While factions will no doubt play a vital role in the game, the gunplay appears to be the major focus for Ubisoft in XDefiant. Gunplay in Tom Clancy’s XDefiantĮarly XDefiant footage has a distinct Call of Duty feel to its gunplay. But while Overwatch focuses on the individual heroes in a class, XDefiant has a different priority: guns.

Considering Overwatch 2 will feature team sizes of five instead of six, it will be interesting to see how XDefiant fares against it. In addition to being an arena shooter with “ultimate” abilities, Overwatch also had four classes before consolidating its “defense” and “support” classes into one. The trailer showed an Outcast throwing down a green mist dispensing device to heal their teammates.īased on this information, Tom Clancy’s XDefiant is eerily similar to Overwatch’s early days, but with shooting akin to the Call of Duty series. Outcasts: Outcasts play the role of healers in XDefiant.An Echelon was shown in the trailer using their ultra to see enemies clearly through walls. Echelon: The Echelon faction was described as being the support class of the game.

During the trailer a cleaner was shown wielding a flamethrower and charging ahead of his team, suggesting that this faction will be very damage oriented. Cleaners: Cleaners form the assault class of XDefiant.Wolves also appear to specialize in heavy weapons, as one was shown to be carrying a minigun/shotgun hybrid in the trailer. Gameplay footage in the reveal trailer shows that at least one Wolf will have the ability to deploy a circular, moving shield around them and any team mates in the area. Wolves: Wolves function as tanks for their teams.

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