Is XDefiant Any Good at Launch? | (Initial Impressions & Feedback)

[@YauRemi]

The slow exp for guns is a feature to sell future "convenience" boosts. Its a free to play game and this is the normal strategy. Make the normal grind hard in order to frustrate you into paying for "convenience".

[@BollyToHolly]

Stop meat riding. And call them out

[@rhys5958]

@@BollyToHollyCall them out for what? The game is free and you can unlock everything by investing time, excluding store cosmetics.

[@paranoia_xo]

@@BollyToHollyhow is his comment remotely meat riding lol

[@mistertililing5933]

Typical Ubisoft.

[@OmarTheGoat]

@@paranoia_xo bro learned a new phrase and just had to use it

[@snowy5628]

Feels like I shoot first, get 5 hitmarkers, die and the enemy has 85% health left. Every single time. Edit. To the people saying it's due to no cod aim assist, I play on pc with M+KB, so never had aim assist in my life.

[@anthonybonds6804]

Every time!!!

[@dis6900]

Same here. Felt more rigged than MW3 feels and that's saying something. Maybe I suck but could not for the life of me get a kill.

[@hamzabhatti810]

I get this too

[@DomGeez12357]

😂😂😂 same here

[@yourstillwithme]

Because youre bad and youre carried by COD's aim assist.

[@JPDD2]

Aside from dying around corners and some hit detection I think it’s a fun game. Ttk is a little long and mouse input still feels “floaty” to me but I am enjoying the simplicity of the game. It just wants you to play it. Not spend forever in menus and shops to bloat your “play time”

[@ihackedurgf]

Long? I feel like I die before I can even hit lt lol

[@JPDD2]

Time to die is a different story lmao. It does seem like you get melted often.

[@ihackedurgf]

@@JPDD2 long to kill fast to die lol

[@AceGamerZ227]

​@ihackedurgf yes, long ttk for you, not for them

[@donkeykong315]

@@ihackedurgf definitely long TTK if you’re used to a tac shooter like valorant, CS, or R6 siege

[@agors88]

The best way I can describe the connectivity issues in gunfights is like this. It’s as if in a fight where you shoot and receive 3 hit markers, the enemy will kill you and still have about 79 health remaining. It feels as though some of my bullets just disappear or drop drastically in damage.

[@Treyski4410]

headshots seem to really matter

[@LiveTUNA]

So many times I've absolutely dominated gun fights, just to get killed and the enemy still has 100hp. Also, where you get the kill, but not the credit, not even an assist and the credit goes to someone else. I don't understand that at all. It's usually when you are really far away using an SMG, getting hits, score markers are showing and they die, but no credit.

[@Reezy884]

This exact explanation is how I feel when playing COD

[@alteredizzy]

​@@Reezy884that's just you missing

[@agors88]

@@Treyski4410 this may be true but that doesn’t really factor in my statement, I accept that headshots may be the reason I am losing fights, I would just like my connected shots to still damage the opponent even if I lose the fight.

[@fortnitemaster7815]

I’m even more confused on why practice mode isn’t available they should’ve finished fixing it by now at least

[@Rumblepak_5]

I'm on PS5 and I can access the practice mode only through my console home screen. There is an option to go right into practice zone but I can't access it if I try to access it from the game.

[@LiveTUNA]

I heard that the paint is still drying and the need to pass electrical inspections in the practice zone😂😅

[@sbrader97]

​@Rumblepak_5 I tried that way and it tries to matchmake for the shooting range and then obviously fails to join a match with an error

[@cfly87]

​@Rumblepak_5 same here

[@TheDemonGamerOfFleetStreet]

I'm on console it was the first place I went to the range.

[@dylansmith1261]

I hope/wish they’ll add killcams to this game. I enjoy having the option to see how the enemy killed me. Especially with how poor connection is I lose a lot of gunfights I don’t think I should’ve lost so I want to be able to see what I did wrong and how I lost

[@ecfeclipse]

Does hit detection feel weird for anybody? I feel like I'm missing shots i should be hitting, but also hitting shots I'm clearly supposed to be missing like through solid walls

[@majsr]

Kinda feels as if i were playing with a controller even though im on mouse and keyboard. Gunfights feel... off.

[@kurokaen1234]

Controller input genuinely feels off for me tbh

[@sambegley9966]

Micro adjustments don’t exist on MnK. Just doesn’t register for me

[@emwols]

@@kurokaen1234I got it to feel much better to the point where I quite like it and was getting used to it in the few hours I played last night. I play on 5/5 in CoD on dynamic response curve. I found that 20-25 on this game with a slight reduction in aiming sensitivity with the response s curve feels just about as close as could be possible for this game. I will say aim assist is so strong that you might even want to tone it down to make it feel more like CoD

[@ProphetTLK]

Skill issue😢

[@jonathantolbert6554]

@@kurokaen1234skill diff bot!

