HIGHGUARD THREAD — GET HYPED! ONE WEEK AWAY!

[Norfleet]

I guess that means the game is dead. I guess it really was Concord 2. Ultimately, though, between the bland stylings, the uninteresting theme, and the SPYWARE

I just can't see why anyone would want to play Spyguard.

[Magick]

Hahahaha who could have seen that coming...
That one goes in the "hooray!" thread.

[Norfleet]

I"ll like to point out that Geoff Keighely decided to destroy whatever reputation he and the Game Awards still had by advertising the hell out of this game as the "next big thing". Hopefully now nobody will take him or the Game Awards seriously anymore after this.

Maybe he wasn't wrong. It is a pretty big thing: A big FAILURE. I hope he can predict the next failure, so I know whose stock to short.

[Tweed]

Always enjoy how hopelessly out of touch these people are with reality.

[asf]

but i had preordered all the skins already

[Acrux]

Layoffs this close to release means that the executives had already planned for it to not do well.

[The_Mask]

Highguard will go offline on March 12.

[methoxetamine]

Highguard will go offline on March 12.

Another one bites the dust. How bad are they ******** themselves at Sony right now about Marathons launch?

[Rand]

How bad are they ******** themselves at Sony right now about Marathons launch?

Not nearly enough.

[J1M]

Someone explain what Geoff did. I'm not going to watch the game awards to understand.

[The_Mask]

Someone explain what Geoff did. I'm not going to watch the game awards to understand.

Based on that little theory that people remember most what they've seen or heard last in a speech or retelling of events, all advertisements at any large shows like this one tend to be charged more as the event goes on, with the last ad being the most expensive one.

Geoff gave Highguard the last slot. Free of charge. And his delivery of "Welcome... ! To HIGHGUARD!" was also quite passionate. (any TENCENT ties and conspiracy theories are yet to be corroborated afaik)

[Acrux]

Someone explain what Geoff did. I'm not going to watch the game awards to understand.

Based on that little theory that people remember most what they've seen or heard last in a speech or retelling of events, all advertisements at any large shows like this one tend to be charged more as the event goes on, with the last ad being the most expensive one.

Given that no one (except @Finarfin) can sit through the whole thing, they should charge most at the beginning and make everything after the first 10 minutes free.

[Steel-Knight]

They really thought this game was going to be the "next big thing", when it offers basically nothing of particular note that other shooters out there don't have.

[Rienen]

They really thought this game was going to be the "next big thing", when it offers basically nothing of particular note that other shooters out there don't have.

Not unexpected when you combine hubris and working in a bubble of 'yes men'. The entire manifesto the former dev put out came across as completely out of touch with reality.

[DecadeRiptide]

I thought the game was good.

[Stack of Turtles]

I felt like this deserved to be permanently preserved.

Can you believe this game failed????????

[Norfleet]

Just wait, Concord 3 drops today, hot on the heels of the failure of Concord 2.

[sheet]

Why did Arc Raiders succeed though? From what I've seen of it, it looks just like all these other bland games

[Rienen]

Just wait, Concord 3 drops today, hot on the heels of the failure of Concord 2.

Nothing about Marathon appeals to me. Between the hype videos before the server slam and the deconstruction videos afterward, I never saw any gameplay, systems, or features that struck me as "You need to play this!". In fact, the color palette choices, the UI/UX design, and the $40 price tag did the opposite essentially.

With that being the case, I don't think it'll crash and burn in the same way that Concord 1 and "2" did. At least not as quickly.

For better or worse, there is name recognition with "Bungie". The general populace is going to only know "Bungie Good" because that's what they've been programmed to believe by nostalgia and games media. And we all have to know that shills and media are going to be playing defense HARD with this one. Any win will be celebrated loudly and propped up as "owning the chuds". While any setback or negativity will be demonized and brushed off as "toxic gamers".

Frankly, I have no stake in Marathon or Bungie. I'm just here for the popcorn and the drama.

[Norfleet]

Why did Arc Raiders succeed though? From what I've seen of it, it looks just like all these other bland games

Probably because, as is typical of Gookslop, it is very pretty.

[Manny V]

There can be only one.

... Eye!

[stormvermin]

For better or worse, there is name recognition with "Bungie". The general populace is going to only know "Bungie Good" because that's what they've been programmed to believe by nostalgia and games media. And we all have to know that shills and media are going to be playing defense HARD with this one. Any win will be celebrated loudly and propped up as "owning the chuds". While any setback or negativity will be demonized and brushed off as "toxic gamers".

I think "Bungie Bad" is a pretty common take these days, probably right under Bethesda Bad. It transcends anything related to the culture war.

[N7Kopper]

For better or worse, there is name recognition with "Bungie". The general populace is going to only know "Bungie Good" because that's what they've been programmed to believe by nostalgia and games media. And we all have to know that shills and media are going to be playing defense HARD with this one. Any win will be celebrated loudly and propped up as "owning the chuds". While any setback or negativity will be demonized and brushed off as "toxic gamers".

I think "Bungie Bad" is a pretty common take these days, probably right under Bethesda Bad. It transcends anything related to the culture war.

My inability to perform the mental gymnastics required to be Woke while hating the consequences of Woke is probably related to my inability to accept Atheism as my religious foundation when it can't provide any evidence for its claim that supernatural things as a whole do not exist. I genuinely have a hard time of understanding why people can just say "Yeah, I like Marxian ideas, but I don't like when the natural consequences of those ideas rail me in the arse!" And then when someone points out how X thing you liked is now bad because of your ideas, you sperg out.

[sheet]

Welp, Marathon's looking like a success. Gamers deserve the industry.

[Maledict]

Welp, Marathon's looking like a success. Gamers deserve the industry.

90k in game on Steam rn

[N7Kopper]

Welp, Marathon's looking like a success. Gamers deserve the industry.

Let's see how long the memberberries last.

[DDC]

Welp, Marathon's looking like a success. Gamers deserve the industry.

Player count peaked at like 88k. Budget $250mm. Is spending $3k per concurrent player a success to you? BTW, it seems to be trending down, not up. It will be like 20k in a few months.

[Norfleet]

Player count peaked at like 88k. Budget $250mm. Is spending $3k per concurrent player a success to you? BTW, it seems to be trending down, not up. It will be like 20k in a few months.

Yeah, it's not sinking as hard and fast as the previous Concords, but it's definitely shaping out to be Concord 3.

[sheet]

Saying it was $250 million just makes the Iron Man movie scene come to mind...

Bungie exec losing his ****: "John Carmack was able to code one of these in a 5-man team... in DOS!"

[WhiteShark]

>>736076538
hell is a state of absolute, eternal isolation, devoid of friendship, love, or comfort. It is depicted as a place of separation from God, where inhabitants suffer in complete loneliness, characterized by cold self-absorption and misery rather than companionship

>>736076808
me queuing for a highguard match