A surprisingly fun and fast paced FPS that I was not expecting to enjoy as much as I do, especially it being a game from Ubisoft. It's free, has good colourful maps, a great practice zone, relatively balanced weapons and abilities, and lots of content on the way.
Is it a Call of Duty clone? Absolutely. But in this day and age where Activision and some of it's studios seem bent on reinventing core mechanics that nobody wanted changed for "innovation" and seemingly just wanting to usher everyone into Warzone having a game like XDefiant that somewhat feels like old school COD even with all the abilities is a breath of fresh air.
It also feels really nice being able to play and not be punished by engagement or skill based matchmaking. I can listen to music or watch something in the background and relax if I feel like it while I play this game. And if I do want to sweat and give 100% I can go play ranked.
This game still has issues (mostly its net code) and needs some balancing tweaks on some weapons and abilities here and there and the jury is still out on its future content (although 3 maps, 3 guns, and a new faction every season sounds great) but there's nothing broken and everything can be fixed with a good patch or two. I am happily surprised with this game. It will never be a COD killer but I sure hope it becomes some solid competition.
Is it a Call of Duty clone? Absolutely. But in this day and age where Activision and some of it's studios seem bent on reinventing core mechanics that nobody wanted changed for "innovation" and seemingly just wanting to usher everyone into Warzone having a game like XDefiant that somewhat feels like old school COD even with all the abilities is a breath of fresh air.
It also feels really nice being able to play and not be punished by engagement or skill based matchmaking. I can listen to music or watch something in the background and relax if I feel like it while I play this game. And if I do want to sweat and give 100% I can go play ranked.
This game still has issues (mostly its net code) and needs some balancing tweaks on some weapons and abilities here and there and the jury is still out on its future content (although 3 maps, 3 guns, and a new faction every season sounds great) but there's nothing broken and everything can be fixed with a good patch or two. I am happily surprised with this game. It will never be a COD killer but I sure hope it becomes some solid competition.