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Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider

JoyMasher · Jan 12, 2023

PC · PS5 · PS4 · Switch

Teen

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Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is a side-scrolling action platformer that channels the golden age of classic 16-bit action games in a full-throttle quest for revenge. REVENGE OF THE MOONRIDER In the oppressed world of Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider, humanity finds an unlikely hero. After building an army of super soldiers as weapons of war, the authoritarians unwittingly seal their own fates by bringing online the ninja warrior known as Moonrider. Conceived as a tool to preserve the totalitarian state, the Moonrider instead rejects its intended purpose and wages a relentless battle for vengeance against its creators and fellow super soldiers. GEAR UP AND PREPARE TO BATTLE YOUR CREATORS The design of Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider puts the best classic action-game elements in the laser-precise sights of its starring ninja, ensuring snappy, responsive combat that’s supremely challenging. Powerful modifier chips are hidden and guarded throughout the adventure, allowing you to customize the Moonrider’s fighting style while gaining killer advantages and abilities.

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Scores by platform

PC

Critic 8.0 (22 critics) · Gamer 8.8

8.1

PlayStation 5

Critic 7.9 (14 critics) · Gamer 9.0

8.1

PlayStation 4

Critic 8.1 (4 critics) · Gamer 9.4

8.1

Nintendo Switch

Critic 8.0 (13 critics) · No ratings yet

Critic reviews

  • Sirus Gaming

    Ray Remigio · Jan 18, 2023

    7.0
    Vengeful Guardian Moonrider offers you a great time for its cheap price, and there’s even its soundtrack released as DLC via Steam. It’s a good game for an efficient price, giving you pulse-pounding action with great platforming and an unchangeable difficulty which keeps on giving you challenge on challenge per stage, what’s not to love?
  • Gaming Trend

    Jack Zustiak · Jan 18, 2023

    7.0
    The game borrows liberally from its inspirations and combines them into a game that looks and plays the part just fine. It just doesn’t push itself or the player on a level that will fully satisfy people who still regularly enjoy the games it takes from.
  • ZTGD

    Ken McKown · Jan 17, 2023

    8.5
    Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider stands out among the pack of games looking to capture that 16-bit nostalgia. It is not just an art style. There are so many pieces that go into making a modern retro game and JoyMasher continues to prove they are better at it than most.
  • Way Too Many Games

    Oliver Shellding · Jan 17, 2023

    8.5
    This game was just the greatest cup of coffee for me to help start the new year. Last year started with a bang when I had the pleasure of playing Infernax, and 2023 got off to a great start as well with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider. It’s not terribly involved, the storyline is a bit heavy handed, and you need to figure out how it handles, but it’s exactly what it needs to be.
  • Game Informer

    Kyle Hilliard · Jan 13, 2023

    7.8
    One of the best things going for Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is its length. Making your way to the last level and defeating the final boss only takes a few hours. In this way, it knows exactly what it is: a brief but enjoyable nostalgic experience that doesn’t overstay its welcome.
  • Softpedia

    Andrei Dumitrescu · Jan 13, 2023

    8.0
    Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is a traditionalist game in a genre that has been getting a lot of modern takes recently. A lot of players might feel like there’s not enough here, in terms of both variety and innovation. But there’s value in giving modern players a game that understands the classics and offers both a universe and a set of mechanics that recall the best that they had to offer.

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