The developer of looter shooter The First Descendant has stated it’s going to change the icons within the sport after it was accused of copying Bungie’s Destiny 2.
The First Descendant, a free-to-play shooter from Korean video games firm Nexon presently blowing up on Steam, was accused of utilizing “barely-changed” Destiny 2 icons quickly after launch. Forbes pointed to the outstanding similarities between icons utilized by developer Bungie for its veteran looter shooter and people utilized by Nexon for its new looter shooter challenger.
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Amid the accusations, one Bungie icon artist tweeted to say it “seems like an amazing day to say that Bungie icon artists are a super-crew of proficient of us with unique concepts and sharp instincts.”
Fans subsequently unearthed proof to recommend the foundation of the issue may need been an icon database known as Iconduck that includes a Destiny Icons set that features 204 icons, all supposedly open sourced with a Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal license. “All icons can be utilized for private and business functions,” Iconduck claims on its web site.
The designer of the icon set defined that many of the icons within the set have been “ripped from the font recordsdata created by Bungie and its designers.” At the time, followers speculated that Nexon may need used these Destiny icons from Iconduck and tweaked them barely for The First Descendant.
In an announcement issued to IGN, Nexon failed to elucidate the method it used for the icons in query, however did admit that Destiny 2 “served as an inspiration throughout the improvement course of” and promised to make adjustments.
Here’s Nexon’s assertion in full:
“The First Descendant, as a looter shooter sport, was developed with a deep affection and respect for different video games within the style. Destiny 2, being a globally famend looter shooter sport, can also be personally admired and revered by the group, and it has served as an inspiration throughout the improvement course of. We have taken the issues raised severely and determined to make changes to make sure that the imagery which will seem related clearly displays the distinctive identification of our sport. We will proceed to enhance the sport for followers of the looter shooter style.”
Generally talking, The First Descendant is a mash-up of mechanics from numerous looter shooters already out there. There’s greater than a whiff of Destiny about The First Descendant’s design, programs, and mechanics, however then there’s additionally numerous Warframe about it, too.
This week, Nexon launched a big replace for The First Descendant that makes some huge adjustments to the sport, and leaves some points of it that had turn into a subject of dialogue throughout the neighborhood properly alone.
IGN’s The First Descendant evaluate returned a 5/10. We stated: “The First Descendant has all of the constructing blocks of a implausible looter shooter, however they’re buried beneath a pile of monotonous quests, a horrible story, and an infuriating free-to-play mannequin that has influenced its sport design within the worst doable approach.”
Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can attain Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.
