Ubisoft killing off XDefiant for not being as popular as cod is such a mind boggling move, I guess if it's not their usual open world slop they don't care
the thing was to the lack of content before the shut off slow turn outs of updates and no transactions other than skins it was insane that they failed this game and fired the devs on christmas its insulting like come on how can they turn it off man its not fair to people who want good games
every year cod players think "yea thisll be the year the game doesnt suck and isnt predatory" now like 5 years runnin maybe is time to find a new franchise
As Vaas Montenegro said, Madness is the deffinition of repeating the same action over and over again with a hope of different resault. People who are stuck with Call of Duty hoping it to get better probably have nothing else to hinge to. Perhaps, only FIFA/UEFA players buying the same game each year could be more miserable.
@@t_spill i'm a single player mostly but enjoy playing cod with friends. i also think it's sad but it's not the players' fault for wanting to play cod but activision's that ruined their games for money. Like they could've just stay with mw19 style of playing and it would still be fun
“Quit playing FPS games as a whole” Nah that’s crazy bro missed out on DOOM 2016, Titanfall 2, DOOM Eternal and many other great FPS games that have come out since BO3 Also I personally disagree heavily with your opinion on Black Ops 6 and how everyone “hated” it at launch. In my experience it was quite the opposite and I saw nothing but praise for the game during its first month of release, it’s when Season 1 started that all of the hate started flowing in.
Oh yeah I did play DOOM 2016… on the switch lmao. I was shocked how well it ran (even if it looked like shit). I didn’t finish it, but it was pretty good
Yeah only CoD haters disliked the game at launch. Completely fair that people dropped off from the 2d AI art and AI voice acting replacements though. The map complaints are bull, there were definitely a lot of mixed opinions but tons of people will still load up Stakeout and the sizes are fairly similar to BO2. Additionally it would make sense for at least some of the playerbase to be taking a break, especially the casuals by the end of the season. I'd also like to add that despite spawns occasionally being seemingly garbage it's not much worse than the old games.
The maps are bad partially because of the movement. This is why nuketown feels so awful to play. People move too fast. The spawns are also just worse, but that could also be the movement’s fault.
For real, I remember how fun I had playing MW 2019, and how sad I got when all my friend jump ship to Cold War a year later. Honestly, MW 2019 could of had a 2-3 year life cycles
I wish ubishit just sold the game instead of shutting it down, XDefiant was genuinely the ONLY left playable active and supported casual shooter, what a shame
Genuinely depressed me seeing all the dumbasses online celebrating it’s downfall… companies might be greedy but the real problem is the people enabling them
not really, it was another live service microtransaction hell scape game without even that good of skins its only sad cause ppl won't quit COD cause they're addicts and sheep Xdefiant wouldn't change that
@@marcusclark1339 I liked Xdefiant because the matchmaking felt fairer and wasn’t filled to the brim with hackers. Besides the microtransactions were nowhere near as bad as CoD’s. Haven’t touched a CoD game in a while.
I defended it when it came out and I will still defend it today. My one complaint was TTK. That was the only bad thing about it. Maps weren’t on the same level as BO2 but they aren’t gonna drop perfect maps every game
@ I have no idea truthfully, I’m assuming not since it was a 360/ ps3 drop but honestly I’m about to google it and if it is imma hop back on (I will live to regret this)
theres been a massive rise in layoffs in the gaming industry for the past 2 years, its so sad seeing so many talented devs lose their jobs just cause shareholders want more money. instead of fostering and improving their talent they throw them to the wayside. its so sad
I’m so sick of new gen CoD fanboys defending this crap. Activison has gotten far beyond greedy, this series has lost sight of what made it so good, and it’s been like this for years. The company does nothing but lie to you and shove microtransactions down your throat, it’s sickening.
To defend it in 2024/2025 you either have to be Braindead woke, never played Call of Duties beyond COD Black Ops 3 or you simply got a coin in your pocket from above. Best we can do is ignore such people. Think with our own brains.
@@AAQULISHow did you bring wokeness into the debate into a CoD-centered video-a game well known for it’s community having an excessively aggressive hatred for basically everything. I don’t think screaming the n-word makes you woke. In fact, I’d say it would be the other way around. The only slightly woke thing is the developers themselves, but the community (quite the opposite) definetelly isn’t woke
If you want a good multiplayer fps game try the finals. It’s the best feeling fps I’ve ever played. Gunplay and movement is very tight, and also it has complete map destruction, where you can make buildings collapse with real time physics. It’s a lot of fun and made by devs that genuinely care about the game and player base
When I bought the season passes for IW and WW2, I bought sealed steelbooks off Ebay with the DLC codes so Activision wouldn't get another sale. That's how much I dislike them
I think the nail in the coffin for Season 1 for me was the squid game event. Firstly, nobody in the CoD community asked for this. Secondly, whose braindead idea was it to put 2 IDENTICAL looking tracksuit operators on opposing teams? This makes friendly fire in hardcore a huge issue and even makes me 2nd guess a friend from a foe in core when names don't pop up. It's bringing back the exact same problem that past CoD games since Vanguard except this time already in the first season of the game. Instead of selling out, bring back modes we want like party game modes and classic zombies modes like grief and turned. Feels like the developers don't even know what the 5+ year long fans want anymore...
Reminds me of how EA disbanded Visceral Games that made one of my favorite series (Dead Space) for Dead Space 3 not making enough money. It literally was EA's fault because they were steering the devs in the wrong direction and while the devs didn't want to do what EA said to do, but HAD TO therefore Dead Space 3 turned out not to be a Dead Space game and it was EA that was at fault yet they shut down Visceral Games for it. I feel like stuff like this will never end, it's all about the money for Ubisoft, EA, Activision etc.
I have a friend now running his own indie studio, who used to work at Visceral Games, he tells me all the time about EA. He even met John the CEO at one point, he was a PoS.
I thought COD was supposed to end in 2019-2020. I don't know if this is true or not but I heard that the CEO or who made COD got fired and then they wanted to continue the already finished series.
