Defiance 2050

 PlayStation 4
User Score
4.5

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 26 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 26
  3. Negative: 13 out of 26

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  1. silencer
    Jul 11, 2018
    8
    The game is perfect for people who play solo, because you don't need LFG or matchmaking - you already have tons of people in your instance that you can randomly team up with and then split on your merry way completely seamlessly. Sure, it's rough around the edges, but it's fun.
  2. crashtestguy
    Jul 23, 2018
    10
    My actual score is 8/10 but to balance the unnecessary 0's I gave it a 10. Only losing points on outdated graphics and the mediocre MMO engine. This could actually have been one of the best games of 2018 on PS4 if it weren't for those two factors. It's a great looter and gear customization shooter with different classes and skills to make for a great co-op/MMO teamwork experience. TheMy actual score is 8/10 but to balance the unnecessary 0's I gave it a 10. Only losing points on outdated graphics and the mediocre MMO engine. This could actually have been one of the best games of 2018 on PS4 if it weren't for those two factors. It's a great looter and gear customization shooter with different classes and skills to make for a great co-op/MMO teamwork experience. The free to play model doesn't lock you out of getting a full experience and the grinding is actually very exciting with a large variety of activities and different enemies. Music is just fantastic. The story and characters are actually brilliant and colourful despite what some reviewers have stated (looking at you Angry Joe :P) Overall a great experience and I will probably spend some money in the value of a AAA games price on it for that cool car, inventory space or loadout slots if needed.... just like Warframe. Give it a shot :)… Expand
  3. MachineGunniner
    Jul 11, 2018
    0
    Quite possibly the WORST game i have ever played. Absilutrky terrible servers that are constantky timing out, and when it does work, the lag is ridiculous. Very terrible story thst seems like a high school wrote. Dome of the worst enemy AI youll ever find, and some of the eorst character models youll ever find. Its good for a laugh though, at the pure incompetemce. Stay away from this poorQuite possibly the WORST game i have ever played. Absilutrky terrible servers that are constantky timing out, and when it does work, the lag is ridiculous. Very terrible story thst seems like a high school wrote. Dome of the worst enemy AI youll ever find, and some of the eorst character models youll ever find. Its good for a laugh though, at the pure incompetemce. Stay away from this poor excuse of a game… Expand
  4. NeoReaper
    Jul 10, 2018
    0
    Was told you needed to buy a founders edition to play early which was a lie because closed beta participants could as well. Founders(paid to play early) were locked out while the free players could login and play. When they finally fixed(48hrs later) and founders could get in you were met with constant crashes, severe frame drops, lag, & a ton of bugs(like missions not being able to beWas told you needed to buy a founders edition to play early which was a lie because closed beta participants could as well. Founders(paid to play early) were locked out while the free players could login and play. When they finally fixed(48hrs later) and founders could get in you were met with constant crashes, severe frame drops, lag, & a ton of bugs(like missions not being able to be completed). They had 5 years and the game launched in a worse state than it did back in 2013.… Expand
  5. SmellyVadge
    Jul 20, 2018
    5
    This game is a rebooted free to play that in my opinion deserves no place on the PS4. The gameplay is horrendous. You have a shield and health, expect that to deplete within an instant and die. Expect enemies to have 99% accuracy. The main quests are such a joke and very idiotic - protect this guy while he does this, you just conquered this place but you still need to protect this guyThis game is a rebooted free to play that in my opinion deserves no place on the PS4. The gameplay is horrendous. You have a shield and health, expect that to deplete within an instant and die. Expect enemies to have 99% accuracy. The main quests are such a joke and very idiotic - protect this guy while he does this, you just conquered this place but you still need to protect this guy while 100 enemies come at you and the guy you meant to protect dies. You go around doing arkfalls which are co op places on the map, once you complete them, you think you achieved something but you get no rewards whatsoever. You can get ark keys rarely from doing certain main quests or buy them with real cash to open up loot crate boxes in game and hope you end up getting a rare, but even if you do get a rare, a green weapon is more than likely going to do more dps. The progression in this game is very slow, boring and gives you the torture you like if you play this. I don't believe that being a free to play game is a good enough excuse for it to be so trash. If you like constantly dying, not progressing, getting into a story made by orang u tangs and not being rewarded....then by all means, this is a game for you.… Expand
  6. SuperkenGaming
    Jul 13, 2018
    6
