Guards of the Gate

About

"Guards of the Gate" is a roguelike, turn-based game with a hexagonal battlefield. As the Guards of the Gate, you must save the world from the Dragon Lord by fighting enemies, avoiding traps, and leveling up heroes. With unique talents, skills, and items for each hero, players must choose wisely to strengthen their team and turn the tide in battle. The game features four chapters, each with multiple dungeons and a boss fight.

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Play Modes

Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

65%

Audience ScoreBased on 40 reviews

graphics6 positive mentions

story3 negative mentions

The game features enjoyable hexagonal turn-based combat and a charming graphic style that can keep players engaged for hours.
Experimenting with different team combinations and learning the gameplay mechanics adds a fun layer of strategy, making it a good casual distraction.
The roguelite elements, such as retaining statue bonuses for future runs, provide a sense of progression and can enhance replayability.

The game suffers from balance issues, with certain classes being significantly stronger than others, leading to a lack of diverse strategies.
Gameplay can become repetitive quickly due to limited skills and items, and the overall experience feels shallow after a few hours.
There are several bugs and poor AI behavior, which detracts from the overall enjoyment and can make battles feel less rewarding.

gameplay
14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
21%
57%
21%
The gameplay is characterized by a turn-based system with hexagonal combat and rogue-lite elements, but it suffers from a lack of depth and variety, as players find that leveling up skills feels pointless and does not introduce new mechanics. Despite decent graphics and simple mechanics, the experience is marred by bugs, a lack of rewarding progression, and a short duration of around 10 hours, leading to a sense of randomness rather than engagement. Overall, while the game has potential, it ultimately falls short in delivering a satisfying gameplay experience.
- “To summarize, it is a really nice turn-based game with hexagonal style combat and simple exploring elements with rogue-lite gameplay.”
- “Fine graphics with simple, but fun game mechanics.”
- “Decent graphics, but no gameplay.”
- “Given the short duration of the game, mechanics such as skill and talent leveling up seem pretty pointless.”
- “It takes around 10 hours to get all of the current batches and after that the gameplay does not offer anything new at all.”
- “Gameplay-wise, there are no hotkeys, there are plenty of bugs, and it doesn't feel rewarding at all, but rather random.”
graphics
10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
60%
30%
10%
The graphics of the game are widely praised for their superb quality and appealing style, particularly when played on high-resolution displays. Players appreciate the creative design of heroes and the engaging hex-based setup, which enhances the overall visual experience. However, some users note that while the graphics are decent, they feel the gameplay could be lacking.
- “Graphics is superb (love to play on my 43" 4K) combined with soft background music; I can easily get lost in the game for hours.”
- “I love the hex-based setup and graphics!”
- “A very good graphic style, and some pretty nice ideas on heroes.”
- “Decent graphics, but no gameplay.”
story
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
63%
38%
The game lacks a substantial story, with players noting that it primarily focuses on combat rather than narrative or exploration. There is minimal plot development, and the gameplay revolves around defeating enemies across small maps without any significant adventure or character customization. Reviewers suggest that the game would benefit from a reward system to enhance replayability.
- “There is barely any story, just go and kill stuff on each level until you kill the last boss.”
- “Actually, there is no story, no adventure and very small maps at the moment.”
- “This isn't a game you get for story, plot, puzzles, character customization, open world exploration, etc.”
replayability
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
25%
25%
50%
Reviewers emphasize that the game requires a robust reward mechanism to enhance replayability, such as unlocking new content or modifiers after completing the story or arena. They highlight the importance of diverse strategies and character combinations in turn-based tactical games to encourage players to revisit the experience.
- “It needs a reward mechanism to promote replayability, like new content or modifiers after completing the story or arena, with different characters or team combinations.”
- “It needs a reward mechanism to promote replayability, like new items or modifiers after completing the story or arena, with different characters or team combinations or something like that.”
- “This is very important, because for a turn-based tactics game to be replayable, it must have various strategies and approaches.”
grinding
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players find that the grinding aspect of the game quickly becomes repetitive and tedious, leading to a lack of engagement in battles.
- “The battles get boring and tedious soon.”
music
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
50%
The music in the game is described as soft and immersive, enhancing the overall experience and allowing players to become deeply engaged for extended periods.
- “The graphics are superb, and combined with the soft background music, I can easily get lost in the game for hours.”