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Highguard Debuts on Steam with a peak CCU of 97k and 21% positive reviews
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PeteBull
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He just got hefty sum for making it final VGA trailers so has to pretend game wasnt total bust and he did it to promote amazing game instead of simply love for money xD
MMaRsu
Member
Well its free..
kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
God, some people are always looking for the negative side. One month, tops! Really .... ?
I'm much more positive minded. I think the CCU could go into 3 digits in two weeks, tops!
LectureMaster
Or is it just one of Adam's balls in my throat?
'We don't need [player counts] to be super huge in order to be successful': Highguard devs respond to posters declaring it dead on arrival
'We don't need [player counts] to be super huge in order to be successful': Highguard devs respond to posters declaring it dead on arrival
"Internet's gonna internet."
ContrarianAsshole
Member
But I want to do a little happy dance nowIm sure plenty youtubers will do this, just give it few more days/a week or so, bro, cant count on professional journos, they sold their souls to the corpos long time ago
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
Well he should be happy seeing the player count fall off so quickly then'We don't need [player counts] to be super huge in order to be successful': Highguard devs respond to posters declaring it dead on arrival
'We don't need [player counts] to be super huge in order to be successful': Highguard devs respond to posters declaring it dead on arrival
"Internet's gonna internet."www.pcgamer.com
touchfuzzy
Gold Member
'We don't need [player counts] to be super huge in order to be successful': Highguard devs respond to posters declaring it dead on arrival
'We don't need [player counts] to be super huge in order to be successful': Highguard devs respond to posters declaring it dead on arrival
"Internet's gonna internet."
The CEO's name is 'Dusty Welch', which sounds like a cartoon villain who cheats at poker, haha.
Red Crayon Aristocrat
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Hahahaha
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Big-G
Member
'We don't need [player counts] to be super huge in order to be successful': Highguard devs respond to posters declaring it dead on arrival
'We don't need [player counts] to be super huge in order to be successful': Highguard devs respond to posters declaring it dead on arrival
"Internet's gonna internet."
Red Crayon Aristocrat
Member
They call him ol' Dusty Welch, so mean he once shot a man, just for snoring.
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
Its a good thing the devs aren't about high player counts, must be super thrilled over half the player base have already moved on
TrebleShot
Member
The crash and burn on this one is truly incredible.Its a good thing the devs aren't about high player counts, must be super thrilled over half the player base have already moved on
Played a round on my PS5 it was alright but still very strange. It wont last it has too much friction.
Unknown Soldier
Member
Who the hell are these devs and how did they think they could release in this state into arguably the most saturated market space in gaming right now
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
I can't say I've ever heard of this until now.
ResilientBanana
Member
Arc Raiders required a tutorial also.
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
It was the "one more thing" announcement just before revealing the GotY winner at The Game Awards.
Red Crayon Aristocrat
Member
B O M B
BOMB
BOMB
ContrarianAsshole
Member
Found one!
Must've put her on a lean diet of steroid-seasoned steroids deep fired in steroid oil
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DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
Found one!
Must've put her on a lean diet of steroid-seasoned steroids deep fired in steroid oil
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Its a good thing the devs aren't about high player counts, must be super thrilled over half the player base have already moved on
SHAKEZ
Member
This looks like a fake game.Found one!
Must've put her on a lean diet of steroid-seasoned steroids deep fired in steroid oil
MayauMiao
Member
Its free and a lot less ugly. No PSN requirement means can be played in more countries.
Let's see if it cn outlive Concord.
Branded
Member
Yeah that was like 6 mins.
CowboyLou
Member
It's not that you're wrong, BUT, I only have two friends so this era of 3-player co-op is perfect
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Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
I'm giving it another go tonight.
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
I thought that face was part of her elbow pad for a second
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
On the bright side, the % positive user ratings has been climbing steadily. If it keeps going up, eventually it'll beat Clair Obscur
ByWatterson
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Pokedot
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Arc Raiders doesn't have team matchmaking so you're required to have 3 or 2 friends. There's also like 30 players in a lobby so the comparison to Highguard makes no sense. Highguard apparently has team matchmaking, so 3v3 and only 6 players total on a big map is lame.
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diffusionx
Gold Member
seems like the game could have used early access or something
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
I think everyone just got home from work and they're cooking dinner now. But after they're done eating then they will sign on and play Highguard, just wait.
diffusionx
Gold Member
Highguard isn't DOA. After 4 hours, I'm convinced it's one of the best new shooters in years
Highguard is a fantastic and utterly unique new live service shooter
www.polygon.com
Chuds BTFO
Varteras
Member
To me, it feels like this could be another case of toxic positivity. Similar to what happened with Concord. The devs just didn't get exposed to criticism on design choices. Or they did but doubled down on their choices. Both could be true. Because, just like Concord, there are design decisions made for Highguard that just don't make any sense if you're serious about creating a successful game in this space.
