XDefiant - Before You Buy

XDefiant (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S) is Ubisoft's new competitive FPS centered around iconic Ubisoft titles. How is it? Let's talk.
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[@BulookLazah]

Before u buy? Bro it’s free

[@thomassweet9312]

Time is money

[@m1rrorshades]

Time is money

[@LaSombraa]

They need to change it to Before You Try

[@LeoCannotPark]

Time IS money

[@DTraiN5795]

Hush lol it’s the name of their series mayne

[@KUATO_COBRETTI]

People are calling this the COD killer - but I don't hear anyone talking about what effect the game will have on the likes of tuna, salmon, mackerel, and other aquatic, gill-bearing vertebrate animals.

[@Geeler]

How will this affect the trout population?

[@samuelsloan8729]

Damn... I'll have to think about this during shower time

[@gameranxTV]

incredible

[@Sussy6_9Baka]

@@samuelsloan8729 Want a break from the ADS ?

[@foxmind2490]

Make a game called Micro-plastics. Then you’ll be in business.

[@matthewburton6360]

as someone who is sick and tired of the CoD and the obscene practices of Activision this game has totally scratched that itch for an arcade shooter.

[@BoogersAndMilk]

It did for me too, until I started seeing everyone fucking bunny hopping while shooting all the fucking time. Do devs not add aiming penalties for fucking bunny hopping?

[@runek100]

Absolutely. Literally all I want is cod gameplay and no sbmm. Haven't have so much fun in a long time. I don't care about score either, just enjoy it. It is great to just chill from cs2

[@sonofdevil666]

facs

[@melvinmitchell2371]

So far the game is a gem for me. Just needs a tdm. This game really takes me back to the days of CoD when I was a kid, glad I’m getting that feeling back. And more importantly I’m having fun.

[@hankb27]

Idk how tdm is not a game mode

[@k6r659]

​@hankb27 Yeah where's TDM?? wtf lmao

[@runek100]

I don't mind really. I enjoy domination more rn and just go for kills.

[@jesustalkpodcast365]

I agree great game

[@danieldearing8169]

i've played it, it's very much like black ops 1-2 but fresh kinda clean needs some work but it is free after all

[@astralyd]

The fact that it's not a 150 GB file is already a huge W over Call Of Duty

also no 90 gb update to change nothing ...

[@trashnoodle_]

How much is the size right now?

[@bazsobenjamin3750]

@@trashnoodle_ 30.4GB

[@mohrs9165]

@@trashnoodle_ 30 gbs on PC

[@CookieeMonstarr666]

Same goes with COD Mobile vs Bloodstrike on mobile.

[@nicholasjonas5684]

Payday 3 servers took 2-3 days to fix their servers. This took 4-6 hours

[@kenethernandez6246]

Guy was overly negative in the vid for no reason lmao

[@The_MEMEphis]

To be fair they've also had to do like a year worth of beta testing to get the servers playable and they messed up the entire hype cycle for this game It was supposed to come out like 8 months ago and just kept getting pushed back not that I don't mind delays but they were way too confident with the initial release announcement

[@Lenariet]

Payday 3 took a week or so. And afaik it's still somewhat broken by design as they only allow you to queue into one single heist out of dozens and one difficulty out of dozens at a time. The playerbase broke down quickly and now you can waste many minutes matchmaking and still not get any players to play with you. They fumbled the release of PD3 so bad, it's never gonna recover. That being said such server issues wouldn't exist anywhere at all if it were normal again for us players to host the servers like it used to be normal back in the day.

[@221Prohunter]

Payday 3 took weeks to fix their servers haha

[@InfinityNo0b]

Ubisoft is a AAA games company so you should expect that there shouldn't be any server-related issues but alas. Pay Day 3 is an indie game but that sucks due to mismanagement and poor decisions.

[@fliedlice6985]

"The same boring guns..." My dude, CoD doesn't use IRL guns anymore, so this is a welcome improvement.

[@Ccubed92]

Cod has over 50 guns right now

[@Barndollar98]

@@Ccubed92 none are real life variants

[@SithKnightofSion]

@@Barndollar98who the hell cares … the msmc, scorpion,bal -27 were not real life guns as well but everyone loved using them

[@GenocideLv]

@@Ccubed92 who gives a crap, trying to play the new cods is like jumping neck deep into a septic tank full of shit and trying to box other ppl in there. They will add more guns with updates. You probably only use like 3 of the best guns in cod at all times anyway.

[@halo_prodz3972]

They give the guns different names. They are real guns.

[@Lluminal]

I'm not kidding, I swear this was on steam like 15 years ago. 6vs6, different maps, shields, f2p.... Then it was pulled from the store. One of the maps even looks the same.

[@CliveHerbmon]

Ghost recon phantoms :)

[@ougiz325]

@@CliveHerbmon you are a legend man

[@matodragonespor5000]

@@CliveHerbmon Remember playing that game to get that kick ass Assassin's Creed skin

[@LTV249]

Best comment on KZbin history ever

[@Axl4325]

Maybe because it plays exactly the same as Dirty Bomb

[@PoloMoney]

I see 3 people that don't understand what a series is. He doesn't literally mean BEFORE YOU BUY a free game, its the name of the series whether or not the game costs money or is free doesnt change that

[@gameranxTV]

thank you

[@nerdycezero6431]

Couldn’t have said it better myself

[@The_legend_of_Kyo]

Media literacy is dead man. Everyone takes EVERYTHING literal 😭😭😭

[@Orosian5]

Before you buy the season pass...

