Zeno Clash 2 Announced

From a gameplay perspective, number 1 was way too shallow. Hopefully they can improve on this in number 2

Great news. Especially so when you consider I read an interview with one of the devs the other day in which he said there wasn't going to be a sequel. He said that with such a small team and the nature of developing something like Zeno Clash they'd be focussing on much smaller projects in the future. All I can say is I'm glad they didn't! I suppose the sales must have been pretty tidy to convince them otherwise.

I finally managed to finish the first off today and it was a blast (had some serious problems with crashes at first). More of the same but with some exploration and RPG stuff thrown in sounds perfect!

That was fast.

I don't know. The reason why the first one was so good was because it was so fresh, new, bizarre, and different. Now that part one is all said and done, I'm not sure if I want to play the second one.

I guess this means they secured enough funds from good sales of Zeno Clash, good for them.

They can have my money. If they add coop I'll even preorder it!

I loved the first one, but I thought it would've been nice if it had a more open environment and maybe had some RPG elements. Looks like they listened to me.
Maybe it's 'cause I posted in their forums. :P

Exciting times!

Oh, GMod supports Zeno Clash now.
http://www.garry.tv/?p=911

meh, the first is not so good.

Awesome. Just hope they can keep the presentation fresh.

cool, I liked it. dodging/counters and the lock on system just need to be more smooth. it felt like a crapshoot sometimes whether or not I'd get something off and I resorted to power shots most of the time rather than timely dodge/block + counter. another goal they should aim for is to make the punches more responsive, not necessarily one punch = one button, but one button does something deterministic. looking at a game like God Hand I felt much more in control and it made the encounters more interesting. god hand also has a lot of variety in the attacks; in Zeno Clash you get a three hit jab, a few counters, a few haymakers, some contextual moves like finishers (uppercut, forearm smash) and the muay thai clinch when the enemy is stunned. there's no need for a hundred different chop sokey moves but a few more would be good

the idea though is cool and for a first person game it's one of the few that works well and is fun. there was a game called breakdown on the original xbox that had first person hand to hand combat but it was frustrating more than fun. with that said they could have included more interesting first person animations in addition to the core combat (something breakdown did well)

this news made my day. can't wait!