Only recently, the first season of the game XDefiant has started. However, the shooter is still plagued by many issues. Now, the head of the game shares a well-intentioned piece of advice.
What’s the situation with XDefiant? XDefiant started its first season on July 2nd. There was also a major update for the game that responded to fan requests. In addition to a new faction, there are also three new maps during the season, as well as new weapons, cosmetic items, and of course many bug fixes.
For many players, the new season is a reason to check back into the game, but the state of the shooter rarely brings joy. Issues such as bugs (via Reddit.com), cheaters (via Reddit.com), and criticism of the netcode and the new ranked mode (via Dualshockers.com) are found on all popular platforms.
The X.com user @unfoundsoul4 even reached out to the head of the game asking whether the game was rushed out due to GTA 6 and the new Call of Duty Black Ops – and received a response.
Here you can watch the trailer for the new season of XDefiant:
The engine doesn’t make it easy
How did the head of the game respond? Mark Rubin, executive producer of XDefiant, responded quite extensively on X.com to the question of a rushed release. He first clarifies that the game was not rushed out. The many bugs have a different reason, and that is the game engine on which the game runs.
XDefiant was built on the “Snowdrop” engine, and according to the head of the game, it has previously “always just been an MMO.” In fact, Tom Clancy’s The Division and its sequel run on the engine.
However, according to Rubin, the issues with the game engine do not stem from the engine itself, but from the fact that “the entire infrastructure for an FPS [Editor’s note: First Person Shooter] had to be rebuilt from scratch.”
According to Mark Rubin, the competition had, in return, used engines for which shooters had already been developed. He cites Call of Duty with id tech and Apex Legends, which is based on a modified version of the Source engine, as examples.
In contrast, XDefiant is developing everything anew and doing so in an engine that is not designed for it: “That said, the engine is really great, but it requires a lot of work, and with that work come a lot of bugs that other engines have already ironed out.”
What does he advise the players? The head of XDefiant has a clear message for the players of his title. “We are not a shooter that has been around for 20 years. If you like what we are trying to do, stick with it, and you will see how things improve and new features are added. But if the game is not for you, that’s okay; you can move on.”
This is not the first time that the head of XDefiant has reached out to the players. Once he spoke to players who found the game really too hard and expressed some clear words: The head of XDefiant believes: If you can’t find bad opponents, you are the bad opponents
