I played this when it came out because some people were hyping it up. It's solid and a fun game, but I didn't feel it brought anything whatsoever to the table that other shooters hadn't brought 15 years ago. It isn't even the first free game to provide a similar experience. Not surprised it isn't a huge hit.
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sad i thought this game was pretty fun
Sounds like some body spray Lynx would come out with
Axe - Defiant
Not installing your shitty launcher and this game launched with several, basic issues that took too long to fix, they fumbled it so hard! Ubisoft is frustrating, just let your devs cook in peace.
Didn't help that the game got next to no promotion. I don't even remember how I found out about the game, I think it might've been a random game one of my Twitch follows was streaming at the time, wasn't even a promoted stream for all I know.
The game's alright, just not the type for me anymore.
I guess Ubisoft needs to get comfortable with people not buying their games
Ironically XDefiant a free game.
Probably because it's hot garbage and people can play call of duty instead.
70 bucks and still have all the freemium cancer, or just free with the freemium cancer?
Yeah, that's the draw XDef has over CoD. It's F2P and generally the content is earnable, outside of some cosmetics and additional currency. I think both "locked" factions can be bought through challenge completions, so not really P2W either, paying just unlocks it faster. And it's not a bad shooter either imo, it's just....the same as every other shooter. Very average.
The fuck is XDefiant...
Ubisoft’s free version of COD. I tried it as a friend was raving about it, tbh it’s a fine game if somebody likes this style. The character’s from the Ubi universe are just a gimmick, most play the same
Apparently, it's like Smash Bros in the Ubisoft universe, except it's a first-person shooter.
So, you got different factions from Far Cry, Splinter Cell etc. with which you can play...
It sounds a little novel if nothing else, I hope it picks up :-)
Man, all business/capitalism/personality-politics stuff aside, it must suck to be a developer, artist, writer, actor etc on something for years, pour your heart into it for a solid percentage chunk of your remaining lifespan on this Earth, and then have it fall flat.
Especially if it's not so much the thing you made, but stuff outside of your control that's holding it back. Lacklustre marketing for example - I hadn't even heard of this.
Yeah, I had to figure out what it really is from Wikipedia and my two reactions were:
- Ubisoft has a 'universe'? Huh, I guess, they do have a few franchises there.
- That actually sounds reasonably interesting. At least it's not just yet another uninspired shooter.
And like, yeah, lacklustre marketing puts it quite well. I had heard of XDefiant before, but all I got from that was that it's a shooter, which made me fall asleep immediately.
Had they sold it as "You ever wanted to pit the Splinter Cell guy against the Far Cry bandits?", I would have at least remembered it.
But to be fair, a lot of games are currently coming out. It is difficult to be seen for pretty much all titles...
If nothing else, it is kind of fun that they’ve merged universes a bit.
In Watch Dogs Legion, DedSec is contacted by the Assassin Order who needs their help taking down Templars that are working with Albion - basically merging protagonists/villains of both series.
Ghost Recon has also previously guest starred Sam Fisher and operators from Siege.
When I was 15 that would have been the coolest shit!
Not to say it's not still cool, my capacity for joy and wonder at the novelty of crossovers has just faded over time is all.
AC in narrative meeded closure in modern times, where I hoped AC 3 or 4 would be. Cool that happened.
It's okay Ubisoft. YOU fell behind our expectations a looooooooong time ago.
What is the last Ubisoft game that actually did well?
Assassin's Creed Valhalla, I assume
Not even enticing people with "free premium currency" just for logging in could entice me to play an Ubisoft shooter.
Have they stopped using their launcher? The only way I will ever play an Ubisoft game is if they ditch that jank ass launcher.
I'm legitimately wondering what's so incredibly bad about the Ubi launcher that people hate it so much?
I'm not a fan of each brand having their own thing, I'd rather have everything in my Steam library or some other universal launcher (not GOG).
But I never had issues with Ubi's launchers, despite having played a lot of Ubi games on there.
Why not GOG?
I'd just prefer a platform that isn't also another store. But I'm unsure if those exist.
Ubi's launcher and EA app, are the only ones that keep forgetting my login info, forcing me to painstakingly go to my email to authorize this brand new device (my own PC) every few weeks.
I remember both doing the same for me a long time ago. But I've not had the issue since their new launchers dropped I believe.
Anything that isn't Steam works like shit on Linux (mileage may vary, but that's my experience). I find it hilarious and sad that I can get a better experience by pirating it and launch through Lutris.
The Lutris launcher has helped me successfully play purchased Ubisoft games well. It sucks to rely on third party tools, but that's much of what Linux is based around.
That's another thing I always wondered about, gaming on Linux.
I always thought of Linux of a tweaker/programmer kind of platform that isn't much into gaming. Much like Apple being for creatives, music and Adobe. Even though all that runs fine on Windows too. That gaming on either is an entirely optional at-your-own-risk kind of deal, since a lot of games don't support Linux/Mac natively anyway.
If one wants to play games a lot, why not simply get a Windows PC? Or a console for that matter.
No offense, but I always felt like wanting to game on Linux or Mac is just handicapping oneself.
because windows is doing everything in their power to ruin their OS with privacy violations and ads. I would switch to Linux yesterday if my favorite games worked on it.
If everything ran just as well as it would on Windows I would switch too. But I think that will be a long time off, even if developers decided to natively develop for Linux. It seems better than like a decade ago, but development and support is really slow.
That said, I've been using W11 for a couple of years and I haven't run into any ads in my day-to-day office and home computers, I've seen others mention ads in Windows too, but I'm not sure where they are. And you could just use a fake e-mail and name for a Microsoft account if you need one for a Windows installation.
I'm not saying everyone should use Windows, but choosing gaming on Linux seems like it's just people making it very difficult for themselves. Last time I ever tried it was a long time ago, but there were constant hardware issues, driver issues, game crashes and other problems that I could just not be bothered.
The market is so saturated with these type of shooters — especially ones with generic army dudes.
I’m not really surprised.
That seems to be a problem with their expectations, not the game.
You are actually right. I tried this game as a friend liked it, and it basically does everything that COD does, but for free, so it’s not the worst way for somebody to spend their time online. Still, I imagine Ubi execs promised to dethrone every other shooter and have 100 million payers to milk for MTX.
It's also a problem that it's exclusive to the Ubisoft launcher and isn't on Steam...
It was enough to make me too lazy to bother even when the hype was there. Now it seems even the community that plays/played it is negative on it so even less likely to bother with Ubisoft launcher for it than at launch. I have UPlay installed too, but I don't even know if anyone in my friend list from Steam was playing it compared to other games that they are shown playing.
I was going to play it, but poor linix compatibility with the ubisoft launcher killed that for me.
Got to be honest, this is the first I've even heard of this game.
XDefiant sounds like an anticheat.
Or a Wrestling Faction from the late 90's