I have to take back my recommendation for Khazan. This is a game for hard core Souls and Sekiro players who don't cheese or grind levels. None of that is going to help you here. To say it is brutal is an understatement and it continues on a trajectory of raising difficulty on a steep slope. If you play Souls and go straight through to bosses only doing one sweep of the area, I'd let the recommendation stand cause it is good for the mind set of over coming challenge inch by inch but for everyone else nope. Stay clear. 

I'm not far in, maybe 6 or 7 hours, it had already surpassed Elden Ring, Blooodborne and Sekiro in difficulty and it keeps ramping in big chunks, it's not reached Nioh 2 levels of punishment yet but at this trajectory it won't be long. This game might filter me and definitely would if they hadn't ripped of Sekiros buttons cause there's no way I'm getting through this without strong muscle memory. Idk what I was expecting but I wasn't expecting it to be this hard-core, regardless it keeps it's fun and I'd even say more so than Nioh 2 which was on a knife edge between difficulty and fun, learning mechanics and telegraphs in this is easier so in a way you have a better chance. Once I get to a boss that takes me more than eight hours I'm dropping the game regardless of how fun it is cause that's the time I expect from an end game boss, not sonething at less than 20% of the playthrough, I imagine that'll come soon cause every boss goes up like 50% in difficulty, not to mention the areas are like Lies of P's last few hours right out the gate. They really went for the hard-core Souls people with this and I kinda resent them for not making the demo representative of what you'll face soon after but I can't complain because aside from the camera clipping it is the most fair of these games next to sekiro, every mistake is entirely on you.

I really like Rise of The Ronin. I don't get the hate, this game is great right out the gate. It's knows exactly what it wants to be, Assassin's creed in Japan with actually great combat. Game feels exceptionally easy however after wading through Khazan the last few days, just enemies are really spongey which I like cause you can wail on them more but it is weird killing an NPC like five times, ripping him near in half many times over. Sure the map is cluttered busy work but sometimes that's enjoyable and it is here. I'd recommend at half price sale or try the demo, you may be very surprised that this reviewed in the mid 70's.

Just made it to Chapter 13 on FFVII Remake Intergrade.

I love how they have so much emphasis on the Avalanche members this time around compared to the original - Jesse, Biggs and Wedge.

Even the Turks have more personality (not that they were lacking of from the OG storyline).

Khazan is diabolical on the standard difficulty it is more difficult than Sekiro and more punishing than Nioh 2 and only continues to grow in difficulty in ramps. I have never played a game tuned to consistently spike this difficult wise, It's fun but it's not fun enough to justify the insane level of challenge. Can't say I'd want to beat it on easy either even though even though it is tempting.

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:

Khazan isn't just the hardest Soulsborne it's the hardest game I've ever played in any action or vombat focused game, period. Only gimmick difficulty modes are this hard and punishing like GOW '18s God of War mode.

AAA games might be imover priced right now but it's still a great time to game. On the PSN member ship sales I went in with a budget of 20 euro total and got these cheap as chips...

Soundfall, a rythymm combat game with looter shooter elements. 

Evoland, a game that evolves from pre NES RRPGs to more modern JRPGs as you progress.

Soulstice, a combat driven RPG.

Ion Fury, an old school Duke nukem style FPS.

Fallen Legion Sins of the Empire, a 2d sidescrolling action combat game.

Entropy Survivors, a Vampire Survivors like game.

They all seem promising in different ways and I also grabbed Vampire hunters for full price at 15 which seems like the place to start, it's an FPS version of Vampire Survivors. Basically a first person brotato. I also want to grab Bullets per minute, seems better executed than Metal Hell Singer which was just frustrating to play.

Playing Neva, very pretty very artistic. Only did the first boss so far but it was quite a challenge since you can only get hit 3 times (but you can gain health by hitting enemies enough times in a row without taking damage)

X men legends on ps2.
Having a lot of fun with it

Vampire hunters is a lotta fun but tuned too hard which is ironic cause I bought it for some reprieve from the insanity that Khazan puts you through.