Guardian Tales Reviews

by Scariuy

Don’t get my wrong, the game is well made and satisfying with solid story, GUI, art, and gameplay. But I’m really confused with the weird messaging going on. It feels like the creators of the game are trying to force some weird political narrative in the game and it makes me confused. They are apparently super anti twitch streamers and also anti-liberal. I don’t really care what their political beliefs are I just really wish they weren’t in the game. There’s this in-game event called succubus cafe and the premise is running a dream cafe that helps its patrons feel better. It’s a cute premise, but it gets really weird. In the world, greedy twitch streamers steal the life essence of their subscribers and brainwash them until they die. You have to kill their subscribers to advance in the map. Also, for a quest you’re required to tell a group of dancers that they need to eat meat and dress more scandalous if they want to be successful. Some of their voice lines include “I don’t think suits can express our liberal souls” and “We’re kind of sweet herbivore kind of men”. If you don’t tell them to become carnivores and dress different, you’ll get the message “The performance was a huge failure.” It made me really uncomfortable and confused. I just wanna play a cute RPG can it please not include political messaging?

by Deadly Island

I’ve been stuck on this boss ever since it’s been adding into the game and I’ve have had enough. This boss fight is in no way fun. Where should I begin to describe how unfair this boss fight is. First off, Beth is the only boss to have four battle fazes. Ever other boss has either one or two. The only thing the developers did right is luckily it saves half way through. Of course half way through is also the point that makes every single player want to quit playing. The boss regains all its back for starters so it feels like you’re not progressing at all. The boss also gets a whole new attack move set so any progress players have made in remembering its moves up to this point is completely useless. Not to mention it gets this horrible claw attack which is almost impossible to dodge because it sometimes spawn a wall of balls right where you’re standing. And on top off all that you might as well be doing the fight without any help because the AI isn’t programmed to dodge any of its attacks and usually dies after three seconds of the fight starting. And lastly the biggest problem of all after hour or so of fighting it once the faze four starts it throws an energy ball that you can’t dodge so you’re left spending gems to revive just to finish the fight. This doesn’t match up to any of the other boss fights in the game and it makes no sense why it’s programmed the way it is.

by Sumrando13

The early sections of the game are very fun and don’t rely on gatcha or strategy like a lot of other games do with more emphasis being placed on positioning, story, and a usually fun collection of puzzles and mini-games especially because you’re level locked to ensure some level of challenge is preserved. However, this level locking makes some of the middle world’s areas are disproportionately hard to handle, and this especially noticeable with some of the bosses having some rather annoying abilities, but this isn’t a major problem till world 10 and 11: 10 with a boss right off the bat that you have to solo but if you prep the right hero you can make it through with minimal effort, as for 11 the missions are a bit tricky but are manageable it’s the combat areas you have to beat to access the next mission that seem to have been very deliberately designed to basically unbeatable unless you exploit a mechanic that really hasn’t been explained or been relevant till now and then there’s boss who’s attacks do way too much dmg and don’t give you enough time to dodge even if you have her specials memorized as the exact time of when they go off isn’t exactly set in stone even if their order is especially considering the insta-team-killer attack in the second phase and if that wasn’t terrible enough the boss’s health bar is so ridiculous that it will mean you have to put up with that for about 12 minutes.

by Souyl

The game is good. I wouldn’t say its great but the content is very enjoyable and top tier. The content is put into a very unique route of puzzles. That’s one of the things that make the game stand out. However what I am personally experiencing as a player who completed World 7 and most content in the game is that there are issues that need to be addressed such as lack of stamina and awakening materials. I think these two are the most critical ones among the many that I have personally experienced. End game is heavily dependent on PvP. In order for the game to continue to flourish at least some of these issues need to the addressed because it prevents the players to enjoy the game to its full potential. Due to the lack of resources even though I have units of the highest tier from gacha I cannot raise them. Furthermore with the lack of resources, this makes me have no incentive to summon for newer units. Why? Because even if I managed to pull a new unit, there is absolutely no resources to raise them. There has to be a good balance between the f2p and p2w. If resources weren’t so scarce and the game is made more f2p friendly, people are more willing to spend. I purchased things in the game but that is because I enjoy it but moving forward it is very difficult for a person who has spent and is progressing in the game to continue spending if these issues do not get addressed. I hope to see this game be successful in the long term.

