Analysis: How BAD Is XDefiant Really?

[@Jarekthegamingdragon]

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[@Carnyzzle]

I tried xdefiant and found that it's just "okay", I can't say it's bad, but I wouldn't make it my game of choice either.

[@pleasekillyoursef]

Arguably the whole CoD-Like genre

[@Pabloesc571]

It's dogshit

[@Pabloesc571]

I've played better mobile games

[@Pabloesc571]

@@Homingjoeyjr this game is garbage, I wonder who is playing this game. Very weird

[@musashi66973]

​@@Pabloesc571 what garbage about it? Did you even play the game? It just lacks contents. Also, name a better "mobile game you have played"?

[@Hinokassaudifan1]

Ubisoft being ubisoft by not including the game in steam.

[@Carnyzzle]

Then proceeding to wonder why the player count is dropping

[@miecraftandmoregames]

don't worry they will put in on steam soon enough they always do.

[@bronzin1445]

@@Carnyzzlethen proceeding to blame the gamers for not playing it

[@matteodelapaz1698]

@@Carnyzzleand say something like you don’t own that shit anyway lol

[@gkbrickworks7924]

Well, they put it on egs so it's safe to assume we gotta wait like a year till they add it to steam as well. Which is funny because this is a free game, what's the point of "exclusivity" on something you don't even have to pay to play?

[@tcwtfln_yt]

It's not a bad game, it's just a Ubisoft game

[@gabrielsantosbastos5257]

Facts

[@martingoldblunt5163]

*Ubislop

[@BarakaTheGreat]

Those words mean absolutely nothing

[@snookers5123]

The irony of putting characters from live service games they shut down in a live service game that's close to being shutting down is not lost on anyone who played phantoms in the past.

[@epicgamerzfail4575]

The most frustrating thing about xdefiant is that when it fails, everyone's going to point to the lack of sbmm as the main culprit and not the 10 other problems with the game

[@afd19850]

Check out Metacube9913 comment lol. They should remove factions back to being Operators instead or map specific factions like COD4/BO1/BO2 etc… then change the abilities to equip or scorestreaks. That will help and then they can work on the netcode

[@jkl5901]

Doesn’t everyone also fucking hate sbmm???

[@Jono_93]

I like how you said when it fails, not if.😂

[@Caralh.o]

​@@Jono_93Not just the 10% but way more. Like 30/40% max I feel like and some people that dont want their matches rigged and people that want a normal experience.

[@Jono_93]

@@Caralh.o 10-20% at most honestly. The average k/d is between 0.80-1.00 which would be roughly 50% of the player base, 30% have a k/d that's even less than that, and then there's the remaining 20% (1.50 k/d and above) which are effectively stuck playing against each other to create an even playing field. It's really just the 20% at most that complain about SBMM, which is fair enough because there is no casual play for them, not really anyway. Either way, it's a loud minority. Also, people are definitely misremembering how sweaty og cod lobbies were, there was more variety from lobby to lobby though.

[@blackflame4506]

Human Jarek is back! Hope you're doing well over there bud. Thanks for the videos and the cool content

[@thatghostlyal8422]

and with the magnificent hat

[@Jarekthegamingdragon]

Only for a sponsor. Vtube is sticking long term.

[@soup9911]

​@@Jarekthegamingdragon Should've asked if you could've put the jacket on the dragon

[@Jarekthegamingdragon]

It's something I want to do but that's easier said than done.

[@guffingtonreal]

Remember when everyone said "This is so much better than COD!" then everyone went back to COD a week later

[@Weather_Nerd]

That’s definitely not true, so many of us left that EOMM copy paste garbage long ago and will never return. It’s players like that who will be on XD until “it dies”

[@Weather_Nerd]

Tried the bo6 beta, I sure prefer XD and it isn’t close. Everyone has different preferences. Idgaf about camo grinds n shit I like good maps and good gunplay without EOMM and SBMM interference and constant packet burst partially fueled by mandatory texture streaming. Cold War was my last purchase and I actually liked it besides the matchmaking and hackers. Been playing CoD since 2001 OG. Refuse to pay AAA $ for another

[@Caralh.o]

Source that everyone got back to cod? Xdefiant to a HUGE portion of people was like a last chance of having a "old school" experience and it failed to a lot of people because of its issues so people left cod and xdefiant totally (maybe even the whole fps scene).

