NEXON took the worst mechanics/system from Destiny 2, Warframe and Genshin Impact; Everything you know negatively from these said 3 games to create The First Desecendant.
Game's UI and the HUD needs ALOT of improvement and there's a lack of UI/HUD customisation. (That's why none of their screenshots in the store page shows any HUDs. It's horrible)
The micro-transaction is horrible. It feels like greedy NEXON is trying to create a quick CASH GRAB game.
$150 for a Ultimate descendant bundle that provide less than what Warframe's bundle gives is crazy.
70 cents for a slot expansion?? and everything has limited slots! Granted you get some slots if you ranked up your Mastery Rank, it's still insufficient.
The scale of the economy in-game is outright horrendous. (Why do i need 1.4mil credits to max rank a simple +HP mod?)
Limited (5) amount of active research at any given time, Warframe does not suffer from this, though the duration of the research are (JUST) slightly shorter than Warframe.
Enhancing / Leveling gears/substats gives me Genshin Impact PTSD.
Grinding / Farming for client-sided loots/drops gives me Destiny 2 or Division 2 PTSD.
The weapons and descendant Modding mechanics is WORSE than Warframe.
You need at least 8 catalyst
The devs here couldn't be arsed to implement (a small but subtle jiggle) physics. In a game where their selling point is cosmetics and extremely curvy female model. Is UE5 that hard to implement physics on?
There's cloth physics, there's environment physics. Literally everything has physics except them Tiddies and Ass.
Unreal Engine 5 isn't a bad game engine, but ALL bad games uses Unreal Engine 5. This shows that the devs are half-arsing this.
Both my CPU and my GPU ( 5800x + 6900XT ) are constantly at 100% usage right from the start at main menu. Everything in the graphic settings is on LOW. Bad optimisation from UE? Or Nexon rigged the game with Bitcoin mining malware??
Typical lazy developers couldn't be ARSED to include an option to completely turn off Anti-Aliasing. TAA is always on, why the f'k would i need TAA if i play in native resolution?
Mouse sensitivity is trash in game. X & Y axis is horrible, I felt like I'm controlling an Analog D-pad (NOT A JOYSTICK, A D-PAD!) with a mouse. ( Update : They *KINDA* fixed the input lag/delay, and made some interaction more instant. )
Awkward & weird delay when Aiming Down Sights. ADS scoped weapons is so bad I began to learn how to hip fire them instead.
NO CROUCH MECHANICS, despite One of the store page's picture shows Freyna IS CROUCHING!!
The quests are cringey af. I felt like a 15 year old has written the stories.
The English & Korean Voice lines sounds like it's made from AI. (I'm having "Kay-Shun-Ja" PTSD lmao iykyk)
I'm sure given enough time We'll see NEXON will open up Item tradings and then a huge sudden influx of China botters will overwhelm the game and NEXON won't give 2 sh!ts about it.
OH LETS HOPE NEXON DOESN'T DO GEAR SUNSETTING WHEN THE SEASON ENDS EH?
Vote with your wallet and most importantly vote with your time.
(I think I'll try to farm for Sharen or just play up till 200 hours.)
Get lured in by nice ASSets, leaves disappointed and fustrated. Wished this game dies a horrible death like Anthem and Outriders.

They introduced Hailey with a thicc'r body.
The 1st Season Battlepass rewards is very disappointing ( i mean what is *not* new from nexon. lmao Pre-Season was okayish but they ♥♥♥♥ up their very 1st Season. )
Several nice cosmetics ngl, that Lepic "Guyver" skin was nice, the Nun skin was... okay? the Ajax evolution skin is a scam ( you need a total of 60 mil absorb dmg to unlock the 3rd evolution, not 40 mil. WHY gate keep so bad for people who paid for the skin?!? )
The Hailey's story boss fight is scaled by hard mode. It's just a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ STORY quest ffs, why made it so difficult? ( Did i mention i felt the quest's written by a 15 yo and its cringe af? )

There's no flexibility on descendant builds once you start investing with multiple crystallisation catalyst and energy activator. You need at least 8 catalyst in each build to utilise the mod capacity, it restrict you down to just 1 particular build per descendant, unless you're willingly grind the 2nd same descendant and start investing again