by HarmlessBeast22

This game is really cool and I have been playing for quite a while. Before the latest update, I had over 4,000 stamina without spending a dime. Never spent any real money and earned it all by playing the game normally. After the latest update, my stamina will cap at 3,000. Okay, that’s fine. It’s mildly annoying, but it’s not that big of an issue. What is a big issue is that if your stamina exceeds the amount of 3,000 (I have 3185 and levels require only 10-15 stamina to play so it will take a while to use enough stamina to get under the new limit) you cannot get any mail of any kind. Even if it isn’t stamina. The devs give everyone free gems after a patch or at the start of a new season? If your stamina is over 3000 the game will not let you have those free gems. To explain this further, let’s say that the devs gave everyone 10,000 gems for free that went to your in-game inbox. They never would do that, but what if they did? If your stamina amount exceeds 3000, you cannot have them. The game will not let you have them and it is frustrating. I earned that stamina legitimately and honestly. Why does it feel like I’m now being punished for it? I can’t be the only one who is having this problem.

by TheGachaGuy

Yea, we’re gonna talk about summoning in this game. I’ve played every summon/gacha game out there. This game is actually kinda nice with giving you a free 3* after a certain amount of summons. ((Only Once)). Don’t expect to get another one that’s for sure. Spent around $150 so far for nothing but duplicates. Now duplicates aren’t bad in this game but to get them constantly is annoying. I’ve pulled two 3*’s and they are the same character. They have a mileage system but you have to spend $320 ish just to get 1 single character or weapon. Also don’t expect to use the team you want since none of the followers can use weapon skills. So you have to base your team off Airborne, Injury, and downed states.

However, overall the game is impressive. The way the world is intertwined and the multitude of well written characters and their stories are all stunning. The team here did a fantastic job! If you want a fun game to play on the side then it’s addictive. I’d recommend not to spend money unless they fix something’s. Shouldn’t cost $25 just to do one 10 pull.

They need to fix the amount of money that’s needed for mileage. It’s appalling for mileage to be $300 Should be $200. If someone is gonna spend that kind of money on a Mobil game. The rate for 3*’s are fine but I can’t express this enough, $300 for mileage is insane.

by A Classic Gamer Reviewer

Hi! This is mainly my first time doing a review, so I decided to do this game because the game is very interesting. This game is by far one of the few games that has no ads and it’s a amazing thing. I’m used to so many ads that this game really helps after a long day. The fact that there’s a interesting story and way to do puzzles is a really good and fun idea, and the tutorial is short but effective. I would give it 5 stars but there’s a small problem that needs to be fixed, one of them is lack of XP, Awakening Stones, and gold, the resource dungeons doesn’t supply enough of those items to really help a character near the end game, the game strongly pushes towards multiple combos of teams but we can’t do that if we don’t get enough resources form dungeons, what I suggest is to add a quick loot button or double the loot gained from the rift dungeons, finally why do healers have a limited amount of heals to use through the dungeon? This game gets crazy tough near the end and the healers limited heals are a little annoying because a lot of people die due to the enemies high attack, now I’m not saying that limited heals is bad, but what I would do is like reduce healing by 50 percent, but have the heals slowly regenerate over time. So yea this game is amazing, but if you made it a little more f2p than that would mean a lot to the many people that adore this game!

by Ed Hann

All in all, this game is probably one of the best games I’ve ever played in terms of story, gameplay, and so on. I know the main way of getting things here is through the gacha systems. But, I personally think the rates especially for the weapon gacha is too low. I think that if there was another way to get exclusive weapons such as specific character quests that you’d have to do to get it or some other way, it’d make it a lot easier and balanced to obtain them. So far, I’ve rolled the weapon gacha around 7 times and haven’t gotten any exclusive weapons and it’s pretty discouraging.