@@TheGeekFactor i don't watch cod vids, i dont care about cod at all EXCEPT to lambaste those that still talk about it. atvi will milk it no matter who they are owned by. it is up to US the consumers to stop paying attention to it entirely, even from a nostalgic/what could have been pov
@@RizzyGyatt "I don't watch cod vids". *Spends time commenting on them for the algorithm. 😅 Don't worry I do the same sometimes.. I'm self aware about it tho
@@user-ne9sd4ow1o muh algorithm doesnt mean much unless you raking in 10k+ views on the regular from algorithmically inclined vids. but thats besides the point lol
Call of Duty has been facing the same problems since 2013, and people keep buying it. Nothing will change how often I have heard, but Black Ops 4 was good. No, it wasn't
I waited for a sale just to play the campaign as I always enjoyed playing cod campaigns, I must say that this campaign was really good and I hope it influences more cod campaign designs in the future
Don’t forget the people who go I didn’t pay for it though I got Xbox game pass and got it for free. Yeah but you’re still the problem because you’re simply playing it. Rather you payed $70 or not your playing it. Which helps there number even if it’s just by one which let’s be honest it’s not. Since multiple use that excuse. But I’m one person. lol jokers. And on top they probably bought one thing at least in the store. Even if it’s just $5 or whatever it still helps the company.
Really sad for xdefiant and fps fans. I was confused as to why the whole shop was free until I found out online that it was being shut down already. It could have been bigger if they hadn't locked characters behind long grinds.
I prefer call of duty mobile then any of the call of duty’s in the past few years. I tested them on a friends console or account and just said nope this is trash. Seen all the videos too. Just complaint after complaint. Cod mobile has classic maps and plays classic it’s beautiful. On top of that the controller support is awesome.
Call of Duty should have a setting that lets you turn off where you only see skins that you have or that you want or want to see so you're not just seeing a bunch of random skins you can see like skins that actually make sense I don't know if this is a me sing or what
5:00 the absolute destruction by the baseball bat was really funny, but i do agree with this video, ive mainly only ever played cod for the zombies and bo6 was a really fun time... at launch, ever since its felt more watered down as time has passed.
Bro I have no idea where that player came from either. Like legit, I don’t know if they were just waiting for me to move or if they snuck up on me. Lol it scared the shit out of me when I was recording it haha
I quit CID after OG Modern Warfare 3 because the lobby macanics were so buggy and hacker were a problem. Then my friends were all saying how good Modern Warfare 2019 was, and I decided to try MW2 2022, and we all agreed it was a dumpster fire. Then, one of my friends convinced me to get MW 2019 and ply it with him it was fun, and i liked the campaign, but trying to slide cancelle, not even because I wanted to use it but so I wouldn't be at a disadvantage. Gave me so many headaches that I couldn't play multi-player without him being online with me. Some of you might call this a skill issue, but I don't care. I miss the OG lobbies systems where we actually had Christmas noobs and could find a server where the same guys would play every week, and we'd all become lifelong friends.
It's actually very important to play on the same servers with the same people. Instead of being dropped into lobbies with random people every 15 minutes. Don't understand why this social aspect is not focused on. This is why I'm not playing anything online.
Activision is so unbelievably crap I literally started playing a different game and liked it so much I became a content creator myself! Big fan btw I love your work! Thanks Activision❤
There was a moment of fun to be had when MW 2019 and Warzone were brand new and grounded, but that successful formula was the very precedent to deliver the same thing with worse development and monetization for years to come.
I still play CoD, but only up to Bo3. I've never gotten anything beyond that. In fact, I still play Advanced Warfare and Ghosts from time to time. RiP Ghosts, still holding a grudge due to that cliffhanger.
The spawns on domination are actually good. It’s the players who push flags without regard to what they’re already holding and flip the spawns. Domination needs to be played with an element of playing the spawns to your advantage and just senselessly going for random flags will cause the spawns to be more over the place. Can’t say the amount of times we’re winning holding two flags and some dumbass has try and capture the last flag which make the spawn flip.
Before y'all say anything, I've been a call of duty fan since around 2014, and when people say only cod new gens defend bo6 it gets annoying because someone will call me a new gen even though I've been playing call of duty since 2014, and yes Activision is getting real greedy, yes Activision is a terrible company, but that still doesn't mask the fact that, to me, bo6 is still an incredible game because it's FUN.(I've also not spent a single cent on any cod besides to buy the game itself)
They trying to copy fortnite so bad i can already see they make more and more skins that doesn’t fit the game at all and realistic lighting its gone … Even fortnite now has much more realistic graphics then cod
I feel you man my last straw was at MW2 multiplayer, and cold war. I never played the campaign, or multiplayer. It was always Zombies, nowadays CoD is just too much to bare. From the settings, to the movements, to the overwhelming gadgets, eqiupment, and guns. Its too much to take in, and how annoyingly it is. When someone says skill issue, when its not my fault I don't and can't spend 50,000 hours a day on a game. Because I have life and priorities to take care of.
Truth to be told, that practice is VERY common within the American regions. Mainly due to the fact that CEO’s are not being punished for their greed, nor for their inhuman treatment towards their workforce. The only way they’ll get the message is if people speak with their wallet, but of course, that won’t get through due to the fact people are still buying their games. As for BO6 review, I must admit first. I do have BO6, even tho I sworn after BO3 to never buy another COD title. But thank God it’s a gift by my brother since he gave me 60 bucks during cyber monday event to get the game considering he wants me to play games not only he enjoys, but what I’m too familiar with. NGL, first time playing, this omni movement feels “out of place” considering the old classic games from COD3 to BO2/MW3 had the best feel in gameplay. I feel like Activision is trying to catch up with the hype of Rainbow Six Siege just so they can lure in the specific crowd. Same can be said with them copying Fortnite by adding Warzone and their nonstop piles of cosmetics. I feel like COD lost its identity considering Activision is pushing away from its iconic roots. Not to mention, playing against PC players is EXTREMELY UNFAIR since they have WAY more reaction time than a pro console player. Hence why I turn off crossplay just so I don’t deal with that BS. Maybe if they buff console players’ gameplay by beefing up the aim assist, mainly when aiming towards a PC player, then maybe, I’ll turn back on crossplay. Call it cheating, but if I gonna deal with players who play with fast pace mouse movements, might as well give me a fair advantage against them. That aside, I doubt the guns are bad since I too complained about the XM4 bein’ “weak”. I feel like it’s us not getting used to the omni movement. Not to mention, I’ve now enjoy using the ASG, Saug, Tsarkov 7.62, and DM-10. Anyway, in my book, multiplayer is deemed “too advanced” for old school COD pros, but the only thing fun and worth the grind, especially in 2XP weekend, is zombies mode. Even tho the point rules are far different from what it used to be, at least it can still be enjoyable. Not to mention, every zombie kill and S.A.M. Trials you do adds XP to the weapons you are using. Only criticism I want to give is how researching augments can only be done IF you’re playing zombies, which is real stupid since it should’ve count when you’re playing Multiplayer, too. Anyway, in my book, BO6 isn’t the hype people like to make it out as. This STILL doesn’t feel like good ol BO1-BO2, especially with the omni movement. The errors and greed committed by Activision is plastered all-over. Not to mention, all the grind and progression is still not worth it considering this game is JUST a license access, unlike my old copy of BO2-BO3 where my progressions stay in tact. Not to mention, this game has no bots multiplayer so you can get the feel for the game. So, in my book, this game is definitely not worth the $70. You can get a better game with that kind of money. Take it from a BO6 player who isn’t trying hard to defend a COD game just cuz I play it too frequently.
