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The Guardian of Darkness

Guardian of Darkness is an action game with puzzle-solving elements. The player takes the role of a monk at an occult organisation who must face and defeat supernatural entities.

31 December 1999

The Guardian of Darkness is an adventure developed by Cryo Interactive, released 31 December 1999 on PlayStation and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The Guardian of Darkness is

The Guardian of Darkness is an adventure game developed by Cryo Interactive and released in 1999. It is available on PlayStation and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Guardian of Darkness is an action game with puzzle-solving elements. The player takes the role of a monk at an occult organisation who must face and defeat supernatural entities.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

The Guardian of Darkness launched on 31 December 1999, within three weeks of Shenmue, Planescape: Torment, The Typing of the Dead and Little Fighter 2.

Released around the same time: Shenmue, Planescape: Torment, The Typing of the Dead, Little Fighter 2.

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When did The Guardian of Darkness come out?
The Guardian of Darkness was released on 31 December 1999 for PlayStation and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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