Wildlight Entertainment has just released its free-to-play PvP raid shooter, Highguard. Highguard is using Unreal Engine 5.3.2, and it does not suffer from any stutters. The game is buttery smooth, which is something that will please a lot of gamers who have been looking forward to it.

In Highguard, players will ride, fight, and raid as Wardens, arcane gunslingers sent to fight for control of a mythical continent. They will battle Warden crews for possession of the Shieldbreaker, then break into and destroy the enemy base to secure territory in this all-new breed of shooter.

I’ve tried the game on my main PC gaming system. This system is equipped with an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D, 32GB of DDR5 at 6000Mhz, and an NVIDIA RTX 5090. I also used Windows 10 64-bit, and the GeForce 591.74 driver.

Highguard comes with a few graphics settings. PC gamers can adjust the quality of Shadows, Global Illumination, Reflections, and more. While there is support for NVIDIA DLSS, there is no support for AMD FSR or Intel XeSS. Owners of non-RTX GPUs will have to use UE5’s TSR. There is also no support for Frame Generation (not that you’d want to enable it in a multiplayer game anyway).

At Native 4K with DLAA and High Settings, Highguard runs with a minimum of 73FPS and an average of 83FPS. At Native 1440p with DLAA and High Settings, we get framerates over 110FPS at all times. As for 1080p, the NVIDIA RTX 5090 can offer a 150FPS experience.

As we can see, Highguard runs way better than a lot of other Unreal Engine 5 games. And, as I said, it does not suffer from any stutters. This game feels and plays silky smooth.

But what about the graphics? Highguard looks good, but it isn’t the kind of game that will amaze you with its graphics. Most of its charm comes from its strong art style. To be fair, Wildlight did use many high-quality textures, so the environments look sharp and nice. So, while Highguard does not push the boundaries of PC game graphics, it’s at least pleasing to the eye.

Overall, Highguard runs better than a lot of other Unreal Engine 5 games. It doesn’t have any stutters, and it can run silky smooth on a high-end PC system, even at Native 4K. However, it’s a shame there is no support for AMD FSR or Intel XeSS. Usually, AMD FSR 3.0 offers a better image quality than UE5’s TSR. So, let’s hope that the devs will add both FSR and XeSS via a future update.

Highguard is currently available to play on Steam!