The massive problem with games like this is no matter how much money they spend they will fail to replicate the feel, fluidity of call of duty. The movement and aiming feel JANK compared to cod.
@doodlenov it'll always make a profit because people buy CoD like they do FIFA and 2k. Doesn't matter what they do to it (or what they lack to do, rather). But in terms of player count and retention, yes they only hurt themselves.
I think the emoji reactions are actually pretty cool. As far as psychology, they force you to be aware of your emotions, which likely reduces how extreme they are, especially in a casual setting. It’s also just a nice feature in that you don’t have to stop playing and open chat to say “nice shot” if you’re inclined to say it to someone. Idk I think it’s kinda cool
Another Ubisoft IP “For Honor” has a quick chat feature that people LOVE to use. Just like when I take down the entire team they show appreciation by spamming “Thanks! thanks! Thanks!”
They've gotta be for the devs right? Which death is more infuriating that others, which ones are straight up goofy, and which make me want to uninstall
I played it a bit last night and I think this game constantly being referred to as a CoD killer is not only not helping it, but it’s actually hurting it. It’s not that much like CoD, and we need to judge it based on its own merit and people going into it expecting an older CoD style game will be disappointed because it’s not exactly like them, even if they otherwise would have liked it with the correct expectations. Idk, maybe it’s just me.
@@xmcblxck Exactly man, you go into it expecting it to be exactly like old CoD is going to leave you disappointed in it, because you thought there was going to be killstreaks and things like that. I can see the similarities but it's an arcadey shooter, so there were bound to be overlapping gameplay elements. Feels a lot more of a hybrid between CoD and Overwatch I'd say.
@@AntonMaslo TBF, R6 was pretty damn good the first couple season. They really started to go off the rails with some of the operators and just turned it into a utility game
@@iApollyon yes, they lost the original team (and vision) around year 3 or so, I think? Even then, having a game similar to Raven Shield would be both awesome and impossible with current Ubi.
@@Kuypers11 I haven't heard of this before but that is something to be excited for, been wondering for awhile why they haven't done a SC: Pandora Tomorrow or chaos theory remaster those games were so fun
It’s just a fun arena shooter. It doesn’t try to be anything else. I know people have been having server and connection issues, but I personally haven’t seen any, game has run smooth as butter for me. Let’s just hope the live service content doesn’t get stale too quickly
Might as well just go play good old Quake again if you want good basic FPS DM Arena gameplay.. In over 30 years nothing really changed (only the corprerate greed and monetization systems added)..
Server issues literally lasted like 3 hours, since then it's a 2 second wait to find a lobby with no issue absolutely every time I try to play now even in the welcome sbmm lobby the matchmaking is almost instant
Psychologically speaking, I guess offering an instant emoji reaction to being killed is easier than getting all toxic in the chat. Did anyone sit down and think that deeply about it? No idea lol
In my personal opinion from my experience, it seems like games that have offered a way react in-game to what's happening with an appropriate response can help limit toxic releases between both teammates and enemies. these systems can certainly be abused depending on how they're implemented with spamming of them but I think it's overall a healthy way to provide the player an output of how they feel about the situation rather than none at all. Some examples are Apex emotes, League of Legends emotes, Escape From Tarkov voicelines, (almost every fighting game ever has taunts of some sort).
Definitely, its honestly my favorite fps even though its only been out for a little while. I already have 8 hours in the game and I only got it yesterday
It plays like old cod, the abilities and stuff don't hinder how the game plays. As opposed to everything in cod that wasn't in older games getting in the way.
Wow you must be a descendent of Socrates or Einstein. You think it will find an audience. What a wise and well thought out prediction that must have taken great amounts of time to come to that conclusion. Out of all of the people in the world with a console or pc that have the ability to play it; a percentage of them will enjoy it and play. Bravo. Nice job by everyone liking his comment. I am mesmerized by it as well.
This game is actually quite fun, plays like old school Call of Duty. Not a fan of the goofy characters, but I like how the guns are named and modeled after their real-life counterparts (CoD doesn’t do that anymore).
At first i was turned off seeing the wall back ability, but seeing it function really takes me back to blacklight retribution! Probably gonna be rocking that a lot personally when it's done downloading.
This game isn’t the COD killer, but it definitely is what fans has been asking Activision to do with COD… No SBMM in Casual playlists, Clean and simple main menu, Guns with their real names and amazing movement… You can outplay whoever is shooting from behind something hard to do in COD
@@ADHDxDahveed You gonna tell me the best selling game every year excluding when GTA games come out doesn’t have the money for it and a UBISOFT F2P newest IP does?? Activision is just being cheap and greedy
@@ADHDxDahveednot really. Ubisoft isn't paying for the actual licensing for these weapons' branding, like how Activision used to with Springfield and Remington. Infact, most firearm manufactuters are against selling their brand's likeness to video game developers, the government is also against using the likeness and branding of firearms in media, that are developed by opposing countries that aren't apart of NATO. The designation for a firearm isn't the same as branding. They could get away with calling the MP5, the "MP5" in the game's files and visible menus, HUD, etc., but they aren't getting away with slapping the bright red HK logo on there. The literal reason they stopped using the real world designation for actual firearms and are making pseudo sci-fi, unrealistic models for the weapons you see in-game is due to some arbitrary laws in California (where several of their offices are located) regarding the use of firearms in media, they've also stated they WANT a clear disconnect from reality by having spin-off in-game branding. Rockstar does the exact same thing with the GTA series. An example of this is the in-game weapon foundry "Singuard Arms" which is a clear spin-off of Springfield Armory. You can see a in-game logo stamped on the reciever of the M4 from MW'22, which is an example of a weapon using the actual designation for the firearm it's based off of, but it's "made" by a pretend brand. Not having the real world term and branding for virtual weapons, is a weird reason to dislike a producer and play a different game. "Why isn't the AK-47 just called that? Guess I'll go play something else that just calls a gun by the name it was given in the real world" It's not like it's THAT hard to figure out which guns in the game, are based off their real world equivalent and create a custom blueprint so you can re-name it to what you want.
