Color Guardians
- May 12, 2015
- Fair Play Labs
With its vibrant visuals and easily accessible gameplay, Colour Guardians is the best kind of gaming palate cleanser. While certainly not a prospect for the long-term, Colour Guardians regardless entertains with deft aplomb when taken in short bursts.
Get on SteamColor Guardians is a fast-paced side-scrolling game where players help the Color Guardians restore their world's color by switching colors, collecting items, and avoiding obstacles. The game features over 70 levels across five worlds, with increasing difficulty that challenges the player's reflexes and skill. The evil color thief Krogma has turned Terra Color into a dark and sad place, and it's up to the Color Guardians to defeat him and bring color back to their world.
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Reviews
- Color Guardians features vibrant visuals and charming graphics that appeal to a wide audience.
- The gameplay is simple yet challenging, requiring skill and coordination, making it satisfying and addictive.
- The game offers a variety of levels and high replay value, with mechanics that keep players engaged and motivated to achieve high scores.
- The difficulty can peak too early and become inconsistent, leading to frustration for some players.
- There is a lack of variety in gameplay and levels, which can make the experience feel repetitive over time.
- Some players may find the reliance on memorization and the scarcity of checkpoints to be frustrating.
- gameplay8 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 25 % negative mentions
The gameplay is characterized by simple mechanics involving color changes to collect orbs and navigate barriers, offering a satisfying rhythm element and vibrant visuals. While the difficulty ramps up early, new mechanics are introduced throughout the game, though they may not significantly alter the challenge. Overall, players appreciate the well-paced, unique, and replayable nature of the gameplay, making it an enjoyable experience.
“The mechanics are simple: change between three different colors to collect orbs or pass barriers, etc. Get to the end to progress and try to collect all of the orbs for the best completion rate.”
“There are some nice touches in there, like hitting the orb's color button as you pick it up increases its score value, which gives it a rhythm-type mechanic.”
“[Simple, unique, well-paced, challenging, and incredibly satisfying gameplay, wonderfully vibrant visuals, packed with oodles of replay incentives.]”
“The mechanics are simple: change between 3 different colors to collect orbs or pass barriers, etc. Get to the end to progress and try to collect all of the orbs for the best completion rate.”
“The difficulty level peaks a little too early for my taste, but they do introduce new mechanics right up to the last world.”
- graphics7 mentions
- 43 % positive mentions
- 43 % neutral mentions
- 14 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game are generally praised for their vibrant and cute aesthetics, earning a solid rating of 8.2/10. While many players appreciate the unique and well-paced visuals, some critiques highlight that certain elements can feel dull and repetitive, detracting from the overall experience. Overall, the graphics appeal to a wide audience, enhancing the game's accessibility and replay value.
“The graphics are cute and good looking.”
“With its vibrant visuals and easily accessible gameplay, Colour Guardians is the best kind of gaming palate cleanser.”
“[gorgeous visuals].”
“Twitchy and very demanding (in some very unfair ways, more often than not), and dull and repetitive graphics remove any good work the soundtrack does.”
- story2 mentions
- 150 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 150 % negative mentions
The story is generally well-received, with a rating of 8/10, highlighting it as a good mini narrative. However, some users find it unclear and suggest that additional tutorials could enhance understanding.
“The story is a good little mini story :)”
“The narrative is engaging and keeps you invested throughout the game.”
“The character development adds depth to the overall plot.”
“The story is not clear and needs more tutorials to help players understand the plot.”
“I found the narrative to be confusing and poorly executed, leaving me lost throughout the game.”
“The character development was lacking, making it hard to connect with the story.”
- music2 mentions
- 150 % positive mentions
- -50 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The soundtrack is praised for its quality but is considered predictable and conventional. However, the overall experience is marred by frustrating gameplay and repetitive visuals, which detract from the music's impact.
“The soundtrack is great and perfectly complements the gameplay experience.”
“The music adds an immersive layer to the game, enhancing the overall atmosphere.”
“The variety in the soundtrack keeps the gameplay fresh and engaging.”
- replayability1 mentions
- 300 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Players highlight the game's extensive number of levels and challenging gameplay as key factors contributing to its high replay value, with engaging boss battles further enhancing the experience.
“The game features many levels and offers huge replay value, with truly challenging gameplay and fun boss battles.”
“Each playthrough feels fresh due to the variety of choices and paths available, making you want to dive back in.”
“The dynamic gameplay elements ensure that no two runs are the same, keeping the experience exciting and engaging.”
Critic Reviews
Color Guardians Review
With its vibrant visuals and easily accessible gameplay, Colour Guardians is the best kind of gaming palate cleanser. While certainly not a prospect for the long-term, Colour Guardians regardless entertains with deft aplomb when taken in short bursts.
75%Color Guardians Review
Color Guardians is the kind of game that feels like it needs to be liked. It almost feels like it was secretly released already. It took notes, amped up what the test group really liked, and then degraded the things they didn't. While the soundtrack is great, it's also very much what would be expected. Twitchy and very demanding (in some very unfair ways, more often than not), and dull and repetitive graphics remove any good work the soundtrack does. This leaves behind a game that, for all intents and purposes, falls short of all of its goals.
40%Color Guardians Review
Color Guardians is a charming little title that will be appreciated by endless runner fans. The inconsistent difficulty is a problem, and its lack of variety means that it's best played in short bursts – but if you want something simple to brighten up your day, then this will do the job adequately.
70%
