Review: Iron Crypticle (PlayStation 4)

A mysterious, malevolent force has abducted Cryptonia’s princess – along with the king’s royal golden treasures. Kingsguard to the rescue!

Pros:

• Glorious 16 bit influenced graphics.
• 180MB download size.
• Platinum trophy.
• Three difficulties- Easy, Normal and hard.
• Tutorial- Text/image based.
• Online leaderboard support with difficulty and friend filters.
• Top down dungeon crawler twin stick shooter gameplay with RPG elements.
• Earn EXP and level up.
• Each floor of the dungeon is a map where you can pick your route by what door you exit from in a room.
• Room locations randomise so its never the same route twice.
• Enemies spawn into the room and there are many types from stationary ones to fast movers and ones that can stun you.
• Combo counter.
• Loot em up! Enemies and chests drop loot like gear, Health and coins.
• Proper retro feel to it all but with modern mechanics.
• Lush arcade inspired mini games located within an arcade cabinet.
• Shop to buy loot.
• Simple controls.
• 4 Player local co op support with drop in out.
• Roguelike but you can permanently unlock items for future playthroughs.
• Big boss fights turning the game into a bullet hell at times.
• Dark levels and you can only see parts of the level.
• Solid gameplay.
• Tons of replay-ability.
• Cool chiptune soundtrack.
• Full level up system in play.

Cons:

• Screen can get very busy making it hard to see who is who.
• Slow starter in terms of enemy spawn and fire rate.
• No online multiplayer.