There are so many awesome maps in this game inspired by The Division franchise, majority of the maps are from those games, goes to show how special those games were. I cant wait for The Division 3 man.
I think the reaction icon is there to allow you vent your emotion (mostly anger, based on CoD) right there and then instead of harassing others. Kinda cool tbh.
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory assymetric multiplayer: the most satisfying online experience I've ever had. If they released just the online portion, before it became needlessly complex, I'd buy it in a flash
@@that80ssongyoulove84the thing is about CoD that it isn’t in a good place right now at all. MW3 was overpriced DLC, the cheating is out of control, and too much resources are put into Warzone and not into the base game anymore. If the MS acquisition of Activision is going to help CoD, then this years iteration will have to be the only CoD for at least two years. Look Battlefield as a series, a new one doesn’t need to come out every year to be relevant , but each one gets a ton of support for years.
Dude I'm so excited that this is out, I played in the last few days of open beta and it felt so danm good. I'm excited to see if it feels as good now that it's out
Ur actually a great streamer ur not annoying like most streamers ur a great player and it's just a breathe of fresh air to watch somebody like that god bless n keep on keepin on
Most streamers: Mentions chat a million times while ignoring them completely Jack: I'm hungry wheres some food Also Jack: Finds food and spelling errors 😂
Your literally a saint if I didn’t have you I would never know what to play next bc I get bored of what we already have and you give me new information about the next games 🙏
Why do people always claim it's the next "insert game title here" killer. A game can be good and do it's own thing, but this isn't replacing CoD, it is 't even really the same overall type of game.
Weird thing is I played this game yesterday and it's literally just cod with a different name. Like I can't imagine why I would play this over cod when it's the same thing lol. Also I buy cod only for zombies so if the next title has a good round based zombies mode as rumoured then there's no reason for me to go for another series
Honestly, my friends who were hardcore COD fans all ditched COD for this game and I have to say, it really does feel like how COD used to be, and once you get over the learning curve it’s relatively fun. The body hit boxes are mildly annoying but the TTK is already super low in this game, so it doesn’t really matter They need to rebalance the guns though. SMGs are way too strong right now. Additionally, I personally don’t like Cleaner’s passive
Why does Jackfrags’ description of Division lore kind of make it sound like a virus turns the infected into Christmas elves who enforce an infinite Christmas upon New York through violence?
Emoji reactions can also be feedback data to identify pain points with players. Its also good for extra feedback on the mood of the players compared to reading a reddit or review.
Jack, found you while watching Westie, Stod, and Tomo and I'm so glad I did. Your videos/streams are just so unique compared to how everyone else reacts to and talks about games. Keep it up.
Somehow the map especially the indoors reminds me of how I used to play the now gone Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Phantoms also by Ubisoft that was Free to Play back in the day and those were good times. Happy to see it in some form here with XDefiant and now looking forward to try this as well
@@tomsbondarsthe finals alone just has better hitreg and going behind walls actually works lol. That makes a big difference, but as a direct cod competitor, this is great
Finals is good but the mode is just ehh tbh. It gets old after a while. The new mode is ehh as well. The maps in xdefiant are so much better and gunplay feels great as well
A lot of people play solo. Who don't have friends to play with. Anything that can bridge that social gap helps imo. Its like when someone commends your kill in chivalry 2. Its nice to have that splitsecond social connection.
My only complaint is that I wish it came out with more game modes like TDM, SND , CTF , ETC. But I'm sure it will come with time and I'm loving the simplicity of the game so far!
@@dybixs1400it's the arcade factor that makes it feel like a classic shooter like the old cods. There's no other game that's arena based that captures this feel out rn and that's just facts.
@@PhilusMoore808s wtf does "arcade factor" even means? Today's COD is years light more arcade than any COD before Advance Warfare, you literally have unicorn operators and weapon skins, gamemodes that let you fly and the ability to create absolute 0 sense weapons in the gunsmith. What did you had back in the day? All Milsim operators even in BO2 + Real life weapons and much slower movement. You don't make any sense with that language
@@dybixs1400 you are clearly very upset. It’s a simple and easy game, and most importantly it’s fun, altough I only played like 2 hours. Older cods were much more fun for a lot of people. For me, it feels a bit like BO4, which was imo a good game. This is free to play, which makes it very accessible. You don’t have to play it if you don’t like it. It aims for the a similar audience as COD, and if it will be successful, it will have a positive impact of future cod games as well (cause of competition). Relax dude
i actually really like this, its fun, also free to play was a great move. seems like not many youtubers are talking about it? also, someone who studies psychology and neuroscience, im not sure there is a reason other than being different to CoD and Overwatch. Emojis show more emotion than written words, for example, in rocket league toe dual meanings of something like 'nice shot' or 'what a save', these can either be perceived sarcastically or in a friendly manner, depending on context, but emojis are more emotive and therefore engaging to players. but likely the first reason i said, just to differ from cod and overwatch
Played it last night and the only negative is the progression is so slow. Played it for almost 2 hours and unlocked one sight in the whole time I was playing.
Does anyone remember Shatterline? No? Because that was supposed to be a "CoD Killer" too. It also even came with a PvE game mode that lots of people liked. But now no one is playing it, and no one talks about it. Because CoD will never die. It's just too ingrained in the gaming world.
True. Otherwise CoD would've been gone for the past 15 years, it only got more successful once it became a milking machine with the forced MW2 release back then.
