A little bit hero shooter, a little bit MOBA, an element of Counter-Strike with its match-winning bomb placing and defusing. It can make the initial hour spent in Highguard a bit overwhelming to be honest, despite a solid and brief tutorial. Two teams of three begin on either end of a pretty large map in their base, and you need to battle towards and destroy the enemy base. Each Highguard match is broken down into fairly distinct, snappy phasesWhich means each Highguard match is broken down into fairly distinct, fairly snappy phases. With so few enemy players, getting the Shieldbreaker to the enemy base can be extremely quick if the opposing team isn't super on it.