The First Descendant
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| Developers | |
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| Nexon | |
| Engines | |
| Unreal Engine 5 | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | July 2, 2024 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Third-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Shooter, RPG |
| Art styles | Realistic |
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The First Descendant is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person shooter and RPG game.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steam | |
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Monetization
| Type | Notes |
|---|---|
| Free-to-play | Gives players access to a significant portion of their content without paying. |
Microtransactions
| Type | Notes |
|---|---|
| Boost | Progress can be accelerated by paying. |
| Currency | A virtual currency that must be purchased using a real-world currency. |
| Free-to-grind | The main gameplay unlocks/goals of the game can be achieved through grinding or naturally in gameplay without real money payments. |
| Infinite spend | The game has microtransactions that can be purchased repeatedly without any limit. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\M1\Saved\Config\Windows\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2074920/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\M1\Saved\SaveGames\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2074920/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Cloud |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | 21:9 and 32:9 are available; cutscenes are pillarboxed to 16:9 | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | Configurable from 60° to 120° | ||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Forces TAA, configuration (engine.ini) overrides are blocked. Configurable Low - Ultra, which changes the amount of temporal samples. |
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| High-fidelity upscaling | DLSS 3.7, FSR 3.0, XeSS 1.3, TSR Nvidia and AMD Frame Generation available |
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| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | 30 to 144 FPS caps; uncapped framerate also available | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
| Ray tracing (RT) | Configurable: none, normal, high, ultra. Nvidia Ray Reconstruction available | ||
| Color blind mode | Deuteranopia, tritanopia, protanopia. | ||
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 5 page for more details.
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| PlayStation controllers | DualShock 4, DualSense |
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| PlayStation button prompts | ||
| Light bar support | ||
| Adaptive trigger support | ||
| DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
| Connection modes | Wired, Wireless (Bluetooth) |
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| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Master, music, sfx, voices and "impact marker" | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| Traditional Chinese | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Korean | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local play | |||
| LAN play | |||
| Online play | Co-op |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 12 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-cheat | Easy Anti-Cheat, Nexon Game Security | Nexon Game Security (also known as Black Cipher) is an anti-cheat technology developed by Nexon Korea Corporation.[1][2] |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 10 (20H2) | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-3570 AMD FX-8350 |
Intel Core i7-7700K AMD Ryzen 5 2600X |
| System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 50 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti AMD Radeon RX 570 4 GB of VRAM DirectX 12 compatible | Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 AMD Radeon RX 5600XT |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (2074920) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Steamdb detected Black Cipher - last accessed on 2024-07-05
- ↑ Black Cipher on Steamdb - last accessed on 2024-07-05