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The fact it’s also a really fun game about punching stuff is a bonus on top of an experience that’s just… well, I’ll say it again - Clash: Artifacts of Chaos is truly beautiful.

Clash: Artifacts of Chaos is glorious to look at with an endearingly oddball approach to character design. A combat system that rewards and a story that goes deeper than the ornery main character suggests.

Un gran juego que camufla su acción tradicional y mapeado souls-like con capas únicas de diseño artístico que no pueden pertenecer a este planeta. Si la única interacción es a través de la violencia, que sea una experiencia memorable como en este spin-off de los Zeno Clash con derroche de estilo.

Clash: Artifacts of Chaos is an interesting mix of ideas, most of them familiar, with some unique twists. The hand-to-hand combat focus is good, although it takes a lot of experimentation to do everything right. The world is intriguing and surprising, especially when it comes to character and enemy design.

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rotzdem möchte ich auch das neueste Werk vom ACE Team niemals mehr missen: Ich liebe die Welt und ihr dramatische Geschichte, die schrägen Figuren und den Mix aus Erkunden, Kämpfen und Craften. Das Tränke-Brauen ist zwar nie so durchdacht wie Links Kochkünste in Breath of the Wild und die Schlagwaffen und Outfits könnte man besser ins Spiel integrieren, trotzdem ist es beachtlich wie viele spannende Mechaniken hier gut ineinander greifen. Gut eine Woche nach Release gab es übrigens einen Patch für die zum Teil schlecht leserlichen Menüs – die Karte ist zwar immer noch nutzlos, der Rest des Interfaces gibt nun aber keinen Anlass mehr zur Kritik.

En resumen, Clash: Artifacts of Chaos es una de esas pequeñas rarezas que hacen recobrar la fe en los videojuegos. Da gusto volver a jugar a títulos que se salgan de la norma y del mainstream para ofrecernos obras más personales y con identidad propia que tanto hacen falta. Tanto si eres fan de Zeno Clash como si no, se trata de un juego que merece la pena jugar y que rebosa calidad por todos sus poros.

With a gorgeous art style, challenging but deeply rewarding combat, an interesting story and an approachable take on the soulslike formula, Clash: Artefacts of Chaos is a welcome new form for the Zeno Clash series. It has a few rough edges that will hopefully get fixed with a patch, but despite them, this is an easy recommendation for fans of Dark Souls or Zeno Clash alike.

Clash: Artifacts of Chaos è il classico gioco di ACE Team: stilisticamente splendido, chiede al giocatore di accettare le sue dinamiche peculiari per poterlo apprezzare davvero. Nonostante sulla carta sia un action 3D con elementi GDR abbastanza classico, conviene valutare attentamente la sua filosofia prima di decidere se affrontare o meno l'avventura in compagnia di Pseudo e il Ragazzo. A noi è piaciuto, anche molto, ma siamo coscienti che qualcuno potrebbe trovare indigeste alcune scelte mirate a dare al giocatore una maggiore responsabilità e autonomia, decisamente amene di questi tempi.

If you're looking for an action RPG with a sophisticated martial arts slant that unfolds in a fantastical alien world with a driving central narrative that invests you in the key protagonists with ease, then Clash: Artifacts of Chaos is absolutely deserving of your attention.

Clash: Artifacts of Chaos is fueled by a gorgeous art direction that drives the obscure world of Zenozoik.

With its emphasis on close-quarters combat, ACE Team's latest release is a unique, enjoyable, and challenging experience.

Clash: Artifacts of Chaos es un buen juego. El estudio chileno ACE Team ha conseguido resucitar una de sus más famosas franquicias de una forma muy notable. No es un título perfecto, eso está claro. Tiene algunos problemas más o menos importantes, como la falta de minimapa o la lentitud de nuestro protagonista en los combates. Pero también muchos aciertos, como sus opciones en combate, o sus bellos gráficos. En definitiva, Clash: Artifacts of Chaos es un título muy recomendado a poco que te gusten los juegos de acción y aventura centrados en el combate. Yo me lo he pasado muy bien en sus 10 horas que me ha durado su historia principal, y estoy deseando de descubrir todos sus secretos.

Clash: Artefacts Of Chaos es un juego que muestra otra cara de la serie Clash creada por ACE Team. En vez de ser en primera persona, muestra un cambio de cámara detrás del hombro con varios estilos de lucha que dominar. Sin embargo, al juego le falta pulido en varias de sus mecánicas y al final terminará resultando repetitivo y tedioso. Artísticamente es un juego hermosamente extraño. Recomendado para quien quiera algo diferente o los fans de la saga.

Clash pulls much inspiration from the 2018 God of War. The basic premise of protecting The Boy as Pseudo and some of the significant beats mirror Sony’s Epic, so some character progression and twists felt predictable. To Clash’s credit, I was still invested, and the world is so weird and the characters are so much fun that I quickly forgot the world of Kratos and got lost in Zenozoik all over again.

The return to Zenozoik will please gamers looking for something different from the ordinary in terms of atmosphere, visuals and overall vibe. The gameplay, however, has issues that, on occasion, can prove to be frustrating.

Although Clash: Artifacts of Chaos does drag its feet, the game still has enough positives to offer players. Best of all is the amazing visual appearance of Zenozoik and its many awesome inhabitants, combined with the great music, that make it worth playing for its presentation alone. Fans of the Zeno Clash games will get a kick out of the visual upgrade. As a third-person beat-em-up, the fisticuffs can be enjoyable despite there being too much of it and little else. The associated Ritual mini-game is fine but does not provide enough benefit or lasting value. While the many Dark Souls traits are obvious and make the game challenging, the levels are consistently annoying to navigate due to their indirect routes and confusing structure. Clash: Artifacts of Chaos is a good way to beat up strange critters in stunning environments, even if it doesn’t land all of its punches.