No one calls anything a "killer" seriously. Path of Exile hasn't killed Diablo, CoD and Battlefield haven't killed each other, FF XIV didn't kill WoW, WoW didn't kill FF XIV, Dota 2 and LoL, Valorant and Counter Strike, all happily competing and coexisting in their respective segments of the market. Almost no game is killed by another game. Games are killed by publishers cutting costs and bigger studios buying smaller ones to poach talent, tech and intellectual property.
Bro finally someone who mentioned Shatterline. I played it for alittle while. Xdefiant feels so similar. But Shatterline has a pretty decent coop mode unlike this. Sad it didn't gain the popularity it deserves.
Says this AK bounces like crazy. Well Jack, that is how actual AK's are in full auto. Forget what gameplay tells you, thats an AK. Also, the accuracy drops off HUGE after 150, to 200 yards.
I am loving xdefiant. Watch a few set up videos to get your movement sorted then it's great fun . After level 25 with no sbmm its refreshing suddenly stats mean something and you have a real idea if you are playing well .
kinda hate that all shooters nowadays have characters u can choose with weird perks. wish it was like the old cod where u just have a couple of perks and thats it. (wouldve loved no perks but perks was fine to me)
Go play old cod! This isn't supposed to be CoD. I don't disagree though and that's why I am buying a 360 and going to enjoy mw1, 2, 3, bo2 etc. Hackers or not idc anything beats modern cods
Psychology behind the reacts when you got killed: You can vent your anger so you don't get angry/salty that fast and you keep playing and dont rage quit.
As someone with a psych degree, its hard to pinpoint exactly why they have implemented the kill ranking system, however I believe it is due to player agency. For the player to be able to express how they feel directly to the server, even if the submission is completely ignored, the player feels as though their concerns have been heard and that is a validating feeling. Only time will tell if this feature can actually be utilised in some fashion that is useful to players or if it is just another gimmick…
I am liking the unlock system so far, and the classes being pretty locked down is easy to understand. Some of the abilities are a bit OP like wall hacks, but some of the support options do help even it out. Overall id say 9/10 shooter! No tdm is sad though..
I don’t think some people understand how much of a grip COD has on the market. There is no shooter that will ever displace COD from being at the top whether we like it or not. COD has a massive presence in Latin America and that’s something that people forget about.
The fact that they've finally bought back some parts of Ghost Recon Phantoms.... The level on the ship in the first clip where you drop down on the pillar and the outer section of the metal foundry map are all taken from Ghost Recon Phantoms. 😊
This game sucks ass. Will be interesting to see if it survives for more than a year and a half. Ghost Recon Online made it like a year or so if I remember correctly and that was at least fun.
PS5 player here and I wish they would make a direct distinction for crossplay to be console or PC. I don't want to play with PC players but I have friends who play on Xbox, so if I disable cross play, I can no longer play with them.
After nearly a decade or so of watching good ol' Jack, it never ceases to amaze me how he can land the most absolutely nasty shots while talking casually, we don't deserve you man, keep it up legend!
@jackfrags, bro you are so hilarious in this game. I love your non chalant characteristics you bring. The emoji thing was like meh, then you made it funny. "Oh yay, we got battle pass skins, I am so excited.... I can't wait to die" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I think as someone who occasionally appraises the skills of others I kinda get the whole emotes. I like this is something different and so far free got it on ps5 to give it a go this weekend
People say that Ubi game wont last and stuff like that, but Ubi actually supports their games really well even after they flop in the beginning. For Honor has been around for ever after nearly collapsing right when it was launched, R6 almost collapsed before operation health, only to become one of the most popular fps games around to date. Hope they go after it with this game as well, I played a small amount of Xdefiant but honestly, it has the core to be a great cod alternative for people that do not have the funds to buy cod every year. It is unbelievably expensive in my region for example.
For all the OG Boys from back then: It's so refreshing to play without SBMM again. I have absolutely no problem with losing and dying more often in some rounds because in other rounds I can finally play as well as I did in the old MW3 and MW2. I was very high up on the leaderboards back then, so there weren't that many of me, so rounds with 80:2 or better were not uncommon. In the new CoD games it's just so frustrating to play only 15:15 rounds over and over again because you're only playing against the top 1% and can barely get above an overall 1KD. The healthy balance in xDefiant makes the game SO entertaining and almost nostalgic. No SBMM and my overall KD is immediately 3.8. This is a game I'm happy to pay for a season pass for again!
I'm not sure how this can be a cod killer. It's nothing like COD by the looks of it. The best thing about old school COD was it didn't have gimmicky player abilities, just the killstreak rewards.
Yes! I hate the special stuff. Bf 2042, black ops 4i lost my mind. I gotta now use a gimmick special ability. They have to now watch what is OP. Will there be updates? The store is too expensive and there is not much stuff. What is the 3 month plan?
Doesnt take much to be better than a cod game anymore
@@xers6704Huh? Ironically anyone that uses that term is that.
Well it can't even do that
idc if there is an "Cod killer" ill still and always play cod and ill never and ever leave it
The massive problem with games like this is no matter how much money they spend they will fail to replicate the feel, fluidity of call of duty. The movement and aiming feel JANK compared to cod.
@@ASadTeddyBearhave you even played the game? The feeling is identical and there is no SBMM
Cod has always been the REAL cod killer
lol I’m here before this comment blows up
Just like wow ,has always been the wow killer
not if we go by sales and revenue lmao
@@peewzEE true that, and halo since 343
@doodlenov it'll always make a profit because people buy CoD like they do FIFA and 2k. Doesn't matter what they do to it (or what they lack to do, rather). But in terms of player count and retention, yes they only hurt themselves.
