New co-op looter shooter The First Descendent seems to be a smash-hit success on Steam by way of gamers, however it’s launched to total ‘Combined’ consumer critiques.
The First Descendent is a model new third-person looter shooter, which launched immediately as a free-to-play sport on PC, PS5, and Xbox Collection X. On PC specifically, the shooter seems prefer it’s been nothing wanting a superb launch for developer Nexon Video games, having soared straight to the highest of Steam’s greatest sellers chart simply hours after launch.
What did it dethrone on the high of mentioned chart, you ask? Why, solely Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, the gargantuan DLC enlargement for FromSoftware’s critically-acclaimed and extensively beloved 2022 RPG. Shadow of the Erdtree did launch over every week in the past at this level, it is value noting, however that is nonetheless a reasonably unbelievable feat from a model new sport like The First Descendent.
Nonetheless, it isn’t all sunshine and rainbows for the third-person shooter. After greater than 4,100 consumer critiques on Steam, The First Descendent is at the moment sat at a ‘Combined’ overview combination rating, after simply 43% of gamers gave it a optimistic overview. The huge quantity of destructive consumer critiques are sadly scathing of the shooter’s microtransactions.
“I purchase Calibers pack the cash was written off, however there isn’t any Caliber, WTF???” writes one consumer critiques, whereas one other provides, “Introduced Caliber for battle move however I by no means obtained it, Steam fee was profitable however nothing in-game.” Caliber is The First Descendent’s microtransaction forex, with which gamers can get beauty gadgets, like model new outfits for characters, or pay to degree up their characters.
Over on Nexon’s web site although, the developer writes that it is nicely conscious of gamers seeing delays when buying Caliber. “When buying a number of gadgets by the basket from the PlayStation Retailer, there could also be a delay of the gadgets to be delivered to your stock,” Nexon writes, which admittedly omits any point out of points on PC.
In any other case, a good few gamers are actually having fun with The First Descendent’s looting and capturing. “Superb sport if Future and Warframe made a child collectively this could be the child,” writes one optimistic overview. “Recreation is grindy, similar to Future, however seems higher. There’s far more enemy sorts and the talents are enjoyable. You aren’t locked into minimal lessons however have a big selection primarily based what number of descendants you unlock,” one other provides.Â
It is a rocky launch for The First Descendent on Steam, however the shooter’s standing on the high of the most effective sellers chart signifies that it has a participant base, on the very least.
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