XDefiant Is Not a Call of Duty Killer... It Actually Gets the Basics Right
- last year
I finally got a chance to hop into XDefiant after suffering through YouTubers talking vaguely about it over generic footage for months thanks to Ubisoft's NDA.
And while everyone is debating whether or not it's the next Call of Duty killer — a phrase as old as the 2000s, the game apart from those wild expectations has a lot of potential.
XDefiant went closed beta last week with a huge Twitch event lasting through to the 23rd of April.
My initial reaction to the presentation after coming from Call of Duty was refreshing. XDefiant's UI and UX are clean, casual, and intuitive. It's great to have a UI that behaves like a video game menu and not a Netflix dashboard.
The color, contrast, and art design are simple and clean and do what every arcade shooter should — streamlines the booting up, queueing in, and fragging down pipeline.
That same philosophy — focusing and facilitating gameplay above all else — is carried over to my favorite part of XDefiant right now...
Here's hoping Ubisoft has some very strong roadmaps in the future that can carve out a unique brand for this game.
We arcade shooter fans need this game to succeed.
See you on the battlefield and as always, stay cool, gentlemen.
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Email: ben@giantnerd.co
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And while everyone is debating whether or not it's the next Call of Duty killer — a phrase as old as the 2000s, the game apart from those wild expectations has a lot of potential.
XDefiant went closed beta last week with a huge Twitch event lasting through to the 23rd of April.
My initial reaction to the presentation after coming from Call of Duty was refreshing. XDefiant's UI and UX are clean, casual, and intuitive. It's great to have a UI that behaves like a video game menu and not a Netflix dashboard.
The color, contrast, and art design are simple and clean and do what every arcade shooter should — streamlines the booting up, queueing in, and fragging down pipeline.
That same philosophy — focusing and facilitating gameplay above all else — is carried over to my favorite part of XDefiant right now...
Here's hoping Ubisoft has some very strong roadmaps in the future that can carve out a unique brand for this game.
We arcade shooter fans need this game to succeed.
See you on the battlefield and as always, stay cool, gentlemen.
Go check us out on:
Twitter: @giantnerdco
Website: www.giantnerd.co
Email: ben@giantnerd.co
#gameplay #gaming #fps #fpsgames #newgameplay #gamer #firstpersonshooter #gamingvideos #gamingcommunity #videogames #gamingclips #ubisoft #ubisoftgames #arenashooter #tomclancy #ghostrecon #thedivision2 #thedivision #splintercell #farcry6 #watchdogs #watchdogs2 #twitch #twitchclips #twitchtv #farcry #xdefiant #xdefiantgameplay #xdefiantbeta