The First Descendant, the free-to-play looter shooter developed by Nexon, launched on July 2 to lukewarm reviews, as many felt like a rehash of games like Destiny and Warframe, even sparking debate over whether the developers plagiarized elements from those titles. Something that apparently hasn’t bothered gamers, as Nexon recently revealed that they hit 10 million users across all platforms just a week after launch.
A piece of news that will surely have some surprised, since although the initial hype has been high, certain complaints could be read about it during the first days of the title’s launch. Some of the complaints from the community were about its monetization and some technical problems, which even led to the main designer of the game coming out to apologize and announce solutions. And along with that, several players claimed that The First Descendant was starting to fill up with semi-inactive players known as “AFKing leechers”, who take advantage of the system to sneak into games and then obtain rewards without contributing anything.
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But it seems that none of this has stopped the game from not only capitalizing on the hype, but also gaining more players as the days go by. In a recent post, Nexon wrote: “10 million Descendants! We’ve hit 10 million Descendants in just 7 days! Thank you all for your tremendous support and love. It means the world to us.
“We will do our best to bring you great experiences. We can’t wait to continue this journey together,” they promise.
Finally, some experts have indicated that much of The First Descendant’s success can be attributed to the fact that the game is free and has a fairly low learning curve, which would have attracted these millions of players. But on the other hand, they warn that the real test is keeping those players interested, as many would bet that the number of players will plummet after just a couple of weeks on the market.
A friend lies to his partner to play The First Descendant together, but the community warns him that he is doing wrong
One of these ten million players has recently shared his experience with the title, saying that he was forced to resort to a little lie to convince his friend to play the campaign together. A story that has sparked debate in the community about the ethics of white lies in video games. Reddit user MMXXIV-VII-II said that he was thoroughly enjoying The First Descendant, however, one obstacle stood in his way: his friend’s busy schedule. Due to his relationship, he only had 30 to 60 minutes a day to dedicate to video games, time that he preferred to invest in titles that he had discovered himself.
Faced with this situation, MMXXIV-VII-II came up with a plan. He patiently waited for his friend to discover The First Descendant on his own, and when he finally did, he proposed to play the campaign together. What the friend didn’t know was that he was being treated like a little white lie. In one post, he says that his best friend, “still believes that we are both level 26 and playing the campaign together. Little does he know about my double life.” And to prove the deception, he leaves a screenshot of where you can see that he has many characters in which he has already reached the maximum level of 40.
A story that has had responses generally reproaching him that: “If this is how your friend behaves regarding this type of things, then he is not a friend I would want. I don’t think so.” Otr even tells him: “Beautiful, sounds like a toxic friendship. Update us when the shit hits the fan please.”
Something to which the player responded to the annoyed man, saying: “Get laid, kids. Besides, one day, you too might have a job that allows you to earn more than 150,000 dollars a year. Let’s see what your priorities are then.”
