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@PalmyrPar Game is absolutely fantastic.

Wow who could’ve predicted that Crimson Desert would be an extremely vast, contextless tech demo ocean with the depth of a puddle and absolutely nothing interesting beyond its scale.

@digitalfoundry @dark1x Im getting massive screen tearing with vsync off even when I'm in the vrr range above 48. Any idea what's up with that?

Along with everyone else, we're still waiting for our Crimson Desert retail console codes to unlock - but while you wait, here's @dark1x with a look at the PS5 Pro version running at 4K HDR in quality mode along with gameplay thoughts: youtu.be/QCOFJUG9Q2I

@Nick_Marseil @Yaboynosworc Apparently you don't. You absolutely want to turn on vsync in Crimson desert

@Yaboynosworc Do you know what VRR is?

VRR is the best thing ever happened to this gen of consoles

@fromsoftserve It isn't oversharpened. What are you talking about?

crimson desert is gorgeous at points, but also hampered by a lot of graphical bugs. insane amount of ssao, way oversharpened, distant buildings (even with Ultra model quality, cinematic textures on) will have pretty awful LODs, there's a noisiness to the image at all times.

@NextGenPlayer Loving every minute.

Crimson Desert is getting high user reviews on PS5 - 4.44/5 stars (717 reviews) It’s Mixed on Steam at 55% with 1,441 reviews

@HDRgameAnalysis Set it to 40 on my G5 as well. Looks much more natural and nuanced.

Quick preliminary setup guide for Crimson Desert on PC and PS5. I have only had very little time with the game. But this is how I would set up HDR on a 1000 and 2000 nits TV. Picture 1 is my settings for a 1000 nits TV and picture 3 for a 2000 nits TV. HDR is implemented the same way on PC and PS5. Black levels: There are no setting to adjust black levels. Luckily they look fine, so those we don’t have to worry about. Max luminance: Max brightness is setup in-game. Set to what your TV can output on a 10% window. The game outputs the nits you set in the slider. Thats great because not all games do that. Screen brightness (exposure). The exposure slider adjusts the brightness on the whole screen. For a 1000 nits TV we want around a screen brightness (paper white) of around 203 nits. A setting of 40 looks to be around 203 nits to me. In picture 2 we can see brigntess is around 203 nits at exposure setting of 40. For a 2000 nits TV we want a higher screen brightness. When our TVs can output higher max brightness then there are room for higher screen brightness while our highlights can still pop. I suggest setting exposure to 50. In picture 4 we see screen brightness is around 280-300 nits. I won’t suggest going lower than 40 or much higher than 50 for exposure, because exposure slightly changes lower shadows and I think they will get to low or to lifted. I noticed that at night fire lights up everything with a red glow or color. It looks very unnatural. We can’t change that in-game, but maybe there will be mods for PC that corrects this. HDR overall looks punchy with great contrast and black levels.

@foxygames_uk And I love the soundtrack. A mixture between Oblivion and Lord of the rings 🙌

Played my first hour with #CrimsonDesert, the game is so stunning, pristine 4K quality sharp using #PSSR2 balance mode. Probably THE Most environmentally alive open world I've experienced yet. Pearl Abyss clearly influenced by Zelda BotW / Witcher 3, with touch of souls #PS5Pro

@ymnis_v1 How are these people reviewing the game after a couple hours. 😂

#CrimsonDesert they’ll post Steam Charts but won’t post Steam Reviews:

@ReforgeGaming Play balanced mode with vsync on

Crimson Desert on PS5 Pro. FPS is visibly very inconsistent in the first town. It was worse on the base PS5. Imagine this in a fortress or castle with 15-20 enemies to fight. Lots of NPCs just tanks performance. This is why they were selective and weird with console footage.

@LegendofH3r0 Maybe gaming isn't for you ?

Crimson Desert is one of the most beautiful games I’ve ever struggled to play. The world looks next-gen, but the controls feel like they’re fighting me at every turn. Between the lighting bugs and trying to hit tiny interaction prompts, I spend more time in the settings menu than in the actual game. I wanted to love it, but after an hour and a half of fighting with it, I decided to refund it. #CrimsonDesert

@DetectiveSeeds Yeah, playing balanced mode but motion blur off and vsync on are a must

On the Playstation 5 Pro I selected the following graphical options for Crimson Desert: 🔴Performance mode 🔴Vsync on 🔴Blur turned down to 0 Still dips in town below 60FPS, but everywhere else it runs great!

@videotechuk_ What exactly do you mean? Playing non-stop since launch and having zero issues

Crimson Desert has the worst controls I've had experienced in a game. It doesn't click with me They need to rethink this

@NotOrionLMAO Worst take

MW19 only sucks for people who didn’t understand what made the original COD games good in the first place.

@nocontextmemes Bro might be onto something

@xMBGx PlayStation Professional

Are you playing Crimson Desert on console or PC?

@SpawnYaardReply @CaroleQuintaine Mountable?

There are ELEPHANTS in Crimson Desert!!! 😍 Credits: @CaroleQuintaine

@BellaBaddie__ USA

Which country would you never visit, even if the trip was free?

@VisualFidelity It is one of the most interesting titles of all times. I couldn't compare it to another existing game.

Convince me to buy Crimson Desert. I can't decide

@xShephardx Hope this game has new game plus. Otherwise it's not worth it I feel

Im good, sub 80 on Metacritic is just not worth my time.

@PeterP_1985 They need a way to not have their games on helix

This is not happening. If Sony made $2.4b on Steam, they would make significantly less putting games on PC less Steam (and presumably less GOG, EGS as well). Not paying Steam that 30% would not make up the loss of volume sales.