Never played titanfall, but I have played Apex and I will say the movement in that game feels more grounded than BO6, though, I do like omnimovement… in theory. These maps are just too small to accommodate it
If yall want a good shooter, try The Finals. Only fun if you have friends though. Awesome objective-based team shooter with destruction and stuff. Highly recommend.
The gunplay and no skill based matchmaking. Otherwise, it has its own identity, which is a good thing. Nobody wants it to be COD; we want it to be itself
Idk I just think it’s an irrelevant point that means nothing. If the devs and activision are acting like it’s a clean slate and a new start after a couple years of fumbles, I’m gonna treat it as they say and judge them accordingly.
I finally bought my PS5 for Christmas, finally playing things I wanted, but now? The Finals was the game I ended up loving... but it's boring to stay in the same capture mode. Watching XDefiant it seemed to be great... but I see that I missed an opportunity. I left Overwatch for Marvel Rivals and now I'm in a limbo of "what to play now?" I think my brain doesn't produce dopamine anymore on fps games....
If you think this is bad, you should look at the terms of service, my dad actually checked out the terms of service before he got warzone and it said they monitor WHO U VOTED?? who tf needs that information
I'm actually kinda sad I never got to play Xdefiant. I only really found out about it a couple weeks ago. That aside, it would be interesting to see you try and comment on Warframe (perhaps as live service done right).
i played the fuck out of bo6 at launch and i just burnt myself out. main reason being: all i liked was zombies because the multiplayer is complete garbage, and warzone peaked during cold war imo. cold war genuinely lasted me like 3 or 4 years because of how good it was. black ops 6 feel like a cash grab to me. i can just feel it when i open it. it feels like they are using any bit of screen real-estate to shove shitty skins down my throat, although, it's not as bad as mw3 or 2, it still feels gross. i miss mw2019 too btw.
FPS have long fallen from the Golden Age idc what anyone says I can’t name a single FPS on the market that has even grabbed my attention to WANT to play
It will end when the bubble pops, when the masses retaliate, when a passionate and honorable few band together and take their own stand for a community that will wholeheartedly back them. And this isn't just for gaming scene, it's every industry where the top elite don't give a singular damn about the product, the worker, the consumer except for their own pockets and fame. While Uncle Jensen is busy signing boobs despite having a wife and pushing an A.I slop graphics card and telling you to buy more, gamers are now just scrambling to find a GTX 1080. It's all about cutting costs by any means necessary and making sales of half baked products because "what else will they buy? they have no choice." is the new theme so it seems. It is actually disgusting and after leaving my last job because of the same thing I am jumping back into programming and development to make things that I genuinely would love and would genuinely help other people.
The issue with Xdefiant was how close it launched from another big fps game. Im pretry sure mw3 launched nearby. Xdefiant is great its really good. But it does show how a half baked game can ruin the majority of its life.
My favorite modern COD was coldwar. the multiplayer still had its charm and its arcade type style. Not once did i find myself not having a good time in cold war, in any mw reboots I found myself getting wildly frustrated and angry. The movement wasn’t so complex and didn’t have a crazy high skill cap either, so it felt a little closer to home(older cods with bare minimum movement). Cold War is still the best modern cod by far
Fr and the zombies got upgraded REAL GOOD in cold war too, we got to pick starting weapons, new bosses, outbreak, etc. All it needed was custom zombies support like BO3 and it would be beyond perfection.
@Epicboy099 now that i think about it, the zombies was a lot of fun. I think what was missing for me was the challenge. Cold War zombies was lot of fun, but it wasn’t nearly as challenging as 1,2 and 3 for me
@octodogg9635 honestly I see why people would say that, could be fixed by adding a difficulty slider: Basic difficulties Easy: zombies are very weak (ex: round 10 zombies would be as strong as round 8 zombies), boss zombies are rarer, start out with any weapon of your choice with LVL 1 PAP, 2 random perks, and first 3 purchases of anything is free (any of these can be disabled in private) Medium: easy but without zombie changes, no LVL 1 PAP, only 1 perk instead of 2, and only 2 free buys Normal: honestly just base cw zombies Hard: zombies are stronger (ex: round 1 zombies have the strength of round 2 zombies), start with pistol with random attachments, everything is also 1.5x more expensive, and boss zombies are a bit more common (panzers, megatons, and orda also can now spawn on round 1) Special difficulties Classic (round based only): Normal mode, but with stock 1911 as the starting weapon and all perks are always at LVL 1 here Good luck: stock 1911 as starting weapon with only 2 mags, guns are rarer, everything is 2x more expensive, zombies are MUCH stronger (round 1 zombies are now like round 3 zombies, but to keep this a bit fair they can't spawn for the first 3 minutes and plenty of point chests spawn hidden near the player), and an outbreak exclusive bonus where a George Romero style boss shows up with a few hounds, slowly walking towards the player if they spent more than 20 minutes in the area (10 mins once they pass world 5, then 5 once they pass world 10) (basically the immortal snail meme)
I just cant believe that on top of the battlepass (which has 2 levels of pay to it), they added an "event pass" that costs as much as the battlepass. I got bo6 for pc gamepass, and it's gameplay grew on me, but now it's like what is next? They force fed me Squid Game 2 going as far as changing the winner circle and giving us loading screens based on it. like what the fuck lmfao
I actually had high hopes for BO6 and haven’t played a cod since 2019 and before 2019 it was like Ghost or AW. I actually like the game but the whole AI thing and the fact that I feel kinda robbed with the battle pass because I can’t play cod like a full time job and each multiplayer game gives me a pube hair worth of xp. I’m lvl 3 prestige but my battle pass is still only 3/4 done
Yeah I get the sense that many were let down by it. MW3 (2023) by comparison is way more fun, though, neither are my ideal shooter. XDefiant is pretty close… but that ship is sinking soon. :(
Only reason I primarily play BO6 is for the Zombies, as they knocked it out of the park with that But honestly the MP really sucks at this point, and only way I'd see this game having worth to anyone is if you are only playing it for the Zombies and maybe the campaign
@TheGeekFactor it's different and yeah not everyone's cup of tea, I was just connecting that there shooters.But to me it's a good game getting constant love from embark.
