Man i just finished the demo and pre ordered it righ after immediately.. The animation, the combat, moveset, everything is so beautiful. Can't wait for this game.
It kind of snuck up on me. When I saw the first gameplay, I thought it looked decent but nothing special, but seems like they really polished it since then
A good demo is a great sign but the fact that people are still preordering games in 2025 is crazy.... On top of that the dev isnt a proven company like fromsoft that has a history of solid releases. They made like one other game and its mobile slop with mixed reviews
it's a pretty boring souls like, and the berserker elements doesn't feel right, it's more supernatural than an ability gained through accumulating pain and damage, it's overdesigned and soulless.
This is a little too cel-shaded to give me Vagrant Story vibes. I've always considered FFXII to be the next step up from Vagrant Story in terms of visuals.
its been fully released on steam but it costs 60 euro to purchase full game/i want to get on steam or ps5 the blood of the dawnwalker and the ocultist as i like castlevania vibes and I also have an ocultist game/ also i am a dracula fan so the vampire game makes more sense to me than khazan
I just finished the demo a few hours ago and it’s on the pre-order list. Man these new games from China and South Korea are fire Black Myth Wukong, Lies of Pie, Stellar blade, and now Khazan the First Berserker. See you all on March 27th!
@@SolidSnake240 I haven't played much of it, just been doing the first yeti loop. Gained levels, got armour, and got upgraded weapons. Just wanted to try to work out how everything works. Still have no idea about equip load, levelling hardly affects it, damage is the same too, hardly changes with levels. Gameplay seems very promising so far, and it is running smoothly without issue for me on pc. This does look very promising.
I'm playing it with right now. 4 hours went by and I didn't even notice. Tough but rewarding combat. Loot is Set Bonus type and bosses are manageable as long as you get their move sets correct and use block plus doge properly. Will play again tomorrow.
Looks better than majority of games like this. Doesn’t look like he’s hitting enemies with a pool noodle and the blood showing up on enemies while being hit is a nice touch
ngl at first I thought it looked just alright but, after watching I can really see the potential in the moveset and gameplay mechanics. Looks pretty sick so ill keep it on my radar
Finally action games are making a comeback! 1h in and combat already has more depth than most souls games. This game feels more like Nioh, DMC and Darksiders than Souls. Actual combos and more than three moves. Thank god! Seems to be polished and runs great too.
@maka-p5u Wukong is a bad example lol. It has one weapon and no build veriety. Wukong could be so much better with more depth as well. Transformations are cool but everything would need twice the moves to be actually interesting...
@@maka-p5uwukong combat is mid it is just pressing square till a bar fills up then you press triangle and do a move and the abilites are all on cooldown
i wasn't a fan of the art style when i first saw it, but after playing the demo, i must say I'm 100% sold. It feels like dark souls with hints of gods of war. it's been a long time since I've been excited about an upcoming release.
Loving the spear moveset. It's so refreshing to see a game do Spears that are actually usable. Last time i remember using a spear was probably in Darksiders 3.
I'm liking the voice performances, and the familiar tones: Ben Starr of course (whose battle sounds where he sounds like a wild beast roaring in anger) and Anthony Howell (Margit/Morgott from Elden Ring) as Blade Phantom with that whispered, cultured tone.
The optimization work on this is fantastic. Running it above 80fps on high settings on a 2060 super, no need for DLSS. Great art style, fun gameplay, ACTUAL GOOD BOSSES!!!
Just got the demo today and got to the graveyard point where you first get the blade. Maybe its just the experience in me from all these games but i always try and find a farm spot and that little revenant part drops 3k. If u let the last big guy kill you your points spawn outside the arena then u have to go back and do the same thing over again easy 3k points you can rack up in a few hours and possibly reach 100 right there if you really want to 😂
This is amazing, played the whole demo and i'm ready to buy this game already. The fights are smooth and very thrilling, the stamina system is a very cool way to incorporate sekiro-like parrying into the game and the story, GOD DAMN IM GOING TO BUY THIS
This is my kinda of game im loving the demo it feels like a team ninja game it doesn't feel like sekiro like people been saying lol it plays nothing like a fromsoftware game its more like a team ninja style game
I got my start on the demo playthrough with the help of parry mechanic from Sekiro clocked in for 18 hours without dying while doing the no death challenge. I got to the blade nexus as a stopping point at level 45. 🙂
If you break the ice off his back it actually really damages him bad. I fought him like 30 times in the tech test and got it a couple times. Really awesome game man can’t wait for the release.
