History VideoGame / EnslavedOdysseyToTheWest

* InspiredBy: The novel ''JourneyToTheWest'', which in turn was InspiredBy the historical journey of Xuanzang to India.

* JourneyToTheWest: What the game is based on.

* ShoutOut: One of the achievements is called [[JourneyToTheWest Great Sage Equal of Heaven]].

** Averted with the story the game is based upon. Outside of Monkey and his iconic equipment (staff, cloud, headband) and the names of the three main characters, the game leaves out many of the elements that were originally in JourneyToTheWest, such as the remainder of Tripitaka's party, Monkey and Pigsy's transformation abilities, Pigsy's weapon (a magical rake instead of a gun), any of the monsters or foes the characters encounter, and the overarching story of a pilgrimage to bring back knowledge.

The main character of the game, [[IWorkAlone Monkey]], is a lone wolf who's spent his entire life running from the machines. Eventually, Monkey is captured by the death machines, where he is placed on an [[CoolAirship airship]] for transport to the city of Pyramid. It is there that he meets a technologically adept woman named [[WrenchWench Trip]]. Trip manages to escape, freeing Monkey in the process, who goes after her in an effort to get to an escape pod. He ends up trying to hijack hers, and is knocked unconscious in the landing. When he comes to, Monkey finds that Trip has placed a [[RestrainingBolt slaver's headband]] on him in order to compel him to help her get home. She explains that she has hacked the headband so [[ShockCollar she can give him jolts of pain at will]]; and further that if Trip's heart ever stops then the headband will kill Monkey outright. As they try to make their way back to Trip's village they must fight robots that have been lying dormant for years. The two of them have a strained relationship but in order to survive this perilous world they need each other's help.

* AntiHero: Trip, for enslaving a stranger after locking him out of an escape pod. Though justified in that her first encounters with Monkey make him seem like a sociopath. Pigsy as well. All three characters fit the trope.

* CrapsackWorld: Most of the human race is dead, the cities of the past are crumbling under lush jungles, and the world is covered in {{Mechanical Monster}}s.

* [[spoiler: HappinessInSlavery: Monkey. Whether this is due to him [[{{Unresolved Sexual Tension}} falling in love with Trip,]] [[{{Misunderstood Loner With A Heart Of Gold}} his way of reaching out from his isolated life,]] {{Stockholm Syndrome}} or the slave headband working insidiously well is up to interpretation. And boy, has it been discussed.]]

* HeyItsThatVoice: The main characters are [[{{Film/TheLordOfTheRings}} Gollum]] and-wait, ''[[NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide Moze]]''? (However, Monkey sounds nothing like Gollum. Andy Serkis is a pretty versatile voice actor.)

* SceneryPorn: It may be a post-apocalyptic wasteland, but it sure is pretty. See the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcWuwrubLP8 scenery trailer]] and the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SmpHfCd4IE main game Trailer]]

* TalkingToHimself: [[spoiler: Andy Serkis plays both Monkey and Pyramid.]]

** In the ''Pigsy's Perfect 10'' DLC, there is a part where, after using stealth to get around some mechs, Pigsy comments "my [[Franchise/MetalGear gear sure is solid]]."

* HumongousMecha: The trailer also shows Monkey fighting a mech the size of a skyscraper.
** [[spoiler: you get to capture one that's even bigger.]]

* PoweredArmor: Some pictures of Pigsy suggest he has something like this.

** The little scarf thing hanging from Monkey's back pocket resembles a tail, something his source character (The Monkey King) had. Many of his movements and postures are more simian than human as well.

* TheHellIsThatAccent: Monkey's fluctuates a lot. Sometimes it sounds like a Brooklyn Accent, sometimes he sounds like Andy Serkis and other times he sounds like Andy Serkis doing a Steven Blum impression.

''Enslaved'' is a story set one hundred and fifty years in the future where [[AfterTheEnd a global war has decimated the Earth.]] In this future, nearly the entire human race has been eradicated, but [[MechanicalMonster robots]] still plague the land. Although they are from a [[LostTechnology bygone era]], they are still following their orders to eradicate the humans. The storyline is loosely based on the ancient Chinese novel ''{{Journey to the West}}''.

* AnimeHair: Monkey
** Lampshaded by Pigsy
--> '''Pigsy''': "So, Monkey...let me ask you a question."
--> '''Monkey''': "Yeah."
--> '''Pigsy''': "Do you use a lot of hair product?"
--> '''Monkey''': (blankly) "What?"
** And, when you consider that Monkey is based on the Monkey King the same as Goku, it seems all the more fitting.

