
After announcing Highguard at the Game Awards, the developers went quiet, releasing no new trailers or gameplay footage for over a month, which led to a lot of questions about the game. It surprisingly launched on January 26th as planned, and initial reviews from the press were largely positive. The game quickly attracted almost 100,000 players on Steam, but it was immediately flooded with negative reviews. Currently, Highguard has a ‘Mostly Negative’ rating on Steam, with over 19,000 reviews – a large portion of which are from players who spent less than an hour playing. However, I’m one of the few who’s actually finding the game enjoyable.