The First Descendant - Before You Buy

The First Descendant (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S) is a free to play live service games with all of the regular trappings you would expect. Let's talk.
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[@ZenithL6579]

Before you don’t buy

[@TroyButtsoupBarnes42]

Yea that happens when it’s free

[@NoshikiYT]

The game is free

[@qraid]

yeah cos it's free

[@TaderSamich]

Before you buy $20 character packs...

[@TheHK_47]

Beat me too it

[@JC-jz6rx]

“The grim specter of Nexon hangs over the whole thing“ No words have ever gone together so appropriately

[@Frayme11]

That lawsuit was huge

[@steelsentinal]

Nexon is the reason why I’m not playing this lol

[@Jahoo89]

@@steelsentinal Nexon can only hurt you if you give them money, the game is free, and fun

[@baddiemcbadbad9231]

​@@Jahoo89typical problem gamer

[@williamyoung9401]

Diet Destiny...

[@andreww8318]

“I don’t know if they let him get in his zone anymore” friggin love Falcon man

[@gameranxTV]

haha appreciate you!

[@fabolousjada5070]

Hes a liar lol game is hard and the cutscenes are amazing especially when the guy arm gets ripped off and then thrown into the River like a rag doll when it gets to the 5 area it gets difficult

[@jwhitely7]

My wife and I are playing this game. Yeah I know a lot of people have complained about the microtransactions but this game works well for us. We don't spend money on microtransactions and we don't care about the customization very much so for us it's just a free experience

[@bootybandit2257]

This is my mindset while I’m downloading this rn I hope it’s fun and not too much micro transactions shit

[@Weiswolfe]

Giga Chad mentality

[@Twick_Stick]

Definitely, For a free to play game you get a good amount of “game”

[@dl30wpb]

So what's your point? Is that supposed to sell others on this crap?

[@jacobdailey9622]

Destiny 2 would be much better if they still had the og campaign

[@jacksonreynolds420]

Before you install

[@Sinsirink]

Shhh settle dwn

[@Ziggyvu]

***Before you uninstall. This game dry af after 3 hours

[@FRAG0735]

​@Ziggyvu tell me you're old without telling me your old.

[@emmanuelmaggit4760]

@@FRAG0735it’s not a good game I too uninstalled after a couple of hours. It could be good but they fumbled it hard. For me it was the boring scenery and dead space when your exploring. Not only that it’s just a worse version of warframe

[@Hxckula]

@@Ziggyvuyou most likely played the tutorial then uninstalled.

[@ditchfood8047]

"It's hard to die." Then you are a better gamer than I. Sometimes, you just explode.

[@darianstarfrog]

He clearly didn't get far

[@trashpanda003]

I feel like the full release was much harder than the final tech test. I never died in the test but the first defense mission I got packed in.

[@zndxt1970]

I've played 10 hours all solo and I've yet to die. Hilarious u ipad kids can't play a game this easy LMAO

[@NihonNoMajin]

​@@zndxt1970 it's sad you have to be such a toxic human.

[@speckijunkie1173]

​@@zndxt1970 clearly a lie play pyroman and then talk again

[@elijahteputepu2519]

“You wont die at any point” tells me you didnt even make it half way through the game 😭😭

[@simonshura9144]

Exactly 😂 I beat campaign today and these crybaby's never made it even trough half way LMAO

[@1doobiedoo]

Right? In hard mode the trash mobs can one tap you if you’re not built properly.

[@neuroNadia]

Yup LOLOLLLL It is syupid easy early on. Very smart on devs part bc it gets you used to mechanics and types of missions etc....then they take the training wheels off hahaha and i love it

[@Vilodonkilo]

So is it a banger?

[@rezith522able]

​@Vilodonkilo it's good. Play it through, it gets hard. Plus it's free.

[@Pirate_King6969]

Man falcon is on roast mode throughout the whole video

[@EddyGeheim]

Yeah but it was kinda funny though

[@LCInfantry]

They hate this game. Never once did they mention this game when it was announced. They don’t like free to play games in general.

[@DurkenGaming]

"There's no chance you can die ever" And I took that personally.

[@99Plastics]

Yeah It's a problem with these half ars reviews where they don't bother leaving the tutorial portion of the game that is still trying to ease them in. Later stages of the game are brutal to the point if you don't play well and don't build the resistances you get 1 tapped.

[@default904]

When he said you don’t die, I LOL’d.

[@my0866]

How far did this guy actually get to in the game.

[@usedfuzzbox]

Yeah, it's easy to at times, especially if play solo......

[@MrMajestix13]

@@my0866 i dont make it a point to continue playing something i don't like, so, not very far i imagine.

[@xenondestiny]

Don't bully my boy greg, he built diffy.

[@dragonhunterneo1742]

Me helping a friend catch up doing Greg’s dungeon with a 20k + dps gun “hi Greg “ “bye Greg”

[@slik286]

@@dragonhunterneo1742 i mean does anyone remember any of the other boss names ? no but Greg is Legendary

[@nagatodan]

​@@slik286Yeah, ifs only iconic because its such a non threatening name for a villain. The naming conventions are very generic

[@greggeiger7532]

I know right

[@rexcharles11]

😂😂 extremely accurate review; maybe too accurate

[@murder00redrum]

Man didnt even leave tutorial zone lmao

[@LCInfantry]

They give first impressions with a group of people. They don’t do reviews. They missed stuff… like the colors can be earned by doing doing challenges. And the mission result screen is viewed when you view the options screen… and some other stuff.

