Crystal Defenders

Crystal Defenders (2008)

by Square Enix Product Development Division 4, Square Enix
Genres:Strategy
Themes:Action
Game modes:Single player
Story:Crystal Defenders is a defensive strategy game, in which the player must guard a path using troops taken straight from the Final Fantasy job classes, such as Soldiers, Archers and Black Mages. Every enemy who traverses the entire path means another crystal lost to the party. The game has three modes: W1 teaches the player the basics, W2 introduces Power Crystals which add a layer of strategy, and W3 is filled with more complex maps.Show more
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Crystal Defenders is one of the best tower defense games I’ve ever played! It brings back so many memories of the characters from Final Fantasy Tactics A2 on my old NDS, along with all the crystals and magic from the Square Enix universe. I really wish I could play this game again soon, but unfortunately, my old PSP isn't working anymore.
user avatar@Allendaruser avatar@Allendar
April 29, 2025
Played this endless on the PS3. Very nicely balanced and fun and keeps rewarding you to try different tactics. It's sad that more of these games die with time as they go locked away in the old console closets.
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