Crimson Desert originally wasn't like this... People playing Crimson Desert or those in the industry will probably feel it vaguely. Why there is no talk about the "Crimson Desert" in Crimson Desert.
If the title is Crimson Desert, things related to it should appear, but in the story, they don't appear at all.
Do you know why?
It is because the story was not decided until right before release.
Therefore, a story trailer could not come out, and since it is a story about a mercenary group, there is inevitably no talk about the mercenary group.
The fact that it proceeds only with the protagonist Kliff is also for this reason.
Additionally, Kliff was originally named "Macbeth", but the name was changed because it has serial killer vibe...?
for the story, originally, it started with a young king, who had his throne usurped, coming to the Grey Mane Mercenaries. A middle-aged prime minister(?) who was looking after the young king and a young princess came and asked to make them royalty.
And it was content about recapturing a type of "currency" manufactured from minerals that can only be collected in the regional area of the "Crimson Desert." So, in the process of occupying the Crimson Desert to seize hegemony and making them royalty- This middle-aged prime minister was supposed to betray them and try to become king himself, and the story was about stopping that and winning.
In the middle of it, a director was pushed out in a power struggle and resigned, and once someone from an art background became the General Manager, they started overturning everything. This person who became General Manager is a general manager in name only; they are just a compliant subordinate. And every person in the team who holds a rank is just a compliant subordinate. Individual will? Personal opinion? They do not exist. That is why they can hold a rank.
The current result is what happened as everything began to be overturned for art. Even Ervin was originally that young king's bodyguard and was a man.
When Zelda earstof kingdom came out they hurriedly followed and made sky island that makes no sense. They brought in functions from various games as references, but without understanding at all why those functions were put into those games, they exist only as a means for a purpose.
If it looks cool, they just put it in, and once it is implemented, they gather among themselves and applaud; I don't know what to call this if not "a frog in a well." aways trash talking on Unreal Engine, they don't try the next games when they come out and only watch YouTube and trash talk about it, and they claim God of War is just trash game that looks good. As a fan of God of War hearing them say it's just a game with good visual without knowing even 1% of Kratos's narrative makes me sigh. Anyway, as someone who also participated in the game, I hoped it would do well, but I am sad that the result is like this. I am sad because it feels like it has decorated a page of gaming history in many waysreally. However, on the contrary, it is a relief to have it confirmed that a good game cannot come out of such a corporate culture.
