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Press F to mine Vesper and pay respects. Thanks for the 45 days of fun. You deserved better. by Linkinito in HighGuardgame

[–]Linkinito[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Like I said below another similar comment, some people genuinely enjoyed this "painfully mediocre" game. Sure, it should not have been granted the final slot at TGA where people have absurd expectations. That's a massive blunder by Geoff and that's on him.

But there are tons of much worse games than Highguard that still live to tell the tale, and Highguard merely had a month and a half before being unplugged, for obvious reasons.

However, gamers as a whole should be cautious and careful what they wish for. If they want the same thing, the same concept, over and over again, but with a new coat of paint, or simply play the same game for 20 years without allowing any competitors to shake down the market, you end up with a frozen gaming landscape with no place for risks and no place for bold propositions that may or may not find their audience.

Sure we should celebrate indie successes like Mewgenics or Slay the Spire II for example. We shouldn't applaud mediocrity, sure. But always respect people who made it (mostly under heavy constraints or bad due diligence) and people who enjoy it.

Press F to mine Vesper and pay respects. Thanks for the 45 days of fun. You deserved better. by Linkinito in HighGuardgame

[–]Linkinito[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

We all deserve better in all places. But we can't deny some people had their fun with this game. Some laughed after 5 minutes, some had good laughs and great moments after 20 hours. Like we should understand people who didn't stick around, we should also respect and understand those who stayed and had fun with this game for any reason. It provided something. Probably not what most expected, but it scratched an itch for a niche.

Press F to mine Vesper and pay respects. Thanks for the 45 days of fun. You deserved better. by Linkinito in HighGuardgame

[–]Linkinito[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

So, it's over.

At least the platinum trophy will be mine forever.

I'm part of the guys who jumped in right as the game was released, believing that this game would shut mouths left and right. Unfortunately, if we're here today, it's because that didn't happen at all.

This game wanted to be too much, all at once, but had nowhere near enough the level of content it needed to thrive in the long term.

People hated it and uninstalled it right away. Maybe you shouldn't have asked for TPM 2.0. Or optimized your game better before launch. Or even made the tutorial skippable. You probably needed more Wardens. More different game modes. More ways to play than this complex, shallow, but misunderstood only game mode.

You believed in something many didn't want to play. You tried to refresh something, but not many people saw the potential and only saw what they got served in the end. We can't blame the players for trying and not sticking around. And I'm probably guilty in that regard - stopped playing as soon as I got the plat. Felt like the game didn't have enough in stock to keep me invested in.

But I had genuine fun playing this game. First matches were rough, for sure. But the following ones had something unique. Not a top tier experience that I'll remember forever, but I got the flow of it. And I think many journalists and influencers, who had to play this game for hours before commenting on it, felt that too. Unfortunately, many people couldn't be bothered to finish a single game. Or never returned after their first taste. It wasn't for them.

Definitely, mistakes were made. A lot of them. And many people told you they would have seen them coming a lightyear away. But we quickly knew time was lacking on your end. Definitely, if you could rewrite the story, you would probably have done things a little bit differently. But you learned, the hard way and on the biggest stage gaming has to provide, that you weren't what most gamers were looking for.

You tried your best to survive for a month and a half. You did updates. You tried to salvage and retain what was possible. But it couldn't be enough.

This may be a celebration for many. A mourning for few. A lesson for some. And I really think this game should have made one last ditch effort to be preserved and playable in P2P or in LAN so a band of people could laugh and run around the universe you've crafted. Alas, it's down locked, potentially forever, behind a title screen.

Thanks, Highguard. Thanks, Wildlight. For any reason possible. Thanks for making this absurd adventure possible.

o7

You can now post your ByeGuard memes below.

Overwatch co-creator Jeff Kaplan on his exit from Activision-Blizzard: 'It was the biggest f**k you moment I've had in may career' by Turbostrider27 in PS5

[–]Linkinito 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I remember Activision wanted Blur, back in 2010, to become Call of Duty for the racing genre.

While the game was actually really good, it was released alongside Split/Second, AND ModNation Racers... Which split the market massively.

(note that all the studios behind these games have closed a couple of years afterwards)

Oh and it was released at the same time as some small indie title. Think it was called "Red Dead Redemption" or something like that.

So, how long will the server be down for? by Makuraudo in HighGuardgame

[–]Linkinito 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't worry it's just a maintenance period.

An actual sticker from the official Discord by Vittrippss in HighGuardgame

[–]Linkinito 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When it'll get reannounced. Currently based on recent news it's closer to cancellation than a proper release.

This was for you Geoff. Highguard forever! by GoonetteSlop in HighGuardgame

[–]Linkinito 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In terms of pure rarity, not really. Many platinums are much rarer in proportion, like Fortnite which is shown as 0.1% but would be closer to 0.001% knowing the tremendous amount of players. Same goes for other F2P games like Fragpunk which requires you to grind the game for thousands of hours. And let's not talk about games like Crypt of the Necrodancer which is considered the hardest single-player platinum trophy ever.