[@Killermonty5233]

I feel like every weapon that’s used against me kills me almost instantaneously. But every time I shoot my gun it’s like a midget hitting Mike Tyson

[@utkarshmahna370]

Happened to me as well (pc), then I turned crossplay off and now I don't have to deal with people with aim assist/bot

[@cesargranada6194]

@@utkarshmahna370 Well thought. And it works? Did that improve the experience?

[@utkarshmahna370]

@@cesargranada6194 yeah there is a drastic change in k/d, with crossplay on it was hovering around 0.6 and without it, it was in the range of 1.2-1.5. From my experience it's almost impossible to kill a conosle guy up close due to their aim bot

[@Jm_m808]

@@utkarshmahna370😂cope

[@utkarshmahna370]

@@Jm_m808 na I'll simply turn off crossplay lol

[@barbellbryce]

I haven't played cod (hardcore) since 2013 and it just amazes me how all the selling features of XDefiant were just standard procedure with cod 2007-2012

[@YourRealPadre]

Team death match and free for all is all that is needed

[@slickster3211]

Very smart for them to drop early in the week so they can sort everything out by the weekend hopefully when EVERYONE dives in.

[@Rayuzx]

It's probably released early so they won't compete against Fortnite's new season over the weekend.

[@Baxitron]

I find that most shooters have all their game releases and updates on Tuesdays.

[@sleeper4386]

Well keep hoping because this game is not going to blow up like you wish it would😂😂

[@nikosxi]

Never played the beta. This game felt to me EXACTLY like BF4 when it came out. That was the time the community started to talk about hit detection, lag, latency, server tick rate, etc etc. XDefiant brought back ALL those horrible memories. Dying behind corners (not because of bullet penetration), kill trades, dying instantly, TTK varying even though I use the same weapon on the same distance and hitting on the same places. On top of that, even the aim assist seems to follow not the enemy model of some of the enemies but an afterimage, essentially hindering me from even aiming properly. And don't get me started on some enemies, jumping out of corners and being immune to bullets. Played some rounds yesterday and a couple today. Won't touch it again until a patch is out and if this continues like this, it will be a fast uninstall. As for the rest, yes the grind is too much. And the community used to destroy BF2142 for having both teams use the same characters. In this one we get 5 total characters on both teams... That was very lame in my opinion. It's not about visually spotting the enemy anymore. It's about if he's red color or not.

[@MtHermit]

Its nice to see the channels i used to watch when I played CoD are posting about XDefiant. Its nice being back

[@KPid10t]

Desync is definitely the biggest problem rn imo. I’ve not really had any other issues on my end personally

[@IncredibleJ2791]

Thank you for your review and your support on this game ACE, hope to see more content about XDefiant

[@tfoles9gaming631]

As someone who got tired of CoD a couple years ago and plays exclusively Apex as far as FPS games go, the game feels incredible. I think the people complaining about shooting players and not killing them but then getting melted instantly just are not used to actually aiming for headshots in every gun fight. The damage multiplier on the weapons in the game reward accuracy much more than normal CoD multiplayer. With that being said, there are certainly some desync issues getting shot when you’re seemingly around corners but If anything that should lead to players getting more kills not shots “not registering”. Another ting I’ve noticed is guns don’t perform as well when they are not being used as they are intended. I think this is intentional and done for balancing. After 10-12 hours of game play I can say w confidence using a MP5 at a distance is a severe disadvantage in terms of damage rather than cod were the damage drops only 2-5 points further than 20-30 meters, it falls significantly outside of its intended range. I believe this also is a reason players are complaining about TTK/TTD. If you are shooting an MP5 at a player 35 meters away and not hitting headshots, and he is using an AK and hitting headshots of course it’s gonna FEEL like you did more damage and should’ve won but realistically the other player had the correct gun for the engagement and was just more accurate. Not to mention, different players have progressed their weapons at different rates so until you level up your weapons, even facing a player w the same weapon from the same distance, they may simply just be better equipped for the fight bc they have more/better attachments. lastly, this game actually has recoil on guns and to be accurate, learning how to correctly counter it with each weapon is important. Sure, CoD guns have “recoil” but it can be corrected with minor movements/ attachments and be almost non existent compared to a game like apex and seemingly this game where just slightly holding down while shooting is not gonna cut it. Therefore, I hate to say it… but I think y’all are just not used to the gun play being an actual skill. Last but not least, this game has its own specific sensitivity settings that apply to the game. I recommend players tweak their settings to find the feel you are looking for bc just putting your sensitivity that you use on CoD means nothing in this game. Make some of these changes and I promise this phenomenon of bullets not registering will go away soon

[@blumind_web2264]

I feel like shotguns could use a slight range buff, if I’m within 6 meters and I shoot first I should win that gun fight

[@Will-zi6fn]

@@blumind_web2264im fine with shotguns being weak, they kinda ruin the flow of the game

[@blumind_web2264]

@@Will-zi6fn all guns should be viable for the role they’re intended for NOTHING should be weak otherwise why even have it in the game

[@Will-zi6fn]

@@blumind_web2264 but the role they’re “intended for” doesn’t fit the flow of the game because they’re very close range guns but don’t have the mobility to get up close and don’t have any chance at that mid range, unlike smgs, so this incentives the shotgun player to wait (camp) in close quarters areas which is against the flow of a fast paced arcade shooter.