* BelligerentSexualTension: Oh so VERY much, between Monkey and Trip. ALSO [[{{Lampshade}} lampshaded]] by [[{{Genre Savvy}} Pigsy]] when asking whether or not the two are "together". And again in the very next cut scene as Pigsy looks towards the back of the boat where Monkey and Trip are standing, only to have conveniently shaped rubble form a heart behind them.
* BOOMHeadshot: Name dropped by Pigsy.

* CursedWithAwesome: Despite being, you know, a restraining bolt, the headband does offer a great deal of utility to Monkey, allowing him a HUD, communicator, and AugmentedReality in general.

--> '''Trip''': "So what's the plan?"
--> '''Monkey''': "To get you home as fast as possible so you can take this thing off my head and I can break your neck."

* HistoricalBeautyUpdate: Xuanzang was probably not an attractive red-headed WrenchWench. Or female. Having said that, though, the original novel stressed that Xuanzang was a very [[{{Bishonen}} attractive young man]] - to the extent that in plays of the novel, the role of Xuanzang is often PLAYED by a woman.

* HoverBoard: Monkey's "Cloud"
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: She ''rides on his back''. It's like freakin' BanjoKazooie.

* KillerApp: Bamco's [[PanderingToTheBase attempt]] at appealing to western audiences. Didn't quite work, for a number of reasons.
* KillerRobot / MechaMooks: They're the baddies of the game.
* LightningBruiser: Monkey's able to dish out a ton of damage, but it also extremely fast and acrobatic.

--> '''Monkey''': "More...music and pigs? This friend of your father's seems a bit weird."
--> '''Trip''': "Well, he's been living alone out in the wilds most of his life. That usually makes people pretty weird and eccentric."

* MrFanservice: Monkey. And ''how''. A tall, gruff savage with six-pack abs, decorative scars, warpaint and acrobatic skills topped off with pretty blue eyes. Sign me up.

* RestrainingBolt: The slave headbands.

* ScreamingWarrior: '''HEY!'''

* ShoutOut: One of the achievements is called [[JourneyToTheWest Great Sage Equal of Heaven]]

* SmallNameBigEgo: Pigsy sure doesn't stop reminding everyone how great he is. This is much to Monkey's annoyance.

* {{Stripperiffic}}: Trip runs around in a tube-top and jeans with many holes in it.

* TakeThat: In chapter 5, after the Cloud sequence, you and Trip will pass through a room containing "ancient, redundant technology." The contents of the room are corroded boxes of 3D televisions.

* TemptingFate: Monkey sees a bunch of combat mechs lined up, ready to deployed. "At least they're not active."
** Naturally, they are ten seconds later.

* WhatTheHellHero: Trip doesn't start her relation with Monkey on the best footing. [[spoiler: She ignores him as he tries to escape the airship they're on which is going down from what seems to be from her tamperings, she ejects her escape pod from the airship despite how he visibly begs from outside of it to not do so while gripping onto the escape pod, and finally, she attaches a slave headband to him that forces him to protect her life despite that he was already lucky to survive the results of her actions. His threat--and attempt--to rip her head off is pretty understandable.]]

* StunnedSilence: Trip's reaction when she sees Monkey in a fight for the first time.

* AwesomeButPractical: Monkey's collapsible energy staff and Gauntlets (See DeflectorShields below)

* HeroesWantRedHeads: Not explicitly stated, but it is implied

* MsFanservice: Trip.

* ADayInTheLimelight: ''Pigsy's Perfect 10'', a DLC which features Pigsy on a quest to build himself a {{Fembot}}.

* UnexpectedGameplayChange: Pigsy's Perfect 10. While Monkey can easily tear through most of the MechaMooks, Pigsy cannot take a direct hit and must rely on a mix of gadgetry, stealth and a sniper rifle to get to where he needs to.

'''''Enslaved: Odyssey to the West''''' is an ActionAdventure VideoGame developed by Ninja Theory. The game is published by NamcoBandai and out for PlayStation3 and {{Xbox 360}}.

* BOOMHeadshot: Name dropped by Pigsy.

* TakeThat: In chapter 5, after the cloud sequence, you and Trip will pass through a room containing "ancient, redundant technology." The contents of the room are corroded boxes of 3D televisions.

* EssenceDrop: Orange orbs found by exploring or dropped by robots are used to improve Monkey's abilities and weapons.

** Also counts as a CrowningMomentOfFunny

* AntiHero: Trip, for enslaving a stranger after locking him out of an escape pod. Though justified in that her first encounters with Monkey make him seem like a sociopath (which he kind of is). Pigsy as well. All three characters fit the trope.

* SerkisFolk: Andy himself plays Monkey.

* SerkisFolk

* EssenceDrop: Orange orbs are used to improve Monkey's abilities, while green orbs restore his health.