[@MikeHunt-yl1so]

For me it was the sweats. Xdefiant has all the sweats that COD has. Qyickscoping, bunny copping, slide kills I found myself just as stressed as playing COD

⁠@@MikeHunt-yl1soOh god, I remember having to face a player who did all that with a sniper and revolver. Legit made half the server leave.

[@krzysztofkluzek355]

The worst part about this game is that it was released extremely late. During the beta it had insane hype during june last year since cod was getting stale for everyone. It could have easily been released during summer, since the audience for the game is already sitting at home. It released during may 2024, where everyone already forgot about the game, during finals

[@Caralh.o]

The game was with even more issues back then and his launch would be even worse. The game had 10 millions + players first week btw.

[@aiden8834]

The game had a lot of players in the first week and they stopped playing. If it released last year like it was supposed to do the same thing still would've happened

[@royaltypoetry1533]

It's boring, little to no content, take all day to level up, no killstreaks or anything to make it fun, lil game modes.

[@Caralh.o]

@@royaltypoetry1533 You need that to make a game fun? You look like a dopamine kid by saying that. The game was meant to be just a "old school" shooter.

[@krazykuz13cmc]

IT WAS RELEASED WAY WAY WAY TOO EARLY WTF ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? Thats why it’s dying. They needed better cheat protection and better netcode AND more content 3 things you NEED TIME TO DEVELOP.

[@DJ88Masterchief]

According to the Xdefiant discord, the spider bot is going to become a defensive bot instead of an offensive ability.

[@thesmurf52388]

The spider bot is getting a big change soon. It's basically going to be a portable emp that runs around next to you instead

[@leesasuki]

my only problem of that stupid gadget is it is too hard to kill, it is fine as it is, just let us able to shoot while it latch to auto destroy it, and only take 1-2 hit when it is on ground. I've no idea why it is so hard to balance this

[@clydemarshall8095]

Halo 2 technically had SBMM, but it was more fun because the upper and lower limits were greater than they are with current matchmakers which offered a greater variety of matches.

[@exterminatus_now]

SBMM in theory and practice is fine when you keep it a wide bracket for variety's sake and so low skill players have a chance for exposure to high skill. Halo 2/3 were peak matchmaking.

[@afd19850]

SBMM is a dial not an on\off switch. COD just needs to tone it down but refuse to

[@unlimitedricepudding7826]

@@afd19850Yeah, I’ve played so many games with SBMM and it’s barely noticeable, meanwhile COD might as well have a giant screen saying “EXCUSE ME, YOU’VE BEEN PLAYING A LITTLE TOO WELL, TIME TO MATCH YOU AGAINST PRO PLAYERS NOW” taking up the full screen space lol

[@afd19850]

@@unlimitedricepudding7826 agreed, the guy who created COD’s SBMM for Bo2 said. Its a dial and the current settings are not what he implemented. Basically they have jacked it up to max!

[@unlimitedricepudding7826]

@@afd19850 It doesn’t help that it’s very easy to exploit by reverse boosting as well

[@darthck5066]

Can’t be worse than Concord. It’s certainly lasted longer.

[@matteodelapaz1698]

Plus it plays and looks 1000000x better

[@shadowmamba95]

That is a very low bar. It might as well just be a lip.

[@darthck5066]

@@shadowmamba95 but the fact the bar exists at all is something.

[@HeideGuy]

Concord was straight up garbage. The problem with Xdefiant it's that it's just a mid game. Nothing horrible, nothing great

[@matteodelapaz1698]

@@HeideGuy and the worse part is it’s got potential, which is 90% of Ubisofts identity nowadays…

[@Umanabro]

Its super Ok. Gets the job done.....mostly for being a Cod-Like/ Arcade Shooter. Just gotta buff out a few scratches along the way. Still wished they just brought it to Steam and that would, perhaps, solve the player count problem.

[@RyDawg918]

To me, Xdefiant is better than the last like 7 COD games plus it’s free. I play just to play and I always have fun. It’s free, I don’t need tons of content.

[@Player-bs1pm]

Facts

[@r4nowo]

Well said. Also I'd prefer to play a game that has a long term plan rather than one that is meant forgotten about in spring once CoD #22 is announced. I prefer a game that wants to do a marathon, not a sprint

[@venkugin8154]

Totally agree. The game is fun to play and I prefer this over modern COD. Hope it won't be shut down

[@NoorSkullz]

Well the lack of content means less players aka ubi will probably shut it down ​@@venkugin8154

[@TheRama2299]

Not a fan of the ttk in this game, it feels like enemies soak too many bullets and they're dealing like 6 damage per shot and meanwhile I get dropped instantly

[@slayerrazaro8174]

It really does feel like that but I think a chunk of it is attributed to ping rates and hit registration to which they desperately need to fix

[@Deliverygirl]

Remove this fucking hero shit from shooters for fucks sake. The whole special abilities just makes it so unfun. Last time I played this game I had an enemy team all using the shield and spider drones and it made me quit and never want to play again. After a week I uninstalled and that's it. The game is AGGRESSIVELY MID. It would be better if it had less features.

