The South Korean-developed, free-to-play, cooperative, third-person shooter action RPG has begun PC beta test registration.

Nexon Korea is developing The First Descendant, which has already started pre-registration on Steam. However, the testing is still months away (it will run from September 28 to October 4). Click on the Request Access button on Steam, and a message will be sent to the email address associated with your account asking you to confirm it. For any assistance, please email [email protected], preferably in English.

According to the game’s Steam page, “The First Descendant is a free third-person cooperative action RPG shooter featuring high-quality graphics. Experience the fun of strategic boss fights through four-player co-op and various unique characters, exciting gunplay, and looting. A variety of equipment is necessary for growth. You can obtain them through clearing scenario missions within the game or World Missions, where cooperation and battles with huge bosses are crucial. The player becomes a Descendant in the game and is given a mission to fight against the invaders for the survival of humans and to protect the “Ingris Continent.” The player can experience a spectacular story by growing stronger through various missions and stories to discover the Descendants’ secret finally. You can also feel The First Descendant’s unique atmosphere through high-quality fields developed with Unreal Engine 5 and gain a new experience of reality and SF fantasy coexisting in one place.

You can play various characters with distinctive concepts and battle styles. We plan to add multiple customizable elements such as skins for each character to support character decoration. Experience The First Descendant’s exciting battles composed of various characters with unique skill sets, free movements, and chain actions through Grappling Hooks, colourful firearms, and additional effects. With these, the player can create any battle style they desire. Through four-player co-op play, you can target giant boss monsters with different appearances and abilities. The difficulties stimulate your competitive spirit, and you can destroy or extract various parts of the vast bosses through four-player cooperative play. By targeting the giant boss’s gimmicks, you will be able to experience a more compact team play.

You can equip a character with three guns, four secondary equipment, and various sub-weapons. Of course, there will also be items to enhance a character or their firearm stats or add a new ability. A variety of equipment is necessary for growth, and you can obtain them through clearing scenario missions within the game or in the World Missions, where cooperation is crucial and battles with enormous bosses. We provide equipment so you can develop the characters to play continuously through character growth and acquiring and combining the various equipment. Use it to challenge yourself with more complicated tasks and enjoy the thrill of clearing them.”

The First Descendant has been announced for PC and “consoles”, but there is a trailer on PlayStation’s YouTube channel, so it will be released for PlayStation 5 and possibly PlayStation 4.

Source: Gematsu