[@Shadow_407]

Ain’t that serious bro chill

[@BT0WN]

Personally, really enjoyed it. Feels like a nice throwback to a bygone era of COD.

[@owendewilde7825]

love ur vids!!!!

[@BT0WN]

@@owendewilde7825 You're the best. 💙 Thank you so much!

[@castro2496_]

Couldn’t agree more

[@SisckoImper]

review it!

[@BT0WN]

@@SisckoImper good idea! 👍

[@TheReaperBaby1]

And honestly this review is how I felt in the first hour , then I changed settings and started realizing the flow of the game and how the abilities mesh with and counter one another. Huge Comp and casual potential here .

[@GenocideLv]

yeah this guys half assed videos and quick first impressions are worth as much as a rats fart in a tornado. How the f do ppl take anything he says seriously. Since when are tubers opinions highly valued? especially when they casually try something for 1 hour, completely miss the whole fucking point of the game, suck butt at the game, and only cared to try it for a video to begin with? wow some genuine experience being shared right here!

[@Bumpster316]

They did say there are new guns coming every season so maybe the title specific guns you were talking about will be among those.

[@GiovanniTheBuilder]

Just needs a TDM and FFA playlist!

[@FluidlyDesignedGames]

And search and destroy

[@MonsterChuck]

please no TDM as this mode is for shitty players who corner camp.

[@pain2573]

@@MonsterChuckyou… don’t have to play tdm

[@voidvoidvoid7274]

S&D too

[@exiles4503]

@@MonsterChuckis this a joke…

[@realdeskent]

A game doesn't always need to innovate or have some "ground breaking" new game mode. This game went back to the roots, to an era that we were all longing for. No bullshit shenanigans, just pure action

[@aaroncohen2700]

That’s true. But does it have a reason to draw in players besides being free?

[@noobsbrother_]

Something similiar that Insurgency Sandstorm is doing as well

[@hutzdani87]

No no it does, this is boring same junk we've had for the last 10 years. . Why the hell would you want to play the same thing again, it's a game to play because you have nothing else to play and don't even care what your playing. Sorry I G2G there's some paint drying and I got to go watch it

[@kenethernandez6246]

Exactly. Sometimes you just want something that's fun and basic. Not everything has to be special.

[@kenethernandez6246]

@hutzdani87 I'll play this over a $70 dlc with terrible spawns, terrible maps, horrible ranked infested with hackers and $100+ micros any day of the week.

[@reecemcclish5990]

this game feels like cod back when cod was good. Please try it out everyone. It seems like actual passion went into it, unlike most games ubisoft release these days

[@Axl4325]

Brother idk where you got that this game was made with passion, it feels like vanilla ice cream bought at Walmart. Really good vanilla ice cream yeah, but not a passion product and definitely not ground breaking

[@Lazarc91]

Can't definitely say it was made with passion. But pretty ok.

[@xxxogfuckingbigpersonality8599]

If it's a ubisoft game that acctually brings some enjoyment for once, it must have been made with passion

[@GenocideLv]

@@Axl4325 it doesnt need to break any ground it just needs to bring back ground from 2012 cod era. Are you simple or what?

[@welp1249]

This game is so lame. The controller haptics for one suck ass. And it’s glitchy as hell on PS5.

[@Mythril_Pulaski]

The cleaners are actually really op for damage because of the overtime fire damage, and that drone can one shot or severely damage the whole enemy team if you can aim it properly

[@Olterior]

Yeah I didn't understand the hate for Cleaners. It's my best class. My gest game was with a cleaner 58:3. They are so OP.

[@mrh8dlimon759]

Got to agree with you on that. I main echelon but I've died to sooo many cleaners or got backed down due to incendiary ticks. While I can say yea our "uav" normal ability pop is a bit op I think three factions have some sort of great things about em. A good medic ult is severely detrimental on capture while cleaners drone and passives can wreck entire teams if they have a decent gun with range and echelons uav can be spammed if you have 2 or 3 running it and they are communicating when they use it.

[@Lazarc91]

Got killed more getting burned by the cleaners fire than anything else

[@UnchainedEruption]

Yea fire drone is really effective.

[@strongstyle117]

I think the thing about this game is it feels like BO2/Ghost era COD.. and it’s free. Many of us older call of duty fans don’t wanna play these new ones, so this is a perfect opportunity to grab players like myself. I’m all for it.

[@manofwill2468]

After reading a bunch of people's comments, you're not alone in this sentiment and I'm glad to see these comments. This game is exactly what I want.

[@strongstyle117]

@@manofwill2468 definitely agreed man. Map design is really good as well… where Call of duty’s has been straight up bad for damn near a decade.

[@sesuneiro]

​@@strongstyle117its honestly a bit disrespecful comparing this trash to bo2 lmao

[@bigbrotherallstars43]

BO2 and ghost could not be any more different in terms of feel lmaoo what kinda history revisionism is this

[@EndureTyrant]

I was a competitive COD player until ghosts. I loved COD, and played thousands of hours per game. But when advanced warfare came out I completely quit COD and never came back. Tried it again with MW and Cold War, but still just not what I wanted anymore. I think SBMM was my biggest problem with the new ones though.

