Game news The First Descendant: Developers Provide a Solution to Framerate Drops and Nobody Expected This…
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If you've gotten your hands on The First Descendant this week, you've probably encountered some performance issues. To solve the problems, the developers have come up with an unusual solution!
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“Have you ever tried turning it off and on again?”
Released just a few days ago, The First Descendant has been under fire from players' critics, being notably accused of numerous performance drops, even on very powerful machines. It is finally in a message published on the studio website that the developers apologize for the inconvenience. Recognizing in particular the frame rate issuesthese then provide a simple and temporary solution to resolve the malfunctions: reinstall the game.
According to them, Most of the issues affect players who pre-downloaded the game before launch. However, and despite this message, the title is experiencing a number of problems, so much so that the studio has promised multiple compensations to calm down disgruntled playerswhich come in the form of increased drops, Kyper fragments, experience boosts and much more.
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A performance that allowed The First Descendant to rank in the top 10 most played games on the platforma place it still occupies today. If, on paper, Nexon's software seems to have everything of a very addictive title as explained in our preview, it still requires a strong optimization coverage from the teams which should, arguably, not keep us waiting too long. The question now is whether the studio will have the resources to diversify the game's content, all while listening to the (very) many complaints from players. If you want to test it for yourself, The First Descendant is available free-to-play on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.