The first descendant may have copied many of Warframe’s systems, but now the community is accusing the developer of also copying barely-modified icons from Destiny 2.

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Upon its reveal, many players felt that The First Descendant was a mashup of mechanics, ideas, systems, structures, and designs found in other popular live-action looter shooters.

It is only when everyone In fact When I started playing, those feelings were confirmed. We had already pointed out its lack of originality when Connor and I played it over a year ago, but now that it’s in the hands of millions of players, many more cracks are starting to appear.

Although it is fair to call The First Descendant… inspired Digital Extremes’ ever-evolving shooter Warframe isn’t the only game Nexon has taken inspiration from. We even compared the microtransaction prices in The First Descendant to those in Warframe to see if they’re as outrageous as everyone says.

However, the more time players spend in The First Descendant, the more they identify elements from other games that might go beyond simple inspiration. The latest controversy involves a number of icons in the game that look quite similar to their Destiny 2 counterparts.

As spotted by ForbesThe game features a half-dozen icons that are designed in a way that reminds players of Bungie’s flagship shooter. The problem isn’t what the icons are supposed to represent, but rather how they’re drawn. They look like early versions of themselves, or perhaps more embellished versions.

There are also a few other items here and there, like the Different Dream weapon in The First Descendant which looks a lot like the one in Destiny 2. Sleeper simulatorwhile sharing some resemblance with the Ikélos Sniper rifle.

One of the game’s promotional artwork shows what looks like a Destiny ghost. The First Descendant doesn’t have companions in that sense, so this turned out to be part of the skills of one of the game’s characters – but again, the resemblance is hard to ignore.


Ghost?

Of course, it remains to be seen how much of an impact these discoveries will have on the game. It’s common for games to come up with their own interpretations of ideas found in other games – that’s how genres are born.

The fact that the game’s icons are similar in design, however, isn’t something that could be easily explained away. It’s also probably not a big enough issue to warrant legal trouble for Bungie or Nexon. We’ll have to wait and see what happens.

That said, now that the information is available, you can count on players intentionally looking for examples to add to the pile.

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