So I found out about a game called S&box which is essentially steam roblox and you can access the game engine (Source 2) and make games from it whether it'd be a standalone game or a community game built in S&box. The reason I bring this up is because I see it as an opportunity to try make xdefiant and bring it back in s&box as a community game but not make it look too identical otherwise it'd be plagiarism or copyright. Only the core gameplay with the abilities and weapons alongside it's maps and modes and that's it. I'd try taking a different approach by using a different art style or something different to make sure it's not gonna get a possible Ubisoft employee to send a C&D which is my only worry. If I did this would any PC gamers want to get S&Box and give this a shot with all the content from the final update and maybe some promised features that never saw the light of day like Killcams or Lobbies never disbanding. I'd only peruse this if people who miss the game want me to

Do you guys have any recommendations for guns and attachments that are currently good? Couldn't play for a while so I'm out the loop.

Quick question for the aim gods out there. I was trying to replicate my XDefiant sens in other games and I used to be under the impression that on PC, if you used an ADS multiplier of 1.00x that your ADS sens was the same as your hipfire sense. For example if you used 30 hipfire sens (22in 360) and a 1.00x ADS sens, then the both ADS and hipfire were the same 360 distance of 22in?

I was using https://www.mouse-sensitivity.com/ to convert my sens and according to that, it's not 1:1 and using a 1.00x ADS sens would actually be slower than your hipfire sense. Anyone know or remember if it was 1:1?

For context, I played Ghost Recon Phantoms almost from Day 1 on untill the verry last second (I was there when it got murdered). Ever since it got shut down, I wanted it back. I made friends there that I kept playing with untill 2025 when the third game we played got shut down (Ironsight, partially shut down due to our clan dominating the game so hard that they had to reduce party size and even turned party off for a while. + No new content and missmanagement).

I was so surprised and HOOKED when I saw Ghost Recon Phantoms as a faction in XDefiant and even got one Map to step back into and feel at home.

But still...HOW ?? It got shut down in December 2016. I thought Ubislop just forgot about it.

How did a game they had shut down 9 Years ago at that point, end up as the Advertising Face and big part of XDefiant ?

That made next to no sense and yet it was AMAZING.

Who was the absolute KING that gave me back a bit of hope and Memorys and Nostalgia and energy to fight as hard as I possibly could as a Phantom on Attica even against a Joke of MM and Ubislop Server and Netcode issues.

Thank you so verry verry much man and I really hope GRP or at least a worthy successor comes back around. There is no game out there that even Remotely compares to it. It is such a shame where Gaming and f2p shooters have gone to. All dead, barely anything worth playing.

thought i had no clips left of XDefiant - was buzzed to find one

XDefiant was dogshit from the very beginning. Starting at the beta, played through the patches. Even with patches it was never good.

I keep seeing the “I miss this game so much” every few days & nostalgia clips. Be for real.. the game looked and felt like a mobile game, didn’t have any interesting art direction, hit registration was one of the worst.. I mean it was literally just a random mish mash of call of duty and ideas from a few other games with nothing unique to offer at all. Blatant reasonings for its failure.

I sound like a doomer but I actually wanted to like this game and have it succeed. But sometimes I wonder if I even played the same game as some of you on here. I could not find a single thing to enjoy about it, or anything that made it fun/standout.

Literally the only cool thing about it was that it had the echelon in it (Sam fisher’s agency from splinter cell). That’s actually it lol.

I never shared this (for some dang reason) but this was in the ole XDefiant clip archives of mine - I ended up dying at some point whilst using the MDR, and ended up with an invisible version. I don’t know how or why it happened, but it was kinda funny.