Ive been having an absolute blast with this game! Ive been looking forward to it for months, I was upset I never applied for the closed beta but Im so glad I get to play it now. I play on Xbox Series S and the only problem Iv ehad is frame rates dropping and enemies just standing still in the middle of combat. Other than that its been smooth sailing and a very enjoyable experience.
Walked all the way down and didn't get the cut scene to get the weapons so I'm just walking around super slow and can't even do the tutorial 👍🏼 so far so good
How the hell do you get rid of the blue hue at the top of the screen !? Drives me crazy that the top half of my screen is brighter than the bottom half.
Kinda reminds me of Code Vein spliced with Lords of The Fallen. I’m not getting massively excited about it but after playing the demo, I definitely think the game has potential to do well.
I liked the look of this game from the previews, but I'm a little wary of souls-likes outside of a couple of exceptions, so I downloaded the demo (p.s, please game devs, give us more demos) and I've got to say I'm really happy I tried the game. Its fun, has some cool ideas (gear set bonuses/free skill point respec on the fly/being able to carry progress over from the demo to the full game) and has just the right amount of challenge. My only issue gameplay wise so far, is that for some reason I just can't deal with the second abyssal enemy after you get the spear 😂. I know I know, git gud etc, but its just super frustrating for some reason haha. One thing I do sort of miss, and it won't bother the vast majority of people, is the fact that the levels don't have a great deal of interactivity, at least not that I've found so far. As a Diablo/Zelda/Dark Souls fan, not being able to roll around and destroy crates etc. that are lying around the levels, makes the environments feel completely separate from the character. 2 small issues in the grand scheme of things, and the positive points FAR outweigh the negatives. Will be purchasing on release for sure 👍
The run animation looks like its animation speed could be turned down a little cuz its faster than the actual speed. Other than that this actually looks decent so far
Anyone else find the parry timing to vary from one weapon to another? I’ve gone through this demo 3 times and have leveled up based on the 3 available weapons in the demo…. The parry timing is jenky. It’s not as precise as I think it needs to be. I don’t know if heavier weapons have a different window but I think it’s a mistake to do that if that’s the case. There are certain sequences in which the bosses attack that I basically know by heart but the parry timing from one weapon to another seems to not be correct. I platinumed Sekiro and the rhythmic timing was always spot on. I feel like this game / demo needs some adjusting. Other than that - it’s super fun. I can’t wait to tweak builds based on gear and weapons. It’s looking like it’s going to have a lot of replay value if you can’t respec as you go, especially with each weapon having its own skill tree ON TOP OF the “common” skills which just apply to Khazan. Most fun I have had with a demo in a while as far as replayability is concerned.
another nana disapeared... so grandson carries a caaage... he ever has his cage... and nana's never coming back. So step into the caaage and become nana's shaaade.
This would be the crossover of the century lol who would guess this madness is from Dark Souls 3?? I only know it because I used to sing this crap to my friend a lot 😂😂
Genuine question. Afte fighting Blade Phantom and talking to granny the ladder is there. After clicking on lacrima "return to title screen" the ladder is Up, anavailable. Can u climb it and farm more before "returning to title screen" ?
Thats a really solid playthrough there, but man i wish they ramped up the combat like droping and using enemies weapons, you basicaly have to play 40+ minutes to be able to switch the dual axe/sword...
Really good but on my base PS5 not sure about anyone else there’s some very slight delay at times during combat and when I’m sprinting there’s areas of his animations that look kinda - jittery? It’s odd, but definitely not game breaking and also a demo so they have time to smooth it out.
