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Crimson Desert - Preview

Discussion in 'Game/SP News & Comments' started by RPGWatch, Aug 25, 2024.

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    [​IMG]Polygon checked out Crimson Desert:

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    Crimson Desert's wild combat left me skeptical at Gamescom

    Targeting and camera issues hampered the otherwise flashy action

    With one of the game industry's most popular MMOs, Black Desert Online, under its belt, developer Pearl Abyss is shifting to a single-player open-world action game with Crimson Desert. As someone who dabbled with Black Desert but lacked the dedication to stick with it, I've been looking forward to Crimson Desert's solo-minded approach and I enthusiastically embarked on a hands-on slice of the game during Gamescom. Yet while Crimson Desert teems with dangerous, mythical threats, my fiercest opponent reared its head on a systems level.

    Crimson Desert unfolds on the vast continent of Pywel and puts players in the bloodstained shoes of brooding mercenary Kliff. A band of fellow swords-for-hire accompanies Kilff on his mission to save this beleaguered land, though I didn't see much of it in the Gamescom demo, which focused on melee action via four selectable boss fights.

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