The story, the music the artwork. It all works. I especially like how much feeling you were able to convey with just one pixel. GrEAT!!!!!
Reviews for "The Guardian"
Simply Superb. There may be no colour and it can be slow at times (in comparison to other games at least) but has a lot of heart and emotion. And frankly, that's all the game needs.
The design of the game is simple but engaging.
The controls are ok, although I found myself press space to jump a lot at the beginning but that's more me the a fault of the game because I stopped doing it after while.
One critic is that I found myself saying "this to going to be like the film "Iron Giant"" and I was sort of right. Although thinking that, the end still had a lot of emotional punch.
My opinion on the slow gameplay:
The movement of the Guardian is fine as it is. It's slow, hulking movements gives it a sense of scale. It looks and feels like a giant. And I didn't see anything wrong with the movement of the boy at all. He moved as I expected he would and almost the same as other games.
the gameplay is my only complaint.
the story felt more like that movie The Iron Giant than SotC
Beautiful game, if you're willing to be patient with the story. Also, that kid can jump.
I loved it. The art style is simple yet very striking, the music (even though it disappears sometimes) fits perfectly with the game's tone. This game is about atmosfere and mood, and the slow gameplay is a tool to increase those things. Not every game is about being challeging, fast, responsive and etc. Sometimes you just want to tell a story and make the player feel things he wouldn't feel from other games. I know I did