@wasupman777 please elaborate because it's rated M. The game is described as a HARCORE ACTION game. This is barely hardcore action. Not to mention the character is supposed to be a berserker right? Berserkers hack and slash their enemies to pieces, and this simply does not deliver. Whichever audience this does appeal to clearly have no idea what hardcore action is...God of War is hardcore, Gears is hardcore, Space Marine 2 is hardcore,MK is hardcore, Even Nioh 2, the game it's being compared to is more hardcore.. This is Softcore
Agree with you there, videogames need to embrace their GAME-ness Give me more over the top violence and spectacle like God of War 3 and the gears series
@ I'm sorry if this game doesn't meet your expectations. I'm totally sold on this game, the main character, the dark fantasy like environment, everything is beautiful. I like my main characters charismatic, overpowered and stuff. This game is all i ever wanted it to be like. I really do not care about dismemberments. The violence in the game does it for me. This game is probably not for you since you don't like "softcore" game so hopefully you find something to your likes this year! have a blessing day :)
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That first big guy killed me 3 times so far. Well done sir. Looks like it will be a good game.
Man i just finished the demo and pre ordered it righ after immediately.. The animation, the combat, moveset, everything is so beautiful. Can't wait for this game.
It kind of snuck up on me. When I saw the first gameplay, I thought it looked decent but nothing special, but seems like they really polished it since then
Same! Played and went straight to pre-order with early access! I’m happy to support developers like this.
A good demo is a great sign but the fact that people are still preordering games in 2025 is crazy.... On top of that the dev isnt a proven company like fromsoft that has a history of solid releases. They made like one other game and its mobile slop with mixed reviews
it's a pretty boring souls like, and the berserker elements doesn't feel right, it's more supernatural than an ability gained through accumulating pain and damage, it's overdesigned and soulless.
@Tigerhearty yeah it's kinda weird
The fluidity, risk and reward feeling when you block and the "Vagrant Story" feel to the character models is awesome
This is a little too cel-shaded to give me Vagrant Story vibes. I've always considered FFXII to be the next step up from Vagrant Story in terms of visuals.
I like the cel shading, but it's more Code Vein than Vagrant Story.
I am so excited for this game
This is better than i expected! Can't wait to for it's full release
its been fully released on steam but it costs 60 euro to purchase full game/i want to get on steam or ps5 the blood of the dawnwalker and the ocultist as i like castlevania vibes and I also have an ocultist game/ also i am a dracula fan so the vampire game makes more sense to me than khazan
just got past the first main boss - having a blast with this game!
If you die to main boss, do you have to start all over?
Yea it restarts u from the beginning idk why
@@holden1234nno most recent rest place
@@Shahmane666 lol I meant to ask - do you have to start the entire walkthrough over? Not the boss itself lol
@@holden1234n You start at the checkpoint before the boss.
Just finished the demo def buying this im hooked now
Love the art direction
I just finished the demo a few hours ago and it’s on the pre-order list. Man these new games from China and South Korea are fire Black Myth Wukong, Lies of Pie, Stellar blade, and now Khazan the First Berserker. See you all on March 27th!
Go and check out new phantom blade gameplay its crazy good
that sword is just straight up soul caliber bro
Been waiting for something i can see how this might look. Lets go
Regardless of whether this turns out to be good, or bad, I am very thankful for demos! Downloading now.
How you feeling about it? I think it's pretty solid so far.
@@SolidSnake240 I haven't played much of it, just been doing the first yeti loop. Gained levels, got armour, and got upgraded weapons. Just wanted to try to work out how everything works. Still have no idea about equip load, levelling hardly affects it, damage is the same too, hardly changes with levels. Gameplay seems very promising so far, and it is running smoothly without issue for me on pc. This does look very promising.
This was an instant preorder after the demo for me.
Love how fast the combat looks.
My most anticipated release of 2025!! I can't wait to get my hands on the Demo today!!
This looks amazing. Fluid and fast, and the aesthetic is just fantastic.
Appreciate this upload brother. Dope to get to see you playing it. I'm beyond hyped for Khazan. Gonna be playin the demo today 🙏😤🙌
I'm playing it with right now. 4 hours went by and I didn't even notice. Tough but rewarding combat. Loot is Set Bonus type and bosses are manageable as long as you get their move sets correct and use block plus doge properly.
Will play again tomorrow.
