I Quit. The First Descendant Review: A Soulless Cash Grab

[Puicey_Enthusiast]

**I'm Done and I Quit the game.**

As I look back on my time with The First Descendant, I'm left feeling cheated by the game's blatant disregard for player value and genuine gameplay design.

The in-game store is a masterclass in exploitation, with an overwhelming array of microtransactions designed to drain players' wallets. It's infuriating that previous skins are removed only to be replaced with new ones, forcing us to repurchase them. And don't even get me started on the "universal" skins – why must we buy the same skin multiple times for each character? This is nothing but nickel-and-diming, stripping away any sense of value or fairness.

It's clear that the developers are more interested in showcasing their artistic talents than crafting an enjoyable experience. The game's design is centered around the in-game store, with rewards and incentives geared towards buying everything – except actual skills or progress. This is a desperate attempt to fill the void left by lackluster gameplay and content.

The 3D models and artwork are indeed impressive, but they can't save this game from its fundamental flaws. If I were a wealthy game Studio CEO, I'd consider hiring the developers for their artistic talents – but not much else.

The First Descendant feels like a project created by soulless husks more interested in exploiting players' desires than crafting an enjoyable experience. The game's reliance on "horny bait" to hook players is a pathetic attempt to distract from its lackluster gameplay and content.

TL;DR: Avoid this cash-grab at all costs. Prioritize games that genuinely care about player value, gameplay design, and engaging experiences – not just the bottom line.tactics (Fear of missing out)

Side Note/Edit: The Web-Event is stupid, Many of us apparently can't link our accounts so it's not just me, The Web Event should have been an In-Game event like the other events, the only reason it's some external website we need to use is so they can force more user's to Visit their site and link their accounts which some of us can't even do. The event seriously should have just been in the damn game the same way the Event's and Supply sections for the battle pass are for doing the daily challenges, I ♥♥♥♥ you not the Developers just keep making bad choices without genuinely considering whats convenient for the players.

[Xenomorph - Drone]

For how long have you've been playing tho?

[❀Eden❀]

All true. The new "event" is just another fact to the confirmation that the game is build around the shop and not for the players.

[Puicey_Enthusiast]

Publicado originalmente por G†B:

For how long have you've been playing tho?

I have 459.7 Hours play time.
https://imgur.com/a/R6w1WAC

[NoxJS]

Welcome to Korea.

Every game they do is like this, same design, same emptiness, same lack of content, same shop prices...

Once Human has exactly the same issues and all maps are dead lands already.

When you have in mind profit profit and only profit, you always fail to focus on the actual game and to create a good experience.

That's the reason Korean and Chinese games are alwayf full of those boobs and asses as they already know that their games never have anything to offer,

With these games and their gatcha shi they are ruining the gaming scene as this behavior is becoming more and more the norm even in the West.

The confirmation is Black Myth Wukong. A chinese game built around the actuall game which sold millions of copies with a damned monkey and no skinny attractive characters...

[Xorpion]

Aside from the season pass, which is $10, that is good for 3 months in a game that is otherwise completely free to play.

So basically you play a game for literally nothing and then complain cause they have shop? This game is free to play, not free to operate. Nexon spent north of $50 million to develop the game plus the million bucks or so a month to continue operations. How dare they have micro-transactions for revenue to keep operations going, the gall...

[VigilantPhase449]

Publicado originalmente por Xorpion:

Aside from the season pass, which is $10, that is good for 3 months in a game that is otherwise completely free to play.

So basically you play a game for literally nothing and then complain cause they have shop? This game is free to play, not free to operate. Nexon spent north of $50 million to develop the game plus the million bucks or so a month to continue operations. How dare they have micro-transactions for revenue to keep operations going, the gall...

Leave the mulit billion dollar company alone! thats you...

[Furyion]

Publicado originalmente por NoxJS:

Welcome to Korea.

Every game they do is like this, same design, same emptiness, same lack of content, same shop prices...

Once Human has exactly the same issues and all maps are dead lands already.

When you have in mind profit profit and only profit, you always fail to focus on the actual game and to create a good experience.

