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The First Berserker: Khazan

The First Berserker: Khazan is a hardcore action role-playing game developed by Neople and published by Nexon, set in the universe of Dungeon & Fighter. General Khazan, a hero of the Pell Los Empire, is framed for treason and left for dead on the orders of the emperor and the Master of Chaos, Ozma; he claws his way back from the brink and sets out on a revenge campaign across the empire. Combat is stamina and posture driven: perfect blocks and parries drain enemy stamina to open Brutal Attacks, while dodging covers the unblockable strikes, and the three weapon families each carry their own attack strings, Spirit Skills, and skill trees. Gear follows the Nioh-style loot model with random affixes, rarity tiers, and set bonuses, and Lacrima earned in battle pays for stat levels across Vitality, Endurance, Strength, Proficiency, and Willpower. The game is rendered in a cel-shaded anime style on Unreal Engine 4 and is the first Berserker story told outside the 2D Dungeon & Fighter format.

• Stamina and Posture Combat: every block, dodge and attack spends stamina, and shattering an enemy's stance leaves them open to a critical finish.
• Perfect Block and Parry: guarding on the exact moment of impact triggers a Perfect Block, and parrying mid-swing opens the counterattack windows the whole combat loop is built on.
• Brutal Attacks: refilling an enemy's stamina bar and breaking it again lets Khazan execute Brutal Attacks, the heavy damage moves that also restore his own resources and trigger boss phase transitions.
• Three Weapon Families: Dual Wield (axe and short sword), Greatsword and Spear each have their own combos, Spirit Skills and skill trees, so a build is defined by weapon choice plus stat spread.
• Nioh-Style Loot and Transmutation: equipment drops with random affixes, rarity tiers and set bonuses, and unwanted gear is reforged through transmutation using Transmutation Mist.
• Lacrima and Stat Levelling: Lacrima collected in combat pays for levels across Vitality, Endurance, Strength, Proficiency and Willpower, and unspent Lacrima is dropped where you die.
• The Crevice Hub: unlocked after the Frozen Mountain trials, the Crevice holds shopkeepers, the mailbox, fast travel, side missions and the NPCs whose questlines run alongside the campaign.
• Ally Summoning: summoning consumables call NPC allies into boss encounters, a limited resource that offsets the game's punishing damage tuning.