[@remaxunitedsaopaulo]

No dropshot bullshit? Sign me up

[@ArsenicPro]

Sure, no dropshotting! But get ready for bunny-hopping, side-straffing, spam-crouching, and general movement mayhem!

[@221Prohunter]

The other guy's right. No dropshotting but you will see the same losers with the medic bitch jumping 7 times in the same gunfight over and over.

[@bizler69]

@@ArsenicPro which is honestly worse than dropshotting IMO

[@jonathanmatos714]

@@ArsenicProGit Gud and adapt

[@watchingyoutube_]

​@@ArsenicProoh shit my bad king, I'll just stand straight up in one place for you to turn me into a bullet sponge 🫶🏽

[@MrVidfreak0]

Im SO GLAD you said that your shots didnt register day one i was saying this too and then when they released the shooting range i went and tested it and sure enough it doesnt register all the time

[@andyhsong]

despite its shortcomings, the game is fun and thats the most important thing. im sure it will get better

[@aaronvasseur6559]

It’s a cod clone that people will play for a month then ignore it’s always the case

[@TanThighsYum]

Another generic F2P game with a ton of MTX's that are of course highly overpriced. You are just enabling Devs/Pubs to continue pumping out these lackluster F2P titles. Yeah it will get better with time just like every other game. What matters is if a game releaseds broken, incomplete, etc... or completed and good, not how it is in the future.

[@thatguy8841]

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[@TanThighsYum]

Lmao yeah right

[@i3ssb00st5]

​@@aaronvasseur6559 not unless enough ppl played it then turns out they piked it more than cod give it some time just like any other new gane out there

[@plumbus1758]

This game is kinda like a devolved cod, but in a good way

[@TheGuyWithStuff]

Nah, it’s shittier than the first modern warfare in 2007.

[@namesii1880]

@@TheGuyWithStuff But that doesn't mean much. CoD 4 is not only one of the best CoD titles ever made, but one of the best FPS games ever as well. CoD 4 is significantly better than any of the CoD titles released in the last 5 years. XDefiant might not be at the level of the greatest CoD releases. But it sure beats the current garbage Activision puts out. Current CoD isn't even a game, it is an algorithm.

[@TheGuyWithStuff]

@@namesii1880 I play mw19, that’s less than 5 years old and it’s the best cod since the original mw2.

[@namesii1880]

@@TheGuyWithStuff MW19 is terrible. The last good CoD was Black Ops 4. After that they went all in with the rigged matchmaking and terrible game design.

[@chancemadeit]

@@namesii1880facts

[@Sprocket74]

I played it the night it dropped and got into matches all night no problem.

[@shahtayyib]

Before you buy? Before you install*

[@cutthatcoconut9018]

You can buy things that are free

[@PackerManForLife]

This game feels like what I've wanted CoD to be for the past 10 years. It's actually really fun to play.

[@DNYLNY]

It's exactly like black ops 4.

[@hhaste]

They did what COD refuses to do and it clearly worked.. Activision has ruined CoD.

[@PackerManForLife]

@@hhaste yeah man, I agree. I cant stand SBMM. Absolutely hate it. Its ruined modern gaming for me. To be able to come to XDefiant and just play however I want, without SBMM pairing me up against elite players, has totally revived my desire to play.

[@TheKingIsKarma]

I fully agree, game is great and will only get better.

[@colonelsanders1774]

So nothing like COD?

[@voidex1494]

Idk, it's nice knowing I can jump in not having to sweat my ass off every game. The gunplay feels good and satisfying. The abilities are fun but don't feel overpowered. I haven't had a moment where I'm like "oh that ability is completely broken" or "that's super annoying and op". The maps are great. The biggest thing this game does that many don't do anymore is communication. The devs actually talk and communicate consistently with the community. A game that has no sbmm, f2p, good gameplay, and devs that communicate. It's a recipe for success.

[@morganking4166]

only ability that i think is op is the echelon sonar goggles, but then again i can just use those anyway to cancel it out

[@deadshotdaquiri6383]

The Cleaners are a bit overtuned right now, faster TTK with incendiary bullets, 2 one shot abilities (Direct Drone hit and Firebomb) and Purifier is literally uncounterable if popped directly on you lol.

[@grim-slice6675]

Use the ak47 lmaooo changed the whole game for me

[@trumpisgod2535]

@@morganking4166you can spot me through a wall idc you’ll still get dealt with going against me

[@Hiiiro]

Dude, all the lobbies I've been in are sweaty.

[@Sdancefear]

Mark rubin from cod4 codmw2 and ghost game. It's the golden days of cod. He is responsible for mp cod what we used to know. Good to see that it has similar feel.

[@Lord--Farquaad]

It's doing what CoD has failed to do for many years; pure, arcade-y shooter fun. I haven't played a CoD game that's this fun since probably MW 2019.

