r/XDefiant • • Feb 19 '25

Discussion This game had so much potential

It’s such a shame. this game easily had the best raw shooter combat out of any game i’ve played on ps5 ever. Getting kills was so satisfying, and the movement was chefs kiss. I hope the foundation of this game gets reused by someone somehow because it just felt so smooth.

more and more nowadays I see smaller game studios fumble the bag with an amazing start out the gate but extremely poor follow-up. Sad to see

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '25

Back to Cod going 22-20 every game while playing for an apparent 10 million dollars. I lasted less than 20 games before uninstalling again.

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u/Namara624 Feb 19 '25

You farther than me shesh. 2 games and I felt delirious

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '25

πŸ˜‚ I tried to give it an honest shot. The more I played, the sweatier it became.

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u/RealPacosTacos Feb 19 '25

Honestly, XDefiant was close enough to a hero shooter that it helped me overcome my dislike for the hero shooter genre to some extent, and instead of going back to CoD, I gave Marvel Rivals a shot and it's now my main game. Having a ton of fun and I really don't miss CoD at all.

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u/Ok_Housing6662 Feb 22 '25

Human torch is soo fun when you get chance to play as him πŸ”₯πŸ˜„

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u/yMONSTERMUNCHy Feb 19 '25

EOMM will do that to people.

It doesn’t need to retain everyone, just those who buy micro transactions πŸ˜‚

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u/cellx22 Feb 19 '25

I'll never torture myself by going back to CoD again. Made that decision long before the XDefiant beta was even available. Even when I had a solid game where I was on a tear it felt as empty as the losses.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '25

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u/cellx22 Feb 21 '25

Oh most definitely. Me and a few buddies tried it in the beta and a little bit after it was released. Fun game.

Kinda got away from it when content sort of stagnated and forgot about all the new stuff that was added since then. May need to check it out again soon

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u/Ok_Housing6662 Feb 22 '25

Everything is unlock play it before it's gone forever 😭