- Highguard developer states that he didn’t expect hate for the game.
- He states that they made a game that can’t be found elsewhere.
- Despite the developer stating that they emphasized creativity, Highguard seems repetitive, uninspired, and has become this year’s worst release so far.
Highguard was the standout reveal from The Game Awards 2025, all for the wrong reasons. The 3v3 shooter has been regarded as bland and repetitive by players who have already discarded the game just a few days into its release.
With the ongoing controversy and negative reception around the game, the developers are taken aback. In fact, one claims that he didn’t expect hate surrounding the title and that they made a game nobody else has.
Why it matters: Highguard seems like a typical hero shooter with no innovation or new elements. Players are tired of live-service hero shooters, but it seems like the developers are too ignorant to see that.
Speaking to Dexerto, creative and design director of the game, Jason McCord, said he was quite excited about the game’s initial reveal at the closing of The Game Awards 2025.
Discussing Highguard’s placement in the market, McCord stated that he believes shooters still have room for creativity and that they aimed to make a game that differentiated itself from an already crowded market.
“It always comes down to the fact that we had a game that you couldn’t find anywhere else, – So we felt very confident in that.”
Early on, the developers struggled to nail the game’s direction, but years of iteration helped steer it onto a proper path. Initially, heroes weren’t even present in the game, but were added later on to ‘make the game better.’
Yet Highguard still feels like a typical hero shooter, with no new elements, limited creativity, and borrowed elements from other shooters. This failure has pushed the title to become the worst-rated game on Metacritic for 2026, and it seems like it’s going to stay like that for a while.
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