[@TheChosen1inc]

The point of no sbmm wasnt to make the game casual. The reason was to make it so your games arent being manipulated. The game is truly random with mm and doesnt feel like ur being forced wins or loses. Once again people dont understand why sbmm is bad and how it manipulates players as its primary function

[@zoppletee5400]

SBMM is good. Most people are just too stupid to see it. The point isn't to force a 50/50 or "manipulate" the players. It's to keep games balanced and fair. CoD just doesn't know how to implement it and that's where this unnatural hate boner comes from

[@casicus]

SBMM is only hated because it makes players who think they're good realise they're not when they get put in lobbies with people of the same skill bracket 🤣

[@aaronvasseur6559]

Sbmm does not manipulate players it’s either your bad or your good and then the game matches players similar level to play against it’s a great system always has been it’s just people like to moan because there games are to sweaty oh well get good

[@peterk.2108]

@@zoppletee5400 “cod just doesn’t know how to implement it” well yeah they put it in casual game modes instead of just doing ranked like normal people, that’s why people hate it cuz it’s simple shit that’s already been figured out

[@peterk.2108]

@@aaronvasseur6559why yes, a lot of people don’t like playing sweaty games, that’s not even a skill issue that’s just “hey, I want to sit back, and enjoy myself” Again this is just shit that should have its own mode

[@dreamonline1996]

I played yesterday for a few hours and was hooked. It has done what I haven’t gotten out of COD in 3+ games.

[@gravity00x]

idk, mw2019 is still the biggest COD playerbase and still fun asf while looking better than anything "COD new", or even this xdefiant game.

[@dreamonline1996]

@@gravity00x yeah but that game was 3+ games ago. It’s definitely the best they’ve made in a while

[@LitJr]

Its like a FREE Call of Duty multiplayer! They need to throw down a Search n Destroy Mode

[@jethrosims8339]

The dying around corners is so insane

[@Mr-Nyana]

Quick tip. The cleaners passive gives you incendiary ammo at the cost of damage range. Add range increasing attachments to your weapon and you become a force to be reckoned with 🤣

[@manofwill2468]

Dude thank you! I thought my range was worse with the cleaners but this makes so much more sense!

[@dresnio1363]

Incendiary virgin

[@onehundredpercentboyband]

Ooh good one !

[@wolf._.3337]

The games servers were fixed in hours, games like payday, cod or battlefield took literal DAYS to fix. This game is free, and a very good one at that. The unique abilitys that characters have grant you advantages depending on the situation your in. Camoflague to flank with or healing to support your team. Game is very well made and to say theres nothing 'positive' is an understatement.

[@Sleepai]

The servers are ass wtf are u about 😂

[@codyblanchard9505]

I'm in South Africa and within 2 hours the servers where up and running smoothly once it went down upon launch

[@Ghostify-]

bro there’s Fortnite which is also free 💀🙏

[@AshyLarryBoi]

The servers have been great. Day one was ass but i been playing and havent had one issue since that day​@@Sleepai

[@AxeltheGreen]

You can do the same stuff in The Finals which is also free and it's not by ubisoft. But I'll give this one a go since it's free

[@vladimir45rl]

I’m on the xbox s n it lets me download it but it says not compatible when I try to start it

[@Sausageflop]

Most fun I’ve had in a long time cod went stale this feels good

[@user-pi4cr1fh9j]

Just a note as someone who played both betas, the cleaners I wouldn’t say are useless. The firebomb ability is good for rushing into like a capture point since you explode and ignite the ground around you think like a suicide bomber. And the drones pretty fun too it’s basically a bomb in a straight line that ignites the ground as it moves

[@notcyfhr]

I agree and the flame thrower is definetly good

[@Jakesgotcakes]

My favorite is the fire bomb, only 5 hours of play but 28 suicide bomb kills

[@user-pi4cr1fh9j]

@@Jakesgotcakes I was playing earlier today someone threw a mine down on objective, activated fire bomb he literally suicide bombed a quad feed (5 including himself) respect 😂

[@itzragy6445]

The cleaners are great for the escort mode to take the team escorting the robot off the site they’re definitely not useless

[@NicoAssaf]

Firebomb is perfect against a shield rushing you. Just gotta time it right and boom, they're gone immediately.

[@clash4cityrocker]

Definitely reminds me of old school cod. Really enjoying it so far.

[@tripem7642]

HOW DO I FIX THE Failed to initialize BattlEye Service: Windows Test-Signing Mode not supported.

[@tatendanenhanga]

This game is unbelievabley fun. Then again, I haven't played COD since the end of MWIII

[@MrJBA79]

I'm happy to hand over the Euros. I've been playing it daily, but I have refused to play CoD since season 2 of Al Mazrah. Activision/Blizzard can't get a cent out of me... but I can see myself buying credits on a regular basis just to show my appreciation. I had trouble matchmakiing on day 1 but things are cooking now. I'm glad to be grinding their battle pass. That's the very least that any of us can do because in life, we pay for services rendered.

[@TubeSteak]

They need to make this like Ubisoft Smash Bros, weapons from different franchises, abilities, outfits. It should be just a Ubisoft playground

[@slimrod115]

We need the assassin's faction

[@TheReaperBaby1]

It…..is…literally and I’m not even a Ubisoft head and I know that

[@TubeSteak]

@@slimrod115 quick with light health. Maybe camo as the enemy team for a certain amount of time to blend in. They should lean into it.

[@davidinass]

​@@slimrod115 nah we need Templars

[@nissanmanfred]

Im sold ​@@slimrod115

[@ignskeletons]

Call of Duty has ignored many of the things fans have been asking for and this feels like an answer to all that. It doesn't do anything revolutionary, it just gives fans what they want in an acceptable format that could easily be built upon in the future. The 'bones' of this game are super solid and I'm excited o see how they add onto it over time with new guns, modes, maps, etc.

