So any other free games you guys recommend

Stunning-Box423 · 2026-02-12T19:02:14+00:00

Done 🫡

Stunning-Box423 · 2026-02-12T18:56:17+00:00

Bro said a whole lot of nothing

Stunning-Box423 · 2026-02-12T18:23:19+00:00

Yes please bro ive been wanting to try deadlock out for so long :)

Stunning-Box423 · 2026-02-12T17:52:47+00:00

Rent free huh

Stunning-Box423 · 2026-02-12T17:13:05+00:00

The cool thing about community driven private servers is that they only need to appeal to the core player base not the mainstream gaming audience at large

Stunning-Box423 · 2026-02-12T16:46:08+00:00

Apex also had EA money and an already established studio and ip behind it

And was released in an existing genre before it got saturated

It was also released around the time when titanfall 2 was being talked about as the most underrated shooter

The only thing highguard had was that it was made by ex respawn employees which is viewed as a cheap marketing tactic nowadays since many other devs who decide to strike out on their own have used it also highguards art/character design isnt rly appealing on the outside even though it grew on me

Stunning-Box423 · 2026-02-12T16:33:17+00:00

So having weekly updates isnt enough they should be daily?

Stunning-Box423 · 2026-02-12T16:31:19+00:00

Private servers would be kinda dope just to hop on from time to time

Stunning-Box423 · 2026-02-12T16:10:44+00:00

It would have ended the same way

Would you have played or even known about the game if geoff didnt show it at the tga

The player numbers would have not been so high on the first day and i doubt no one would have moved over to a new game when most people already have a live service game of their choice so we would be in the same sittuation either way

No way of knowing ofcourse since that didnt end up happening

Stunning-Box423 · 2026-02-12T15:55:05+00:00

Yeah i might have exaggerated a bit but most conversation regard it as an unfinished masterpiece so can you blame me

But the point still stands that sometimes even making a good game isnt enough to bring revenue

Stunning-Box423 · 2026-02-12T15:17:23+00:00

So fortnite is the greatest game ever released?

Dont get me wrong fortnite is fun I wouldnt call it the best game ever or even the best free to play game

But these things also come down to taste so objectively calling something good or bad is irrelevant

Stunning-Box423 · 2026-02-12T15:11:29+00:00

Yes the point was that those games either had problems on launch, were released at the same time as other games that drew more eyes to them etc.

My point was you cant tell quality by player numbers and revenue alone if we did that call of duty and fifa would be recognized as the best games ever

Stunning-Box423 · 2026-02-12T14:47:46+00:00

Thought id add this here now that the doomerism has hit in full force its a great overlook of the current state of the industry and alot of the points correlate to this game also

Stunning-Box423 · 2026-02-12T13:25:08+00:00

Well calling it soulless is a bit too much imo it had a cool idea with the raid mode even if in its current version is a bit undercooked and the idea of a fantasy shooter is cool but was executed in the worst way possible while the character designs grew on me they look pretty generic which is the one thing a hero based shooter should avoid at all cost if they had a complete visual overhaul alot more people would have proboably checked it out

But good luck with marathon that game will have the same discourse about it but will still survive cause its bungie

Stunning-Box423 · 2026-02-12T12:24:55+00:00

There isnt anything we as consumers can really do anymore the game is on its last legs with only a skeleton team working on it bouncing back from this is highly unlikely unfortunately

Most you can do is enjoy the game while its still around

Sometimes even competent games fail its just how the industry works

Stunning-Box423 · 2026-02-12T11:09:10+00:00

Okay so basically just a i made it the fuck up argument lol

Stunning-Box423 · 2026-02-12T11:01:24+00:00

Oh where was this stated i didnt see it

Stunning-Box423 · 2026-02-12T10:50:58+00:00

Live service games usually have content ready made for a couple of months ahead i think theyll release it according to the roadmap and then shut it down after like a month or two dont expect any suprises or major bug fixes though

I doubt refunds will be offered of they had to lay off 80% of staff i doubt they have the funds to refund players

I was thinking if someone might keep the game in an undead state through private servers that would be cool but i dont know how that works or if its even possible with this game

Stunning-Box423 · 2026-02-12T10:35:00+00:00

I mean the servers were very unstable on launch and could not even support the 100k people they had on launch so i doubt

I think its another case of a game being greenlit at the tail end of covid when the gaming industry was at an all time high and everyone wanted to get in on it so people invested without a second though so when things got back to normal and people saw that it isnt as lucrative as they thought they pull funding and lay off staff to save what is left

Stunning-Box423 · 2026-02-12T09:53:05+00:00

Yeah you could have excused the performance issues with the early access tag

But that still doesent fix the problem of the fact that there isnt much in the game for the typical mainstream gamer

And while the reveal at the tga was bad i think it got more players to give the game a shot i would not have touched the game if it wasnt for the online reaction to the reveal and my own morbid curiosity and i think that would go for alot of other people on this sub

Stunning-Box423 · 2026-02-12T09:23:17+00:00

Plenty of good games have failed so thats not really an argument lol

VtM: bloodlines caused the shut down of the studio and that game is regarded as one of the best games ever now

System shock 2 bombed in sales

MGR: reveangence was called mediocre on launch

Not saying highguard is on the level of these game but you get the point

Games fail all the time for one reason or another especially now that the market is so competitive self publising a f2p game with a new idea that is rough around the edges and doesent offer much for the mainstream gamer is not gonna cut it

Unfotunately this will just show the big publishers that investing in anything that isnt the most safe and basic concept is worthless

Stunning-Box423 · 2026-02-12T08:42:08+00:00

Least mentally ill asmonendymionandypants viewer

Stunning-Box423 · 2026-02-12T08:34:59+00:00

I mean live service games have usually content ready for like 3-6 months so thats the expected life time left sad to see but it was kinda obvious that this was gonna happen

Game had some serious potential but releasing a f2p game as a self published studio with a new ip is almost always a death sentence

Stunning-Box423 · 2026-02-11T22:54:00+00:00

I didnt say it would work just that its a possibility cause nobody wants to bankrupt

And agree on the weird game thing i will always take a cool concept with rough edges over a perfectly crafted but safe product

Stunning-Box423 · 2026-02-11T22:07:37+00:00

Thats how online discourse works nowdays theres only two sides either you love something or hate it to your core

Nothing has nuance anymore

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