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Crimson Desert feels like something special!

Shadowstar39

Shadowstar39

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I came into this game not following any hype or announcements. I haven't been lurking here lately as I started a new job. I seen on it on psn as a new game and then looked at some trailers and immediately made the purcashe as a single player gamer who loved rpgs of all types, this game looked like something that I would enjoy. No woke shit, eastern dev. I dig eastern Europe janky rpgs I can love Korean made fantasy rpgs even with some jank (I played through Gothic 3 at launch, the jankiest of games ever).

At first I wasn't digging the game as it opened up weird, but as things moved on and I came back from death to go to the first town that's when I seen the magic, to me.

It's not about the fighting, although that seems good too so far, but the world design. The fact that everything is explorable. Climb able, little details like catching insects and petting dogs. Mining, cutting timber, cleaning chimneys, crafting of all sorts, arm wrestling, etc.. Oh and even things like wood and metal medieval cranes are fully player operational. Like all the little details are here. It feels like a breathing world, not like a amusement park.

I spent all morning just exploring the first town and some of the outskirts. Only only had a few minor fights and even so I am loving this. The fact that everything is documented and you unlock entries to me felt rewarding. It's not mindless. I get it and it's my style of game.

Now it may suck later on, don't know, but from what I've played so far it's amazing!

And honestly people need to be less picky bitches when it comes to epic single player rpgs. We don't get many and when we do they are western made filled with woke shit. I gladly support a studio that seemed to put in a lot of effort to make a believable world and fun game. If we don't our hobby will become like mobile gaming no single player and only gaas slop.


Anyone here loving this? I see some threads of people bashing it due to steam numbers... To me what game on steam lately doesn't have people bashing in every review? On ps5 I haven't had any issues so far.
 
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I'm loving it. It's honestly so fun and it's making me feel like a kid again. I got used to the controls after 3 hours.

The biggest issue is people going in thinking this is a strong narrative driven game like Witcher 3 or RDR2. It's not that. This is a sandbox driven action adventure similar to Zelda: BotW and some of Dragon's Dogma.
 
Dynasty8 said:
I'm loving it. It's honestly so fun and it's making me feel like a kid again. I got used to the controls after 3 hours.

The biggest issue is people going in thinking this is a strong narrative driven game like Witcher 3 or RDR2. It's not that. This is a sandbox driven action adventure similar to Zelda: BotW and some of Dragon's Dogma.
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I'm all for this, but does it have actual dungeons and shit with enemies that lead me to cool items. Is there any form of a story?

Sorry, I've kinda kept it off my radar apart from I want to play it. I kinda wanted to go in blind and also hear feedback from actual users on here.
 
I am having a blast, the game is huge, with so much going on. I am loving it

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b0uncyfr0 said:
It might be but i wont be going further with a game that has moronic and overly complex controls - its utter shit.
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What overly complex controls? It's different but not complex. L1 sheild, r1 fast but weak strike and r2 strong but slow strike. L2 bow. Dagger when sneaking, O is dodge, x for running square for climbing and jumping. Triangle to mount horse. Left for quick wheel or sheathing sword. What am I missing?

Maybe it's because I have been playing games since the 1980s when you had to use arrow keys or keyboard commands on ascii roguelikes, those are complicated this not so much, just different. Back in the day every game had unique controls.
 
DenchDeckard said:
I'm all for this, but does it have actual dungeons and shit with enemies that lead me to cool items. Is there any form of a story?

Sorry, I've kinda kept it off my radar apart from I want to play it. I kinda wanted to go in blind and also hear feedback from actual users on here.
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No traditional dungeons like Zelda I've seen in my 5-6 hours played, but there are a lot of cool puzzles scattered everywhere that reward good useful stuff. I have come across secret caves, interesting mysteries, etc. The world is awesome to explore and feels rewarding.

The game gives you a ton of useful tools and abilities that you can use a number of ways. For example, you can raise your sword to reflect the sun...this can be used to solve puzzles, it can be used to blind enemies, it can be used to light things on fire such as vines to open up hidden passages, it can even be used to cook raw food on the ground which come very handy.

There's also a free hand/hookshot like ability that allows you to use on objects to rotate for puzzles, which you can also use on a tree to catapult yourself far into the distance. They did good with all this sandbox stuff.

Here's an example: https://www.reddit.com/r/videogames/s/KgwOBKmCgj
 
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KyoZz said:
It's so good, I think it's better than Witcher 3 actually. Yes I said it. Both have different strengths but I'm enjoying Crimson Desert more so far.
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Reminds me more of a modern take on Gothic 2, but in a bigger world. It feels like an explorers dream, which is where I think the disconnect comes for some. Some people want fast action all the time or to be handholded the whole way with cinematics.

It's just a different game and we needed this. Something new. There is room for both. Witcher 1 to 3 were amazing but a different style of rpg, one that was about a book character. I feel this is more about the world and setting than anything else so far.
 
