Highguard; Geoff, are you high?

[Satinavian]

I can't help but kinda pity the game. Its not a game I'd be interested in or one that's particularly good, but the discussion doesn't seem about that. From the very start it was about practically the whole internet wanted the game to fail and that nothing the devs could have said or done would be able to overcome this.

And I get it. Live service no one wanted, and one that also took the hype slot at the game award. I get the frosty reception. But the sheer hatred is probably a bit much.

Despite being a live service shooter it does look a bit more unique than Concord at least.

On one hand, yes. I too felt there was a bit too much vitriol before launch.

However, they got nearly 100k players basically directly at launch. The vitriol did not prevent people from trying it out. Even bad publicity is publicity and all that - this worked.

The bad after launch reviews which are mostly about stuff the game award trailer did not show (3 v 3, maps to big, characters feel samey, disjointed mess of objectives etc.) are what the game earned for itself. So, yeah, i don't feel too bad.

The game definitely gots its chance to prove the naysayers wrong. If it had been good, it would have had enough attention to explode in userbase now.
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And yes, it looks way better than Concord. If i was into hero-shooters (i am not), i would have tried it out today as well. But unfortunately "better than Concord" is not enough in the highly competitive shooter market.

 

[CriticalGaming]

Highguard Removes Text From Steam Linking It To The Creators Of Titanfall

A big selling point for the new FPS has been scrubbed from the internet

kotaku.com

Why are they deleting things off the store page? I wonder what that means.

 

[Samtemdo8]

Wait the game is already out?!

 

[CriticalGaming]

Wait the game is already out?!

For days now believe it or not!

 

[Samtemdo8]

For days now believe it or not!

Well fuck you Highguard

 

[Worgen]

Well fuck you Highguard

Why? Its kinda the only way to catch a lot of cheaters now adays.

Also, who is Geoff? The only one that comes to mind was from Rooster Teeth and I have a feeling this isn't them.

 

[Samtemdo8]

Why? Its kinda the only way to catch a lot of cheaters now adays.

Also, who is Geoff? The only one that comes to mind was from Rooster Teeth and I have a feeling this isn't them.

The Dorito/Mountain Dew Pope Geoff Keighly. He's been around represting the video game industry as far as I've known him. Like this is back in the old TechTV/G4 days.

 

[Worgen]

The Dorito/Mountain Dew Pope Geoff Keighly. He's been around represting the video game industry as far as I've known him. Like this is back in the old TechTV/G4 days.

He was one of the hosts on that network? I think I only ever saw anything from it in passing.

 

[FakeSympathy]

Why? Its kinda the only way to catch a lot of cheaters now adays.

Also, who is Geoff? The only one that comes to mind was from Rooster Teeth and I have a feeling this isn't them.

He's the host of TGA award shows, gamescom showcases, and Amazon SGF every year. The dude has been well-liked by both gamers and big figures in the industry.

However, this game might change all that.

 

[CriticalGaming]

He's the host of TGA award shows, gamescom showcases, and Amazon SGF every year. The dude has been well-liked by both gamers and big figures in the industry.

However, this game might change all that.

Naw he'll be fine. It's an L for him for sure, but so was sitting on a Dorrito and Mountain Dew Throne. People will get over him having a bad take. The good thing about Geoff is that he does pay attention to feedback and tries to fix it.

 

[FakeSympathy]

Well at least Geoff seems to have sense of humor given where he is at right now.

 

[FakeSympathy]

 

[CriticalGaming]

someone has platinumed the game already. No more how dumb a game is, people will play the shit out of it.

 

[BrawlMan]

someone has platinumed the game already. No more how dumb a game is, people will play the shit out of it.

I won't judge that person. They queerly had their fun without anyone getting hurt, and that's all that mattered.

 

[CriticalGaming]

I won't judge that person. They queerly had their fun without anyone getting hurt, and that's all that mattered.

They did not enjoy it apparently lol. It came with a big "do not recommend"

 

[Hades]

Wait the game is already out?!

And already dead it seems

 

[FakeSympathy]

'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

Umm, I thought you guys worked on Titanfall and Apex Legends; weren't both games all about player retention and having consistent size of the player base?

They don't even talk about how they are gonna keep the player count alive, or bring more people in.

 

[CriticalGaming]

'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

Umm, I thought you guys worked on Titanfall and Apex Legends; weren't both games all about player retention and having consistent size of the player base?

They don't even talk about how they are gonna keep the player count alive, or bring more people in.

Copium.

 

[BrawlMan]

They did not enjoy it apparently lol. It came with a big "do not recommend"

Ok then. Since that is the case they should have spent better time elsewhere.

 

[CriticalGaming]

Ok then. Since that is the case they should have spent better time elsewhere.

I get it though, I have also platinumed games i didn't like out of spite. Like Veilguard, part of me wants to platinum those games so that people can't say "you only are hating it because x,y,z you didn't even play it." But I can point to my platinum and goes, "I did play it, it sucked ass."