[@trashaimgamer7822]

"No SBMM" You sure about that? The lobbies keep disbanding after every match. That's a huge sign for SBMM.

[@Jarekthegamingdragon]

Yes I am, there is sbmm up to level 25. After that I was getting a wide variety of "sweaty" players and also players that seemingly have no thumbs. The experience was extremely different to modern cod.

[@trashaimgamer7822]

@@Jarekthegamingdragon I do get that exact variety in cod aswell so that's not good evidence.

[@Jarekthegamingdragon]

@@trashaimgamer7822 You're putting out a conspiracy theory. It is up to you to prove it exists, not me. Your anecdotal experience is not evidence. There's no sbmm.There's just less casual players as the playercount goes down.

[@RustyTheFoxxo]

I find the game okish, I just wish the netcode and hacker problem got fixed because it's legit unbearable and the reason I stopped playing almost 2 weeks ago :/

[@pubplays368]

There’s barely any cheaters. The netcode is a genuine concern but it’s not enough of a deterrent to say the game isn’t fun. You’ll get better over time once you realize how much sbmm has been holding you back.

[@RustyTheFoxxo]

@@pubplays368 first - theres no sbmm Second - the netcode is enough to keep me from playing, I don't like fighting against stuff I cannot fix since they aren't my fault Third - idk in which region you play, but in Europe cheaters are unbearable, if say 1 every 5 matches, always seeing through walls (no echelon) and speed hacking.

[@pubplays368]

@@RustyTheFoxxo Reading comprehension isn’t your strong suit I see. No where did I say XDefiant has sbmm. Only that sbmm in other games like cod has been holding YOU back which is why you think there’s so many “cheaters” in xDefiant. And no, the netcode isn’t that bad. Y’all love to exaggerate. Dying behind the occasional wall isn’t the worst thing in the world.

[@RustyTheFoxxo]

@@pubplays368 gonna say what people like you LOOOOOVE to hear: OMG you're so right, here's a crown 👑 played for 2 hours today after couple weeks and it was miserable, aim hacks, wall hacks. But ok if you think otherwise go at it, different opinions

[@miecraftandmoregames]

started playing the game recently while testing a new mouse (lamzu thorn 4k is amazing btw *not sponsored lol*) and it's quite fun. a shame that it's kinda dying right now... I hope they can turn it around with the next patches/seasons. The lack off skill based matchmaking is insanely noticeable i can finally play an fps where i can relax and have fun lmao.

[@sk84lyfe1211]

Completely agree

[@TenshinSound]

My biggest issue with this game is how grindy it is. It takes forever to just unlock attachments for your guns on top of how long it takes to unlock skins. When I stopped playing really the only way to unlock things is to get kills. This was before tdm was added so people would ignore objectives to focus on getting kills. Winning and losing didn’t matter.

[@Caralh.o]

Double xp weekends help a lot (especially when using a xp token).

[@ezeqkkk]

I get tired of being jump shooted all the time so I uninstalled and never gone back

[@michaelx1770]

I really love the game, but that's something that i really hate from it

Really hated the delayed hit reg. The guns felt alright, mostly no big difference. However, the shotguns (except the DB) were so bad that at 10 meters, it took 3 shots to kill. Lot of sniper abusers, too, but not a big problem. A lot of the maps were really subpar. Also noticed how little I ever used my abilities, since I could easily outperform them with normal gunplay. That's about it. I had fun, but the game ultimately felt stale after some weeks.

[@mangaas]

I think Ubisoft should add vitiligo to it. Vitiligo is sure to bring in the modern audience, and TENS of new players.

[@notthefox]

I saw Ghost Recon Phantoms as a playable faction and it made me miss this game. XDefiant is so avg that it's painful to play.