You know... COD Multiplayer is just camo / gun grinding platform for 80€ (outside of Game pass). Its just this soulles piece of grind for Warzone meta guns :) Thats what COD MP is :) Also SBMM is ruining my exp. I rly LOVED XDEFAINT !!!
I feel like I’m a bit different as evidenced by the fact that this is the first COD I’ve tried in a decade. I think we shouldn’t write off opinions we disagree with by devaluing those who say it. Better to have real arguments against it! :)
Chill out, man. Edit: (for anyone wondering, I responded to a pretty extremist comment saying “all CEOs are complicit” by saying “chill out.” That’s the context.
@@TheGeekFactor But is true. They're undermining CoD, BF, Halo, and now XDefiant. Everything near and dear to you since childhood has been corrupted by greed. How is it extremist to point out the obvious?
BO6 was actually pretty good at launch. I would disagree cod isn’t dead but it’s dying it’s on life support like halo right now. But multiplayer is better if you are just playing custom games with your friends. Also MW2 2022 isn’t actually bad. The reason why most people say it’s bad because they are a bunch of try hards that wanted their stupid movement back.
Bo6 is still tame by comparison to MW3 2023. Playing that game, hell watching gameplay is enough to give you sensory overload. It's genuinely an assault on your senses, from the nauseating oversaturated color palette, gun cosmetics that literally speak to the player in brain rot tiktok lingo, skins and cosmetics that are overdone to a point they are exhausting to look at topped off by the most ADHD gameflow and gunplay known to man.
After playing MW3, the flow of combat is so much better. The Omni movement plus tiny maps make the entire multiplayer experience of BO6 a mess, especially with spawns. MW3 is way better, though I do agree some of the mastery skins are a bit… much for a “realistic” shooter
my honest opinion i enjoyed bo6 way more than the past 3 cods, closest ive ever been to dark matter ever. But I understand the thing with the spawns and the maps inconsistancy
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Can't wait for a bunch of the fired devs to join/make a smaller studio and release their brand new shooter: YDeviant
This sounds like how titenfall happened
Halo Studios reference 🙏🙏🔥
Doom is still with us,
cant wait for zdefiant
Ubisoft killing off XDefiant for not being as popular as cod is such a mind boggling move, I guess if it's not their usual open world slop they don't care
Their mistake was keeping it locked down to the Ubisoft launcher. Push that shit to Steam!
10k players world wide there was not games on my region even before they announced shutting down no one played it
the thing was to the lack of content before the shut off slow turn outs of updates and no transactions other than skins it was insane that they failed this game and fired the devs on christmas its insulting like come on how can they turn it off man its not fair to people who want good games
Single Player gamer to Multiplayer gamer:
“Wow, sucks to be you.”
My life has been so much better after playing Rain World
every year cod players think "yea thisll be the year the game doesnt suck and isnt predatory" now like 5 years runnin maybe is time to find a new franchise
As Vaas Montenegro said, Madness is the deffinition of repeating the same action over and over again with a hope of different resault.
People who are stuck with Call of Duty hoping it to get better probably have nothing else to hinge to.
Perhaps, only FIFA/UEFA players buying the same game each year could be more miserable.
@AAQULIS is just sad because there's such a range of games and experiences to explore and they always just go back to cod
@t_spill Poor people indeed.
@@t_spill i'm a single player mostly but enjoy playing cod with friends. i also think it's sad but it's not the players' fault for wanting to play cod but activision's that ruined their games for money. Like they could've just stay with mw19 style of playing and it would still be fun
“Quit playing FPS games as a whole”
Nah that’s crazy bro missed out on DOOM 2016, Titanfall 2, DOOM Eternal and many other great FPS games that have come out since BO3
Also I personally disagree heavily with your opinion on Black Ops 6 and how everyone “hated” it at launch. In my experience it was quite the opposite and I saw nothing but praise for the game during its first month of release, it’s when Season 1 started that all of the hate started flowing in.
Both DOOM games are goated asf
Oh yeah I did play DOOM 2016… on the switch lmao. I was shocked how well it ran (even if it looked like shit). I didn’t finish it, but it was pretty good
I think he meant Multiplayer FPS.
Quitted them as well for a certain Time kt helps.
Yeah only CoD haters disliked the game at launch. Completely fair that people dropped off from the 2d AI art and AI voice acting replacements though. The map complaints are bull, there were definitely a lot of mixed opinions but tons of people will still load up Stakeout and the sizes are fairly similar to BO2. Additionally it would make sense for at least some of the playerbase to be taking a break, especially the casuals by the end of the season. I'd also like to add that despite spawns occasionally being seemingly garbage it's not much worse than the old games.
The maps are bad partially because of the movement. This is why nuketown feels so awful to play. People move too fast. The spawns are also just worse, but that could also be the movement’s fault.
If youre playing cod at this point, youve got no one to blame but yourself
Edit: you as in the general public, not necessarily you as in the creator
@@JayTobas Both equally applicable
For real, I remember how fun I had playing MW 2019, and how sad I got when all my friend jump ship to Cold War a year later. Honestly, MW 2019 could of had a 2-3 year life cycles
both, no one should be humoring COD at this point and that's been evident since ADVANCE WARFARE
I wish ubishit just sold the game instead of shutting it down, XDefiant was genuinely the ONLY left playable active and supported casual shooter, what a shame
Genuinely depressed me seeing all the dumbasses online celebrating it’s downfall… companies might be greedy but the real problem is the people enabling them
At least there's Ironsight.
An unapologetic Black Ops 2 shooter for free.
Only on PC. Maybe you might like it.
