I have lived through various looter shooters in my time. Borderlands, Destiny, Destiny 2, Warframe, and now: The First Descendant. I did not know too much about this game when it was recommended to me other than it was free. Free is always good, right? Well after 40-50 hours of gameplay, I can tell you that it is not bad. The First Descendant is not going to change your life. In any way. However, it gives off crazy Destiny/Warframe vibes that are borderline yoinked right from the games themselves. So much so that the devs even mention they will be changing some of the icons to not resemble those of the same nature. Let's get this out of the way first. This game comes PACKED with insane monetization options. You do not HAVE to purchase a single thing to get ahead if you do not want to. You can simply grind. And grind. And grind some more. I did end up doing a single mission about 10 times in a row to get a blueprint needed to "research" a character. That sounds tedious bu...