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What scores do you think Crimson Desert is getting?

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MMaRsu said:
Welp I bit the bullet guys

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Absolute pathetic low IQ peasant behavior. :messenger_unamused:




Anyway.

At 93% install. ALMOST THERE!!!! :messenger_beaming:
 
PeteBull said:
In other words, he is paid off shill :P
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Actually he is part of the Seasoned Gaming weekly Bitcast so you can see exactly who he is. Not a shill comes to mind. Can come across as arrogant though. Also I often disagree with his take on games, but sometimes he is spot on.

Be interesting to see if he revises it up. Also whilst he publishes under the IGN banner, I think he is more contractor than employee.
 
Lot of .1 to .5 hour invested Steam reviews being negative. Guess a decent amount of people are getting GPU not supported errors and complaints that you can't switch keybinds.
 
Icylobster said:
So the IGN reviewer that people have been bringing up is Travis Northup.

Highguard: 7
Arc Raiders: 9
Outer Worlds 2: 8
Borderlands 4: 8
Avowed: 7
Lies of P: 8
Concord: 7
Palworld: 8
Diablo IV Vessel of Hatred: 8
Diablo IV: 9

He was indicating he wanted to give Crimson Desert a 6. I guess he had some pretty major bugs. But I was hoping I could see what he thinks on Elden Ring's approach to being very hands off, but I didn't find anything.

He complained for lack of lore and not proper guidance I think. Which is why I was curious what he thought a game with a similar hands off approach.
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Reasonable scores. Crimson Desert looks very generic.
 
saintjules said:
Idk, performance is running better than balanced for me. PSSR in action?
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Yes performance will do 60 fps most of the time, and can go above 60fps if you turn v sync off in settings but then you get screen tearing for sure.

Balanced is amazing with v sync off but the screen tearing is so bad it ruins the mode entirely.

Performance mode with v sync on, depth of field off for me.
 
Arsic said:
Yes performance will do 60 fps most of the time, and can go above 60fps if you turn v sync off in settings but then you get screen tearing for sure.

Balanced is amazing with v sync off but the screen tearing is so bad it ruins the mode entirely.

Performance mode with v sync on, depth of field off for me.
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Yeah I'll do the same settings you had. 1080p upscale to 4k is fine. I know DF recommended balance but that was pre patch.
 
saintjules said:
Yeah I'll do the same settings you had. 1080p upscale to 4k is fine. I know DF recommended balance but that was pre patch.
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They made it sound like the screen tearing was very rare in this mode but in the first town it's non stop.

If there was no screen tearing it would be sublime.
 
Yes, IGN's reviewer Travis Northup is a contractor/freelancer. But he has done a lot of reviews for IGN. So they seem to like working with him. He did come across arrogant to me in the video. But I don't know anything about him otherwise.

As far as Steam reviews go. Why would someone who likes the game even rate it yet. But if you can't get it to run I understand sharing that. Check back in a few weeks.
 
Arsic said:
They made it sound like the screen tearing was very rare in this mode but in the first town it's non stop.

If there was no screen tearing it would be sublime.
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I see now what's going on. Turn off 120hz in the PS5 settings. It's MUCH smoother now. Same methods in the settings though, Perf with depth of field off.
 
saintjules said:
I see now what's going on. Turn off 120hz in the PS5 settings. It's MUCH smoother now. Same methods in the settings though, Perf with depth of field off.
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Balanced mode with 120hz mode off mean if v sync is off it would just be a noticeable 40fps mode.

If you do 120hz mode, v sync off, balanced mode you get a perfect motion 60fps with more visual fidelity but screen tearing.

Unless you're saying turning that off gives you the 60fps in balanced smoothness and no screen tearing.
 
Lionel Richie said:
I'm out of the loop here, who plagiarized who?
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Luke Stephens plagiarized hbomberguy and a apologized after hbomb's extensive Youtube Plagiarism video which really didn't cover Luke in depth, but did hint at other instances which people suspect may be in reference to Joseph Anderson's long form video on Uncharted/TLOU.
 
March Climber said:
Quick questions for you…

You are given a very large game that you have to submit for review within a week.

In that week, you have to rush through to make it in time.

In the game itself, it asks you to check out side content, explore, solve puzzles, level up, take your time, and engage with it's many systems for rewards that will help you for the latter portion of the game.

Since you have no time for that, you skip most of it's systems and rush to the latter half of the game severely underleveled, frustrated at boss fights, not realizing the cooking system helps for fight-prep, not realizing pet systems exist, not realizing pets can auto-loot, not realizing that secret side content will help you find much stronger gear, not realizing that same side content will help level your perks up enough to keep up with the difficulty ramp (these are all things that different rush reviewers have done).