That's the reason Korean and Chinese games are alwayf full of those boobs and asses as they already know that their games never have anything to offer,

With these games and their gatcha shi they are ruining the gaming scene as this behavior is becoming more and more the norm even in the West.

The confirmation is Black Myth Wukong. A chinese game built around the actuall game which sold millions of copies with a damned monkey and no skinny attractive characters...

lool soo true..!! welcome to North America..No lemons wanted.Woke Broke....bye bye!

[Tenz]

Nice you gave it a positive review. Glad you had fun with TFD, don't forget to come back when new content drops!

[Pocahawtness]

Publicado originalmente por Puicey_Enthusiast:

The First Descendant feels like a project created by soulless husks more interested in exploiting players' desires than crafting an enjoyable experience. The game's reliance on "horny bait" to hook players is a pathetic attempt to distract from its lackluster gameplay and content.

I think the core devs were very competent. But the top level design seems to have been dominated by sales people, who had no knowledge of gaming, and insisted on various changes to make money - and in the process they managed to turn the game in to a boring mess. It's a typical "led by sales" product.

But the game was an unexpected success, and the management can't fathom why. They are desperately trying to realise the potential of the game but because they don't understand why it was a success, and more importantly, what people are complaining about, they are taking the game in the wrong direction, and actually killing it off faster.

Having said that, I do think the community has sent confusing messages back to Nexon. The management can't see through the whining to get to the core of what's wrong, so they are "fixing" things that weren't broken, and not fixing stuff that is. They would do far better standing aside and letting the lower level minions, the real devs, to getting on with their job, because I think they know what needs doing.

[CookingMaMa]

The Dev only shine on Visual content, the core gameplay is not fun.
Class balance TRASH
Gunplay TRASH

[Zagga]

Publicado originalmente por Puicey_Enthusiast:

**I'm Done and I Quit the game.**

As I look back on my time with The First Descendant, I'm left feeling cheated by the game's blatant disregard for player value and genuine gameplay design.

The in-game store is a masterclass in exploitation, with an overwhelming array of microtransactions designed to drain players' wallets. It's infuriating that previous skins are removed only to be replaced with new ones, forcing us to repurchase them. And don't even get me started on the "universal" skins – why must we buy the same skin multiple times for each character? This is nothing but nickel-and-diming, stripping away any sense of value or fairness.

It's clear that the developers are more interested in showcasing their artistic talents than crafting an enjoyable experience. The game's design is centered around the in-game store, with rewards and incentives geared towards buying everything – except actual skills or progress. This is a desperate attempt to fill the void left by lackluster gameplay and content.

The 3D models and artwork are indeed impressive, but they can't save this game from its fundamental flaws. If I were a wealthy game Studio CEO, I'd consider hiring the developers for their artistic talents – but not much else.

The First Descendant feels like a project created by soulless husks more interested in exploiting players' desires than crafting an enjoyable experience. The game's reliance on "horny bait" to hook players is a pathetic attempt to distract from its lackluster gameplay and content.

TL;DR: Avoid this cash-grab at all costs. Prioritize games that genuinely care about player value, gameplay design, and engaging experiences – not just the bottom line.tactics (Fear of missing out)

Side Note/Edit: The Web-Event is stupid, Many of us apparently can't link our accounts so it's not just me, The Web Event should have been an In-Game event like the other events, the only reason it's some external website we need to use is so they can force more user's to Visit their site and link their accounts which some of us can't even do. The event seriously should have just been in the damn game the same way the Event's and Supply sections for the battle pass are for doing the daily challenges, I ♥♥♥♥ you not the Developers just keep making bad choices without genuinely considering whats convenient for the players.

That is completley your fault. no one forces you to buy stuff.
They will receive the best feedback on their bank account.
Just dont buy stuff if you dont like it

[Xsile]

So long, fairwell, good bye, buh bye..dont let the door hit you on the way out. One less disgruntled toxic player to poison the well. Thank you for giving up. Move onto the next bane of your existence game so that you have something to soliloquy about before you ultimately give up on that one also.

[grab these bandages]

What exactly cache this game stole from you, lol?

[Loki]

Ok, you quit the game... But, who really cares?

[lordstuffing]

600 hours in and i even farmed all the ultimate decedents you just need to buckle down and do the grind