The First Berserker: Khazan

Highly, highly, highly recommend this game. Well worth the buy. Bosses are definitely a great challenge and was so much fun to play even on new game +

The word PEAK if it was a game

Khazan is a Dark Souls / Nioh rip-off and I bought it as such knowingly. There are souls and bonfires, respawning enemies and bosses, also poison swamps and tight ledges. It was nice to feel the familiar souls thrill again, at least through the initial levels… But then I realized Khazan probably has the most drab, uninspired, by the numbers world I’ve even experienced. I don’t say Khazan devs used AI but the game really feels like someone prompted “Ok Claude vibe-code me a fantasy game but don’t spend too much tokens” – so you trudge through the levels and there are caves, a dilapidated village, a temple, spider caves, a dilapidated town, another set of caves and so on, all in muted, washed-out colors, convoluted just for the sake of it, and populated with the same handful of enemies like soldiers, dogs, spiders and the dragon-kin. You fight these basic monsters with just three weapons; there is also a skill three with upgrades and combos but I played for 18 hours and killed half of the game’s bosses using just a spear and three buttons (light attack, dodge, parry) so that’s for the combat complexity. To add insult to injury, the game assets are reused from mission to mission and then recycled again for the side missions, so that all the (slight) variations on a theme become even more blatant. The story failed to engage me at all, NPCs are terrible, the anime art style that might be interesting for some only shows in cutscenes and adds no substance. Bosses are OK-ish I guess but that's a very little saving grace. Khazan is a hugely overrated pastiche of far superior titles and I wouldn’t recommend it even to the most die-hard uncritical fans of the genre.

This is a souls game done right its not about how much life the enemy have or how broken the enemy is its about how much skill the player have. unlike dark soul or elder ring what have a simple attack light and heavy over and over agen and call it combo is just below my standard if you want a soul game with a massive fighting combo system not a simple same button smash over and over but a time combo with a complex system along with a dark soul no hold hands then this is the game for you. you will die over and over agen even when you master the combo system even when you master the enemy fighting style even when you know all of the enemy attack pattern if your timing suck you will die LOL this is truly how a soul like game should be made and play even a trash mob can kill you if you suck at the combo and timing system i recommend this game buy it at full price if you can to support the team that made this beautiful game if you cant then buy it on sale :)

Juegazo, de los mejores souls que he jugado, a la altura de cualquiera de Miyazaki o Lies of pi

Сногсшибательная игра! Одна из любимых в жанре! Есть свои косячки конечно, но в целом топ! На уровне прям))

Khazan is something special, it is such a masterclass ARPG soulslike, the combat is the best I have experienced from any games at the moment, combo, parry system (reflection). The story is a bit mid and the exploration is pretty linear with a few secrets hideout places here and there and I like that. You have access to 3 weapon type and can customize build around skill set and gear. People are really sleeping on this game that suffered from poor marketing. Go give it a try you won't regret it.

67/10

Picked this up on a discount not knowing much about it, and it turned out to be one of the best souls like I've played. Combat: This is the game's strongest pillar, hands down. The weapon-specific movesets (I ran spear the whole way) feel genuinely distinct, skill trees are deep enough to actually build around, and the boss design is relentlessly difficult in a way that feels fair once you learn the patterns never cheap. Parries, Brutal Attacks, and stamina break mechanics all click together into something that rewards patience and punishes greed. Ozma alone is worth the price of admission — that fight took me hours and I loved every frustrating second of it. Story: Not the best narrative out there, but it does its job. Bosses: Consistently the highlight. Every major fight feels like a real test, and the game isn't afraid to make you earn it. Verdict: 100% worth it, especially on sale. If you want a souls like that leans all in on combat depth and boss difficulty over story ambition, this delivers. OZMAAA

Честно, не ожидал, что игра настолько затянет. После Elden Ring и Lies of P думал, что меня уже сложно чем-то удивить среди soulslike, но Khazan смог. Самое сильное здесь — боевая система. Каждое оружие ощущается по-своему, а бои с боссами действительно заставляют учиться играть лучше. Победа приносит настоящее чувство удовлетворения, а не ощущение, что тебе просто повезло. Отдельно хочу отметить копье — играть с ним одно удовольствие. Очень динамичное оружие, которое отлично подходит для агрессивного стиля игры. Визуальный стиль тоже понравился. Сначала были сомнения из-за аниме-графики, но вживую игра выглядит очень красиво и имеет свою атмосферу. Приятно удивила и оптимизация. За всё время не столкнулся с вылетами, лагами или какими-либо техническими проблемами. Из минусов могу отметить разве что некоторые локации. После Elden Ring они кажутся чуть менее запоминающимися, но это никак не мешает получать удовольствие от игры. Пока прошёл не так много, но уже могу сказать, что покупкой полностью доволен. Если вам нравятся игры вроде Lies of P, Nioh, Wo Long или Elden Ring, то The First Berserker: Khazan определённо стоит попробовать. Очень надеюсь, что разработчики продолжат развивать эту серию, потому что потенциал у неё огромный.