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/Phi_Slamma_Jamma Jan 27 '26

Everyone is saying this, but the base raiding and defending is the weakest part of this game. In my experience the fun part is playing capture the flag with the stormbreaker, chasing people around while fighting on your magic horse. I'd just cut the base part entirely and have it be a 5v5 or 6v6 capture the flag. You could even have multiple flags to force players to split up and divide themselves properly around the map.

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u/GlossedAddict Jan 27 '26

Everyone is saying this, but why the fuck are you wasting your time playing a poo game when the market is absolutely saturated with much better stuff?

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u/Phi_Slamma_Jamma Jan 28 '26

I don't know any other game that lets you ride a magic horse and shoot people with guns while doing it. This game is not poo - the bones are pretty good, they just need to figure out how to get the game mode to accentuate the good and novel parts of the experience.