Maybe another method for getting exclusive weapons could be a similar way to Crusaders Quest and their SBW (Soulbound Weapons). Although they have a SBW gacha similar to Guardian Tales, they have another way too which is through ‘evolving’ old weapons with different materials. There are specific old weapons like the old sword, old hammer, and etc. When evolving it, it randomly turns into a SBW of that weapon class ie. an old sword would turn into a sword SBW. I think that this is another great way to get exclusive weapons without making it too luck reliant.

by TitanKat

This game stands out from the rest of the games on the market due to solving one issue I see in most mobile games: breaking out of the monotony of solely focusing on combat encounters, day in and day out. The combat in this game is simple, straightforward and fun enough, but the game shines in putting various OTHER things to do other than the combat: whether it’s hunting for secrets, finding collectibles, solving puzzles or looking out for NPCs just to hear their quirky and fun dialogue, this game breaks out of the blandness of a typical gacha game. Most mobile games nowadays are all about the numbers and not about the passion of making... well an actual game with heart. This game feels like ACTUAL human beings made it rather than a quick cash grab like the other big titles on the market, feeling like the original 3 Zenonia games at times (a time period in mobile gaming I do miss greatly). Definitely recommend for a fun mobile gaming experience that’s also F2P friendly and has a team that likes to listen to their community. Haven’t been captivated by a mobile game ever since I quit investing time into Battle Cats, and this was what finally caught my eye.

by Scorpionportal

First off, i loooove this game but there are some major flaws that i feel could be better. First off, the gacha system. This system is so ridiculously horrible and its basically impossible to get a good hero or weapon from the gacha and not buying it from milage. Second, the amount of female heroes is so drastically high to the male heroes, and most male heroes arent even good. Third, the heavenhold tower is very difficult, like the stages where you can really only use a select few of characters (especially the one where you can only use akayuki…), Forth, the game gets kinda boring if you cant beat a level and you can only build your character. Fifth, the costumes are so expensive when they dont even do anything besides look cool. Sixth, the super costumes are impossible to get without reaching pity, and you’re really unlikely to get the one you want or the one where you actually have the character. Seventh, getting diamonds is a slow and painful chore since you can only really earn the most from world levels, co-op, or arena.

by Jelly_Sauce

I was bored one day and was browsing through the AppStore when I saw this game. I thought it would be a run-of-the-mill, pay-to-win, ads-every-5-seconds type of game, but thought the gameplay looked cool so I thought ‘where is the harm in trying?’ The tutorial does a good job of explaining the game and story. You don’t need to pay your life savings, an arm, a leg, and 3 close family members to get 3 measly gems- gems come very easily, allowing a paying and non-paying player to have similar gameplay. The addition of simple yet entertaining side quests really helps spice up the gameplay. The Heavenhold ‘base’ takes a bit of time to understand, but it isn’t too much and doesn’t impact the gameplay heavily. One than that surprised me(in a good way) was that THERE ARE NO ADS!!! That really set the game on a much higher level tha almost every game currently on the AppStore
I only have 1 complaint and a simple way to fix it. The first time I summoned a character, I got Lucian, a quite powerful dark attacker, and with items I got a 5-star two-handed sword that basically let me sweep through the all of world 1. To fix this, I suggest putting a level cap/limit for summons based on the world you are currently in. Other than that, this is a great underrated game that I highly recommend!

by DJ Slither

Honestly this game is just really really fun I never feel like I was under leveled or my weapons were not doing enough damage I always had a ton of fun and yeah so many different characters does take a while because you need to grind crystals but it’s honestly really good so yeah I’m giving this game five stars (there’s only One real complaint I have to say about this game and is that the hit boxes are way too big see if there’s one mini game where you need to go through you know lava and honestly it’s pretty easy but at the end it does get hard because they put you on a narrow path and yes I know you need to be careful but your hit box is so big that yes probably just hit the fire without even being that close to it it’s the same with a couple of other different mini games I even did a test where I ran by a tree and I was on the side of it yet I somehow touched it even though I wasn’t even that close to it so yeah that’s really all I had to say but I hope you enjoy the game and these are my opinions so if you don’t have the same problem then I guess it’s only me)

