Ampguard

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Ampguard is a single player strategy game with fantasy and dark fantasy themes. It was developed by Crobon and was released on February 3, 2022. It received neutral reviews from players.

Wenn Licht und Dunkel die Erde spalten, wählt alles eine Seite. Während Yokai und Tiere in den dunklen Wäldern verharren, verbleiben die Menschen mit ihren Geistervögeln in der Sicherheit der Städte. Sie wollen das Gleichgewicht zwischen Hell und Dunkel aufrecht erhalten. Doch die Verbindung von Mensch und Geistervogel schwindet langsam. Ein jährliches Festival soll ihre Bindung stärken. Im Zuge…

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57%

Audience ScoreBased on 23 reviews

gameplay3 positive mentions

stability1 negative mentions

The game has a fun shard system allowing skill allocation, upgrades, and swaps, adding flavor to each run.
Art style is appealing and fitting, complemented by a decent soundtrack.
The gameplay loop and mechanics have potential and feel engaging once the concept is understood.

Controls are awkward, unintuitive, and sometimes unresponsive, making the gameplay clunky.
The game has multiple bugs including animation issues, enemy AI getting stuck, and lack of proper save progress functionality.
Lack of clear instructions or tutorials makes it hard to understand game mechanics and objectives.

gameplay
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay is criticized for breaking immersion due to flawed mechanics, such as a broken walking animation and uninspired combat. Players expected engaging combat or story-driven travel but found repetitive and uninteresting shooting mechanics that fail to motivate continued play.
- “One of the main mechanics breaks the flow of the game and instead of speeding up your movement (like it's meant to), it simply breaks the walking animation.”
- “What I expected was fun combat mechanics or an interesting story as you travel.”
- “What I got was bullet shooting mechanics worse than Binding of Isaac without powerups, and the game leaves me feeling after killing each enemy like 'why am I still playing?'”
- “One of the main mechanics breaks the flow of the game and instead of speeding up your movement (like it's meant to) it simply breaks the walking animation.”
- “What I got was bullet shooting mechanics worse than Binding of Isaac without power-ups, and the game leaves me feeling after killing each enemy like 'why am I still playing?'”
graphics
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The graphics feature a fitting and visually pleasing art style that is well-received by users.
- “The art style is nice and the soundtrack is decent.”
- “The art style is fitting and nice to look at.”
stability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game suffers from significant stability issues, including frequent crashes and the need for reinstallation. Even after reinstalling, performance remains poor, with extremely low frame rates making gameplay frustrating and nearly unplayable.
- “So buggy I legit tried to play, it crashed. When I opened it back up, I was forced to reinstall because it wouldn't work. After redownloading, I tried again but was forced to play at like 10 FPS, which made it very frustrating and unproductive.”
story
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users expected an engaging story alongside fun combat mechanics, indicating a desire for an interesting narrative to complement the gameplay.
music
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The music in the game is decent and complements the overall pleasant art style.