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I'm having fun with it overall but many things about it are frustrating and need more work. It seems like they're determined to iron out issues though so we'll see how that goes.
 
Dynasty8 said:
No traditional dungeons like Zelda I've seen in my 5-6 hours played, but there are a lot of cool puzzles scattered everywhere that reward good useful stuff. I have come across secret caves, interesting mysteries, etc. The world is awesome to explore and feels rewarding.

The game gives you a ton of useful tools and abilities that you can use a number of ways. For example, you can raise your sword to reflect the sun...this can be used to solve puzzles, it can be used to blind enemies, it can be used to light things on fire such as vines to open up hidden passages, it can even be used to cook raw food on the ground which come very handy.

There's also a free hand/hookshot like ability that allows you to use on objects to rotate for puzzles, which you can also use on a tree to catapult yourself far into the distance. They did good with all this sandbox stuff.

Here's an example: https://www.reddit.com/r/videogames/s/KgwOBKmCgj
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Sounds glorious!, right up my street, thank you. Can't wait to fire it up once I'm back from my holiday
 
Gonzito said:
I am having a blast, the game is huge, with so much going on. I am loving it

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U got fricken 4090, bro, thats 2nd best gpu avaiable currently, imagine what majority of players having ps5/xsx (or godforbid xss) or similar to that perfromance pc gpu gotta experience, they are like those avg/below avg dudes trying to pull a baddie, then push comes to shove after they download crimson desert, and suddenly game defaults to 1080p dlssed/fsred to hell and back, medium settings and is like:
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Still not stable 60fps :messenger_loudly_crying::messenger_loudly_crying::messenger_loudly_crying:
 
Doesn't feel focused in its first few hours. Struggling to get into it at all. I like the combat and music - that's it.
 
Can you kill or yeet all the animals, including cats and dogs? That was a pet peeve for me with Tears of the Kingdom and its obnoxious dogs.
 
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I'm interested in this game, but haven't pulled the trigger yet. Still not sure exactly what to expect from it.

What existing game is it most similar to, if you had to name one (or two)?
 
It has that "big release of the year" feeling around it in my mind. There's a sense of ambition in it that's been gone from western games for quite some time now. I look forward to playing it.
 
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Sorry, but I'm going to be that guy:

This level of glazing has gone past enthusiasm and straight into coping. It's turning into a "stick it to the man" thing just because it's not made by a Western dev, plus the usual urge to dunk on the ever incompetent game journalists.

If this were anything else (especially a Western release), it would already be getting called "slop", unfocused, or a glorified beta test.
And let's not pretend the criticism isn't consistent. Every other post, even here, points to the same issues: clumsy, cumbersome controls, a disjointed or outright empty story, "MMO in a single-player skin®", crashes to dashboard, pop-in and other graphical issues, a mess of poorly explained systems (and there are a lot of them), and a UI from hell.
But somehow it all gets waved away with "I'm having fun" and "people are stupid and just don't get it"…

Fuck me if that doesn't sound exactly like the same worthless journo takes, just flipped.

At this point, it's obvious the game shipped hot and needs serious patching and polish. Yet the narrative becomes that it's the players' fault® for not wanting to wrestle with convoluted controls, lack of direction, constant PS5 crashes, and general MMO-tier jank.

I'm here for the discussion, but right now it genuinely feels like a "trust no one" situation.
 
Giallo Corsa said:
Sorry, but I'm going to be that guy:

This level of glazing has gone past enthusiasm and straight into coping. It's turning into a "stick it to the man" thing just because it's not made by a Western dev, plus the usual urge to dunk on the ever incompetent game journalists.

If this were anything else (especially a Western release), it would already be getting called "slop", unfocused, or a glorified beta test.
And let's not pretend the criticism isn't consistent. Every other post, even here, points to the same issues: clumsy, cumbersome controls, a disjointed or outright empty story, "MMO in a single-player skin®", crashes to dashboard, pop-in and other graphical issues, a mess of poorly explained systems (and there are a lot of them), and a UI from hell.
But somehow it all gets waved away with "I'm having fun" and "people are stupid and just don't get it"…

Fuck me if that doesn't sound exactly like the same worthless journo takes, just flipped.

At this point, it's obvious the game shipped hot and needs serious patching and polish. Yet the narrative becomes that it's the players' fault® for not wanting to wrestle with convoluted controls, lack of direction, constant PS5 crashes, and general MMO-tier jank.

I'm here for the discussion, but right now it genuinely feels like a "trust no one" situation.
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This is some of the weirdest projection I've ever seen online

We're simply enjoying a fun game bro. Chill
 
Giallo Corsa Giallo Corsa

Since you aren't typically the type to shit post, I will actually take the time to walk you through exactly why you are projecting.

