Guardian Heroes is best described as a side-scrolling hack-em up . The
gameplay is exactly the same as Treasure's Yu-Yu Hakusho for the megadrive
which is very good . The game features multiple storylines which will decide
the ending and that adds up to its replay value. However, there is a minor
flaw with this game as the characters are not balanced with the most
powerful being the hero, Harn . It would be very difficult to finish the
game with the hardest setting using the other characters especially the
female mage . A versus mode is also included where you will be able to use
the enemies after defeating them ( there are over thirty of them !) . The
best thing about it is that six players can join in . Here are my scores for
the game .
Graphics 10/10
Great use of colour and lots of parallax . The sprites are very detailed and
the backgrounds are outstanding . Slowdown is very minimal and there is
hardly any flickering even when the screen is full of baddies . We won't be
seeing this type of graphics on the Playstation .Did I mention the great
intro sequence ?
Sound 9/10
Superb music with a mix of classical and jazz and everything else . Plenty
of sound effects . However, there is no digitised speech during interaction
between characters .
Gameplay 7/10
Flexible controls allow lots of combos .Spells are a great addition .
However there are too few moves so I find the gameplay quite boring after
many hours of practice .
Replay value 8/10
Multiple endings kept me going back for more . However the endings were too
short and the most of the enemies were the same . Grab five friends and have
an all out brawl with the versus mode .