Looks better than majority of games like this. Doesn’t look like he’s hitting enemies with a pool noodle and the blood showing up on enemies while being hit is a nice touch
ngl at first I thought it looked just alright but, after watching I can really see the potential in the moveset and gameplay mechanics. Looks pretty sick so ill keep it on my radar
Checkpoints before bosses! Finally!
Finally action games are making a comeback! 1h in and combat already has more depth than most souls games. This game feels more like Nioh, DMC and Darksiders than Souls. Actual combos and more than three moves. Thank god! Seems to be polished and runs great too.
souls game are bad and wukong is so so much better than this one
nobody is playing souls games after wukong🤣
@maka-p5u Wukong is a bad example lol. It has one weapon and no build veriety. Wukong could be so much better with more depth as well. Transformations are cool but everything would need twice the moves to be actually interesting...
@@maka-p5u i hated wukongs combat
@@maka-p5uwukong combat is mid it is just pressing square till a bar fills up then you press triangle and do a move and the abilites are all on cooldown
the art style looks weirdly much more anime than I thought it would - looks like Tales of Arise
i wasn't a fan of the art style when i first saw it, but after playing the demo, i must say I'm 100% sold. It feels like dark souls with hints of gods of war. it's been a long time since I've been excited about an upcoming release.
Playing with japanese voices and it's so great because we have Aizen as the Phantom and Sephiroth as Khazan
Day one for me. Holy shit the combat was amazing, and when i got that greatsword, he was complete.
Loving the spear moveset. It's so refreshing to see a game do Spears that are actually usable. Last time i remember using a spear was probably in Darksiders 3.
Looks cool!
I’m interested
Love this game so much I'm glad I preordered the deluxe! I will say fighting myself was the most annoying boss ever like damn😭
The first boss reminds me of the Guardian Ape boss fight in Sekiro.
Guardian ape is the embodiment of trauma. It was him, Isshin and the monk that gave me PTSD
@herroxsq Guardian ape for me.
lmaooo yo frfr. Bro really picked his head up and. Said nahh I still wanna fight
Already raging on this boss in demo itself
Well yeah it copies sekiro hard
I love I can respec points easily to a favorite build type. Looks so good
I'm liking the voice performances, and the familiar tones: Ben Starr of course (whose battle sounds where he sounds like a wild beast roaring in anger) and Anthony Howell (Margit/Morgott from Elden Ring) as Blade Phantom with that whispered, cultured tone.
The optimization work on this is fantastic. Running it above 80fps on high settings on a 2060 super, no need for DLSS. Great art style, fun gameplay, ACTUAL GOOD BOSSES!!!
Just got the demo today and got to the graveyard point where you first get the blade. Maybe its just the experience in me from all these games but i always try and find a farm spot and that little revenant part drops 3k. If u let the last big guy kill you your points spawn outside the arena then u have to go back and do the same thing over again easy 3k points you can rack up in a few hours and possibly reach 100 right there if you really want to 😂
OMG I love the spear gameplay. I think I might just main that.
You just like me fr, I love the move where you can stab them then turn them around to get behind them especially
Just finished the demo, auto buy on march 27 :)
Demo was fun. Played it on the deck 30fps++, near max settings 🎉
Great video.
This is amazing, played the whole demo and i'm ready to buy this game already.
The fights are smooth and very thrilling, the stamina system is a very cool way to incorporate sekiro-like parrying into the game and the story, GOD DAMN IM GOING TO BUY THIS
This is the ch I will be watching for tips on this game you earn a sub just from your game play keep up the good work looking out got more content
This is my kinda of game im loving the demo it feels like a team ninja game it doesn't feel like sekiro like people been saying lol it plays nothing like a fromsoftware game its more like a team ninja style game
For real
It definitely feels like a game
@@Skobeloff...😂
@@Skobeloff...it’s truly one of the games of all time
Team ninja took inspiration from fromsoftware
You made that snow boss look easy. Its super hard 😢
Finally a game w a great range of weapons 😮
The game is soooo good! Day 1 buy for me
I got my start on the demo playthrough with the help of parry mechanic from Sekiro clocked in for 18 hours without dying while doing the no death challenge.
I got to the blade nexus as a stopping point at level 45. 🙂
If you break the ice off his back it actually really damages him bad. I fought him like 30 times in the tech test and got it a couple times. Really awesome game man can’t wait for the release.
