10 Best Sci-Fi Video Games You've Never Played
9. Enslaved: Odyssey To The West (2010)
Enslaved: Odyssey To The West was developed from a 16th-century Chinese novel titled Journey to the West, though it incorporates elements of a post-apocalyptic landscape, so it is a fairly loose adaptation that relies heavily on the novel's themes more than anything. It's set 150 years in the future following a global war, and most of humanity is long gone.
Enslaved is strange in a lot of ways, but that only serves to make it more entertaining. The odd setting, characters, and ridiculously well-voiced characters given life by actors like Andy Serkis give Enslaved: Odyssey To The West a cinematic feel as if you're not playing a game so much as taking part in a movie.
The player takes control of a guy named Monkey, who must escort Trip home after they survive a ship crash. When it first entered development, it was planned as a CGI film, but it went to video game territory as time went on, though the cinematic qualities remained.
Sadly, Enslaved: Odyssey To The West was a commercial failure, and there's a good chance you've never played it as a result. Despite not selling many copies when it was released, it was a critical success, and the few people lucky enough to stumble upon it continue to sing its praises.