The First Berserker: Khazan

Man, this game is so good. The combat is sleek, buttery smooth and really satisfying. It's better and harder than Sekiro, while being fair. Kudos to the devs!

VERY GOOD GAME

Haven't had this much fun getting my teeth kicked in over and over and mastering the bosses bit by bit for a while. The combat overall feels great and with parries it somewhat feels like you´re actually trading blows with your opponent when staggering them out of their combo to get out a combo or a few attacks yourself and breaking their posture to land a finishing blow. The world sometimes feels a bit too linear but the shortcuts feel well placed to me. Also the runback to bosses after getting stomped feels reasonable as well. No I have to get through X amount of enemies again just for a retry on the boss. The "bonfire" is commonly placed near the boss door. Weapon variety is low with only three types (dual wield, spear, greatsword) but every weapon type has its own skill tree which fleshes out the combat as you go on and invest in you're preferred weapon type. I loved the greatsword, the heavy playstyle with parries, reflections and block/perfect blocking. Dual wield I havent tried much and spear is due to range and quick attacks/easy posture breaking more of an easy mode. Played on expert (which is the intended difficulty as how I understand it). Bosses feel very tanky, very fast and can kill you in seconds but thats okay once you master combat. Once you get the "rhythm" of a boss fight it really feels like a dance. It's sad to know that there probably never will be a sequel or DLC.