THE FUSE

Despite its big reveal at the Game Awards last month where it had the coveted “one last thing” slot, nobody outside of the development team had any idea what to expect from Highguard as we sat down to play several hours of the game at a launch event in Los Angeles. All we knew was that the team, Wildlight Entertainment, had christened it a “PvP Raid Shooter,” a term that meant close to nothing without knowledge of what the gameplay itself is like. Half a week later, I’m here to tell you that I understand what sort of game it is, and how it won me over.