    Defiance 2050
    decently enjoyable busy work
    Defiance 2050 is a free to play 3rd person shooter open world mmo co op game, you start creating your ark hunter though your choice are limited, and next thing you know you’ve crash landed and you run around a giant map completing quests… this is the game, there is story here though not a very interesting story.. This is really just a 3rd    Defiance 2050
    decently enjoyable busy work
    Defiance 2050 is a free to play 3rd person shooter open world mmo co op game, you start creating your ark hunter though your choice are limited, and next thing you know you’ve crash landed and you run around a giant map completing quests… this is the game, there is story here though not a very interesting story..
    This is really just a 3rd person free to play borderlands meets destiny meets an indie budget.. theres a notticable lack of polish in this game overall… its unstable, it will get shakey at times, I ran into pelnt of mission bugs, my character was frozen into annimations.. a few server issues, but I can look past all of this and see this game for what it is, and that is a bunch of busy work…
    I cant imagine this is a game youre going to really sit down and be glued to for more than a few days, but I can see this game as filler in between waiting for other games, something to do while youre bored… hop in, kill some enemies with friends, clear some missions…
    because despite the lack of polish or interesting story, or even interesting world to explore, this game still managaes to have an addictive hook, the shooting is fun, theres loot to be found and earned from completing missions and off of random enemies, I just genuinely had fun running around the giant open world and just completing what was ever thrown at me even though again none of it is interesting..
    I cant quite put my finger one why..
    maybe it is because the world feels alive thanks to it being shared.. where you going to a mission doesn’t disconnect you from everyone and loads you in.. no… if you go to a mission area and someone is already there trying to complet it themselves.. you now are co op partners completing it together, youre able to revive, but if you die you aren’t punished by losing progress, you can hop back in,
    Each class that’s choses at the start does have its own special abilitites on a cool down, and more abilities and perks can be unlocked as you level up, theres also competitive modes here, team deathmatch and domination.. but the maps are awful.. and the balance of the health, shields, weapons, and abilities just don’t translate well here.. its not fun at all
    so I didn’t stick around playing with competitive…
    Defiance 2050 is again a free to play game so theres nothing to lose in checking I out,
    I got my fill of the game after 2 days
    but it surprised me, it may surprise you as well
    I give Defiance 2050
    a 6/10    … Expand
  7. Sap-ete-10
    Aug 4, 2018
    10
    I really enjoy the game! I don't see anthing that could make me put something lower than 10! Don't be hater.
  8. atoles445
    Aug 5, 2018
    10
    WTF people. This game is MASSIVELY underrated. This is a FREE game. It is not on level with gta online, but if you don't want to pay for blood sucking leach that is playstation plus, this game is a perfect deal. If all you do is sit at home playing video games, playstation plus is perfect for you, but for normal/balanced people this is a perfect alternative. The graphics are shady, the lagWTF people. This game is MASSIVELY underrated. This is a FREE game. It is not on level with gta online, but if you don't want to pay for blood sucking leach that is playstation plus, this game is a perfect deal. If all you do is sit at home playing video games, playstation plus is perfect for you, but for normal/balanced people this is a perfect alternative. The graphics are shady, the lag is occational, but over all, this is one of the most hooking free to play games ive played. This game deserves everyone to take a look. Even with it's faults, it is new, so it is highly likely to be developed, so I don't even know why people are rushing to horribly rate it. I think mega corperations...looking at you sony...who benifit more from playstation plus want people to negativly rate this game, so people won't feel like they have an alternative to discusting playstation plus, but in reality, this is an exelent game, and it is growing, and in development. Just give it a try, the negative ratings, especially the zeros, are bull spit.… Expand
  9. s1bryant019
    Dec 26, 2018
    4
    When first starting Defiance 2050, one was over enthralled. Despite that the game being based on a defunct TV show, I had considerable pleasure in its original release. The world was expansive, the microtransactions were at a minimum, lots of group raids, and a lot of the progression felt streamlined to minimize the grind. I stopped playing as most do to for other games I wanted to try.When first starting Defiance 2050, one was over enthralled. Despite that the game being based on a defunct TV show, I had considerable pleasure in its original release. The world was expansive, the microtransactions were at a minimum, lots of group raids, and a lot of the progression felt streamlined to minimize the grind. I stopped playing as most do to for other games I wanted to try.

