Clash: Artifacts of Chaos

Just completed my overly-thorough first playthrough (21 hours for 100% completion). Loved it! Art style is incredible. I love the general vibes and creativity on display. Story is solid. Most impressively... I've played about 50 soulslikes, and the level design in this game is up there with the best. Especially the western area, with the swamps and beaches. Mind-blowing stuff. Combat is fun overall, but can be annoying at times - especially against multiple enemies, since they love to bunch up, making it very hard to deal damage without taking some from another enemy. I also think sticking with the Boxing style for too long made it harder than it had to be... Spear is a breeze by comparison. I don't like that I felt forced into a pretty cheesy style to win fights. Enemy attacks weren't telegraphed enough to parry or dodge consistently enough to play it like a Soulslike. Ended up just spamming attacks and stunlocking enemies, then backing away to heal. The dice-battling minigame started off slow, but once I got several 'abilities' and more dice to throw, it became very very interesting. I'd love to buy a real-life version.

This is such a great game. TLDR: it has great gameplay mechanics, spectacular character and world design, wonderful voice acting, and a narrative that ranges from goofy to heartwarming to enriching. The combat mechanics rely heavily on your fighting stances and special moves, of which you will unlock several of both throughout your playthrough, allowing you to experiment with different movesets to find a style that flows with you. That said, you also encounter some weapons (that will break after repeated use) which can be helpful for tougher enemies and bosses. The entire ritual mechanic is unique and ties in completely with the story, adding a compelling component that weaves gameplay with narrative artistically. Having a night/dreamwalking version of Pseudo was such an interesting concept to me as well, and fit in with everything else seamlessly. That provides you with a lot more to do in terms of just having different enemies to fight, unique ways to unlock new areas, and finding unique pieces of armor for the night variant. The armor sets for both daytime and nighttime Pseudo are just really cool, too. In terms of design, so many of the characters and creatures are just a little ♥♥♥♥♥♥-up-looking, and I'm in love with that for this world setting. Everything starts to look and feel way more normal in the context of the worldbuilding and story narrative as you spend more time in Zenozoik. The voice acting for this game goes well beyond what I expected and adds so much verity and charm to the characters themselves, along with credence and immersion into the world of Zenozoik. Clash: Artifacts of Chaos easily goes into my category of favorites, and is for sure a standout for me within the games I've played this year. It's a wonder it hadn't come across my radar sooner, as it fits the bill for so many things I enjoy in a video game. This is a game I would recommend to anyone, but if you enjoy adventure/rpg type games, something with a strong narrative backed up by great voice acting, or something just entirely different and unique from what you've played before, Clash is for you. 10/10

it was fun, i want to know more about the world.

Очень приятный солз слешер. простой сюжет, самое то чтобы просто поиграть. если будите играть не жалейте ресурсов на броню и модификаторы, а ингредиенты для эстусов не респавнятся. В любом случае игра не наказывает за смерть и ходить без зелий то же ок, также понимайте что хилки можно готовить из одного или двух ингредиентов, не нужно тратить всё.

Was very fun. Loved the fighting styles options and that the dice game was fun. Love the character designs. Only thing I would say was a issue here and there was just the brightness. I liked the story but I felt there could have been more but I did like the ending though.

One of the weirdest games I've ever played and I got some weird looks playing on the steam deck on the train. Highly recommend, just don't teleport too much or it'll break your movement

ЧОРТ ЗАБИРАЙ А Я ВСЕТАКИ ЛЮБЛЮ ЦЮ ГРУ!!!! Це ніби розробники захотіли зробити свого Бога Війни але перед тим закинулись кислотою. Неймовірний світ з унікальними істотами, рослинами, історією. Якщо тобі хочеця чогось незвичайного, психоделічного з унікальн лором і ти готовий пережити те що тут топорна навігація і боївка, до якої звикнеш з часом то це воно! Такі ігри рідкість скільки сили було вкладено і я надіюсь що хлопці відбили бюджет!