GrigoryGaga
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I still wanna jump in and check it out, but honestly those reviews make me uneasy seeing players bash the project en masse.
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Highguard Debuts on Steam with a peak CCU of 97k and 21% positive reviews
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Windom Earle
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There is this weird controversy going on regarding Dr Disrespect supposedly lying about attending the launch event. Why would he lie about this? For some reason I don't trust this "creator manager" either. We will see I guess.
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
I did?but butMen_in_Boxes told that this game would be awsome and the best 2026 MP game aside from Marathon.
What happened ?
An Corp
Member
Something's off with this whole situation.
Geoff gave the developers a free spot at the end of the show to show off the game.
The game looks tired and boring and has ever since it was announced.
Geoff has been on a marketing Crusade for this game in the last 48 hours. So much so that they're kind of embarrassing meme level type stuff.
This whole thing just proves that the people on the other side of the game industry are beyond out of touch of a players want. Geoff posting an article from polygon sealed the deal.
How are they so tone deaf to their end users wants?
Geoff gave the developers a free spot at the end of the show to show off the game.
The game looks tired and boring and has ever since it was announced.
Geoff has been on a marketing Crusade for this game in the last 48 hours. So much so that they're kind of embarrassing meme level type stuff.
This whole thing just proves that the people on the other side of the game industry are beyond out of touch of a players want. Geoff posting an article from polygon sealed the deal.
How are they so tone deaf to their end users wants?
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Mathdebate
Neo Member
This is super weird, are they saying Doc faked the badge to appear to be at this event?
Windom Earle
Member
Yes, that is exactly what they are saying.
The REEtards were also losing their minds over this so there is obviously an interest from developer side to damage control this. Waiting to see what Doc has to say about it.
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
I know Geoff has denied this but to me it sure seems like he has money invested in this game
MMaRsu
Member
Who cares, honestly.
SHAKEZ
Member
There was probably A LOT of marketing money involved in paying influencers instead of doing marketing material like trailers and so on.
So these people are on a payroll and a pretty good one.
Expect it to die down overnight, once their contract ends.
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An Corp
Member
I didn't realize he actually denied it. Doesn't mean I believe him or he has some type of connection to the funding of the game.
I expect Highguard to be dead pretty much within a month. Negative Steam reviews or not, the game doesn't even look appealing. Plus you have a juggernaut game from Capcom about to release in a few weeks.
Windom Earle
Member
Update: Seems The Doc actually did lie about it to troll the devs, gg I guess. But if your reputation is so bad that you can troll others by faking your attendance, is it really a win?
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Branded
Member
Yeah I'm a Doc fan but no idea what his thinking behind this is. Is he trying to undermine what little of his reputation is left even further?
Froggo
Banned
I wish I could put money on this it's like watching a horse race
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
Of course that fucktard played that card
How bad is it in his life when he pretends to be invited to that event?
Froggo
Banned
It's blackmail they've got pictures of Geoff's bum that were meant for Kojima's eyes only
Cyberpunkd
Member
As always - "ha ha, it's a joke bro" - never lands. Also DD is an idiot and potentially a sexual predator, how can anyone be his fan at this point. Even fucking Mr. Beast is a better role model.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
For all the criticism about too big maps and not enough players, i think anyone thinking it was originally higher player counts is correct.
They had more players but reduced it. The game already has performance issues so they reduced it since it was even worse before.
It was probably a late decision and don't have time to adjust and rebalance the map. And they didn't want to tell gamers a month ago it's 3 vs 3 or else gamers would grill it as you could see by the trailer the maps were going to be pretty big with horse travel. It was never going to be COD sized kind of maps so telling it's small player count would be a turn off.
They had more players but reduced it. The game already has performance issues so they reduced it since it was even worse before.
It was probably a late decision and don't have time to adjust and rebalance the map. And they didn't want to tell gamers a month ago it's 3 vs 3 or else gamers would grill it as you could see by the trailer the maps were going to be pretty big with horse travel. It was never going to be COD sized kind of maps so telling it's small player count would be a turn off.
Gamer_By_Proxy
About to beat off
You can't judge it til you're past the first 20 hours.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
It's day one and the studio is already distancing HG from their other games?It seems that they removed "From the Creators of Apex Legend and Titanfall" from the Steam Page.
LOL
LMAO even.
*Edit, here the proof
Lol
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Avid Reading Horse
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Hmm, my flight was cancelled so I might not even get a chance to play this thing. The tutorial was running pretty low framerate on my travel laptop (not to mention the megablur)... though input responsiveness felt pretty good for the relatively low framerate. But that's the tutorial, got to assume the actual game will run even lower FPS so I probably won't bother.
Some of the basic ideas I am more or less on board with. 3v3 gameplay doesn't sound bad to me... heck, aside from early Warzone, the only interest I've had in late-stage core COD multi was the 2v2 gunfight modes.
