Clash is a 3rd person fist fighting soulslike that doesnt have much depth to its mechanics. The combat is simple yet can be more in depth if you want it to by mixing up your four different attacks and being very reactionary with your opponents.
The part of the game I enjoyed the most was the ritual system. Opponents being scattered throughout the map that follow The One Law(TM) and force you to partake in a ritual before combat that adds an effect to the fight and can sway it in whoevers favor. Both parties submit an artifact that does X effect, then a roll of the die and some pieces that influence the sum of die on the board, the highest sum wins and gets to use this artifact. Plus you can get more dice and ritual pieces for this game to give yourself an edge. It kept the game interesting to me.
The game follows the recent gaming trope of "grizzled older man with bright eyed child" trope and it does it very well. My main complaint about it is that in certain areas the boy gets VERY talkative and repeats the same 2-3 lines. In order to prevent him from spam talking, you have to buy clothes for him so those areas wont bother him anymore. This is a bad mechanic, please no one repeat this.
My biggest gripe with the game is the map and traversing. It complicated as fuck!!!! There are so many twists, turns, ups, downs, doors, bridges, holes, ledges, etc that make every pathway just become noise and mix together. There is not a detailed map, just a big generic one with no details. Its a shame because I love exploring areas and there is a lot to explore, plus it rewards you for exploring! But it stopped feeling worth it that after running around looking at every nook and cranny, then being lost for half an hour trying to find the way to go! For the last 1/3 of the game I just ran down the main paths and avoided side paths because I hated having to run around in circles until i found the main path again. Plus for the record, it is not clear WHAT the main path is, you just gotta take the best guess you can or find out where to go by accident. It just really dragged the whole game down and lost it major points to me.
The game has a beautiful and unique artstyle! Every creature design was weird and original. With most designs being a fucked up version of a humanoid animal, to the main character looking like a hotdog from Sausage Party that rolled around in cat hair. Plus the soundtrack is pretty decent.
This game was an enjoyment for a good portion of it, there were quite a bit of frustrations though from what I mention aboved and some bugs that caused me to lose progress a few times.
I do recommend this game but be warned. It is definitely not for everyone.
The part of the game I enjoyed the most was the ritual system. Opponents being scattered throughout the map that follow The One Law(TM) and force you to partake in a ritual before combat that adds an effect to the fight and can sway it in whoevers favor. Both parties submit an artifact that does X effect, then a roll of the die and some pieces that influence the sum of die on the board, the highest sum wins and gets to use this artifact. Plus you can get more dice and ritual pieces for this game to give yourself an edge. It kept the game interesting to me.
The game follows the recent gaming trope of "grizzled older man with bright eyed child" trope and it does it very well. My main complaint about it is that in certain areas the boy gets VERY talkative and repeats the same 2-3 lines. In order to prevent him from spam talking, you have to buy clothes for him so those areas wont bother him anymore. This is a bad mechanic, please no one repeat this.
My biggest gripe with the game is the map and traversing. It complicated as fuck!!!! There are so many twists, turns, ups, downs, doors, bridges, holes, ledges, etc that make every pathway just become noise and mix together. There is not a detailed map, just a big generic one with no details. Its a shame because I love exploring areas and there is a lot to explore, plus it rewards you for exploring! But it stopped feeling worth it that after running around looking at every nook and cranny, then being lost for half an hour trying to find the way to go! For the last 1/3 of the game I just ran down the main paths and avoided side paths because I hated having to run around in circles until i found the main path again. Plus for the record, it is not clear WHAT the main path is, you just gotta take the best guess you can or find out where to go by accident. It just really dragged the whole game down and lost it major points to me.
The game has a beautiful and unique artstyle! Every creature design was weird and original. With most designs being a fucked up version of a humanoid animal, to the main character looking like a hotdog from Sausage Party that rolled around in cat hair. Plus the soundtrack is pretty decent.
This game was an enjoyment for a good portion of it, there were quite a bit of frustrations though from what I mention aboved and some bugs that caused me to lose progress a few times.
I do recommend this game but be warned. It is definitely not for everyone.