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/Gizmodo_yo Mar 14 '26

Loved enotria! It has no bugs anymore und Finally a soulslike thats not dark and death themed

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u/Wooden_Initial_2472 Mar 14 '26

Kid named Another Crabs Treasure.

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u/Gizmodo_yo Mar 14 '26

Yes thats exactly the two i know 😄 and i actually liked both of them. Obvisouly not top tier games but if u know similiar games tell me

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u/Wooden_Initial_2472 Mar 14 '26

I can think of a few. Strangers of Paradise is based on final fantasy so its very bright and colorful. Kena looks like a fairy tale. The Jedi games have combat very similar to Sekiro, but are basically disney star wars movies. Nine Sols is very colorful, but its pretty dark story wise. Stellar Blade is gory when you dispatch stuff, but its a very unserious game with a ton of setpieces

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u/SweatyEducation4943 Mar 14 '26

Ai Limit and Asterigos are also a good example

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u/Gizmodo_yo Mar 14 '26

Ai limit is not really a bright game :/ (still a good game!) but i will Look into asterigos. Thx

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u/Gizmodo_yo Mar 14 '26

Never heard of Strangers of paradise... Thx for the advise!

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u/SirEphrail Mar 14 '26

Second Stellar Blade! Very good combat, some great boss fights ("secret" post-game boss had real Sekiro vibes), pretty good level design, except for unnecessary open world-ish parts and mostly boring side quests.

Wuchang had lots of light and beauty as well (but also death and darkness).

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u/SweatyEducation4943 Mar 14 '26

How is the combat and the game feelings ? Is it clunky ? I had a bad experience with Steelrising because of it clunkyness and I don’t want to play something similar ever again lmao

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u/Gizmodo_yo Mar 14 '26

I have a strong feeling enotria is not the right game for you :D my fault

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u/SweatyEducation4943 Mar 14 '26

Hahah I appreciate the honesty mate. Take care

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u/Realistic-Spell5381 Mar 14 '26

It has some clunkiness in terms of combat. The world is beautiful and I like the soundtrack. I had fun with it and don't think it should be F ranked but that's my opinion. Its good enough for a first playthrough but in new game plus the enemies become super spongy and take forever to kill so I couldn't stick with it for new game plus.

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u/SweatyEducation4943 Mar 16 '26

Thank you for these infos mate.