What it is advisable know
- Nexon not too long ago confirmed off what gamers can anticipate from Season 1 of The First Descendant, and gamers have been excited for the upcoming content material replace.
- Nevertheless, a brand new improvement revealed that Season 1 was really going to be cut up into three separate updates unfold throughout three months.
- This resulted in group backlash, criticizing Nexon for drip feeding content material into the sport.
- Nexon has since responded to the suggestions, and adjusted the schedule for Season 1… However gamers nonetheless aren’t completely pleased.
The First Descendant throughout its preliminary pre-season launch has been an enormous success for Nexon, particularly given the studio’s clear dedication to really responding to participant suggestions. Gamers have been trying ahead to the sport’s correct kick-off with the most important Season 1 replace, too, however Nexon’s not too long ago revealed schedule for The First Descendant: Season 1 “Invasion” has drawn no small quantity of backlash.
At first, Nexon made it seem as if the whole lot proven for the Season 1 replace can be a part of the preliminary launch, solely later revealing that the plan was for the brand new content material to be cut up between three totally separate updates unfold throughout three months. This instantly drew ire from gamers, however Nexon has already responded to the suggestions and adjusted the Season 1 replace schedule.
Initially, The First Descendant: Season 1 “Invasion” was cut up between three updates on Aug. 29, Sept. 26, and Oct. 30, drip feeding the brand new content material over the course of a number of months. Now, the brand new plan is for the preliminary Season 1 replace, which incorporates the brand new Descendant, Hailey, the Season 1 Battle Cross, new seasonal development, and a brand new type of single-player dungeons, to drop on Aug. 29 as regular.
The remainder of the confirmed Season 1 content material, together with the Demise Stalker Void Intercept Battle, new Final Weapons and upgrades, and a brand new Final Freyna Descendant, has been mixed into one replace deliberate to launch on Oct. 10. This up to date launch schedule comes alongside a new letter from The First Descendant devs acknowledging the suggestions and committing to vary.
Nevertheless, many gamers nonetheless aren’t pleased, and with legitimate motive.
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A step ahead, however issues nonetheless stay
General, I actually do assume Nexon is surpassing expectations and shocking gamers with the replace cycle for The First Descendant. The studio has been fast to deal with participant suggestions and implement adjustments that truly make the sport higher and extra enjoyable, and has (for probably the most half) admitted to and discovered from its errors. That is one other likelihood for the studio to study, it appears.
Even the brand-new replace preview trailer linked above makes no point out that The First Descendant: Season 1 “Invasion” is being drip fed to gamers throughout a number of updates, for instance. Whereas gamers are responding extra positively to the extra condensed replace schedule that Nexon has now dedicated to (and acknowledged the devs for his or her fast response), there are nonetheless some points.
Many TFD gamers nonetheless really feel misled by the preliminary Season 1 reveal, and I do not blame them. The expectation was for the preliminary replace to incorporate the whole lot proven, and for Nexon to launch smaller, shock content material updates all through the development of the season. Now, it appears as if we have already seen the whole lot we are able to anticipate for the sport over the subsequent three months, and we’ll have to attend for lots of it.
On high of that, the unfold of content material nonetheless feels unusual. Principally, it seems that the distinctive Modules for the brand new Descendant, Hailey, aren’t being added to the sport alongside her. Which means gamers should wait to correctly construct Hailey till a future replace that truly provides the content material that totally takes benefit of her talents. It is an odd transfer, to say the least. Many gamers are additionally disillusioned that Final Freyna is now not simply across the nook.
In fact, Nexon cannot simply make the whole lot prepared for launch on Aug. 29. It is very probably that options like Final Freyna and the Demise Stalker Colossi boss battle merely aren’t able to be launched, but, therefore the choice to maneuver up the third Season 1 replace whereas pushing again the second. Hopefully, although, Nexon will study from this for future TFD updates, being extra clear about replace plans and never drip feeding content material, which is a really quick strategy to frustrate gamers, as many different dwell service video games have proven.