Defiance

 PlayStation 3
User Score
6.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 148 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 85 out of 148
  2. Mixed: 28 out of 148
  3. Negative: 35 out of 148
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  1. CIVICMINDED
    May 4, 2013
    0
    This is easily the most frustrating video game experience of my 30+ years of gaming. Defiance is terribly broken. Since its launch, I have experienced countless audio problems, mic sync issues, lag, frame drop, connectivity issues, and console crashing. I have worked with Trion Worlds' technical support and have spent countless hours trying to fix this game, but it is simply unplayable.This is easily the most frustrating video game experience of my 30+ years of gaming. Defiance is terribly broken. Since its launch, I have experienced countless audio problems, mic sync issues, lag, frame drop, connectivity issues, and console crashing. I have worked with Trion Worlds' technical support and have spent countless hours trying to fix this game, but it is simply unplayable. Defiance is simply a broken game by Trion's own admission. Their advice to me was to use a different PSN profile to play the game, buy a new console, and completely reconfigure my modem/router. Ridiculous and insulting! Please know that I own over 275 disc and dlc PS3 games and I have never encountered anything like this. And please believe that in the sporadic moments when the game actually did manage to work a little, it's an atrocity. Boring, repetitive, mundane, generic crap! Literally, this has been the worst gaming experience of my life. Period.… Expand
  2. chrisjones914
    May 4, 2013
    4
    I am a big fan so far of the Defiance Tv show, and I think that the whole concept of having the game and the tv show tie in together probably worked great in theory; but in reality however Defiance the game just ends up being a boring grind consisting of pointless story missions and dumb fetch quests! Definitely not worth your hard earned 60 bucks.
  3. Face
    Apr 11, 2013
    0
    Hated this game. Not even a good effort. The graphics are already dated considering some of the games coming out recently, story is just bad and there's not really all that much to do... They might be able to save it with an huge overhaul patch, but i doubt it.
  4. ilikedarksouls
    Apr 11, 2013
    0
    Terrible game. No tie in the show, no content, crappy vehicle dynamics, sub-par graphics, and shallow story. I give it two months til its totally irrelevant.
  5. andertrack
    Apr 13, 2013
    3
    I would rate it higher if I could actually see the enemies in the extremely low res textures on basically everything. I will admit I had a little bit of fun destroying an ark crystal with a group of human allies but I don't think I will keep this game (thankfully rented it from gamefly).

    I could put up with the graphics by the way if the vehicle control was spot on but... it isn't
  6. dancinhomer
    Aug 29, 2013
    1
    I want to like... no, I want to LOVE this game, but if we're talking about the experience of playing... well, what can I say about a game that won't run? I installed the game, updated with the 25 (25!) patches and was able to play for about 3 days.

    Then, the first DLC came out. I have tried for more than a week and countless hours of keeping my PS3 on to update that latest patch, and    I want to like... no, I want to LOVE this game, but if we're talking about the experience of playing... well, what can I say about a game that won't run? I installed the game, updated with the 25 (25!) patches and was able to play for about 3 days.

    Then, the first DLC came out. I have tried for more than a week and countless hours of keeping my PS3 on to update that latest patch, and it just isn't happening. I've tried all the suggestions Trion technical support offers... turn off the media thing, run a fix on the file system, delete the patch and start over... I got nothing. It just stays on for hours and nothing updates.

    So, I really can't recommend this game. I want to. A post-apocalyptic MMO on my PS3 sounds AWESOME but when you can't play the game, it's just a big tease.

    Glad I only spent 10 bucks.    … Expand
  7. Mugatu
    Apr 3, 2013
    0
    Terrible graphics, vehicle physics, and AI. The game bills itself as a massive open world but there really isn't much variety, or depth, in what you can do. Firefall is essentially the same game but is free, and does not charge for DLC.
  8. Choinka
    Apr 6, 2013
    0
    Score fallen by 2 in 4 days, It shows how crap this game is... Bad enemy intelligence, too difficult, group of raides can hit you from 100 meters but cannot from 5... Lot's of glitches and its price... 40 pounds... They probably wipe their asses with that money... DLC will cost unlike in amazing firefall... Dont buy this
  9. Nobilis1984
    Aug 19, 2014
    3
    Thanks to "Free to play" ok
    Overall, the game does not offer much to play it for days. The graphics are bad, the bugs (sound, bad AI, graphics errors) make this game a real headache for the nerves.
    I never would have paid for just one penny.
  10. Ivan1989
    Jul 20, 2015
    3
    Defiance? This game is a bad third person version of the borderlands games. The Graphics are poor, they look like graphics from 2008. The enemy AI is crippling bad, some will just stand there inactive, not doing anything. They mindlessly charge, or they just stand there shooting in front of you, no intelligence to use cover. The sound is terrible, the opening cut scenes has allot of goingDefiance? This game is a bad third person version of the borderlands games. The Graphics are poor, they look like graphics from 2008. The enemy AI is crippling bad, some will just stand there inactive, not doing anything. They mindlessly charge, or they just stand there shooting in front of you, no intelligence to use cover. The sound is terrible, the opening cut scenes has allot of going on in the background but no sound except for the voices overs. There are soldiers running all over the place, they don't make a single sound. No foot step sounds either. Guns sounds are terrible. Glitches plague the entire game and always online makes the game to lag at times. Resolution is shockingly bad and so is the frame rate. The main character the customisations is uber generic and lack variety. Story? hahahhahah What Story? You fighting mutants? How original!

    3/10

    The only positive are the quests, but they get repetive.    … Expand
  11. Spinalcore
    Jul 14, 2015
    1
    I really enjoy the game in general as I also play it on the PC where I would rate it as a 7 or 8, but the PS3 version just fails due to the frequent locking up of the console. System freezes randomly upon loading in on my character, just arriving at an event, checking vendors or while running a mission. Never knowing when it will lock up and cause you to have to reboot the console takesI really enjoy the game in general as I also play it on the PC where I would rate it as a 7 or 8, but the PS3 version just fails due to the frequent locking up of the console. System freezes randomly upon loading in on my character, just arriving at an event, checking vendors or while running a mission. Never knowing when it will lock up and cause you to have to reboot the console takes all the fun out of playing the game. If you want to play the game and not have to pay for anything other than power and internet access like you can on the PS3 then go the PC version instead.… Expand
  12. MiracSpectac
    Dec 19, 2017
    1
    Having been one of the unfortunate saps who preordered this game, I thought I would go back and express my discontent. This game is/was horrible. Practically nothing beyond basic gunplay was done even remotely well. I started and stopped playing within a couple weeks of release, and I certainly regretted buying it.
  13. Arfuirl
    May 14, 2021
    0
    A free MMO-3RD Person Shooter with good graphics and lots of fun and events to do focused more on the action than the story which is not bad since this is a multiplayer Only game,give it a try

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Metascore
59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 21
  3. Negative: 2 out of 21
  1. Official PlayStation Magazine Benelux
    Aug 25, 2013
    40
    The moronic AI is not the only thing which takes us back to the good old days of the PlayStation 2. Defiance looks horrible with its blurry textures, wooden animations and an all-devouring grey mist that swallows up the horizon. [May 2013, p.82]
  2. Play UK
    May 27, 2013
    50
    Ugly and full of bugs, but also quite fun and possessing some good ideas - an interesting start for an MMO. [Issue#231, p.73]
  3. Playstation Official Magazine Australia
    May 20, 2013
    70
    If Defiance were purely offline you wouldn’t look at it twice. Objects wink out of existence, characters have little weight, and unless you’re in a team the enemies are tough. But it will get under your skin. [June 2013, p74]
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