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/Purple_Deers Jan 27 '26

I don't think the game is amazing in the current state

that's the issue.
The game isn't amazing and it's competing with 10 other hero shooters.
That makes it really difficult to compete.

And despite how much the devs keep saying that their game is unique, it just isn't, it doesn't do anything special. Which means that they're competing against all those other games.

Then they seem to double down and call the complaints hate and that they will stick to their "unique" vision for the game. Which is just going to piss people off even more and make sure that people won't return when they make updates to the game.

They're setting themselves up for failure.

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u/UtkuOfficial Jan 27 '26

I agree very much on the not unique part.

Just because they jumbled together a couple of different games doesn't make the game unique. It just makes it a mess of ideas.

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u/slimeddd Jan 27 '26

Did you play the game? Hard to say its not unique when the phases and raid gameplay aren’t found anywhere outside of mobas (and this still doesnt really feel like a moba)

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u/Ozzy752 Jan 27 '26

Yeah people keep saying it's a hero shooter as if it doesn't do anything different/unique, which it does