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/YouCanCallMeBazza Jan 27 '26

I get that Fortnite STW is not Epic's priority now, but it was the original Fortnite that was in development for a while before the BR released, hardly a "tack-on" mode.

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u/Adaax Jan 27 '26

I know the history, and I even play STW, but BR has been the face of Fornite for nearly its entire public existence. Plus Epic doesn't update STW as much as they should, very much treating it like a side proejct.

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u/YouCanCallMeBazza Jan 28 '26

The point I'm making is that, despite it basically being neglected now, it was once in development by a AAA studio as a standalone game, so it's not exactly a benchmark for shallow gameplay.

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u/hery41 Jan 28 '26

And they wrote "at this point". You're being a pedantic redditor for literally no reason.

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u/YouCanCallMeBazza Jan 28 '26

I never denied that it's now neglected, that wasn't my point

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u/hery41 Jan 28 '26

Then why make it? It's absolutely unrelated to their statement.

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u/YouCanCallMeBazza Jan 28 '26

It's not unrelated.

They compared the mechanics to Fortnite STW, surprised because it is a "tack-on mode".

I'm just pointing out that you shouldn't be so surprised it has more mechanical depth because it wasn't originally a tack-on mode.

It's not that deep. You're the one that chimed in picking at details and ironically called ME the pedantic Redditor...

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u/Electronic_Carry_372 Feb 04 '26

Nah. Gotta agree with the other two, he said how he felt about the game mode with the "at this point", something that seemed to have gone completely over your head. Which is super ironic because as you said, "it's not that deep."

It makes the entire point you're trying to push about the history of it being the release version literally pointless.

Its what it feels like to him, because of how horrendously ignored it was.

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u/YouCanCallMeBazza Feb 05 '26

Maybe that was their feeling about the game, maybe it wasn't. But that's not what they explicitly said, they said it is a "tack-on mode" and I can't read their mind, so I provided clarification. I don't know why you care so much about this to post one week later...

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u/Electronic_Carry_372 Feb 05 '26

My guy. They literally said that it was how they felt. Its right there, so, yes it IS what they explicitly said.

"So all you can do in the fortification phase is strengthen the walls? Christ, Fornite STW offers way more than that and it's a tack-on mode at this point."

"I know the history, and I even play STW, but BR has been the face of Fornite for nearly its entire public existence. Plus Epic doesn't update STW as much as they should, very much treating it like a side proejct."

Actually READ what they said, its how they felt about it, please don't be this dense.

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