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[Arsic]

All right folks place your bets. Is this going to be a massive failure to launch or will Geoff be redeemed as the prophet of amazing multiplayer for millions of players?

Concord 2 or Fortnite 2.

Or will it be just a good multiplayer game with a solid player base?

I'm of the opinion that it'll be good and carve out a solid 50k player base average when all the dust settles.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Come on now. Hero shooters are dead. Doesn't matter if the gameplay is good. Hell I thought Concord's gameplay was good, just kinda slow for my tastes. I'm used to Battlefield speed.

 

[AJUMP23]

It will not be concord 2. But it will not be that successful either.

 

[Dacvak]

What the hell is highguard?

 

[LegendOfKage]

It might not be a big success, but I don't think there's any way that the game will fail like Concord did. Highguard looks like Apex to me, not Concord.

 

[T4keD0wN]

Most devs avoided Q1 2026 for a good reason, Rockstar thought they were big enough to go toe to toe with Highguard, but look how that turned out, even theyve realized they cant match the guard.

Everyone is scared of Highguard and for a good reason, this game is gonna take the world by storm.

 

[TwinB242]

The footage honestly reminded me of Valorant. So I think the game has potential if it can get some of that fanbase.

 

[neo raider]

I think the game is gonna be a hit

The game is unique and not just an average shooter like concord

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Fornite 2

 

[HRK69]

Lowguard

 

[TheLikou]

This game will struggle at first, that's for certain.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

I think the game is gonna be a hit

The game is unique and not just an average shooter like concord

You mean a "new breed of shooter"?

 

[Loomy]

Nothing is taking Fortnite's crown anytime soon.

My guess is this is going to do Splitgate 1 numbers. Which might be enough for them to keep a staff and keep building it out.

 

[poppabk]

Like Concord - no. I think it will come and go without much impact though.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

This game flopping will stress out Bungie and Sony even more (especially if people celebrat it as concord 2)... And that would be a good thing... That's the only rol this game has in the big picture.

The fact that they haven't shown actual gameplay, what its hook, unique mechanics, and systems are... is kind of a red flag.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Nothing will be as bad as Concord.

But HG will be a flop. Wont comes close to other big shooter games. And wont come close to Apex or TF too, which keeps getting promoted as from the makers of.

 

[Innominat]

concord didn't stand a chance primarily because it wasn't free to play. this is free to play and the characters look just barely serviceable enough to sell skins so it won't be as disastrous as concord. not optimistic that it'll be a success tho.

 

[Barakov]

Lowguard

MIDGuard

 

[Dirk Benedict]

Lowguard

Guard Break!

 

[LordCBH]

The game is unique

How would anyone know that lol. We've see exactly zero gameplay.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Guard Break!

Top Block

 

[Dirk Benedict]

Top Block

Only if she's Top heavy.