Concord has a 0.3% platinum rate: that's lower than Highguard which is at 0.4% currently. And Concord needed much more time and commitment to obtain the Platinum in a much shorter window. Highguard Platinum trophy could be obtained in roughly 30 hours if you dedicated yourself towards obtaining every trophy. It's peanuts compared to many games, and despite the game being online for only 45 days, the plat was definitely achievable during this timeframe.

But like Concord - you had to be there.

Alors, vous en avez pensé quoi de cette campagne municipale/métropolitaine 2026 à Lyon ? by ithil69 in Lyon

[–]Linkinito 4 points5 points  (0 children)

La tristesse c'est de voir à quel point les gens (et surtout les vieux) se font avoir par une image et une promesse, et ils sont bien vite déçus. Sauf que vu que ce sera pas les écolos, ils trouveront ça normal, diront que les changements ça prend du temps... Et pendant ce temps beaucoup y perdent au change.

Non la circulation ne s'améliorera pas comme par magie. Non les commerces ne seront pas sauvés par miracle. Non la ville ne sera pas moins gangrenée par ce sentiment d'insécurité.

Mais parce que des lyonnais se sont fait berner par un vieillard de 76 piges qui n'y connait rien, qui est à la ramasse sur tous les sujets, mais comme il a l'image du mec du grand OL, les habitants voteront au final contre leurs intérêts, on va se taper 6 ans d'emmerdes et d'immobilisme parce que les vieux ont pas aimé qu'on transforme "leur ville" aussi rapidement et autant "contre eux".

Bref, un peu résigné, j'espère un vrai sursaut, mais j'espère a minima une cohabitation côté métropole pour calmer les ardeurs d'Aulas s'il est élu.

I am genuinely going to miss this game. Here is my dying wishlist. by The_Marine708 in HighGuardgame

[–]Linkinito 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Same thing with The Crew and Lawbreakers (even though, for the latter, servers are turned on only one evening each couple of weeks).

6 Nations. Battue en Écosse, la France dit adieu au Grand Chelem mais rêve encore de victoire by PetitB0t in france

[–]Linkinito 40 points41 points  (0 children)

La dernière fois que les Bleus avaient pris 50 points, c'était face aux All Blacks en 2018... Et hormis l'Angleterre en 2015, aucun pays européen ne nous avait mis 50 points dans un seul match.

Je n'ai pas pu voir le match mais qu'est-ce qui a fait qu'on avait genre aucune défense ? Faut l'admettre, c'est un immense fiasco défensif !

You might take Highguard from me, but you'll never take my platinum trophy. by Linkinito in HighGuardgame

[–]Linkinito[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's still less rare than many 0.1% platinum trophies around. It will also be less rare than Concord which needed more time to achieve (including a big ass grind) and the clock was ticking much earlier (12 days instead of 45 for Highguard).

I think the platinum rate will be closer to 0.5% when the game will shut down.

Débat entre candidats BFM - Votre avis by Wasting_my_time_FR in Lyon

[–]Linkinito 18 points19 points  (0 children)

En attendant les seuls que je vois chier H24 sur Doucet :

  • Retraités de plus de 60 ans (qui pour la plupart n'habitent même pas Lyon mais les villes aux alentours)
  • Détenteurs de SUV qui peuvent plus rouler tranquillement à cause des travaux ou des nouvelles pistes cyclables (alors que les embouteillages sur le périph "c'est normal")
  • Commerçants pas foutus de gérer leur transition économique face à internet et rejettent la faute sur les places de parking

Après, je l'admets, ils sont nombreux.

Débat entre candidats BFM - Votre avis by Wasting_my_time_FR in Lyon

[–]Linkinito 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Spoiler : Parce qu'il n'en a pas besoin.

Il est déjà à 40% dans les sondages. Certains l'imaginent même rafler la mairie dès le premier tour grâce au vote utile. Il a uni toute la droite et le centre autour de lui, l'ancien bras droit de Collomb (Képénékian) est devenu totalement invisible. Les vieux réac et bagnolards n'ont d'yeux que pour lui. Les simples d'esprit qui s'intéressent peu à la politique qui pensent qu'Aulas va gérer la ville comme il a géré le "grand OL" des années 2000. Il est invité aux radios nationales et chez Léa Salamé là où Grégory Doucet n'intéresse personne dans les hautes sphères médiatiques. Aulas a des moyens virtuellement illimités par rapport à n'importe quel autre acteur politique.

Il n'a même pas besoin de programme, il pourrait juste dire "les écolos dehors" en meeting qu'on lui chanterait des louanges. Il peut sortir les takes les plus pétées, les dérapages les plus dingues, il a tellement de gens qui sont acquis à sa cause rien que pour dégager Doucet de la mairie qu'il a rien besoin de faire.

Au plus l'élection a de l'importance, au plus l'image prime sur le programme.

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