Zeno Clash - Coming to XBLA in 2010, $5.10 on Steam!

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What is Zeno Clash?

Taken from Steam:

Spoiler:

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 to begin a desperate journey past the forbidden desert and to the end of the world.

Nominated in 'Excellence in Visual Art' at the Independent Games Festival, the original visuals, which make full use of the Source engine features, breathe new air in the fantasy game genre. The new close combat mechanics are also a deviation from traditional action in the first-person genre that will feel fresh for new and veteran players.

* Engaging melee combat in first person
The new melee combat system allows players to perform a variety of movements like deflect & elude combos, knockback finisher punches and punishing grab attacks. Learn new attacks as the game progresses and confronts you with more formidable foes.
* Fantastic visuals powered by the Source engine
Players will be immersed in a fantastic world, beautiful and disturbing at the same time. The unprecedented art style brings a fresh new approach to the first person genre. The surreal environments and characters will keep players wanting to discover more.
* Survival mode challenges
Jump right into the action in engaging unlockable "tower challenges". The player must overcome enemy waves to progress through the tower levels. The game will rate the player in different categories like speed and performance. A leaderboards system will rank you against your friends, so the challenge never ends.
* Deep storyline
Players will play the role of Ghat; the son of a impressive hermaphrodite creature called Father-Mother, whose children form the most powerful clan in the city of Halstedom. Ghat must escape from his family and start an incredible journey with his female companion Deadra, who will aid him in the dangerous lands of Zenozoik.
* Bizarre weapons
The game features an unusual arsenal of eccentric weapons that are built from scraps and junk. Hammers and clubs will be the most effective when fighting heavy characters that can only be brought down with extreme force.

Zeno Clash is a new single-player game based on the Source Engine, and was developed by the Chile-based ACE Team, founded by the Bordeu brothers who previously worked on DOOM and Quake mods.

It can be described as a first-person-brawler, where punching people in the head is the main course, and lobbing skull-grenades at them while they lay down, dessert.

Gameplay Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX0jxT03x3U

System Requirements

Minimum
o Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP / Vista / Vista64
o Processor: Intel® Pentium® 4 3.0 GHz
o Memory: 1 GB RAM
o Hard Disk Space: At least 3 GB of free space
o Video Card: 128 MB, Shader model 2.0, ATI 9600, NVidia 6600 or better
o Sound Card: DirectX® 9.0c compatible sound card
o DirectX® Version: DirectX® 9.0c, DirectX® 10

Recommended
o Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP / Vista / Vista64
o Processor: Intel® core 2 duo 2.4GHz
o Memory: 1 GB RAM
o Hard Disk Space: At least 3 GB of free space
o Video Card: Shader model 3.0, NVidia 7600, ATI X1600 or better
o Sound Card: DirectX® 9.0c compatible sound card
o DirectX® Version: DirectX® 9.0c, DirectX® 10
o Controller: Supported

Short Zeno Clash comic can be found here (No spoilers)

Some screenshots:

Spoiler:

DeMoN

Well this looks weird as hell.

Monger

I'm sorry, but I couldn't see much of that trailer. I believe there's something crazy stuck in my eyes. And ears.

RoyceSraphim

"wtf?! uhh... aaaah... uhhhh.... aaaah"

That is my response

Behemoth

Uh... huh.

Looks interesting! I'll keep my eye on it.

FireWeasel

That looks severely fucked up and highly stylized, so I'm immediately very interested.

Now a sense of any actual substance would be nice.

agoaj

Looks like it's made out of clay.

Food

I'll be the first to say it... this looks freaking awesome. Best artistic direction in a 3D game since... since... Shadow of the Colossus? I can't think of anything else that looks remotely like this, to tell the truth.

FireWeasel

The guns remind me of the ones in eXistenZ for some reason.

In fact the whole thing feels kinda Cronenberg.

Zombiemambo

I made this OP about 30 seconds after I saw the trailer. It's being built using the Source Engine, and I'm really looking forward to it. I adore nonsensical design like this.

Glal

Oh man, the character design is awesome. And I love the messed up premise, as little of it as the trailer provides.

Tharghor

This looks very interesting. I hope it can be as frantic as a first person fighter would be without being frustrating.

Monger

Jesus, the crossbow has shrunken heads as part of its tension system. I'm pretty sure this is what happens when Tim Burton does acid.

I can't not buy it.

darleysam

I have absolutely no idea what I'm looking at, and I like it.

edit: Source engine? Bloody hell

Zombiemambo

It's also going to be distributed via Steam sometime in the fourth quarter of '08. Got my fingers crossed that it's a quality product.

Peewi

Weird overload, brain systems shutting down.

Zxerol

OMFG, that dude in the fourth picture must have the bushiest pubes known to man.

What has been seen cannot be unseen. D:

BigDes

Want

MinionOfCthulhu

Finally, a game reaching for that ever-elusive schizophrenic demographic!

Hexmage-PA

This game is so bought.

darleysam

Zxerol wrote: »

OMFG, that dude in the fourth picture must have the bushiest pubes known to man.

What has been seen cannot be unseen. D:

BigDes wrote: »

Want

It's all about context.

Crapfestival

Wow, that's one fucking awesome art style. Very interested in this one, now.

TychoCelchuuu

Man I'm an idiot. I've been looking forward to this game since it was announced and it never crossed my mind to post about it here. Oh well. The developers post on the forums on their website so it's worth hanging out there. The game looks really cool; the story's kind of interesting and, well, you can make your own decisions about the art. I for one think it's a breath of fresh air.

Flyingman

This looks fantastic!

YaYa

holy shitting fuckshits

need

Voranth

The second screenshot makes it look like some arcane, fucked up safari/hunting simulator. Awesome.

HenryVape

Saw this earlier this year, it looks Weird, really weird. Also that teaser manages to be kind of creepy despite being so bright and colorful. And the narrator got a creepy voice(voices?)

Tig

it looks a bit like Dark Messiah of Might & Magic viewed through a lens of gibbering spittle-flecked insanity.

Spoiler:

bought!

Airan

Judging from those screenies, it's like Spore mixed with Postal mixed with Fallout.

artoo

So this runs on Source, nice.

MORE SCREENS

Spoiler:

harvest

This is like if Dr Seuss was on acid. Intrigued.

Zombiemambo

And they also have a really sweet logo. :^:

darleysam

I'm just not sure how I feel about the tattoo-stache thing he's got going on.

Tig

Judging from those screenies, it's like Spore mixed with Postal mixed with Fallout.

This is like if Dr Seuss was on acid.

we should make it law that everyone who posts must attempt to describe it in a sentence.


So it's basically Dark Messiah in the world of The Neverhood with creatures from Dark Crystal and Spore and Dr Seuss on acid

aspa

Zxerol wrote: »

OMFG, that dude in the fourth picture must have the bushiest pubes known to man.

What has been seen cannot be unseen. D:

He's on the rag too

darleysam

aspa wrote: »

Zxerol wrote: »

OMFG, that dude in the fourth picture must have the bushiest pubes known to man.

What has been seen cannot be unseen. D:

He's on the rag too

Dudes thighs are chafing

Ampix

artoo wrote: »

So this runs on Source, nice.

MORE SCREENS

Spoiler:

Wow, Source can do that?

Seriously, look at that fur!

DeMoN

It's like, a fur texture.

Darmak

That crossbow looks like it has shrunken heads on the ends of the bow part thingie.

Totally awesome, I love shit that's this weird.

Visti

I desire concept art of those enemies. Stat.

Shorn Scrotum Man

This looks awesome! Hopefully it is good.