[@vrapbrap]

Many problems as with any game but really solid as a base. Way too resources allocated for actual content drip so Ubisoft is throwing this game to the wolves. Also also funny to see this game have many of the things people always want in multiplayer shooters and when when it's here, they don't even consider trying it. I'm convinced that people, especially MP shooter focused ones just don't even know what they like, they muddy the waters with their rage addiction fuelled comments that lead developers astray. They buy the worst products too so they can have their yearly, on schedule freakouts about the same things every time. But hey, some people just love shitting on their own bed and laying in it.

[@CR0WYT]

I think this game was more of a rude awakening for a lot of CoD fans. They actually expected to be transported back to 2005 once the SBMM was removed, but all they got was that they were washed and needed to "get gud," which didn't settle well with the average CoD fan that thinks they deserve to be good simply because they're a veteran of 10+ years and blamed SBMM for their lack of fun. The only people that benefitted from no SBMM were the parties of friends and actual top percentile players. The average solo CoD player was borderline miserable and just went back to CoD.

[@Jarekthegamingdragon]

sbmm is fairly irrelevant. The game is just not great so players aren't having a great time nor sticking around.

[@CR0WYT]

@@Jarekthegamingdragon yeah not denying that. I just noticed that the majority that first tried it out were CoD fans that wanted a game with no SBMM thinking it would solve all their problems. It clearly didn't. Even I hopped on as someone who was just curious as a CoD player that could care less about SBMM and even I was underwhelmed. It also doesn't help that I don't play a lot of Ubisoft games outside of Siege, so the references and crossovers didn't do much for me.

[@CheeseCakeAwakesFTW]

It's my MOST PLAYED GAME THIS YEAR

[@sk84lyfe1211]

Same

[@bruhtholemew]

@@ITZCHELSEA2244 Modern CoD is better than Concord. That's all I'll give it.

[@Caralh.o]

​@@ITZCHELSEA2244Mmm no? 1 - Better maps 2 - Better matchmaking 3 - Actually has some type of soul 4 - Better movement (only the changing direction midfly is horrible) 5 - Better balancing 6 - Better servers I can keep going and going... The only thing call of duty has better is smoothness, graphics and sounds.

[@r4nowo]

Same

[@michaelx1770]

@@Caralh.o Well in XDefiant you can clearly hear the steps, in COD its kinda difficult

[@ovidiuskinas4011]

If it would be on steam. I would play it, for the free game its good

[@writerlairchannel2636]

I literally forgot about XDefiant after upgrading my pc, but i was interested in try it out😆

[@griz312]

I keep forgetting it the game is out lol.

[@TheRealSolitudeX]

It's worth playing. I only play it because the current CoDs have that type of strict SBMM that has less match variety and it seems like every match is a CoD championship haha. But at least in XDefiant I can have some fun with the average close matches, there I feel like I can play a bit tactically, rusher or middle ground sometimes depending on the matches and the type of weapon (AR, SMG, LMG or DMR). Yes, the game has hit reg issues sometimes (this latest patch almost solved this problem for me), and also the lack of content during the season and more things to do that aren't long like weapon levels just to get camouflages (but that's just my opinion)

[@Matt-md5yt]

I played it and man it Ubi didn't handle it well

[@xjuarez59]

DBZ move at 0:18

[@appledore]

YESSSSSS! My biggest complaint about this game is HERO NON-SENSE. Thanks for emphasizing that. I do have more, but this hero non-sense is the biggest. WHY UBISOFT WHY!!!! Remove them PLSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.....

[@Nutritious_N.U.T.]

If you want a good free fps, try The Finals if you haven’t already. It’s made by a bunch of ex Battlefield guys and it’s about to get into season 4

[@sealboy1211]

You can feel battlefields soul in the finals when everything is popping off. Bullet whistling, explosions, dust and sparks flying, buildings crumbling, people flying through windows and such. It’s only 4 teams of 3 but the chaos and playstyles really do it for me.

[@TYP2K.]

the fact that people were saying this game was gonna "kill" the finals and now its beginning its 4th season while xdefiant might not even make it to its 3rd season is just too funny.

[@richardcarter8751]

THE JET SETTERS 🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@Jarekthegamingdragon]

Eh, The Finals is a very different kind of game so it's not replacing that cod feel.

[@gallydex3566]

The finals is going to fail. They don’t listen to the community, and the matchmaking is horrendous

[@chacachaca11]

Yup. Agree with everything here and why I moved on. I don’t hate hero shooters. I’ve been playing valorant exclusively. I wanted defiant to scratch the itch I used to have for cod but man oh man. Those times are over it seems. Great vid. Thumbs up

[@alexander5629]

and blame truth saying cod is trying to shut down xdefinite is funny af 😂 like cope harder bro shit failed because it was boring and had problems that haven't been fixed like apex

[@JustAFan444]

The classes/powerups ruined the game for me. I'm so sick of hero shooter garbage.

