword to Enslaved is a pretty big step up - the characters feel more interesting, the art is more detailed with higher fidelity on the character models and environment, and the art direction can be a stunning, colourful departure from the bland backdrops in HS. Controls feel tighter too and the gameplay is just more fun all round. I did enjoy HS (for the most part), but this feels like Ninja Theory made a bigger accomplishment in both tech and entertainment.

Once Pigsy's introduced however, all chemistry between characters goes out the window along with any sense of the plot. Gameplay was still fun but I was caught off guard a couple of times by things the game expected me to know without telegraphing anything. The settings got a bit boring as well with purely factory and machine-based levels in the second half which took away from the lush greenery of early levels.

The end-game twist was, uh, definitely a choice too.

Overall I enjoyed it but outside of picking up the leftover trophies I don't know if I'll play it all the way through again.