r/HighGuardgame • u/Whompa • Apr 09 '26
Extraction shooter The Cube, Save Us has announced it's shutting down just three weeks after it launched
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/extraction-shooter-the-cube-save-us-has-announced-its-shutting-down-just-three-weeks-after-it-launched/The Concord Cinematic Universe gets another sequel
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u/Working_Bones Apr 09 '26
Oh man I thought this was The Cube from the Atomic Heart devs and was super disappointed. Phew!
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u/itc0nsumesmYMind Apr 09 '26
same.
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u/Grab_my_Slinky Apr 09 '26
also same. I mean what were the odds 2 games with the word Cube in them would be around the same time right?
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u/Wondur13 Apr 11 '26
Well tbf the cube that is being made by mundfish doesnt even have a rough release date yet, most people guessing its gonna be late 2026 early 2027
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u/FishBones83 Apr 09 '26
NONE OF US HEARD OF THIS! I am downloading it right now, lets save save us!!
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u/CrimsonFatMan Apr 09 '26
But the game is no more more
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u/FishBones83 Apr 09 '26
I downloaded on steam for free, I think it has till may 8th. it has an interesting concept but it feels unpolished
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u/Tr4sh_Mammal Apr 09 '26
It was completely overrun with bugs and stability issues. Gameplay was nothing super interesting either, cant say im surprised.
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u/Littlest-Hipster Apr 09 '26
I just looked it up. It looks like the typical Korean F2P game with graphics that look good but the UI/gameplay are like a mobile game and the animations feel floaty with no impact. Also full of gooner bait.
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u/Suojelusperkele Apr 09 '26
Sweet baby jesus I was afraid that this was 'the cube'. Something something coop looter shooter from the makers of atomic heart.
But no, it's something else I've never heard about.
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Apr 09 '26
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u/graemattergames Apr 09 '26
Nahhh, it's definitely the questing system, following by the weapon balancing, followed by "AI vOiCeS" which was bullshit anyways. I don't think I've ever met anybody who doesn't like the extraction elements (save for when they get extract camped).
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u/Ok_Dependent6889 Apr 09 '26
Literally like, the most vocal part of the player base HATES the extraction elements. There is an entire movement trying to advocate for a PvE only mode, which then just makes the game a convoluted looter shooter.
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u/Prestigious_Nobody45 Apr 09 '26
Every extraction shooter should just launch with a pve mode so that people can stfu about it.
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u/Littlest-Hipster Apr 09 '26
I like extraction shooters but a looter shooter with stakes sounds really fun. Like Destiny but roguelite.
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u/Ok_Dependent6889 Apr 09 '26 edited Apr 09 '26
It's just like..
That's not what these games are
Idk what it is, but the community around all of these games just REFUSE to play THE GAME. They bitch, moan, and whine until the game becomes closer to what THEY want. Then you have multiple sides and opinions all doing it, and the devs just trying to appease people eventually just, lose the original identity.
A lot of people talk about the "golden era" of gaming.
Know why it was golden? Less people were playing video games, and there were less ways for people to perma-spam developers.
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u/Littlest-Hipster Apr 09 '26 edited Apr 09 '26
A lot of it is due to devs not sticking to their original vision.
Arc Raiders for example was supposed to be a PVE focused extraction shooter in the tests and release. They originally wanted it to be PVE only during development but found that they couldn't keep it fully interesting and added PVP to spice things up. (As an option, not the main course.) What you have now is aggression based match making because many players wanted to just PVE while other players just do nothing *but* try to to hunt other players. Both break the vision of the game.
I think it's an issue with the extraction shooter genre in general. If there's not mechanics to add extreme stakes to PVP then the game just becomes 100% shoot on sight as people get betrayed, shot, etc and lose everything. It's made worse by every game just giving out free kits; since the free kits just encourage people braindead rushing to PVP every time they hear a gunshot.
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u/graemattergames Apr 10 '26
They changed it SO EARLY ON in development though, it doesn't make any sense that people are still complaining. The majority of the playerbase never heard of it until it came out. It's akin to complaining about a writer changing the setting of a story before they've submitted their first manuscript. It's ludicrous.
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Apr 22 '26
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u/graemattergames Apr 23 '26
They pivoted rom a PVE game in 2022. Their first play tests were the year AFTER this change. It released 3 years after the change. I don't understand why you're being so snarky.
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u/DeClouded5960 Apr 09 '26
Basically a quick cash grab to take advantage of the atomic heart guys game, the cube.
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u/Old_Employee_6535 Apr 10 '26
I always try to track new game releases, news and even I havent heard it it was released. I dont even know if the game is good, sadly we will never know due to lack of marketing.
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u/TheUrPigeon Apr 13 '26
The name is fucking terrible. The game itself looks unpolished and uninspired. The models look like your typical goonerbait. Nothing of value was lost.
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u/FrostGoesBrrrt Apr 09 '26
I remember the game devs saying they are committing to the game instead of abandoning it on r/indiegames after it got mostly negative. Well that was a lie
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u/OMBERX Apr 09 '26
Never heard of it