Disclaimers: played about half an hour of this game, with one character. Not a fan of beat-em-ups in the first place.

I found Guardian Heroes to be interesting-looking, with crisp, cool character models and animations... and that's about where the positives end. I want a beat-em-up game to be simple, and this one attempts to shoehorn in RPG elements, different combos for each character, a second on-screen character you can give commands to, three seperate planes of play, and a shitload of enemies to battle. It offers little in the way of simple pleasures (beyond watching the heavy attack animations stick), and devolves into a difficult, overcrowded mess within the first five levels.

I think die-hard fans of the genre might find a lot to like, but it ain't for me.