Guide to Guardian's Crusade

Tech info:
Developed by Tamsoft and Activision, Guardian's Crusade is a role-playing game with single player option. The developers team rightfully deserves all the praises for the brilliant translation and dialogue interaction between characters. What makes an RPG a success story is its narrative, and the developers have left no room for disappointment in the description of Guardian's Crusade.

Overview:
Guardian's Crusade is a wonderful rol-playing game with a young knight and his adventures. The most specific thing about the RPG is its excellent translation from Japanese, thanks to the developers. The dialogue delivery between the knight and the baby monster is really amazing. It is not an epic game, but its plot and the graphics make the game a lot more fun than other RPG games.

Graphics:
Guardian's Crusade contains sharp 3D graphics. The backgrounds are clearly visible. Characters are also bright and colorful. But as you proceed further, you will find the game too colorful. This distances the game a bit from reality. However, this is not a major issue in the RPG as the game wonderfully creates its characters. You can rotate the view to look carefully into every specific details of a room or the surrounding background. You will eventually fall in love with the beautiful backgrounds and the vibrant characters. The baby monster in pink looks really cute and lovable. Indeed, all the characters in Guardian's Crusade are very cute.

Important Specs:
Guardian's Crusade is available exclusively on the PlayStation gaming console. The support functions in the PS game are Memory Card, DualShock Support and Vibration, along with Analog Controller compatibility. You need a processor of Pentium 900 Mhz along with 256MB of RAM.GeForce2MX based graphics card and integrated AC97 based sound card are also required. At $49.95, the price value is not that high.

Gameplay:
Guardian's Crusade includes a very delightful storyline, although there is nothing new in the plot. The story starts with a knight from a Japanese monastery, who is on quest to find an orphaned baby monster named Baby its home. The knight effectively fights against the evil forces met on his way. The monsters are scattered on the map.
The baby monster is his battle companion. He also takes care of the baby monster, feeds it and guides it through the battles. Nurturing of the baby monster is important. Proper care of the baby monster determines how well it fairs in the battle ground. The game boasts of a wonderful camaraderie between the knight and the baby monster.

Another interesting factor in Guardian's Crusade is the choice of battle companions the player gets. There are about 70 choices of 'Living toys' each of which are capable of its own specific abilities. The toys are quite expert in skills like ninja skills and healing, which can be of great help in the battles. The player has to collect as many toys as possible. These toys are quite helpful in the battles. The more you collect them, the closer you get to your goal. It is really interesting to find your enemies shrinking gradually when you become more and more powerful. But the moment you find yourself more involved in the game, it just comes to an end. I am disappointed to say that expert RPG gamers will find it a bit too short.


Sound:
I found the musical scores of Guardian's Crusade a little confusing. The background music hardly complements the sophisticated ambience of the game. Nevertheless, the music goes perfectly alright with the action. There is not even a single situation where the music sounds repetitive.

What makes the game more fun and enjoyable is the interchange of conversation between the characters. Dialogue delivery is pretty impressive.