Prior to Clash releasing, I'd never heard of Zenozoik or Xenoclash. I saw a favorite streamer of mine play some Clash on release and was entranced by how weird it was.

So, I bought it, and enjoyed a bit of it. Then, I bought Xenoclash and Xenoclash 2. I beat the first one, and felt like I just woke up from an insane fever dream. I picked up Xenoclash 2 to play with a buddy, but that hasn't happened yet.

After around 25 hours, i've completed the story for Clash and most of the side content, bar a couple of Night bosses. It's not a perfect game, but it feels like a beautiful mix of God of War (2018) and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. It's infinitely better written and voice acted than the previous games but still honors them and has plenty of references back to them. I can't wait to see what ACE does next, and I'm stoked to play through Xenoclash 2 in coop.