r/XDefiant

I miss XDefiant more than I miss my ex.

Is there ANY alternative to it?

I tried THE FINALS, but I just don't like it. I really need a fast-paced, arcade-style arena shooter. The dopamine rush from XDefiant was an absolute elixir. 😭

I'll say it, I wasn't a big fan of Xdefiant when it released. But looking back I feel like I was blinded by the sbmm in COD.

Just for comparison I will talk about COD MW3 since I kept going back to that at the time. I like the game, and think that it's only held back by its skins and sbmm. The gunplay was nice, ttk was a bit quick but not bad. I liked the movement so much more compared to BO6 or BO7.

Now looking a Xdefiant, at the time I felt like I was playing with sweats every game but instead I should have thought about the game not having sbmm and that I just needed to improve. The big thing with Xdefiant is that the game wasn't trying to be serious but then a few updates in ruin the immersion with skins like COD, Xdefiant threw everything at the wall at launch and made fans expect anything to come from the game which I would rather more then the same cycle of COD ruining their game.

Also I think now with COD being hated on for its sbmm rug pull in BO7, I think a game like Xdefiant would do great without sbmm. Or possibly a new game trying to be more serious like the older CODs that blew up on PS5.

I loved this game and it sucks it was taken down. Does anyone have any FPS shooters like this one they could recommend? Not call of duty. That game has gone downhill. More like an FPS that is as simple as XDefiant.