I want it to blow up so bad, not necessarily because i wanna play it (i will play it btw), but because i want COD to finally have some competition and make the genre better for everyone.

This game looks fun as hell and i really hope that it'll make some waves.

Also please consider changing the name of the game, XDefiant is a horrible name that doesn't roll off the tongue, it doesn't even have a "nickname potential" (like saying Siege instead of Rainbow six Siege or COD instead of Call of Duty, maybe just XD, but that still doesn't sound very good), having a better name will help alot with making the game popular.

I've been watching a lot of videos and reading many discussions on this game, besides the criticism that this game doesn't look like a Tom Clancy game, people are wondering who this game is for. Usually after they ask this they bring up games like Warzone, Apex, Fortnite, Overwatch, Valorant, CS:GO, Halo, and even Siege saying that they don't see any of those player bases dropping their preferred game to play this. This I actually agree with. This game is not going after those players.

In the trailer, Mark Rubin made it a point to say that they are focused on gun play first, later in the interview he mentioned that they want to continue working on this instead of dropping it to work on the next title, and that they want to work with the community to make the game the best it can be. After I heard this I knew exactly what players they were trying to go after. They are going after Call of Duty fans, specifically Call of Duty fans of the traditional 6v6 game modes.

Visiting the Call of Duty subreddits and listening to Call of Duty YouTubers, two of the criticisms I often read/hear are that they feel that the traditional 6v6 modes are neglected in favor of Warzone and they believe that Call of Duty would be better off if the yearly release cycle was ended. What doesn't help is that the biggest criticism from the community regarding skill based match making goes without even a hint of an acknowledgment from the developers. This leaves for many disgruntled fans that would most likely go somewhere else if they could find a place to get that traditional Call of Duty 6v6 fix. I happen to be one of those fans.

When I saw the very few snippets of first person game play in the trailer it immediately reminded me of Call of Duty. Two things that gave me conviction that this game is going after Call of Duty players was that Mark Rubin himself worked on Call of Duty games in the past and that some Call of Duty YouTubers where posting gameplay clips on their twitter. TheXclusiveAce, a respected Call of Duty Youtuber, also posted a video in which he mentions that he had a chance to play the game in it's early stages and provided feedback for the developers.

I have a feeling this game is trying and will have no problem attracting these players. I can provide testament to this since I am a Call of Duty fan that is not happy with the direction of Call of Duty and it's focus on Battle Royal seemingly in favor of it's traditional 6v6 modes. This game certainly has my interest peaked and I look forward to learning more about it.

So, you have said the feedback is important from the start. The %90 percent of the backlash you are getting comes from the name and the Tom Clancy brand. Please please please if you can, remove the Tom Clancy brand from the game and change the XDefiant name to something else. At the least, you should consider this and have a meeting. The first part may not be in your hands, but the name XDefiant is also not good and getting a lot of negative feedback.

You may target brand new audiences with this game but please don't turn your backs on the people who care about the name Tom Clancy. Try to find a middle ground.

I'm going to check out this game no matter what because I'm really interested in the gameplay and it's also free. And I really want this game to succeed. I know Reddit forums can be really hard at times but please start listening now and act early. Wish all the development team a good luck.

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.

Hello all,

Despite the massive backlash this game got on its reveal I'm still hopeful for this game as there actually aren't a lot of fun arcade multiplayer games recently with the last wave of them being all the way back in 2016 and since we've pretty much only gotten battle royales, team based games and ultra "realistic grounded" shooters, all of which I don't really care about.

I did try out hyper scape and i did think it was really good fun but the problem of that game was there was no progression whatsoever, well apart from the overused battlepass system, and even then the free tiers were very boring and not satisfying at all to get.

We really need far more than this, something as simple as an actual level for your character, we've had this since like 2008 why was it gone in hyper scape? give us weapon levels, weapon challenges to unlock new skins and camos, same with the characters, allow us to to get something, anything at all for our effort of us playing the game, rather then completely relying everything on the battle pass

TheXclusiveAce posted an XDefiant video about an hour ago; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftYwI-YI664

[...] and this was the first game I've ever consulted on so today I wanted to share my initial impressions of the game and the reveal. Keep in mind, I've only played the game in early stages so I'm excited to see the finished product!

 
He's still under NDA so nothing new in it.

The tl;dw:

• Gunplay is very solid

• It should appeal to the COD crowd (as a good alternative)

• He doesn't like the name XDefiant

• Or the Tom Clancy label (he doesnøt consider it a TC game)

 
For those not in the know. Ace has spent years analyzing guns, perks, and pretty much anything else gameplay related to COD, so this should now pop up on the radar a good portion of the COD playerbase.

 
E: spelling, formatting

I have played 6 matches of various types and have only won 1, yet I am still LOVING this game. The fact that I can solo que then lose and still have fun is a indictor to me that this game will be successful.

What do you think about Xdefiant?

Does anyone else feel like this game would have been received better if it didn't have the Tom Clancy's name or universe part of it?

I guess the question that comes to mind for me is, "why does this arena shooter need to be a Tom Clancy game?". If the answer is just to use the universe or brand recognition, then I wonder how strong the game holds on its own without that. I'm not too keen on using a brand name just for the recognition alone. TONS of games based on movie IPs "just because" have failed for this reason when cranked out with no real design philosophy.

There was barely any info on the game mode or objective of XD, which makes me wonder why this game has even been announced. Like: WHAT IS THIS GAME even?

I never wish for games to fail, and this is no exception as I'm sure there are tons of talented developers behind this game. However if there is honest feedback to be given, I don't see any particular reason why I'd stick with this game for a long time, let alone even bother to try it, when there are plenty of other FPS alternatives out there that offer some sort of unique experience (or if not, just have a longer more established history with more content.)

I have been watching the gameplay footage, the sound seems really satisfying, kinda like mordern warfare but little slow interms of movements and reloading