Chances are, it'll be a long time until we see someone else come along and attempt weird genre fusions like Highguard again, for fear of risky, new projects being handed a death sentence.
Highguard's gone from one controversy to another since its announcement at The Game Awards, from its awkward reveal to the developers being weirdly silent until launch. A not-insignificant number of people immediately wrote it off, calling it dead on arrival—the next Concord, if you will.