[@sage0artist]

The laugh I let out at the Kanye joke,that was perfection 🤣🤣

[@RED-pr5ok]

Don't worry, once you get to the higher level zones the game becomes really fkn hard. Fr.

[@IneptPotato]

I say Dead Bride is the humbler fr. At least the first one. Her shield is massive and her wide area ability will catch you off guard the first time. Plus if someone goes down you gave to let them die unless they're at the edge of it. And the minions barely drop ammo. If you didn't struggle at Dead Bride you will at Devourer. His HP regen will make your efforts fruitless unless you can dish out that much damage which if you haven't maxed (at that level) out your weapons and got the right weapons in the first place you definitely won't be beating him the first few times

[@memozzy22]

I feel like the game got more interesting after beating devourer

[@colby8104]

The harder late gam difficulty is due to them wanting you to buy the things that make your character better. This gas been researched on their side this is the best way to maximize the money you spend. Make the game easy in the beginning to get you hooked and then once you have a good amount of hours invested, you're more likely to pull your wallet. Its a looter shooter with mobile monetization. Don't say it's "like warframe". Warframe is much cheaper and the bid difference is they also have trading. You truly don't have to spend a dime in warframe to experience everything they have to offer.

[@joeerving7174]

@@IneptPotato I did not start to notice until Pyro and White Gulch zone.

[@omarquintero2479]

@@colby8104you dont have to spend any money on descendents either tho? Just cuz its made to do that supposedly doesnt mean you have to fall for it.

[@Kazuha_Playz69]

3:26 My friend and I couldn't stop laughing at the name Greg

[@GregoryChew0921]

What’s wrong with the name Greg!!!

[@Kazuha_Playz69]

@@GregoryChew0921 An alien warlord named Greg. Come on, you know it's funny

[@GregoryChew0921]

@@Kazuha_Playz69 no I know. It’s an awful name for an antagonist. Like Paul the alien.

[@GregKarras]

They could have at least made it Gregory. Can't spell Gregory without gory!

[@cykeok3525]

Multiple actual Gregs coming out of the woodwork to question this :D

[@mandothemandalorian2392]

“Playing Warframe or destiny as a newbie is like jumping into the high dive you’re first time swimming” truer words have never been spoken even five years ago when I started both of them it was insane I can’t imagine it as a newbie now

[@ShocksandDropsMedia]

I played over 2000 hours on warframe and stopped for over a year or so and came back on and was completely lost lmao

[@mandothemandalorian2392]

@@ShocksandDropsMedia real

[@dielog2211]

been playing both games and even bought dlc just to catch up..and still leave behind so much...

[@matthewhibbard9807]

Jiggle physics - $99.99 Why did that ship open a cargo bay door? It has teleportation technology.

[@Busyshark92]

The shooting reminds me of Anthem. Which is actually a compliment.

[@Witness089]

The only good aspect of anthem and the best part mass effect Andromeda had

[@jaredjohnson8387]

Anthem always makes me sad. I was so hyped during the beta, that super hero landing at the beginning had me smiling like a little kid 😥

[@samzilla567]

The shooting in Anthem was terrible for me because the sound design was awful. Every gun lacked impact. Just hearing the audio here gives me relief for this game.

[@sonicandroxas]

You didn't like anthem's traversal? ​@Witness089

[@j4gerb0mblitz]

@@jaredjohnson8387I still think about what we missed out on with that game.

[@thepandabirdz]

There are quite a few mission types that progressively get harder and you will see where the challenge is. Everyone starts dying.

[@salvadornunez1121]

Noone who reviews goes past the tutorial stage. And just like Destiny and Warframe, the difficulty really ramps up half way through the games missions.

[@mac1bc]

That sounds horrible

[@smokescreen4]

just play warframe

[@simonshura9144]

Challenge is good 😎 it took me til today since launch to beat normal campaign, but hey i managed to not give up immediately lol I definitely stick to this game personally 😌

[@CrazyBeardedGamer]

And it's so funny when you're crawling around, ears ringing, seeing blood, and your friends are talking shit to you. "Stop making mistakes, bunny!"

[@sillygoose_8635]

We have entered the days where a game with no soul and predatory microtransactions is "actually not that bad" because it managed a smooth launch and is actually playable on launch....

[@ForrestPump]

It's free to play. Can't expect much.

[@AT-yz4eo]

"Story is nonsense, from the start" And I love it. Cant wait for the Chiblib Arc against Dreadlord GREG.

[@gameranxTV]

lol Good Luck!!

[@routofm]

It's one thing to charge money for specific color customization options, but to make it a one-time use is beyond scummy. I should not have to pay money each time I want to change my torso from red to blue

[@vewyscawymonsta]

Its a one time use for that skin. Not much better, but at least on that same skin, you can swap between unlocked colors at will, in every slot. Unlock red for a skin, you can put red in any slot on the skin, an unlimited amount of times. Was actually several things in this video that were just blatantly incorrect. The real scummy thing is that you have to have a skin to use colors.

[@williamyoung9401]

@@vewyscawymonsta Don't be an enabler. It's shady practices.

[@Felix_Tan]

@@vewyscawymonstaIdiot lol

[@PumpkinGrinder]

​@@vewyscawymonsta imagine defending corporation, what a nerd

[@Philinleshed]

Yea between shorting u on the premium currency just enough so u can’t repurchase the battle pass and making the colors a one time consumable for specific costume parts really shows that there gonna nickel and dime u with the MTX’s on every little thing

[@thomb6829]

The difficulty increases imo when you get into the later missions to arrest "jeremy" lol

[@dragonhunterneo1742]

That one boss in the final Jeremy mission sucks, had to look up the mechanic mid fight to finish it

[@dsshocktrooper7523]

Jeremy did nothing wrong. 😎

[@pillagius]

Mmm... I'd say difficulty really spikes in Haligos area.