Would you feel that your review is 100% an adequate description of the game for a random person who's interested, or would it be more of a review for other game reviewers?

I'm not saying this game looks like a 10/10 experience, nor a 9/10 experience, but the negatives some people are listing (aside from core mechanics) are either not telling enough or very telling of what they didn't even bother doing in order to meet deadline.

So who are those reviews even for?

And to be fair, a part of this blame lies with Pearl Abyss in thinking a week or two is long enough to complete something this massive with so many systems in it.
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Weird how this stuff didn't seem to happen to games like Elden Ring or BOTW that are huge and take tons of hours to play.

Again, "the reviewer played it wrong" is pure cope.
 
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diffusionx said:
Weird how this stuff didn't seem to happen to games like Elden Ring or BOTW that are huge and take tons of hours to play.
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No, but it did for these games:

March Climber said:
Here are games that some of GAF praised in the past vs their metacritic score (the first game listed is literally the 2010s version of Crimson Desert, MMO turned single player open world Action Adventure RPG).

Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning Reviews - Metacritic

The hit RPG returns! From the minds of the bestselling author R.A. Salvatore, spawn creator Todd mcfarlane, and Elder Scrolls IV: oblivion lead designer Ken rolston, comes kingdoms of amalur: re-reckoning. Remastered with stunning visuals and refined gameplay re-reckoning delivers intense...
www.metacritic.com www.metacritic.com

Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition Reviews - Metacritic

bff Flood! is a simple yet addictive strategy game in which you have to flood the whole game board with one image or color in less than the allowed steps. Swap out the upper left corner game tile at each step to flood fill adjacent game tiles with the same image. Fill the entire board with one...
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance Reviews - Metacritic

Kingdom Come: Deliverance is an open world, action-adventure, role-playing game featuring blockbuster production values, a nonlinear story and revolutionary, first-person melee combat.
www.metacritic.com www.metacritic.com

Gothic II Reviews - Metacritic

Gothic II takes you on an even greater journey of adventure and discovery. The plot continues from the cliff-hanger of the original: After the imprisoned colony members are victorious, collapsing the magical barrier, the former Prison Colony is struck by a terrible earthquake, claiming the lives...
www.metacritic.com www.metacritic.com

Alpha Protocol Reviews - Metacritic

Alpha Protocol is an espionage role-playing game set in the modern world. Loyalty carries a price and no one knows this more than agent Michael Thorton. A talented young agent cast out by his government, Thorton is the only one with the information needed to stop an impending international...
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Dragon's Dogma Reviews - Metacritic

A legend is born in this open-world adventure. Assume the role of the Arisen, a legendary hero in a land haunted by a feared, omnipotent dragon. As you fight to protect your homeland, you will pick up companions, make enemies, and find yourself embroiled in an even deeper mystery.
www.metacritic.com www.metacritic.com

I'm apparently supposed to believe that a 78 (only on day 1) is the end of the world.
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Arsic said:
Balanced mode with 120hz mode off mean if v sync is off it would just be a noticeable 40fps mode.

If you do 120hz mode, v sync off, balanced mode you get a perfect motion 60fps with more visual fidelity but screen tearing.

Unless you're saying turning that off gives you the 60fps in balanced smoothness and no screen tearing.
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I'm not using balance, just performance mode with vsync on. When I was in the abyss it was smooth. I'd say at the advertised 60fps.

Idk people are pointing out that the 120hz is bugged so I'm waiting to see if that gets fixed.

Edit: Switched to balanced to see. Vsync on it feels like 30fps. Vsync off it feels like closer to 60. I'll keep playing around with it. I'm in the first town Hernan and the performance was tanking a bit earlier in populated areas for me.
 
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diffusionx said:
Weird how this stuff didn't seem to happen to games like Elden Ring or BOTW that are huge and take tons of hours to play.

Again, "the reviewer played it wrong" is pure cope.
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Agreed. Plus if Pearl Abyss was concerned about rushed reviews because it is a huge game they should have given them access a bit earlier.

Regardless, most reviewers played for dozens of hours. Plenty of time to form an opinion on the game.
 
bender said:
Luke Stephens plagiarized hbomberguy and a apologized after hbomb's extensive Youtube Plagiarism video which really didn't cover Luke in depth, but did hint at other instances which people suspect may be in reference to Joseph Anderson's long form video on Uncharted/TLOU.
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But at least people can check his gaming abilities (since it's impossible for any YouTuber to pay someone to record gameplay lol)!
 


Curious what people think about this review's perspective on the game ("The Worst Game I've Ever Enjoyed").

I can see the points on both sides (the good/bad) here. It feels so far like a 7/10 solo MMO propped up mainly by its combat and exploration.
 
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