![]() ![]() XDefiant is a free-to-play online multiplayer first-person shooter. XDefiant enters the free-to-play shooter space in 2023 alongside promising-looking titles like The Finalsand Hyenas. Now, it looks like it’s attempting to capitalise on its expertise and learnings for a more approachable shooter, aimed at a broader audience.īased on initial impressions, it seems to be aiming for a Call of Duty style of game, with a more vibrant art direction, and some character class modifiers to shake things up beyond raw gunplay. The company has already found ongoing success with its considered, competitive tactical shooter Rainbow Six Siege, which it revitalised after a shaky launch in 2015. Nevertheless, the company is making its latest concerted push with XDefiant, an arcade-style shooter that blends different Ubisoft franchises for a fast-paced, class-based FPS. Even developer and publisher giant Ubisoft has tried and failed with new concepts before. A handful of popular behemoths dominate the spare time and disposable incomes of most players, and numerous contenders have come and gone in an attempt to carve out a niche. Gunsmith customization has seven attachment slots: optics, barrel, grip, muzzle, front rail, magazine, and stock.In 2023, free-to-play gaming is cutthroat. It's a fairly standard arsenal of assault rifles, LMGs, sniper rifles, shotguns, and SMGs. Like Call of Duty, players can build custom loadouts and equip various attachments to guns. It's safe to assume later faction additions will too. DedSec, in particular, seems like it'll need to be unlocked through gameplay at launch. Worth noting: it doesn't seem like all of XDefiant's factions will be immediately available. DedSec (Watch Dogs): The hackers from Watch Dogs has gotten a lot more militant here, they've got a disruption-based ability kit, able to hack enemy deployables and disrupt enemy HUD/radar.Īccording to Ubisoft's XDefiant post-release roadmap, there will be more factions on the way after the game's 1.0 launch, releasing alongside its seasonal content drops.Here, they have a damage-focused ability kit, because they're still into starting fires. Cleaners (The Division): Those guys from the Division who were into starting fires.Echelon (Splinter Cell): These are support characters and colleagues of our man Sam Fisher who can evade enemy detection and reveal enemy locations.The Phantoms are ex-Ghost mercenaries with a Tank-like ability suite, with extra health and deployable shields. ![]() Phantoms (Ghost Recon): Apparently Ghost Recon is something you can defect from.They have a healing-focused toolkit, including a Passive ability that slowly heals nearby teammates with "the contagious spirit of freedom." Sure! Libertad (Far Cry): Freedom Fighters from Far Cry 6's Yara.Here are the Factions currently available in XDefiant: Ubisoft has said they'll be adding more factions with seasonal updates. Originally, the available factions were all from the Clancyverse, but Ubisoft has dropped the Tom Clancy branding to pull in factions from its other franchises. Your Faction choice is separate from your loadout, and can be swapped in-game like you can swap loadouts. XDefiant features Factions, which function like character classes by determining which passive, active, and Ultimate abilities you'll have available during play. ![]()
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