Guardian Heroes USA

The greatest 2d game of the 32 bit era, a masterpiece in beat em up design that is part RPG, part one on one fighting game ,replete with quarter circle moves double jumps and proper blocking that takes skill and patience to master. But when you do you are rewarded with a multiple branching, multiple ending story that is RPG like, but is an excellent beat em up as well. The use of jumping between 3 planes of action to avoid enemies with all the moves in place no matter what plane you are fighting on is truly compelling and unique. It has giant cast iron robots that take ages to beat set in a mythical medieval fantasy land that sets in apart from all other games in the genre. Every beat em up should be designed exactly like Guardian Heroes .Perfect fun.

The man tells the truth. For a beat-em-up RPG (sorta), this is fun! :) Great game! Uploading screenies...

But this game DOES NOT BEAT Suikoden II (PSX/PS1), Shining Force II (for Saturn), Skies of Arcadia, or even Shining the Holy Ark (all for Saturn). It is a 4.5/5 game, but we need keep it in perspective. The 1990s was the Golden Age of RPGs. ;)

nice review! and to think i almost passed this game up. thanks!