Guardian Codex

Square Enix continues to bring joy to players passionate about role-playing and strategy And it is that this distributor of titles like those of the saga Final Fantasy is convinced of the potential of the platform mobile That is why it launches a new title of this genre: Guardian Codex, a sequel to Guardian Cross that comes with turn-based combat, a world of fantasy mixed with technology, monsters and heroes and, most importantly, the ability to play with other people

Guardian Codex places us in the year 2030, in a world divided between the Empire and the Resistance As players, the title presents us as one of the members of said Resistance, in charge of investigating the Codex to discover the potential of the Guardians and how to use them in the real world against the Empire. A good enough excuse to raise two plans: reality and the Codex, where to fight and search for these guardians. This species of heroes are the real protagonists of each battle, controlling them as playable characters.

Gameplay-wise, Guardian Codex displays a mix of genres On the one hand there is the classic role and strategy in which to create a team of Guardians and fight to improve their combat characteristics and abilitiesOn the other hand, the turn-based battles are planned as stages to overcome with different fights against monsters and a final confrontation with a boss of stage as closure. So, you have to be careful enough to calculate every move and save as much life as possible before the final showdown. In each combat, as in the Final Fantasy games, you have to choose each attack once your turn comes, being able to choose between attacks normal, attacks that affect the entire enemy group and charged attacks with some special power All this taking into account both the life of the opposing monster, as well as the typeto which they belong and the shift of each one.

The game features a story mode that takes us through the alternate territory of the Codex , where main missions are raised to advance with the story, and secondary objectives to increase the hours of fun, win extra resources and evolve to Guardians All this ensures a good number of hours of fun, although it requires many hours of play to evolve and adapt to the difficulty of the title.

However, what really characterizes the game is its section multiplayer And it is possible to complete Codex tasks with up to three other players from the rest of the world. Thus, each one contributes one of their heroes or Guardians, choosing the attack at each moment. If the thing is not coordinated, it is always possible to write through the chat to be able to develop a strategy when it comes to beating the final boss or to synchronize the stratagem .

Regarding its technical section, the game excels in character modeling , with a style typical of role-playing games of Asian origin, although it is not surprising when it comes to showing the world, the dungeons and the rest of the scenarios in which the action takes place.

The good thing is that Guardian Codex It's a game Free , albeit with in-app purchases, as expected. The game is developed for both the Android and iOS platforms, and can be downloaded at via Google Play Store and App Store