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.
I initially heard "10 hours before it gets good" from the gameranx review and that's when I decided I wasn't gonna buy it. The I had someone yell at me that it was only 5 hours before it gets good.
I don't care if a game gets really good later. If I have to slog through hours of unfun gameplay to get there I'd rather just do something else.
Precisely why I mentioned I would not recommend it to damn near anyone, lol. Your position is perfectly valid and I respect it. I am surprised in my desire to keep pushing in the hopes it would grab me. I am glad it has, but yeah.
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u/AffectionateGain2077 Aug 19 '26
Crimson Desert