Play The First Descendant

So A lot of negative reviews, and I felt this game and its developers deserved much better than its current score so here's my review.

I had been waiting for something to scratch my warframe itch and TFD did it, very well. I've got over 400 hours and plan to play for a while longer. The developers are AAA in terms of modern developers who connect with their audience. This team is from Korea and have gone so far that they stay late at the office their time so they can push updates when its not prime game time. They listen everyday to community chatter and patch based on what the gamers see as fun, not sticking to what they created thinking its the best. They value our input and have changed the game drastically to make the game actually fun, completly wiping out mechanics they thought were good but not so much in practice. Within a week of season ones opening they patched most major complaints and fixed the rest in hot patches. I believe the actions of these developers are why Arrowhead of Helldivers 2 has rapidly been buffing for fun. Its what the gamers want I think. Enough about the developers though.

At release the game had a few hiccups in terms of balance but have since buffed many classes that needed it as well as buffed many guns in many ways making many new meta builds. You now see descendants using different guns and even builds. The grind to get your gear has been tuned way down. Maxxing out your first descendant and gun takes a little but once you have a farm build you can start unlocking things very fast. Just today I unlocked two new descendants because thatch what I was focusing, also had some amazing RNG, but many days I get side tracked with randoms other things I just decide to do. I just find doing the different missions fun, swapping up descendants and trying different builds. You really do feel the power as you level up.

I would suggest this game to anyone who enjoys the journey more than the destination. To me its not about being absolutely meta. Its about enjoying the gameplay loop, and Im finding so many fun descendants and weapon combos to try out. The thing is there is a big variety of descendants and weapons that are considered "OP" now. Bosses endgame become more mechanic based than tank and spanks. So its not so important that you have the biggest gun or highest dps, its very important that you know the fight. They give ample time for bosses but because most people don't know mechanics they shoot and fill the rage bars up when they shouldn't and wipe the party.... flashback of wow raids lol

The community is mostly console but they seem to be more chill than the pc players I encounter, There's one of two people you meet in dungeons, bosses, missions. The guys who look at a team and leaves based on teammates, the min maxxers, or the crew who sticks it out with whatever team to beat the objective. In my experience then random mix match non meta teams have been the funnest!

If you are a fan of Warframe and Destiny, then this game is for you. Each character has unique abilities, but to unlock the ultimate characters, you need to do a lot of grinding.

Pros and Cons

Pros:
Unique Characters: Each character has distinctive abilities, adding depth and variety to gameplay.
Engaging Combat: The game offers dynamic combat with a range of weapons and skills, similar to Warframe and Destiny.
Frequent Updates: Developers regularly update the game, adding new content and improvements.

Cons:
Heavy Grinding: Progression often requires extensive grinding, which can feel repetitive and time-consuming.
Balancing Issues: Some characters and weapons may feel overpowered or underpowered, affecting game balance.
Learning Curve: The game can be complex for new players due to its mechanics and character abilities.

TLDR: if you like to no-life looter shooters or spend $$$ or/and look at virtual ass - you're in for a good time. Otherwise stay away. Estimated time to get ~everything~ done = 300-400 hours.

Edit/addition: Dear Nexon, your website is horrendous. Stop trying to push people into using that pile of garbage. Thanks.

Season 1 invasions suck balls - let's play an idiotic memory game. And the invasion bosses require top tier weapon to slay = goodfkinbye players who don't no-life the game. And it's the only way to farm the new character unless you wanna use $20 from ur wallet. ♥♥♥♥ move.
Edit: they adjusted the "puzzles" to be a lot less annoying, it's bearable now. Other problems mentioned are still there.

Ridiculously overpriced shop. Exorbitant prices on some consumables and somewhat overpriced cosmetics. The worst are probably the inventory slots.
Edit: they seem to be adding some of the consumables to the weekly trader on Oct 10th. Hope that improves the situation.

Another issue would be that there's no point in running any other descendant than bunny for 90% of the content unless you like making things slower for whatever reason.
Edit: there has been A LOT of buffs to other descendants, and even though bunny is the pinnacle of farming in a farming game, you can get pretty close on other descendants at some pieces of content.

Story is so bad that I'd be surprised if anyone doesn't skip it.

Cringiest voice acting ever. To the point you swap to Korean to not hear the unbearable garbage they're spitting in English.

The Colossi (giant bosses) are ok. Although in endgame they generally all become basically one shot (2-8 second kills on all bosses except the last one). It sure feels good to have a build or a few to delete these bosses quickly.

Inventory management and the UI in general sucks. I get it that you want console players to be able to use it too, but on pc it's just awful and feels like a huge downgrade from literally any other game.
Edit: they added filters which they later improved and inventory management is in an ok place now. I don't think this is a priority anymore.

The good stuff:
- many ASS
- good graphics, makes ass nicer and shinier
- runs on potato
- very decent modding system (warframe like)
- LOTS of positive QoL changes over the few months that the game was out
- plenty of descendant and gun buffs over time, most are making these migrate from fodder category to usable and even viable
- the idea of having the right character to do the right job is cool
- have rocketman kyle
- cook with blair
- play doom music with ajax
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