
Nexon's 2024 looter shooter The First Descendant was never truly healthy, and its 110,152 Mixed Steam reviews and slowly collapsing PC concurrent player count make that clear. Nexon can't deny it, but to its credit, it doesn't want to. Instead, the studio is introducing a "Completing the Game" roadmap to possibly, finally find gold in the mess it's made.
Game director Minseok Joo and community manager Jason go into detail in Korean and English, respectively, about Nexon's plans in a Dev Talk livestream from April 2; you can watch the entire stream here. Following Nexon president and CEO Junghun Lee's recent comments that The First Descendent had a "strong launch, no staying power," the Completing the Game roadmap feels like an overdue surgery.