The First Descendant's First Major Boss Has A Big Problem

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is full of intimidating bosses, and while most of the best examples are the game's Colossi, the Volgus commanders the player runs into more often can be daunting in their own right. The Volgus start off strong in the tutorial mission with Lord Karel, who is shown to effortlessly render the Descendants ineffective. A start like that is a tough act to follow, but the game never had a chance with its first major boss, Commander Greg.

Commander Greg leads the Volgus assault into Kingston, the first main combat zone of. Throughout the missions, Greg laughs maniacally and attempts to taunt the player. This may have been effective if Greg were not so laughable due to his name, dialogue, and mechanics.

The First Descendant players can utilize this feature to lessen the tedious grind and avoid purchasing the game-changing Ultimate weapons.

Despite its grim setting, does not always shy away from using names that sound relatively normal. Intermixed with Descendants like Ajax and Jayber are names like Sharen, Blair, and even Bunny. While these names do not exactly strike fear into the hearts of humanity's enemies, they do not necessarily need to, since they belong to the faction that the player is aligned with. However, when it comes to the game's main enemies, Greg should not have been a name which made it to full release.

There are a multitude of characters in The First Descendant that players can unlock which allows them to find the right playstyle for them.

«Greg» sounds like a name someone came up with as a joke that made it too far into production, or at the very least, a placeholder name which was meant to be switched out later but never was. Variants of Greg could have been much more intimidating. Look no further than Grigori from the original for an example of a terrifying name which still boils down to «Greg.» However, even fixing the goofy name would not fix the bigger problem, which is the mechanics of Greg's boss fight.

After several attempts by Commander Greg