[@varg1231]

So glad that guy got his comeuppance the way he did. I couldn’t be bothered to care about the story or any of the characters, but Jeremy… I hated Jaremy.

[@Widmouno]

At this point I wouldn't be surprised if you've told me that the main villain of this game is called Steve...

[@TallowTheQuoll]

Fun fact the voice work in this game is significantly better if you set it to the original language instead of English and use subtitles

[@moeawawda5761]

whats the original language, Korean?

[@rezith522able]

​@@moeawawda5761 yes

[@TallowTheQuoll]

@moeawawda5761 yeah as far as I'm aware, either way the English voices are just a secondary dub language not primary, so voice acting in English is significantly less interesting and feels kinda flat/cheap compared to the Korean voicework

[@williamyoung9401]

The English voice acting is pathetic. And what is up with all the Maidens in games now? Elden Ring did it, so now everyone is?

[@TbellNoTacos]

​@@TallowTheQuolli thought something was off. I've been skipping cut scenes because of this. Feels really bad coming from GoT

[@andreypokesaround]

"Mass Shooter" is a wild enemy name...

[@AngelXterror]

If you're trying out the game, I recommend picking Ajax, he has the best survivability out the gate.

[@mathiashallstrom4982]

In the beginning he was kinda weak, damage wise, but then at lvl 40 with mods and good guns dude got super tanky and I just steamroll the dungeons

[@AngelXterror]

@mathiashallstrom4982 Same! I expected him to play like this though when I saw that his defensive abilities actually scale with his defensive state. I'm level 40 and steamrolling.

[@tethys17]

If only they could pronounce his name right

[@JAOResnik]

Also very useful for the whole team on colossi

[@williamyoung9401]

Can someone please explain to me what tactical advantage the horns and bunny ears provide? I can't upgrade my horns or bunny ears. I also love how everyone looks the same in this game. And also chain mail in sci-fi... 😫

[@wiseguy100]

Just make sure you don't accidentally equip the mods that reduce your HP to 1 and you're golden.

[@ryukirito2616]

Wut? That’s a thing? 😂

[@dredragon2707]

@@ryukirito2616 not that far but yes you can lower your max health

[@Noodlesstino]

@@ryukirito2616 yeah, there is a mod that gives you shield for 2x your hp, but then fixes your hp at 1

[@ryukirito2616]

@@dredragon2707 Do you at least get benefit from it?

[@fooseshizzle]

@@Noodlesstino that's skill

[@tlove21]

The Battle Zones can become really difficult at higher tiers if not geared properly. Those are unlocked after completing zones, and there is Hard mode after completing Normal. Collosi after completing 2 dungeons of a map are also fun to fight.

[@KingPlaty]

The Devourer boss fight is a pain in the ass lmao the game definitely gets harder as it goes and you can unlock/craft a lot of the descendants as opposed to having to spend money.

[@knuckleheadedsamurai7798]

I found out that you can earn some colors through in-game achievements by completing some journal objectives. You can also get some emotes and other stuff. Still a bit grindy but fun

[@cadence1331]

Which is great if they were not one use items and only for skins.

[@neuroNadia]

Yes this is true. You can even view in advance under achievements

[@abovethecutgaming7436]

Okay I rarely disagree with Falcon on this stuff but he obviously didn't make it far into the game because it does get SIGNIFICANTLY harder even before level 100. I admit that it does add to the grind which can be frustrating but the game is free so you can play as long as you want for FREE.

[@99Plastics]

From the sound and gameplay they played it for 3-4 hours read a few reddit posts and said "yep we're ready to milk youtube for views"

[@yagsipcc287]

​@@99PlasticsI agree with this it seems like that. The game does get alot harder pretty quick, some missions can be rough such as some of the dungeons might take a couple goes unless you had one or two well geared people in your squad who are farming

[@daltonwatson6952]

Yeah you can play for FREE as long as you want to be about half as powerful as people that spend money sure have fun with half mod capacity

[@anthonya04]

@@daltonwatson6952it’s co op, who cares ? It’s not pvp lol and you can unlock literally everything by playing, just takes significantly more time lmao

[@Witness089]

​@anthonya04 dudes whining like it has a pvp mode like destiny does full of max level players in new players lobby.

[@shadowinthedark8475]

You can unlock paints. They are found in the challenges screen.

[@Krieg_45]

"There's no chance you can die ever" Devourer and friends: Hello there.

[@isaiahgrimm2810]

Okay I am lvl 40 AT FIRST I DID NOT LIKE IT. If you’re willing to give it some time you can find that you can just shut your mind off and actually have a lot of fun with it . The gun play is pretty good

[@warlock3691]

“Game is too easy” Here I am wiping on the Lvl 44 snow boss over and over with randos. :(

[@Dattebay089]

Wait till you get to the fire boss lol

[@luuuser9803]

@@Dattebay089if you’re talking about the Pyromaniac…that boss did lots of damage to me…mentally damage…

[@Dattebay089]

@@luuuser9803 yeah that boss literally wiped the floor with me like 20 times lol

[@RookedKing]

Don't worry, Hard mode's no better haha. Talking from experience ;-;

[@riffcrypt8438]

I;m not sure if people know how to upgrade their modules to the recommended chill resist...

