Have to revise my review after many more hours of playtime:
This is a legitimately fun and addictive game. At its core its a third person looter shooter with many different "hero" characters to choose from, all sporting very different gameplay styles.
What would be considered post game grind and item farming in other games is the main gameplay loop in The First Descendant. Youll repeat the same missions and kill the same enemies and bosses a hundred times over always looking for rare drops.
If you liked doing boss runs in diablo this is your game.
The strange thing is: The grinding and dumb repeating of the same missions over and over is very fun.
Normally i would hate this type of game, but to be honest, im highly motivated to put more hours into it.
Its free and i think its probably a blast to play with your friends if you dont mind playing something thats just dumb fun.

Have to revise my review after many more hours of playtime: This is a legitimately fun and addictive game. At its core its a third person looter shooter with many different "hero" characters to choose from, all sporting very different gameplay styles. What would be considered post game grind and item farming in other games is the main gameplay loop in The First Descendant. Youll repeat the same missions and kill the same enemies and bosses a hundred times over always looking for rare drops. If you liked doing boss runs in diablo this is your game. The strange thing is: The grinding and dumb repeating of the same missions over and over is very fun. Normally i would hate this type of game, but to be honest, im highly motivated to put more hours into it. Its free and i think its probably a blast to play with your friends if you dont mind playing something thats just dumb fun.