I think the emoji reactions are actually pretty cool. As far as psychology, they force you to be aware of your emotions, which likely reduces how extreme they are, especially in a casual setting.
It’s also just a nice feature in that you don’t have to stop playing and open chat to say “nice shot” if you’re inclined to say it to someone.
Idk I think it’s kinda cool
I cant justify removing all chat just so I can reply with an emoji after I die
@@kovoo77 they removed all chat??
I like the emoji feature you’re absolutely correct
It pisses me off less when I die 😂
Sod That LOL, I ain’t an American Teenager that uses emojis in everything they do 24/7 LOL
However, you do spam LOL multiple times in your writing which is almost as juvenile.
Jack: Doesn't care about death reacts.
Also Jack: Instantly addicted to death reacts.
As he said - "the psychology"
Also Jack when there's no emoji for how he's feeling: My world's falling apart. Idk how I could live with myself
Another Ubisoft IP “For Honor” has a quick chat feature that people LOVE to use. Just like when I take down the entire team they show appreciation by spamming “Thanks! thanks! Thanks!”
What if there isn't an emoji how I'm feeling? My world will fall a part. lolol.
They've gotta be for the devs right? Which death is more infuriating that others, which ones are straight up goofy, and which make me want to uninstall
I played it a bit last night and I think this game constantly being referred to as a CoD killer is not only not helping it, but it’s actually hurting it. It’s not that much like CoD, and we need to judge it based on its own merit and people going into it expecting an older CoD style game will be disappointed because it’s not exactly like them, even if they otherwise would have liked it with the correct expectations. Idk, maybe it’s just me.
Agreed, it's more of a combination of CoD and Overwatch. I'd somewhat compare it to Black Ops 4 maybe, otherwise it feels nothing like recent CoDs.
true, i can already see the 'hate' wave coming in because expectations weren't met...
I agree. Not a CoD killer. Just a better and more relaxing to play instead with NO SBMM in public matches. CoD is killing itself!
Idk feels like an older cod, I’ll compare em because cod sucks and this will hopefully set the bar for what a cod should be
@@xmcblxck Exactly man, you go into it expecting it to be exactly like old CoD is going to leave you disappointed in it, because you thought there was going to be killstreaks and things like that. I can see the similarities but it's an arcadey shooter, so there were bound to be overlapping gameplay elements. Feels a lot more of a hybrid between CoD and Overwatch I'd say.
New era has has begun, old school simple FPS as F2P service game. It's all I wanted.
this is so teamfortress' payload with overwatch vibes.
@@cortedemico So, "Shatterline" then ;-)
It's actually been 11 years since the last splinter cell
I'd love for the series to continue. I'd hate for UbiSoft to do it, though. It's a place where good series go to die (just look what they did to R6).
@@AntonMaslo TBF, R6 was pretty damn good the first couple season. They really started to go off the rails with some of the operators and just turned it into a utility game
@@iApollyon yes, they lost the original team (and vision) around year 3 or so, I think? Even then, having a game similar to Raven Shield would be both awesome and impossible with current Ubi.
@@AntonMaslo Ubisoft is rebooting the franchise, currently in development. I hope they do it right and bring back Spies vs Mercs like Chaos Theory
@@Kuypers11 I haven't heard of this before but that is something to be excited for, been wondering for awhile why they haven't done a SC: Pandora Tomorrow or chaos theory remaster those games were so fun
It’s just a fun arena shooter. It doesn’t try to be anything else. I know people have been having server and connection issues, but I personally haven’t seen any, game has run smooth as butter for me. Let’s just hope the live service content doesn’t get stale too quickly
Might as well just go play good old Quake again if you want good basic FPS DM Arena gameplay.. In over 30 years nothing really changed (only the corprerate greed and monetization systems added)..
Server issues literally lasted like 3 hours, since then it's a 2 second wait to find a lobby with no issue absolutely every time I try to play now even in the welcome sbmm lobby the matchmaking is almost instant
you really need to get your optics checked if you think xdefiant is a arena shooter.
Is this PC only game?
Its ubisoft so unfortunately it will get stale quickly
that's the fastest moving splinter cell character ever
sprinter cell
Psychologically speaking, I guess offering an instant emoji reaction to being killed is easier than getting all toxic in the chat.
Did anyone sit down and think that deeply about it? No idea lol
Also they can sell emoji packs 💲💲💲
No toxic voice chat? Shut down the servers
Can we change servers like Europe North America Asia?? Or there will be one default regional server??
Please let me know
It doesn't really hurt anything but it doesn't really help either. So it's kind of just a 'interesting.... moving on...' kind of feature for me.
In my personal opinion from my experience, it seems like games that have offered a way react in-game to what's happening with an appropriate response can help limit toxic releases between both teammates and enemies. these systems can certainly be abused depending on how they're implemented with spamming of them but I think it's overall a healthy way to provide the player an output of how they feel about the situation rather than none at all. Some examples are Apex emotes, League of Legends emotes, Escape From Tarkov voicelines, (almost every fighting game ever has taunts of some sort).
Anyone else surprised there's no outposts to liberate?
lmao😹
I'll mark it on your map.
@@thewightdragon7870 wrong game but still funny.
they'll come as DLC
@@thewightdragon7870 Another settlement needs our help!
this game is so refreshing! hard to believe it is free when cod costs 70 dollars
"You cant put a Red-dot on the Kar98. What the hell dice ?"
-Jackfrags
Especially when it's actually a Mosin nagant
@@MrMozkoZrout also not dice lmao
@@darrin3088 haha yeah but that's like a running joke with Jack
Thank god you can't 😅
Haha always blaming Dice for everything. Even when they are not the developers or publishers 😂
It won’t be the juggernaut that CoD is by any stretch, but it has a simplicity that’s refreshing and I think it will find an audience for sure.
