Impressions after a day playtime - short review

[JonDav]

yes their expectations were too high.

scratch that, they expected things that were not promised.

this happens to every mmo board.

Rofl @ expectations being too high. After the beta, I'm pretty sure no one with any sense thought this game was going to be a blockbuster with hundreds of thousands of players and massive content. However, I do believe people expected the full release to not be plagued with the exact same beta bugs (massive audio drops, nosediving framerate, chat a broken mess) extremely poor visuals that look no different from the beta and to not be fighting boss-type mobs with loot turned off. People up here barked over and over about this "new build", yet this $60 purchase seems damn near identical to the free beta..

[MMandevil]

While the game looks fun, have fun trying to even play the damn game. Trion FUBAR'd big time with this Launch [especially on Xbox 360]. I'll boot up the game and get a "Servers are not available" or "Servers Timed Out" message. I can't even play it. So, I'll probably be trading it in tomorrow. Waste of money. Glad I didn't pay the full $60 for it. #ThankGodforGamestopTradeins

I'll correct you on this once, real quick, Xbox Fubar'd this up not Trion Xbox was like here have a server 5, PS3 was like here have a server 7, Xbox can't play MMO's that's why Dust 514 isn't on it, Sorry to burst your bubble but Xbox just dosn't have the power.

[Mr Awesome 0ne]

I don't belong to the PC master race, so I am not an expert on MMO's.

I'm an Xbox guy, so the only MMO I have ever even atempted was Star Wars Galaxies years ago, on a shotty PC. I played that for two weeks, and wasn't going to pay $15 a month to play a game.

But not ever having played an MMO extensively, I am very satisfied with what I played today.

It's exactly what the XBOX was lacking and needed. It's the first attempt that at least I know of, of an MMO on the XBOX, and I think so far it has done a great job.

I can jump into the world and explore all I want, join up with a group or roam on my own. It's excellent, and I'm certain, will only get better.

[Daergar]

My only gripe is that I feel a bit ripped off. Deluxe edition and season pass comes to a fair bit of monies, and now I realize I am already nearing the end of the major questline and what I see of the map is all there is currently?

I could have sworn that I read "current beta map is two out of fifteen territories" or something very similar. And it turned out to be about half?

As a quick example, just comparing it to the size of gw2 (which was cheaper), I guess I expected "more" and feel a bit silly for it.

[Drandorion]

I can appreciate your thoughts on the game OP. For me I didn't come into this expecting a huge grind (loot or otherwise) mmo. I wanted a shooter that runs smoothly and has a some what persistent world. I'm enjoying my time in Defiance immensely.

I tried warframe but the space ninja thing was weird, I hate when I go to play a shooter and instead find everyone using a sword. The character designs in particular didn't appeal to me. The pacing was too fast imho. Different strokes for different folks I guess.

[Dixa]

My only gripe is that I feel a bit ripped off. Deluxe edition and season pass comes to a fair bit of monies, and now I realize I am already nearing the end of the major questline and what I see of the map is all there is currently?

I could have sworn that I read "current beta map is two out of fifteen territories" or something very similar. And it turned out to be about half?

As a quick example, just comparing it to the size of gw2 (which was cheaper), I guess I expected "more" and feel a bit silly for it.

40 dollar season pass. how much is cod elite again?

[Scuffy P]

Btw Dixa, regarding the target audience - in my humble opinion its the main problem of this game, the target audience is very broad with console audience included. Cant explain myself the oversimplified gameplay and mechanics otherwise.

You hit the nail on the head.

Defiance is a console game released on the PC, not a PC game released on the consoles. Get over yourself FFS. What did you expect?

[goldnuggets]

yep, this game is just o.k. I will probly beat the missions in a few days and move on. it will be free 2 play with a cash shop pretty soon, trust me.

[DS Triggah]

i agree its a bit ruff and not at a great length will i get 100 hours out of it after doing all missions and pvp mash yes which makes me think my money is worth it as i could of spent 40 pound taking me and my partner n the kids to the cinema so all in all it is a saisfying game wouldnt call it a mmorpg though its a mmo but just a shooter really like any other apart from you can sometimes bump into someone from around the world lol

[Drake]

my problem is
bad pc transition, voice problems, chat problems, bugsetc
everything was postet 100 times in alpha beta etc and its now in realise version ... why the hell did i report all bugs ...