VGChartz’s Lee Mehr: “XDefiant is a game that can be interrogated over its utility in the current shooter market and have no good answer. Sure, maybe a pie slice from CoD shows its market utility, but nothing else. That doesn’t necessarily make it bad or awful by any metric compared RedFall or Crime Boss for example; that said, it’s the current frontrunner for most beige game of 2024. The mechanical foundation operates and most maps are at least decently composed. The problem is those key multiplayer qualities are swallowed by a flat personality, various launch-window woes, and an exceedingly grinding structure. Leave it to Ubisoft to replicate a template more boring than its typical open worlds.”