Definitely, its honestly my favorite fps even though its only been out for a little while. I already have 8 hours in the game and I only got it yesterday
It plays like old cod, the abilities and stuff don't hinder how the game plays.
As opposed to everything in cod that wasn't in older games getting in the way.
Wow you must be a descendent of Socrates or Einstein. You think it will find an audience. What a wise and well thought out prediction that must have taken great amounts of time to come to that conclusion. Out of all of the people in the world with a console or pc that have the ability to play it; a percentage of them will enjoy it and play. Bravo. Nice job by everyone liking his comment. I am mesmerized by it as well.
@@CalvZynist😂😂😂😂
@@CalvZynistIf you’re going to leave a worthless and whiny comment to prove to everyone how snide you are, at least use semicolons correctly.
This game is actually quite fun, plays like old school Call of Duty. Not a fan of the goofy characters, but I like how the guns are named and modeled after their real-life counterparts (CoD doesn’t do that anymore).
you can still sweat and slide around in this like in newer cod though
At first i was turned off seeing the wall back ability, but seeing it function really takes me back to blacklight retribution! Probably gonna be rocking that a lot personally when it's done downloading.
Oh yeah I miss Blacklight, running Cloak + Breach Hammer or the Anti Materiel Rifle and making ppl mad with the instakills 😁
Wow that is a flashback
Yea such an amazing game!! Sucks they didn't keep with it
I do love how everything that jack doesn't like is DICEs fault.
It’s an old meme that og jackfrag subscribers know. Before warzone and when he was primarily a battlefield RUclipsr
@@Flat6EnjoyerSarcasm
I wanted to make a brew yesterday but we’d ran out of milk.
That was still Dice’s fault.
@@BetterThanMETA DICE PLEASE
@@Flat6Enjoyer lol kinda like valve plz fix?
Anyone else notice that the robot starts to "victory crouch," as Jack calls it, after the win?
This game isn’t the COD killer, but it definitely is what fans has been asking Activision to do with COD… No SBMM in Casual playlists, Clean and simple main menu, Guns with their real names and amazing movement… You can outplay whoever is shooting from behind something hard to do in COD
the movement is far from amazing
Guns with real names. That's a licensing and trademark thing , gotta pay for the actual name etc and that's a Lotta $.
@@ADHDxDahveed You gonna tell me the best selling game every year excluding when GTA games come out doesn’t have the money for it and a UBISOFT F2P newest IP does?? Activision is just being cheap and greedy
Dont forget map names that dont start with el
@@ADHDxDahveednot really. Ubisoft isn't paying for the actual licensing for these weapons' branding, like how Activision used to with Springfield and Remington. Infact, most firearm manufactuters are against selling their brand's likeness to video game developers, the government is also against using the likeness and branding of firearms in media, that are developed by opposing countries that aren't apart of NATO.
The designation for a firearm isn't the same as branding. They could get away with calling the MP5, the "MP5" in the game's files and visible menus, HUD, etc., but they aren't getting away with slapping the bright red HK logo on there.
The literal reason they stopped using the real world designation for actual firearms and are making pseudo sci-fi, unrealistic models for the weapons you see in-game is due to some arbitrary laws in California (where several of their offices are located) regarding the use of firearms in media, they've also stated they WANT a clear disconnect from reality by having spin-off in-game branding.
Rockstar does the exact same thing with the GTA series.
An example of this is the in-game weapon foundry "Singuard Arms" which is a clear spin-off of Springfield Armory. You can see a in-game logo stamped on the reciever of the M4 from MW'22, which is an example of a weapon using the actual designation for the firearm it's based off of, but it's "made" by a pretend brand.
Not having the real world term and branding for virtual weapons, is a weird reason to dislike a producer and play a different game. "Why isn't the AK-47 just called that? Guess I'll go play something else that just calls a gun by the name it was given in the real world"
It's not like it's THAT hard to figure out which guns in the game, are based off their real world equivalent and create a custom blueprint so you can re-name it to what you want.
Jack was definitely hangry in this one. Get this man a cheeseburger.
He sounds vegan.
@@strongerthanyouallday 😂🤣😅
😂
@@strongerthanyouallday Is he really?
@@Said...0 he literally said he would kill a cheeseburger rn so obviously not
Jackfrags gameplay hit different! Thanks for all the great content over the years!
The first map is based on the Iron Horse raid map from The Division 2, it's a refinery or something.
It's a foundary/steelworks
reminds me of a team fortress 2 map
There are so many awesome maps in this game inspired by The Division franchise, majority of the maps are from those games, goes to show how special those games were. I cant wait for The Division 3 man.
I think the reaction icon is there to allow you vent your emotion (mostly anger, based on CoD) right there and then instead of harassing others. Kinda cool tbh.
Anyone els cracked a little smile when Jack said “Dice plz” when complaining about not being able to put a reddot on the weapon 😂
He does that all the time for pretty much all shooters he plays
A great edition to gaming would be a new Splinter Cell game!
💯
Absolutely
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory assymetric multiplayer: the most satisfying online experience I've ever had. If they released just the online portion, before it became needlessly complex, I'd buy it in a flash
They’re remaking the first one
I would agree, but certainly not with current Ubisoft. Hopefully another company takes over, otherwise they will turn Sam into Samantha.
Not a cod killer, but way MORE FUN than cod is currently 😂
COD hardcore is amazing
You say that till the next black ops game
COD is actually in a good place right now. This game is mediocre.
@@that80ssongyoulove84the thing is about CoD that it isn’t in a good place right now at all. MW3 was overpriced DLC, the cheating is out of control, and too much resources are put into Warzone and not into the base game anymore.
