What sets this apart from most of the others is gameplay-it’s not the longest at only 5 stages but in all but the first and last stage you actually have 2 different stages to choose from so there’s really a total of 8 stages-this plus having the 8 different characters to choose from gives the title some good replay value, plus each character does seem to have their own unique attributes, strengths & weaknesses that you have to figure out on your own. Controls are serviceable once you figure out how to do special moves (it does take a little time), the main thing to get used to is this is a 3-button game where most games in this genre are 2 buttons. Sounds are another area where it’s fine but could’ve been beter-the only real sound effects come from attacks and attacking, and otuside of the OK music there’s no other real audio, no speech or fancy sound FX or the like, which is a real downer (note sure if emulation issues have anything to do with it). Graphics-wise, on the surface it looks pretty good but when you look closer there are some notable issues, namely sometimes the characters look a bit blurry when played full-screen or close to it, otherwise it’s not too bad outside of perhaps a lack of detail on some of the backgrounds, the video emulation issues don’t seem to pose any real problems. And there’s a nice variety-your typical superhero types, a couple of cute female characters, but there’s also a robot and a funky reptile/dinosaur hybrid you can play as among others. Although the control motions for their attacks are all the same, each has different and unique special attacks. The main thing that sets this apart from most games of this genre is the number of playable characters-most games like this have only 2 or 3 playable characters, maybe 4 in some cases, but Guardians offers up 8 playable characters. Story/Plot: 5 stages of side-scrolling beat-em-up fighting with a boss at the end of each stage Issues: Video emulation isn’t 100% accurate.
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