The First Descendant/Project Magnum (PC/PS5/XSX//PS4) - Nexon Shlooter (Outriders x Destiny)

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Developed by NAT Games (Blue Archive)

PROJECT MAGNUM is a PC/console-based game that combines RPG play with third-person shooter combat. It presents beautiful visuals and attractive and unique characters based in a sci-fi style player vs. environment worldview. It also provides exciting battles using various skills, actions, and guns, as well as the fun of high quality PvE shooter battles that target huge bosses.

http://www.natgames.co.kr/kr/

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Renamed to The First Descendant

The First Descendant is a free third-person cooperative action RPG shooter featuring high-quality graphics. Experience the fun of strategic boss fights through 4-player co-op and various unique characters, exciting gunplay, and looting. A variety of equipment is necessary for growth, and you can obtain them through clearing scenario missions within the game or in the World Missions where cooperation is crucial and battles with huge bosses.

The player becomes a Descendant in the game and is given a mission to fight against the invaders for the survival of humans and to protect the ‘Ingris continent’. The player can experience a spectacular story by growing stronger through various missions and stories to finally discover the Descendants' secret. You can also feel the First Descendant’s unique atmosphere through high-quality fields developed with Unreal Engine 5 and gain a new experience of reality and SF fantasy coexisting in one place.

Charming and Unique Characters

You can play various characters with distinctive concepts and battle styles. We plan to add various customizable elements such as skins for each character to support character decoration.

Exciting Battles and Dynamic Action Using Various Skills and Firearms

Experience the First Descendant’s exciting battles composed of various characters with unique skill sets, free movements, and chain actions through Grappling Hooks, colorful firearms, and additional effects. With these, the player can create any battle style they desire.

Battles With Huge Boss Monsters Through Cooperative Play

You can target huge boss monsters with different appearances and abilities through 4 player co-op play. The various difficulties will stimulate your competitive spirit, and you can destroy or extract various parts of the huge bosses through 4-player cooperative play. By targeting the huge boss’s gimmicks, you will be able to experience a more compact team play.

Motivating Play and Growth

You can equip a character with 3 guns, 4 secondary equipments, and various sub-weapons. Of course, there will also be items to enhance a character or their firearm stats or add a new ability all together. A variety of equipment is a necessary element for growth, and you can obtain them through clearing scenario missions within the game, or in the World Missions where cooperation is crucial and battles with huge bosses. We provide equipment so you can develop the characters to play continuously through character growth and acquiring and combining the various equipment. Use it to challenge yourself with more difficult tasks and enjoy the thrill of clearing them.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2...st_Descendant/ - Beta registration via Steam

https://twitter.com/Malkarii_/status...59613224120321

[Tomiko]

Didn't realize there was a thread for this. Beta is out now with cross-platform play.

I played some earlier and you get to start with one of 3 characters. I was able to unlock a 4th, but not sure if you'll be able to unlock any others during the beta (I'm not far in).

It definitely feels Destiny-lite. The Boss-arena thing I did was pretty well done. It has Matchmaking and the invulnerability phase wasn't straight invulnerability, but you had to figure out the mechanic to end the invulnerability (which was easy enough to figure out). I imagine it gets more difficult at higher difficulties, but probably through more aggressive AI.

If you just want to mindlessly shoot things, it's pretty fun. I'm hoping that team compositions matter in the game at some point since the shields for the tank classes seem useful.

Good video showing gameplay:


While finding that video, it looks like you can unlock all the characters during the beta.

[Fiendishone]

I thoroughly enjoyed playing the beta, was a very nice surprise of a game.

[Qalbert]

the structure is reminiscent of warframe, which I've played a lot of, so that was nice. Bunch of different "Descendants" and you unlock their three components and blueprint to craft them, then as you level them up they unlock and upgrade their 4 powers. there were even a couple Ultimate Descendants that I assume are Prime Warframe equivalents.

[Obsidian]

The beta was interesting but I just cannot bring myself to get excited about a Nexon game.

[Prothescar]

the structure is reminiscent of warframe, which I've played a lot of, so that was nice. Bunch of different "Descendants" and you unlock their three components and blueprint to craft them, then as you level them up they unlock and upgrade their 4 powers. there were even a couple Ultimate Descendants that I assume are Prime Warframe equivalents.

Did you play far enough to see the Forma system? Are they buyable with in-game currency? There's no player economy here so not being able to farm plat and having to pay $$ for forma would be a dealbreaker

[Qalbert]

Not sure, I saw that mod sockets were a thing but once I hit lvl 20 to get my legally-distinct-from-coca-cola polar bear I stopped since progress wouldn't carry over. I assume given the other similarities there will be a way to farm the socket material BPs and craft, and probably event rewards.

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Summer 2024

[Rulke]

https://www.pcgamesn.com/the-first-d...nt/launch-date

The First Descendant will release on Steam Tuesday July 2 as a free game. You can head to the Steam page now to wishlist it if you want a notification when it launches.

[Fiendishone]

Pre download is up, 42gb, on xbox.

[6souls]

Breakthrough update coming August 7th

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