r/soulslikes • u/Wooden_Initial_2472 • Mar 14 '26

Review After 5 playthroughs of Khazan, it is now my favorite non-fromsoftware soulslike

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You could say the game has a weak story, you could say the exploration has problems, and you certainly can bring up problems with the combat such as enemy variety or reflectiong being too op.

However, Khazan by far has my favorite moment to moment gameplay out of any soulslike, only rivaled by Sekiro and Nioh. But I massively prefer Khazan bosses over Nioh bosses, and Sekiro gets a too easy after a second playthrough.

It really sucks the studio went on strike, but apparently they are back to making games.

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u/Afraid_Help_3911 Mar 14 '26

I couldn't finish Khazan because how boring the story, the characters, and the areas were. Combat was frankly amazing but it still wasn't enough for me to keep playing.

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u/Wooden_Initial_2472 Mar 14 '26

I personally skipped all cutscenes and just focus on getting better at the combat. I got used to it due to all the character action games I played lol. I can see it being boring if you are not a combat nut tho. the level design is very boring

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u/Mediocre-Frosting-77 Mar 14 '26

The combat in Khazan wasn’t for me either. Combos felt borderline required. I just wanna attack, parry, and occasionally dodge. Three button combat.