Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Crimson Desert: Bonkers

I've been following Crimson Desert closely.

The control scheme is almost universally regarded as terrible. There are loads of bugs. Parts of the enormous world are almost empty. Reviews were very mid.

You can pet cats. You can fish. You can use the sun's reflection off your sword to grill food.  You can climb mountains. You can ride dragons and use them in combat. There is seemingly an endless number of NPC's to interact with. Players have reported spending 10-20 hours in just the first town and still not doing everything.

Random quotes from a ResetEra thread on the game:
I sold my mining knuckledrill.
Found a forest area where children tranquilize you if they spot you?
Jinro the dog is right at the north entrance into Hernand.
Use a grindstone and anvil before boss fights.
You can buy a Hernandian Banquet Cloak from the tailor merchant in the first town.
Picked up a beehive club from somewhere, when you hit something with it bees come out and attack you.
Its totally bizarre, the arm wrestling for example
You can carry animals on the horse? I've been running them on foot.

It also looks spectacular or awful, depending on your platform and settings.

It's Breath of the Wild and Wither 3 and Dragon's Dogma. On meth.

I still want to play it.

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