The name being mentioned in this story is The First Descendant – a game that was a huge success when launched in 2024.
At that time, the game received countless positive reviews and comments from players. There was even a time when The First Descendant had the highest number of players of all time, up to 264,000 gamers at the same time. However, that is a story of the past.
At the present time, in just 6 short months, The First Descendant seems to have reached the end of its game development life cycle.
Specifically, the number of players of this blockbuster on Steam has decreased by 95.5%, with the highest number of gamers logged in at the same time in recent days only about 12,000. Worse still, the game's reviews fell to “mixed” instead of being very positive like before. Most comments complain about repetitive missions, a boring skin system, lack of depth, and more importantly, expensive transactions coupled with bland gameplay.
In fact, this was a foreshadowing sign when it was released. Even though it was a hit in 2024, critics only gave The First Descendant a rating of 57 on Metacritic – too low compared to the number of players it has. In August alone, The First Descendant fell 56.3%, and in September, that decline continued to 49.5%. And there seems to be no sign of recovery for this blockbuster.
The First Descendant is currently ranked 138 on Steam. This means that it is being surpassed by a series of other games such as New World, Battlefield 5 and even a blockbuster that is also flooded with criticism like eFootball.
