Zeno Clash

So for $10 today you can buy a game called Zeno Clash. I mentioned the demo a while back, and with this price cut, I went ahead and bought it.



The first thing I'll say is that most of what I said before about the combat stands. It's good, but not superb. What I didn't really get into before, because I somehow missed it during the demo, is that the artwork is some of the finest I've ever seen. It's delightfully surreal in a way I won't bother trying to explain. To offer just a few examples of how very bizarre this game is, I present the following three articles, which you will see if you play the game:

- A man wearing a tea kettle on his head
- An omniscient man-panther struggling to solve a Rubix Cube
- A blind assassin, who specializes in sharpshooting, riding atop a brontosaurus, throwing squirrels with parachutes and barrels of TNT tied to their backs.

In short: First person, fantasy punk, some shooting but mostly hand-to-hand brawling, REALLY good artwork.

The game is very short, clocking in at about 4 hours if you don't count all the little combat challenges you can do on the side. However, at $10, it's not a bad deal. You'll get about half an hour per dollar, and a lot more if you find you enjoy the gameplay and decide to take on the gauntlet sidequest thing.

If it's still Sunday and you're reading this, I strongly recommend downloading the free demo. Unless you absolutely loath the combat mechanic, then the game is worth the ten bucks just for the artwork.