Luipadre
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Says the guy who actually played it.
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Highguard Debuts on Steam with a peak CCU of 97k and 21% positive reviews
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Cyberpunkd
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Arc Raiders is successful
Helldivers 2 is successful
If you make a good game people will come, paid or not. You release a demo or open server test for people to try, it's not that complicated.
The problem with Marsthoj is exactly why is wrong with Highguard - you are weeks from launch and I still didn't see extended gameplay videos with explanations, etc., just cinematic ether probably cost a lot.
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Froggo
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Steam numbers are always a rough but reliable indicator of popularity. Also I can never trust anyone who uses the word 'ecosystem' unironically.
KimDongHwan
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Every time a new game comes that divide gamers (either for being GaaS or DEI) we have people relativizing numbers, making it look like there is this "hidden success" which we don't know about or are not told, companies start the gaslighting by giving "player stats" (number of steps taken in the game, how many bullets have been fired, etc) - so that when the financial outcomes come, and stock prices goes down the same defenders start saying "you guys are ignorant, it wasn't because of game X, its because of this completely unrelated thing"Sounds familiar...
MiguelItUp
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Those frothing for failure, get even more ravenous when failure comes to some degree it seems, lol. Highguard was next in line and now that their job is "done", I guess they're already onto the next one, lol. I was turned off by Marathon initially, but they're genuinely trying to make improvements, and since then it's become a lot more enticing. So much so that I got the collector's, lol. Is it a gamble? Sure, but one that I was willing to take, and I don't get that feeling that often. Marathon leans on a more "successful" gameplay loop, albeit they have their own changes and differences. Highguard tried to do something different, and it appears that the consensus is that it needed more time in the oven, should've done closed betas, etc.Woah guys. This is a thread to shit on Highguard.
Leave my Marathon alone.
I've read/heard so many of the same things...
- Various parts of the match feel like they haven't been thought out well. (Apparently the shieldbreaker portion feels like the best part of the game according to quite a few, but the base preparation/building and the raiding portion feel lacking.)
- The maps are too big for 3v3, though this must've been a gameplay decision that leaned on wanting it to be big enough where players don't come in contact UNTIL the shieldbreaker + raiding portion of the game.
- TTK potentially feels too low for the type of game this is aiming to be.
- PC performance is NOT good, and the options that are provided are extremely limited. The game doesn't look extraordinary, yet folks with 5090s aren't exceeding 60+fps.
- The game was attempting to mimic a reveal just like Apex Legends, which could've been good for it, but the VGA reveal didn't do it any favors.
- If there were closed tests/beta tests, it could've helped the outcome of the project quite a bit.
Plague Doctor
Member
Yep, it's the coping stage.
The funniest stage of them all.
They really do get quite creative for the real reason a game failed. More creative than the games themselves.
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DeepEnigma
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StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
This is where HG ranks on Steam right now. And it's the start of day 3 of a F2P game.
At similar time yesterday (UTC 17:00), HG had 17,500 players.
At similar time yesterday (UTC 17:00), HG had 17,500 players.
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HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
Holy shit my most played game World of Tanks is beating it?This is where HG ranks on Steam right now.
ON STEAM?
No on plays WoT on Steam
Pulling the plug on HG in 3, 2,....
AllOuttaBubbleGum
Neo Member
Of all its issues, one criticism of highguard that I'm a little surprised no one has mentioned is the use of kernel level anti cheat that needs manually removed after install. Does no one care anymore about security/privacy and just installs this stuff without complaining? That's an instant no go for me.
falconhoof
Member
Less than Icarus. I didn't even know Icarus was still a thing.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Whatever the hell Vtube Studio and Legend of Idleon MMO are higher.
Given the trending of both these games (HG and Unturned), Unturned will surpass HG at some point. I had to google what Unturned is. It is this and came out in 2017:
STARSBarry
Gold Member
so I searched on steam by revenue (so how much off those fake currency packs Highguard is making)
sadly its not making as much money as the west coast mainline to Birmingham Crewe route DLC at the moment, but I'm sure it can spring back.
sadly its not making as much money as the west coast mainline to Birmingham Crewe route DLC at the moment, but I'm sure it can spring back.
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Niche title from legendary studio Bungie releasing their first exclusive to their new parent company, Sony.