[@Moe_Infinity]

I think you should've played this game more, not because of how easy it is, but because there are *MAJOR* flaws in the game, especially things like the void reactors. Basically it's a gacha that's locked behind a "wall". You need to collect the amorphous material (the "gacha") then to even use the gacha, you need resources to even use them. These resources are called shards which drop at an abyssal quantity and you need to keep repeating reactors to even roll for a measly chance of what you may need (like a blueprint or a part of a descendant) It's honestly ridiculous. They really need to revamp the system, it was no wonder the ratings suddenly dropped after a few weeks. Edit: Grammar

[@KrishnenduChowdhury]

There are literally hundreds of games releasing but only one or two good games per year these days

[@Mortiel]

Although I've personally lost interest in Warframe because I just don't have the time to keep up with the ever-expanding grind, I'm still pleasantly surprised on how fair the monetization was in that game.

[@HeavenlySaviour]

Same. I love that Warframe doing doesn’t bombard you with spending money. I still play a little like doing the Sortie and when there’s a new Prime and sometimes special events but I can’t keep up with the grind after all the years I’ve been playing

[@Mortiel]

@@damanOts I mean, that's how free2play works. It's the way to add value to buying stuff but also giving players a near endless amount of content to keep them engaged. At least with Warframe, there are ways to earn premium currency (platinum) from other players (at least, last time I played you could).

[@pragerugraduate4993]

​@@damanOts absolutely not, the mere existence of a player economy allows absolutely anyone to amass an insane wealth in platinum without a massive grind involved

[@ghosttheprogram6973]

​@@damanOtswell it's free so grinding to play and being able to sell stuff is literally a nice dynamic

[@arrozconmgtow5026]

Let's be honest...it's because they're Canadian, eh! And they're pretty decent folk (unless they're politicians).

[@ProjectziggyBMX]

Was literally just looking for a video on this game and see this notification. Thank you gameranx

[@gameranxTV]

thanks!

[@BabyKobeeee]

Meanwhile I’ve never even heard of this game

[@Gjd94]

no you weren't

[@deutscher1a]

@@BabyKobeeee do you have yt- premium? I get ads for it non stop

[@seangotti3]

It's a biased review

[@ham_is_here]

The one thing I really appreciate is the ability to track ANY ITEM in game you want. The game tells you where you can get it directly. And compared to Warframe, this is wayyy less grindy

[@CupidSmurf657]

Warframe grind is harsh but at least it's actually free to play

[@ham_is_here]

@@CupidSmurf657 I can unlock every gun, character and all content that is playable. Without paying for it.

[@keewinter5752]

You didn't get far enough into the game to do a proper review

[@natheannzbar7925]

Your character will start needing to respawn occasionally after about 10 hours or so. The enemy damage ramps up. Still good though.

[@FearDaReaper]

Yh I just got to like level 24 and got smoked like four times 😂

[@Felwinter97]

As Kyle, can't relate

[@derekwilhelm1555]

Then up your defense health n shields and just mods in general this isnt the kund of game u can breeze through

[@theunderdog9353]

I've been playing with 2 friends and they way I go about leveling is I basically invested a lot into one character by using the free thingy you get to enhance your Module capacity. I use that one for Void Intercept Battles and when I'm just progressing with the boys, I'm using different Descendants that aren't max level yet. This has worked out for me pretty well so far

[@derekwilhelm1555]

@@theunderdog9353 if u want to rank up characters do the defense on Kingston

[@luciomarx]

There's a mission that is only available after you finish everything on the first map that you can die, REAL easy, after the 12-13 wave

[@wacokid30]

Not sure if I’m the only one but every time I click on a video I wait with anticipation to hear if it’s falcon. And once it is, it’s a freakin dopamine hit.

[@idkyoloroflmaoggwpfmlwc]

Dyes/paints are *kinda* consumable but not literally atm. When you use paint it "attaches" to the specific skin but it can be used in every paint slot of this skin and can be changed/removed/used again in each slot whenever you want. The worst thing that you can't dye default skins at all :D

[@DMW2090]

5:58 Kaynye West zone reference threw me off HAHAHA

[@michaelgaspar6922]

Iv found the game really fun, don't care for the story really definitely a grind at times but that's how these types of games are. The gameplay loops feels good and I like how they tell you on average how much the missions take. Obviously the cash shop is there to tempt you but stay strong my brother and sisters haha. Hope y'all are enjoying the game as much as me.

[@UniverseGlider2]

I think the core gameplay is a lot of fun. Having a full team absolutely ability dumping into crowds reminds me of diablo. I’m all honesty, if they were to switch to cosmetic only micro transactions and decrease the grind for characters, I’d stick around for the long haul.

[@bradkirchhoff5703]

Yet I bet you talked mad shot about “Godfall” when this is literally that w guns…Just nonstop arena shooter. Very VERY repetitive.

[@ZEFFYRooo]

​@@bradkirchhoff5703Godfall had a triple a price tag and was even worse lol

[@testsubjectt001]

The story is mid, but the cutscenes are pretty sick

[@davidesmas3206]

What game are you playing??? I played for 1.5 hours last night with a couple lads, had some moderate fun. Hopped on it today with the same group & boy oh boy after completing the 2nd zone, we all came to the same conclusion that the game is stale and boring. The most tedious part was when you would clear out your inventory to make space for new loot only to make space yet again several times during one mission. It is absurd. Not to mention the pay to experience from nexon.

