There was numerous pleasure for The First Descendant when it launched final July. It had an extremely sturdy first month the place it reached its all-time peak participant rely of over 264,000 gamers. Since its launch, curiosity has sharply declined as its participant rely has decreased considerably since launch. Regardless of that, developer Nexon continues to assist all of its platforms with new content material and updates. Nicely, that’s true till June 19.
The First Descendant dropping PS4 assist in June
In a current developer livestream (as identified on ResetEra), Nexon confirms it is going to drop assist for PS4 and Xbox One on June 19. That is simply shy of its first anniversary. The reasoning behind ending assist for last-gen platforms is as a result of recreation regularly rising in scale. The builders state it has put in “numerous effort and problem sustaining the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One builds.”
Sadly for PS4 gamers, this implies The First Descendant will probably be unplayable in June, and will probably be delisted from the PlayStation Retailer. Progress does carry over between platforms, so if PS4 gamers find yourself grabbing a PS5 between now and June 19, they’ll have the ability to proceed their progress on the current-gen platform.
The First Descendant is a free-to-play third-person looter shooter. When it launched it was met with very combined critiques. On the overview combination web site Metacritic, it holds a mean rating of 57 throughout 21 critic critiques. On Steam, customers are additionally “Blended.” Whereas it appears gamers benefit from the preliminary grind of the sport, many criticize its endgame content material.
One other criticism of The First Descendant entails plagiarism of developer Bungie. When the sport launched, Nexon was accused of lifting artwork from Future. In response to the accusations, Nexon said it is going to “make sure that the imagery that will seem related clearly displays the distinctive identification of our recreation.”