If the MS acquisition of Activision is going to help CoD, then this years iteration will have to be the only CoD for at least two years. Look Battlefield as a series, a new one doesn’t need to come out every year to be relevant , but each one gets a ton of support for years.
@@fragilefilter Exactly, I've been saying it for years that COD needs to have at least a 2 year gap for the new games
Dude I'm so excited that this is out, I played in the last few days of open beta and it felt so danm good. I'm excited to see if it feels as good now that it's out
Honestly wouldn't mind seeing more of this. Great video!
Ur actually a great streamer ur not annoying like most streamers ur a great player and it's just a breathe of fresh air to watch somebody like that god bless n keep on keepin on
Very nice words friend.
He talks too much that is the only downside
Most streamers: Mentions chat a million times while ignoring them completely
Jack: I'm hungry wheres some food
Also Jack: Finds food and spelling errors 😂
*breath
Not really a streamer but I get your point
Your literally a saint if I didn’t have you I would never know what to play next bc I get bored of what we already have and you give me new information about the next games 🙏
This is a Ubisoft game, it will kill itself in no time
Oh shut up
@@Jakeznk game is mediocre
You're on the money 😂
@@heycat33 just wait until ubisoft starts monetizing this thing
I've been thinking this too🤣🤣🤣
Jack just casually hitting absolutely mental sniper shots 😂 no biggie just another day at the office lads
I subscribe to your channel. I really love this game plus you gave great tips and tricks you’re awesome dude keep dropping awesome content.
Why do people always claim it's the next "insert game title here" killer.
A game can be good and do it's own thing, but this isn't replacing CoD, it is 't even really the same overall type of game.
You clicked the video, didn’t you?
That’s your answer.
Cod killed itself a long time ago lol it’s a shell of itself, no need to kill what’s already dead
it is the same
Weird thing is I played this game yesterday and it's literally just cod with a different name. Like I can't imagine why I would play this over cod when it's the same thing lol. Also I buy cod only for zombies so if the next title has a good round based zombies mode as rumoured then there's no reason for me to go for another series
Because the head dev is an ex-cod dev and also explained the goal of the game is to feel like the oldschool cod.
there's so many division 2 assets in this game it makes me want to play division 2
Guys its Ubisoft....this game won't last
LMFAOOOOOOOOOO
You ever heard of farcry
I bet they gonna milk it when they see money coming out of xdefiant
Already banning players for misgendering
Every uBisoft game lasts actually lol ppl say that alot
2 minutes into the video and jack requested new splinter cell game. I LOVE THIS GUY
Honestly, my friends who were hardcore COD fans all ditched COD for this game and I have to say, it really does feel like how COD used to be, and once you get over the learning curve it’s relatively fun.
The body hit boxes are mildly annoying but the TTK is already super low in this game, so it doesn’t really matter
They need to rebalance the guns though. SMGs are way too strong right now. Additionally, I personally don’t like Cleaner’s passive
Smgs are much bigger problem than the snipers and they're way too op as well
Why does Jackfrags’ description of Division lore kind of make it sound like a virus turns the infected into Christmas elves who enforce an infinite Christmas upon New York through violence?
still a better concept than division 2
Pretty accurate to be fair. And money and stuff
Emoji reactions can also be feedback data to identify pain points with players. Its also good for extra feedback on the mood of the players compared to reading a reddit or review.
Jack, found you while watching Westie, Stod, and Tomo and I'm so glad I did. Your videos/streams are just so unique compared to how everyone else reacts to and talks about games. Keep it up.
how tf did you find those guys before jack lol
Ubisoft CoD is possibly one of the most cancerous phrases ever spoken.;
fr, true brain rot
who wants to play anything ubisoft put out recently? Greedy ass company.- Even if they give you money to play their games I still wouldn't go for it.
Lmao
I think this game was developed by an individual developer, where they had 100% say and all ubisoft did was fund them and publish their game.
@@ceasarperez6246 not just any developer though he was an executive developer on infinity ward from COD 2 all the way to Infinite Warfare
Somehow the map especially the indoors reminds me of how I used to play the now gone Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Phantoms also by Ubisoft that was Free to Play back in the day and those were good times. Happy to see it in some form here with XDefiant and now looking forward to try this as well
I feel like jack is always under the weather whenever I watch his videos lol
My immune system is like a 1 out of 10
@@jackfragsneed more vegetables, fresh air and exercise 😅
Its solid I will say that, very good for a free game 😎
Especially by goobersoft
Not as good as The Finals though...
@@tomsbondarsthe finals alone just has better hitreg and going behind walls actually works lol. That makes a big difference, but as a direct cod competitor, this is great
@tomsbondars downloaded and played xdefiant for 3 matches and then deleted and immediately got back on the finals...
Finals is good but the mode is just ehh tbh. It gets old after a while. The new mode is ehh as well. The maps in xdefiant are so much better and gunplay feels great as well
A lot of people play solo. Who don't have friends to play with. Anything that can bridge that social gap helps imo. Its like when someone commends your kill in chivalry 2. Its nice to have that splitsecond social connection.
It’s so good! Absolutely love it and had so much fun with friends! Excited to see it’s future.
It won’t have a future .
@@robertodavid1717damn why you praying on its downfall its a great game im having more fun than any new cod in the last 5 years
Call of Duty has killed itself
Lmao it didn't even need competition
I was just thinking that.
It literally has... All that play the game now are just sweats who blindly play game just because. The casual experience is no more.
They been self deleted themselves long ago lol 😂
@@j-s-mI've won three games today on rebirth and I'm a casual 🤣🤣🙏🏼
My only complaint is that I wish it came out with more game modes like TDM, SND , CTF , ETC. But I'm sure it will come with time and I'm loving the simplicity of the game so far!