[@michaelx1770]

You told us to choose IronSight instead of XDefiant, but at least XDefiant still has some life, IronSight is already dead

[@Jarekthegamingdragon]

I play ironsight all the time. I frequently got into games faster in ironsight than xdefiant. Though that's largely because of xdefiant's bad matchmaking system. Learn what dead means.

[@michaelx1770]

@@Jarekthegamingdragon Sorry pal, maybe I'm not an expert, but according to Steam Charts, Ironsight has an average of 120 players and declining every month... I have to be honest, the game looks pretty cool and I really like it, but it's very sad that most of the people don't give it a chance

[@Jarekthegamingdragon]

@@michaelx1770 Which is literally not dead. There's always people playing the game and it spikes every time a new season comes out. Just because it doesn't have cod numbers, doesn't mean it's dead.

[@wwezombiegod]

I liked xdefient. A nice simple game. If they close the servers I'll be really disappointed. Haven't got my PS5 anymore so I can't play it now but I'll be sad if they close it before I can play again

[@ScottyMcGaming]

Phantom nerf is incoming, Spiderbot is being reworked completely… More big changes coming, including a lot more content than originally revealed on the first roadmap… They’re changing a lot in the coming season, stuff that many will find both exciting and fun… 😎

[@rhys5958]

Absolutely needs to be released onto Steam and its stubborn bullshit on behalf of a dying company

[@Pike907-g6h]

i was in ur lobby a couple of times and we killed eachother

[@BLACKDADDY101]

I love the game. XDefiant is great in my opinion. The only problem is there is not enough content

[@michel0dy]

As someone who has not played many shooting games in recent years it was very entertaining to hear you going in depth about a game I had never heard about. The clips made it look kinda fun tho, not putting a f2p shooter on steam is kinda shocking

[@michaelx1770]

11:20 The fun thing is that old CODs already fixed that problem: If you jump, your aim goes crazy. Problem fixed

[@gexay]

if this was on Steam I would play it.

[@yuyuyu25]

So basically they went with a battlefield style time to kill, but with modern call of duty movement, cod 1-shot snipers, and a weird hero mechanic. Weird. But seriously, I don't understand how they'd go with battlefield TTK but with 1-shot snipers.

[@Jarekthegamingdragon]

It's even slower than battlefield ttk. It's baffling.

[@jesseashton6163]

Game would be 5x better if they wouldn't have tried making it for last gen and then cancelling the last gen version. I find the load times abysmal.

[@Duuhvis]

I think it’s a good game for sure, but it’s not in the best of hands

[@FroztYcle4737]

I remember playing when people saw it as an exciting amazing new game. I did sort of find it okay, but it really could be better in some areas.

[@unknowncomrade5023]

Its so bad that theres only 3 thousand people playing 😂

[@TheMasterGamer94Meck]

I really enjoyed XDefiant.. for 2 days. I then started to notice horrible hit detection issues

[@moldetaco2281]

i feel like a big gripe you have is associating it with COD when the devs never promoted as such. nor ever acknowledged the youtuber claims of being a cod killer. i feel like if you removed that expectation going into it youll see the game in a brighter light. regardless it has its flaws and is in that gray area of being a genuinely good game but its just missing those key elements. thats my perspective tho cuz it wasnt the devs saying cod killer. it was ppl like jev and etc cod players saying it. also i think liscensing and copyright issues are the reason they wont put sam fisher and others into the game. they avoid a paying royalties to them if they use made up characters. even tho splinter cell is owned by ubisoft the model/character and VA is not owned by them.

[@Jarekthegamingdragon]

It absolutely was promoted as being competition to cod. Their devs were constantly comparing it to cod. It plays like cod. That is 100% a fair comparison. So when it's worse than the game it's copying, that's bad.

[@newname69]

Bro ur soo real for putting up itonsight.

[@r4nowo]

The gameplay of it looked so horrible though. I'll stick with XDefiant

[@Jarekthegamingdragon]

Then you have no idea what you're talking about.

[@liwong1744]

The majority of maps seem to be based of locations from The Division 1 and 2. Makes sense as XDefiant is made in the same game engine. Tho it does make me sad that we probably won’t be seeing a TD3 anytime soon.

