Loaded up the playtest and it stated we are freely able to discuss the game online just cannot capture or share any footage.
Let's hear them people!
Let's hear them people!
XDefiant Impressions Thread
- Thread starter M. Wallace
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Green check mark to discuss the game, Red no-no to share any footage. So, we can talk about it.
Someone compared it to Smash but a shooter for them, which I think is apt.
Not at my console currently so can't double check but somewhere in the Settings menus should be a place to see your purchase history and I think you can go to the store page for it from there and then start the install.
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Feels mostly like Blops4 with more health and abilities. PC players wrecking though. Time to turn off xplay.
Went 13-12 in my first match, the entire other team was mainly PC. Top person was 37-5. Yeah, fuck that.
Went 13-12 in my first match, the entire other team was mainly PC. Top person was 37-5. Yeah, fuck that.
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I believe they already talked about doing input based crossplay, but I am not sure if that extends to this test.
Game feels very smooth to play. No stutters, no lag nothing of that nature. It's also very fast-paced and reminds me a lot of COD. TBH my biggest issue after a couple of matches is that it feels super generic. The guns don't have a lot of oomph to them and I'd say the same thing about the grenades. Even the special abilities don't seem that interesting. It isn't like say, Apex where each legend feels unique and powerful.
I'll definitely play more before judging it too harshly but this basically feels like a game where you got asked to make COD but not COD.
I'll definitely play more before judging it too harshly but this basically feels like a game where you got asked to make COD but not COD.
This does not feel great to play.
Like not in the sense of it being technically bad, just
this does not feel like a game I enjoy the moment to moment gameplay of which is a bit of a problem for what I remember seeing it being pitched as,
like in theory as someone who's a pretty hard lapsed CoD player I should be in the perfect target audience for this but after playing a couple matches where I've even kept topping the scoreboard I am just
a hard :| on my face after all of it.
Like not in the sense of it being technically bad, just
this does not feel like a game I enjoy the moment to moment gameplay of which is a bit of a problem for what I remember seeing it being pitched as,
like in theory as someone who's a pretty hard lapsed CoD player I should be in the perfect target audience for this but after playing a couple matches where I've even kept topping the scoreboard I am just
a hard :| on my face after all of it.
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Using a controller in this game and it feels a bit off. There's a dead zone even when you turn it all the way down to zero. Slight delay in aiming. Throwing me off.
Cons:
Game crashes a lot and graphics/character models seem muddy, but of course this is pre-alpha so I understand.
TTK seems all over the place. Some assault guns makes it seem really fast but the rifles are a little unforgiving.
Pros:
Player movement is faster than I thought and some of the abilities are pretty cool.
The stages are pretty neat. Everything feels like a movie set with familiar Ubisoft game settings.
UI is snappy and getting in to a game is really quick.
Kind of a pro, but this game really feels like a love letter to Ubisoft properties (except Assassins creed unless I missed it). However, the character models seem lifeless and don't have the charm that hero shooters should have. I think the issue with that is that they are very realistic and it just seems odd to have them act in a traditional cartoony/animated way that we're used to with hero shooters.
A big concern I have right now is how this game will pull me away from Overwatch and COD. I don't know what unlocks there are or what their Battle Pass plan is. If their roadmap, unlocks and monetization is consumer friendly, then I'll definitely keep an eye on this game.
Game crashes a lot and graphics/character models seem muddy, but of course this is pre-alpha so I understand.
TTK seems all over the place. Some assault guns makes it seem really fast but the rifles are a little unforgiving.
Pros:
Player movement is faster than I thought and some of the abilities are pretty cool.
The stages are pretty neat. Everything feels like a movie set with familiar Ubisoft game settings.
UI is snappy and getting in to a game is really quick.
Kind of a pro, but this game really feels like a love letter to Ubisoft properties (except Assassins creed unless I missed it). However, the character models seem lifeless and don't have the charm that hero shooters should have. I think the issue with that is that they are very realistic and it just seems odd to have them act in a traditional cartoony/animated way that we're used to with hero shooters.
A big concern I have right now is how this game will pull me away from Overwatch and COD. I don't know what unlocks there are or what their Battle Pass plan is. If their roadmap, unlocks and monetization is consumer friendly, then I'll definitely keep an eye on this game.
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Just played two matches, it was fine I suppose. I had more fun playing this than any CoD after Black ops 4 which was the last CoD that I really liked.
Mouse aiming feels really snappy which is good, maps were pretty good and I like how can actually rush in this game, unlike in newer CoD games which favors campers. I like how Matchmaking works, it felt similar to older Cod's.
However TTK is little bit too high to my taste and some characters have skills or abilities that can raise your health/shield which makes TTK even more higher. There are times when it feels like you are shooting marshmallows, that's really annoying.
Imo I think TTK should be similar to Black Ops 4 and every character should have same amount of health, so the TTK doesn't end up feeling random.
Animations also needs more work, certain animations are very basic which makes game look and feel like it's some mobile game.
I like what I played, but it needs more work.
Mouse aiming feels really snappy which is good, maps were pretty good and I like how can actually rush in this game, unlike in newer CoD games which favors campers. I like how Matchmaking works, it felt similar to older Cod's.
However TTK is little bit too high to my taste and some characters have skills or abilities that can raise your health/shield which makes TTK even more higher. There are times when it feels like you are shooting marshmallows, that's really annoying.
Imo I think TTK should be similar to Black Ops 4 and every character should have same amount of health, so the TTK doesn't end up feeling random.
Animations also needs more work, certain animations are very basic which makes game look and feel like it's some mobile game.
I like what I played, but it needs more work.
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Somehow I was able to get into this on XSX and PC. Just tried controller on PC, holy hell it's infinitely better. The input latency is gone. Plus the higher frames is a welcome addition.
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Not as op as COD but they also talked about input based lobbies. Of course that may change.
I only played a few matches on PC but I actually thought it wasn't that bad. It is much, much better than their original alpha/beta test I played what seemed like a year or two ago.
Still, I just can't really see myself wanting to devote time and money into this because it just seems like a game that will inevitably shut down a year after it comes out. It just has that feeling. I do give the devs credit though for improving on this game a lot and I do hope they find some success with it.
Still, I just can't really see myself wanting to devote time and money into this because it just seems like a game that will inevitably shut down a year after it comes out. It just has that feeling. I do give the devs credit though for improving on this game a lot and I do hope they find some success with it.
Even ignoring all the technical clunkiness of the game... it just feels so unambitious. It was always going to be accused of being off-brand Call of Duty and it feels like they basically just leant into that. It's not like the game feels like a response to Call of Duty in the sense that it is trying to advance on the formula... it embraces the warts of the Call of Duty franchise right down to the astonishingly terrible spawning system.
Yeah, and I think that is what will ultimately do the game in. It just feels like a "been there, done that" sort of vibe. It really doesn't bring anything new to the table that you can identify having its own quirk or style.
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I was hoping for this game so much because the only decent skill based mp is Treyarch's CoD and that's like every 3 years, but after playing the technical test the aiming feels sooo weird. I tweaked a lot of stuff, aiming curves, acceleration, sensitivities but I wasn't able to find something i liked.
