splattered
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Was watching the chat in stream with tons of people getting excited... looks so bad to me.
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Xdefiant gets an official release date May 21st
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Was watching the chat in stream with tons of people getting excited... looks so bad to me.
ViciousAgenda
Member
This is pretty decent. It won't do COD numbers but it's competent enough.
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
And no SBMM
I don't have to fear having a few decent games in a row getting put into lobbies of top 250 players and my next 5 matches are dog shit
Blitzmangoman
Member
Got a couple games in, it's fun although after every game I crashed to the PS5 home menu.
I will keep playing, it's a nice change from BF2042.
I will keep playing, it's a nice change from BF2042.
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
Pretty odd I played several rounds in a row on PS5 with no issues, hopefully that gets ironed out for you.
Enjoying it more with shutting cross play off
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
Even very smooth for me on PS5 at 120 fps, guns feel good, loving the AK
wipeout364
Member
Played a few games probably 10 to 12, game feels much better than before. Gunplay and movement feel really good to me. There are some weird issues I noticed with continuous fire with the LMG, can’t really explain but it feels like the aiming changes or something after 20 or thirty bullets fired in a row.
Bigger issue is the unbalanced matches. Already see people dropping out and teams getting stomped. IMO This game will die a quick death if they don’t implement some sort of SBMM. Lobbies with people with 40 kills and others with 5 or 6 will not retain new players. Problem is they have said they won’t implement it so I guess they are just going to lose players when new players get frustrated and go back to COD.
Bigger issue is the unbalanced matches. Already see people dropping out and teams getting stomped. IMO This game will die a quick death if they don’t implement some sort of SBMM. Lobbies with people with 40 kills and others with 5 or 6 will not retain new players. Problem is they have said they won’t implement it so I guess they are just going to lose players when new players get frustrated and go back to COD.
Dorfdad
Gold Member
Played for about 3 hours tonight, has some issues but it’s damn fun for me. Still trying to figure out how to counter some of these things. Also they really need to kick level 10+ out of the newbie lobbies. First 6 levels I was getting bodied by level 18-24 players with guns that are much better equipped than mine. Worried owning noob lobbies will push people away.
Optimus Lime
(L3) + (R3) | Spartan rage activated
Yep, that's me. Game is annoying. I don't need to be stomped by sweaty, obese teenagers, so the game can fuck off. Back to CoD.
cash_longfellow
Member
It’s cute that you think you aren’t getting stomped my sweaty, obese teenagers in CoD as well
cash_longfellow
Member
I also had a surprising amount of fun. Thought after the beta everything felt really floaty and TTK was weird, but it actually seemed like they made some tweaks and gameplay felt solid.
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
I too had a surprisingly good time playing it last night and find myself wanting to play more
I love the camos and challenges for weapons are just basically use the gun and leveling it up, not some dumb challenges forcing me to use guns or style I don't want to do (looking at you COD)
Not sure its staying power like COD has had for me but we shall see but breaking down and buying the founder pass today to give them some support
ComputerBlue
Member
I wish this game had just a simple TDM or DM, I played a few rounds yesterday and objective game modes with randoms who don’t ptfo is frustrating.
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
This is basically all I play in COD and 100% agree this game needs it as I hate playing objective based games with a bunch of randoms
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
Its decent but wouldn't really call it good
Love not having a SBMM system but for me the game is missing something, missing that hook to keep me playing long term
Its 100% into my rotation of games to play just not sure for how long
Luckily its free to play and well worth the download to try it
TerribleAtThisGame
Member
This shit looks like someone typed Online Shooter Gen Z into ChatGPT at a board room meeting.
wipeout364
Member
You are not though, at least not consistently. You will have matches that you get stomped but 50% of the time you end up in the top three due to the SBMM. As well it is much less rare for a couple of players to completely dominate since when they do they get punted to much higher difficulty lobbies and have to face people above their skill level.It’s cute that you think you aren’t getting stomped my sweaty, obese teenagers in CoD as well
The problem is streamers don’t like this because COD forces them into the exact same experience that the average Jo has and so they moan about SBMM all day. When the reality is it makes a better game for everyone except those with a high skill level who dominate lobbies in the old systems.
