Disclosure: GIANTY provided us a free Steam game code of Goken.
Goken is a game that tries to revive the old-school Action RPG genre. There are variations to game play in the Action RPG genre but Goken is more of the hack-and-slash type. The twist GIANTY made is the stamina bar. You cannot breeze through enemies by just mindlessly attacking and dodging because every action depletes stamina. Once the stamina is depleted, you cannot dodge or attack making you vulnerable to more damage and status effects. Stamina automatically regenerates but you still have to plan when to attack and when to dodge especially if you are surrounded by enemies or in a boss fight.
The visuals is currently what Goken excels at. It is not in the same league with AAA games such as Mad Max but the game looks beautiful. Environments have a lively feel to it and each area has a unique design. There is also support for ultrawide aspect ratio (21:9) but menus are in 16:9 aspect ratio.
Goken is currently available at Steam for PhP 419.95. Steam Play is supported which means you only purchase the game once and you can play it on Linux and Windows. The game, in its current state, still needs refinement and more depth in terms of combat. We suggest you include Goken in your wishlist for now and wait for further developments. GIANTY is responsive to community feedback and we hope game play issues will be fixed and game play improvements will be done on the final product . We will publish a full game review once Goken leaves Early Access.