The thing I just don't understand looking at the gameplay is why the CTF-ish/looty upgrade phase doesn't have a creep system. It (used to) be made by the creators of Titanfall... which... filled out the larger maps that were required to support mech combat with... creeps.
Some of the basic ideas I am more or less on board with. 3v3 gameplay doesn't sound bad to me... heck, aside from early Warzone, the only interest I've had in late-stage core COD multi was the 2v2 gunfight modes.
The thing I just don't understand looking at the gameplay is why the CTF-ish/looty upgrade phase doesn't have a creep system. It (used to) be made by the creators of Titanfall... which... filled out the larger maps that were required to support mech combat with... creeps.
PeteBull
Member
Bro, Geoff charges milions of usd for showing trailers on his show, and final trailer is likely 10m usd+, likely he has some confidential agreements, simple as that.
winjer
Member
Saiyan-Rox
Member
He's on his highguard nowGeoff should get off his high horse.
Von Hugh
Member
He's high
Trogdor1123
Member
Who has actually played it so far here and can give some info on besides " it's bad "?
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Lowcount
AJUMP23
Parody of actual AJUMP23
Geoff should get off his high horse.
Highbear?
I think the game would be fine if it had not had been the final trailer of the game awards. It over hyped and placed a magnifying glass on the game that it could not with stand. The game needed to come out and grow organically. Instead it has come out and been blasted with a slim chance of recovery.
xanaum
Member
The money went to whoever was available. A bunch of websites and influencers in my country suddenly started talking about Highguard in a synchronized way, like they all got the same briefing and were repeating the same mantra, stuff like:
"Highguard is intense and deserves a chance."
"Highguard has everything it takes to be the first big hit of the year, and you can't miss it."
"Success! Highguard launches on Steam with 100k players."
"Why you shouldn't skip trying Highguard."
MMaRsu
Member
What info do you want?
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
The trailer from a month ago was clearly 3v3. The narrow choke point during the siege phase would not play well with more players.
This isn't Battlefield. It's a MOBA. The large map size is to get you to weigh the cost of travel time against grabbing more loot and getting ganked.
winjer
Member
I don't think this game has much going for it. I bet most of the people who tried it yesterday, were just curious, in the same way people are curious to see a car crash. After they tried it for a bit, most turned it off.
The trailer gave it a lot of attention, which backlashed for being so bland and undeserving of such a spot. But without it, most people would not have talked about it. Or even tried it.
kpopSuperstar
Member
lol at people in here thinking Geoff has money invested in the game
AJUMP23
Parody of actual AJUMP23
But Geoff thought it was fun. And he is the pope of games.
PeteBull
Member
He is smart and very succesfull multimionaire, obviously 0 cents of his private money went into this shit, he got paid hefty sum to promote it at the end of tga and thats it xDlol at people in here thinking Geoff has money invested in the game
Trogdor1123
Member
How it plays mostly. I wonder if people are hating on it to hate on it or if it has a promise.
Emmy Ator Best
Member
Not directly but he absolutely does. Is it a good thing for Geoff if developers now start thinking that picking the wrong spot at the Game Awards could backfire on them?lol at people in here thinking Geoff has money invested in the game
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
He gets paid to promote a lot of shit, he went way overboard promoting this
PeteBull
Member
For the simple reason that this game flopping hard reflects terrible on him/his tga show, presenting this kind of shit as final trailer of the show even tho he made some big bucks, make him/his show lose status, before it was more or less bangers/games players were hyped for that got the crown jewel trailer spot, this year it was just shitty game, what comes next year, trailer fore some mobile gacha game as long as they fork up 10m usd for geoff?
He really wanted/did everything in his power to make this turd of a game succesful, ofc in the end quality of the product matters most, not marketting alone, hence the diseastrous results
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ozz ex machina
Member
The game needs some work but its really not that bad. They made something new in the PvP "hero" shooter space. The mode is pretty interesting and had some really fun moments last night. It's no masterpiece but fuck me the negativity is truly pathetic. What does anyone get from shitting on a game on steam they probably were never going to try or care about anyway? It's so weird.
Sakura
Member
I think Geoff is probably telling the truth when he says he has no money in this, it would be a pretty bad look for him if that was found out to be a lie.
Maybe he was just doubling down because of the reception it got as his "one last thing" during the VGAs. He probably wanted to be vindicated.
Maybe he was just doubling down because of the reception it got as his "one last thing" during the VGAs. He probably wanted to be vindicated.
Hollowpoint5557
A Fucking Idiot
Money, it's always about money. He's doubling down out of self-interest. If this game fails, advertisers will have doubts about the cost/benefit ratio that the Game Awards can charge to sell an ad-block during the show.
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SmokSmog
Member
25K is already a stretch, look at current player count, it's stuck at 16K~.
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