[@Cuckie1996]

Is the background music to this video the TimeSplitters 2 main menu music?

[@shaunrobinson4614]

Cod Black ops 2 multiplayer menu music at the start of the video

[@Cuckie1996]

@@shaunrobinson4614 Yea the 1st minutes are but at like 9 minutes its 100% TimeSplitters 2 music

[@Jarekthegamingdragon]

The first song is the black ops 2 theme. The rest is timesplitters.

[@noobbotstudios3367]

Looks decent. Doesn't look as good as Ironsight but looks like something I'd play a little bit to see it for myself

[@Bingusgingus]

skill based matchmaking hurts in games, play by myself and i can never really do well, play with my friend and i get absolutely stomped on because he's literally a semi-pro counterstrike player

[@sesuneiro]

Snoozedefiant 😴😴😴

[@Overlord598]

Whoever thought that Ubisoft out of all companies could compete with CoD is braindead

[@afd19850]

Once the inevitable COD cycle kicks in and people get bored of BO6 or SBMM i imagine they will pick up XDefiant. Its a case of the devs need more for players to do though

[@TheErikjsm]

nah they dropped the game close to june which is usually around where the "this game sucks phase" start in the cycle of a cod that also was pretty horribly recived everywhere there were comments about mw3 being "dlc". if they couldnt manage it then they certainly cant when a cod thats had a full on 4 year dev time drops

[@afd19850]

@@TheErikjsm dunno i wouldn’t count it out. 3arc is EASILY the best studio so its a tougher task that normal but its not impossible. They DO need to put the work in though

[@sk84lyfe1211]

This is my multiplayer game of choice and the only multiplayer game I have downloaded on my console. I have so much fun playing it.

[@fakecore9811]

I personally like the fact that the factions are original characters based off other games. I've genuinely grown to like a lot of the designs but that's just me. I do think it could be enhanced by some more lines reflecting the characters' personalities, or just someway to expand upon their characters a little. But I feel you on everything else in the video

[@scoomfie3984]

XDefiant was definitely a shooter I had put alot of confidence into, but the netcode killed that feeling very quickly honestly. The devs communicate decently enough with the community, but damn does it suck that netcode updates amount to "This engine we're using isn't built for this level of multiplayer" and being told that it's gonna be at least a season or so away before it *might* be much better, which by then BO6 is probably gonna be out or close to it. It sucks, I really liked XD and had friends that up until S1 liked it too but it's just not feeling how it should especially with netcode issues that've existed since the first alphas and betas of the game.

[@OfficialFusionZ]

XDefiant still has the chance to celebrate a huge comeback but it has to do a lot of things right therefore. I still prefer this game way over any current cod…

[@Zaspor]

Purposely hiding the game on a launcher I didn't even know existed and then complaining about player count is WILD!

[@thsudy]

Imagine having a game launcher so hated, people won't even go there to play free games. they rather go to steam or any other server to download the game and the shit ubisoft thingy.

[@TheOnlyBeeje]

This game is like if BO2 and BO4 had a baby and I love it. However, I did have PC issues for the first few months and had to find my own way to fix it (stuttering). The devs are some of the best communicators I've seen when it comes to video games, giving out consistent fixes based off of player feedback, and the game is way better than it was during the alpha, beta, and launch. That base pump shotgun was easily the worst gun in the game at one point. As for the snipers, you should've seen them back then because they were essentially nerfed into the ground. When you see one in game I tend to try and avoid them.

[@SackoYT]

It was a good distraction for a while. But people were ultimately gonna ride on over to the next COD release. COD like World of Warcraft, has a community of people that have become attached to the series over the years, and it can be very difficult to yank people over. Both titles have insane staying power because of the connection and attachment to the brand. XDefiant tried to emulate it, but it's just not the same.

[@manc922]

Tbh, I tried the game and thought it was really good, the worst thing is the Hero aspect, ffs why a dude can throw a drone almost after dying or kill everyone in a big area. It felt really unfair and dying to that took all the fun out of the game

[@TheReal_FishFins]

I enjoyed it for a month or so. Get my CoD fix without supporting activision. THUMBS UP

[@Tylerannosaurus-X]

If it was on steam I'd play it more with the rog ally

[@Daark_Karma]

I feel like sliding in games could be easily balanced by A) Just making the guys less accurate while doing it. And B) not cancelling slides straight into another movement. A slide is just a slide. You slide THEN jump... at which point there's essentially no benefit to doing it. Sliding is a great way to get out of somewhere OR aggressively push into somewhere. Like the idea of sliding under some cover that you can crouch under and shotgunning people on the other side is fine but that's the extent of which the slide should be used offensively, none of this high octane crack smoking movement speeds

[@keithsimpson2150]

I don't care about sbmm and no one with half a brain does either, what you need is dedicated server lists instead of matchmaking

[@Jarekthegamingdragon]

People with a brain absolutely care about sbmm because it ruins the experience if you're good. Server browsers have no sbmm so it's literally exactly what you want.

