Zeno Clash II: It's a ratmanpunching bonegunshooting hermaphroditefreeing rubikscubeathon

TychoCelchuuu

I've never really understood trepidation about weird stuff. Sometimes I hear people use weird as if it's a synonym for bad, and I just want to grab them and shake them and scream "WEIRD IS NOT BAD. WEIRD IS JUST WEIRD."

Monger

Weird things are the best things.

The weirder, the bester.

SoundsPlush

Of course a talking pigeon and a knife-strapped rodent would say that.

Curly_Brace

By no means am I saying weird things are necessarily bad things in my book. Quite the opposite, in fact. I suppose I haven't been in the mood for something properly "weird" lately. But clearly Zeno Clash is worth playing, judging by general reaction to it on the internets. I will sit down and give it a try some time this month.

Ashe

Looks amazing. Haven't quite finished the original yet - started it and played for a couple of hours before trekking to see family for a couple of weeks. Looking forward to punching more bizarre individuals in beautiful locations when I finally return home!

TychoCelchuuu

Curly_Brace wrote: »

By no means am I saying weird things are necessarily bad things in my book. Quite the opposite, in fact. I suppose I haven't been in the mood for something properly "weird" lately. But clearly Zeno Clash is worth playing, judging by general reaction to it on the internets. I will sit down and give it a try some time this month.

Yeah I didn't want to say that you were saying that, it's just that your comment reminded me of people who do say that sort of thing.

Golden Yak

That's just what Oxomater does.

Turkey

I can't wait for it to come out! I also hope it has native controller support, or gets a console release quickly. I preferred the controls in the 360 version.

TychoCelchuuu

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

Monger

Oh shit, we can taunt now?

Eat it, DmC.

BrocksMullet

I love that random ass giant arm sticking out of the ground at the end. So goooood.

TychoCelchuuu

Preorder Zeno Clash II for 10% off!!!!

Pixie

This totally made my day.

Did not help my bank account at all. But made my day.

Golden Yak

Woo, this release is finally at hand. Gonna have to find the time to replay the first one this month.

curly haired boy

damn i totes missed keeping tabs on this

TychoCelchuuu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=aEuLCPSTPpI

curly haired boy

hot damn. i'm curiously excited thinking about playing that on the rift

Elvenshae

I imagine that the discussion went something like:

"Should we include a 'retro' filter for our graphics?"
"Why the fuck not?"
"We are so high right now."

Taranis

I want to live in that world.


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Elvenshae wrote: »

I imagine that the discussion went something like:

"Should we include a 'retro' filter for our graphics?"
"Why the fuck not?"
"We are so high right now."

"Dude. Did you put the order in for the bird tit statues we're going to package in with preorders?"

Monger

Did not realize that this was out next week. I am all sorts of ready to punch some surrealist birdrhinos or whatever, though.

Corpekata

12 hours. I'm pumped.

I will also be getting extreme dental work right before I get to play it. It shall be a strange experience on whatever painkillers the dentists sends me home with.

Grey Paladin

The game looks as visually stunning as the first, but the AI seems terribly passive in battle.

Corpekata

Oh and the devs stated on the Steam forums to make sure to play the tutorial/prologue first. It's a separate entry on the menu. They've changed up a handful of things. They made it standalone because apparently they found a lot of people forgot the more advanced stuff from the first game's tutorial, and wanted people to be able to jump into it any time, but they appear worried veterans will skip it thinking they don't need to be taught anything or catch up on the story.

Golden Yak

Got it and played the tutorial/prologue. Great for getting up to speed with the storyline, and I'd recommend it for the combat. There's a few significant changes that threw me off, as I'd played through the first game the day before. It'll probably take me a while to shake irrelevant combat habits from the first game and get used to the sequel combat now.

Corpekata

The FOV is really bothering me in combat. It's the same as the first game I guess, which didn't bother me. Might just be the new moves. With increased focus on things like juggling, the zoom in makes it feel weird. The enemy fills up so much of the frame that I can hardly tell what I'm doing during moves like that. They've said on the forums they're going to try and figure something out, but it may be hard/impossible given the way the game is setup.

TychoCelchuuu

Rock Paper Shotgun says it's good but not really great - it doesn't live up to the original.

Golden Yak

Finished playthrough - devoured it in one setting yesterday before collapsing. Story is done and continuing the game places you right before the final encounter, so there's a chance to go back and find stuff. Collectibles I've got my eye on are the 'Keycubes' which apparently unlock further story elements. Also need to get around to recruiting a family member I never did before because I didn't want to lose my ally at the time. Not sure if you can switch out an ally for a previously recruited one.

