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If you thought The First Descendant reminded you of an incredibly popular game, than you’d be right in thinking that. The looter shooter doesn’t have a huge mass of games in it. There’s Destiny, Warframe, Helldivers and a few others that haven’t quite made it, but Nexon’s latest looks like one of the more promising challengers to the status quo.
However, it looks like its riding on Destiny’s coattails a little too closely, especially with how similar the icons look in both games. recently published an article bringing the similarities to light: “One would be a coincidence, maybe, but there are many, and this is without checking more than a low % of all the icons in the game,” Paul Tassi writes. With Bungie and Destiny having been around for much longer than The First Descendant, it’s clear that the game is a tentpole in Nexon’s design of its own.
Even though it leans more on the side of for gameplay, its visual aesthetics are certainly imbued with Bungie’s own style. This is especially apparent in design too, also featuring stark similarities to Destiny. The Different Dream looks incredibly similar to the design of the Ikelos SN 1.
03, Before the game had launched, it was faced with its first question – why does the promotional art look so similar to Destiny’s Ghost? With the controversy still pretty fresh, it’s qui.