It’s launch day for Nexon’s The First Descendant, a phrase I nonetheless handle to misspell even after overlaying this recreation for not less than the final three years – you bear in mind, again when it was nonetheless codenamed Mission Magnum. Nicely, it’s absolutely right here right this moment, a large-scale first-person multiplayer looter-shooter, with numerous Future 2 and Warframe vibes and a co-op nature that must make it palatable for MMORPG gamers too.
“The First Descendant transports gamers to the continent of Ingris, the place they are going to struggle in opposition to large Colossi and the Vulgus alien invaders for the survival of people. Followers can expertise a panoramic story by varied missions to develop stronger and slowly uncover the Descendants’ hidden secret. The First Descendant affords a singular and delightful ambiance by high-quality fields developed inside Unreal Engine 5 the place gamers can achieve a brand new perspective of actuality and fantasy coexisting in a single place.”
The sport arrives right this moment – free-to-play, thoughts you, on PC/Steam, PS4/5, Xbox One/X|S, and even NVIDIA GeForce Now. The launch interval will see a pre-season and introduction to the battlepass, adopted by the primary post-launch replace, first season replace, after which Season 1 Invasion in August with a brand new Descendant and recent content material. The cadence past that could be a new season roughly each quarter.
We’ve managed to attain a number of hands-on efforts with the sport this summer time already; you possibly can take a look at Chris’ Stream and Andrew’s SGF impressions and interview to see whether or not it’ll be price your obtain. Blissful launchums!