I've read about people apparently getting lots of bugs and crashes - the only bug I ever got with any kind of regularity was one where occasionally my character would stop moving and lose the ability to attack, forcing me to restart from a checkpoint. This happened half a dozen times over the course of the playthrough - kind've annoying, though luckily it never happened towards the end of a major battle or anything. My machine's an older one, but I didn't get crashes or glitches like disappearing enemies - I did get a steam update before my full play-through, so I guess maybe make sure you're up to date.

Corpekata

Devs announced they're patching the FOV today, so I'll probably spend a bit more time with it once it hits. Haven't had any bugs really either save for some random slowdowns for no apparent reason. Usually nothing really happening at the time when it happens.

Kazoo

Is there any word on when we'll see the PS360 versions? I'd like to play this from the comfort of my couch.

Golden Yak

Unlocked the Last Tomb and got went through the last of the story, discovering the truth about Zenozoik.

It was Earth all along.

It's a really cool universe Ace Team has put together - the gameplay was fun and unique and the story was crazy-compelling. Hope we get another one someday - lots of stuff was completely tied up from the first two games, but there's a few directions they could go in.

Turkey

Why did I click on that spoiler

TychoCelchuuu

New patch:

Zeno Clash 2 Version 1.01 is up!
Fixes:

- New FOV option in the graphic settings menu where you can choose two FOV options: 'Default' or 'Wide'. If the wide settings are not of you're liking we're opening up the FOV values to be edited in the DefaultGame.ini (Note: This changes only the 'Wide' option).

Here are the values of the wide FOV that can be custom-edited in the DefaultGame.ini

[ZC2Game.ZC2Player]
;Regular FOV in the game
closeCombatFOV=100
;FOV when punching
closeCombatClunchedFOV=90
;FOV when you have a weapon in your hands
farCombatFOV=100
;Map FOV
inventoryFOV=100
;How much the FOV changes when running
runFOV_Delta=5
;FOV when grabbing an enemy
grabFOV=90
;FOV when deflect-grabbing an enemy
deflectGrabFOV=80
;All weapons have their custom aim FOVs. This number can be used to multiply the FOV values for guns.
weaponMultFOV=1.1

- Fixed non-progression after saving the 2-headed chimera/baboon.

- Fixed non-progression getting stuck in the prison.

- Fixed Ally AI navigation bug.

- Added resolution dependant font scale.

- Removed radial blur from jogging speed.

- Fixed Monster Combo Achievement.

- Fixed voice chat bug.

- Fixed multiple Deadra and Henae spawning in Coast fight.

- Fixed Thiloc doors closing when re-entering level.

- Fixed night music bug in first level.

- Highlight for main menu 'Tutorial/Prologue'.

- Increased Ally HP and reduced respawn time.

- Fixed Titan position not correct for client.

- Fixed sliding players when in pre-death position during coop.

- Fixed talk icon over invisible characters.

- Added quest arrow over chain-owner's head after defeating Oorsi.

Krathoon

This is one of those indie games that really deserves some support. It is pretty creative and made by a team of three brothers. It inspires me to mess with the UDK.

It kind of sucks that the Ultimate Edition of the first game is only on 360. Hopefully, it will migrate over to Steam, but it has been a while.

SvK

Is the digital artbook cool? I am tempted by the special edition.

Corpekata

The FOV fix was a pretty big godsend. It fucked up my map, but the map wasn't great to begin with, so oh well.

I'm getting a little worn down by some quirks of the combat system. The double key moves are generally the more interesting/powerful and good for crowd control, which you'll need given the generally increased amount of people involved in combat. They use up some of your special bar. You're SUPPOSED to earn special bar by regular combat/defeating enemies but it feels pretty random at times. Just killed a guy that didn't fill up my bar at all, and I beat him down from near full health. The combat can get a little dull without these moves. Getting the shit beat out of you seems to fill it fast, which is nice, I guess. Just feels like it should be more consistent/easier to earn.

Golden Yak

SvK wrote: »

Is the digital artbook cool? I am tempted by the special edition.

Pretty cool. 65 pages. Wacky art. Neat development tid-bits. Some story spoilers though. There's a preview here:

http://issuu.com/atlususa/docs/zc2preview

Plus the soundtrack is reportedly rad.

TychoCelchuuu

This is five bucks on Amazon.com right now and it comes with a Steam code.