You'd rather pay than grind The First Descendant? That's the point

Nexon’s looter shooter The First Descendant makes money the easy way out with grueling grinds to unlock new characters and weapons.

[RhinoGamer88]

Suckers. Grueling grinds is fun for who again?!

[Michiel1989]

if you build your game around the grind, mainly roguelikes and arpgs (diablo, path of exile) there's nothing wrong with it. This is bad though since you can only unlock certain things with money and just to unlock chars/abilities you need to grind like mad already from what I've seen.

[Inverno]

I'm not grinding, infact I'm not playing at all. PS Plus being a requirement was a blessing for me. I refused to pay to play online, and in turn I was spared from this live service crap that has plagued the industry for the last decade. I will never play another mp game the same way I played Uncharted 2 or BF43.

[CantThinkOfAUsername]

It's a free to play game so no PS+ is required.

[Inverno]

I know, I'm just saying that Plus being a requirement last gen made me skip a lot of MP games that I probably would've been hyped into playing. Most of which I've seen either shut down, or driven into the ground by greedy monetization. The trend has only made things worse, so bad that the concept of F2P was completely ruined.

[jznrpg]

@Inverno PS plus wasn’t a requirement last gen for free to play either

[nitus10]

If you play on-line you need a PS+ subscription.

However you are correct in that the game is free to download and play.

[anast]

The poster doesn't play games on PS.

[anast]

"If you play on-line you need a PS+ subscription."

F2P games are an exception.

[Inverno]

I do in fact play on PlayStation.

[anast]

Then you would know F2P games are an exception.

[Inverno]

I think people don't seem to be understanding me. Last gen Plus became a requirement for paid multiplayer games, not F2P. It being a requirement made me skip out on mp games that I probably would've been hyped into buying but since I refused to pay for the subscription I ended up not buying up any of those games. And I guess it was for the best because most of those mp games have ended up in horrible states due to these shady business practices. And F2P games have ended up being worse off due to where the industry headed in regards to monetization.

[Tankbusta40]

free to play live service games are cancer

[Chocoburger]

Waste your lifespan grinding or pay real money to fix what they intentionally made awful. All the while the CEOs are laughing at the dummies wasting their time & money.

[Goodguy01]

Theres good grind and bad grind. This is a good example of bad. They obviously really want you to pay.

[JackBNimble]

Well it's free to play so yeah they want you to pay, how else do they pay employees and overhead?

I'm not defending this kind of shit because I certainly wouldn't play this. Just pointing out the obvious.

[Rdeal]

Have you lot even played the game? The grind isn't has bad as Warframe, when I first started playing Warframe it took ages to get my first frame had to even pay people in the in game trade but in this I have 7 descendants already

[CantThinkOfAUsername]

They had issues with microtransactions processing because apparently thousands flooded the store with purchases as soon as the game launched. So yeah, it works. Companies won't do it otherwise.

[SPEAKxTHExTRUTH]

It’s definitely a grind but the gameplay is fun. It’s got potential to be a solid game but the grind will probably kill off any potential success the game may have had.

[chobit_A5HL3Y]

i’d rather not play it at all, tbh. the beta was incredibly generic and the world feels empty.

[isarai]

Id rather just not play it.

[Psychonaut85]

At this point any developer who blatantly disrespects my time is an immediate no for me. Too many choices and too little free time to waste it on someone who’s trying to manipulate my actions.

[HyperMoused]

Stop supporting this crap