[@yaron_izzikf]

It seems the team at Gameranx was so eager to cover the whole monetization aspect of the game, that it led to this review - no mentioning of the music or sound design nor does it mentions AI behavior

[@fabolousjada5070]

Mind you the boss he called a sponge the man was doing 103 damage they did not play the game and alllll these shots is early game the world is pretty on my oled. Very pretty

[@yaron_izzikf]

@@fabolousjada5070 OK. Have fun *looking* at the game, I guess (:

[@PeloquiNB]

This IS ANTHEM, without the flying

[@fabolousjada5070]

No 😂 cap 🧢 worlds are beautiful especially the white gulch and the world is never empty ever

[@joeerving7174]

On your point of difficulty, I wonder then if you unlocked all the zones? There are a couple of fairly steep dif increases once your in the last couple of zones. But one can get to max level on a character prior to even unlocking these areas. And paint locks to the skin so if you put a white on a skin you can add or remove that color on any slot on that piece infinite amount. Other than that, spot on.

[@cmdrlightwalker_9877]

First it was Rick the door technician. Now it's Greg who takes up the stand!

[@alksdng97834y]

Dont let me into my zone.. IM DEFINITELY IN MY ZONE

[@coolchipsbro8810]

Some issues with this before you buy, and don't misunderstand me here, I am not defending Nexon in any way: 1. For the shaders, yes they are limited, but not entirely. Once you apply a shader to a cosmetic, you can freely swap that color on or off. The consumable just locks the color to that piece. 2. Also for the shaders, they are not exclusively bought with real money as stated in the video. Some of the shaders, along with some other cosmetics, are completely earnable via an in-game challenge system known as "Awards" 3. it is entirely possible to die in the early game, it took me about 50-60 hours to get through the campaign, and some of the operations (strikes), and some of the intercepts have some high skill jumps if you aren't building into your character correctly. 4. The intercepts do actually scale, just not in level. For examople, say you're grinding a specific intercept, if you go into a public battle, it is gonna take longer because the bosses scale to the amount of Descendants in the activity, so solo-ing is more viable for grinding out bosses quick. Also, a side note on the confusion about being able to steamroll some Collosi. That is the point of the game, Nexon has even stated that they want you to feel OP in some scenarios in order to make trying to get rare drops like 3% less tedious. That's all and again, I am NOT defending Nexon here. I am very familiar with their games and what they've done to Maplestory, and I sincerely hope they learn with this game, because like stated above, this game has some CRAZY potential.

[@YoungOneYT]

I downloaded it today by random, been playing it since this morning. It's definitely worth the download.

[@williamyoung9401]

Just don't go into the Community Chat. It's beyond toxic.

[@MrHyperSondow]

Good game, just don’t waste your money. Grind like the gamers you are.

[@Sabakryou]

Pro tip: Switch the audio to Korean for a better experience. Also LMAO I was dying when the sinister deep-voiced Boss GREG showed up

[@SamuraiiSky615]

The Kanye west joke had me rolling bro 😂😂😅

[@gabrielorta9893]

Helpful option dont use money to buy Bunny you can easily craft her in the beggining of the game and it takes only a minute

[@danielhill7705]

Think it’s ultimate bunny that everyone’s horny for

[@vewyscawymonsta]

In fact, do not buy Bunny, Freyna, Blair or Sharen. You can farm the actual parts for all 4 of these rather than crafting the individual parts.

[@xxstephxx1005]

​@@vewyscawymonstaI'm researching frey right now and will probably only use her for the rest of the game

[@marshallbeck9101]

Don’t buy anything, if they want to make a free game play the free game

[@josflorida5346]

Yep. 15 minutes

[@markg4251]

5:57 Made me sing, out loud, to myself, "dont let me get in my zone" well done

[@yourenotrelatable]

I find it so odd that people say companies drive players into spending money. Not because I disagree but because I have absolutely no desire to spend any money. So I just don’t see how others feel such an obligation to. I get it if you want to. But to say you’re forced makes you sound so mentally weak.

[@micheljolicoeur6094]

You forgot to mention that First Descendant uses a mod system from Warframe with one major difference. - In Warframe to double your Mod capacity you can earn Orokin Catalysts and Reactors in game from special missions or via the battlepass (Nightwave), also Warframe HAS player to player trading. - In First Descendant you get 2 Exchangers (equivalent) from playing through the campaign, the only way to get more Exchangers is from the cash shop, also there is NO trading in First Descendant so the only way to max out gear after the first two is to spend real life money. Also note that the Maple Story fine was for REMOVING ITEMS FROM LOOTBOX DROP RATES without telling the players. Nexon removed the chase item from the lootbox without telling players. Nexon cannot be trusted, plain and simple.

[@IzzyDaBoiWonda]

you can craft exchangers at the research institute

[@GeraltOfTheRivia]

Imagine spending 2000+ hours in 5 months playing just one game. That was me when i played warframe a few years ago. I don't think i will be able to play like that again since the responsibilities keeps piling up. (rip e-gate farming, popular afk grinding spot at that time)

[@ThreeLeggedBear]

Brother, there are 3600 hours in five months, are you telling me you played over 12 hours a day on average

[@cyeru9427]

This is what I was telling my friends. We can't go back to that for our personal lives and sanity.

[@Wickery.]

@@ThreeLeggedBearBuddy was CAPPING

[@frandawg5713]

Stop lying dude.

[@brendandrummond1739]

The grind for this game is not even bad. 40 hours in, almost done with normal mode, already have 5 characters unlocked.

