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| Developer(s) | Illusion Works | |||
| Publisher(s) | Illusion Works | |||
| Platform(s) | Pacifico | |||
| Genre(s) | Platforming Adventure Role-playing | |||
| Series | N/A | |||
| Predecessor | N/A | |||
| Successor | N/A | |||
| Release Date(s) |  January, 2016.  January, 2016. January, 2016. January, 2016. | |||
| Age Rating(s) |  
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| Media Included | Pacifico Application | |||
Guardian Angel is a platforming and role-playing game developed and produced by Illusion Works for release on the Pacifico in January of 2016. It follows the story of Arcantha as she discovers the secrets behind her past, and how much they have changed the future either positively or negatively. The game is rated "T" for "Teen" for the use of explicit language, violent scenes, and the use of blood.
Plot
The game takes place in the year 1034, deep in the past. The story follows two people, who are twins, called Arcantha and Avery. They were raised in an orphanage in their home village, as their mother died presumably whilst giving birth to them, and the father presumably died prior to the birth. The pair were inseparable and always went everywhere with each other, until one day, on the eve of their joint sixth birthday party, the orphanage caught on fire. One of the support logs for the building collapses, and swings straight for Arcantha, however Avery pushes her out of way and takes the hit for her. Arcantha watches as the rest of the orphanage and her last family member perish right before her eyes.
At an older age of 15, Arcantha decided that she needed to find answers to everything surrounding her family's mysterious fate, to finally lock up and throw away the key to her past. That's how the beginning of the revelations would take place.
[The rest of the plot will be added upon completion of the game]
Gameplay
The game works similarly to that of Child of Light, where you play in an open platforming world but also have a combat element where you fight against enemies.
Combat
Combat is where the role-playing element comes into play. You fight against many different species of beasts, which range from super easy to extremely difficult. The enemies have a level which indicates to the player the difficulty of enemy they're facing at that precise moment in time. The levels range from 1 to 50, with the final boss of the game being level X, which implies they're somewhere over level 50.
Once you defeat an enemy beast you will receive experience points and money, the experience points help build Arcantha's levels and the money helps you buy new equipment for her to boost her stats. When you gain a level you can add 5 extra points onto any attribute you wish.
Statistics
Stats are the name for the different techniques you can increase upon levelling up. Like most other role-playing games, you can increase HP (hit points), ATK (attack), DEF (defense), MGC (magic), RES (resistance), SKL (skill), LCK (luck), SPD (speed), IMN (immunity). Here is a run-down of all the stats available in the current build of the game.
- HP (Hit Points or Health): Health increases how much life you have before you are attacked. The more you have, the more you have the more damage you can take.
- ATK (Attack): Attack increases how much damage you do with melee weapons before defense and resistance are taken into consideration.
- DEF (Defense): Defense increases how much damage you are able to take from melee weapons before attack and magic are taken into consideration.
- MGC (Magic): Magic increases how much damage you deal with magical attacks before defense and resistance are taken into consideration.
- RES (Resistance): Resistance increases how much damage you are able to take from magical attacks before attack and magic are taken into consideration.
- SKL (Skill): Skill increases how well you are with weapons and magic, and increases your hit rate on other enemies. The lower this is, the lower the chances are of you successfully landing an attack are. Works similar to Accuracy in other games.
- LCK (Luck): Luck increases your chances of landing critical hits and one hit kills. It can also increase your luck in completely dodging enemy attacks sometimes but that is often more rare than critical hits themselves.
- IMN (Immunity): Immunity increases your ability to withstand conditions such as coldness, poison or bleed. If you have one of these conditions they will do significantly less damage if you have a high investment in IMN points.
Skills
Skills are special traits that you can unlock for your character after every level up. They work similarly to Perks in South Park: The Stick of Truth, where you can gain special abilities to aid you in battle. Once you hit level 40, you can claim one Skill every two levels as opposed to one with every other bracket. A full list of Skills can be found below.
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Equipment
There are a lot of different types of Equipment in Guardian Angel. There are a variety of weapons available to the player as they journey through the game, and a lot of other things they can equip to Arcantha and the rest of their party. There are also things like shields which can aid her in the game, and there are also Rings. Rings allow Arcantha's attacks to have different type of conditions attached to them, for example if you give Arcantha the Vampire Ring, she will cause the enemy to bleed when she lands a Perfect Attack. Or if she had the Ice Ring equipped, she has a chance to freeze the enemy when she lands a Perfect Attack.
Character Customization
There are a lot of different ways you can customize how Arcantha looks in the game. You can collect dyes which allow you to change her hair color in the menu, and if you look at posters around the time, you can discover different hairstyles for her which she can then apply to herself. You can also change her clothes and give her different outfits to try on, you can also save 6 outfits as your favourite outfits and select them through the menu instead of having to find the combination again. You can also change the colour of these clothes with the dyes you collect as you travel through the game.
Game Modes
Story Mode
Story Mode is the main mode of Guardian Angel. In this mode, you play through the game's story as Arcantha, the main protagonist, as she discovers the truth behind her family's strange disappearance. Once you've completed the story, you are able to replay the levels at your own desire, and you can uncover more secrets and clues in the game that you may have missed the first time when you played through it.
Free-Play Mode
In Free-Play Mode, you can play through the levels with godly abilities, which allow you to play the game as more of a visual novel than a role-playing game. It is most helpful to collect items you have missed along the way if you're looking to 100% the game, such as dyes and clothing. You can also find out extra clues which may change your end hypothesis on the events which happened in Arcantha's past.
Mutliplayer
In Multiplayer, you can play through the game with a group of friends through local play or online play. You can play up to four players, and everyone plays through their own Arcantha (which for the sake of confusion, will be renamed to whatever the player decides for her to be called). This can make it easier to defeat enemies in the game, however the amount of enemies in the game will increase to make it somewhat harder for the players. You can also set a difficulty in Multiplayer which can push the boundaries even further.
Characters
| Arcantha | Arcantha is the twin sister of Avery. She was saved by Avery during the fire at the orphanage. When she turns 15 she decides to go on a journey to discover the true fate of her family when they all perished at times in her life, and she makes some shocking discoveries surrounding them. |
| Avery | Avery is the twin brother of Arcantha. He died during the orphanage fire on his joint sixth birthday with Arcantha. |
| Victor | Victor is the father of Arcantha and Avery. It is believed he died sometime prior to the birth of the twins. |
| Celeste | Celeste was the mother of Arcantha and Avery. It is believed she died during childbirth. |
| Ashleigh | Ashleigh was the nurse who oversaw the birth of Arcantha and Avery. |
Trivia
- This game was originally an abandoned article, and was claimed by IcicleIllusionist (t∣b∣c) during the Abandoned Treasure contest.