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.
