Share your first impressions of XDefiant!

I played the beta and now the full release of the game and I just say I enjoyed it. It felt like a Ubisoft game with the menus but that’s no biggie as COD menu are pretty terrible also with constant updates and being booted from the lobby so it is of the standard of free to play live service fps shooters currently available (apart from apex and Halo which I find better).

Now the actual gameplay was pretty fun and quite refreshing as it reminded me of playing COD back in the good old days (but not as good) as it felt simple. Some of the abilities were fun but I felt like it was taking me forever to actually eliminate anyone, as if they were bullet sponges taking hardly any damage so I think the time to kill needs altering!

I know it’s comprised of other Ubisoft franchises for the skins in the game but I thought they all generally sucked and not really very interesting, hopefully they add in some more Ubisoft franchises to spice it up a bit, without going too far like COD has as it’s basically like Fortnite with all the bright coloured weird skins and stuff lol

If we could Could only get a free to play shooter that is basically modern warfare 2 multiplayer but free then we would be jamming… unfortunately due to these live service games going to rely on microtransactions for funding its probably gonna get filled with junk!

All that being said, I’ve enjoyed giving it a go, easy better than their last attempt with hyperscape which now felt like a poor mans The Finals (which is fantastic fun btw) and I’ll probably play it again but I don’t see it stealing time from Helldivers 2 which I know it’s a paid game and different but it’s my main multiplayer game these days as the fun levels are off the charts on it!

I like it, personally I think it's a great alternative to the sweat zone that is Call of Duty, my three boys play COD and they get so angry with hackers and for me, ironically there is no "aim assist" for control players which has lead to them complaining about it and people responding with memes which were quite funny.

It's fast paced, its complex yet simple, bring on more content imo.

First time playing it, its quite boring...its just like COD but much prettier graphics its so frustrating about their servers tho its laggy af, even its so long connecting to the lobby itself.

Gameplay wise : Very COD like

4/10

I’ve been watching a few videos, I’ve not had time to try it out properly yet but I’m getting big Xbox 360 vibes. And what I mean by that is, yes it’s obviously got that Call of Duty DNA running through it, but I was picking up Halo vibes too and it just took me back a little bit to that Halo 3 / COD 4 era of gaming briefly.

As for the gameplay, looks as fun as any decent FPS. Does it have enough about it though to get a foothold in the market? 🤔

Pretty decently designed, fun, a nice break from its more stressful Ubi counterpart, Siege, however something about it just irks me. It feels so "soulless" for lack of a better word. I also don't think it has enough long-term appeal to be another esports hit like Siege, as it seems too similar to something like CS.

So while it's a good bit of fun, it's just too Ubisofty.