The Ouroboros King Review (PlayStation 5)

by Jim Smale · July 4, 2024

The Ouroboros King Review, The Ouroboros King combines the strategic depth of chess with the build variety and replayability of roguelikes. Assemble a formidable army, discover powerful relics, and buy surprising gadgets to defeat the Coven.

The Ouroboros King Review Pros:

Nice graphics.
253.5MB download size.
Platinum trophy.
Chess roguelike gameplay.
Ai difficulty slider – 4 to 100 percent.
Archives Store info on all the – Units, terrain, relics, and items.
Practice mode.
When starting a new run you have to choose your Ouroboros boons – starting relics, starting gold, starting rewind, prices, enemy units, and enemy relics.
The first unit you get is your choice of units and you recruit and place them as you go.
The game plays out with a randomized map and you choose your route through it.
Learn about what each event in a map or location means by hovering over it beforehand.
The game resembles chess in that you have to get the Queen in order to win.
Fun relics to mix the game up like the pieces change after every move.
Clicking a piece will show where they can legally move.
As you progress up the map you can recruit more pieces to your army.
Some great new pieces to play with that have crazy abilities and movement rules.
It serves as a good brain workout.
Is a unique and memorable experience.
You can upgrade your pieces.
Once you get going the gameplay loop is very satisfying and the game is very deep and rewarding.
Earn cash and spend it in the shops.
You can buy items that can do things like all pieces move like a rook each time or hurt your own team.
Big boss encounters.
The game does a good job of describing pieces and giving you some idea of what you can do.
Some gamers will like how everything is unlocked so you have everything available from the start.

The Ouroboros King Review Cons:

No tutorial.
You cannot even see what the controls are.
The menus are complicated and clunky to navigate.
Practice mode feels kind of useless as you place and move all the pieces.
Just starting a new run can be a pain especially the first time as you have no idea what you are doing.
A lot to take in.
Very slow-paced.
No real music or atmosphere to speak of.
It cannot remap controls.
Doesn’t offer any game settings.
You are not actually unlocking new things on your run, everything is unlocked and you are purely playing for trophies or the fun.

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