GO BERSERK

Reap bloody Soulslike vengeance in THE FIRST BERSERKER: KHAZAN

- By Sean Martin

Do you remember the moment that Sekiro forced you to start playing by its rules? For me, I was trundling through the game like I was playing Dark Souls when I hit the Lady Butterfly boss, and suddenly there was no room for doubt: if I didn’t properly learn these new combat mechanics, I wasn’t going any further. It’s something I’ve always admired about Sekiro—how it pits you against bosses that force you to engage with its.

As with many Soulslikes in recent years, Khazan apes quite a few of Sekiro’s more-than-familiar combat mechanics—whether deflecting to build a gauge and stagger a boss, or avoiding unblockable attacks that flash red. But more than perhaps any other Soulslike I've played, Khazan successfully adds its own twists to these timeworn mechanics, while providing a lineup of fantastically designed bosses who make you dance like a monkey as you learn them.

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