Ive been having an absolute blast with this game! Ive been looking forward to it for months, I was upset I never applied for the closed beta but Im so glad I get to play it now. I play on Xbox Series S and the only problem Iv ehad is frame rates dropping and enemies just standing still in the middle of combat. Other than that its been smooth sailing and a very enjoyable experience.
This looks absolutely incredible
Thanks for the video
Walked all the way down and didn't get the cut scene to get the weapons so I'm just walking around super slow and can't even do the tutorial 👍🏼 so far so good
Still (? ) on steam deck , played it on my steam deck Oled and it was absolutely phenomenal.
Absolutely Day one ☝️
One thing I appreciate about this guy is, he equips the acquired gears immediately 😂
How the hell do you get rid of the blue hue at the top of the screen !? Drives me crazy that the top half of my screen is brighter than the bottom half.
I don't know if the game have HDR option, but try turning that off on your system and the game as well
From this gameplay i get some Darksiders vibes, good old times..
This game looks amazing
It's like super dark Tales of Berseria and I'm all here for it lol
Kinda reminds me of Code Vein spliced with Lords of The Fallen. I’m not getting massively excited about it but after playing the demo, I definitely think the game has potential to do well.
Mixture of nioh and sekiro, looks good
The art style kinda reminds me of berserk
@@monstar8395That's what they were going for 😂.
I liked the look of this game from the previews, but I'm a little wary of souls-likes outside of a couple of exceptions, so I downloaded the demo (p.s, please game devs, give us more demos) and I've got to say I'm really happy I tried the game.
Its fun, has some cool ideas (gear set bonuses/free skill point respec on the fly/being able to carry progress over from the demo to the full game) and has just the right amount of challenge.
My only issue gameplay wise so far, is that for some reason I just can't deal with the second abyssal enemy after you get the spear 😂. I know I know, git gud etc, but its just super frustrating for some reason haha.
One thing I do sort of miss, and it won't bother the vast majority of people, is the fact that the levels don't have a great deal of interactivity, at least not that I've found so far.
As a Diablo/Zelda/Dark Souls fan, not being able to roll around and destroy crates etc. that are lying around the levels, makes the environments feel completely separate from the character.
2 small issues in the grand scheme of things, and the positive points FAR outweigh the negatives.
Will be purchasing on release for sure 👍
Oh sorry, you want my money? Here take all of it! Gosh, this looks fantastic!!!
The run animation looks like its animation speed could be turned down a little cuz its faster than the actual speed. Other than that this actually looks decent so far
Agreed
Earlier footage I saw showed an obvious issue with the movement, but everyone was just hyping it up regardless. Waiting for the demo to download
Add a motion blur option as well
it's took me 12th tries to beat blade phantom and memorize his pattern.. It's felt good to accomplishment it.
Anyone else find the parry timing to vary from one weapon to another? I’ve gone through this demo 3 times and have leveled up based on the 3 available weapons in the demo…. The parry timing is jenky. It’s not as precise as I think it needs to be. I don’t know if heavier weapons have a different window but I think it’s a mistake to do that if that’s the case.
There are certain sequences in which the bosses attack that I basically know by heart but the parry timing from one weapon to another seems to not be correct. I platinumed Sekiro and the rhythmic timing was always spot on. I feel like this game / demo needs some adjusting.
Other than that - it’s super fun. I can’t wait to tweak builds based on gear and weapons. It’s looking like it’s going to have a lot of replay value if you can’t respec as you go, especially with each weapon having its own skill tree ON TOP OF the “common” skills which just apply to Khazan.
Most fun I have had with a demo in a while as far as replayability is concerned.
It took me 6 hours to beat the demo im trash lmfaoo
This game looking good,but i'm addicted to Where Winds Meet than anything else now.
The sound effects of this game !!!!!!!
"Ah your finally awake?" Ahh opening scene
another nana disapeared... so grandson carries a caaage... he ever has his cage... and nana's never coming back. So step into the caaage and become nana's shaaade.
@@jojipoji2322 I'm gay!
