The First Descendant Is a Huge Hit Regardless of Its Varied Controversies

The First Descendant has seen 10 million gamers in its first week of availability.

Nexon’s free-to-play looter shooter launched on the finish of June and noticed quick reputation, with a formidable 264,860 peak concurrent gamers on Steam alone. (Microsoft and Sony don’t make participant numbers publicly obtainable.)

Nexon has now confirmed the spectacular whole participant depend of 10 million in seven days. It mentioned “we’ve reached” 10 million gamers, which suggests this determine pertains to participant accounts, reasonably than dormant downloads.

“Thanks all in your super assist and love,” Nexon continued. “It means every thing to us. We’ll do our greatest to carry you nice experiences. Cannot wait to proceed this journey collectively!”

🎉 10 Million Descendants! 🎉

We have reached 10 million Descendants in simply 7 days!Thanks all in your super assist and love. It means every thing to us.We’ll do our greatest to carry you nice experiences. Cannot wait to proceed this journey collectively! pic.twitter.com/SsvcelMTsh

— The First Descendant (@FirstDescendant) July 12, 2024

The First Descendant is an enormous hit already, however Nexon will probably be aware of rising its participant depend as the sport evolves, and we have seen how tough this has develop into for therefore many publishers and builders who’ve entered the extremely aggressive dwell service market lately.

Whereas The First Descendant is clearly successful it’s not with out controversy, and sits on a ‘combined’ consumer overview ranking on Steam. Gamers have closely criticized The First Descendant’s extremely aggressive monetization, which incorporates $100 character bundles and premium customization gadgets that expire after use. Nexon was additionally accused of copying Future 2 icons for the icons utilized in The First Descendant, one thing the corporate has now mentioned it is going to handle in-game.

Usually talking, The First Descendant is a mash-up of mechanics from varied looter shooters already out there. There’s greater than a whiff of Future about The First Descendant’s design, methods, and mechanics, however then there’s additionally a whole lot of Warframe about it, too.

This week, Nexon launched a big replace for The First Descendant that makes some massive modifications to the sport, however leaves some facets that had develop into a subject of debate inside the neighborhood effectively alone.

IGN’s The First Descendant overview returned a 5/10. We mentioned: “The First Descendant has all of the constructing blocks of a unbelievable looter shooter, however they’re buried below a pile of monotonous quests, a horrible story, and an infuriating free-to-play mannequin that has influenced its sport design within the worst attainable means.”

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