Open world with vehicles and lots to do
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“There is a ton to do here, single player missions, contracts, challenges, co-op, pvp.”
Steam review · 48.8 h played ↗
Defiance
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 74%Mostly Positive · 74%Trion Worlds2014Looter Shooter · Third-Person Shooter · Action
The verdict
A fun co-op open-world MMO shooter with big Arkfall events, but the Steam version is delisted and unplayable. Skip it unless you use the Fawkes launcher.
Great for
Nostalgic fans and co-op players who like Borderlands-style loot and big open-world events
Main risk
The Steam version can't be played: servers shut down and the launcher or account linking fails
What players love
Fun, varied gunplay and weapons
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Weapons range in this game is best I've tried, I might say!”
Steam review · 168.9 h played ↗
Great community and co-op feel
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Great memories and community. Not a dull moment.”
Steam review · 15.4 h played ↗
Massive Arkfall world events
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“arkfalls were the coolest”
Steam review · 169.3 h played ↗
Free-form builds, no classes
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“There is no "class". It is all based on what weapon you decide to use.”
Steam review · 191.9 h played ↗
Good performance and smooth big battles
Mentioned in ~1 in 30 positive reviews
“Optimization was truly fantastic; even with all the action and armies of enemies and allies there were no FPS drops.”
Steam review · translated · 62.9 h played ↗
What players complain about
Unplayable: shut down, launcher and login broken
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“cant even login.. link to steam failed.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
Lag, bugs and glitches
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“the game is *still* riddled with bugs and lag issues”
Steam review · 1312.9 h played ↗
Repetitive grind and missions
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“The game won't be satisfied until you've killed 100 or 200 identical raiders or hellbugs for that one quest.”
Steam review · 16.1 h played ↗
Bans without reason, especially Russian accounts
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Played two hours, seemed good, then a ban arrived. For what?”
Steam review · translated · 2 h played ↗
Pay-to-win monetization and costly DLC
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“After the incredibly short story, you have nothing to do if you don't buy DLC ($10 a pop).”
Steam review · 423.7 h played ↗
Paying players got nothing when it went F2P
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“Bought the game, then it became free, they gave us who bought the game nothing to compensate”
Steam review · 37.4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unknown15 GB
Minimum
OSWindows XP SP2
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz CPU or better
Memory2 GB System RAM
Graphics512MB video card (NVIDIA GeForce 8600, ATI Radeon HD 2900, or Intel HD 4000 integrated graphics or better)
Storage15 GB free hard drive space
OSWindows XP SP2
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz CPU or better
Memory2 GB System RAM
Graphics512MB video card (NVIDIA GeForce 8600, ATI Radeon HD 2900, or Intel HD 4000 integrated graphics or better)
Storage15 GB free hard drive space
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