[@nathanielkendrick1966]

Played this game for the last 2/3 days, I stopped playing call of duty for a long time, I found fun in other games, but this game has made me fall back in love with FPS

[@YoungVeeTV]

I would love a ground war/ conquest type mode on this

[@UnchainedEruption]

It's a CoD clone not a Battlefield clone. The maps are not built for conquest. Too small.

[@akashmalwatkar6609]

the thing i like about it is it is a life service game and if it has an constant player base i can play it for years and not have to buy the same game every year

[@akashmalwatkar6609]

and lets be honest most people buy cod for warzone and grind lodouts now

[@reapersasmr5483]

​@akashmalwatkar6609 you might be right but I have NEVER bought cod for warzone.. warzone is trash .. out of my 500 friends list maybe 2 play wz .. not saying your wrong just everyone I know buys for 6v6 and NEVER plays wz .. full of hackers , lag , loading issues, memory issues , ram issues and on and on ..

[@baphomeat]

I mean yea... it's fine if they keep the current model... this is a good set up for a live service game. No cover charge, interesting cosmetics to keep a steady income coming. Plenty of properties to pull new content from (the guns he went on about, the factions, etc). The core concept has a fantastic setup for Live Service so long as Ubisoft doesn't ruin this one with greed.

[@geekinoffamolly8230]

@@baphomeatYea they gotta move like Fortnite in terms of season pass cosmetics but not something that gets you better weapons like cod

[@AkiraElMittico]

Then Ubisoft decides to shut down the game one day and remove it from all game stores 😓😵

[@5j1kfamilyYouTube]

I’m really enjoying XDefiant and haven’t had any issues so far it’s very unique and fun to play

[@TanThighsYum]

Unique? Lol how? Is this how people who are in denial end up dealing with things?

[@Trace6x]

'very unique' I like the game but I couldn't think of anything more generic lmao

[@enzog1078]

You have to be a bot. Unique? Fr?

[@Mohgenstein]

It’s unique how generic it is that’s for sure. Like the ultimate generic FPS game

[@cornell9355]

One thing I think it really needs is cameos to grind for

[@CYB3R2K]

Ngl is good. Is like a mid 2000s FPS. And i feel like we need that, CoD feels bloated and confusing for casual like me.

[@Later_Nerd]

This was pretty overly harsh imo. I quite like the game as someone who's just burnt out on COD for the past several years. The abilities make it a bit more strategic. Bringing in a bit of that Overwatch team play and synergy is a good concept. I expect the ranked modes will be a blast a few months down the line.

[@TellemG]

“A few months down the line” no wonder these companies Rob y’all idiots blind

[@syfodiaz4936]

Everything he said was dead on. TF you mean overly harsh?

[@baphomeat]

@@syfodiaz4936 It's almost like people can have different opinions.... someone doesn't have to say 'in my opinion he was super harsh'. OP liked the game more than Falcon did. Simple as that... they disagree with his takes (as do I) it's not much deeper than that. You and Falcon can have your opinions but I and OP will disagree... thus is the nature of humanity. Deal with it.

[@typervader]

And i agree with what he said. The game, just looking at gameplay, looks VERY bland and boring. It looks like it played super safe.

[@TellemG]

“A few months down the line” no wonder these companies Rob you idiots

[@CITYSeaBLUES]

I played it a few times with the beta or free play before launch, then played it yesterday after it released and man it didnt dissapoint

[@lexxanderson759]

do they have search or a gamemode like that

[@Illeyejah]

Is there split screen?

[@HotLeafJuicer]

A free game made by a fraction of the devs, and yet it still beats COD into the ground in terms of being genuine fun. It obviously has its own problems, but that fun factor actually existing is nice to have again like how COD used to. And I completely disagree, the hook for the game isn't just no SBMM, but that it's a return to the golden age of arcade COD, which hasn't exist for a very very long time. It has precisely accomplished its goals of what it wants to be, even after the whole Tom Clancy debacle.

[@OriginsHQ]

Agreed, it brings it back to the old arcade style while bringing new elements. Sure the Black ops 1 and 2 are fun, but they aren't modern and most of them you can't slide and have advanced movement

[@ItsDatCajunStuff]

Expectations are always high for FPS games and it’s a crowded market, but I find this game far less sweaty than its competitors and has a simplicity that’s refreshing. I think it’ll find an audience.

[@lukebent7317]

True man FPS is the most main stream genre of games so anytime a new one comes out the entire gaming industry at least glances at it regardless of who made it.

[@jesselaurito1907]

Games sweatier then warzone bro but still fun

[@thatdawgrich]

That’ll be awesome if they add the assassins as a faction with some executions

[@brandanvasquez8998]

I had no problems getting into a game on day one

[@BannanaTERROR]

xDefiant is awesome. Runs great, feels great. It's free.

[@procrastinates]

It's a stutter fest on my PC. I don't know if XDefiant is inherently stuttery or if the game just isn't optimized well for Radeon GPUs. Or maybe, I just need to update my GPU drivers.