[@molochz]

​@Jarekthegamingdragon I'm not good and SBMM ruins my game too. I have a few good games and suddenly I'm sweating like crazy just to go 5/20. It's not fun. It's not fun at all. I avoid games with SBMM because it doesn't ever feel like I'm progressing, learning or improving. Its just wild swings from good to bad.

[@skarpantre]

Yes, the too high health makes ARs and SMGs feel slippery especially combined with the movement... like they shoot marshmallows. At first I had big faith in this but after playing it really didn't feel nearly as good as the old cods.

[@ThePCxbox]

xdefiant is oldschool cod but instead of the iconic pick 10 system that was tried and true they replaced it with the obligatory hero system with overpowered ult abilities thats required in every game now. So naturally I didnt like it and uninstalled within a day because im getting too old to be keeping up with learning all these heros and counters and advanced movement techniques If they wanted it to do well they should've literally made it black ops 2 with the same wacky coat of paint and a gentleman's promise to keep cheaters out

[@therealpizzagirl]

Me, my boyfriend, and my older sibling all gave this game a shot when it was first released. It’s so uninteresting and has absolutely 0 staying power, my boyfriend and sibling both forgot about the game after a week, and I went back to MWIII almost immediately.

[@BernardoSalgueiro]

The thing with this game is that people look up to it like it's owned by Activision in the sense that they have tons of titles on their name and are 100% experienced in delivering proper shooter games. Well, that's not the case. There are several things listed here which are a hit or miss situation and will eventually be patched or completely changed. The sniper flinch, the spider bot, the ranked system, etc. But that's the whole point, people are not patient anymore and will probably spend $70 on CoD every year despite it having SBMM/EOMM, lacking tons of stuff Ubisoft is doing well on this game and overall just not justifying it's price tag. The aim assist aspect is a tricky one because most people play on controller (and rightfully so) and nerfing it to the ground wouldn't do the game any good. Compared to CoD it's way more balanced, but then again people don't care because Activision has been carrying out tons of brainwashing since at least 2019.

[@JackCarroll1998]

They're working on a lot of changes and fixes on things you mentioned here. The phantoms getting a movement nerf and 115 HP instead of 120 will be huge. Big netcode updates coming S2. It has been a rough launch and first season, but this game has so much potential. I do wish the ability system was adjusted somehow. I like the basic idea, kill streaks/scorestreaks make the game more about kills. I think the current system is good for encouraging objective play. That's the big difference I think between XDefiant and COD. COD has become a meat grinder kill simulator. XDefiant is trying to lean more into actually playing the obj to win the game.

[@Macho_Man_Randy_Savage]

they fucked up massively with this game or if you think that's a little extreme, dropped the ball with this game...they knew what ppl wanted (a spiritual successor of a classic cod mp game) and they still did the opposite. even having an "og" leading the way didn't make a difference. who's idea was it to use ubsoft's ips as specialists???...such a ubisoft idea lol

[@Phillz91]

I played XDefiant when it released and I actually quite liked the gameplay, hero mechanics included. What I didn't like was the UI and I found the progression to be too slow/not rewarding and the pricing was typical live service fucked. I was buying multiple $3-4 skins and the Warbonds in Helldivers 2 and getting way more value for my money over $20-30 for a single, kinda average, skin. Ultimately, I am just over COD style games to stick with them and have found I like games with a bit more complexity like Deadlock recently.

[@GL1TCH1N]

I honestly really hope it doesn't shut down man. As someone that's just getting into shooters, this is the best simplistic shooter I've played. Key word: simplistic. I'm looking for a simple shooter. I just wanna shut my brain off and play TDM. Other games have more complicated mechanics and that's not my thing. XDefiant just has a team with a unique perk, and a gun preset. That's it, and that's why I like it.

