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  • Summary: Zeno Clash is an action/fighting game set in a punk fantasy world. The game is played from a first person perspective and the combat is generally up close and brutal. Experience a deep storyline set in a fantastic world. Play the role of Ghat, a man banished by his own brothers and forced toZeno Clash is an action/fighting game set in a punk fantasy world. The game is played from a first person perspective and the combat is generally up close and brutal. Experience a deep storyline set in a fantastic world. Play the role of Ghat, a man banished by his own brothers and forced to begin a desperate journey past the forbidden desert and to the end of the world. [Steam] Expand
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 41
  2. Negative: 0 out of 41
  1. AceGamez
    90
    Zeno Clash is a sterling example of how to make a game. Graphics, sound and gameplay merge perfectly to make this more of an experience than just a game.
  2. Zeno Clash is an atypical budget game, it's absolutely a good game with beautiful visuals and above all is very amusing to play. His close quarter combat system is so well devised that makes you scream I want more! after the game over screen.
  3. Zeno Clash takes you to a totally different world. I promise you, you've never seen something like that before. Bizarre, unique, weird – but it makes a lot of fun.
  4. A fantastically involving and solid fighting game, enhanced by being set in one of the most imaginative and beautiful universes in the medium.
  5. PC Format
    75
    A bizarre, original and often compelling first-person action adventure - Zeno Clash is worth a crack. [July 2009, p.94]
  6. Despite the initial weirdness and a few flaws, Zeno Clash is a unique take on first-person fighting that anyone with an open mind will likely enjoy.
  7. A brilliant brawler buried in a mediocre shooter.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 42 out of 82
  2. Negative: 14 out of 82
  1. Dec 10, 2012
    10
    Awesome game, nice graphics, animation, combat and history. The only Flaw is that its too short, but hey, it was made by a small developer whoAwesome game, nice graphics, animation, combat and history. The only Flaw is that its too short, but hey, it was made by a small developer who just proved its potential and its already making Zeno Clash 2, that will have n open world and RPG elements. Its a great buy for its price!! Expand
  2. FacelordG
    Apr 23, 2009
    10
    One of the best games ever made, this game is an absolute must-have for any PC gamer. I absolutely love this game, and I'm sure anyone One of the best games ever made, this game is an absolute must-have for any PC gamer. I absolutely love this game, and I'm sure anyone else who plays this game all the way through would admit that this is one of the most original games ever made(if not, THE most). Artistically, this game isn't comparable to many games. The art style is so much different from anything else on the market that it's arguably as artsy as games get in the visual sense, but when you consider the story and the amazing cinematic feel of it all you can easily see that there's more to it than pretty visuals and an amazingly realized world. I would compare this to Final Fantasy 9 for holding a special place in my heart, but this game is shrewdly mature(not in an M-rated sense, either). This game is appropriate for teenagers, but adults and older teens might get the most out of the deep story, with its twists and turns, mature plot(I'm gonna compare it to The Watchmen in some regards, and Pan's Labyrinth in others), and beautiful execution. This is my favorite video game at this point in time. Expand
  3. Apr 2, 2012
    9
    If H.R. Geiger got high on peyote and did the production design for The Dark Crystal, it would look exactly like Zeno Clash.
  4. May 26, 2013
    8
    This game.....it's just AWESOME Really FASCINATED....I STRONGLY recommend you this game especially you really love this kind of punk artThis game.....it's just AWESOME Really FASCINATED....I STRONGLY recommend you this game especially you really love this kind of punk art style or those mystery story stuff....if you want to try the best First Person Fighting games, try this one, it will blow you mind Expand
  5. MarkH
    Jun 4, 2009
    7
    The hand to hand combat is excellent, and works flawlessly - or it would do if it weren't hampered by needless and clumsy lock-on The hand to hand combat is excellent, and works flawlessly - or it would do if it weren't hampered by needless and clumsy lock-on system. Fighting over a weapon on the ground becomes a fight with the controls as the button that cycles your targets is the same button that picks up weapons when you're looking at them - making it near impossible to pick up a weapon when an enemy is near it. The shooting, while nothing special, initially detracts from the game, but becomes more fluid as it continues. It still amounts to nothing beyond average in this aspect, though. The game is short but challenging, and left me with an overall sense of enjoyment. I couldn't help but think that the surreal storyline and characters were often weird purely for the sake of weirdness itself. As a first person brawler, it is quietly revolutionary, but this shining aspect is muffled by the storyline, unecessary lock-on system, and mediocre shooting. I suspect that the developers lacked confidence in the brawling aspect, and felt some people may become disoriented by the pace of such close-up action - that would explain why they added so much needless fluff onto anotherwise great game. Expand
  6. Dec 17, 2013
    6
    Zeno Clash is an interesting and original game that ultimately falls flat in too many areas to make it a great game. You go around in a veryZeno Clash is an interesting and original game that ultimately falls flat in too many areas to make it a great game. You go around in a very weird and interesting world punching people in the face and sometimes shooting them with the strange gun. The world Zeno Clash is set in is very strange and you immediately want to know more about it, but you never will. The story is hard to follow and makes next to no sense. It's also unfortunate that the combat quickly becomes repetitive. Even though the story is only 3-4 hours long, by the end you will be tired of executing the same moves over and over again. In the end, Zeno Clash is a huge waste of potential that could have been so much more. Expand
  7. Apr 19, 2020
    0
    Un indé qui aurait pu éventuellement sortir de la fosse à purin habituelle des indés merdiques mais qui reste finalement droit dans ses bottesUn indé qui aurait pu éventuellement sortir de la fosse à purin habituelle des indés merdiques mais qui reste finalement droit dans ses bottes et dans la merde jusqu'au cou, hélas ! en conséquence de quoi, il s'agit d'un étron de plus à rajouter à la longue liste des saloperies pas ludiques pour un sou !

    Alors que graphiquement, ça tient presque la route... malgré cependant une direction artistique pas très artistique, pour ne pas dire d'un goût douteux mais je suppose que le désir d'originalité du développeur est à ce bas prix d'exigence... Mais évidemment le souci rédhibitoire (et le coeur du jeu) reste ce système de combat en vue subjective, bancal et mal fichu, bourrin et con, stupide et mal conçu, ennuyeux et désagréable.

    Surtout que le jeu envoit régulièrement plusieurs ennemis et que dans cette vue (on a pas le choix de toute façon) on ne peut pas en tabasser plusieurs à la fois ; c'est plutôt l'inverse, car lorsqu'on s'en occupe d'un, les deux autres en profitent ! au corps-à-corps ou... à distance. D'ailleurs, la partie à distance est aussi ratée que la partie au corps-à-corps, ce qui fait de Zeno un vrai zéro en la matière.

    Signalons que le jeu est censé prendre en compte la manette mais qu'elle merde totalement, on est donc obligé de se taper le clavier-souris. La répétition s'installe de tout manière assez vite tandis que le pourquoi du comment de ce "monde" très bizarre confine au grotesque. On lâche donc l'affaire, ayant bien mieux à faire que de se faire chier avec une telle merde.
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