[@BenWoodman935]

@@procrastinates Runs great on 6700xt you probably do need to upgrade drivers

[@BannanaTERROR]

@@procrastinates I’m still on an RTX 2060 with an i5 processor- it’s most likely your drivers or graphics settings.

[@cryingp3nguin178]

@@procrastinates put all your settings on low doesn’t even really make a difference still looks great

[@procrastinates]

​@@cryingp3nguin178 I already have them on low. Still running into microstutters.

[@0fficialdregs]

it's Ubisoft, Consistent and quality never reflect their works and standards. While the right hand is making great games, the left hand is fucking up something in the background.

[@TheShapeshifter]

So true, I played Siege for a long time, and it always seemed like something was wrong with the game. I expect the same from XDefiant. I'm not sure if I want to play the game right now.

[@GlitchInTheSystem00]

​@TheShapeshifter At the moment it's pretty fun.

[@bigirish4542]

The crew motorfest is really good

[@0fficialdregs]

@@TheShapeshifter yeah I love Ghost Recon Wildlands as I love the map and South America. other than that, I haven't bought any recent AC games as AC black Flag is the last one I ever bought,

[@0fficialdregs]

@@bigirish4542 yeah until they find time to shut that down like they did with the original crew

[@armagedoc66]

I think Xdefiant, at least on pc, will have his glory days until the hackers swarm it. Ubisoft cant handle the hackers on R6 PC, so play it while you can peacefully.

[@superpandabacon]

Thanks for the info! Didn’t know anything about this until a coworker had me watch someone play it. I was wondering why the level he was playing looked like a division level. Too bad there’s no TDM. I would’ve loved to play it. Hopefully they add it in the future. Will be trying this with an open mind for sure. Kinda tired playing mw3’s seasons

[@letsroamaround2189]

Sniping in this game is so satisfying goddamn

[@AGC4]

Shotgun is fun too but I wish it had just a bit more range, you really have to pick your fights and where they take place

[@TreyBeam]

@@AGC4that’s how shotguns should be …. Stay your ass on cod if you want those 1 tap across the map bs.

[@armandocool97]

​@TreyBeam Except you can literally be point blank and land a direct hit with a shotgun just to get a hitmarker... yeah the shotguns need to be buffed tremendously.

[@smallvillefever6258]

​@TreyBeam so snipers are meant to be run and gun with as well? If snipers aren't realistic then I don't see why shotguns should be realistic.

[@markmc5112]

I hate snipers.

[@LesoTheGamerboy]

This is the just the game I've been looking for because I have been wanting to get back into call of duty but I didn't want to play the newer ones because people have not had much good things to say about them and I didn't want to get back into the cycle of buying the new call of duty every year. And the older call of dutys don't have much players and have a terrible hacking situations on PC. I'm really hoping people will still be playing this game years down the line.

[@sam1_2_1]

Don't. This is just Ubisoft being Ubisoft. Releasing trash f2p games to catch up on trends but it always fails. This won't be different. They will shut the game down in one or two years.

[@KuroNekoIX]

Don't know why by I loled every time falcon says "SBMM" 🤣

[@jrh7178]

This game is basically an itch scratcher for people who like CoD, so not really anything groundbreaking in the FPS market itself.

[@damon3095]

The game has been a fun time. It really reminds me of COD MW3 and BO1 with its gun play. I'm glad this is here as im tried of the way faster paced games of modern COD and some of the BRs we have.

[@YDINO69]

Gunplay feels great

[@murphyebass7837]

Felt lightly and nearly floaty to me in comparison to COD

[@sharpshoota8274]

@@murphyebass7837no need to compare to cod. Just because it’s fps it’s immediately compared to cod?

[@dpicks24]

God no.

[@JagsP95]

Like it or not cod is the benchmark for arcade shooters. And he is right its not as well animated or weighted as cod but its still a decent game.​@@sharpshoota8274

[@murphyebass7837]

@@sharpshoota8274 every single person is comparing it to cod as it has a huge amount of similarities. Not just me bucko

[@weepingcamel1]

does the game have this anti-cheat thing? I'm on mac, only can play on crossover

[@PvMsafc]

The back to basics elements is what is drawing me in. Downloading it now!

[@Zamtrak25]

I can’t see anyone in this comment section talking about the garbage netcode in this game, probably the worst I’ve ever experienced in any shooter. It feels like I’m playing on an Xbox 360 COD built on an engine from the 90’s. Non existent hit registration, getting shot around corners and while in cover, phantom bullets, dying in under half a second while the enemies are all bullet sponges. While I’m not amazing at this game, it’s happening far too consistently for it to only be a skill issue, and this doesn’t happen to me rarely ever in other shooters. It’s a shame too because the core gameplay is really fun but the poor netcode completely ruins it for me.

[@polnajeff9035]

I agree rn. The gameplay is amazing but the amount of deaths from the trash net code is awful man

[@stevenkhamou608]

I don’t have any of those issues lol

[@polnajeff9035]

@@stevenkhamou608 what's your kd?

[@stevenkhamou608]

@@polnajeff9035 2.12 KD

[@HPLovesCraftsCat]

fanboys

[@salvadorvergarajr8492]

Really fun game! I died a lot but it felt amazing when I got killed. Wish that the dedsec faction was available off the but whatever. Also, I was on console I didn't have that problem with the matchmaking issue, but ig I was playing later in the day so I got on after it was taken care of?