[@Cookiemaster98_98]

I like the hijack ability so much, its always amusing hacking a land mine and getting a three piece

[@fctempered4450]

Game might be whatever you think but as a free game it is popping in the East. All of my friends play this game, we play almost everyday and it's fun where 100$ cod just doesnt feel right to get 🐸 This game is also graphically not that intensive and takes very small storage unlike 300 GB 😆...btw i think it's a good game

[@The_Highrise23]

It’s not a bad game, I actually really like it. I do think it’d be better without the faction abilities. I really like the map designs and aesthetics. And the movement feels pretty good. I don’t really encounter campers much like I do in cod Edit: this game has so much potential to be amazing. I’d hate to see Ubisoft drop it

[@Patty-P]

The last time I tried to play a Ubisoft game, I downloaded its launcher, couldn’t sign in, and couldn’t play the game. Never touching them again.

[@PhantomOverload]

I like a lot about XDefiant. The issues I have with it stop me from playing it much. It needs more guns and maps, the progression is so slow, snipers require zero skill, and I hate the character ability. I hated character abilities in COD and hate it here since it's always unbalanced. Almost everyone use the Cleaners since they're OP.

[@viSou87]

Rotfl... only i see that ubisoft bring back RS Phantoms back to life in new look ? even same maps, skills, prob operators to on diff look. how lame. I see game dont provide slide and cover. Why they just dont give us back old good RS Phantomes

[@seaocean4868]

they need to add hardcore mode. More guns rather than the normal basic bs. more attachments and better customization. They have the basic garbage amazon red dot and the reticles are terrible. the gameplay is mid. the game is mid and has a weird clash or theses going on. in cod 2019 it was so fun to make guns your own. i loved taking a 1 shot kill ak and building it into an smg and running around racking up kills but nope you have no freedom in xdeficate. They make you fit a mold and operate within that mold its boring and just over all... you guessed it. mid.

[@alexander5629]

the game was alright i expected more since ppl put this game on a pedestal and i thought it was gonna go hard only for it to feel like a dumb downed battlefield i wanted another fps to play but this game was just boring i was playing halo infinite more because idk ig it's just more fun imo and the finals recently so much for being a cod killer also why do games continue to stick with boots on the ground make a game that doesn't feel like cod like BF2042 or bo2 or AW or titanfall like be different

[@otodus2802]

I played it for maybe like 5 hours before uninstalling it, too bland and boring. And the grind to get new weapons was terrible.

[@TheBagManGamer]

The best CoD clones are easily Ironsight and Shatterline. Sadly, Ironsight's playerbase is super low and Shatterline was killed by its own devs by turning it into crypto game trash.

[@bootlegthemagician]

"cod killer" my ass lmao

[@DEANDRE_DTS]

Nobody wanted it to be a COD killer we just wanted a new fast paced game to play

[@FBG_Taliban]

This game worst than COD,that's all you need to know,I recommend The Finals Btw,XDefiant devs are the dumbest,they put everything ppl hate in one game

[@DankaDoctor185]

Coming from Titanfall 2 and Apex, sliding and jumping as a concept is only good if the main playstyle of a game is *based* around the movement mechanics. Xdefiant is not. Some could say apex isn't, but the devs actively support and encourage movement techniques, and wctovely avoid patching the bugs that cause said movement techs. A large portion of the game play it JUST for the movement, and care very little about actually winning or doing good. The movement alone *feels* good and is as rewarding as winning a game for those players, so there's a nice balance. Not so much in xdefiant

[@theairplaneguy9640]

Im tired of the special abilities and characters, what good is gunplay feel when 99% of the game you're getting killed by some kind of superhero power

[@DRGEngineer]

honestly a steam release would be all it takes to get me playing this game occasionally 🤣 like its not mind numbingly amazing enough for my lazy ass to wanna sign into ubisoft connect whenever i wanna play it (because it never saves my password for some reason) so if i were able to play it from *the same launcher I use to play every other game i own on pc* then i would definitely put in some hours here n there. maybe i just needa give it a try on console

[@Panda-vc7ku]

I honestly would take and play Ironsight over XDefiant i tried XDefiant went back to play Ironsight would love a console port of Ironsight so i can play comfortably in my bed lmao

[@tired_moonwave]

I literally have never (and will never) install or buy games via the Ubisoft launcher. They are shooting themselves in the foot by not releasing on Steam but nowadays that is the company meta; don't listen to fans or view statistics and instead do things that make you lose money.

[@MrBlonday]

I'd get back into this game if it wasn't a hero shooter. It's marketed as a "casual" "old-school CoD" shooter and it's neither if those things. It's pretty generic and the abilities are ridiculous