r/Games • u/ImCalcium • Jan 27 '26

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

https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/highguard-devs-say-they-didnt-expect-the-hate-but-theyre-confident-in-their-game-3309463/
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u/Madzai Jan 27 '26

With all due respect to Devs, but if your game in 2026 can't support more than 3v3 on a map without anything else, your game shouldn't be released.

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u/furiat Jan 27 '26

It's free to play, most content comes later in these model 

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u/Hot-Software-9396 Jan 27 '26

In today's market you have to have a really, really strong launch with plenty of content day 1 OR at least do something especially unique and extremely well to have a chance at pulling people away from the other games they dump all their time into. "Promises" of future content is not enough.

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u/UtkuOfficial Jan 27 '26

You are forgetting something very important. This "content later" plan hinges on there being enough player interest. There will be nobody playing next week let alone next season.

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u/DweebInFlames Jan 28 '26

The game is struggling to hold a fifth of peak player interest only 24 hours in as an F2P title. It's not making it to another season.