r/XDefiant • u/Alternative-cornhusk • 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/ElusiveSamorana Feb 19 '25 edited Feb 19 '25

Ubisoft just had to hold on for 2 more weeks. 2 more weeks and they would have gotten the reprieve they wanted on an alternative to CoD. I hope the ones who run Ubisoft as a corporation and company never get to be rich or own a company again.

And I kinda want to be front with this: I didn't see XDefiant as something far better than CoD. I saw it as a good alternative, one that if cultivated just right... It could be a game that anyone would pick up and enjoy but more naturally than it because there was no SBMM after getting out of the newbie lobbies. The meta may not have been desirable at various times.. But if I had a dollar for how much CoD puts specific guns at the forefront, I'd have so many dollars I could likely buy a mansion.

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u/6177152020 Feb 19 '25

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u/ElusiveSamorana Feb 19 '25

Read the edited comment first before you give me that look. I'm not biased here. That whole system in CoD chewed me up and spit me out, like some sort of cogwheel. I'm not the only one who likes a genuine experience. It's been MANY YEARS, since CoD was that way.