XDefiant Needs to Include a FPS Staple Mechanic That It Never Should Have Left Out
The latest issue that XDefiant players are complaining about is sure to place Ubisoft between a rock and a hard place.
Ubisoft continues to draw flak from XDefiant fans as the first-person shooter’s player base finds issues within the game that the studio is hard-pressed to fix. With a poor response to its game modes working in tandem with a plethora of gameplay problems that plague its player base, XDefiant’s ambitious premise has failed to achieve the heights that Ubisoft and producer Mark Rubin hoped it would manage.
Despite bringing a very unique concept that brings various factions from popular Ubisoft titles to a single game in which they try to gain the upper hand against each other in a fresh take on the FPS genre, XDefiant has largely failed to capture the attention of players who prefer its competition.
XDefiant’s Many Issues Hamstring Its Progress
Despite efforts on Ubisoft’s end to bring XDefiant back into the game with some Helldivers-styled missions, the game’s poor balancing and badly implemented mechanics continue to work against it along with a distinct lack of modes and features that could allow players to begin enjoying its excellent concept.
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While players’ complaints about the game have largely been ignored by Rubin and Ubisoft in lieu of making changes to weapon attachments and buffs for certain factions or adding new content to the game, a recurring complaint among players about the lack of a basic feature is one that the studio should take seriously for XDefiant to match up to its competitors.
Ubisoft Needs To Keep Its Promises and Fast
The latest complaint to join a long list of gripes that XDefiant players have with the game is the lack of a killcam, a feature that Ubisoft has previously said would be added to the game.
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However, the killcam’s absence from the game has become enough of a pain point for players that some of them have taken to platforms like Reddit to learn more about its exclusion from XDefiant, as showcased in the post below.
Other players were quick to point out that a killcam may not be a feasible addition to a free-to-play title on account of their resource-intensive nature and the need to code them from scratch.
However, others were quick to argue that a probable cause for their absence in XDefiant could be Ubisoft attempting to keep the game’s core issues from coming to the fore through their use.
Another player was quick to point out another benefit of having killcams in FPS games, addressing an issue that continues to plague online multiplayer titles.
It’s clear that XDefiant’s road to redemption is going to be a long and hard one. Fans of the game would hope that Ubisoft takes their feedback in its stride and ups its efforts to fix the title considering its immense potential for a truly rewarding FPS experience.