[@OriginsHQ]

Looking back at the launch of COD, I played about 5 games before every one of my games was sweaty and impossible to use weapons other than the 'meta' This game has way more options in terms of weapons and factions.

[@LemonTangie]

Harsher review than usual. I think when a game doesn't try to be over the top and fits a niche that the community misses, it should get more praise. In a world where the games industry has been going in a direction towards anti-consumerism, a reminder of what we fell in love with about games deserves more love.

[@Silver_Specter]

I used to like call of duty, the Devs ruined it, but I'm in love with x defiant at the moment I can't believe the Devs actually care about their community and their opinions

[@KPid10t]

This is a long post, I’m aware lol I think the reason no sbmm is compelling to a lot of people (not all, but definitely me included) is because with sbmm-only all players have their lobbies artificially influenced to lean a certain way. If you start doing consistently well, the game literally puts you in a lobby it thinks you will lose. In my experience with Cod, you don’t experience the same sense of growth in skill because as you get better your lobbies get consistently more difficult. Having no sbmm doesn’t remove sweaty players, sure, but it doesn’t limit you to only playing with sweaty players. Inversely, a lower skilled player has a better time with sbmm because the game is giving them lower skilled lobbies, so I get why people argue for it, that makes sense for a casual player. But that’s why the decision to have an sbmm mode (ranked, etc) as well as a non-sbmm mode makes perfect sense. Both types of players (higher or lower skill) have the OPTION of how they want to play - either luck of the draw or a tailored experience based on skill. It’s less about only having no sbmm, and more about having both options. Everything being sbmm only gives you the tailored experience and players don’t always want that. There are absolutely difficult matches in XDefiant, even being an above average player, but also having the little breaths of fun lobbies where you can casually pop off adds a dynamic to the game and increases tolerance. People lose tolerance with Cod because you rarely get that “breath”. It feels punishing and you miss the reward you feel from improving or doing well. Put simply, you have fun more often when you have the option to choose skill-based vs non skill-based. Hopefully that’s not a super contentious opinion 😅

[@opszn7790]

aint nobody reading allat yappanese president

[@KPid10t]

@@opszn7790 so am I a president who writes yappanese or am I the yappenese president? I’m confused but I’ll take either

[@Raindrops_YT]

This is a great point.

[@Hyrule409]

I'm level 80 in Modern Warfare 3 and I'm consistently thrown into full lobbies of 650's with like one other guy who's less than 100 on the other team maybe. It's something I pop into every now and again and I genuinely just don't have fun like I used to. A big part of it imo is the fact that everyone is running around like Fortnite characters and it takes that additional split second to tell if they're an enemy or not. Back in Modern Warfare 2 the entire team was mil-spec and the other was just jeans, tshirts and du-rags. Easily identifiable silhouettes. Now I gotta find out if the Nicki Minaj is on my team or not. Long story short, SBMM definitely does NOT work. Verifiably doesn't.

[@KPid10t]

@@Hyrule409 yup - even when I stopped playing cod for months and came back after 1 or 2 games when SBMM sees I still have my skill, it shoots me up to the sweaty lobbies and the enjoyment usually goes out the window.

[@yeetandrepeat4251]

"Most players dont really know how to respond to them" had me giggling lmao, ut was genuine confusion in uis voice😂

[@Galm276]

I’ve had fun with it for sure. But having played the heartland play test I’m sad this is the reason we don’t have that now :/

[@torino4501]

I will never complain about a free game but that’s just me

[@cavedog8]

Yeah same. I like free games because if it's something that I actually eventually like I feel like spending money is fully my choice vs spending money up front for a game that turns out to be trash and not being able to get a refund later.

[@oberonvortigern4138]

Lmao your standards must be low then, no wonder games like Overwatch 2 & Halo Infinite got fans who ignore the greedy, terrible, dev decisions. It’s fine to have that mindset but that’s why these games are rushed and mediocre. Y’all people accept this “free” slop 😂

[@TellemG]

Sure bud

[@TellemG]

@@oberonvortigern4138 Internet dorks don’t know the difference between complaining and Criticism

[@jorrdan.]

I get where this is coming from, but this is also the reason we get lower quality games that likely would’ve otherwise been made better. Obviously there are some pretty good ftp games but there has very clearly been a trend of low effort games that have aggressive monetization. Hell, OW2 is literally (not figuratively it literally is) OW1 but with an expiring battle pass and skins that are now $20 when they were free to earn when you only paid $40 dollars for the game. And that was at non-sale price!

[@weiTsmoManiaOfficial]

idk, in my humble opinion, I am loving the casual feel, randomness, something new, COD has done nothing to brain rot everyone thinking that is the top tier shooter, when they've been literally exploiting the market, cough cough** MW3... BUT I started playing this game with the same mindset I had when I played BO2, just trying to enjoy it instead of the regular overly critical, I feel like as long as everyone puts their 2 cents they can push this game to its potential and polish it right with its time, I don't think is a bad thing with it being a littleee more laid back imo.

