First Berserker: Khazan Patch Update Released

Sure, here goes my take, straight from the heart—well, kind of. Here we go:

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So, I just stumbled upon this new patch thing for The First Berserker: Khazan. You know that game, right? The one that’s been freezing up like your old Windows 98 whenever you try to do something as wild as, oh, playing the game? Anyway, they dropped this hotfix for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S. Hopefully, we’ll all stop playing freeze tag with our screens now. Let’s hope, right?

Interestingly, this game kinda popped off back in March—March 27th, I remember. Reviews were all like, “Oh my gosh, epic combat, stunning visuals!” But everyone conveniently forgot to mention that tiny issue of it having more bugs than an old basement. No pause button either—honestly, who needs that? I’m joking. We all need that. Neople (that’s the dev, if you didn’t know) keeps throwing patches at it like darts, hoping one will stick. Fingers crossed, this one does some good.

Can you imagine? You’re about to finish the game, see the credits roll—bam! Crash. Love that for us. And the weapon switching? Yeah, apparently that’s a crash fest too. The devs are like, “Hey, we’ve got ways to save your game data in case of meltdown.” Cool, cool, cool. I won’t hold my breath.

Oh, but wait—a DLC is coming in May. No clue what Neople’s cooking up, but I guess it’s free, so I’ll keep my skepticism at bay for now. 2025 seems to be the year of Soulslikes, what with Elden Ring: Nightreign and all the others lining up. The First Berserker: Khazan has some tough company for sure.

Back to this patch—it’s live, bless the universe. Did the usual platform rollout: Steam, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series who-knows-what. They’re like, “Get the new version before you boot up.” Probably wise words, or so I’m told.

Error fixes are listed out like bullet points at a meeting: “Weapon switch freezing? Fix. End credits crash? Fix.” Yeah, let’s see.

Oh, and saving your data? It’s like cracking a safe, involving lots of loading and recovering, or something like that. And if your game still throws a tantrum, they’re like, “Reach out! Send us your log files.” You practically have to become a part-time IT specialist to follow the steps.

There’s genuinely something endearing about trying to keep up with a game this chaotic. And maybe, just maybe, once all these kinks are smoothed out, we’ll remember why we fell for this infuriating, beautiful mess in the first place.

Catch you on the flip side of this patch mess. Or maybe the next one—who can say anymore?