Xdefiant shutting down has to be one of the biggest tragedies in video game history.
It’s sad, but it’s not tragic.
One of the, but not near the top, even lbp being shut down is bigger than this
not really, it was another live service microtransaction hell scape game without even that good of skins
its only sad cause ppl won't quit COD cause they're addicts and sheep
Xdefiant wouldn't change that
@@marcusclark1339 I liked Xdefiant because the matchmaking felt fairer and wasn’t filled to the brim with hackers. Besides the microtransactions were nowhere near as bad as CoD’s.
Haven’t touched a CoD game in a while.
Call of duty ghosts did not deserve the hate it got
Compared to COD nowadays - it is a masterpiece.
I defended it when it came out and I will still defend it today. My one complaint was TTK. That was the only bad thing about it. Maps weren’t on the same level as BO2 but they aren’t gonna drop perfect maps every game
@@anrcho Is the Ghosts multiplayer alive to this day?
@ I have no idea truthfully, I’m assuming not since it was a 360/ ps3 drop but honestly I’m about to google it and if it is imma hop back on (I will live to regret this)
theres been a massive rise in layoffs in the gaming industry for the past 2 years, its so sad seeing so many talented devs lose their jobs just cause shareholders want more money. instead of fostering and improving their talent they throw them to the wayside. its so sad
I’m so sick of new gen CoD fanboys defending this crap. Activison has gotten far beyond greedy, this series has lost sight of what made it so good, and it’s been like this for years. The company does nothing but lie to you and shove microtransactions down your throat, it’s sickening.
Im pretty sure everyone who defends it is a bot or NPC irl
To defend it in 2024/2025 you either have to be Braindead woke, never played Call of Duties beyond COD Black Ops 3 or you simply got a coin in your pocket from above.
Best we can do is ignore such people. Think with our own brains.
@@AAQULISHow did you bring wokeness into the debate into a CoD-centered video-a game well known for it’s community having an excessively aggressive hatred for basically everything. I don’t think screaming the n-word makes you woke. In fact, I’d say it would be the other way around. The only slightly woke thing is the developers themselves, but the community (quite the opposite) definetelly isn’t woke
“Uncle treyarch what happened?”
“SQUID GAMES11!!11!1!”
Dead meme sorry
Nah, it’s fine, it’s actually pretty funny
It is so bad that it is hillarious. Gimme more
The patent thing is *NUTS*
If you want a good multiplayer fps game try the finals. It’s the best feeling fps I’ve ever played. Gunplay and movement is very tight, and also it has complete map destruction, where you can make buildings collapse with real time physics. It’s a lot of fun and made by devs that genuinely care about the game and player base
When I bought the season passes for IW and WW2, I bought sealed steelbooks off Ebay with the DLC codes so Activision wouldn't get another sale. That's how much I dislike them
I cant even find a full lobby in game anymore im quitting on the 25th of jan at 5:07 pm 2025
I think the nail in the coffin for Season 1 for me was the squid game event. Firstly, nobody in the CoD community asked for this. Secondly, whose braindead idea was it to put 2 IDENTICAL looking tracksuit operators on opposing teams? This makes friendly fire in hardcore a huge issue and even makes me 2nd guess a friend from a foe in core when names don't pop up. It's bringing back the exact same problem that past CoD games since Vanguard except this time already in the first season of the game. Instead of selling out, bring back modes we want like party game modes and classic zombies modes like grief and turned. Feels like the developers don't even know what the 5+ year long fans want anymore...
….until the next CoD will be announced!
Reminds me of how EA disbanded Visceral Games that made one of my favorite series (Dead Space) for Dead Space 3 not making enough money. It literally was EA's fault because they were steering the devs in the wrong direction and while the devs didn't want to do what EA said to do, but HAD TO therefore Dead Space 3 turned out not to be a Dead Space game and it was EA that was at fault yet they shut down Visceral Games for it. I feel like stuff like this will never end, it's all about the money for Ubisoft, EA, Activision etc.
I have a friend now running his own indie studio, who used to work at Visceral Games, he tells me all the time about EA. He even met John the CEO at one point, he was a PoS.
I thought COD was supposed to end in 2019-2020. I don't know if this is true or not but I heard that the CEO or who made COD got fired and then they wanted to continue the already finished series.
yall STILL out here playing cod? jesus CHRIST let the franchise be dead. it's been dead since 2019.
I’m gonna guess you commented this before watching the first 2 minutes of the video lmao
@@TheGeekFactor i don't watch cod vids, i dont care about cod at all EXCEPT to lambaste those that still talk about it. atvi will milk it no matter who they are owned by. it is up to US the consumers to stop paying attention to it entirely, even from a nostalgic/what could have been pov
@@RizzyGyatt "I don't watch cod vids". *Spends time commenting on them for the algorithm. 😅 Don't worry I do the same sometimes.. I'm self aware about it tho
have to break it to you pal but cod isn’t dead. just because you don’t play it doesn’t mean it’s dead.
@@user-ne9sd4ow1o muh algorithm doesnt mean much unless you raking in 10k+ views on the regular from algorithmically inclined vids. but thats besides the point lol
Been playing BO2 and BO1 on plutonium, never buying a new CoD again
Call of Duty has been facing the same problems since 2013, and people keep buying it. Nothing will change how often I have heard, but Black Ops 4 was good. No, it wasn't
I waited for a sale just to play the campaign as I always enjoyed playing cod campaigns, I must say that this campaign was really good and I hope it influences more cod campaign designs in the future
People say that and then buy the next cod 😂 I haven’t bought any cod since 2019 that’s what losing interest in a company is
Don’t forget the people who go I didn’t pay for it though I got Xbox game pass and got it for free. Yeah but you’re still the problem because you’re simply playing it. Rather you payed $70 or not your playing it. Which helps there number even if it’s just by one which let’s be honest it’s not. Since multiple use that excuse. But I’m one person. lol jokers. And on top they probably bought one thing at least in the store. Even if it’s just $5 or whatever it still helps the company.
Really sad for xdefiant and fps fans. I was confused as to why the whole shop was free until I found out online that it was being shut down already. It could have been bigger if they hadn't locked characters behind long grinds.
All CEOs are complicit.
Okay chill out
@@TheGeekFactor Nah.
