Review: Zeno Clash  A strange and beautiful trip By MADDY MYERS
 |  May 19, 2009 3.0 3.0 Stars  VIDEO: The trailer for Zeno
Clash  Zeno Clash | for Microsoft Windows | Unrated | Developed
by ACE Team | Published by Valve Corporation ACE team's first
project proves that indie game developers are free to reinvent
the wheel. Zeno Clash is too bizarre, artsy, and risky to get
picked up by a bigger company, but when you look at all the
Counter-Strike clones out there, it's a relief to see something
a little . . . different. Zeno Clash blends beauty and
creepiness with its mystifying story and sweeping landscapes.
It's clear that ACE is not afraid to bring both weirdness and
innovation back to PC gaming.  Both art and story alienate and
disorient you — Zeno Clash explains almost nothing about its
fantasy universe. The game plops you down in the middle of a
plot point and you hit the ground running. You're Ghat, a
normal-looking human in a world full of bird humans, mutated
humans, dinosaur-like monsters, and other