The First Descendant has been accused of utilizing “barely modified” Future 2 icons.
The problem was first raised by Forbes author Paul Tassi, who accrued a collection of icons from The First Descendant and in contrast them to similar-looking icon artwork in Future 2.
The picture beneath, created by Tassi, seems to indicate that a number of icons share related shapes and design motifs as these utilized in Future 2. Whereas the icons don’t usually correspond to related powers within the respective video games, the similarities are clear.
The Forbes piece later factors out design similarities between a number of weapons, however these are much less specific than the icons, which seem to carry closely from Bungie‘s shooter.
Whereas The First Descendant doesn’t seem to truly re-use any of Bungie’s artwork, the inspiration is evident, and gamers are solely discovering extra situations.
Video games in the identical style are more likely to repeat design troupes, and contemplating that The First Descendant is an amalgam of a number of video games, resembling Warframe and Future, it’s maybe unsurprising that it options abilities and skills which are much like these discovered within the aforementioned video games.
Nonetheless, if additional proof is discovered of the heavy inspiration of design seemingly taken from Bungie, it’s doable that Nexxon might make adjustments to the artwork.
The First Descendant was launched final week on PC, PlayStation and Xbox. The free-to-play shooter earned a big participant rely throughout its opening days, but additionally acquired criticism from gamers who felt the sport’s microtransactions are aggressive and that the sport requires an excessive amount of of a grind as a free-to-play participant.
