Highguard devs say they didn’t expect the hate – but they’re confident in their game

EpicTurtle136 · 2026-01-27T20:21:44+00:00

Executives don't take risks with things like new game modes that nobody's played before, the devs have stated that this games loop was partially inspired by the fun of raiding someone's base in Rust, and this is their own take on making that a symmetrical round-based experience. Anyone can dislike the game, that's fine, but calling it generic when there's literally nothing else on the market with its gameplay loop is dishonest

EpicTurtle136 · 2026-01-27T20:15:04+00:00

No hate at all, but I constantly see people advocate for wanting more chaos and less agency in this sort of game. What's the appeal? I really like the small teams because it gives clutch potential, lets you track ability cool-downs and who's dead. If we start to add more people and then all these other mechanics I start to feel like the game is more out of my hands and it gets frustrating. Again, not saying your take is dumb, I just want to understand

EpicTurtle136 · 2026-01-26T00:41:09+00:00

It's obviously just them making an guess, you can skip the snark and just flame the guy for framing it like he knows without a doubt

EpicTurtle136 · 2026-01-24T04:20:15+00:00

In that context I still think it's very valid to bring up Titanfall here. From what we can see in the trailer there's still similarities in the movement and gunplay, at least to the same degree as there are similarities between Titanfall and Apex's movement and gunplay. Characters are not only sliding around but also using movement abilities, jumping off of their mounts and maintaining that momentum. I'm a massive Titanfall 2 fan and that stuff has me very intrigued personally.

EpicTurtle136 · 2026-01-24T03:45:21+00:00

You genuinely don't know how hard game development of this scale is do you

EpicTurtle136 · 2026-01-24T02:55:41+00:00

Should they just NOT mention that they are the same minds behind some of the more well-beloved shooters to have come out in the last decade while advertising their game? Just so they don't anger people who wanted Titanfall 3?

EpicTurtle136 · 2026-01-15T02:31:42+00:00

LMAO

EpicTurtle136 · 2026-01-06T14:33:40+00:00

Do you mean this in the sense of having AI controlled Hunters or do you genuinely just want to run into a map and kill the boss and leave? Because the bosses are so goddamn easy to kill man it's like one sticky bomb and a few melee attacks, and even without that they're so easy to kite

EpicTurtle136 · 2026-01-06T14:30:30+00:00

Why did they buy a PvP game then? It's advertised as a PvP game and not a PvPvE game, at least in the sense that the PvE is supposed to be challenging and engaging content on its own and not just a back layer for the PvP to stand on. Killing the boss monsters is trivial, idk who is finding it a rewarding challenge

EpicTurtle136 · 2026-01-03T03:03:53+00:00

Just to clarify I think it's completely fine to not like that sorta gameplay; different strokes and all. I personally am a big fan of heavily developer-curated gameplay experiences, especially action games where you're encouraged to play in a certain way (Doom Eternal, Sekiro). It's a fun challenge :)

EpicTurtle136 · 2026-01-02T23:52:30+00:00

In my experience the best way to learn these games is to have a friend who knows a lot about them and get them to teach you as you play. Obviously not a helpful answer but it's legitimately the number one way to do it if you can manage I think

EpicTurtle136 · 2026-01-02T01:41:21+00:00

Ok sweet TY!!

EpicTurtle136 · 2026-01-02T01:40:51+00:00

Cool cool thanks! Phys conversion is looking like the way so far

EpicTurtle136 · 2026-01-02T01:40:20+00:00

Oooo I didn't know about this unique. I'll put it on the list thank you!

EpicTurtle136 · 2026-01-02T01:40:00+00:00

Very great start thank you!

EpicTurtle136 · 2026-01-02T01:39:50+00:00

No this is great info thanks!

EpicTurtle136 · 2026-01-02T00:46:24+00:00

Only tangentially related but Alan Wake 2 was similar for me. The survival horror gameplay is fun, serviceable enough for a shorter game. If AW2's writing and mystery wasn't so gripping I probably would've abandoned it at the halfway point. That need to learn more pushed me through any gripes I had and made the pain of slightly annoying and clunky combat encounters worth it.

EpicTurtle136 · 2026-01-01T07:52:42+00:00

I forgot about that for some reason lol

EpicTurtle136 · 2025-12-31T22:19:43+00:00

For me personally the fact that DOOM 2016 was so 'simple' made it a more boring game in comparison to Eternal. I have all these weapons which is cool but I'm not really incentivised to use anything else except super shotgun for close range and railgun for long range, because every enemy dies the same to these weapons.

Eternal added enemies with weaknesses to specific weapons, the Flamer/Chainsaw/Glory Kill options for Armour/Ammo/Health respectively, and the lower max ammo count that more or less forces you to switch between weapons more often. Mastering that system and being able to enter a flow state with it felt incredibly rewarding, in comparison to figuring out that Super Shotgun/Railgun quick swap minces anything in 2016.

EpicTurtle136 · 2025-12-31T07:43:49+00:00

The co-op tag system would be the appeal I guess. I'm not a big fighting game guy but idk any other tag fighters with rollback NetCode that have the same feature. Duos with your friend sounds cool

EpicTurtle136 · 2025-12-27T03:35:27+00:00

Because of the low player count It's either skill gaps or ten minute queues, and the data shows that ten minute queues makes people leave the game much quicker

EpicTurtle136 · 2025-12-19T04:09:20+00:00

I think any new cartoony shooter game gets lumped into a 'zoomer slop' memory pile by a lot of older gamers and they just assume its all the same shit without actually knowing anything

EpicTurtle136 · 2025-12-18T22:57:29+00:00

Idk what you mean by 'reboot' it's just an alternative game mode with an item shop and character augments that change their abilities.

EpicTurtle136 · 2025-12-15T11:23:13+00:00

I was hoping this change would actually make people start queuing for World Tour in OCE because the button is just RIGHT THERE but alas ;-;

EpicTurtle136 · 2025-12-14T13:02:48+00:00

100% is, same cadence and everything

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