So I decided to load up OLDefiance, and was blown away but how pathethic Defiance 2050 is compared. Its missing many game systems from the orignal, and enemies seem to have about triple the health, and over double the damage compared to the old game. Started the base game as a Veteran, so I could start with an AR, it only took 6 body shots to kill a random grunt mutant or 3-4 head hits, compared to 2050 where it'd take a entire 30 round clip to do the same. The Old game has spikes, which give buffs, stims so everyone can heal, a cyber rig (which I never got to use yet), a far better skill system that was much more open.

Another issue is the entire weapon system as a whole, I feel they screwed up majorly here. Weapon damage is so low, that boosting damage with bonus points from ranking barely makes any noticable diffrence. Nevermind the fact how explosive weapons hit like wet noodles, especally detonators. I think most weapons need to have their damage increased by 50-75%, or cut the enemies health in half.

2050 does look a bit prettier than the old game, but thats about all it has going for it. Its missing so much compared to the Old version that its almost not worth playing.

My biggest gripe with 2050 so far though, is how the enemies have 3x+ the health they used to. The lack of most of the base games systems is also bad.

How do you do a remake of a game and make it so much worse compared to the base game it came from?

All in all the game just isin't any fun and just feels like moving thru a swamp with how long it takes to kill anything. For now I've uninstalled the game, until I see some massive improvements hit, if not I might not bother to come back at all. I tried to like Defiance 2050, but with so much gutted out compared to the orignal and how overly long and drawn out they made killing things become, its just not any fun to play.