PSA for Khazan. Do not buy this game even if you enjoyed the demo and intend to play on normal all the way through thinking difficulty will be representative of that experience, The demo is deceptive showcasing perfectly balanced difficulty. As the game goes on it ramps and ramps until it is more difficult than NES arcade games that want to squeeze coins out of you or more similarly it makes Ninja Gaiden Black back look like a kids game. The difficulty is fair, sadly enough but it's hard to understand how the QA team were able to bug test this, they must be living gaming God's.
Below is a standard mob after the demo and below that the third boss which is the first boss after the demo, this is as easy as it gets and there is no point leveling up cause it barely matters and the difficulty will always outpace your leveling anyway but it gets worse, everything is designed to trick your sense of timing with delayed attacks followed by fast attack and then vice versa with RNG so unlike Sekiro you can't get into an overall rythym to wing it with bosses and bosses soon end up more difficult than end game bosses in Sekiro or Nioh 2.
To say they went overboard here is an understatement, they made this game for the 1% of Soulsborne/Sekiro fans who want to play naked without upgrading weapons or what not. Either be prepared to drop to easy mode or avoid, the fun just doesn't overlap the punishment. There is no flow state gameplay here cause you're constantly having to be on your toes and managing the stanima meter which is also your posture break should it deplete and it's tied to everything you do from attacking, dodging to guarding and parrying. This game is for people who hate themselves, I keep getting pulled back to it for that very reason, I must despise myself.
Standard mob after Demo:
First Boss after the demo:
Last edited by LegitHyperbole - on 15 April 2025
