The First Berserker: Khazan

The First Berserker: Khazan is a very good soulslike and an easy recommendation for fans of the genre, though a few issues stop it from reaching the top tier. The combat is the standout. You get three weapon types that all play very differently, and combat feels fast, flashy, and almost more hack-and-slash than traditional soulslikes. Build variety is also excellent, I ran a spear build focused on special skills and fast phantom gauge generation, which felt powerful and satisfying. The story is easy to follow, the characters are solid, enemy variety is strong, and I personally liked the level design and anime inspired visuals. Performance was also excellent for me. My main criticism is balance. At times the game feels bloated rather than difficult. Some bosses have overly large health pools combined with extremely long combos, which can make fights drag. One mid-game boss in particular felt more like a build check than a skill check, forcing me to respec just to beat him. Even regular enemies can sometimes feel like mini-bosses due to inflated HP. Weight management is also frustrating, requiring significant grinding to hit optimal weight ratings. Despite these issues, Khazan is still absolutely worth playing if you enjoy soulslikes. It’s challenging but beatable, I finished it on Expert difficulty, but a few fights felt like they rewarded cheesing more than mastery. Overall, there’s a lot to enjoy here, and the game feels much more polished now than at launch.

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Best souls like I ever played and my most favorite gameplay to date the 100 % took me 60hrs and it was a blast even though I died to every bost at least 10 times it was a great experience

Excelente juego.

Very fun game.

fun

Finished the game and I have got to say its very good. Really nice. I played on Expert Mode for my first playthrough and did all the side missions and collected all the single time collectibles and everything and it was really nice to explore. The mission designs are great and give a great souls like feel at that difficulty. The story is good too, and makes much more sense the more single time collectibles you find giving you incentive to learn the lore. I personally got really invested in Khazan's Journey. Now I'll start the NG+ at Hardcore and get my ass kicked and absolutely love it.