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
My biggest problem with SBMM is running into people in COD who are actively reverse boosting and some very extreme cases just repeatedly not even trying and just dying over and over.
After I have a run of decent games and I see I am in the sweat fest lobbies I admit I will play the next few games working on stuff I suck at like quickscoping snipers so I am effectively reverse boosting as well to get into lobbies more my speed and in turn hurting my team
I wont feel the need to do this in this game and even if I am getting wrecked here its only one game, I know my very next game I could be the one wrecking people
As much as I love COD I hate there is a mechanism in play that determines how my games are going to play out.
cash_longfellow
Member
I’m just being sarcastic. They definitely do need to add SBMM, or at least some sort of level based match making. Players with the higher level guns and attachments are always going to wreck lower level peeps in this game. Gun balance is all over the place…at least that is solid in CoD.
cash_longfellow
Member
This game is definitely not dying in two weeks lol. If they continue to balance and add content, I can see it having legs as a nice change of pace from CoD and BF. I’m not saying it’s perfect or even great, but there is room for it.
Ribi
Member
i cant see it lasting the year without them panicking that they have lost all their players. Its the same story as before with any game that tries to be cod... it just doesnt work in the long run.
cash_longfellow
Member
I agree with the year, especially once the new CoD releases later in the year. However, if they add solid content and focus in their dedicated fanbase that sticks around, it could last longer…but unfortunately, it is Ubi, so that probably won’t happen.
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
Sheesh, they did nothing to improve the gunplay or netcode from the betas last year.
Plus its already super fucking sweaty, zero reason to move over from COD in that case.
Plus its already super fucking sweaty, zero reason to move over from COD in that case.
hououinkyouma00
Member
These are my thoughts pretty much as well.
Game is decent and I'll continue playing it at least for awhile simply for the fact that it's more of a "classic COD" then whatever the bullshit we get nowadays is.
The trajectory of grenade throws makes me want to kill myself though. Shit is always just bouncing back off of things and rarely going where I want them to go if it's not a completely empty space.
wipeout364
Member
I think there is definitely way forward for this game. I just worry they will lose new low skill players with their hardcore stance but I may be wrong.
ChoosableOne
ChoosableAll
I still haven't been able to get into a match. I think I'm going to give up now.
twilo99
Member
Nah they’ve got a lot of work to do
wipeout364
Member
I would agree but look how they are treating siege. This season is pathetic for content and it’s one of their biggest money makers. Ubi has no clue
cash_longfellow
Member
Really? I’ve had 0 problems since yesterday. I have crossplay on and controller type the same. Haven’t played since earlier this morning, maybe server issues today?
Optimus Lime
(L3) + (R3) | Spartan rage activated
I'm not. It's cute that you bothered to post this.It’s cute that you think you aren’t getting stomped my sweaty, obese teenagers in CoD as well
ChoosableOne
ChoosableAll
Finally, I was able to get into a match. It takes a bit long to get into the game, so I had given up early on. One time, even though the game was launched, I couldn't play because I didn't select an ability
I thought the game had frozen lol. If they can speed up the matchmaking to COD levels, it would be great.Many of the modes I like in COD are also in this game, and I enjoyed the gunplay. I think I'll play it from time to time. They managed to bring a free COD experience to players before Microsoft did
ChoosableOne
ChoosableAll
Looks like there's no TDM. From what I can see, there's Hardpoint, Escort, Domination, and Kill Confirmed.
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
And no fear of being thrown in an esports wannabe sweating their asses off lobby after a game or two like that, nice scoreThis game slaps
havoc00
Member
what did you adjust?
cash_longfellow
Member
I was being sarcastic if you see my reply to another poster after yours.
cash_longfellow
Member
Yep, I agree, the games are so fast if they could speed up the in between match times it would definitely help.Finally, I was able to get into a match. It takes a bit long to get into the game, so I had given up early on. One time, even though the game was launched, I couldn't play because I didn't select an ability
Many of the modes I like in COD are also in this game, and I enjoyed the gunplay. I think I'll play it from time to time. They managed to bring a free COD experience to players before Microsoft did