En Garde!

Item: En Garde!
Rating: 81
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-07-17

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Summary

Highly fun and engaging combat experience
Innovative and satisfying combat system
Gorgeous and charming art style
Game too short for its price
Overwhelming enemy numbers in combat
Weak and unengaging story

Emotions

Satisfaction32%Disappointment14%Joy11%Frustration11%Excitement7%

Reviews (sample size): 987
Helpful reviews: 84%
Unhelpful reviews: 15%
Protest reviews: 1%

81%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
19%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 3096
Negative points: 1520
Gameplay points: 1355
Perf. points: 59
Rec. points: 541
Misc points: 453

Point	Description	Importance
Highly Fun & Engaging Experience Description Players overwhelmingly found the game to be incredibly fun, engaging, and charming. The fast-paced, dynamic combat, coupled with its light-hearted tone and humor, contributed significantly to a highly enjoyable experience that many found addictive and replayable. Importance 100%	Players overwhelmingly found the game to be incredibly fun, engaging, and charming. The fast-paced, dynamic combat, coupled with its light-hearted tone and humor, contributed significantly to a highly enjoyable experience that many found addictive and replayable.	100%
Innovative & Satisfying Combat System Description The combat system is a major highlight, praised for its unique blend of parrying, dodging, and especially the innovative use of environmental interactions. It's described as fluid, satisfying, and challenging, often compared favorably to Sekiro but with a more forgiving and whimsical approach. Importance 45%	The combat system is a major highlight, praised for its unique blend of parrying, dodging, and especially the innovative use of environmental interactions. It's described as fluid, satisfying, and challenging, often compared favorably to Sekiro but with a more forgiving and whimsical approach.	45%
Gorgeous & Charming Art Style Description The game's art style received widespread acclaim for being gorgeous, vibrant, and charming. Its colorful, cartoony aesthetic, often compared to Disney or Pixar, is seen as a perfect fit for the game's lighthearted tone and enhances the overall visual appeal. Importance 16%	The game's art style received widespread acclaim for being gorgeous, vibrant, and charming. Its colorful, cartoony aesthetic, often compared to Disney or Pixar, is seen as a perfect fit for the game's lighthearted tone and enhances the overall visual appeal.	16%
Witty Humor & Engaging Dialogue Description The game's humor, dialogue, and character banter are consistently praised for being witty, silly, and genuinely funny. This lighthearted approach, especially the protagonist Adalia's interactions, adds significant charm and personality to the experience. Importance 15%	The game's humor, dialogue, and character banter are consistently praised for being witty, silly, and genuinely funny. This lighthearted approach, especially the protagonist Adalia's interactions, adds significant charm and personality to the experience.	15%
Concise & Polished Design Description The game is appreciated for its concise, focused, and linear design, avoiding common open-world bloat. Its short length (around 3-5 hours) is seen as a strength, ensuring the experience remains fresh, polished, and respectful of the player's time, with minimal bugs. Importance 15%	The game is appreciated for its concise, focused, and linear design, avoiding common open-world bloat. Its short length (around 3-5 hours) is seen as a strength, ensuring the experience remains fresh, polished, and respectful of the player's time, with minimal bugs.	15%
Excellent & Replayable Arena Mode Description The Arena Mode is a well-received addition that significantly boosts replayability. It offers challenging wave-based combat with fun modifiers, allowing players to further experiment with mechanics and extend their enjoyment beyond the main story. Importance 7%	The Arena Mode is a well-received addition that significantly boosts replayability. It offers challenging wave-based combat with fun modifiers, allowing players to further experiment with mechanics and extend their enjoyment beyond the main story.	7%
Charming & Well-Voiced Characters Description The characters, including the protagonist Adalia and the supporting cast, are consistently described as charming, charismatic, and well-written. Their personalities and excellent voice acting contribute significantly to the game's overall appeal. Importance 5%	The characters, including the protagonist Adalia and the supporting cast, are consistently described as charming, charismatic, and well-written. Their personalities and excellent voice acting contribute significantly to the game's overall appeal.	5%
Fitting & Pleasant Soundtrack Description The game's music is praised for being good, fittingly adventurous, and enhancing the overall atmosphere. It complements the game's cheerful rhythm and Spanish flair, contributing to a pleasant auditory experience. Importance 4%	The game's music is praised for being good, fittingly adventurous, and enhancing the overall atmosphere. It complements the game's cheerful rhythm and Spanish flair, contributing to a pleasant auditory experience.	4%