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[Men_in_Boxes]

I'd save the victory laps for a bit

This isn't an endorsement for Highguard. This is an endorsement of Highguards marketing, which we were told over and over was terrible.

They were wrong.

 

[AJUMP23]

Here is a nice short video about what to expect

Why it is a tiny vertical video? Who does that?

 

[TrebleShot]

So i played the tutorial and its very long, what is clear, the gameplay is very tight, its very Apex.
Server is hammered.

DLSS in the menus, but no settings associated with it, its just on or off. With it on, on a 5090 5k2k res, 60-70fps.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

 

[Dynasty8]

Looks fun, I'll try it out. Their roadmap also looks promising with new content every month.

 

[neo raider]

game's already at 60k

 

[wipeout364]

Why it is a tiny vertical video? Who does that?

No idea but it was the first video I have watched that explained the mechanics very clearly. Mind you I haven't been following very closely.

 

[Revolutionary]

Why tf did they have the lamest looking character front and center for all the promotional material?

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

I will be honest, I expected more of like an Overwatch type of game but the tutorial didn't feel that way

Guess I wasn't paying close enough attention, I want in to try this out as like many others I am booted to queue after the training

 

[nikos]

So i played the tutorial and its very long, what is clear, the gameplay is very tight, its very Apex.
Server is hammered.

DLSS in the menus, but no settings associated with it, its just on or off. With it on, on a 5090 5k2k res, 60-70fps.

There's a slider to set the internal render resolution to whatever you want rather than having presets, which is nice.

Game does seem a bit intensive though, even on a 5090, at least on max settings.

 

[kevboard]

I just signed up fairly easily

really? I constantly get a 404 error

 

[SlimySnake]

Alright, im a fair guy and wanted to give this game a shot. I got in 20 minutes after launch and have been stuck in a waiting queue for the last ten minutes.

Sorry, but that was that. If you cant account for a few hundred thousand people at launch then you dont deserve to make an online game. suck a dick.

 

[AJUMP23]

I assume Battlepasses next month.

 

[The_hunter]

The base raiding seems interesting, but also very complicated.

Not sure how I feel about gear in an fps game.

The feeling reminds me a bit of playing halo 1 and doing CTF.

At least they are trying something new with this.

 

[Timberwolf25]

I'll wait to later this evening to even bother downloading/checking it out. Checking out some streams in the mean time and a lot are stuck in queues atm...lol

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Alright, im a fair guy and wanted to give this game a shot. I got in 20 minutes after launch and have been stuck in a waiting queue for the last ten minutes.

Sorry, but that was that. If you cant account for a few hundred thousand people at launch then you dont deserve to make an online game. suck a dick.

Just pretend the game comes out in an hour, or tomorrow. It's not a big deal.

 

[Reavr]

Alright, im a fair guy and wanted to give this game a shot. I got in 20 minutes after launch and have been stuck in a waiting queue for the last ten minutes.

Sorry, but that was that. If you cant account for a few hundred thousand people at launch then you dont deserve to make an online game. suck a dick.

Yes. You seem very fair and not overly reactionary at all.

 

[near]

You can Bhop, and if you slide and jump at the same time you can get super speed. Apparently, the super speed trick is unintentional and could get patched out.

 

[Timberwolf25]

really? I constantly get a 404 error

Went to one of the streamers that have drops on, clicked the drop inventory on the menu and then "connect" to account on the drop page. Linked on the first try to my Xbox acct

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Nearly 100 Concords already and still climbing.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Btw, initial reaction is this will definitely be a flavor of the week / month game. Not expecting this to be big 3 months from now.

 

[dorkimoe]

I'll just try later, stuck in queue but got it downloaded!

Oh wait it loaded I'm in!

 

[Timberwolf25]

Nearly 100 Concords already and still climbing.

and with barely any marketing besides that asshats show....lol

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

This isn't an endorsement for Highguard. This is an endorsement of Highguards marketing, which we were told over and over was terrible.

They were wrong.

I will be honest, I expected more of like an Overwatch type of game but the tutorial didn't feel that way

Guess I wasn't paying close enough attention, I want in to try this out as like many others I am booted to queue after the training

Bad marketing

 

[kevboard]

Went to one of the streamers that have drops on, clicked the drop inventory on the menu and then "connect" to account on the drop page. Linked on the first try to my Xbox acct

ok, your Xbox account, but we are talking about an account specifically for the game. that's the question here

 

[Tobimacoss]

Easy 100k on Steam soon.