by Instagram - Jadiahd

This game really starts off intresting.. Having u pick ur Character, as u start off the Journey 🙌 Starting Campaign like every other RPG similar to Mario “World 1-1”.. Soon or later u find friends offline & Online, inviting them to your party as u upgrade not only your self but your partied and your Hero deck.. TONS of equipments and weapons like bruh! “Swords, Bows, Lazor Guns into Lazor Swords, Magic Bows and Magic Guns”.. Its cool how the whole World 1 Campaign is about finding ur Lost Friend but u do meet enemies who becomes Friends, Friends who has amazing powers who will join ur journey as you start off with a great plot.. Its very addictive as the story of the game gets better and better.. You will LITERALLY travel across the world but rn im now entering world 2 ( Map 2 ).. Literally met someone who has dark powers who saved my life and now she’s gonna tag along.. Its a great connection with people who dont exist but it feels so real.. But again DOWNLOAD IT BRO 🔥 After u beat world 1!!! Ur lobby isnt the same anymore.. Instead of you just chilling at a fire place in the woods, your lobby updates into a huge tycoon where ALL your heroes “even your Character” will walk around, eat, sleep, chat with everyone in the town as u buy buildings, and treat them like your a mayor in the city.. Again!! Can’t change your character, and become one of the other heroes? So don’t forget to download this game! Very, very, very well done 👍

by Jvhrhdhurrrrrfgujvxssvhjnnvvy

Ok so I love it 😻 and try it and if u don’t like it I don’t know how your momma raised u so plz show ppl this because I’m about to get real ok? Ok here we go.. I love this game because it’s super cute deep smart it is however for 13 year olds so yeah ! Carful if your not 13 u might learn some new words... so um 😐 yeah... AND this game is so fun but I DONT like how if I ask for help on the chat everyone ignores me so that’s sad 😔 😢 😞 but even if nobody is listening I go to my guild and there we are all friends and if I get mad at the game ( which I rarely do cuz it’s the best game I have ever played ) my sister helps me calm dow and if you are an only child or an orphan the u can talk to your mom or friend or just someone who you know and I could go on and on about how much I love this game but words can not tell you how much I love this game so just try it yourself and see please oh and I want more anime of this game I can’t find any anime of this game so yeah thank you for listening and if you just skipped to the end SHAME ON U I JUST POURED MY WHOLE HEART ON THIS IT TOOK AN HOUR TO WRITE SO I AM SO HURT 😭 😞😢😔😢😢😢😢😓😓😓😥😥😥😥😰😰😰😵😵😵😵😵😵so yeah BYES! 👋

by Ajmaster1

This game is a very good app game for what it is. This game is fun for people who like a good game to pick up and put down at will. Stages feel fun as you play through and there are a lot of fun references to different games and movies as you continue to play through a pretty interesting story. It is an energy game but energy is rarely a problem. I’ve never had to stop playing all together because I was out. I haven’t shelled out money into it yet and I’ve had a really good experience so you don’t have to pay to enjoy it either. The game is fairly generous with the “real money” currency so if you are patient you can save enough for most things. In game gold is a little rough at times as later in the game things begin to cost a lot and it takes a bit of grinding to get but with how abundant energy can be, you can set the game to auto battle gold quests to get more. The power creep on enemies can sometimes skyrocket on you as well so auto battling becomes a bit regular thing at times. All in all this is a good game. It has a few rough areas but it still has kept me entertained as they continue to add to the story.

by Nate Sketch

I have been playing this game for a little over a month now and all i can say is wow. This game has awesome pixel graphics and also terrific graphic art for the characters. I love the ammount of content which is always being put in the game very consistantly. Besides the awesome story, tremendous references and easter eggs i would also like to talk about the developers. Not only are they kind but also listen to their fans. They constantly look for feedback in the community and work on it, they also have great contact with their community by informing players whenever there is maintenance or an update. The game itself is fairly challenging. Not too challenging though where you would break your device in anger. I feel that it well balanced. There are also weekly giveaways and other little gems you can find daily in your mailbox that keep the players motivated to continue. All of this while also being a gatcha game! The microtransactions aren’t IN your face and the game can be won without investing a single penny into it. All in all i can safely say that this is one of the greater games on GuardianTales Store and i look forward to continue watching this game in its success.

by Voidihaha

I played easily hundreds of gacha games in my life from noname titles like Tokyo ghoul darkwars up to big names like one piece treasure cruise and everything in between but this game is different. Just the story alone gave me so much emotions I even cried at some parts ( I never cried in any gacha games before) you feel the story of the characters and the world so much it makes you summon for heroes who aren’t even meta. This game has everything from live pvp to coop, guilds, events, active community..... The rates are normal gacha style so very low but you can get the characters just by playing it and using the items you get just for summoning. The game has of course his negative aspects too its very grindy and it takes time to max your characters and your teams which I personally don’t dislike I like to work hard for my heroes because when I am done the feeling is even better. I hope they never stop with the game it’s the best gacha ever with one of the best peoples behind it who are making the game every patch more exciting and giving us free gems. Thanks for reading. PS: i Hope you make more pvp stuff for the future like capture the flag or tower defensive stuff.

