Enslaved: Odyssey to the West

"This is an extremely overrated game that seems to appear on all of the “best PS3 games ever” and “best hidden gems of all time” lists. The only positives I could find are the nice graphics, great voice acting and somewhat decent story. The negatives are all the common issues I have with most Japanese games: Long un-skippable cutscenes, terrible hijacked camera angles at exactly the right/wrong moment to hinder your combat/action, very little variance in game play. The formula is: long cut scene, walk around a little bit, separate the characters, swarm battle, walk around a bit, swarm battle, boss battle, reunite the characters, next locale/chapter. The platforming in the game is a joke because you cannot fail. Just follow the path to get to the next swarm battle. My 3 star rating is generous, it’s really a 2.5 star game."