I think it's crazy how people keep buying it, they say the same thing every year and people always say "yeah, this is the one" no it's not :(
I prefer call of duty mobile then any of the call of duty’s in the past few years. I tested them on a friends console or account and just said nope this is trash. Seen all the videos too. Just complaint after complaint. Cod mobile has classic maps and plays classic it’s beautiful. On top of that the controller support is awesome.
Activision makes EA look like SEGA in comparison.
Dang Sega catching strays out here
More like They becoming ubisoft
Call of Duty should have a setting that lets you turn off where you only see skins that you have or that you want or want to see so you're not just seeing a bunch of random skins you can see like skins that actually make sense I don't know if this is a me sing or what
5:00 the absolute destruction by the baseball bat was really funny, but i do agree with this video, ive mainly only ever played cod for the zombies and bo6 was a really fun time... at launch, ever since its felt more watered down as time has passed.
Bro I have no idea where that player came from either. Like legit, I don’t know if they were just waiting for me to move or if they snuck up on me. Lol it scared the shit out of me when I was recording it haha
I quit CID after OG Modern Warfare 3 because the lobby macanics were so buggy and hacker were a problem. Then my friends were all saying how good Modern Warfare 2019 was, and I decided to try MW2 2022, and we all agreed it was a dumpster fire. Then, one of my friends convinced me to get MW 2019 and ply it with him it was fun, and i liked the campaign, but trying to slide cancelle, not even because I wanted to use it but so I wouldn't be at a disadvantage. Gave me so many headaches that I couldn't play multi-player without him being online with me.
Some of you might call this a skill issue, but I don't care.
I miss the OG lobbies systems where we actually had Christmas noobs and could find a server where the same guys would play every week, and we'd all become lifelong friends.
It's actually very important to play on the same servers with the same people. Instead of being dropped into lobbies with random people every 15 minutes.
Don't understand why this social aspect is not focused on. This is why I'm not playing anything online.
Activision is so unbelievably crap I literally started playing a different game and liked it so much I became a content creator myself! Big fan btw I love your work!
Thanks Activision❤
I am so happy you mentioned worker co-operatives omg
lol you’re the first person to comment about it!
There was a moment of fun to be had when MW 2019 and Warzone were brand new and grounded, but that successful formula was the very precedent to deliver the same thing with worse development and monetization for years to come.
Finally someone is saying the right things. Thank you for making this video.
Why do people play cod???
I just play red dead redemption 2 or halo 3 (original disk) and old games from the 7th Gen
Come on over to the Finals. 💪
It’s a very different kind of shooter and I’m not a fan
We’ve just elected a ceo, we are cooked and so is our already largely cooked arts and entertainment in the US
I still play CoD, but only up to Bo3. I've never gotten anything beyond that. In fact, I still play Advanced Warfare and Ghosts from time to time.
RiP Ghosts, still holding a grudge due to that cliffhanger.
Ay AW was overhated tbh. It was pretty cool, ESPECIALLY THE X1 GOLIATH (that juggernaut that's basically a mechsuit)
The spawns on domination are actually good. It’s the players who push flags without regard to what they’re already holding and flip the spawns. Domination needs to be played with an element of playing the spawns to your advantage and just senselessly going for random flags will cause the spawns to be more over the place.
Can’t say the amount of times we’re winning holding two flags and some dumbass has try and capture the last flag which make the spawn flip.
Before y'all say anything, I've been a call of duty fan since around 2014, and when people say only cod new gens defend bo6 it gets annoying because someone will call me a new gen even though I've been playing call of duty since 2014, and yes Activision is getting real greedy, yes Activision is a terrible company, but that still doesn't mask the fact that, to me, bo6 is still an incredible game because it's FUN.(I've also not spent a single cent on any cod besides to buy the game itself)
putting xdefiant theme and xdefiant in description in cod video is wild work 😂😂
Doing my part lmao
Really the tipping point is when loot boxes became unattainable without Cod points or battlepass. Bring back crypto keys and lootcrates !
I think the loot boxes were fine when it was purely cosmetic. Once they put guns in there, it was trash
You forgot ubisoft also shot xdefiant in the foot by not putting it on steam
They trying to copy fortnite so bad i can already see they make more and more skins that doesn’t fit the game at all and realistic lighting its gone … Even fortnite now has much more realistic graphics then cod
I feel you man my last straw was at MW2 multiplayer, and cold war. I never played the campaign, or multiplayer. It was always Zombies, nowadays CoD is just too much to bare. From the settings, to the movements, to the overwhelming gadgets, eqiupment, and guns. Its too much to take in, and how annoyingly it is. When someone says skill issue, when its not my fault I don't and can't spend 50,000 hours a day on a game. Because I have life and priorities to take care of.
Why would i pay 70 USD on a game with all the creativity going into micro transactions
Can anybody tell me when the whole micro transaction based matchmaking thing went down? I kept getting lobbies with sweats in mw2
The worse thing about the gaming industry is the gaming industry itself.
Truth to be told, that practice is VERY common within the American regions. Mainly due to the fact that CEO’s are not being punished for their greed, nor for their inhuman treatment towards their workforce. The only way they’ll get the message is if people speak with their wallet, but of course, that won’t get through due to the fact people are still buying their games.
As for BO6 review, I must admit first. I do have BO6, even tho I sworn after BO3 to never buy another COD title. But thank God it’s a gift by my brother since he gave me 60 bucks during cyber monday event to get the game considering he wants me to play games not only he enjoys, but what I’m too familiar with. NGL, first time playing, this omni movement feels “out of place” considering the old classic games from COD3 to BO2/MW3 had the best feel in gameplay. I feel like Activision is trying to catch up with the hype of Rainbow Six Siege just so they can lure in the specific crowd. Same can be said with them copying Fortnite by adding Warzone and their nonstop piles of cosmetics. I feel like COD lost its identity considering Activision is pushing away from its iconic roots. Not to mention, playing against PC players is EXTREMELY UNFAIR since they have WAY more reaction time than a pro console player. Hence why I turn off crossplay just so I don’t deal with that BS. Maybe if they buff console players’ gameplay by beefing up the aim assist, mainly when aiming towards a PC player, then maybe, I’ll turn back on crossplay. Call it cheating, but if I gonna deal with players who play with fast pace mouse movements, might as well give me a fair advantage against them. That aside, I doubt the guns are bad since I too complained about the XM4 bein’ “weak”. I feel like it’s us not getting used to the omni movement. Not to mention, I’ve now enjoy using the ASG, Saug, Tsarkov 7.62, and DM-10. Anyway, in my book, multiplayer is deemed “too advanced” for old school COD pros, but the only thing fun and worth the grind, especially in 2XP weekend, is zombies mode. Even tho the point rules are far different from what it used to be, at least it can still be enjoyable. Not to mention, every zombie kill and S.A.M. Trials you do adds XP to the weapons you are using. Only criticism I want to give is how researching augments can only be done IF you’re playing zombies, which is real stupid since it should’ve count when you’re playing Multiplayer, too. Anyway, in my book, BO6 isn’t the hype people like to make it out as. This STILL doesn’t feel like good ol BO1-BO2, especially with the omni movement. The errors and greed committed by Activision is plastered all-over. Not to mention, all the grind and progression is still not worth it considering this game is JUST a license access, unlike my old copy of BO2-BO3 where my progressions stay in tact. Not to mention, this game has no bots multiplayer so you can get the feel for the game. So, in my book, this game is definitely not worth the $70. You can get a better game with that kind of money. Take it from a BO6 player who isn’t trying hard to defend a COD game just cuz I play it too frequently.