I have been loving this game, throwback to classic COD
Looks/plays nothing like COD. It reminds me more of OverWatch than anything
Yes because Classic COD had specialist, 7-8 shoots to kill weapons, slide and cancel and you had infinite stamina.
Damn posser
@@dybixs1400it's the arcade factor that makes it feel like a classic shooter like the old cods. There's no other game that's arena based that captures this feel out rn and that's just facts.
@@PhilusMoore808s wtf does "arcade factor" even means? Today's COD is years light more arcade than any COD before Advance Warfare, you literally have unicorn operators and weapon skins, gamemodes that let you fly and the ability to create absolute 0 sense weapons in the gunsmith. What did you had back in the day? All Milsim operators even in BO2 + Real life weapons and much slower movement. You don't make any sense with that language
@@dybixs1400 you are clearly very upset. It’s a simple and easy game, and most importantly it’s fun, altough I only played like 2 hours. Older cods were much more fun for a lot of people. For me, it feels a bit like BO4, which was imo a good game. This is free to play, which makes it very accessible. You don’t have to play it if you don’t like it. It aims for the a similar audience as COD, and if it will be successful, it will have a positive impact of future cod games as well (cause of competition). Relax dude
i actually really like this, its fun, also free to play was a great move. seems like not many youtubers are talking about it?
also, someone who studies psychology and neuroscience, im not sure there is a reason other than being different to CoD and Overwatch.
Emojis show more emotion than written words, for example, in rocket league toe dual meanings of something like 'nice shot' or 'what a save', these can either be perceived sarcastically or in a friendly manner, depending on context, but emojis are more emotive and therefore engaging to players. but likely the first reason i said, just to differ from cod and overwatch
Whenever someone drops an emoji I'll know their tilted
I’m already level 42 and I’m loving this game 🔥
Played it last night and the only negative is the progression is so slow. Played it for almost 2 hours and unlocked one sight in the whole time I was playing.
Get gooderer
It is grindy, but try push your daily and base goals, they boost xp a lot I found
yeah cause they don't want you unlocking the 5 guns in the game in 2 days
Sounds like a skill issue
@@SWFTMusic lol. Possibly. Found that most of the players I was playing against had levelled up weapons.
I’m lowkey addicted to this game
love that jack finally gets baked for his vids
Does anyone remember Shatterline? No? Because that was supposed to be a "CoD Killer" too. It also even came with a PvE game mode that lots of people liked.
But now no one is playing it, and no one talks about it. Because CoD will never die. It's just too ingrained in the gaming world.
True.
Otherwise CoD would've been gone for the past 15 years, it only got more successful once it became a milking machine with the forced MW2 release back then.
No one calls anything a "killer" seriously. Path of Exile hasn't killed Diablo, CoD and Battlefield haven't killed each other, FF XIV didn't kill WoW, WoW didn't kill FF XIV, Dota 2 and LoL, Valorant and Counter Strike, all happily competing and coexisting in their respective segments of the market.
Almost no game is killed by another game. Games are killed by publishers cutting costs and bigger studios buying smaller ones to poach talent, tech and intellectual property.
Bro finally someone who mentioned Shatterline. I played it for alittle while. Xdefiant feels so similar. But Shatterline has a pretty decent coop mode unlike this. Sad it didn't gain the popularity it deserves.
Jackfrags was hyping shatterline in the past, content creators just jump on any bandwagon!
I thought shatterline PvE was excellent. The pvp was not so much
Says this AK bounces like crazy. Well Jack, that is how actual AK's are in full auto. Forget what gameplay tells you, thats an AK. Also, the accuracy drops off HUGE after 150, to 200 yards.
This guy really brings realism to a fun arena shooter with wall hacks and respawns...bruh
Tell me you never fired a non knock off AK without directly telling me that you never fired an AK.
@@Unknown_Geniusstop actling like you did lol
I am loving xdefiant. Watch a few set up videos to get your movement sorted then it's great fun . After level 25 with no sbmm its refreshing suddenly stats mean something and you have a real idea if you are playing well .
Cool idea, like an fps super smash with Ubisoft IPs
kinda hate that all shooters nowadays have characters u can choose with weird perks.
wish it was like the old cod where u just have a couple of perks and thats it. (wouldve loved no perks but perks was fine to me)
Go play old cod! This isn't supposed to be CoD. I don't disagree though and that's why I am buying a 360 and going to enjoy mw1, 2, 3, bo2 etc. Hackers or not idc anything beats modern cods
I'm gonna check it out I think - looks pretty clean, and i'm glad it's free
Went on an 11 game win streak with my brother last night. Truly a cinema 🎥
Me and my boys went on a 15 game streak, we were so sad losing it🤣😂game is definitely refreshing to play after work w the boys🙏🏾
@@christianperez8488for some reason im so bad at this game
3:10 Jack - **standing on molten metal**
Also Jack - "Oh, yeah, there's incendiary ammo."
lol
Psychology behind the reacts when you got killed: You can vent your anger so you don't get angry/salty that fast and you keep playing and dont rage quit.
The fact that cod is still alive is just proof that blind customer loyalty always trumps critical evaluations
And that there are a lot of players that lack taste.
Can't run it on my old console so I stick to cod lol 😅
Maybe some people just prefer the play style in call of duty not a lot of other fps games feel as smooth
@@earthlt-l3nthen you don’t play a lot of fps games cause cod is by far one of the worst feeling games I’ve ever played
@@TheBetterFlarp you gotta be on 10 fps cuz cod smooth af on my friend pc
the gameplay is very similar to cod bo cold war... i hope the next cod, bo Gulf war brings better surprises
It will be more 💩 as usual an you will buy it still 😆
@@korvus1248 well maybe But Treyarch never disappoints, especially as Cod Gulf War takes a lot of time to develop
What? The Treyarch ones were always the disappointments
@@Extra-Crispy at least not much as like other dev...
