The First Berserker: Khazan (souls like - PC/Xbox/PS5)

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Bloodrocuted

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Playing on normal with no summons, and a few of these bosses have almost sent me over the edge. Enjoying the game quite a bit when I’m not raging
 
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Chimney

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Playing on normal with no summons, and a few of these bosses have almost sent me over the edge. Enjoying the game quite a bit when I’m not raging

Once I got reflection timing down (and filled the tree) everything has become immensely easier. Can break poise in like 1-2 reflections and then just take 30-50% of health with your big damage combo chains.
 
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Utnayan

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Playing the demo again before launching into the full game and just trained the bear in the cave on the yeti along with 4 guards and just laughed and watched the carnage and mopped up 😂

Hateyou Hateyou I’m living the gitgudfgt dream right now.
 

Utnayan

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I just beat the first yeti boss on normal and feel like I won the demo 😀 This game rocks!
 
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Utnayan

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Ok bought it. Looks like I know what I’m doing this weekend now. Stayed on normal too and beat both bosses and started using different strategies. Hateyou Hateyou you would be proud. Not too bad for an old fart.
 
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Springbok

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I've got the most fucking annoying shit imaginable happening - in EVERY boss room now, I get hard freezes and have to hard boot my pc again. Just had that piece of fucking TRASH Maluca dead to rights finally and froze again. FUUUUUUUU
 
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Utnayan

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I found Viper.

Holy fuck. First time I had him and half down on phase 2 and lost it. Now I can barely get through phase one again.
 

Utnayan

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Ok I just farmed hunter gear 25% DMG increase on this sick son of a bitch.

Easy mode means defeat.

I platted Elden Ring. Ain't nobody got time for that.
 

Chimney

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Ok I just farmed hunter gear 25% DMG increase on this sick son of a bitch.

Easy mode means defeat.

I platted Elden Ring. Ain't nobody got time for that.

Godspeed. I'm 2 bosses away from finishing and have been one shotting my way through the entire third area. Trying to make sure I get all the crap for the special ending and the extra phase on last boss. I hear he is brutal =D
 
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Blueweed

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very fun game, still rolling with badass GS. Think I am a few bosses from finishing, slowly savouring every last bit of it.

Kinda wish Castlevania will revive their Lord of shadows series
 
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Springbok

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This game is great - couple of wishes though... Wish there were more weapons (SNS, Ranged, Hammer, INSECT GLAIVE!), and wish the environments were less monotone colour wise. It's a great engine and every zone is grey or brown.

Other than that, have like 5 bosses left and am loving it. I actually think the anime stuff is neat, and a few of the cutscense have been excellent.
 
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nu_11

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Ya environments are bland...

TBH the game is becoming too easy. Viper was hard but he was in the beginning of the game and I didn't know much about their combat systems. That fight made me rethink my combos and I found one that pretty much melts everything else afterward (like 5 or so bosses later).

Also, this game is a soulslike facade. Some of the systems are soulslike but the combat combo system is something else (idk what to compare it to as I don't play much action games with combo systems).
 

Utnayan

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I love the fact that you can take a break and unlock some things. Like the codex challenges for recipes and such to make later. Or my new found friend the jar guy 😂
 

Utnayan

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So I’m a dumbass and missed a huge skill up part. In Khazan’s memories I hit square and can level up three attributes and had 23 vengeance points to spend. Holy fuck wonder how many people missed that one.
 
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Springbok

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Ya environments are bland...

TBH the game is becoming too easy. Viper was hard but he was in the beginning of the game and I didn't know much about their combat systems. That fight made me rethink my combos and I found one that pretty much melts everything else afterward (like 5 or so bosses later).

Also, this game is a soulslike facade. Some of the systems are soulslike but the combat combo system is something else (idk what to compare it to as I don't play much action games with combo systems).
To me it feels more Nioh than Souls. Yeah, it suffers from what a lot of souls esque games do - relatively easy start -> difficult -> FUCK ME difficult -> easier -> easy -> WTF IMPOSSIBLE LAST BOSS.
 
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Vorph

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At least in the demo this seemed like another parry-or-die game like Lies of P. Nioh wasn't like that at all. Main reason I didn't end up preordering it; after rushing through Lies of P before it left Game Pass I've had my fill of that style for the year.
 

nu_11

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So I’m a dumbass and missed a huge skill up part. In Khazan’s memories I hit square and can level up three attributes and had 23 vengeance points to spend. Holy fuck wonder how many people missed that one.
Oh shit. I have 20! Hmm, I'll see how things go without them.
 
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Springbok

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It’s definitely sekiro meets nioh. Perfect dodge is great though and viable but a lot of timing in this game
 

Utnayan

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What the heck is up with weapon scaling? Everything is B/C and my demo weapons are b+ and B and I never upgrade to any of these other weapons because my attack always goes lower.