I have been having fun with marvel rivals
If you're looking for PVP games, it's the game for you
Games dead. Marvel rivals is where its at💯
So there’s no hackers
What song it play in the background at 00:40 to 08:00
I sound like I’ve heard before but I can’t set my finger on it
XDefiant music
I tried it out recently and honestly it feels like a poor man's Titanfall
Never played titanfall, but I have played Apex and I will say the movement in that game feels more grounded than BO6, though, I do like omnimovement… in theory. These maps are just too small to accommodate it
@@TheGeekFactor if you like Apex’s movement, you will LOVE Titanfall’s movement, especially when you master it completely
The Finals?
Millenial.
If yall want a good shooter, try The Finals. Only fun if you have friends though. Awesome objective-based team shooter with destruction and stuff. Highly recommend.
Someone can explain what exactly make xdefiant like "good old clasic cod" ? It resemble more black ops 4 with the hero skils and ultimate s.
The gunplay and no skill based matchmaking. Otherwise, it has its own identity, which is a good thing. Nobody wants it to be COD; we want it to be itself
Is there a way to play Xdefiant in 2025 ?
If you already downloaded the game, yes. If not, no.
Let it die Activision and treyarch keeps failing at every turn it just so freaking old.
Bro if something is a part 6 and you expected it to be a fresh start I don't know what to tell you
Me looking at Zelda BOTW being the 17th game in its franchise...
I'd like to introduce to you Armored Core *_VI_* : Fires of Rubicon
@@TheGeekFactor it's in the name 😭
Idk I just think it’s an irrelevant point that means nothing. If the devs and activision are acting like it’s a clean slate and a new start after a couple years of fumbles, I’m gonna treat it as they say and judge them accordingly.
We need an irl Johnny Silverhand
I finally bought my PS5 for Christmas, finally playing things I wanted, but now? The Finals was the game I ended up loving... but it's boring to stay in the same capture mode. Watching XDefiant it seemed to be great... but I see that I missed an opportunity. I left Overwatch for Marvel Rivals and now I'm in a limbo of "what to play now?" I think my brain doesn't produce dopamine anymore on fps games....
If you think this is bad, you should look at the terms of service, my dad actually checked out the terms of service before he got warzone and it said they monitor WHO U VOTED?? who tf needs that information
I'm actually kinda sad I never got to play Xdefiant. I only really found out about it a couple weeks ago. That aside, it would be interesting to see you try and comment on Warframe (perhaps as live service done right).
i played the fuck out of bo6 at launch and i just burnt myself out. main reason being: all i liked was zombies because the multiplayer is complete garbage, and warzone peaked during cold war imo. cold war genuinely lasted me like 3 or 4 years because of how good it was. black ops 6 feel like a cash grab to me. i can just feel it when i open it. it feels like they are using any bit of screen real-estate to shove shitty skins down my throat, although, it's not as bad as mw3 or 2, it still feels gross. i miss mw2019 too btw.
MW2 was the last call of duty I played & glad i didn’t get cod 6
FPS have long fallen from the Golden Age idc what anyone says I can’t name a single FPS on the market that has even grabbed my attention to WANT to play
For the love of money is the root to all evil.
What's the BGM? Sounds pretty tranquil ngl.
It’s the XDefiant soundtrack haha
@@TheGeekFactor I see. Thanks, dude
It will end when the bubble pops, when the masses retaliate, when a passionate and honorable few band together and take their own stand for a community that will wholeheartedly back them. And this isn't just for gaming scene, it's every industry where the top elite don't give a singular damn about the product, the worker, the consumer except for their own pockets and fame.
While Uncle Jensen is busy signing boobs despite having a wife and pushing an A.I slop graphics card and telling you to buy more, gamers are now just scrambling to find a GTX 1080.
It's all about cutting costs by any means necessary and making sales of half baked products because "what else will they buy? they have no choice." is the new theme so it seems.
It is actually disgusting and after leaving my last job because of the same thing I am jumping back into programming and development to make things that I genuinely would love and would genuinely help other people.
Guys maybe check The Finals out. Season 5 just released and its absolutely perfect.
"Power Vacuums are scary"
why? it's a big market opportunity, as people will try to make good games in order to make the next mainstay of a genre.
The issue with Xdefiant was how close it launched from another big fps game. Im pretry sure mw3 launched nearby. Xdefiant is great its really good. But it does show how a half baked game can ruin the majority of its life.
My favorite modern COD was coldwar. the multiplayer still had its charm and its arcade type style. Not once did i find myself not having a good time in cold war, in any mw reboots I found myself getting wildly frustrated and angry. The movement wasn’t so complex and didn’t have a crazy high skill cap either, so it felt a little closer to home(older cods with bare minimum movement). Cold War is still the best modern cod by far
Fr and the zombies got upgraded REAL GOOD in cold war too, we got to pick starting weapons, new bosses, outbreak, etc. All it needed was custom zombies support like BO3 and it would be beyond perfection.
