It’s okay Ubisoft. YOU fell behind our expectations a looooooooong time ago.
Ubisoft Says That XDefiant Has Fallen Behind Expectations
Submitted 7 months ago by simple@lemm.ee to games@lemmy.world
https://insider-gaming.com/xdefiant-fallen-behind-expectations/
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callouscomic@lemm.ee 7 months ago
newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Got to be honest, this is the first I’ve even heard of this game.
SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 7 months ago
XDefiant sounds like an anticheat.
newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Or a Wrestling Faction from the late 90’s
dwalin@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I guess Ubisoft needs to get comfortable with people not buying their games
PunchingWood@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Ironically XDefiant a free game.
kat_angstrom@lemmy.world 7 months ago
That seems to be a problem with their expectations, not the game.
simple@lemm.ee 7 months ago
It’s also a problem that it’s exclusive to the Ubisoft launcher and isn’t on Steam…
PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I was going to play it, but poor linix compatibility with the ubisoft launcher killed that for me.
stardust@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
It was enough to make me too lazy to bother even when the hype was there. Now it seems even the community that plays/played it is negative on it so even less likely to bother with Ubisoft launcher for it than at launch. I have UPlay installed too, but I don’t even know if anyone in my friend list from Steam was playing it compared to other games that they are shown playing.
slaacaa@lemmy.world 7 months ago
You are actually right. I tried this game as a friend liked it, and it basically does everything that COD does, but for free, so it’s not the worst way for somebody to spend their time online. Still, I imagine Ubi execs promised to dethrone every other shooter and have 100 million payers to milk for MTX.
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Have they stopped using their launcher? The only way I will ever play an Ubisoft game is if they ditch that jank ass launcher.
PunchingWood@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I’m legitimately wondering what’s so incredibly bad about the Ubi launcher that people hate it so much?
I’m not a fan of each brand having their own thing, I’d rather have everything in my Steam library or some other universal launcher (not GOG).
But I never had issues with Ubi’s launchers, despite having played a lot of Ubi games on there.
VonReposti@feddit.dk 7 months ago
Anything that isn’t Steam works like shit on Linux (mileage may vary, but that’s my experience). I find it hilarious and sad that I can get a better experience by pirating it and launch through Lutris.
yamanii@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Ubi’s launcher and EA app, are the only ones that keep forgetting my login info, forcing me to painstakingly go to my email to authorize this brand new device (my own PC) every few weeks.
garretble@lemmy.world 7 months ago
The market is so saturated with these type of shooters — especially ones with generic army dudes.
I’m not really surprised.
PunchingWood@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Didn’t help that the game got next to no promotion. I don’t even remember how I found out about the game, I think it might’ve been a random game one of my Twitch follows was streaming at the time, wasn’t even a promoted stream for all I know.
FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 7 months ago
What is the last Ubisoft game that actually did well?
simple@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, I assume
yamanii@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Not installing your shitty launcher and this game launched with several, basic issues that took too long to fix, they fumbled it so hard! Ubisoft is frustrating, just let your devs cook in peace.
kowanatsi@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Sounds like some body spray Lynx would come out with
vxx@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Axe - Defiant
Rentlar@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Not even enticing people with “free premium currency” just for logging in could entice me to play an Ubisoft shooter.
Bdtrngl@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Probably because it’s hot garbage and people can play call of duty instead.
yamanii@lemmy.world 7 months ago
70 bucks and still have all the freemium cancer, or just free with the freemium cancer?
CMLVI@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Yeah, that’s the draw XDef has over CoD. It’s F2P and generally the content is earnable, outside of some cosmetics and additional currency. I think both “locked” factions can be bought through challenge completions, so not really P2W either, paying just unlocks it faster. And it’s not a bad shooter either imo, it’s just…the same as every other shooter. Very average.
IronKrill@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
I played this when it came out because some people were hyping it up. It’s solid and a fun game, but I didn’t feel it brought anything whatsoever to the table that other shooters hadn’t brought 15 years ago. It isn’t even the first free game to provide a similar experience. Not surprised it isn’t holding players.
BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 7 months ago
sad i thought this game was pretty fun
obinice@lemmy.world 7 months ago
The fuck is XDefiant…
Ephera@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
Apparently, it’s like Smash Bros in the Ubisoft universe, except it’s a first-person shooter.
So, you got different factions from Far Cry, Splinter Cell etc. with which you can play…
Katana314@lemmy.world 7 months ago
If nothing else, it is kind of fun that they’ve merged universes a bit.
In Watch Dogs Legion, DedSec is contacted by the Assassin Order who needs their help taking down Templars that are working with Albion - basically merging protagonists/villains of both series.
Ghost Recon has also previously guest starred Sam Fisher and operators from Siege.
obinice@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It sounds a little novel if nothing else, I hope it picks up :-)
Man, all business/capitalism/personality-politics stuff aside, it must suck to be a developer, artist, writer, actor etc on something for years, pour your heart into it for a solid percentage chunk of your remaining lifespan on this Earth, and then have it fall flat.
Especially if it’s not so much the thing you made, but stuff outside of your control that’s holding it back. Lacklustre marketing for example - I hadn’t even heard of this.
slaacaa@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Ubisoft’s free version of COD. I tried it as a friend was raving about it, tbh it’s a fine game if somebody likes this style. The character’s from the Ubi universe are just a gimmick, most olay the same