[@vovautube]

Completely agree on gun levels.... I'm ok with grinding that long for a camo, but you definitely need to get attachments faster...

[@buttapotato3103]

There were many times where I die in a duel with me hitting an enemy a couple of times, seeing the hit markers, only for the game to show me the enemy have full HP :)

[@grrinc]

Which is why I uninstalled. No different to all the betas

[@LiveTUNA]

EXACTLY, I just commented that. Like you should have won the fight, but they have 100hp still and they aren't even libratad. At this point I'm time, I'm reporting these players on because I've stumbled on a discord selling infinite health cheats for XD. A brand new discord but it's got thousands of customers already. They have infinite health, infinite vision goggles, infinite ultras/abilities and infinite grenades for sale. They also had "infinite hotshot speed".. I've only ran into 2 obvious cheaters, but if I see that the same person has 100hp after unloading on them, more than one instance, I'll report them. Either way, it gets someone in house to look at the gameplay and if it's not cheats, maybe the will find a fix for it.

[@xSetsunaExia]

Is this a PC issue? Ps5 games work splendid. Dont have any of these hit reg issues.

[@Flourikum]

If it's a medic healing themselves it messes up the health shown.

[@disizzzle8084]

⁠@@xSetsunaExiaspeaking for everyone’s experience on p5 is wild son

[@CinnaBonBun69420]

The D50 pistol is so broken. I land direct hits, and it almost never registers. The ults charge up wayyyyy to slow for a fast paced game. The matchmaking is okay, could be better. I am tired of being put with players who have no intention of playing OBJ though. And yes, the weapon XP is ridiculously slow. I've played for 10 hours, and my highest gun is the P90 at level 7

[@JackLeftTown427]

I think the grind is alittle too much of a grind. TTK and TTD are alittle wonky. Those things aside, I enjoyed most of my games and it was a fun experience overall.

[@globesnow6377]

bro doesn’t wanna grind 😂

[@Gr33d]

@@globesnow6377 Grinding is based, grinding for 5 hours just for one gun level is not.

[@rickrolledbitch1941]

@@Gr33dyou gotta be a bot if it takes you 5 hours for one level when it should take 1-2 matches at most for leveling

[@QueenNala487]

​@globesnow6377 the grind is trash tf 😂 game will never be worth it.

[@jamiehalfkin5813]

​@@globesnow6377 not 6 hours to level up a gun twice at max, that's just straight up retarded lmfao🤣👍💯

[@fentoncs1156]

gun play could use some polishing, the hit reg felt off at times and the snipers shots are delayed sometimes if you zoom out. other than those issues i think it can be solid to hold a good playerbase and im excited to see what happens in a few months.

[@emwols]

Definitely noticed the sniper shot thing. You could be performing an action that you are unable to shoot when it feels like you should be able too, but if you pull the trigger it will fire at the next available moment which can be up to what feels like half a second later. Very odd

[@dshook1568]

I think the game is still on the rare side of cooked. They need to do some tuning, fix connections, etc probably be at least a month before I try it again

[@clayleonard7005]

You get to practice zone if you ps button out of the game when you’re at the game menu and scroll down and you’ll see practice zone and you can get access that way

[@RockYALee]

For me, it was horrible. Hitting enemies and then got killed by the same enemy after a few shots. I tried a few rounds. But unfortunately, many rounds were the same. And the weapon xp takes too long. I got so frustrated that I deleted the game. If it gets better, I'll try it again.

[@pricklycats]

If you haven’t played at least 5-10 hours your opinion is kind of irrelevant. I could never play mwiii for the amount of time I’ve played this game so far because of the sbmm.

[@pricklycats]

I’ve played quite a bit and still haven’t fully made up my mind, aside from the lobbies being much easier than cod.

[@wxl2562]

​@@pricklycatsthat's not how opinions work bud. You can play an hour and put the game down and have a coherent opinion based on how you felt, just like how a person can have a valid opinion on an unfinished game. The game is definitely fresh, overhyped and some changes need to be made, things need to be fixed. You don't have to put 10 hours into a game to know that it isn't the game you thought it'd be.

[@ziek3012]

The game doesn't have a short ttk. You need to outplay the enemy. Not just shoot first because you had a faster weapon.

[@deathgrinderb3284]

its not going to get any better. try warzone mobile its fantastic. and if ur device heats up get a 25$ cooling fan.

[@clouduchiha1310]

Thank you! For mentioning your own footsteps volume I thought I was going insane thinking they were louder than they needed to be

[@chrismcpake2546]

The weapon leveling deffo needs sped up, but Im also enjoying the game. The organic feel is a breath of fresh air.

[@KNVLL_]

Nothing on Recoil Recenter Issues? Shits no hitting reticle? Guessing those issues are still there?