@Epicboy099 now that i think about it, the zombies was a lot of fun. I think what was missing for me was the challenge. Cold War zombies was lot of fun, but it wasn’t nearly as challenging as 1,2 and 3 for me
@octodogg9635 honestly I see why people would say that, could be fixed by adding a difficulty slider:
Basic difficulties
Easy: zombies are very weak (ex: round 10 zombies would be as strong as round 8 zombies), boss zombies are rarer, start out with any weapon of your choice with LVL 1 PAP, 2 random perks, and first 3 purchases of anything is free (any of these can be disabled in private)
Medium: easy but without zombie changes, no LVL 1 PAP, only 1 perk instead of 2, and only 2 free buys
Normal: honestly just base cw zombies
Hard: zombies are stronger (ex: round 1 zombies have the strength of round 2 zombies), start with pistol with random attachments, everything is also 1.5x more expensive, and boss zombies are a bit more common (panzers, megatons, and orda also can now spawn on round 1)
Special difficulties
Classic (round based only):
Normal mode, but with stock 1911 as the starting weapon and all perks are always at LVL 1 here
Good luck: stock 1911 as starting weapon with only 2 mags, guns are rarer, everything is 2x more expensive, zombies are MUCH stronger (round 1 zombies are now like round 3 zombies, but to keep this a bit fair they can't spawn for the first 3 minutes and plenty of point chests spawn hidden near the player), and an outbreak exclusive bonus where a George Romero style boss shows up with a few hounds, slowly walking towards the player if they spent more than 20 minutes in the area (10 mins once they pass world 5, then 5 once they pass world 10) (basically the immortal snail meme)
@@Epicboy099 hell yea man they need to hire you lmao
Is that fucking Squid Game in a military shooter (well supposed to be a military shooter)
They searched people who knows about good AI Skills so why they should talk about it?
I just cant believe that on top of the battlepass (which has 2 levels of pay to it), they added an "event pass" that costs as much as the battlepass. I got bo6 for pc gamepass, and it's gameplay grew on me, but now it's like what is next? They force fed me Squid Game 2 going as far as changing the winner circle and giving us loading screens based on it. like what the fuck lmfao
I actually had high hopes for BO6 and haven’t played a cod since 2019 and before 2019 it was like Ghost or AW. I actually like the game but the whole AI thing and the fact that I feel kinda robbed with the battle pass because I can’t play cod like a full time job and each multiplayer game gives me a pube hair worth of xp. I’m lvl 3 prestige but my battle pass is still only 3/4 done
Yeah I get the sense that many were let down by it. MW3 (2023) by comparison is way more fun, though, neither are my ideal shooter. XDefiant is pretty close… but that ship is sinking soon. :(
I really dont understand why cod players still buy this game then get on youtube and act like they didnt see this scam coming at all
Good thing I didn’t buy it outright lol what a waste of money
Only reason I primarily play BO6 is for the Zombies, as they knocked it out of the park with that
But honestly the MP really sucks at this point, and only way I'd see this game having worth to anyone is if you are only playing it for the Zombies and maybe the campaign
Idk if you have played it but play The Finals. Its free. Only money grabs are skins for you and your guns.
It’s a bit of a different game from an arena shooter, right? I thought of getting it but it didn’t quite look like my style
@TheGeekFactor it's different and yeah not everyone's cup of tea, I was just connecting that there shooters.But to me it's a good game getting constant love from embark.
Well thank you for the suggestion, anyway!
Black ops 6 is great good campaign good zombies good multiplayer chill bro. Best cod we’ve had in years
The bar is literally in hell. Getting closer to ceiling of hell doesn’t make it a good game lol
hopefully HOPEFULY modern warfare 4 will fix it
Thats why i stopped playing cod and now im playing assassin's creed games
You forgot to mention that xdefiant have more hackers than cod, that’s why everyone left and why they have a deadline now. Game is superb but cooked.
Idk wtf y’all played but I never saw a hacker lmao
I wish you could have played mw2019 on launch. It is undoubtedly the best cod if you removed the stupid cosmetics.
I heard maps were awful
You know... COD Multiplayer is just camo / gun grinding platform for 80€ (outside of Game pass). Its just this soulles piece of grind for Warzone meta guns :)
Thats what COD MP is :)
Also SBMM is ruining my exp. I rly LOVED XDEFAINT !!!
I MEAN ITS INSANITY! ARR THEY ALLERGIC TO MONEY?
Wait people still play cod?
Sure pal, i see every call of duty player say this. And roll my eyes when i see them back a year later.
I feel like I’m a bit different as evidenced by the fact that this is the first COD I’ve tried in a decade. I think we shouldn’t write off opinions we disagree with by devaluing those who say it. Better to have real arguments against it! :)
@@TheGeekFactor Uh huh sure, and then you tell others to "chill out" 😆 🤣 😂 😹
Chill out, man.
Edit: (for anyone wondering, I responded to a pretty extremist comment saying “all CEOs are complicit” by saying “chill out.” That’s the context.
@@TheGeekFactor But is true. They're undermining CoD, BF, Halo, and now XDefiant. Everything near and dear to you since childhood has been corrupted by greed. How is it extremist to point out the obvious?
@@TheGeekFactor Only a sith deals in absolutes
BO6 was actually pretty good at launch. I would disagree cod isn’t dead but it’s dying it’s on life support like halo right now. But multiplayer is better if you are just playing custom games with your friends. Also MW2 2022 isn’t actually bad. The reason why most people say it’s bad because they are a bunch of try hards that wanted their stupid movement back.
I give it 3 more CoDs max (And that is pushing it).
I don’t know how cod still alive, this franchise should be dead since a long time ago.
Bo6 is still tame by comparison to MW3 2023. Playing that game, hell watching gameplay is enough to give you sensory overload. It's genuinely an assault on your senses, from the nauseating oversaturated color palette, gun cosmetics that literally speak to the player in brain rot tiktok lingo, skins and cosmetics that are overdone to a point they are exhausting to look at topped off by the most ADHD gameflow and gunplay known to man.
After playing MW3, the flow of combat is so much better. The Omni movement plus tiny maps make the entire multiplayer experience of BO6 a mess, especially with spawns. MW3 is way better, though I do agree some of the mastery skins are a bit… much for a “realistic” shooter
@@TheGeekFactoralso don’t forget the campaign… Jesus Christ MW3 had an atrocity of a campaign
believe me give ultrakill a shot its prolly one of the best FPS games rn
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my honest opinion i enjoyed bo6 way more than the past 3 cods, closest ive ever been to dark matter ever. But I understand the thing with the spawns and the maps inconsistancy