Review: Zeno Clash
- Thread starter John Funk
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Nice review, and that game looks really interesting.
But it's only available on steam and I don't have a credit card.... dammit.
But it's only available on steam and I don't have a credit card.... dammit.
In that case I may get it. I have never used steam before, so it should be an experience.CantFaketheFunk said:
That was probably the best review I have seen on this site so far. I tend to dislike the reviews here, but this one has me intrigued, nice job.
You should do more reviews in the future.
You should do more reviews in the future.
It's interesting that the same criticism of Chronicles of Riddick came up in this game: brawling is fun & new, shooting things is getting old. I'm all for the FPS genre changing things up a bit and that seems as good a way as any.
Mirror's Edge got the ball rolling (before dropping it) and now these games seem to be pushing it even more. I wonder what's next, a sword fighting game from the FPS that actually works?
Mirror's Edge got the ball rolling (before dropping it) and now these games seem to be pushing it even more. I wonder what's next, a sword fighting game from the FPS that actually works?
thanks.
Yeah, they are nice, but right at the beginning you know 3 techniquesCantFaketheFunk said:
that fast punch combo
the charge punch
and the knee to the head.
And, well most of the time I did charge punch + knee, always...
The other thing that "annoys" me is the lack of a chart, to lookup the combos you can do and how extremely linear (and small) the maps are and the lack of jumping.
Thanks for the review Funk, this looks interesting I'll probably get it once I have spare moneys.
I now sure if it was down to Funk or the bizarre character and levels designs, but this review was a joy to watch...
I threw the game into my Steam basket when I was buying UT3 and ZC was 50% off (that was quite a while before the release) since it neatly fit into the 20€ I had uploaded to my PayPal account. Definitely interesting though I really can't understand much of what some characters (e.g. Metamok, the tutorial dude) say (then again the same goes for all games on the Source engine, fortunately they support subtitles). The game did leave a slightly bad taste in my mouth though since when it finally got released and I played it my graphics card burned out (VRAM overheat, caused permanent damage). OTOH I got a significantly better one for 70€ because the broken one was already 5 years old.
Hey, you know what this game looks exactly like? Breakdown, a game that I loved to pieces on the Original Xbox, and one I still count as my favorite game of all time. Problem is, noone has ever heard of Breakdown, so everyone thinks this is new and exciting. If you need me, I'll be over in a corner being a fanboy.
It certainly Looks interesting. I said the same of a few other indie games. Dyson wowed me, Castle Crashers was a resounding "meh" and Mount & Blade was just "gouge my eyes out with forks" annoying. I may give it a try just for the uniqueness of it (the Killer 7 argument)