/vr/ - Retro Games

Guardian's Crusade (JP: Knight and Baby) is a very innocent-looking and lighthearted JRPG where everyone looks like a living toy. You take on the role of Knight and go on adventures all across the land, but soon enough you come across a weird little monster (Baby) who introduces the game's monster-raising sim elements, as you can feed and pamper Baby in order to make him stronger and command him to transform into different monsters in battle. These two are your only members of your party, but instead of spells Guardian's Crusade features collectible toys, which can be summoned in battle for various different effects, and all have unique animations and attributes which are one of the highlights of combat.

While a lot of the environments look super basic and the FMV scenes look rather unfortunate today, Guardian Crusade has a lot of surprises in store, including a much more affecting story than you would expect, and a much more potentially complex battle system that you could possible have predicted.