Is the spirit to guard a precious and mystical element the major aim? Well, after stunning gamers on the iPod, iPhone and iPod Touch, the iPad now offers the attire of the crystal guardian. Square Enix has announced that players can now immerse into the popular downloadable game Crystal Defenders on this Apple offering too.
The magical land of Ivalice is a heavenly bliss until evil forces concoct to take away precious crystals. The young moogle guardian calls out for braves from distant horizons to save the place from darkness and pain. This is where gamers step in to restore peace and defend the chaste crystals.
This game has been redesigned for the iPad. Integrated with smoother and easy controls, the interface allows gamers to comprehend and react immediately. The graphics have been upgraded so that players can enjoy the intense battle on the large 1024 x 768 pixel screen.
Crystal Defenders inherits jobs and locations from the Final Fantasy Tactics series and involves players to make their moves to repulse intruding adversaries. In this easy to learn game, as fiends enter an area to steal crystals, gamers can pause to strategize their action plan. By positioning the jobs of Black Mages and Soldiers at appropriate places, they can fight to crush the opponents’ wicked intentions. To add more zing to the game, it has been integrated with map terrain, job attributes, monster strengths and weaknesses, and more.
Crystal Defenders was originally released for mobile phones across Japan in January 2008 under the title of Crystal Guardians. In the later half of 2008, it was made available on Apple devices namely the iPod, the iPhone 3G and the iPod Touch. Gamers wanting to play the Crystal Defenders can now download it from the App Store. It has been priced at 7.99 USD (approx. Rs. 370).