[@michun72]

Will you be doing guides for xDefiant?

[@dannyhogs6915]

Thanks for the video Ace! I had a lot of fun last night playing for a couple hours. No server issues for me.

[@kermitketamine7198]

Sniping feels really easy. gunfights feel really off. Abilities feel really OP too

[@majsr]

oh dont get me started on the abilities. I'm so looking forward to the barebones playlist

[@emwols]

Abilities are definitely OP, as intended. I mean you have wall hacks, barriers with one way damage, and instant close range death bomb available to you every 30 seconds or so, they are all meant to be OP

[@majsr]

@@emwols intended design does not necessarily equal good design im afraid. I understand that different people look for different things, however, in this state it kinda feels like guns are just something to help you endure the wait until your abilities can be activated

[@bleedszn]

sniping is absolute trash and impossible😂wtf are you on

[@sesuneiro]

​​@@bleedsznman you suck if you cant destroy reg gunners

[@xiREJMERKZzHD]

I love how the guns feel in terms of recoil, animation, sound and "feeling" in general. They feel like how guns in mw19 felt to use and way better than the MW3 guns do.

[@christianarroyo3265]

Things that can be improved/I am nitpicky on: -Gun play feels a little off. Aiming can be a bit stiff on controller (I will have to mess around with my settings tho). I also get shot around the corner a lot and gun damage seems inconsistent (as many have said, I shoot someone 5 times and then they kill me in 3 bullets and they're apparently at 87% health or something, may just be the connection). -Also, not a big fan of the Hero abilities (I didn't like them in BO4 either). I can't tell you how many times I spawn and instantly get shown through the walls by the Sonar Goggles or how many times I'm shooting someone only for them to bring up the shield and now I can't shoot them, but they can shoot me easily. I hate abilities that changes gunfights to the opponent's advantage with little to no skill and it's completely out of my control. -Movement is fine for the most part. However, and this may be nitpicky, but why can't we go prone? -Spawns are fine, better than CoD. However, I think in the Occupy game mode (this game's hardpoint), the spawns are determined by who is on the hardpoint. Idk if it is like this in CoD too, but it just sucks that the enemy team can be like a hundred or two hundred points ahead, and they keep occupying the zone because they are on it. :/ Maybe I'm just being nitpicky. -Menus can use some work. Idk why when I am loaded into the main lobby, it takes me three tab switches to reach my loadout. However, it only takes one to reach the battlepass. :| Also, when in the menus for guns, there are no numerical stats, only bars. The attachments show how much of a percentage it changes stats, but what's the point of showing how much of a percentage the attachments change stats when there are no clear numerical values to reference? -This is also nitpicky but I would like to be able to mark a location for my teammates, like in CoD and Battlefield. Despite all these, I actually did have fun with the game. It definitely needs some work (and honestly, I don't think it will be that big of a competitor to CoD, or even be a "CoD killer"), but there is a lot of fun to have with the game. If there are actual solutions to my criticisms above, please let me know.

[@alexbranham1847]

there is a detailed stat menu for the weapons. on xbox i believe it was Y after i selected a gun in the loadout screen

[@christianarroyo3265]

@@alexbranham1847 If that's so, then I have to check again on Playstation. Thanks for letting me know.

[@zodiac_blue9116]

I found a great feeling for my controls on Xbox. Real interested in seeing what your settings are. I have been trying to watch a bunch of videos on it and form a good set of controls. Thanks for the vids!

[@Beowulf891]

Level the weapon quickly until all attachments based on level unlocked, then slow it down after. Seems like a middle ground they could take.

[@vancechristakes3489]

I really like the game overall but I want to highlight my complaints: -Hit registration/ bad ratio of hit markers:damage -weapon xp being unnecessarily and obnoxiously hard to obtain ( which makes it much less fun imo ) - weapon balancing. Some guns just suck. Straight up. Other than that, I do genuinely enjoy this game overall. Sniping is my favorite

[@doratheexplosion6129]

my pros and cons: cons: -hit registers and servers -bugs -xp grinding -not enough guns and operators -gun and operator balancing -extremly slow ttk -there is no prone option for some reason -bad optimisation pros: -matchmaking -variety of gameplay but yet its more enjoyable than cod

[@globesnow6377]

there was never proning smart guy 😂

[@Haildarkart]

no SBMM is a special feature*

[@QueenNala487]

Lmao all that and you still enjoyed it ? Yea i can tell you like being abused because wtf😂 I enjoy cod way more. Cod is a runaway truck...don't get in if you can't handle it. This game can't have that statement lmao😂 shit makes no sense. How was the beta better than this shite we get.

[@dynamiicon0030]

Slow ttk and less aim assist creates a skill gap. If you. Don’t like it then your prolly don’t have a gunny

[@vincentroyoshea2315]

Slow ttk is one of the pros makes it so you have a chance to win or defend with movement or better aim

[@oxonomy2372]

The servers feeling bad at launch is a good sign! It’s impossible to optimise without real data, testing at reduced scale can only tell you so much.

