The Serpent Rogue is an action-adventure game built around exploring a medieval fantasy world, mastering the art of alchemy, and taming wild creatures. You play as the Warden, a mysterious alchemist, who needs to put their skills to protect this realm from the encroaching Corruption. Craft, brew, boil & concoct and protect the realm from The Serpent Rogue!
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This game is currently in the Humble Choice for January 2023, this is part of my coverage of the bundle. If you are interested in the game and it's before February 7th, 2023, consider picking up the game as part of the current monthly bundle.
An alchemy scavenging game.
The Serpent Rogue has players start as a plague doctor named The Warden as they try to fight back against an approaching corruption. Players will forage for items, brew potions, and use that to fight back against the evil of the land. As a concept, it sounds intriguing and the graphics are good. Battling the evil forces makes the player wonder what they’ll find.
The problem is The Serpent Rogue runs into a couple of rather big problems. The first is that without any tutorial it can be hard for players to understand what they are doing, and even once that’s understood, how to use many items is kept from the player. Even just understanding how to use a potion correctly can confuse new players. The second problem is that maps don’t appear to reset, so if a large boss or a strong enemy chases you to the exit, returning through that same portal will immediately put you against that same enemy. There’s possibly a way, but again, there’s nothing to tell you how to deal with that. A final issue is that I’ve heard that this game can be rather short, and while there’s a lot to explore the main story is only a handful of hours.
Pick this up if you want an obtuse survival game. It has traces of Don’t Starve in it, but ultimately, I couldn’t enjoy this game and I couldn’t even begin to understand it. This is a game where you are better off turning to a walkthrough or a guide before you even start, and that’s not a good experience in my opinion.
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An alchemy scavenging game.
The Serpent Rogue has players start as a plague doctor named The Warden as they try to fight back against an approaching corruption. Players will forage for items, brew potions, and use that to fight back against the evil of the land. As a concept, it sounds intriguing and the graphics are good. Battling the evil forces makes the player wonder what they’ll find.
The problem is The Serpent Rogue runs into a couple of rather big problems. The first is that without any tutorial it can be hard for players to understand what they are doing, and even once that’s understood, how to use many items is kept from the player. Even just understanding how to use a potion correctly can confuse new players. The second problem is that maps don’t appear to reset, so if a large boss or a strong enemy chases you to the exit, returning through that same portal will immediately put you against that same enemy. There’s possibly a way, but again, there’s nothing to tell you how to deal with that. A final issue is that I’ve heard that this game can be rather short, and while there’s a lot to explore the main story is only a handful of hours.
Pick this up if you want an obtuse survival game. It has traces of Don’t Starve in it, but ultimately, I couldn’t enjoy this game and I couldn’t even begin to understand it. This is a game where you are better off turning to a walkthrough or a guide before you even start, and that’s not a good experience in my opinion.
If you enjoyed this review or want to know what I think of other games in the bundle, check out the full review on or subscribe to my Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/bxcCaC4dN1E
The Serpent Rogue é um jogo que possuía potencial. Entretanto, ao apresentar uma história simples demais, pouca variação em muitos aspectos essenciais e ainda entregar uma jornada que não se mostrou cativante, temos aqui um game que apenas entrega parte do que foi proposto. Além disso, embora seja interessante estudar e fabricar poções, todo o trajeto que executamos para isto, seja a exploração ou as lutas contra inimigos, não são tão interessantes quanto poderiam. Portanto, o sentimento que tenho é que The Serpent Rogue entrega uma boa proposta, porém, uma execução que deixa a desejar.