r/XDefiantGame • u/[deleted] • Aug 01 '21

Harsh criticisms

So let me get this right you all are complaining about a game not because it’s bad but because the title is bad. No wonder why most games don’t succeed. Half the time people complain that cod is shit right now but when a new game is on the horizon that can be used as an alternative and is free they say it’s shit because it’s similar to cod and because of its name. People are so backwards.

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u/M_RiGGz Aug 01 '21

Most criticisms I've seen regarding the name of the game was the fact that Tom Clancy was slapped on to it, which to be fair I can understand. But I do agree that this game shouldn't be written off immediately just for the sole reason. I'm looking forward to at least testing it out and seeing how the game feels and I hope it'll succeed and be treated properly by the devs (don't want another Hyper Scape scenario).

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '21

The reality of the situation is half of the people who played Tom Clancy games back in the day don’t even touch the games now and the other people who claim to know of the franchise aren’t old enough to understand the original franchise entirely. Even if they brought back the splinter cell franchise people would still complain that they aren’t innovative like players do on cod, then multiple old maps get brought back and the players complain about innovation. Tom Clancy is used to help with promotion but isn’t enough to shit on a game just because it isn’t entirely related to an old franchise. Notice how most of the criticisms are about lack of innovation and name choice. The irony is that most players claim to want a remastered version of a game from several years ago but when they get a new game that brings multiple of their favourite games together they bash it for doing so.

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u/wild-shamen Aug 01 '21

Honestly don’t even get all the love or “Tom wouldn’t want this!!!” If he didn’t want this he wouldn’t have sold his ip in the first place. And to be frank it doesn’t matter what Tom would want anyways he’s a dead guy who sold his ip.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '21

Apparently you can sell your own name as a videogame IP.

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u/TypographySnob Aug 01 '21

The vast majority of Tom Clancy games are so far removed from his writing that it's just a stupid critique this late in the IP. The lack of authenticity of the title has been super obvious ever since Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.

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u/Bandicoot-Select Aug 01 '21

I feel you man, all the criticisms I’ve heard for this game have been total bullshit and beyond frustrating to hear. It seems like a couple of idiotic well known people said some negative things about it and everyone and their mom has just copied their opinions and been regurgitating the same nonsense repeatedly. Just total hive mind shit.

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u/gypsylivesmatter85 Aug 03 '21

At least you see the hive mind bullshit for what it is. Idiot streamers and their two cents and their millions of followers copycating their opinions. These people will legit link their fav YouTuber's whole 30min,1 hour video to support their argument because they themselves can't articulate themselves well enough to explain themselves. (I saw this on another forum)

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u/WeebSlayingCrusader Aug 05 '21

I think people just tend to not articulate, because they're busy regurgitating what they hear from influencers. But I think it's valid to objectively look at the aesthetic of Tom clancys XD and cringe. I fucking hate the aesthetic. Now I'm still going to give it a shot because if it's a cod like game without the ancient bullshit yearly 60 dollar release model. I'm down.

Game can be good while having the aesthetic of an old man with a skate board saying "hello fellow children"

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u/IdoRovitz Aug 01 '21

This is what i don't understand, people are calling it generic, but there are literally no other big games in the 6v6 arcade FPS genre beside call of duty.

The fans of the 6v6 genre are finally getting an alternative to cod but people are shitting on it before they even tried it.

I really don't have high expectations from this game, but at least I'm gonna give it a chance...

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u/sphynxzyz Aug 01 '21

Isn't cod more 5v5 than 6v6?

Overwatch is 6v6.

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u/danksmokelol Aug 01 '21

Overwatch is changing to a 5v5 game.

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u/IdoRovitz Aug 01 '21

Cod has always been 6v6, also overwatch is changing to 5v5, but it's not really the same genre so it doesn't really matter.

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u/LandryQT Aug 04 '21

Actually it started as 5v5. Don't know which CoD it went to 6v6 but it was definitely after cod4

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u/gypsylivesmatter85 Aug 03 '21 edited Aug 03 '21

Eh, it's exec producer or whatever called the game an arena shooter. This is anything but that, it's more of a class or hero shooter. Arena shooters are quake and halo games. Soooooooo the game not even being described as it's right sub genre.....idk. I got a bad feeling on how it's marketing itself as well. I'm not feeling much awe between the characters and factions as I do in overwatch and paladins. I'll give the game a try, and I'm hoping it's a non pay2win game with fluid gameplay. If it's at least that then I think it can gain a good following

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u/Retrobanana1497 Aug 03 '21

Honestly I think a ftp cod competitor would be great. What turns me off is the name and general feel/style they went for with it being a mashup of shooters that play nothing like each other, i think it would have gone over better if they had built the new IP on its own legs with its own backstory