by Robotnine

This game is so good, it’s amazing, I’d even go as far to say it’s almost as good roblox mobile. It’s really good and it’s probably one of the best mobile games I have ever played since mobile roblox when it first came out or near there. You guys really just made me go wow. At first, when I saw the ad I was like “oh look another boring game being advertised” I decided to download it after it look some what good, and when it was done, boy oh boy weremy expectations of the game were blown off the charts. I literally played for days on the game and I have made to world 4 it 2 days. It’s just amazing and spectacular. Although as every thing, it has it’s flaws. But beyond those flaws, is a very very great game. I’m honestly surprised it’s not 1# in editors choice, game of all time, and what we are playing this week tabs and ranks. Also saying it’s up to roblox and even Minecraft, all though like Minecraft over every thing, it’s still up there. I never make reviews very often, let alone giant ones. And when I when I make reviews I they are most likely a mad review I made while being mad. But this game is so good I just had to break the barrier of my standards to make this. This game gets a sss++ in my book.
Thank you for your time.

by AndeGib

I love this game. I play a lot of rpg games and mmo’s both on mobile and pc. The main difference is that rpg’s on mobile typically aren’t able to keep my attention, are duplicates of each other, are cash grabs, or have me invested in stories or even have any builds you could try. This one has all of that (minus the dupes and cash piece) plus the benefit of being able to have multiple things to do. In addition to this, you don’t need to spend money to have fun (though it can speed up the “power increasing” process) and the devs had responded immediately and fixed a bug right away when I asked about it after an update.

My one complaint is the stamina. I wish there were more ways to get it to actually do these events. I understand this is to probably slow down the speed runners/extend the grinding process as well as get people to pay for stamina or use their diamonds (I think for 250 stamina it costs about 1,600 diamonds which aren’t toooo hard to grind, but require activities that require stamina being used 90% of the time).

Other than that, I love the game despite stamina complaint, while I can live with it, I would love for the devs to consider some adjustments.

by Michael9154

Wow this game really blew me away in terms of the quality it offers. The gameplay is fun, the script and references are funny, and all the character art, weapons, and attacks are amazing. The gacha system can be frustrating after pulling so much and getting pretty much nothing, but I mean that’s just what happens with these kinds of games haha. Eventually, you do end up pulling some heroes/gear that makes it worth it.

The end game is pretty grindy after the story finishes, but I honestly don’t mind it. If you join a guild, join their discord, and grind together, it does make the game a lot more fun.

But the best part about this game is probably the dev team behind it. It is so obvious how much effort they are putting into this game. They actively listen to input from the players and are always keeping us up to date on their plans. The recent dev note was very transparent and addressed a lot of issues players were having. There is also so much new content in the works that being part of the game right now just feels pretty exciting. The facebook event with the coupon codes was a lot of fun and i’m excited to see what new content comes out. It just shows how much the devs care about the player community, which is not something you get very often.

by KevinHg0425

Been playing this game for 4 months now and I love this game. Coming from a more intensive gacha/strategy background of summoners war, onmyoji, rise of kingdom, and sinoalice; this game offers more relax and gameplay focus content. The story, character design, and the unique mmo combat style is breathtaking while retain some exciting gacha elements of pulling and maximizing your team composition.

While there are many pros to this game, there are cons as well. Two major set back is the difficulty and the insufficient in game income gains of gold to upgrade units. As you clear towards the late stages of the game (world 10 - 11 and floor 20 of element tower), enemies becomes extremely difficult to kills and they essentially one shot you in a timer. There are few methods to counter it like getting a unit that can cast immunity or max out all your whole team which takes months due to limited resources you can earn everyday. I also wish there are more 4 star units they can implement, at least one for each role and element for example a four star water tank.

Despite all this cons mention above, this game is definitely worth you time to play and enjoy. I’d had a blast with it this quarantine and I’m grateful to my friend who recommend me this game. I truly believe this game needs more attention especially since season 2 had started, only if advertising would target non-guardian players instead of existing ones already.