Posts Tagged 'Ninja Theory'

Heavenly Sword's Thematic Resonance

(*Heavy spoilers for Heavenly Sword*) Last week I lambasted Ninja Theory’s second major game, Enslaved, for being an unconnected, thematically stupid, waste of potential. What made this failure hit harder than most abysmal failures in the AAA game space was

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Heavenly Sword's Thematic Resonance

(*Heavy spoilers for Heavenly Sword*) Last week I lambasted Ninja Theory’s second major game, Enslaved, for being an unconnected, thematically stupid, waste of potential. What made this failure hit harder than most abysmal failures in the AAA game space was

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Enslaved: Odyssey to the West's thematic failure

*Spoilers for Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, Heavenly Sword, Bioshock and Braid* Ninja Theory is a studio I really want to like. I really do. They hold a philosophy towards creating games, AAA games at that, I would love to

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Enslaved: Odyssey to the West's thematic failure

*Spoilers for Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, Heavenly Sword, Bioshock and Braid* Ninja Theory is a studio I really want to like. I really do. They hold a philosophy towards creating games, AAA games at that, I would love to

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DMC reboot runs quiet, runs deep

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJyJ4MHOxGs&fs=1&hl=en_US] It’s not every day you get to work Twin Peaks and 80’s hip hop into a title. I think this might be my finest work. Anyway, today is a good day for action gamers. We’ve got Ninja Gaiden 3

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DMC reboot runs quiet, runs deep

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJyJ4MHOxGs&fs=1&hl=en_US] It’s not every day you get to work Twin Peaks and 80’s hip hop into a title. I think this might be my finest work. Anyway, today is a good day for action gamers. We’ve got Ninja Gaiden 3

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Enslaved: Odyssey to the West still pretty, still unheard of

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFFbQm_BJxc] Hey kids! Want to be indie like me? Now you don’t have to play weird, esoteric games with poor production values! You can play Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, whose real subtitle should be “Try as we might, no

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Enslaved: Odyssey to the West still pretty, still unheard of

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFFbQm_BJxc] Hey kids! Want to be indie like me? Now you don’t have to play weird, esoteric games with poor production values! You can play Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, whose real subtitle should be “Try as we might, no

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Post Pretty

I’ve been meaning to write about Enslaved, the new game from Ninja Theory, for a while now. I’ve not gotten around to it, though, which is likely to be the fate of the game itself, entering a market crowded with

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Post Pretty

I’ve been meaning to write about Enslaved, the new game from Ninja Theory, for a while now. I’ve not gotten around to it, though, which is likely to be the fate of the game itself, entering a market crowded with

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