Crypt Of The Serpent King Remastered 4K Edition Review (Xbox Series S)

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For this Crypt Of The Serpent King Remastered 4K Edition Review we fight some Goblins, giant spiders, skeletons, orcs, and more in the tunnels and halls of the underworld. If you hope to survive, you’ll need to wield an array of melee and ranged weaponry, from swords and axes to crossbows and maces, each with strength and weaknesses depending on the foes you face. Select from 3 levels of difficulty to fine-tune your experience and level up your character’s abilities as you progress

Crypt Of The Serpent King Remastered 4K Edition Review Pros:

  • Decent graphics.
  • 640.7MB download size.
  • 1000 Gamerscore.
  • Dungeon crawler gameplay.
  • Game settings – brightness slider, field of view slider, and crosshair option.
  • Controller settings – Invert axis and sensitivity sliders.
  • How to play section. Acts like a game manual.
  • 3 difficulties – casual, normal and hardcore.
  • First person view.
  • The map fills in as you play.
  • Simple hack and slash combat.
  • Gold can be found and is used to buy new melee and ranged weapons.
  • EXP is earned from killing enemies and you spend it at the end of the level on upgrading your stats.
  • End of level breakdown.
  • The goal of the game is to collect all the keys and find the exit.
  • Boss type battles after opening the exit door.
  • Has an old school atmosphere.
  • Music plays an audible cue when an enemy is nearby.

Crypt Of The Serpent King Remastered 4K Edition Review Cons:

  • Cannot rebind controls.
  • Cannot break down barrels.
  • The levels are huge and it takes ages to search them for keys.
  • Only 3 stats to upgrade.
  • Feels very stingy with the gold so buying new weapons takes ages.
  • Only 5hp with health drops.
  • Feels repetitive.
  • Combat is way too squishy.
  • The map and stats on your run take up a lot of precious screen real estate.

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Crypt Of The Serpent King Remastered 4K Edition:

Official website.

Developer: Rendercode Games

Publisher: EastAsiaSoft

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Xbox

  • 7/10
    Graphics - 7/10
  • 6/10
    Sound - 6/10
  • 7/10
    Accessibility - 7/10
  • 7/10
    Length - 7/10
  • 7/10
    Fun Factor - 7/10
6.8/10

Summary

Crypt Of The Serpent King Remastered is an upscale dungeon crawler, you play as an Adventurer in first person view, you earn exp from killing enemies and gold from loot chests and you must find keys to open the exit door. Along the way, you will fight many different beasts and each will require you to learn the pattern in order to avoid and kill them. Weapons are unlocked by buying them with gold on the menu after finishing a level. EXP works much the same way, you earn it in level and then cash it in at the end. With only a handful of weapons, small gold rewards, and three stats to upgrade, Crypt Of The Serpent King Remastered is an entry-level dungeon crawler, one for either fan of the original or as a way to introduce the genre to a new player. It lacks any real grab power and doesn’t offer a lot and what it does offer is very thin on the ground. It plays well enough but it is definitely one for the newer more curious of the genre player. Other players will do it just for easy achievements and low price point.

Jim Smale

Gaming since the Atari 2600, I enjoy the weirdness in games counting Densha De Go and RC De Go as my favourite titles of all time. I prefer gaming of old where buying games from a shop was a thing, Being social in person was a thing. Join me as I attempt to adapt to this new digital age!