[h3] Introduction [/h3] NEXON took the worst mechanics/system from Destiny 2, Warframe and Genshin Impact; Everything you know negatively from these said 3 games to create The First Desecendant. [h3]Interaction Menu[/h3] Game's UI and the HUD needs ALOT of improvement and there's a lack of UI/HUD customisation. (That's why none of their screenshots in the store page shows any HUDs. It's horrible) [h3]$$$$transation[/h3] The micro-transaction is horrible. It feels like greedy NEXON is trying to create a quick CASH GRAB game. $150 for a Ultimate descendant bundle that provide less than what Warframe's bundle gives is crazy. 70 cents for a slot expansion?? and everything has limited slots! Granted you get some slots if you ranked up your Mastery Rank, it's still insufficient. [h3]Gameplay[/h3] The scale of the economy in-game is outright horrendous. (Why do i need 1.4mil credits to max rank a simple +HP mod?) Limited (5) amount of active research at any given time, Warframe does not suffer from this, though the duration of the research are (JUST) slightly shorter than Warframe. Enhancing / Leveling gears/substats gives me Genshin Impact PTSD. Grinding / Farming for client-sided loots/drops gives me Destiny 2 or Division 2 PTSD. The weapons and descendant Modding mechanics is WORSE than Warframe. You need at least 8 catalyst [h3]Game Engine[/h3] The devs here couldn't be arsed to implement (a small but subtle jiggle) physics. In a game where their selling point is cosmetics and extremely curvy female model. Is UE5 that hard to implement physics on? There's cloth physics, there's environment physics. Literally everything has physics except them Tiddies and Ass. Unreal Engine 5 isn't a bad game engine, but ALL bad games uses Unreal Engine 5. This shows that the devs are half-arsing this. Both my CPU and my GPU ( 5800x + 6900XT ) are constantly at 100% usage right from the start at main menu. Everything in the graphic settings is on LOW. Bad optimisation from UE? Or Nexon rigged the game with Bitcoin mining malware?? Typical lazy developers couldn't be ARSED to include an option to completely turn off Anti-Aliasing. TAA is always on, why the f'k would i need TAA if i play in native resolution? [h3]Movement mechanics[/h3] Mouse sensitivity is trash in game. X & Y axis is horrible, I felt like I'm controlling an Analog D-pad (NOT A JOYSTICK, A D-PAD!) with a mouse. ( Update : They *KINDA* fixed the input lag/delay, and made some interaction more instant. ) Awkward & weird delay when Aiming Down Sights. ADS scoped weapons is so bad I began to learn how to hip fire them instead. NO CROUCH MECHANICS, despite One of the store page's picture shows Freyna IS CROUCHING!! [h3]Story lore, dialogue[/h3] The quests are cringey af. I felt like a 15 year old has written the stories. The English & Korean Voice lines sounds like it's made from AI. (I'm having "Kay-Shun-Ja" PTSD lmao iykyk) [h3]This game has no future[/h3] I'm sure given enough time We'll see NEXON will open up Item tradings and then a huge sudden influx of China botters will overwhelm the game and NEXON won't give 2 sh!ts about it. OH LETS HOPE NEXON DOESN'T DO GEAR SUNSETTING WHEN THE SEASON ENDS EH? Vote with your wallet and most importantly vote with your time. (I think I'll try to farm for Sharen or just play up till 200 hours.) [h3]TLDR:[/h3] Get lured in by nice ASSets, leaves disappointed and fustrated. Wished this game dies a horrible death like Anthem and Outriders. [h3](Update at 203 game play hours) :[/h3] They introduced Hailey with a thicc'r body. The 1st Season Battlepass rewards is very disappointing ( i mean what is *not* new from nexon. lmao Pre-Season was okayish but they fked up their very 1st Season. ) Several nice cosmetics ngl, that Lepic "Guyver" skin was nice, the Nun skin was... okay? the Ajax evolution skin is a scam ( you need a total of 60 mil absorb dmg to unlock the 3rd evolution, not 40 mil. WHY gate keep so bad for people who paid for the skin?!? ) The Hailey's story boss fight is scaled by hard mode. [b]It's just a fcuking STORY quest ffs, why made it so difficult?[/b] ( Did i mention i felt the quest's written by a 15 yo and its cringe af? ) [b]There's no flexibility on descendant builds once you start investing with multiple crystallisation catalyst and energy activator. You need at least 8 catalyst in each build to utilise the mod capacity, it restrict you down to just 1 particular build per descendant, unless you're willingly grind the 2nd same descendant and start investing again[/b] [h1]I guess the dev loves casually screwing casual players who don't play and grind this game 20 hours a day. Either that or you pay up $150 per ultimate. Them greedy fcuks[/h1]