[@zedazlt]

Clearly falcon did not play much

[@bradkirchhoff5703]

Clearly he did thats why he can say these things. Which I 100% agree w. Its a mindless snoozefest tbh. More lazy ass game development.

[@robertabella1806]

@@bradkirchhoff5703 he only made it to the second area there are 8. "no risk of dying"lol

[@Jet-ij9zc]

​@@bradkirchhoff5703he claim there was no risk of dying, which means he cleared maybe 4 areas at most. Then he claimed he frequently ran out of ammo only to show himself emptying a full mag on an immune boss, not understanding the most frequently used mechanic in the game (aka the balls)

[@griffinocallaghan5979]

@@bradkirchhoff5703bro all this gameplay and everything he speaks about it literally the first 5 percent of the content.

[@ModestPavement]

Well he does preface the game as first impressions of the latest games releasing.

[@SniperxBlazing]

This game gets much harder the further you go

[@Gotcha2313]

With frame generation all you have to do is click outside the game and click back in the game and it fixes the stutters. Really weird but it works.

[@MF_Reno]

The game does get significantly harder the more you play, pretty much after the first few worlds. 100% worth playing if you just avoid the microtransactions.

[@rogue8275]

It is a f2p game .... So everything it has is cosmetics and micro transactions !!! If u gonna play it for long time then u must / have to buy items to make ur character look cool ( And u will ,trust me ) But for short time ,if u wanna try this game out after playing destiny, division series then probably staying out of micotransactions is good

[@T03L3G]

So just don't buy them lol it's not that difficult 😅​@@rogue8275

[@realname2490]

It does not get significantly harder if your not just ignoring your build and it is exhausting and boring after the first few zones as all missions and bosses are the exact same mechanics repeated endlessly it's a grindfest with absolutely nothing to mix up the mundane gameplay

[@IriaChannel]

yeah, another reviewer who didn't get past level 10. The difficulty is day and night difference from the first few worlds. Those worlds are clearly designed to merely teach new players mechanics and to get used to their kit. Then the game ramps up in difficulty considerably, and then keeps getting harder.

[@Joe-ti7qd]

​@@IriaChannelway to whiteknight a Chinese cell phome game. Gtfo.

[@impatientfiya]

I don't know about the not dying part. The higher level mission are pretty fucking hard and there's a lot of dying from 30 foot Colossi bosses. You and your teammates will die a lot once you get to the higher missions.

[@99Plastics]

they didn't play past the first zone let alone got far enough to get into the challenging parts of the game. You think they would not include that gameplay in the footage if they had it lol

[@SamuelC1]

Here's what he miss about the game progression and potential player should know. Main power progression in this game is Upgrading Module. Energy activator : Main power progression, increase your char/gun module slot, Only farm in-game Crystallization Catalyst : Similar to above, reduce your char/gun module cost while prestieging the char/gun, Only farm in-game Descendant : Every char can be farm in-game All of the above has "One" item with drop chance of 3%-6% to complete each item research (Which you cant buy these rare component with money, only can directly buy descendant) So unless you hate grinding (Which, is the point of these kind of game btw) all of the above is achieveable without having to spend a dime.

[@warfare112593]

@5:30 Even that's not interesting enough because there's literally a character in Warframe that does exactly that. It's a Warframe named Nehza & his 1st ability is that his feet will turn on fire and leave a fiery trails whenever he walks. So this is literally just another copy ability from Warframe lol

[@KingBHawk]

The thing about earning color pallets through only the battle pass is incorrect. I've been earning them through the awards section where you also unlock the prefix and suffix titles

[@ARealPain]

I've been enjoying this game a lot. 80 hours in and haven't been bored at all. Only thing that irked me is the sound bugging out so you only hear your gunshots and NPCs talking. Soloing hard mode interceptions is tough since I don't follow meta builds. That's one thing I hate doing in games: chasing meta. I play on PC and have Frame Gen turned on and made the experience a lot smoother with it turned on. No stutters.

[@yagsipcc287]

Same but only 50 hours in. Haven't felt any push to buy anything yet like other games you log in and get two or three pop ups of buy this and that. Going to get the battle pass myself to support the Devs and also get some extra goodies for what 10 bucks. The farming isn't bad either IMO. Most missions are quick to do give good rewards hell people who talk about drops again it's lucky I got some 3% drops first try and done 15 times to get 20% drop it's not bad as gameplay is fun anyway. I love the boss battles lots of fun and each one has their own gimmick, just pick the right load out and good to go some of the later ones might take a couple trys. I love the in-game wiki for finding stuff with ease more of these games needs that system in place.

[@barnabusroundtree4970]

Idk but the kanye line had me weak 😆 🤣

[@OGRagequittrGAMING]

Another while I wait for the download!

[@chancewilks7390]

Personally I think for it being f2p with no need to purchase the micros, even though it’s available to do so… for what it is, it’s pretty good. 7.5/10

[@user-lm3nr1yc2t]

Agreed 👍

[@UniverseGlider2]

This. I played it after seeing the mixed 50% on steam and was pleasantly surprised. I’m not a f2p guy but I am a looter shooter and a Diablo man. And I think this is a good time

[@tethys17]

I found it shocking how The Finals has good content that I want to buy and happily spend money on and they never ask for money. Descendant begs for money all the time and has no content and it makes me want to unistall the game. One way works and one way doesn't. Being nice and listening to fans earns you more money.