@ 🫵🏻🌈
This would be the crossover of the century lol who would guess this madness is from Dark Souls 3?? I only know it because I used to sing this crap to my friend a lot 😂😂
Demos great!!!
Ok so the first voiceover is Margit right? I immediately recognize that voice. I will definitely try the demo later as well.
Genuine question. Afte fighting Blade Phantom and talking to granny the ladder is there. After clicking on lacrima "return to title screen" the ladder is Up, anavailable. Can u climb it and farm more before "returning to title screen" ?
I beat the game twice and no, you can't go farm after deafiting Blade Phantom.
I dig it, pretty hype!
Wuchang, this, ballad of antara, going to be a fun year for soulslike
That yeti boss feels impossible at the moment. Also I have loads of currency I don’t seem to know where to spend. Is it after the boss?
Currency is not used in the demo, but demo saves transfer to the full game so you'll be able to spend them whenever the feature unlocks
@ ah ok. I beat the yeti finally haha
Gotta fix stun lock on hits, the healing animation, and that will help this game out immensely.
Definitely interested
Feels like Nioh combat with a less cartoony/over the top art style...NICE!
Does the demo progress transfer to the game when released
I beat the demo, but is there a way to replay up to that point again?
You can get a full set of armour off of that first yeti if you keep returning, it drops something every time.
sweet...pre ordering this shizzle
Thats a really solid playthrough there, but man i wish they ramped up the combat like droping and using enemies weapons, you basicaly have to play 40+ minutes to be able to switch the dual axe/sword...
Depends how long the actual game is
the video doesn't do justice to it, go play the demo the combat is awesome.
The hit detection seems off. Its like the enemies are getting hit before the weapon makes contact. Or am i tripping?
Really good but on my base PS5 not sure about anyone else there’s some very slight delay at times during combat and when I’m sprinting there’s areas of his animations that look kinda - jittery? It’s odd, but definitely not game breaking and also a demo so they have time to smooth it out.
What's the point of all the blood if there's no dismemberments? The huge sharp weapons feel underwhelming.
I think they made it less gore to appeal to most audience.
@wasupman777 please elaborate because it's rated M. The game is described as a HARCORE ACTION game. This is barely hardcore action. Not to mention the character is supposed to be a berserker right? Berserkers hack and slash their enemies to pieces, and this simply does not deliver. Whichever audience this does appeal to clearly have no idea what hardcore action is...God of War is hardcore, Gears is hardcore, Space Marine 2 is hardcore,MK is hardcore, Even Nioh 2, the game it's being compared to is more hardcore.. This is Softcore
Starting to sound like you get off on people losing limbs. Who cares lmao, its a great game so far!
Agree with you there, videogames need to embrace their GAME-ness
Give me more over the top violence and spectacle like God of War 3 and the gears series
@ I'm sorry if this game doesn't meet your expectations. I'm totally sold on this game, the main character, the dark fantasy like environment, everything is beautiful. I like my main characters charismatic, overpowered and stuff. This game is all i ever wanted it to be like. I really do not care about dismemberments. The violence in the game does it for me. This game is probably not for you since you don't like "softcore" game so hopefully you find something to your likes this year! have a blessing day :)
Game of the year.
Calling it rn.
No chance
Can we use Wemod or does Denuvo prevent that?
Its so good!!! Playing the demo over and over lol. 27 march cant come soon enough.
And the soundtrack is epic!!!
Looks great like a LOTF meets Sekiro❤
I got to play the beta and i love everything about this game
The evade movements resemble those of Wukong, while the sounds and clunky animations are similar to those in Lords of the Fallen.
It reminded me of Lords of the Fallen
The guardian ape cousin gave me a hard time but managed to beat it finally, phew!
I managed to kill that snow boss at level 80+ on my first try.
Game looks tasty 🤤
Anyone know how many missions are on the game in total?
So the exp gain everytime you got killed by bosses is it an actual game feature or is it just for the demo?
Game feature 😊
feels good
I can't parry anything. I still get hit. When are you supposed to do it? The last boss is taking forever.
This pretty much looks like Korean Nioh and it's a great thing
How did you get long hair with him mines only has ponytail
I believe you equipped that top armour, you found in the cave with giant bear in it, I noticed that too after wearing it💯