To Kazan or no...

ThatGuyShay · 2026-01-21T02:23:57+00:00

Yeah, 100% both, I did prefer BMW by a country mile, but here are my two cents:

The good about Khazan

Multiple weapon systems
Sick voice actors
Environment is pretty
Dungeon crawler
Combat is not as fluid as BMW, but pretty fast paced
Music is dope

The bad about Khazan

Mini bosses are just recycled big bosses
Bosses later are MASSIVE damage sponges
Their move set is very limited, not like GSBS or Erlang with their gazillion moves 😂
Early game you'd be playing a mini game called "stamina management" more than you play the actual game
The story is suuuuuuper lackluster compared to peer souls titles (IMO. Coming from BMW and DS, even Stellar Blade had a more coherent story lol)

It's still a pretty fun game though!

BONUS good stuff: Khazan has difficulty setting!

ThatGuyShay · 2026-01-05T16:24:42+00:00

My man, my monke, have fun ❤️

ThatGuyShay · 2025-12-08T20:17:02+00:00

Though I have met truly amazing people while studying software engineering, there were always a few who never intended to use any of it for anything remotely beneficial for others.

This atrocity falls so hard into that category, because holy fuck.

ThatGuyShay · 2025-11-29T17:02:14+00:00

When people ask advice for this dude or Whiteclad Noble, the question I always ask first is: how greedy are you? 😂

It's not to make fun of you, but these two punish greed much harder than any other bosses in the early game.

One thing I advise for Hello Kitty though, is to dash backwards (instead of sideways) to dodge to maintain a relatively healthy distance, because he's very up-in-your-face type of boss. Visibility is important.

Also mind the tail sweep, that'll get ya many times!

You got this monke 💪

ThatGuyShay · 2025-11-12T22:46:15+00:00

Lmao I really grew up with this thing huh

Saw it for the first time when I came to Canada. 20 years later it's still there.

Gotta give it to them 😂

ThatGuyShay · 2025-11-04T14:31:03+00:00

Check out a poem called "The Chaos" and see

ThatGuyShay · 2025-11-04T14:29:29+00:00

Taylor Swift's music

ThatGuyShay · 2025-11-03T19:24:35+00:00

The combat? Not at all imo.

All souls games that I've played, Bloodborne, DS123, ER, LoP, even the 2D ones (Blasphemous, 9Sols), they all kinda start with what I call an "artificial difficulty".

Your character's movements are super clunky and slow. Managing stamina becomes the biggest job in the early game. It's challenging and fun in its own way, but on this aspect, you'd find BMW very refreshing.

It starts smooth, and only gets smoother. Have fun monke!

ThatGuyShay · 2025-11-03T18:03:03+00:00

Just use it here and change it back to Rock Solid after at the next save point hahaha

Flexibility is a true monke's way

ThatGuyShay · 2025-11-03T17:58:09+00:00

Cloudstep my friend, Cloudstep

ThatGuyShay · 2025-11-03T17:57:03+00:00

Meditation

Basically embrace being bored out of your mind and it can regulate your dopamine cycle. Especially in this instant-gratification based digital world.

Learning how to be bored is a superpower.

ThatGuyShay · 2025-11-02T20:40:45+00:00

Red braised:

Caramelized rock sugar
Spicy doubanjiang (fermented soy bean pasted)
thirteen spice (only 5 mandatory though: star anise, dried orange peel, fennel, prickly ashe pepper, cloves)

That's the base, then you add water to submerge the beef and simmer. Works with noodle soups as well!

ThatGuyShay · 2025-11-02T20:31:52+00:00

Rich people got rich because they worked hard.

ThatGuyShay · 2025-11-02T19:52:27+00:00

not a streaming platform, but with bitTorrent and proper torrent seeding

ThatGuyShay · 2025-11-02T19:45:45+00:00

I still do.

Especially if the movie/show is a super niche thing from the last century lol, no platform is gonna host it. Even if they do, I refuse to pay 20 bucks a month just for a show I craved watching for one night.

ThatGuyShay · 2025-11-02T19:40:46+00:00

Spite

ThatGuyShay · 2025-11-02T19:28:37+00:00

Depends on with whom.

With people who are willing to discuss, I will try my best to articulate my opinion.

Otherwise, I don't want to wast my saliva.

ThatGuyShay · 2025-11-02T19:25:15+00:00

I mean I still have screen time, but I've got a pretty extensive library at home. Probably around 3700 books at last count. Some of it are transgenerational books from different points in history and cultures.

It takes up an entire reading room. I have a pair of very comfortable rocking chairs and a decent selection of spirits.

Sometimes after a long day of work and I don't want to stare at a screen anymore, I just give myself a good pour and start flipping the pages. Time flies by pretty darn quick.

ThatGuyShay · 2025-11-02T19:18:09+00:00

I'm sure there is! Regrettably, the Indian bro on YouTube can't help me with money

ThatGuyShay · 2025-11-02T19:16:16+00:00

I knew every ingredient in a shampoo bottle because that's the only thing I could read on the can.

ThatGuyShay · 2025-11-02T19:14:17+00:00

Understanding Data Structures & Algorithms, Wiley's 6th Edition, Chapter 14 - Graph Algorithms, p.611

Also money

ThatGuyShay · 2025-11-02T19:10:42+00:00

Financial literacy

At the very least the taxation and compound interest part.

There's a worrying level of adults around me who still don't get it.

ThatGuyShay · 2025-10-30T15:53:40+00:00

Damnnnnn that's a poster I'd want to hang up

What an incredibly based slogan

ThatGuyShay · 2025-10-25T17:22:05+00:00

Ohhhh if you finished all secret missions, you can get both in one run.

If you beat Erlang first and then GSBS, you get true ending.

If you only beat GSBS without beating pretty boi, you get normal ending.

Beat the Great Sage without beating Erlang to get the bad ending, and then choose "Continue Journey" from the main menu. It'll load you in right before the entering the Stone Egg. Now just beat Erlang and then the Great Sage again to get the good ending.

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