A spiritual successor to the Zeno Clash franchise, Clash: Artifacts of Chaos preserves and extends those games’ trademark weirdness. Clash: Artifacts of Chaos takes some chances and adds some interesting mechanics to the action game formula. Not everything works, unfortunately, and the game can be striking, engrossing, and frustrating in equal measure. I loved the game’s singular art direction, day/night mechanic, and more, but the combat is a mixed bag. Clash: Artifacts of Chaos is almost, but not quite, worth playing for its art alone.

Si os ha pasado como a mi y todavía no conocíais esta saga, se trata de una buena puerta de entrada. A mi ya me ha atrapado.

None of these issues stop Clash: Artifacts of Chaos from being intriguing and captivating though, and a gentle price tag should help players looking to take a chance on it. With its unique audiovisual world building, it’s worth the journey.

All in all, Clash: Artifacts of Chaos has a lot of good ideas and some well worked execution – it is just that lack of a lock-on that is a glaring omission. If you are looking for a different experience though, then Clash: Artifacts of Chaos is certainly that.

Clash: Artifacts of Chaos is an idiosyncratic adventure, managing to be jaw-droppingly beautiful, fun and often mesmerising while hanging on to some of the Souls-like genre’s most frustrating elements.

Clash: Artifacts of Chaos is an idiosyncratic adventure, managing to be jaw-droppingly beautiful, fun and often mesmerising while hanging on to some of the Souls-like genre's most frustrating elements.

Beautifully different action game. It's not perfect and there are some things that could be improved, but you will find original elements and interesting moments that are worth it. It's a shame that the various distractions make the game less enjoyable and can be frustrating. However, if you want an unusual combat and action experience, you will definitely get it here.

En conclusión, Clash Artifacts of Chaos es un juego interesante, original, y con momentos realmente únicos. Manteniendo esa estela mística que siempre ha sabido proponernos la gente de ACE Team. Pero por desgracia, no llega en ciertos puntos a todo aquello que esperaba de un proyecto que ha querido alcanzar un nivel de potencial que quizás se le haya quedado demasiado grande a este estudio indie.

Lo más destacable es el estilo artístico, los gráficos y el sistema de combate. La música está igualmente a un nivel competente, pero durante la gran parte del viaje estaremos en silencio escuchando solo los básicos efectos de sonido de nuestros puñetazos y pisadas. Casi todo lo demás necesita ser mejorado en una hipotética segunda parte.

Clash is almost offensively obtuse next to games like God of War, then, while its challenge level oscillates between a breeze and a gale. It also fails to either drip feed small rewards or produce a sense of achievement when you come through tough spots, since success often comes from attritional stubbornness. Yet there’s something to be said for Clash’s refusal to explain its ideas, places and oddball creatures the way God of War would. It’s more efficient in its world building, characterisation and plotting, and thus more generously open to interpretation. Pseudo may be Kratos’ smaller, weaker (and poorer) sibling, but at least he’s got a deeper and more interesting soul.

I’ve rarely been so disappointed in a game. Clash is stunning to look at and listen to. It has excellent 1 on 1 combat set in a uniquely crazy world.  The utter lack of care for its player’s time and obtuseness to the point of maddening frustration hold back what should be one of the year’s most compelling titles. If you have the skill, patience, and a walkthrough guide this one may be worth a look at on sale.

In the end, Clash is not so bad. If we forget about the gameplay. The title has a pretty good story and a pretty engaging universe. We don’t know if the studio has planned a future sequel. But if it is the case. We hope for a complete overhaul of the gameplay which has not evolved since the first title…

Clash: Artifacts of Chaos manages to bring fresh air in the face of the countless attempts at innovations within the fever of soulslikes. Its visual identity, atmosphere and narrative gain a prominence that can envy competitors. Unfortunately, the lack of politeness and technical issues end up detracting from the experience.

Clash: Artifacts of Chaos has a dazzlingly beautiful art style, but struggles to make the moment to moment gameplay feel fun.

If Clash: Artifacts of Chaos had at least some kind of waypoints and its gameplay mechanics worked better, it would be easier to recommend it. Unfortunately, it's an unwelcoming game which I try to love but couldn't.

Many things can be liked about Clash: Artifacts of Chaos but in the end, it is the confusing design and combat that nearly killed my interest. Both visual and audio is excellent and the main motivator to beat the challenging gameplay.

Clash: Artifacts of Chaos is a confusing mess of a game that makes no effort to explain anything, ever. And seeing as the confusing bits relate to basic things like "Where am I going?" and "What am I supposed to do?", I feel like no amount of Zeno Clash would?ve made those things any more apparent.

Clash: Artifacts of Chaos looks stunning and has some interesting ideas, but the uninteresting combat and obtuse gameplay left me bored when playing. It’s a shame because the world design is wonderful and I found myself invested in the storytelling, but I just couldn’t get on with the core mechanics of the game. Is it a bad game? I wouldn’t say so and there was nothing broken about it, but it is one that feels like it targets a specific audience.

Clash: Artifacts of Chaos fails to combine its interesting new ideas with contemporary design choices. Which is a shame given how unique the game looks.