[@jkoperator]

I really want to love this game but based off my current play time it feels off. I'm going to put more time into it though because I see the potential in x defiant and the feel might just be a me thing sadly

[@McNightSkull]

There is one issue I noticed and I think I know why, but some of the challenges and camos I unlocked back in the Open Session, actually carried over into the full game. For example, I didn’t had to get long shots for the ACR, it was automatically unlocked when I boot up the game, and I have Bronze Camo unlocked for my AK when it was level 1. I assume this happened because the Application they used for the full game is the exact same one from the Open Session and when they updated the application, they accidentally carried some of the stuff we unlocked during the Open Session into the full game.

[@Mookie12911]

I got 1 shot by a pistol after getting like 6 hit markers in a row. I nearly broke my controller

[@xSetsunaExia]

Pistol was probably the special ability from that recon character

[@armybrother81]

The feel on mkb is so twitchy, I had to turn the ads multiplier wayyyy down to hit shots

[@BigGriffDog427]

I’m still undecided, deep down I prefer cod but can’t stand the way they try and copy Fortnite and have allowed too many Hackers to ruin the experience. Also DMZ is still hands down the best game mode I’ve ever played and if they update this they win my vote .

[@grrinc]

Absolutely loved DMZ until they rewarded squad hunting. Basically became WZ

[@AndiWithAnI42]

Personally I am LOVING XDefiant so far! Every match is just so much fun, and my few complaints are pretty minor. I do think the weapon leveling is a bit slow and that's probably to encourage buying XP boosts, but honestly if that's the price we have to pay for this game being F2P, I can live with it. I'm just so excited to keep playing, when I'm not playing I'm thinking about it and that's always a great sign for a game.

[@Soulrise510]

I’m having fun with it so far, would love to see you do a video on your Settings preferences

[@jakbec3588]

He said that’s what tomorrow’s video will be.

[@URBONED]

As a cosmetic change, I think the HUD needs to be scalable. It's so egregiously big it looks like its optimised for a 720p monitor.

[@grrinc]

I basically uninstalled it straight away. Might come back in 6 months or so.

[@weirdeurasianboy8091]

I demand that you reinstall this on 08/08/2024. You are legally obligated to do so 😤

[@xxPhoenixX-sg9tr]

Lmao it won’t last 6 months 🤣

[@grrinc]

@@xxPhoenixX-sg9tr 🤣

[@rxdm95]

I have to say without killcam it is hard to determine if certain deaths are justifiable. Also, the amount of in progress games I join is ridiculous, and it's always on the losing team! * turning crossplay off seems to help with this issue. As a side note, I wish they specified whether or not it was a headshot death or not as they are really powerful in this game, but you don't know if you died by them or bad connection etc ** just realised it does tell you when you die by HS, just not in the killfeed

[@emwols]

Biggest issue is by far the weapon xp earn rate. The game will die hard if people can’t customize a single gun the exact way they want without grinding just that gun for 15+ hours

[@komahowe4443]

That’s a bit of a exaggeration you must be trying a lot of different guns , I personally stuck with one gun and it’s already level 30 and can use just about every attachment in the game with only 4 hours of game time

[@emwols]

@@komahowe4443 you must be a very good player maybe the game mode you play is better for xp? I probably used one gun for about 2 hours total with an hour of double xp tokens and got it to lvl 13 or so. That’s my best estimate but really don’t know for sure. All I know is when I finish an entire match and my gun didn’t go up a single level, it’s very large motivation to quit

[@komahowe4443]

@@emwols I wouldn’t say I’m very good I probably average 30-40 kills a game, I only play Occupy because it’s like hard point from cod , I play a lot of mw3 , I think the best thing to do is to just focus on a single gun don’t even bother trying other guns until a meta is revealed , no one even knows what’s the best yet

[@emwols]

@@komahowe4443 advanced stats exist, ACR and AK are very clearly the top guns that boast the best overall accuracy, TTK, and range. The smgs and ARs have very comparable TTKs at point blank range so I wouldn’t even bother using smgs over ARs right now. I like to be a little different than most people though, so I’m messing around with the M60 because it’s just fun

[@komahowe4443]

@@emwols I ain’t gunna lie bro the mp7 is insane tbh , at close range I never get out gunned by a AR

[@mrpotch]

Fun fact: to access practice zone in ps5 go to the ps5 menu and go to the cards of xdefiant (go down until you see "activities"). Youll see practice zone as one of the cards there and access it from there

[@BuffShotgunsMW3]

Feels like a f2p mobile game. Its just not good to me. Was looking for a cod alternative but this sadly isnt it

[@donuutsssssssss]

I really don't like seeing people complaining about the pace of leveling up the guns... I absolutely love it. It keeps you engaged and wanting to keep playing to grind out the guns and unlock the attachments. One of the best part of this game is that it takes a significant amount of time to grind and unlock all of these attachments. If you could do it in a day, it would ruin the fun.

