XDefiant, originally known as Tom Clancy’s XDefiant, is a free-to-play first-person arena shooter video game being developed and published by Ubisoft. It was announced on July 18th, 2021 [1].
Overview[]
XDefiant is an always-evolving first-person arena shooter with fast-paced movement similar to other arcade shooters such as Call of Duty.
The mode features 4 factions each with special abilities known as "Defiants", with a unique loadout system that allows for in-depth personalization for weapons for many playstyles.
Factions[]
Factions equipped with a Passive Trait, 2 Abilities (one of which can be equipped only) and 1 Ultra ability that must be charged up. There are 5 Defiants in total, each originating from a Ubisoft original and focusing on a key mechanic:
- Cleaners: Cleaners are great for dealing lots of damage, with their entire setup focused on dealing damage using fire.
- Phantoms: Phantoms specialize in rushing opponents and defending objectives with their setup focused on shielding themselves and their allies.
- Libertad: Libertad is a faction specializing in healing themselves and their team, keeping them alive for much longer.
- Echelon: Echelon is a faction specializing in stealth and recon with their setup allowing them to sneak and reveal enemy locations.
- DedSec: DedSec is a faction specializing in hijacking enemies and giving them a disadvantage in battle, with their setup hacking enemy tech and copying it.
Weapons[]
Weapons are the primary way of dealing damage towards enemies with all weapons being ranged weapons that have to be shot from a distance to hit enemies with projectiles fired. There are 6 classes of weapons:
- Primary:
- Assault Rifles
- Submachine Guns
- Shotguns
- Marksman Rifles
- Sniper Rifles
- Secondary:
- Pistols
In addition, Primary Weapons can sport up to 5 attachments equipped and Secondary Weapons can only have 3 equipped.
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Customization[]
XDefiant supports customization for both Defiants and Weapons. Each Defiant has 3 characters which the player can chose. Each character can also be customized for further personalization. Weapons have skins applied to their base receiver, with there being mastery skins for each weapon being Bronze, Silver and Gold. Cosmetics have rarities ranging from Uncommon (lowest) to Epic (highest).
System Requirements[]
| Minimum Requirement | Recommended Requirement | |
|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 (64-bit versions) | Windows 10 (64-bit versions) |
| Processor | AMD Ryzen 3 1200 @ 3.1 GHz, Intel Core i5-4690k @ 3.5 GHz, or better | AMD Ryzen 5 1500X @ 3.2 GHz, Intel Core i7-4790 @ 3.6 GHz, or better |
| RAM | 8 GB (running dual-channel mode) | 16 GB (running dual-channel mode) |
| Video Card | AMD Radeon RX 560 (4 GB), NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050Ti (4 GB), or better | AMD Radeon RX 580 (8 GB), NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6 GB), or better |
| Hard Drive | 45 GB available storage | 45 GB available storage (SSD recommended) |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 |
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