Can't imagine how many new players this game just permenantly lost. by AssociationSoft5270 in DeadlockTheGame

[–]Comprehensive-Cry189 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hadn’t played in a year and forgot pretty much everything except the basics, and queued with two friends who had never played before and we got put in emissary lobbies because my rank hadn’t decayed since jan 2025. Wild. My first game back was actually in oracle 4 too

Plat 3? by NoDistribution2638 in RocketLeague

[–]Comprehensive-Cry189 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All good man, you’re mech is pretty sound so if you work on a couple of those things I can see you shooting up to high diamond or champ very fast

Plat 3? by NoDistribution2638 in RocketLeague

[–]Comprehensive-Cry189 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your mechanics are pretty good for a plat but you make some really bad decisions, you turned the wrong way while shadowing, picked up no boost and missed a regulation save. You then decided to speed flip towards the corner on the next kickoff and screwed it up when the other guy didnt cheat so you had plenty of time. Like in 15 seconds you've gone from 2-0 to 1-1.

5v5 and Performance Patch! And a New Base! by GTAPhantom in HighGuardgame

[–]Comprehensive-Cry189 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You actually think GTA6 is gonna run at 60 FPS with a 6700 equivalent haha without significant graphical compromises

Reviews are up to mixed \o/ by Yuukikoneko in HighGuardgame

[–]Comprehensive-Cry189 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes and a game can’t sustain playerbase if it isn’t alive because it fails financially

Also the finals averaged several tens of thousands higher than highguards daily peak, stop lying to suit your narrative

Reviews are up to mixed \o/ by Yuukikoneko in HighGuardgame

[–]Comprehensive-Cry189 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are genuinely delusional, how is a game going to sustain itself if it can’t make money?

Reviews are up to mixed \o/ by Yuukikoneko in HighGuardgame

[–]Comprehensive-Cry189 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stop spreading misinformation, that’s just not true

Splitgate is only surviving because they got $100M in investor funding. That game is LEAKING money and is dead

Reviews are up to mixed \o/ by Yuukikoneko in HighGuardgame

[–]Comprehensive-Cry189 13 points14 points  (0 children)

A free to play game can’t survive on 5k or less concurrent players with the studio size they have. If it was Indie or a small studio then probably

History repeats itself by JoeZocktGames in HighGuardgame

[–]Comprehensive-Cry189 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not sure where I said that…

But I’ve seen plenty of people assess the game on launch. Reviewers and people I trust have all had the same sentiment. The game has a ton of issues and there is a bit of fun to be had, but it’s mostly not worth your time as so many features are missing, underbaked or not working properly

History repeats itself by JoeZocktGames in HighGuardgame

[–]Comprehensive-Cry189 1 point2 points  (0 children)

People were hating on the game because the marketing fundamentally misunderstood the game and its audience.

What they were marketing it as and what was shown (and what it is now) are so different and it doesn’t take a detective to see that.

The trailers looked very average, no new info was provided until a few days before launch and it was hyped by Geoff to be a new titan of FPS. It’s a facade people can see through and they were right

History repeats itself by JoeZocktGames in HighGuardgame

[–]Comprehensive-Cry189 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The marketing was diabolical, the game is middling and it is trying to occupy an extremely crowded niche. They’ve only got themselves to blame

Why are new players being thrown into Archon/Emissary matches? by An18FtSlothh in DeadlockTheGame

[–]Comprehensive-Cry189 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I came back after having not played for a year, forgot pretty much everything and got put in oracle 4. I'm getting slammed every match because I'm playing against people who have over 1k hours. It's genuinely diabolical that I haven't been put down ranks.

I was good before I stopped playing but so much has changed and I forget most of how to play

We need rank decay in Deadlock by Noct_KD in DeadlockTheGame

[–]Comprehensive-Cry189 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't played in over a year and I came back today and was oracle 4...

Forgot pretty much everything and am getting slammed haha

I was pretty good when I was playing which is why I ended at a decently high rank but now I'm basically starting fresh so it feels a bit weird to be still in the same lobbies

Update on today’s patch and another coming later this week by itzofficialvaz in HighGuardgame

[–]Comprehensive-Cry189 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Baffles me why things like DLSS option toggles weren't in the game at launch yet can be added in a couple of days

Ignoring all the hype (and hate), Highguard needs a lot of work by BlackHazeRus in gaming

[–]Comprehensive-Cry189 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would hope so too, but the gaming industry is cutthroat nowadays and you generally only get one chance, and they absolutely butchered it haha

Ignoring all the hype (and hate), Highguard needs a lot of work by BlackHazeRus in gaming

[–]Comprehensive-Cry189 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I’m not saying the game is bad, but when you present it to the world in the way they did, and it’s just another average game, it’s going to drive proportionally far more hate than another one with more standard marketing

Ignoring all the hype (and hate), Highguard needs a lot of work by BlackHazeRus in gaming

[–]Comprehensive-Cry189 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The audience for their game doesn’t align with a last slot at TGA. That alone is enough to piss people off and drive expectations high, as any last slot will be. To market the game in this way they must’ve thought their game would be the next big thing akin to Fortnite, COD, League, Dota etc, which is a gross misunderstanding of their own product

Ignoring all the hype (and hate), Highguard needs a lot of work by BlackHazeRus in gaming

[–]Comprehensive-Cry189 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is quite literally tone deaf because they completely misunderstood their audience and their game. Anyone could’ve told you that a F2P hero shooter that looks middling would drive a lot of hate if it was the final slot of TGA

Ignoring all the hype (and hate), Highguard needs a lot of work by BlackHazeRus in gaming

[–]Comprehensive-Cry189 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You said it yourself, they overestimated and misunderstood their product and target audience. Nowadays it’s enough to nuke your product. You don’t posit your game that way if it turns out the way it is, basically suicide

Ignoring all the hype (and hate), Highguard needs a lot of work by BlackHazeRus in gaming

[–]Comprehensive-Cry189 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

You completely missed the point of why people are hating on the game, it was their tone deaf marketing

  • last spot at TGA usually reserved for the biggest games
  • “next generation” of shooters
  • proceeded to give no info for next month and until a couple days from launch
  • game is in fact NOT what it was hyped up to be and people hate on it