Magic Guardian

Magic Guardian

Vention Solutions Inc. · August 22, 2023 · Physics, PvE, Action, Artificial Intelligence, Stylized

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9 user reviews89% · 9
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About Magic Guardian

✦ AI summary

Magic Guardian is a tower-defense game where you defend the Soaring Crystals from enemy waves using three distinct characters with unique abilities, magical staffs, cauldrons, and pistols. It stands out with its beautiful fantasy world, flexible gameplay sessions ranging from quick bursts to extended play, and the ability to craft alchemical charges while casting spells and unleashing gunfire against orcs and sorcerers.

Welcome to the Soaring Crystals World, where you have to fight the Evil forces. Leverage magic staff, cauldron, or a pair of battle-tested pistols to defeat the Enemy. Do your best in protecting Soaring Crystals World using the unique abilities of characters and the arsenal of a mobile laboratory!
Can YOU hold back three Enemy waves while keeping Soaring Crystals safe and sound?
Go ahead, fight Evil forces!

NEW GENERATION OF TOWER-DEFENSE GAMES
Сreate alchemical charges in the cauldron, cast magic spells with your staff and fight for the Soaring Crystals using a pair of battle-tested pistols. Use your unique character abilities and the arsenal of a mobile laboratory to do everything you can to protect the Crystals!

• Beautiful fantasy World of the Soaring Crystals
Discover an amazingly beautiful magical world hidden in the clouds. In this world, where giant columns of stone and gold are seamlessly connected with the lightness of clouds, you have to fight against realistic orcs, sorcerers and other creatures. Get ready to receive a wave of emotions from each defeated enemy!

• Choose your fighting way
You can choose from the three completely different characters: almost immortal witch, lone ranger, and lizard-alchemist.
Each of them is waiting for their chance to get even with Evil Forces.
Make your choice and become the hero who will fight bravely for the destiny of the universe!

• Convenient duration of game sessions
It’s only you who decides whether to play quick game sessions from five to ten minutes or dive in deeper defending Soaring Crystals to see how much you can accomplish. Magic Guardian is a perfect fit if you want to blow off some steam and kill some monster that looks like virtually… whatever option you have. Or if you want to explore the world of VR games and don't know where to start from, don’t hesitate and explore the magic world of Soaring Crystals in Magic Guardian.

Magic Guardian — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Magic Guardian presents an interesting concept with charming visuals and creative spell-casting mechanics, but players consistently report significant technical and design issues that undermine the experience, including awkward UI placement, inconsistent hand tracking, and control problems that make gameplay frustrating.

Recommended Jun 6, 2024
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Recommended Oct 31, 2023
Upon first glance, this game piqued my interest with its potential. However, some aspects of the game must be improved for its enjoyment. Pros: The game presents a promising concept with unique world-building. Guns are effective against both weaker enemies and formidable ogres. The visuals are charming, reminiscent of beloved tower defense games like Dungeon Defenders. Enemy classes are well-designed, and it's evident that thoughtful planning went into their interactions with the game world. Cons: Text Prompts Placement: On the Oculus Quest 2, text prompts are awkwardly positioned too high on the screen and move with your head, making them impossible to read without straining your eyes or taking off your headset. Alchemy Station Issues: The alchemy station, though intriguing, lacks clear instructions and often malfunctions even when the correct sequence of colored balls is entered. Crystal Tracking: The game's numerous scattered crystals are challenging to monitor, often leading to a swift game over scenarios. Basic Controls: The control scheme only allows up and down, left and right, and forward movements. The absence of a turning option renders the game unplayable for w…
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Not recommended Mar 26, 2025
"Magic Guardian" is advertised as a "tower defense". It is not a tower defense game (the developer doesn't seem to know what tower defense games are). It's a VR tech demo, a wave survival shooter. You don't place any towers, there's little to no strategy element in the game. What do you do in the game? Wave your arms around to draw characters in VR which allows you to "cast spells" that you can shoot at enemies. That's it. The graphics in this game are passable, but could be better. And while it's vital for any game to have impressive visuals (gaming is a visual medium, after all), there's more to a game than just the graphics. To be worth a gamers time, the game must match top tier visuals with top tier gameplay, and that's not happening here. It's VR exclusive, and that shows the developer failed to understand the most basic axiom of VR game design... if the only cool thing about your product is VR support, your product is not cool. You're forced to sign a highly questionable yet legally unenforceable End User License Agreement... for such a relatively low effort, low quality product, this comes across more as a delusion of grandeur than anything else. This agreement…
Recommended Oct 3, 2023
It realy looks nice and promessing. But I too got the floor problem. But also my hands are far further than they should be. I am hanging outside the basket at the first scene and I can't change it.
Recommended Sep 9, 2023
the game was fun but the controls are weird and those should be changed and there should be a menu to change controls but overall the game was fun ps there should also be more characters. sincerely, weresmymeth

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