Gays can have a little Sekiro, as a treat.
En Garde! is an insanely charming sword-play RPG about master swordswoman and long-time friend of Cervantes: Adalia de Volador.
Through her we explore early modern Spain and attempt to stop the evil Count Duke from both driving our quaint Spanish town to ruin and also dominating the world.
I am a queer parry fiend and to play a game with a gay protag where parry-or-die is the philosophy absolutely rocked. A good fighting mechanic goes a long way for me when it comes to liking games, but also the art style was very fun, the writing was punny/creative/didn’t take itself too seriously, and the pacing was great.
Sadly the targeting system is pretty bad, I won’t lie, but in a 4 hour game where you can blitz through it and carry on having forgotten the targeting system exists at all, it’s a forgivable flaw. If this game were expanded or got a much bigger sequel I’d love to see what a functioning version of it looks like, but again, didn’t ruin the experience given you can just ignore it and fight without it.
My partner and I knocked it out in one evening (literally tonight) and I want more En Garde! Adalia de Volador is my new hero.
En Garde! is an insanely charming sword-play RPG about master swordswoman and long-time friend of Cervantes: Adalia de Volador.
Through her we explore early modern Spain and attempt to stop the evil Count Duke from both driving our quaint Spanish town to ruin and also dominating the world.
I am a queer parry fiend and to play a game with a gay protag where parry-or-die is the philosophy absolutely rocked. A good fighting mechanic goes a long way for me when it comes to liking games, but also the art style was very fun, the writing was punny/creative/didn’t take itself too seriously, and the pacing was great.
Sadly the targeting system is pretty bad, I won’t lie, but in a 4 hour game where you can blitz through it and carry on having forgotten the targeting system exists at all, it’s a forgivable flaw. If this game were expanded or got a much bigger sequel I’d love to see what a functioning version of it looks like, but again, didn’t ruin the experience given you can just ignore it and fight without it.
My partner and I knocked it out in one evening (literally tonight) and I want more En Garde! Adalia de Volador is my new hero.