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

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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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!