Summary
After spending 70 hours inThe First Berserker: Khazan, a player recently discovered that they’re able to zoom in and aim their javelin before throwing it at their enemies. Although aiming is rather straightforward, it appears that hundreds ofThe First Berserker: Khazanplayers didn’t know it was possible to do so, despite beating the game and earning the Platinum trophy.
Developed byDungeon Fighter Onlinestudio Neople,The First Berserker: Khazanwas released on March 27to generally positive reception, despite some technical issues in the PC version. In fact,The First Berserker: Khazanreceived more than 9,000 positive reviews on Steam, and the game has a “Very Positive” rating on the platform. The hardcore action RPG also received very positive average scores across PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S on Metacritic with a 77 overall Metascore.The First Berserker: Khazanhas only been available for four weeks, so players are still discovering aspects of the game that they may have initially missed out on while focusing on the story or using certain weapons.
Reddit user hansolobes discovered the zoom-in function inThe First Berserker: Khazanon April 17 after spending close to 70 hours in the game. Players can aim the javelin at their opponents and zoom in for extra precision by clicking the right thumbstick on consoles or the corresponding key on PC, but many members ofThe First Berserker: Khazancommunity on Reddit are surprised at how a simple feature was overlooked by so many people. For example, Reddit users jpsuperman81 and DarkokraD spent more than 100 hours and earnedthe Platinum trophy inThe First Berserker: Khazanbefore learning about the aiming function in hansolobes' post.
The First Berserker: Khazan Player Discovers Javelin Zoom-In Feature After 70 Hours
It’s worth noting that the game’s tutorial section introduces the zoom-in feature, but it appears that many players who playedthe freeThe First Berserker: Khazandemo, hansolobes included. According to hansolobes, the player forgot about the zoom-in tutorial completely after loading their save data from the demo, since so much time passed in the game and the tutorial section was not revisited.
Players around the world can learn how to aim and zoom in by simply playing the demo right now, before buyingThe First Berserker: Khazanand catching up with the main story. Various updates have been released over the course of the past four weeks, including an update that broughtPS5-specific technical bug fixes toThe First Berserker: Khazan. There are likely more bug fixes coming soon as Neople gauges player feedback and continues to optimize the game on all platforms, and new DLC is set to arrive in May.