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Dark Souls has often been used to measure one’s gaming prowess, but that measuring stick has changed with Crimson Desert. gamersheroes.com/honest-game-re…

@RobbensBaldHead @NikoMueller You just have to open it and press a button for 90% of books

@NikoMueller Youre kidding?

Review in progress: 🎮#CrimsonDesert You need to study books in detail to learn new abilities. 👍 #XboxShare

@VodkaGreece It's crazy, isn't it? How developers could craft such a jaw dropping world, but fuck up talking to people and picking shit up 😆

I’ve played only 2 hours of Crimson Desert and here are my thoughts so far. +Game is absolutely stunning and probably one of the most detailed open worlds ever created +The game really doesn’t hold your hand but thats a huge plus - Having to position yourself to talk to someone or be in a specific spot to activate the animation/action can be annoying as the button prompt doesn’t show otherwise - Lip syncing isn’t good +Combat is excellent even though the dodge doesn’t feel as responsive but I have only done one big battle which was at the start of the game so this could easily and probably will improve as I upgrade and get used to the combat more +Side missions and secrets seem to be everywhere,you can listen in to learn something new. A bird can fly onto your shoulder with a letter to learn about something happening in the world which I thought was really neat. If you want a packed open world with a lot to do this game is for you. +Puzzles are great so far, just the right level of difficulty - Movement when jumping and running is extremely slow and not responsive, having to press square whilst mashing x to run at the same time was annoying and makes for the platforming sections to become frustrating +Movement is hard to get used to at first but after an hour or so it’s fine, think RDR2 in terms of how your character moves it’s almost exactly the same I can’t stress this enough, these are MY OWN THOUGHTS after only 2 HOURS of playing, all of this could change as I play more. This is just to tell people who are on the fence a little bit more information after actually playing it.

@LiberalyLike Screen goes dark. Tells you to go back. Get 10 seconds before it boots you

@GHBSmith One question: How does Crimson Desert handle the edge of its map? Especially in the Western part where there's no coast. Invisible borders? Some "we have stuff to do"-cutscene that forces you back? thx

This is the Crimson Desert map (nearly all of it lol) Blue - Areas I've done 90+% of quests in Orange - Areas I've started quests in Red - Areas I've yet to explore This is after 205 hours. Crimson Desert is one of the biggest games ever made, if not the biggest.

@GHBSmith How did you even put in this many hours already

@matteritdoes I'm sure there will be a mod at some point lol

@GHBSmith Thank you & I agree I wish it was co-op. Is there any way to reach the DEVs? So we could star begging for it? Haha

@matteritdoes I would argue 99% of games are better co-op, so I'm biased there. Yes, it would be awesome co-op. Already pretty awesome though

@GHBSmith Do you feel like it would be better would co-op or multiplayer? Is the single player, good enough to enjoy the game without co-op?

Howling Hills is one of the best features of Crimson Desert, and arguably the best base/worker placement system in a video-game. My full, nearly 30 minute guide, breaks down every aspect, piece by piece. youtube.com/watch?v=DSFNXB…

@CoreyNelles Umm, hard to guess tbh, 70%ish? Most of the Abyss was fine solo, but few of the more unique puzzles were rough. There are puzzles and located gated by abilities, and the game does nothing to tell you that, so it can lead to a lot of frustration.

@GHBSmith Out of all the puzzles you've completed, what percentage were you able to solve on your own without asking someone else? Are there any puzzles gated by certain items or abilities, or is it like the recent Zeldas where the abilities acquired at the start are all you need?

Content creators trash-talking journalists for scoring Crimson Desert low because skill issue. Those same content creators PM'ing me for help with puzzles, builds, & fast travel points... You can raise yourself without shitting on other people.

Just finished my camp guide for Howling Hills in Crimson Desert. 27 minutes. It's such a fantastic feature. Exploration has never been so rewarding. I'm so excited to hear about people discovering some of the utterly ridiculous shit you can make 🤣

@BeeboGoystein Do you like any open world games? Genuine question, not being a dick 😁

We're really celebrating games being 300+ hours long now? Mechanic bloat and lack of depth used to be derided, now it's lauded. BotW and other open world slop has done irreparable damage to gaming.

@BeeboGoystein I don't think you're getting much out of it any other way lol

@GHBSmith This must go hard as fuck if you're unemployed

@ArcxonLive I'm not sharing conversations had in private for internet clout, regardless of the topic.

@GHBSmith If you not dropping the PM’s it doesn’t matter. Let them do it is you’re not going to expose them…why even bring it up. You just as weird.

@Fernandorjjj Mostly familiar but with some really cool local tech thrown in

@GHBSmith How many different biomes? Anything out of the ordinary or is it grassy, snow, desert like usual?

@goshjoshgames If you're going to make such outlandish claims, I expect a source.

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@ZaloPlays You'd rather bland, empty corpo speak. Here's product, buy product, consume product. Not for me, I'll take a dash of humanity any day.

@GHBSmith Actually, PR people are the ones that should never rage, publicly, against the customers. That's why they're PR. What happens is that these people, specifically people with his political ideology, hate gamers.

Just a quick note on the review process for Crimson Desert, because Will got so much shit. It was the most accessible and transparent approach that I've seen in 15 years. Reviewers had a direct pipeline to PR/developers for fixes and feedback throughout. Plenty of fixes already

@ZaloPlays He didn't start raging. There are only so many times you can respond to the same question before it gets annoying. PR people are human.

@GHBSmith It was his own fault. Antagonizing and raging at gamers for weeks just because they were asking for base PS5 performance and videos.

This is false. Spend all of your points on grappling moves so you can RKO people through tables and german suplex them off cliffs. (Stamina is genuinely a good call)

@Derek24037271 I think it's because I reached maximum height for that vehicle, but I'm not sure. I wasn't overly eager to try it again 😂

@GHBSmith lol!! Why did it break though?

The world of Crimson Desert is so dangerous that even the hot air balloon wants to kill you

@jimmyjerkit It's pretty much the case for 90% of pre-release games nowadays lol

@GHBSmith So reviewers were also late-stage beta testers? That sounds backwards.

@Hmahmatlstj @CyberFarmerX Could be even longer than that, depending on what you prioritize. It's a very slow start.

@GHBSmith @CyberFarmerX I've seen people say first 10 hours of tutorial section is boring(famitsu, blue thunder, gameranx) but picks up real quick after that. Do you agree with this sentiment?