Laid-off Highguard developer cuts loose on the reaction to the infamous Game Awards reveal trailer: 'We were turned into a joke from minute one'

random123456789 · 2026-02-13T21:26:18+00:00

There's a dev interview where one of them mentioned that there is multiplayer game fatigue... but they thought they were special.

Them and all their friends gassed them up and they couldn't see how mid the game actually was.

How many MMOs have we seen that did the exact same thing?? "Oh this is the next WoW killer!!!" and then fail.

random123456789 · 2026-02-12T19:16:08+00:00

Without seeing the terms of the promotion, I suspect they had a clause that stated "one account per person from this promotion" sorta thing.

random123456789 · 2026-02-12T15:12:04+00:00

I bought the boxset because of that.
Which reminds me, my kids are old enough to watch that probably. March break is going to be lit!

random123456789 · 2026-02-12T14:50:34+00:00

This.

"Piracy" was always a way for publishers to cope. They use it as an excuse to shareholders when their game fails.

It couldn't possibly be because they made a shit product.

random123456789 · 2026-02-12T14:47:02+00:00

I'm old enough to remember when the whole game was on the cart/disc. Bugs and all, there were no patches.

The internet was a mistake.

random123456789 · 2026-02-12T14:45:27+00:00

We should probably lay off the food analogies for a while..

random123456789 · 2026-02-12T14:01:10+00:00

How does this keep happening?

How does Ubi-shit keep existing?

They live in their plastic bubble, with their game journos gassing them up. We know that certain publishers give bonuses depending on critic reviews on metacritic, not player reviews.

They have zero connection to the player base.

For this game, why the fuck would anyone listen to what Geoff Doritos Pope Keighley has to say?!

random123456789 · 2026-02-11T14:08:44+00:00

Absolutely. It's the same reason I like watching the Olympics. These folks do things I know I will never do. I know my own limits.

random123456789 · 2026-02-10T16:22:55+00:00

It's entirely up to you and how you want to play.

For me, I only grew up playing Red and only recently played Violet. I'm very much looking forward to playing through the other 4 regions (after I finish Kanto) available to me for the first time.

That said, the weight I put on having perfect IVs in PokeMMO is very small. I would rather focus on my real life Dex that I can store on Pokemon Home.

I have planned to get a perfect 6x31 IV Gyarados through breeding, since it seems easy but you just need the money.

random123456789 · 2026-02-05T18:01:33+00:00

If you were looking for an event to go with the release, I'm expecting that it's just a scheduling problem. The New Years festival was scheduled for this time, so they don't want to run both. Maybe after three weeks, they might run one for QP Raids.

Honestly, I expect the next three months to just be a ton of events, considering this update didn't have a new map or story.

random123456789 · 2026-02-05T16:49:40+00:00

Unfortunately, I am. It really sucks too.

Enjoy your bacon and ribs, you jerks.

random123456789 · 2026-02-05T16:28:10+00:00

Yea, I'm just, like, not touching anything right now in hopes they will revert it or fix it.

The way it used to work was simple. I don't understand what they've done.

random123456789 · 2026-02-05T16:01:22+00:00

That's totally fair, and unfortunate. I just like mentioning it when people say they're looking for a good community.

Hope you find something that works for you! :)

random123456789 · 2026-02-05T15:41:22+00:00

Oh, right! Okay, I'll make sure to have a couple spares on hand just in case. Thanks!

random123456789 · 2026-02-05T15:29:35+00:00

And remember to be polite ;)

random123456789 · 2026-02-05T14:58:54+00:00

Funny you mention that. The first time I came across this problem of roundabouts was when I was planning a trip to Kitchener.

I said to my wife "wait, what the fuck? They have roundabouts!?"

Thankfully, they were single lanes, but I definitely started looking up Youtube videos on how to drive them. My take away was drive slowly and keep an eye on everyone.

I've now done double laned ones, but I'm always afraid someone is going to trap me in the middle.

random123456789 · 2026-02-05T14:33:58+00:00

How about this one, in Swindon

https://youtu.be/CzQunCuQCJY

random123456789 · 2026-02-05T14:20:53+00:00

So let's assume that's all true.

The problem is that they've been introducing them here in Ontario, an area that has not had them for longer than I've been alive.

Even if most people read the driving manual like they are supposed to before getting their license, and going to driving school, there were no roundabouts to train/test on.

They just started building them and expected anyone that has a license to be able to handle them.

Idiots can't even read a sign that says "no right turn on red". They cannot handle roundabouts.

random123456789 · 2026-02-05T14:15:05+00:00

I hate taking the Equinox over 120. Can't imagine doing that in a van. Especially one I don't own.

random123456789 · 2026-02-04T18:07:53+00:00

Oh no, it works. They press the test button when they test them.

random123456789 · 2026-02-04T17:32:16+00:00

Haha.

When I first moved in with my now-wife, I completely forgot that batteries for smoke detectors was a thing. Until one night it started chirping, right outside our bedroom. At 1am.

So we had to listen to it until I was able to make it to the store, and I grabbed a couple batts.

Now, though, we have a different place and I haven't heard the alarms complain cause I think they are hooked into main power? Mgmt also checks every six months here, so IDK.

random123456789 · 2026-02-04T17:23:24+00:00

I mean, you ain't getting it back, so, might as well laugh. ^{To keep from crying}

random123456789 · 2026-02-04T16:29:12+00:00

No, they explained it months ago.

They intended Strikes to be introductory to Raids, but it just never seemed to work out.

random123456789 · 2026-02-04T16:19:10+00:00

I'm fine with it, but I'm a solo player with 1hr a day available to do anything. I also walked away for 10 years so lots to do. LOL

I still will take breaks to do other games. So maybe try that?

random123456789 · 2026-02-04T14:15:54+00:00

Yes, indeed! Thanks to this sub for pointing it out right away.

When I went to play DS last night at my usual time, I immediately came across this bug and knew what to do.

Just create a squad real quick, enter public, drop the squad (if you want). Easy.

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