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Defiance 2050
"Defiance 2050 is a futuristic free to play online shooter set in an extraordinary post-apocalyptic world with advanced alien technology. Fight on your own or alongside friends as you explore and unlock powerful weapons with extensive skill and customization systems." For the 5th anniversary of Defiance the game is being remade from the ground up....
Details
- Released
- July 10, 2018
- Developer
- Trion Worlds
- Genres
- Shooter · Action · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure · MMO · Open world
- Publisher
- Trion Worlds
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Defiance 2050 Reviews
Professional reviews from gaming critics
Defiance 2050 has the potential to be a fun free-to-play open world shooter, once it kicks the lag in the face. Until I see this game possibly not getting the love that it had back in 2013 when it came out for the Xbox 360 and PS3 when accompanied with a rather great SyFy show of the same name.
Defiance 2050 might lean too hard on players knowing a show that nobody was even watching in 2015, let alone now, but once you get past that, you find that the game is a very competent open world shooter wearing the trappings of an MMO. It’s nothing that’s going to change anyone’s life, but the price is right and the right people playing with you can turn the game into some great fun.
With titles like Warframe already dominating the free-to-play space and providing a much more polished and expansive experience, Defiance 2050 comes as a tough recommendation. Despite being a remaster its visuals feel outdated and the repetitive gameplay coupled with some glitches and connectivity problems make it an experience that may start to frustrate after a couple of hours. It does have an intriguing open world and a thriving community though, and as it's currently available as a free-to-play title it wouldn't hurt to take a punt if you feel inclined to do so.
Apparently, Defiance was an MMO that got released alongside some SyFy television series a few years ago. I never watched that show, but when I heard about the existence of Defiance 2050 —a sci-fi MMO-style shooter with Borderlands’ looting elements— I was intrigued.
Trion Worlds’ “reimagined” Defiance does little to fix the crippled MMO and instead, uses the opportunity to try and capture a new audience with the same bland experience of yesteryear. Defiance 2050 has nothing to leverage but its free-to-play status, nothing to separate itself from the competition, and nothing of quality for new players to latch onto.