En Garde!

a lot of the negative reviews are just people misunderstanding the premise of the game or being bad at the game, and then blaming it on the game being bad. The combat in this game is incredibly fluid, but not free. You have to genuinely think about your next move, and sometimes that means running away from a group of enemies or seperating them. There are lots of mechanics in the level design itself that help you do that, but yeah it does take a bit of trial and error. The fun of the game is in being outmatched by your opponents and having to use dirty tricks to win. That isn't "your character being weak", but the whole premise of the game. The game definitely isn't long enough to warrant a 20 dollar price-tag though, so buy this heavily discounted. But overall, pretty good.

I liked this game. It knows what it is, and it does that well. Swashbuckly and stylish in a Looney Tunes kinda way.

I'm so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ bad at this game. I cannot get out of the tutorial on medium. I'm humiliated and red and mad and shouting "I blocked? i hit the button? you can't do this to me" i've tried as hard as I can and I can't win a game of rock paper scissors. This is just batman arkham asylum but latin and cheerful and it's kicking my ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ teeth in. I give up

ok this is just stupid, its not fun, its not cute, its not anything more than just stupid. put me in a small room with 2-3 guards or whatever they are, put some beds and cabinets and other things that cant be kicked and now fight, what do you do first? block or dodge? well if you dodge you cant ever hit them back, but if you block you also cant hit them back because the others use the unblockable attack. maybe you want to try to get some distance between them? well gl cuz they are speedy gonzalez and there s no space for that.

I would recommend this game BUT: only with a hefty discount. En Garde! is essentially what happens when you take Sekiro, but replace all the gloom, depth and progression with lightheartedness and an interactive environment. It's pretty clear that the game was made on a budget. The scope is very small, the duration of the campaign very short and enemies are repeated quite often. However, the devs prioritized the things that mattered. Nothing feels half-baked and the game is just plain old fun right up until the end. Throwing a jug of wine in a soldiers face and kicking him down the stairs feels just as satisfying after 100%'ing the game as it did the first time around, which is a sign of great design. At the end of the day however, it all comes down to value for money. 20 euros is a steep price for a game with no meta progression and recycled assets that can be completed in a few hours. 5 or 10 euros feels fair, especially if you're going for full completion, so keep an eye open for those discounts. I do hope this gets a sequel some day. I believe there's a whole lot more that could be done with the concept. Arena mode, which was surprisingly fun for a supplementary game mode, ga…

Excellent swashbuckling fun! On the hardest difficulty, it even feels a bit Soulslike (which I love).