    When this game was announced for the PS4, I was pretty excited as it could be a fallback free to play experience one could enjoy on their own time. Holy hell was I wrong. The game has been completely overhauled to beg for cash, its laggy, buggy, graphically ugly, and highly unstable. During the first couple of sessions, one was either unable to join a server, or it crashed. I still am giving it a five because of a decent gaming loop and okay third-person action...when it works. All and all even free to play is too expensive for this game.    … Expand
  10. nateman53
    May 7, 2019
    2
    The game is an absolute failure of the end product that was the original defiance. The original game was made in service to the players while this version is more of a remake thrown together to encourage in-game transactions. they took away the freedom with the class system which originally allowed players to mix and match up to 10 different sub-abilities while having one of four mainThe game is an absolute failure of the end product that was the original defiance. The original game was made in service to the players while this version is more of a remake thrown together to encourage in-game transactions. they took away the freedom with the class system which originally allowed players to mix and match up to 10 different sub-abilities while having one of four main abilities including cloak, hologram, sprint, and overcharge. A players main ability determines their playstyle and the sub-abilities all them to flesh out that ability to more suit their experience while still remaining balanced. the way they did the classes in 2050 made some classes extremely overpower while others were drastically underpowered. Defiance 2050 removed a lot of the extra stories that were available while you played the original game and instead add them into the main storyline, which one, absolutely breaks the pacing of the story itself, but two makes the game feel more linear and pushes the grind to the extreme. In the original game, there wasn't an ego level cap and then a power score, you just had a power score that would slowly grow stronger as you play, rather than based off a players gear. in defiance 2050, each area has a specific power level for the enemies, if players are below this level, then the enemy is far stronger, but if a player is above the power level, the enemy is just as difficult as if the player was on the same level whereas the original defiance, if a players power score is above the enemies, they are a lot stronger. the grind for the games is about the same but the original game made the grind feel less grindy because they made it so once you were strong enough to beat the story the first time, it wasn't nearly as hard as defiance 2050 is, you could replay the story over and over and all enemies after this point (that are spawned by the story missions that is) are on par with the character, so that its difficult enough to keep it interesting but not so difficult that players can't beat it again. All rewards continued to progress as the player did and the game was a lot fairer with loot at the end of a public event in the original. even releasing five years later on a newer console, the graphics are still the same as the original. They also really dumbed down the game by taking away grenade charges and replacing them with a recharging grenade. this small resource management aspect added so much to the gameplay because if I'm going to die in a situation, I would rather it be because I didn't use my five grenades wisely enough rather than because I spent 45 seconds waiting for my next grenade. it seems the only thing Defiance 2050 managed to do was dumb down the gameplay on a once great game… Expand

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  1. Twinfinite
    Jul 23, 2018
    40
    Defiance 2050 is fun to muck around in for a couple of hours, but its lack of polish and outdated graphics severely hold it back from even getting close to the level of its current competition.
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  2. PlayStation LifeStyle
    Jul 11, 2018
    70
    Defiance 2050 is a game I can get lost in and enjoy several hours in at a time, but it’s mindless shooting and grinding that is the least difficult kind of gaming experience to locate in 2018.
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