This is not only for games, but also movies and series.

@Filipe de Sá
It is bootleg Overwatch. Over~High Watch~Guard.

A good example of the opposite is No Man's Sky. Hello Games accepted the player criticism and used it to improve the game of the last several years

It is kind of telling on how the quality of a game will be based on the response of a developer. Bad games often come with bad responses to criticism

The primary "flaw" of a live-service game is that they want you to play it forever. However, there are only so many hours in the day, so your day will fill up very quickly. Your game has to be SO AMAZING that it will pull people away from "their" game, which is no easy task.

However, I don't expect it to last longer than a year. People are just kinda over hero shooters. We have Valorant, Apex, Overwatch, Marvel Rivals, and yes, Team Fortress 2, which is technically an early hero shooter.

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I don't expect Highguard to be a Concord-level failure.

For one thing, Highguard is free-to-play, so it's guaranteed to do better than Concord's ridiculous $40 price tag.

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I feel this applies to AI too. Tech companies are now complaining about people being so "negative" and calling their new torment nexus "slop".

Truly, Highguard failed because of the Nietzschean betrayal.

Most of what I've herd of Highguard is from two Youtubers that are commentators. What they had to say was both of them predicted the game was going to flop. I can't help but agree considering I've seen no advertising at all for the title. No positive buzz from anyone, and I watch gaming news.

Highguard nothing. It's Disregard.

It's honestly baffling how they can pay market research people to study this stuff and not realize no one wants slop like this. They haven't for years, if they ever did. What are these companies thinking? It's insane.

@Filipe de Sá; Some crap game revealed at the end of the game awards, made by a bunch of people responsible for Concord. It has no marketing and everyone who knows about it hates it.

I use to be a day one gamer. But to many "Features" changed my mind, I'd rather wait for the third round/month of bug fixes (and mod support if available)

The Concord incident happened in 2024, the lead time of a big budget AAA game these days is like ~5 years, so we can expect this to keep happening till about 2029 when finally all the in development "services" still chasing 2020's trends finish up thier work.

What the heck is a Hightground?

It's all about taking your failure with grace. Experimenting is fine. Getting too attached to your experimental design is not.

Mixed feelings on this. One the one hand I'd prefer the franchises I enjoy to maintain the same "formula" that makes them unique and enjoyable. On the other hand I don't want games to carbon copy each other and don't mind if game developers experiment with new titles or spinoffs for radical change.