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Was High Guard the Worst Game at the Game Awards?
High Guard was the final reveal at The Game Awards 2025 — and it completely killed the momentum.
Instead of ending the show on a high note, Respawn unveiled a generic 5v5 live-service hero shooter that already looks like Concord 2.0… and the internet is rejecting it hard.
From ugly character designs and soulless magitech visuals to tired hero-shooter gameplay and free-to-play monetization, High Guard feels like everything gamers are sick of in modern AAA releases. This is the same genre that already failed with Concord, Immortals of Aveum, and countless other “modern audience” games — yet studios keep trying anyway.
In this video, I break down:
Why High Guard is being ratioed across YouTube and X
How it compares to Concord 2.0 and other DOA hero shooters
Why Respawn ignored Titanfall fans for this
And why games like Expedition 33 prove AAA studios are out of touch
Nobody asked for this. Nobody wanted this. And if history repeats itself, High Guard won’t last long.
👇 Let me know in the comments — is High Guard already DOA, or will this somehow survive?
#HighGuard #GameAwards #GameAwards2025 #IndieGames #youtubegaming
Instead of ending the show on a high note, Respawn unveiled a generic 5v5 live-service hero shooter that already looks like Concord 2.0… and the internet is rejecting it hard.
From ugly character designs and soulless magitech visuals to tired hero-shooter gameplay and free-to-play monetization, High Guard feels like everything gamers are sick of in modern AAA releases. This is the same genre that already failed with Concord, Immortals of Aveum, and countless other “modern audience” games — yet studios keep trying anyway.
In this video, I break down:
Why High Guard is being ratioed across YouTube and X
How it compares to Concord 2.0 and other DOA hero shooters
Why Respawn ignored Titanfall fans for this
And why games like Expedition 33 prove AAA studios are out of touch
Nobody asked for this. Nobody wanted this. And if history repeats itself, High Guard won’t last long.
👇 Let me know in the comments — is High Guard already DOA, or will this somehow survive?
#HighGuard #GameAwards #GameAwards2025 #IndieGames #youtubegaming
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By 8-Bit EricHigh Guard was the final reveal at The Game Awards 2025 — and it completely killed the momentum.
Instead of ending the show on a high note, Respawn unveiled a generic 5v5 live-service hero shooter that already looks like Concord 2.0… and the internet is rejecting it hard.
From ugly character designs and soulless magitech visuals to tired hero-shooter gameplay and free-to-play monetization, High Guard feels like everything gamers are sick of in modern AAA releases. This is the same genre that already failed with Concord, Immortals of Aveum, and countless other “modern audience” games — yet studios keep trying anyway.
In this video, I break down:
Why High Guard is being ratioed across YouTube and X
How it compares to Concord 2.0 and other DOA hero shooters
Why Respawn ignored Titanfall fans for this
And why games like Expedition 33 prove AAA studios are out of touch
Nobody asked for this. Nobody wanted this. And if history repeats itself, High Guard won’t last long.
👇 Let me know in the comments — is High Guard already DOA, or will this somehow survive?
#HighGuard #GameAwards #GameAwards2025 #IndieGames #youtubegaming
Instead of ending the show on a high note, Respawn unveiled a generic 5v5 live-service hero shooter that already looks like Concord 2.0… and the internet is rejecting it hard.
From ugly character designs and soulless magitech visuals to tired hero-shooter gameplay and free-to-play monetization, High Guard feels like everything gamers are sick of in modern AAA releases. This is the same genre that already failed with Concord, Immortals of Aveum, and countless other “modern audience” games — yet studios keep trying anyway.
In this video, I break down:
Why High Guard is being ratioed across YouTube and X
How it compares to Concord 2.0 and other DOA hero shooters
Why Respawn ignored Titanfall fans for this
And why games like Expedition 33 prove AAA studios are out of touch
Nobody asked for this. Nobody wanted this. And if history repeats itself, High Guard won’t last long.
👇 Let me know in the comments — is High Guard already DOA, or will this somehow survive?
#HighGuard #GameAwards #GameAwards2025 #IndieGames #youtubegaming