Yeah, I'm sure when they pitched Marathon to Sony they were selling it as a "niche title."
Weirdest excuse to make. I'm not even against Marathon, I hope it's good - great even. But saying the game is expected to be a "niche title" is a big stretch.
HeisenbergFX4
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Even on Twitch its like 80th for number of viewers
No way this survives
No way this survives
Fake
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And???????????
Who cares if you played dude. Don't like the joke, GTFO. Create a thread and speak good about.
diffusionx
Gold Member
even this is like 20x better than concord
this is why nothhing will ever equal concord
ChorizoPicozo
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Concord is the father, and these are his worthy children.
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
I'm a bit disappointed by the lack of memes. Concord was the king in that regard.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
TBF, this was F2P.
Fbh
Member
While the art direction in this isn't great, Concord made it way easier to make fun of it
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
This game costs $0 though.
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
PeteBull
Member
GaaS family is cursed to its 10th generation
I put a spell of highest tier on u all, woke slops, its unbreakable and undefeated, it never buys games either, i cast on u:
DeepEnigma
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uncreativename
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I don't really enjoy The Hunt: Showdown (or pretty much any multiplayer games tbh), but I can immediately see the appeal, and understand what it's going for, which is something interesting and fairly unique.
When I watched footage of people playing Highguard it was a bunch of boring looking parts bolted together to make a confusing whole. I don't think it's gonna cut it, sadly for the devs.
Also The Hunt has a great art style, the one Highguard has does nothing at all for me.
When I watched footage of people playing Highguard it was a bunch of boring looking parts bolted together to make a confusing whole. I don't think it's gonna cut it, sadly for the devs.
Also The Hunt has a great art style, the one Highguard has does nothing at all for me.
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tmlDan
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we hate cheaters more, and any other non-kernel level anti-cheat has failed.
BF6 has no cheaters at all, i only ran into one in my entire 300 hours.
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diffusionx
Gold Member
Concord had an open beta with like 2,000 players. This game peaked at 97,000, so almost 50x more interest.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
At least Sony had the foresight and telemetry to pull the plug right away.
These clowns on the other hand.
Eesha
Member
one is already too many, those anti-cheats basically don't work and are mostly bloat for the files.
tmlDan
Member
One is not many, you clearly have no idea how rampant they are.
They 100% work, its barely bloat, performance is fine. Unless you have a shit rig.
MidGenRefresh
*Refreshes biennially
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
That shit is 100% by design.
They prioritized diversity, "body positivity", and thwarting the male gaze over designs that people actually like and want to play as. That studio was filled with activists and spineless yes-men afraid to say what everyone is thinking. Never has a studio deserved to fail so badly.
LectureMaster
Or is it just one of Adam's balls in my throat?
Have we ever seen any other games plunging like this?
Bry0
Member
The drawing looks so much better, that's absolutely crazy. LmaoThat shit is 100% by design.
They prioritized diversity, "body positivity", and thwarting the male gaze over designs that people actually like and want to play as. That studio was filled with activists and spineless yes-men afraid to say what everyone is thinking. Never has a studio deserved to fail so badly.
HRK69
Member
I don't really think soHave we ever seen any other games plunging like this?
Maybe Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League?
Concord was paid, so it's really hard to have anything to compare. But if it was free, I think the numbers would be worse than Highguard since at least Highguard has an hot redhhead and Concord...
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
I do feel sorry for the devs who will lose their jobs, but at this point the damage is already done. Maybe if they had solicited honest, unfiltered feedback earlier in development, they could've avoided releasing a game that nobody wants.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
That shit is 100% by design.
They prioritized diversity, "body positivity", and thwarting the male gaze over designs that people actually like and want to play as. That studio was filled with activists and spineless yes-men afraid to say what everyone is thinking. Never has a studio deserved to fail so badly.
Can't wait to see how Insomniac and Sweet Baby Inc take a giant shoehorn and cram lib nonsense into a Wolverine game.
Plague Doctor
Member
That shit is 100% by design.
They prioritized diversity, "body positivity", and thwarting the male gaze over designs that people actually like and want to play as. That studio was filled with activists and spineless yes-men afraid to say what everyone is thinking. Never has a studio deserved to fail so badly.
Well they suceeded amazingly well then in thwarting the male gaze....
and everyone else.
Revolutionary
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You can already see it if you look up the leaked stuff