@nabielffgi7737 yeah but the devs now are different than they were back in the day
As someone with a psych degree, its hard to pinpoint exactly why they have implemented the kill ranking system, however I believe it is due to player agency. For the player to be able to express how they feel directly to the server, even if the submission is completely ignored, the player feels as though their concerns have been heard and that is a validating feeling. Only time will tell if this feature can actually be utilised in some fashion that is useful to players or if it is just another gimmick…
Can we appreciate the fact that the legs are rendered in game and you’re not left to believe you’re just 2 floating arms brandishing a firearm.
That's a silly thing to be excited about.
@@birdstwin1186I actually think it’s pretty important little detail, not seeing my legs in a game always makes me sigh for some reason
That's like become a standard for any modern game, I don't think we should thank ubisoft for that "achievement" lol
The reason of having emojis on a killcam is that UBI will sell custom ones later on lol
I am liking the unlock system so far, and the classes being pretty locked down is easy to understand. Some of the abilities are a bit OP like wall hacks, but some of the support options do help even it out. Overall id say 9/10 shooter! No tdm is sad though..
I don’t think some people understand how much of a grip COD has on the market. There is no shooter that will ever displace COD from being at the top whether we like it or not. COD has a massive presence in Latin America and that’s something that people forget about.
Never say never, back in 2000s no one ever think of a football game better than Winning Eleven
This game will kill nobody but itself. Ubisoft should be glad people still remembered this game after so long.
The fact that they've finally bought back some parts of Ghost Recon Phantoms....
The level on the ship in the first clip where you drop down on the pillar and the outer section of the metal foundry map are all taken from Ghost Recon Phantoms. 😊
Activison is the *real* COD killer..
😂😂 you got them there
This game sucks ass. Will be interesting to see if it survives for more than a year and a half. Ghost Recon Online made it like a year or so if I remember correctly and that was at least fun.
Xdefiant already has cheaters and CoD has cheaters all the time. The only thing thats getting killed is my desire to plpay any of these games
PS5 player here and I wish they would make a direct distinction for crossplay to be console or PC.
I don't want to play with PC players but I have friends who play on Xbox, so if I disable cross play, I can no longer play with them.
Same bro
I uninstalled COD...
Can’t even get past the start screen. “Xdefiant services not available at this time.” Error delta 1
Rip I'm lvl31
fine for everyone else
good on me for PS5 no issues
Loving xdefiant they just saved me £80 on buying the next cod xdefiant feels casual rather than sweaty
It got old so fast
Call of duty has been dead for a while already
After nearly a decade or so of watching good ol' Jack, it never ceases to amaze me how he can land the most absolutely nasty shots while talking casually, we don't deserve you man, keep it up legend!
Or he could just talk over a pre recorded video 🤷♂️
He voices over pre recorded videos 😂
Guys guys smh... he obviously pre records his voice, and then plays according to the script as he hears it through his headphones
His aim is under rated
Okay, the input-based matchmaking is super dope.
@jackfrags, bro you are so hilarious in this game. I love your non chalant characteristics you bring. The emoji thing was like meh, then you made it funny. "Oh yay, we got battle pass skins, I am so excited.... I can't wait to die" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I think as someone who occasionally appraises the skills of others I kinda get the whole emotes. I like this is something different and so far free got it on ps5 to give it a go this weekend
It’s actually quite good. Reminds me of old school cod in a good way. Net code is crap tho I often get killed well after getting behind cover
MW3 multiplayer is great, it’s the campaign that was a letdown
jackfrags what monitor are you using? because I don't see any ghosting and it's smooth bro!
People say that Ubi game wont last and stuff like that, but Ubi actually supports their games really well even after they flop in the beginning. For Honor has been around for ever after nearly collapsing right when it was launched, R6 almost collapsed before operation health, only to become one of the most popular fps games around to date. Hope they go after it with this game as well, I played a small amount of Xdefiant but honestly, it has the core to be a great cod alternative for people that do not have the funds to buy cod every year. It is unbelievably expensive in my region for example.
Really enjoy this game. More of this please
“I’m just talking nonsense in this video.”
Even if I have zero interest in the game, Jack makes every video must watch. Well done once again Jack!
RIP Division Heartland 😪
Looks fun. Gonna try it out ✌🏻
I've stopped playing multiplayer shooters for the most part but I came back for this and genuinely had fun. Life is so much better without SBMM.
Same.
For all the OG Boys from back then:
It's so refreshing to play without SBMM again. I have absolutely no problem with losing and dying more often in some rounds because in other rounds I can finally play as well as I did in the old MW3 and MW2. I was very high up on the leaderboards back then, so there weren't that many of me, so rounds with 80:2 or better were not uncommon. In the new CoD games it's just so frustrating to play only 15:15 rounds over and over again because you're only playing against the top 1% and can barely get above an overall 1KD. The healthy balance in xDefiant makes the game SO entertaining and almost nostalgic. No SBMM and my overall KD is immediately 3.8. This is a game I'm happy to pay for a season pass for again!
The headshot multiplier in this game is insane.
What it actually called ??
I'm not sure how this can be a cod killer. It's nothing like COD by the looks of it. The best thing about old school COD was it didn't have gimmicky player abilities, just the killstreak rewards.
Yes! I hate the special stuff. Bf 2042, black ops 4i lost my mind. I gotta now use a gimmick special ability. They have to now watch what is OP. Will there be updates? The store is too expensive and there is not much stuff. What is the 3 month plan?
Looks really fun , gotta try it out
My first impression of the first map he plays on is that its based on a campaign/multiplayer map from the xbox 360 era Splinter Cell Blacklist.