It's hard to think of a game that launched this year that has had a more tumultuous launch than Nexon's The First Descendant.
Players are jumping into games, doing minimal work and reaping the rewards.
The free-to-play shooter has consistently had over 100k concurrent players on Steam, peaking at almost 265k, and was recently confirmed to have broken the 10 million player mark. That's not stopped it from a litany of complaints, though, with one being so serious that it's forced the developers to change some of the game's icons.
On Sunday, Forbes reported that The First Descendant featured icons in the game that bore more than a striking similarity to those featured in Destiny 2. PC Gamer later pointed out that the website Iconduck lists a Destiny Icon Set, which "can be used for personal and commercial purposes." However, the plagiarism concerns remained as there was no proof that Nexon had actually ripped the files from there.
Pressure grew on the Korean developers as more counts of alleged copying arose, leading it to release a statement, again to Forbes, promising big changes.
Citing Destiny 2 as "an inspiration during the development process" and one that...