[@yagsipcc287]

Agree and they seem to be listening to feedback looking to add features other games took years. It's a good fun game the money stuff is not pushed hard at all, other games you pay full price for every time you login you get two or three pop ups for buy this and that. I dislike the paint stuff but they will be changing that apparently

[@tethys17]

@@yagsipcc287 the monetization is pushed really hard. Having to pay or wait 8hrs real time is a joke.

[@brianjohnson1509]

Running into a bullet sponge and running out of ammo? Yeah, that's classic ass Destiny right there.

[@jackvolkwyn470]

Only difference with this game is that your modifications actually matter. There are soo many different builds that falcon doesn’t even know about cause he’s barely played the game. There’s literally a build you can do that allows you to have almost triple the amount of ammo without sacrificing dps. Pretty cool.

[@brianjohnson1509]

@@jackvolkwyn470 WEll that's fun, but I was mostly just shitting on Destiny for taking away content I already paid for ten years ago.

[@Footbag86]

Honestly him claiming that NORMAL mode enemies are bullet sponges just goes to show how absolutely nothing he understands of this game / genre. Sure if you just use any old gun you pick up, don't mod it, don't use your abilities correctly , don't mod your character correctly and don't hit weak points correctly - everything is a bullet sponge. But if you just put in an iota of your thinking cap for like half a second you will learn that this game is extremely easy at the start but ramps up significantly. If you don't build the right stuff you will get owned permanently but obviously Mr. "I have to get this "review" out fast" didn't even try to get to endgame or move past the most basic of bosses / missions. Obviously, just like Warframe you trivialise the content if you grind hard enough and build up your characters into the sun but an extremely large part of the playerbase gets stuck long before they finish the story because they can't move past a boss (the story is locked behind beating the bosses). Frankly, this wasn't as much a review as it was someone playing the game for like ..3-4 hours by the looks of it and then going "AHA I KNOW IT ALL" ...Yes the story is bland, yes the mission design is meh to bad and yes the mtx are insane. Then again, 3 of my buddies playing this game have already unlocked Ultimate Bunny (50-60 bucks your currency to buy) and I currently have 10 characters (8 built, 2 in the works since timers) and I've only splurged on 2 of them because costumes. And what's even crazier is that Nexon (yes those guys) are clearly trying to turn over a leaf, they hotfixed the game multiple times within the FIRST week, address concerns over drop rates, talk about OP builds and whether or not they should exist / be nerfed, listen to feedback (they implemented matchmaking for hard dungeons within like 3 days of ppl spamming reddit "game is ded" because it didn't have PuG'ing for the hard mode dungeons) and just generally seem on a good track (roadmap already released, we have new content releasing almost monthly until the end of year). It's still Nexon, the greedy money-hungry idiots can still royally screw it up, but for now it is a very fun, 100% F2P looter shooter with good graphics, fun combat, great movement and lots of stuff to collect. If you like Looter Shooters and you are fed up with Warframe, this will be your jam.

[@fabolousjada5070]

You customizing sucks lol you have to grind to get get good and I bet this man can’t solo pyro in hard

[@supremebuffalo6322]

​@@Footbag86like you said; "its still nexon"

[@roberthsarmiento6766]

If you care about gameplay and fun then it's a solid 7, I haven't been hooked in a game for months and tbh The First Descendant is the reason why l've been turning my PS5 after I get home from work lately.

[@luxjian8042]

Also in the section where he says you can’t earn paints without buying them.. in the journal tab there’s another tab called where you can collect rewards for just playing the game. And one in particular is all paints.

[@Autotad]

As someone unemployed, I’m enjoying the grind.

[@FinalGuard224]

I'm unemployed also warframe killed me on the grind 😅

[@OMEKS_1]

As someone who’s employed I’m enjoying Ultimate Bunny

[@DarkForce2024]

@@OMEKS_1 I had to look this up. She cost 5000 caliber, which cost $99.99 REAL LIFE USD. More power to you for spending your money how you want, you worked for it, and you earned it. I just think it's absolutely crazy. But, you do you.

[@memozzy22]

As someone who is employed full time. I'm enjoying the game. Bought the battle pass and a new descendant but thst all I'm going to buy because I know everything else past that is going to be a rip off

[@ActNasty5]

@@memozzy22smart man

[@sethwright3295]

Haven’t gotten addicted to a game like this since the og Destiny.

[@TheProjectnitemare]

Sorry. 😢

[@FoxyCAMTV]

Don't disturb me,I am completely immersed in my retro backlog.Thank you.🤠

[@Flascoexp]

From me playing the game, you can pretty much get everything needed to get stronger except cosmetics without paying for them. Players get impatient, and it is when that spending starts to go wild. Most if not all banks on that.

[@MagicNash89]

"Play congas" emote looks funny, not gonna lie

[@floridamaninmaine]

We have a cat named Greg. In our house, he is the overlord.

[@courtadew1]

Don't let Kayne in the zone. Legit got me laughing out loud man. Great video

[@raanab6578]

Everyone always brings up Greg, but no one brings up the Intelligence Agency Colon

[@JAOResnik]

There's some funny names for Portuguese speakers too. Enzo is a very memed name in Brazil, and Anais means anals in Portuguese. And we do a lot of research in Anais in the game

[@UniverseGlider2]

I am NOT a free to play person. But I actually dig this game. Idk how long I’ll stick around because the monetization is pretty bad. But I think the core gameplay is a ton of fun. That rhymed

[@xxstephxx1005]

The micros aren't really important like "you have to buy or else you cannot play at all" the grind isn't hard just bounce from mission to mission with the required parts and wait for the research time to be done

[@UniverseGlider2]

@@xxstephxx1005 the research time is what really gets me. Not a fan of it at all

[@lightningfarronxp8899]

@@UniverseGlider2 I hear it’s even worse on warframe (72 hours for a new character). It’s F2P, they gotta make money somehow yknow?