HeisenbergFX4
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Revolutionary
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DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
Polygon has spoken. Not DOA. Case closed.Highguard isn't DOA. After 4 hours, I'm convinced it's one of the best new shooters in years
Highguard is a fantastic and utterly unique new live service shooter
Chuds BTFO
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
I didn't watch that.
Faltherion
Member
Honest thoughts after 2 matches (I know not enough, need to play more, but this is quick impressions and I did win both of them)
I give huge credit and balls to the devs for trying out something new/unique an FPS game. It has a lot interesting ideas for a PvP Competitive shooter. A mix of mount traversal, loot, different types of weapons, hero abilities and so on. The real unfortunate part is how their team has decided to handle the marketing and launch of this game. It would have been a lot better if it was just a shadow drop at the end of Game Awards, or if it was not even announced at all and then just released today on its own with the press events leading up to launch like they just did.
The engine to me felt buttery smooth. I did not have any kind of hiccups but I am running on a 4090 RTX which is a 24GB VRAM card and 64GB GDRR5 ram. I did not play much with the settings, but the time I did play the game I did not run into any weird graphical issues or bad slow-downs or anything else on the technical end of things.
I still need to get used to the heroes, I keep using mostly guns instead of hero abilities, that's one thing I need to get better at. Fighting in the base to defend/take over the core is quite fun imo. The bad thing right now is that the game does not feel good at 3v3, the map size is too big for that and when you out looking for loot there is no much going on which is kind of an issue. You don't feel threatened or scared of the enemy because the map is so big and everyone is so spread out.
I like that they give you a shop as another way to buy items/upgrades and I also really like the mechanic where you collect resources with your axe, kind of gave me a throw back to some other older titles like Savage: Battle for Newerth in the early 2000s (I miss that game)
I don't know man, I feel bad for the devs, they are getting shat on because of someone else's incompetence but granted their way of handling the marketing of this game wasn't the best either. Long story short, there are too many children on the internet that just like to bash everything they do not like and hate on people for no real reason which I find kind of dumb and rather childish. I do believe this game has potential, but with Arc Raiders out there and Marathon on the horizon I fear that this game might not survive to see it's true potential. They just need to fix the "too big of a map" issue and tighten somethings and maybe optimize a bit more for lower end machines and I think they'd be in great shape. Gonna play some more matches later tonight maybe or tomorrow, busy week for me.
I give huge credit and balls to the devs for trying out something new/unique an FPS game. It has a lot interesting ideas for a PvP Competitive shooter. A mix of mount traversal, loot, different types of weapons, hero abilities and so on. The real unfortunate part is how their team has decided to handle the marketing and launch of this game. It would have been a lot better if it was just a shadow drop at the end of Game Awards, or if it was not even announced at all and then just released today on its own with the press events leading up to launch like they just did.
The engine to me felt buttery smooth. I did not have any kind of hiccups but I am running on a 4090 RTX which is a 24GB VRAM card and 64GB GDRR5 ram. I did not play much with the settings, but the time I did play the game I did not run into any weird graphical issues or bad slow-downs or anything else on the technical end of things.
I still need to get used to the heroes, I keep using mostly guns instead of hero abilities, that's one thing I need to get better at. Fighting in the base to defend/take over the core is quite fun imo. The bad thing right now is that the game does not feel good at 3v3, the map size is too big for that and when you out looking for loot there is no much going on which is kind of an issue. You don't feel threatened or scared of the enemy because the map is so big and everyone is so spread out.
I like that they give you a shop as another way to buy items/upgrades and I also really like the mechanic where you collect resources with your axe, kind of gave me a throw back to some other older titles like Savage: Battle for Newerth in the early 2000s (I miss that game)
I don't know man, I feel bad for the devs, they are getting shat on because of someone else's incompetence but granted their way of handling the marketing of this game wasn't the best either. Long story short, there are too many children on the internet that just like to bash everything they do not like and hate on people for no real reason which I find kind of dumb and rather childish. I do believe this game has potential, but with Arc Raiders out there and Marathon on the horizon I fear that this game might not survive to see it's true potential. They just need to fix the "too big of a map" issue and tighten somethings and maybe optimize a bit more for lower end machines and I think they'd be in great shape. Gonna play some more matches later tonight maybe or tomorrow, busy week for me.
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manfestival
Member
I was watching some of the gameplay on twitch. Yeah it is kinda rough. I am sure many of those streamers are sponsored and just chasing bounties to get paid more but .... I guess once the initial boost goes away the game is gonna die. 3v3 is already a hard sell. The flow of the game is wonky. I do actually find the concept to be interesting. Just having some issues with the execution of it all.
