History VideoGame / ZenoClash

* EverybodyLives: [[spoiler: The only characters confirmed dead either died before the game even began, or was a minor character who appeared in only one level. Even Father-Mother, who supposedly died at the start of the game, turned out to be NotQuiteDead.]]

* CallingYourAttacks: Every enemy with a gun has to loudly announce when they're about to shoot you. [[AcceptableBreaksFromReality Of course, suddenly getting shot in the back of the head in a first-person beat-em up with no prior warning isn't very fun.]]

* TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty: Absolutely mandatory if you want to live. Fighting honorably with your fists is all very well, but you literally cannot beat certain opponents unless you make use of guns and/or blunt instruments, and not using grenades and the terrain to your advantage is sheer folly.

* CallingYourAttacks: Every enemy with a gun has to loudly announce when they're about to shoot you. [[AcceptableBreaksFromReality Of course, getting shot in the back of the head in a beat-em up with no prior warning isn't very fun.]]

!!''Videogame/ZenoClash'' contains examples of:

* InsurmountableWaistHighFence: These mark the borders of many levels. Unlike most Source engine-based games, you don't have the ability to jump in ZenoClash, even an Insurmountable Knee-High Rock is certain to stop you.

* WalkingShirtlessScene: Ghat, Golem and most enemies you encounter. Even the women, though they at least wear a strap over their breasts.

More than a little surreal, ''Zeno Clash'' is what you might get after following up a class on surrealist art with a double feature of ''[[Film/TheDarkCrystal The Dark Crystal]]'' and ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'', followed by an eight hour ''Film/DoubleDragon'' marathon... [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs while on mescaline]]. Oh, and the voice acting's [[SoBadItsGood terrible]].

A sequel, ''Videogame/ZenoClash2'', was released in 2013 on {{UsefulNotes/Steam}}, [[XBox360 XBLA]] and [[PlayStation3 PSN]]. ''Zeno Clash II'' continues the story of the first game, and introduce a WideOpenSandbox, RPGElements and CoOpMultiplayer to the mix.

More than a little surreal, ''Zeno Clash'' is what you might get after following up a class on surrealist art with a double feature of ''[[TheDarkCrystal The Dark Crystal]]'' and ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'', followed by an eight hour ''Film/DoubleDragon'' marathon... [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs while on mescaline]]. Oh, and the voice acting's [[SoBadItsGood terrible]].

''Zeno Clash'' is a FirstPersonShooter[=/=]BeatEmUp hybrid game made by ACE Team using the Source Engine and published by Valve on Steam and Microsoft on Xbox Live Arcade. The main emphasis is on melee combat. You can throw complex combos, and the game is essentially a string of battles. The few projectile weapons are slow to reload and somewhat inaccurate and the melee weapons are slow, meaning that most of the emphasis is on [[GoodOldFisticuffs fistfights]].

A sequel, ''Videogame/ZenoClash2'', was released in 2013 on {{Steam}}, [[XBox360 XBLA]] and [[PlayStation3 PSN]]. ''Zeno Clash II'' continues the story of the first game, and introduce a WideOpenSandbox, RPGElements and CoOpMultiplayer to the mix.

* GrievousHarmWithABody: Ghat can take stunned enemies and throw them at other enemies. There's a steam achievement for doing this a lot.

*** The first clue on this is the absence of a certain item that would make it easier to survive. The second clue is the steam achievement related to the fight.

* MindScrew: And ''how''! The world of Zenozoik is ''weird'', and has no obvious roots outside of, perhaps, surrealist art, or Doctor Seuss landscapes through a mirror darkly.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Likely unintentional, but the game plays very similarly to the Xbox game ''{{Breakdown}}''. Both are First-Person Shooter/Beat 'em ups with a half-and-half focus between punching and shooting. Aside from that, they are very different, though.

* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Ghat goes through one when he returns to Halstedom in a flashback.

* VideogameCrueltyPotential: Here's how a typical fight goes: a guy comes at you, you block a punch or two, and then you smack him around until he's too dazed to fight back. Then you grab him and hold him in place while you introduce his nose to your kneecap several times. Then you throw him to the ground, and kick him while he's down until he can't get up anymore.

* MindScrew: And ''how''! The world of Zenozoik is ''weird'', and has no obvious roots outside of, perhaps, surrealist art.

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Hunter, although this may be his real name... it's hard to tell given [[MindScrew the setting]].

''Zeno Clash'' is a FirstPersonShooter[=/=]BeatEmUp hybrid game made by ACE Team using the [[HalfLife SourceEngine]] and published by Valve on Steam and Microsoft on Xbox Live Arcade. The main emphasis is on melee combat. You can throw complex combos, and the game is essentially a string of battles. The few projectile weapons are slow to reload and somewhat inaccurate and the melee weapons are slow, meaning that most of the emphasis is on [[GoodOldFisticuffs fistfights]].

* PunkPunk: StonePunk? [[Creator/SalvadorDali Dalí Punk]]? Music/DaftPunk? Well, it's some kind of punk...

A sequel, ''Videogame/ZenoClashII'', was released in 2013 on {{Steam}}, [[XBox360 XBLA]] and [[PlayStation3 PSN]]. ''Zeno Clash II'' continues the story of the first game, and introduce a WideOpenSandbox, RPGElements and CoOpMultiplayer to the mix.

A sequel, ''Videogame/ZenoClashII'' was released in 2013 on {{Steam}}, [[XBox360 XBLA]] and [[PlayStation3 PSN]]. ''Zeno Clash II'' continues the story of the first game, and introduce a WideOpenSandbox, RPGElements and CoOpMultiplayer to the mix.

* PunkPunk: Well, it's ''some'' sort of punk...
** StonePunk? [[Creator/SalvadorDali Dalí Punk?]] Music/DaftPunk?