[@SoupreemBH]

Not that anyone is going to see this feedback and act on it, but I'll throw my $0.02 in here. Netcode is easily the worst I've ever played on any game. I suspect it's been connecting me to European servers (I'm in the Midwest US), but can't hard confirm since I just toggled that setting on. TTK id probably move down by a bullet to kill on the majority of primaries, 1-2 on all secondaries. Netcode is currently doing a lot of talking, but enemies just feel excessively spongy to me. If TTK stays the same, then snipers either need descope on hit or to only OHK on headshots, they're WAY too strong in the current iteration. Also on guns, I feel that hip accuracy needs to go up a bit on ARs, and a LOT on Subs and pistols. Close range just feels awful without hip-fire as an option. CoD nowadays also gets similar complaints, IDK why devs are so afraid of anything being good from the hip anymore. As for movement, slide needs to be faster, bunny hopping needs a nerf, and air strafing needs to be removed. It feels needlessly bouncy, and looks awful. I also suspect it's breaking the netcode more than current. I'd also look at making abilities weaker across the board, and changing at least a couple of the passives. There's a lot of really annoying and ultimately super disruptive stuff in here.

[@strelitzia669]

Finally a game with input based matchmaking default on. Even though it's not that good, I will support it becuz cod and battlefield refuse to do that.

[@spartan_a1176]

This game feels so similar to cod Cold War gameplay

[@sesuneiro]

Man thats disrespectful to cold war

[@xFalconn1]

@@sesuneirohow lol the gun play was decent but the matchmaking was absolutely miserable. And the maps.

[@infiltretor287]

1:55 this is pretty much my entire experience so far

[@Spoodasaurus]

The Leveling of weapons does feel pretty brutal. Hopefully they tweak that because its not fun running around with a stock weapon and a sight for as long as it feels.

[@markosoca]

U literally get sight unlocked after playing 2 games

[@Spoodasaurus]

@@markosoca I'm talking about the other attachments.

[@Wilsuuun]

Classic Ace series, Best Routes, making a comeback, I hope?

[@Redmont_]

This game feels so lifeless when shooting or running I feel like am playing overwatch instead of an arcade shooter

[@asdfghjkl2261]

I fucking despise the abilities

[@sesuneiro]

​@@asdfghjkl2261same especially the one way shield and the health regen one

[@ikepigott]

It felt to me like the initial matchmaking slowdown came from people bailing out of lobbies, because you have to be in a lobby to tweak your guns. (If there IS a way to do it, like in the Practice Zone, then the UI doesn’t make it clear.)

[@LordAngelus]

Underwhelming game tbh

[@sumairsaif2050]

Still better than cod

[@xxPhoenixX-sg9tr]

Facts. Makes me love cod even more

[@sesuneiro]

​@@sumairsaif2050not in any universe, dare I say mw2 is better 🤣🤣

[@briangirdler2868]

It's a F2P game what did you expect 🤣

[@hdubya4401]

There is a fine line between the movement being over responsive and not responsive enough. So far, I’m struggling to find that sweet spot with my settings where it feels I’m doing what I’m actually trying to do.

[@xxPhoenixX-sg9tr]

This game will be stale and dead by the time black ops 6 drops

[@mikeyf4rl]

Being able to change direction mid jump is a bit op

[@alecdrohan6623]

On PS5 you can get into practice mode by accessing it from the PlayStation Home Screen. Scroll down under xdefiant and it’s there. Idk why it’s greyed out it works fine.

[@MagicGarnish]

i recommend the linear mode with the capture points for xp in general. It's a ton of fun and there's lots of time and opportunities to get challenges done and whatnot

[@Doombot2point0]

My biggest takeaways from playing a few hours last night: 1) Hit detection/connections can be shaky for sure. Plenty of instadeaths for example or getting a handful of hitmarkers and seeing them with nearly full health (healing abilities/items could influence this as well but it's hard to tell if that was why they took barely any damage or if it's laggy/desynced) 2) The shotgun feels pretty dang weak. You have to be like literally touching them to get a one shot kill and the default shotgun is super slow so it's painful to get a hitmarker 5 feet away and then get dropped by a hipfire MP5. This could be fixed with better attachments or something but... 3) the grind is real. Weapon levels are extremely slow and so is the battlepass. I think this could be lowered by a bit and still be within the reasonable grindability for a F2P game. I know they want to offer XP boosts and such and it's all part of the plan but we will see how that shakes out long term. 4) Snipers feel pretty damn strong at the moment. Feels like CoD4 sniping almost like I can just quickscope super easily and it's way more effective than the shotgun so far at close range lol I don't necessaily mind the sniping being fun, but they might be a bit too strong. Not too sure where this one lands 5) I love the ease of getting into a match compared to most other FPS these days for what that's worth. 6)MKB controls felt pretty good to me by default which is nice. The game runs pretty smoothly as well. no crashing or framedrops or anything like that, at least as far as I noticed. 7) The healing abilities might be a bit too strong. You can throw down the gas canister and you're damn near invincible in a fire fight with how aggressively it heals people. I'm on the fence on this one because I think if this were nerfed, the healing faction wouldn't be picked very often, and so far they really aren't picked often anyways despite how strong the healing can be. 8) I'm a HUGE fan of the movement/strafe speeds. You can really haul ass with just the M9 out and often while running around and jumping with the pistol out people struggle to hit you. I enjoy the enhanced movement speed personally compared to say modern CoD etc. 9) the maps are pretty awesome. Good variety and they are all unique and pretty to look at. I feel like they play well and as Ace mentioned, the spawns feel very intuitive as well which is great. Overall I think this game has a great future ahead if they can stay on top of some of these bigger issues with connection/desync etc and maybe lessen the grind a tad, at least for weapon attachment unlocks or something. Looking forward to seeing how this game shapes up over the coming months. In my experience so far, I look forward to playing this and that's more than I can say about 99% of games these days.

