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XDefiantwas a title hyped up as aCall of Dutykiller. At first glance, the game looked like it wanted to reinvent the formula popularized by popular games in Activision’s franchise.
After its release, there were some glaring faults in the game. There was flawed net code, and some weapons, like shotguns, felt inconsistent. However, shotguns, in particular, seem much better with the latest update.
The Latest Xdefiant Patch Makes the Game’s Shotguns a Lot More Reliable
After the hype,Ubisoft‘s fast-paced Arena shooter felt incredibly unpolished to players. Despite trying to listen to players’ complaints, the executive producer also came under fire for telling players to‘move on if the game wasn’t for them.’.
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One of the players’ most prominent complaints about the game was that the weapons did not feel balanced and consistent, especially the shotguns. At one instant, they did massive one-shot damage; at the other, the player was shooting confetti.
However, the game’s latest patch seems to have worked out better, as shotguns feel much more consistent in the video game. A player in the game’s subreddit also mentioned this in a dedicated post:
Also, the reason why they appear stronger, as per the post title, was clarified in many of the comments to the post:
It seems like, among a lot of things, games seem to be getting wrong; it is also getting a couple of things right here and there. However, the game’s fundamentals, per many players, are flawed and need fixing.
The Next Xdefiant Patch Has Its Cut Out for It
XDefiant, despite making weapon balancing changes, suffers from a critical problem. There is a lot of class imbalance, and the game’s netcode and hit registration seem incredibly off, especially considering that it comes from a triple-A studio.
One Weapon Type in XDefiant Has Been Nerfed to the Point it Goes Against the Fundamental Building Blocks of Ubisoft’s Shooter
While Mark Ruben’s reasoning for the same was that the game is made on top of an engine made for MMOs,players are already abandoning the game. Various posts on the game’s subreddit can be found where the players express their frustration about the game’s netcode.
Complaints about the game’s inconsistent time to kill, even in the training arena, which is free from server tick rate and ping jitter issues, have also surfaced:
It is unknown if the game will survive the cutthroat industry, especially with the release ofBlack Ops 6imminent. But Mark Ruben and the game’s team must fix the game’s fundamentals before anything else.
What do you think of the current state of the game? Does it have a chance of bouncing back? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.
Sparsh Jaimini
Gaming Writer
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Sparsh Jaimini Sharma is a video games enthusiast and a Games Writer. A true white-blooded Madridsta. He is often seen grinding away at EAFC 24’s Ultimate team and learning to code when he is not writing. A Batman fan and Arkham Games connoisseur. He is the quintessential DC aficionado.
