Notas detalhadas sobre The First Berserker: Khazan

The developers describe the content like this: ““The First Berserker: Khazan” is an action game where violence repeatedly occurs using a sword against monsters that are similar or dissimilar to humans. Blood effects accompany when receiving attacks or attacking states.”

Novo soulslike, Khazan reúne elementos que deram certo na categoria e faz seu próprio suco — e um suco bem Porreiro para se repetir

A gameplay parece bastante a de Nioh, ao ponto de quase parecer um sucessor espiritual do jogo. Khazan tem acesso a 3 tipos de armas: lança, espada Enorme e empunhadura dupla usando espada e machado, usando cada uma dessas armas tendo sua própria própria árvore do habilidades onde o jogador consegue montar builds completamente variados para o exatamente Género de arma.

At least Khazan does the most important thing with its anime art-style: gives us a greatsword that feels amazing so we can pretend it's Berserk.

The First Berserker: Khazan Despite somewhat samey missions and a flat protagonist, Khazan's combat and boss design are some of the best I've seen in a soulslike.

A clara inspiração para isso foi Nioh, qual igualmente utiliza 1 sistema natural semelhante, porém isso tira um pouco do charme por um Souls e a graça de explorar 1 mundo interconectado e parecer caminhos bem escondidos entre as áreas.

Outra coisa que também incomoda bem é o fato do progresso em atalhos dentro Destes mapas não ficar salvo permanentemente pelo jogo, quando comecei a tomar backtracking nos mapas anteriores para pegar ESTES colecionáveis da platina, me deparei com todos ESTES atalhos que eu tinha Espontâneo, completamente fechados.

Não sei se isso foi por questãeste intencional por design ou resultado de 1 erro, mas tenho a impressãeste por que muitos vãeste chegar nesse ponto da aventura e se sentir frustrados pela “surpresa” de que este estúdio preparou — mas vale a pena insistir 1 pouco de modo a atravessar dela.

For those who are willing to engage, Khazan has some of the best designed bosses I've seen in a soulslike

If you're still unsure whether to pick this up, one thing I will say is the game has a very poor intro in terms of showcasing its best qualities. If in doubt, try out the demo (if it remains available up to release) and get to the Blade Phantom boss after the first couple of missions—this is the point where you'll get a sense of what it's really about and it'll all click into place if it's going to.

Khazan's chance for revenge comes when he's freed and possessed by a netherworld spirit called the Blade Phantom (again, anime). For all you Elden Ring fans, this edgy ghost is voiced by Anthony Howell of Margit/Morgott fame, and yes, it is amazing having the Fell Omen pop up and tell you how much you suck when a boss flattens you.

After all, Khazan has some real difficulty spikes. Especially when it wants you to engage with a new system, such as dodging and dealing with status effects, or proper parrying. Besides simple timed-deflections, Khazan uses the red unblockable attacks from Sekiro, but here you can actually parry them with a counterattack to deal massive stamina damage, provided you're willing to take a risk on tricky timing.

Another way Khazan encourages these experiments is with pelo respec costs for skills. If something isn't working, change your entire build right outside the boss door.

3 hours with The First Berserker: Khazan Elden Ring Nightreign helped me accept it's not the co-op FromSoft game I asked for, but damn fun in its own right