[@chriscreaturo8809]

Ace, I can't remember if you're in Alberta, but, are you rooting for the Oilers or are you a Flames guy?

[@SneekyKeeky]

Very good points. I have been having the same issues in regard to the slow attachment xp and my own footstep audio.

[@Oliver.Pfahl.]

I think this game is great. I like abilities SOOO much more than killstreaks, no prone is awesome. Just the networking is a bit iffy. Also I wish you could chose an attachment to unlock every 10/15 levels because it feels like a lot of strong attachments are level 40+. Also the visuals look like Black Ops 2 on the Ps3 wth (I'm on PC).

[@swearingiscaring7209]

I’ve been loving this game and plan to keep playing

[@shoddy4239]

The game isnt done. Theyre in the 'pre season' which is another way of saying. " The game isnt done but give us your money so we can finish it"

[@KaguyasBeat]

I've literally had phantom hitmarkers on multiple occasions and it's easy to tell with playing the cleaners since they get incendiary ammo, which as far as I'm concerned, should trigger with every hit. Died behind cover a lot... die instantaneously... yea. I'm now full aware of what people mean from the playtests that the netcode is rough. That's about my biggest gripe with the game so far. Fun... but the constant inconsistency with the fights is certainly getting frustrating.

[@michaelanderson7785]

I love that in contrast to CoD, I don't have to change my playstyle for progressing gun levels. Sure it might feel slower, and I would like more camos, but I'm not forced to take X amount of barrel stuffing kills to progress.

[@Joelice]

It feels good! The air controll when jumping is giving me a quake 1 feel thats fun to relearn, the head bob has to go. I hope they keep an eye on and try and match acc betwin inputs

[@reeeddd590]

Level 15 now....have a good general feel for the game. My take away is this: Bits of old school COD and elements of games like Overwatch, The factions idea is decent and probably could be expanded. Gun play is pretty snappy though a bit of hit reg is noticeable atm. Really decent/ fresh alternative to COD MP and Rebirth......Biggest thing though? Xdefiant will not be any sort of true threat to COD until they add a BR mode. Thanks for the video!

[@braynjohnson4302]

I’m enjoying the game quite a bit. My only question is weren’t we supposed to have lobbies that don’t disband?

[@landon94]

This game needs a search and destroy type mode sooner rather than later

[@elvistwatty]

I did notice.... On domination.... It's easy too easy to spawn camp with no spawn flip relief

[@snglmlt]

You’re definitely having a MUCH better experience than I am…

[@Creed5.56]

I’m loving the game so far, there are some basic complaints I have tho. 1.) D-sync is a MAJOR issue. I dump an entire mag just do miss even if I’m directly on target, for them to shoot me 4 times and I’m dead..? I step out of cover for a moment to toss a flash or frag, just for it to land at my feet as if I’m still behind the cover..? I make it around the corner on my screen, but apparently not for the enemy bc I die once I’m clearly on the other side of a wall. 2.) it takes WAY TOO LONG to level up guns. I understand the game is free, but if somebody has the financial ability to just buy weapon XP boost after Weapon XP boos, it essentially makes it pay to win.

[@elvistwatty]

Been an adjustment for me. Didn't mind the game. But ttk didn't feel quick. Your desync comment is totally on point.

[@ChickenStrip22]

It’s so fun ngl I’m hooked - no SBMM and and random lobbies where you can actually improve has got me wanting to keep playing

[@g3tr3kdkid4]

My one complaint is that i heard it was supposed to feel like old COD. It doesn't. The movement is much quicker and everyone seems to slide jump into every gunfight because its super fast. The TTK is also a fair bit longer than I hoped after hearing it was like old COD. But they probably saw everyone bitch about MW2 TTK and changed it.

[@galle519]

Coming from Apex and playing with linear response curve on controller, I can’t get the linear response curve on this game to feel anything even close to that. Hard to explain but its like its heavier and more sluggish even on max sense. Not talking about aim assist or its effects, thats a whole other topic. But just the feeling when aiming around. It feels weird playing this on controller imo. I’ve tried it on mnk and it felt nice. But on controller I haven’t enjoyed it. If anyone has any advice or settings to try lmk.