You're assuming people only like the game for external reasons (anti-Western dev bias, dunking on journalists, etc.), instead of just accepting that they're actually enjoying it.

At the same time, you're doing the same thing you're criticizing, dismissing other people's positive experiences as "coping" while treating your own take as objective. Both things can be true: the game has real issues, and people can still genuinely have fun with it.
 
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Nice graphics but unfortunately very very mediocre everything else. Can´t believe you can fuck up menus and controls so hard in 2026....and those quests and the interaction mechanics holy incompetence...it`s been a while since I last refunded a game I bought day one.
 
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Giallo Corsa said:
Sorry, but I'm going to be that guy:

This level of glazing has gone past enthusiasm and straight into coping. It's turning into a "stick it to the man" thing just because it's not made by a Western dev, plus the usual urge to dunk on the ever incompetent game journalists.

If this were anything else (especially a Western release), it would already be getting called "slop", unfocused, or a glorified beta test.
And let's not pretend the criticism isn't consistent. Every other post, even here, points to the same issues: clumsy, cumbersome controls, a disjointed or outright empty story, "MMO in a single-player skin®", crashes to dashboard, pop-in and other graphical issues, a mess of poorly explained systems (and there are a lot of them), and a UI from hell.
But somehow it all gets waved away with "I'm having fun" and "people are stupid and just don't get it"…

Fuck me if that doesn't sound exactly like the same worthless journo takes, just flipped.

At this point, it's obvious the game shipped hot and needs serious patching and polish. Yet the narrative becomes that it's the players' fault® for not wanting to wrestle with convoluted controls, lack of direction, constant PS5 crashes, and general MMO-tier jank.

I'm here for the discussion, but right now it genuinely feels like a "trust no one" situation.
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Are you playing the game?
 
I collect VHS tapes said:
For he who must ask, no answer will suffice
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VHS, the funny thing is that it feels like I'm not the one doing the projecting, on the contrary, since you actually needed to defend...what exactly I dont know, kind of proving my point man 😉

...but I digress, let's not turn this into the usual forum Vs or a "me Vs you", you're allowed to like what you like obviously but...it's getting kind of obvious that there's some bias (generally speaking) with this title since no game with such glaring flaws (technical or not) should get a free pass for "whatever" reason (or, the "but I'm having fuuuun !" one).
 
Idk... A game with no explanation and hard to follow story just isn't something people like and will always get roasted no matter how good the rest of the game is. Just like the dark souls franchise... Wait a minute...
 
Giallo Corsa said:
VHS, the funny thing is that it feels like I'm not the one doing the projecting, on the contrary, since you actually needed to defend...what exactly I dont know, kind of proving my point man 😉

...but I digress, let's not turn this into the usual forum Vs or a "me Vs you", you're allowed to like what you like obviously but...it's getting kind of obvious that there's some bias (generally speaking) with this title since no game with such glaring flaws (technical or not) should get a free pass for "whatever" reason (or, the "but I'm having fuuuun !" one).
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I'm literally just saying I'm enjoying the game. You're the one trying to tell people they're not actually enjoying it, which is a pretty strange leap. And projection.

I posted a more detailed response elsewhere in the thread that I hope you read, but I honestly don't think you're aware of how much you're projecting here. This game is bringing out a really weird reaction in people, yourself included.
 
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It's amazing, man

This game caught me off guard. I had zero hype, but I've decided to give it a shot and now I'm loving it like I havent loved a game in a while

In a sea of samey games, this is such a breath of fresh air.

I enjoyed Ghost of Yotei a lot, but it felt more of the same. This game is flawed but ambitious.
 
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It's good, really good.

I'm still very early, but it's so much fun to just explore and wander.

I was playing it this morning, then because it's so nice outside I went on my first motorcycle ride of the year. I just got back and will be playing some more of it.
 
Topher said:
Are you playing the game?
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Not yet, Toph. I hovered over the buy button on PSN the other day but decided to hold off. I keep reading things about it, even here, that I really didn't want to see.
Please don't go with the "you're not playing it" argument. I've played plenty of games in my life, good and bad, and what I'm reading points more toward a mediocre experience with a bunch of issues sprinkled in.
I get that some games end up with either critical acclaim or cult status, and this one seems to lean toward the latter. Still, I'm not going to push through all those problems just because some people say it's "good." I'll make that call myself when I decide to spend my hard-earned €70.

Cheers.
 
R6Rider said:
It's good, really good.

I'm still very early, but it's so much fun to just explore and wander.

I was playing it this morning, then because it's so nice outside I went on my first motorcycle ride of the year. I just got back and will be playing some more of it.
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You just think it's good

Apparently we are coping and just don't know it
 
Its a bit worrying when the majority of people's compliments are, "its so great because I tilt the analog stick and my character moves to a different location"

Its not long till that google ai 3d map character moving thing just becomes a game.

(These are reminding me alot of starfield and hellblade 2 threads at launch)
 
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