 

[Timberwolf25]

ok, your Xbox account, but we are talking about an account specifically for the game. that's the question here

No it was on the playhighguard website. Once there you can select your tag

edit: portal.playhighground site. I went to the regular site and it does seem to be loading really slow and I couldn't find a log in page

 

[Ogbert]

Not for me.

Very much fits into the ADHD competitive streamer drivel.

It will find an audience though.

 

[Shubh_C63]

Seems very competently made game by the tutorials

 

[Pop]

Reminds of why people are easily swayed to like or pretend to like something

This looks very meh

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Bad marketing

"I want to try this out"

+

70k on Steam

Good marketing, nay BRILLIANT marketing.

Edit: Sorry, 80k on Steam lol

 

[kevboard]

No it was on the playhighguard website. Once there you can select your tag

edit: portal.playhighground site. I went to the regular site and it does seem to be loading really slow and I couldn't find a log in page

you're right, when I clicked on the link in the twicth drops it works... fucking weird lol

 

[falconhoof]

Just watching the video preview now.

Did they send out a casting call for the most annoying sounding VO actors and script lines. Is that actually in the game or just for the preview. The call outs are painful after a single listen, I can't imaging hearing that shit hundreds of times over.

 

[RPS37]

Can't find the download on xbox

 

[neo raider]

what the hell is this long ass tutorial

let me in mf

 

[kevboard]

does anyone have issues linking their Steam account?

when I try linking it it says
Could not link account. This Steam account is not authorized
all my other accounts (Xbox/PS/Twitch) are linked without issue

 

[Timberwolf25]

If you subsribed to the Highguard youtube channel, they just put out ~28 short vids. Covers weapons, characters, bases, maps, etc

 

[MiguelItUp]

Reminds of why people are easily swayed to like or pretend to like something

This looks very meh

I mean anything with the slightest amount of "different" is enough to entice people, but it's definitely not for everyone, like me.

But I do applaud them for trying to do something a bit more unique.

 

[ricardo_sousa11]

Game will be dead in 6 months

This should have been a season on apex

Seems to be too many chefs in the kitchen

 

[SmokSmog]

I think people are just curious, the game is free so many downloaded it. Wait a few days for it to marinate, I think the player base will deflate rapidly.

 

[Luipadre]

Few thoughts after completing the tutorial. PC version looks blurry af at max settings, dont know if DLSS even works at all. FPS is not too hot on my good PC either. Getting around 120, but with these visuals i should get a lot more imo. Aim assist is insane on controller, like my reticle getting slowed down from targets 50 meters away, making the aiming feels jarring. Not many options in the menu either, no motion blur toggle, no framegen, no reflex not even official dualsense support just regular xbox controller.

So far this doesnt feel nearly as polished as apex did when it launched

Now im gonna try my first real match, but my first impressions based on the tutorial arent too hot

 

[Branded]

3 vs 3 is certainly a choice

Wait it's only that? Not 3v3v3v3?

 

[TwinB242]

New studio with 60 developers working on this game for 4 years. All I know is that they're going to need a massive playerbase willing to buy a lot of cosmetics in order for this game to be financially viable.

 

[MMaRsu]

Is the trader BLISK?????????

 

[TwinB242]

Wait it's only that? Not 3v3v3v3?

Unless I missed something in the launch showcase video, it seems to be just 2 teams fighting it out per map.

 

[LordCBH]

This game will be dead within a month.

 

[Timberwolf25]

Unless I missed something in the launch showcase video, it seems to be just 2 teams fighting it out per map.

Considering it's a Raid the base type game, it makes sense to only have 2 teams.
But only 3 players per team is too small considering if you have just 1 weak af teammate, the other 2 players are going to have to hard carry their ass.

 

[MMaRsu]

THE TRADER IS BLISK GODDAMN IM GOOD

But an added wrinkle in Highguard is a merchant (voiced by JB Blanc, who many will recognize as Apex's Caustic and Titanfall's Blisk) who ...

Now thats dope

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

This game will be dead within a month.

Unlikely, but I don't see it having much staying power.

 

[Tobimacoss]

Considering it's a Raid the base type game, it makes sense to only have 2 teams.
But only 3 players per team is too small considering if you have just 1 weak af teammate, the other 2 players are going to have to hard carry their ass.

Likely just 3v3 for launch month until they add more Wardens to pick from before doing 4v4 maybe.