[@Neo_The_One_]

The behind cover lag deaths are insane in this game.

[@SuperDevilDucky]

I played all day yesterday and got to roughly level 30. I play on controller and it feels great! During the beta I thought it felt clunky, but once it kid of clicks it feels exactly like old cod. I have been using a bunch of weapons and they are all viable ! The M16 was ass in the beta, but it is actually pretty good now !

[@Synergy4375]

Desync/Latency is the main issue then animation smoothness/speed- like the weird bolt or shot delay at times, and things like swapping weapons is slow af, but overall I’d say it’s got promise and the no sbmm is refreshing, and give me a reason and want to play ranked, instead of the cod vibe of pubs being ranked 95% of the time

[@gel87Kjetil]

Can you please make one on snipers, something happened to mine. I was playing only snipers, and was getting really good on them both. Then suddenly now they are hitmarker machines. Im shoting enemy in the head and Get hitmarker. I mean, Even with the ac-50. It happens so much as well. Like it happened twice vs 3 enemies…. I watched clip frame by frame, its 100% in their head. Its close up. I kinda ended up back in warzone again, because when u Get 9 hitmarkers in a row with snipers it gets boring. I always aim for head, that makes the game more fun for me. So im not talking about leg shots here… The other thing you already talked about and that is bad hit detection. The last thing is delayed shots. You shot at the enemy, but nothing happens. No fire sound, no nothing. So you jump to cover, when u land 1 second later the sniper fire its bullet…. 35-40 Ping servers. This might be triggered by the faster mode hot point… i dno…

[@RubberDuckStyle]

What I like most is the enemy name tags. No more blending in and I can't see you right in front of me cod bs. This is so refreshing to see enemy name tags

[@lolbuster01]

I can just see people in this game and that's so nice.

[@calebmorgan25]

Spawns are killing me right now. I’ll spawn spot an enemy almost immediately from a distance then suddenly there’s another enemy two steps behind me like the boogeyman

[@krazykuz13cmc]

Its not the spawns people camp them

[@Nono-458]

Im liking this game so far but the hit detection is a lil weird and, I guess this is just the change from me playing COD, but the movement feels a little jarring at times.

[@Romoredux]

8:40 SAME, although as I start to UNLOCK NEW GUNS, this "Controller not feeling right" thing is DIFFERENT FROM GUN TO GUN, some guns feel super smooth, some feel like I'm fighting my Controller to Aim w/ them.... I ended up on 38/38 Sensitivity haven't messed w/ the 2 multipliers yet.

[@miguelmendoza1226]

Ive had that happen specifically with the AK. I felt like there was an invisible wall keeping me from hitting my enemy moving the opposite direction

[@JIGSofjoy]

Only gripes I really have are with the iffy hit detection, hit markers on death not registering damage, and gun leveling takes too long. I doubt they'll do anything about the gun leveling

[@onemorescout]

It’s weird that the gunplay feels like I have bad controller deadzones… on PC with a mouse and keyboard. Up close fights especially feel really off as if my crosshair just refuses to budge.

[@yukihotaru123]

I land at least four hits on the enemy, complete with hit markers, but somehow, I’m the one biting the dust. And then I see they still have over 70 HP left-what’s up with that? And don’t get me started on bullets that chase me around corners. I could be safely tucked behind cover, and those homing bullets still find a way to take me out.

[@Gamerdad55]

This video needs to be watched bc that is exactly how I feel. I’m dying and on my screen I see no one then I die. Balance seems horrible. SBMM is in the game. Borderline a lie. The Welcome Playlist where EVERYONE is. Is SBMM and it says it in the notes. Wait time in picking ur own mode is slower. Weapon leveling is truly bad bc Shop wants u to buy weapon boost. Attachments appear to be HUGE!!

[@Kvothe4]

If you’re still playing around with settings, try reverse s-curve. It feels way more natural to me, and I don’t use dynamic on cod. The connectivity for me has been better than the first few weeks of CoD. I get hit by a shot around the corner maybe 1 in 3 matches

[@caramelgrace2156]

My biggest gripe honestly is the challenges to unlock operators who're literally only visually different from eachother. I feel it'd be better off as XP using a specific group instead unless they intend to make operators of each group actually different. I'm mostly fine with challenges for unlocking guns, but trying to unlock all of them asap and then level them is only leaving me annoyed specifically with the one to unlock the revolver having so little time to actually count towards the challenge. I get why that's what they made the challenge, but it still feels infuriating for no real reason when every other gun challenge is basically just to use guns in the class.

[@Alec-cw2pl]

I feel like part of the decision for the slower weapon level up is the fact that this is a live-service game that they want people to play for several years, rather than putting out a sequel after 10 months 🤷🏼‍♂️ this adds to the grind, and honestly the guns are very good with the first handful of attachments anyway. Also, there’s significantly less aim assist in this game which is why I think it feels weird to some people who are used to call of duty. Once I got used to it after a few hours it honestly feels totally fine in my opinion