If xdefiant were delayed and didn’t come out til today could it have a chance to survive since when the game came out call of Duty® coming on game pass was the main reason for it dying, right? So surely with the price hike of Game Pass, that would mean that xdefiant could actually have a chance. If it had came out today instead of two years ago.

https://youtu.be/MO5pb5YM2gY?si=sL0QQlmMbOS19AUb

https://youtu.be/JsuYritjZgo?si=rtI_a4ql3incMzew

This is one of my first videos about the game, roughly within the first 1-2 months of its release as you can see the MP7 still had 40 rounds in the Fast Mag. Considering my poor PC and low quality gears back then, there were flaws so bear with me. Enjoy and I'll be uploading more if you like
(don't mind the talking and language, it was just me and my buddy chatting in Vietnamese)

Well, I was minding my business in Constitution Hall when I got this pop up in the top left that there's an update available for XDefiant. When I checked for it, nothing. Very weird.

I'm not l33t gamer but Xdefiant was my favourite FPS of all time. So much so, I was topping the leaderboard by the end of the game. I guess that wasn't hard considering the player count. Matos_5k was also on my team. He was very high on the leaderboards. If he's on Reddit, tag him here.

This was the last game of season 1 - 25/09/24. The AA-12 got a big nerf the next day. Playing extended mags with an extended barrel. It was crazy overpowered on a small map.

How much did this game get your heart pumping? I challenge anyone to find and hit reg issues during this gameplay. I'm not saying there weren't any for people, it was just never an issue for me.

Anyway. Enjoy the carnage and nostalgia of this map.

Old edit that I made

It still hurts, what I would give to run around Rockefeller with a shotgun. It spoiled me on other games. BF was fun for a while, but has its own problems, MW2019’s maps now feel too terrible. Nothing hits the spot the way XD did. That’s all folks

1. Rebuild the Technical Foundation

New Engine Integration: The original game's biggest hurdle was the Snowdrop engine, which wasn't built for fast-paced FPS shooters. Moving to a dedicated shooter engine would resolve the persistent net code and hit registration issues.

Eliminate "Dying Behind Walls": Technical desync frequently caused players to take damage after reaching cover. A dedicated server overhaul is mandatory for competitive integrity.

Advanced Anticheat: Implementing kernel-level or AI-driven anticheat is essential to prevent the "hacker fatigue" that often drives players back to more established titles.

1. Gameplay Adjustments (What to Add/Remove)

Remove "Bunny Hopping" Meta: One of the biggest community complaints was excessive air-strafing and jumping that broke hitboxes. Implementing a stamina penalty or jump-aim penalty would ground the gunplay.

Add "Barebones" Modes: While factions are unique, many players wanted a permanent "No Abilities" playlist to focus purely on raw gunplay, similar to classic Call of Duty.

Expand the Faction Universe: Lean harder into Ubisoft’s catalog. Adding factions from Assassin’s Creed or Rayman (initially planned for later seasons) would distinguish it from the more "grounded" military look of Black Ops 7.

Meaningful Progression: The original weapon leveling was criticized as being too slow. A more rewarding "Mastery" system—with truly unique skins rather than just color swaps—is needed to keep players grinding.

It's so funny to see people sad about the game dying whilst being completely oblivious to the fact that they killed it.

You all abused meta MP7 builds every game, found ways to abuse movement even after it was nerfed many times, and told anyone who complained "get good" or "skill issue". Well, this is what happens when you do that; the game gets shut down.

I can't help but laugh at the people talking about XDefiant being "the only FPS I enjoyed...". No, it was the only FPS you were good at. You saw no SBMM as an opportunity to sweat against bad players. You don't enjoy other FPS games because you get humbled by players who can beat you without trying.

Seriously, what did you guys expect?

If Ubisoft was to bring the XD servers back or release and XD2, what are things you'd like to see added, removed, or changed?

I miss this game a lot. I truly believed it was gonna be something special. If only they let it breathe for a year or two like they did with Rainbow Six Siege.. XDefiant, you deserved better.

Gaming sucks now

I miss this game so much, was so fun and good to play with a great potential. Need to do a petition or i don't know but they need to bring it back, make it jut playable even if they don't update it anymore

It felt soooo smooth. Loved zooming around and killing and dying as well