[@battleriteroyalevietnam8447]

just looking at this make me cry out for ghost recon phantom

[@Japanadian]

since the classes are based on other ubisoft games, it would be really cool if they revived Hyperscape as a playable class in this game. I would just love a little nod to that game from ubisoft man, it was so fun and didnt deserve to die

[@majormoolah5056]

I will say that the polish is butter smooth and that goes a long way

[@DeeTeez]

TBH I like how the matchs are quick 20-30 min. As a gamer dad this helps keeps me engaged

[@bowley4]

Yeah you’re right about them missing the mark with not adding the specific game’s guns etc. I’ve never played a single one of the games of the factions here so I have no clue… but if there WAS something tying them together, I might be so inclined to look one up…

[@rusanbas5377]

It is a pre season so it is to test things out or am i wrong ?? I think in the real season 1 they will release skins/weapons/characters

[@derrickweaver1260]

We love you falcon ❤

[@FunkMcDouche]

So far the game is enjoyable for me, it's free, not a lot of sweats (yet). the art style reminds me a lot of the early Xbox One and PS4 CoD games, but also something about the weapon textures reminds me of the first Homefront game on PS3 and Xbox 360. Also pretty bold to not have the option to prone or ping enemies. I mean it delivered what it said it would and that's a F2P casual shooter. Just hope it isn't abandoned due to low battle pass revenue.

[@helmrith]

Downloaded it yesterday and honestly it's the most fun I've had in an FPS in some time. A lot of issues, but the potential is there for sure. Worth the try.

[@mm-td1iq]

this game is just trying to get its foot in the door and what they got, it is an amazing start, the sever stability got fixed got fast and for a new game, this game feels like a breath of fresh air tbh, all the colors and how everything works in the first week, that says alot compared to most games now days, and i do hope ubi keeps up with this game, with enough support this game as all the other franchises they can copy and past over imagine all the cool cross over stuff they can do, and with ubi working and doing so many cross overs in rainbow i hope they can do that with this game as well

[@PrettyRadRamo]

I’m gonna stick with Finals but this will be cool for switching it up

[@ketchumplaysyt]

2 seconds ago is unfathomable

[@Lunar_Pendragon]

2 seconds ago is deez nutz

[@mattbyuh]

Let it DI.E

[@OMGITZFUTUR3]

What makes this game better is the fact that there isnt 100 different attachments that are gonna be unused

[@Daschill_]

Its okay but I wish the guns and characters had more weight. Also being able to climb up stuff would be nice.

[@CrookedPhalange]

The thing about no SBMM is, after a month(ish) when the game inevitably starts to lose players, the cod refugees running from SBMM will be the majority of the player base thus they end up playing each other and creating its own SBMM system. It’s kinda fun but it’s black ops 4 from temu.

[@FutureExitsMedia]

"Black Ops 4 from Temu" 💀😅

[@sandr921]

It worked for all the other cods without it just fine, sbmm is just trash

[@CrookedPhalange]

@@sandr921 what worked for the cods of the past was innovation. It’s sad to say but, the team based respawn multiplayer game model is dead. It’s been done to the best of it’s capabilities many years ago in early cod and we’ve just been chasing the dragon. If you’re young and 2019 was your first cod ever, you’ll never know but for people who’ve been playing since the beginning the franchise has been on autopilot for a while now and the lack of passion is obvious. Xdefiant will not be the savior of the arena shooter.

[@ARottenMuffin]

@@CrookedPhalange Yeah but it will be a much better alternative to shelling out money for a full priced yearly cod game that's hardly worth that price. If the genre is dead and this game ends up doing well enough it's an easy barrier of entry to download a free game for a fill of that kind of gameplay whenever you feel like it.

[@CrookedPhalange]

@@ARottenMuffin that’s true but, free brings a ton of opportunities for cheaters and I feel like everybody is forgetting this is Ubisoft. At some point they’re gonna want to make their money back and there’s already more things to buy than content in the game.

[@BlackPersonGuy]

Xdefiant - Before You download for Free

[@TigerTurban]

nothing is free..

[@PoopiePantZ1234]

@@TigerTurban its FREE.99

[@808nzaro]

@@TigerTurban it literally is

[@patbirdmusic]

​@@808nzaro Yet it can't be experienced on a free device

[@emansgaming910]

@@patbirdmusicit’s free man, dats all smh

[@AtlasFalls]

Input based matchmaking is one of the best things about this game as a MnK player.

[@RexTiredAF]

I just hope they release The Division agents as a faction. Feels kinda weird with Cleaners in their place.

[@ordinaryopinion4081]

Wow never heard of this. Looks great. Thanks

[@Th3_Real_Sloth]

No such thing as casual players anymore, everyone is good af and every lobby is sweaty.

[@kcisthe1st]

Sounds like a skill issue

[@kcisthe1st]

Lol jokes aside it does seem like that Apex, brawlhalla, cod. People have no lives and dedicate every minute to these games where it's not fun for casual gamers who barely have 7 hours a week to play games .

[@Th3_Real_Sloth]

@@kcisthe1st yeah, but also everyone has youtube or watches streamers so they know meta and how to play

[@LilLorThatGamerFoo]

This game has been pretty damn fun so far. I got a out 400 hrs in the finals on pc and yeah the auto aim has ppl getting kills like crazy

[@collinc9835]

It’s the preseason falcon.. these types of games improve through seasons to give it a critique now is kinda insane.

[@nackle_]

This, this is the reason we are fucked. People like you giving these devs a free pass hiding behind "its the pre-season" Games. Should. Be. Finished. Upon. Release.