It's funny because this one is a hell of a meme, but it legitimately took me 40 hours over months of short sessions that didn't do anything for me, for the game to start to sink it's teeth into me.
That's not an endorsement btw, I just think it's an interesting fact for me as that is rare. I usually won't bother to push through my distaste but I just felt like there was something special I wasn't getting, and now I do.
It's not for everyone but it's far more of an actual sandbox game and "era-simulator" (despite being medieval fantasy) a la RDR2 mixed with BotW than most people thought it would be.
There's so many mechanics that are fucking obtuse as shit until you really start to put time into the game, do faction quests which are often more tutorials and everything starts to coalesce.
But, 40 hours of slog is a very hard fucking ask, and I would not recommend the game to anyone except those I think could power through a genuinely bad start to a game.
Well put. Had to grind way harder in Crimson Desert than any other game in order to achieve peak gameplay. Worth it but can easily see why it’s not a lot of people’s cup of tea
I disagree with the ability to put it down and come back. Granted I didn’t make it far but the million different mechanics all introduced in a short period of time put me off. I tried to pick it up and I had no memory of the mechanics needed to play the game anymore
You lost me at "achieve peak gameplay". There is not a single facet of crimson desert that is peak in any way, shape, or form. The best gameplay related thing in crimson desert is the wrestling and even that tops out at "good". The entire game is a clunkfest with good ideas here and there but the execution is terrible. No two parts of the game feel like they were designed with the other in mind. The audio design is terrible and visuals are the only really good thing going for it, and even those those hold up in enclosed spaces. Its been the biggest waste of $70 in recent memory.
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u/AffectionateGain2077 Aug 19 '26
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