[@UniverseGlider2]

@@lightningfarronxp8899 I get that. I don’t like fortnite but I do like how they monetize with cosmetics. Like let me buy all the goofy or cool skins I want right? But the game itself should be left untouched. Idk. That’s just me. Some people don’t mind it and that’s ok. I’m playing once human right now and I’m waiting on the f2p stuff to show its head

[@marsh346]

84h*​@@lightningfarronxp8899

[@ChrisFroemming]

Thanks for another epic Before You Buy! Even if I already got it 😄

[@trashpanda003]

Ok im all good with criticism that is valid but straight lying is crazy. 1. The ultimate descendents are not $100, they are 60(not good still but its not 100). You literally have the shop on screen look at it. 2. Paints are unlocked through achievements as well

[@rayanitis]

So the first zone is basically a playable tutorial, the difficulty and fun actually ramp up from there. It has a really in depth build mechanic that is unique to every character. It’s a lot of fun, and the story is really silly at times. It’s all kinda tongue in cheek, and played for a laugh it seems. Especially Jeremy.

[@jaxhansen1250]

Yes they do want you to buy stuff but you can basically earn all the characters and weapons through playing the game

[@bellsama6588]

Weapons yes but characters no because for you to truly get all the characters you'll have to buy the space for them. Game released with 14 but you only have 10 slots

[@CaIastair]

Yeah but does it take you 2 years to get everything? That's what they are talking about with insane mtx prices. You can already see it, there isn't a mission i see that doesn't have a prime bunny. If they go out of there way to make the grind super unreasonable that unless you spend 5-6 hours a day playing like a kid you won't get far, then of course people are going to pay whatever you ask, and because of the tons of people that WILL pay it makes them think that it's ok to have the prices so insanely high.

[@TekFreak86]

Warframe gets sugar blown up its behind for basically exactly the same MTX concept, yet TFD gets flak 🤷

[@jeankirchstein2552]

​@@TekFreak86because warframes mtx are insanely mild in comparison and warframes grind is actually not bad it honestly never feels like the game is pushing you towards buying mtx you can easily get any warframe you want just by doing a lil bit of grinding here and there it's not gonna take an absurd amount of time to do so

[@bellsama6588]

@@jeankirchstein2552 so true the game never feels like it says hay better buy this unlike TFD that feels that way

[@user-lm3nr1yc2t]

More like play and find out for yourself since it's free

[@halstonconnally1367]

Time is money 💰

[@Ccubed92]

​@@halstonconnally1367 Nobody is working 24/7 so definitely not true

[@BasiliskOne]

"You'll feel like you're getting ripped off because you are getting ripped off." Falcon 2024

[@firstwizardzorander473]

they def nickel & dime as you say but just an fyi: the dyes aren’t 1 time use. they’re locked into that outfit tho but you can use them on any or all slots without buying it over again. just cant use that dye on a DIFFERENT outfit, which does suck. also, you actually earn a lot of free dyes, emotes, & other random cosmetics through the Journal tab, which is just little achievements from killing enemies/clearing missions. i bought a couple dyes for an outfit before realizing you can earn them for free 😅 dont make my mistake lol

[@zaqwe]

Before you download it for free is more accurate

[@DoomsdayMayBeOkay]

Well it can turn out very expensive in a sense if you value your time...

[@clintono]

Was just going to type something similar myself! 😁

[@zaqwe]

@@DoomsdayMayBeOkay since it’s free you can neglect it more often, you don’t feel the need to play it all the time like the games you pay for 😛

[@Hades-shadow]

Game is probably gonna get neglected by most people anyway but yeah good point 😂

[@TheHighBrew]

I played the beta, and been playing nonstop since release lol

[@brandon6257]

We ran a dungeoun 23 times for a Freya cell that has 20% chance to drop and still haven't got it. Should be statistically impossible to not have it at this point lmao.

[@cybercifrado]

"It's really hard to die." My man obviously has yet to encounter the Dead Bride Colossus or the Devourer...

[@kinexio6105]

Pretty impressive and solid game. Been using Gley as my main and having a ton of fun

[@zackfair6791]

I main Valby and Bunny. It will be interesting to see what content they add with future updates.

[@tennek127]

"Before you buy" my brother in Christ it's free 😂😂

[@maniacsangel9046]

Not everywhere, in Countries like Germany it costs 43 Cents.

[@Eraziels]

​@@maniacsangel9046 That's pretty much free 😂

[@maniacsangel9046]

@@Eraziels I know. Was the same Thing with Warframe but there it was 25 Cent.

[@williamyoung9401]

You still have to pay for Game Pass...

[@sonicandroxas]

​@@williamyoung9401But this is a free to play game.I'm not understanding

[@slwgekte]

Since youve been mentioning warframe so much, you could have just steel path as an example for hard mode, because that is literally what steel path in warframe is. After you finsih the chart you unlock it and everything is 100 levels higher

[@j.d.4697]

You are completely wrong that there is no chance of anyone dying. There is plenty of dying in this game. I am playing as tank so I don't tend to die, but the squishies around me do sometimes die both in open world as well as in dungeons. Blame their skill or lack of knowing what to equip, but there is dying.