XDefiant

[John Price]

Redeeming Twitch Drops for the XDefiant Closed Beta | Ubisoft Help

Basically watch twitch stream, get closed beta drop code, and play

it's okay, seems a lot like OW2. getting a lot of positive reviews right now, although when I played last night damn game kept crashing (bad servers).

Click to read more...

 

[Smelling Salt]

I actually think I like it alot. I say "think" because the servers are in shambles causing gunfights to often be random and you're skating around like crazy. Overall just major lag. And no 120hz mode on console right now. And lots of wasted time between matches with long loading screens.

However I love the fast gameplay and the design. They could be on to something here with some tightening up. Reminds me of old Black Ops.

 

[John Price]

I actually think I like it alot. I say "think" because the servers are in shambles causing gunfights to often be random and you're skating around like crazy. Overall just major lag. And no 120hz mode on console right now. And lots of wasted time between matches with long loading screens.

However I love the fast gameplay and the design. They could be on to something here with some tightening up. Reminds me of old Black Ops.

I keep getting disconnected after every round and can't rejoin. Other than that it's another ow clone. Can't really complain about gameplay, just that the servers are shit

 

[John Price]

So we know this is a beta and there will be bugs but they are being fixed. The whole loadout issue not saving can be irritating but may be fixed (haven't played since early this morning)

At least I can stay connected to lobbies now

When you can actually play this game is kind of fun.

 

[Blitzkrug]

Huge W they don't have SBMM in casual modes. As it should be.

It doesn't look super pretty but it looks like it plays a lot better than the dogshit we get for COD games these days. I'm interested.

 

[John Price]

open beta tomorrow

 

[Smelling Salt]

Just played. Controller feels better, but there is still some strange input lag and just overall aiming issues. Also, there still tends to be alot of ice skating and while it isn't as wonky as the previous beta in that regard, it's still there.

I also feel like the stick sensitivity is all over the place. One minute I feel you have to raise it in the settings to look around faster, the next it's like you're turning in slow motion while engaged with someone, and then it fixes itself. Very weird. I had it on on 120hz mode...maybe that's part of the problem.

I'm on PS5.

EDIT: Watching Teep play on PC with controller and his movement isn't strange

 

[Smelling Salt]

OK I am not imagining things.

 

[Smelling Salt]

The more I play this, the more I realize I don't see any diff from it's state late in the closed beta. They claim they improved netcode, and it seems a little better but it's still pretty shaky. The gameplay on it's surface seems exactly the same, but the feel on PS5 is so wonky I couldn't play this full time. And there are serious hit reg issues which could be netcode, but who knows.

Like I said above a few months ago, they really need to tighten this up. And STILL too many countdowns before anything happens. Just begin the game/end the game. Don't need all these countdowns. I guess their timer game is on point.

I wish killcams were in the beta. If they were reasonably accurate I bet they would be pretty shocking haha.

 

[John Price]

 

[Smelling Salt]

Well, I'm gonna give it a try. The input lag/netcode on PS5 seemed dodgy even in the last beta after they "improved" it, but I am going to try on PC this time around.

 

[Smelling Salt]

- Aim Assist is more consistent in this version for sure which is good

- Movement seems sluggish

- Hit detection and/or desync is still bad. In fact, it may be worse than the last beta. You inexplicably often need to put an entire magazine into someone

- Audio will cut out during firefights and come back after

- Seems like there is a a full screen borderless issue. Game will run at 10 fps unless I click on the screen with my mouse (I'm on controller). Then it's fine

- Seems to be some hitching and FPS drops in areas that shouldn't cause FPS drops. Not too bad though

I feel like this game is 90% there but they just can't get the final 10% fixed

 

[John Price]

Hopefully they will work on those fixes and put out a proper game for release.

 

[John Price]

 

[Smelling Salt]

Probably for the best functionally, but man did they drop the ball on this release. A summer release would have been great timing for this game, but now they are into COD season. Might as well hold off until Jan/Feb just for that reason alone.

 

[Dolemite]

They failed certification for consoles.

 

[Smelling Salt]

They failed certification for consoles.

It seems like a red flag they have never had a PS4/Xbox version of any of the betas despite them saying the game will be on last gen...

 

[John Price]

 

[JaegerDice]

It's F2P, so I'll give it a shot once I hear the servers are doing better. I'm hearing lots of console players saying they're getting like one match an hour.

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

I got three matches in this afternoon and it's fine. However, it seems like it will take forever to level up guns. Desync seems pretty bad too.

 

[Mikeaveli]

I'll be checking this out sometime soon. I had way more fun with the beta than I have with any recent cod game.

 

[HanSolo]

Lol. My first minute in the game I find myself in a one on one with a bunny hopping try hard, miss damn near every shot because I haven't tweaked my sensitivity, and he one shots me with a sniper mid jump. I damn near uninstalled the game but I'm about to give it another shot.

EDIT: All right this is pretty fun but the sniping sweats are a pain in the ass. Last game, in the split second I'd see the scope glimmer or whatever you call it, the next split second I'd be dead.

 

[John Price]

yeah I would just storm out of the spawn to push the payload and then get sniped in one second

 

[Smelling Salt]

This is alot of fun. Not sweaty now that it's out of beta and no SBMM, just fun. The gunplay is definitely different from COD, the aim assist not as strong and the movement feels much different, but I like the change.

However, the same server side issues/netcode problems from the betas persist despite them apparently overhauling that. Bullets shooting backwards on quick close encounters, 7 or 8 hit markers on the enemy before they even shoot back but you get melted in the blink of an eye...that kind of thing.

I wish alot of post game stuff could be skipped, and it's kinda lame you can only edit weapons before you pick a playlist or while searching for a game/in a lobby but I can look past that.

And damn the weapon grind is real. The levelling is crazy slow. Gonna have to really take advantage of the double weapon XP this weekend.

 

[Smelling Salt]

Lol. My first minute in the game I find myself in a one on one with a bunny hopping try hard, miss damn near every shot because I haven't tweaked my sensitivity, and he one shots me with a sniper mid jump. I damn near uninstalled the game but I'm about to give it another shot.

EDIT: All right this is pretty fun but the sniping sweats are a pain in the ass. Last game, in the split second I'd see the scope glimmer or whatever you call it, the next split second I'd be dead.

Snipers are definitely crazy in the right hands. Lots of quick scoping going on. While I'm not a quick scoper I'm fine with it, but there may need to be some flinch added so it doesn't get too out of line.