For any of you who are not familiar. There are four Skylanders Adventure packs available for the original Skylanders game. They are not for the Skylanders Giants game, which features Battle packs, not adventure packs, but more on that another time! The four Adventure packs are Darklight Crypt, Pirate Seas, Empires of Ice and Dragon's Peak. Each of these unlocks a brand new area in the game, contains an exclusive Skylanders figure, and two other goodies!
The Skylanders Darklight Crypt Adventure Pack
Skylanders Darklight Crypt was one of the first packs released, and unlocks a ghostly area of Skylanders. The pack contains the Darklight Crypt itself, which looks like some sort of ghostly doorway, with two gothic wings. When this toy is placed on the Portal of Power, the player is immediately transported to the Darklight Crypt.
Also within the pack is the exclusive Skylander Ghost Roaster. Ghost Roaster is only found in the Darklight Crypt Pack, and belongs to the Undead group of Skylanders. He has a pretty frightning appearance, with a skull full of sharp teeth, he swings around a spiked ball, and certainly looks like he belongs to the land of the Undead.
Also included in the Adventure pack is the Time Twist Hourglass. When you put this toy on the Portal, it slows time for everything in the game, except the player, giving a huge benefit against enemies. This can only be used once per chapter.
The last part of the Skylanders Darklight Crypt Adventure Pack is the Healing Elixir. When you put this on the portal, it fives a 30 second burst of healing. However, like the Time Twist Hourglass, it can only be used once per chapter.
The Darklight Crypt Adventure
In this Adventure, you are transported to a new ghostly area of Skylanders. The main areas in this new area are Batterson's Pie Shop, Ghost Town, Occulous's Maze, The Necropolis and Wighthaunt. In the Darklight Crypt the player acts as Portal Master and has to solve the mystery as to why the Undead are running amok in the crypt. In order to complete this level the player must switch between the ghost world and the real world using special Spectral Shifting Platforms. This is a neat twist, as objects that are harmless in the real world, become a real nuisance in the ghost world. For example, normal trees become Stump Demons, Flowers turn into monsters and Haunted Knights that are harmless in the real world start attacking in the ghost world. Players have to move from one world to another to open gates, that are locked in one world, but open in the next.
Overall, the Skylanders Darklight Crypt Adventure pack is a lot of fun. My only criticism is that it could have been a little more challenging, or could have had different levels of difficulty. My, son an avid gamer, completed the new area in only a couple of hours. He did go back, and play different areas again, but I think he was a little disappointed.
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