Nibiru

1mo

Not finishing this abyss last mission I put 107 hours into this on PC, and I have to give the game credit where it deserves it, the optimization and visuals are excellent. The game looks great, runs well, and at its best, it really does feel like a massive open-world adventure with a lot to do.

For most of the midgame, I was honestly closer to giving it an 8/10. The most fun I had was exploring, grinding materials, upgrading weapons, building up the camp, and messing with all the side systems. That part of the game had me hooked. There is something satisfying about gathering materials, improving your gear, unlocking camp features, and slowly making your build stronger.

But the game drags near the end.

The story is barely there. Characters show up with little to no buildup, and the game never really made me care about them. It also gives you other playable characters, but I barely touched them because the game never made it feel necessary or meaningful. They just felt underused.

The biggest reason I dropped my score from an 8 to a 7 is the endgame. Around Chapter 7 or 8, I assumed there was still a lot of game left and that maybe the story would start building toward something stronger. Instead, the late game became a bunch of frustrating puzzle sections with little guidance. The game has you watching memories and solving puzzles but it often gives no real hints on what you’re supposed to do. It stopped feeling like an adventure and started feeling like youtube busywork.

The bosses near the end were also disappointing. A lot of them felt like they were added just to look cool, not because the story built them up well. The fights were uninspired, and because there was no strong narrative reason to care, they didn’t hit the way they should have.

By the end, it honestly made a lot of my grinding feel pointless. I spent hours upgrading equipment, farming materials, and building my camp, but the final stretch didn’t really reward that investment in a satisfying way. It leaned more into annoying puzzles than the systems that made the game fun in the first place.

Overall, Crimson Desert is a beautiful, well optimized, ambitious openworld game but the weak story, poorly explained puzzles, underdeveloped characters, and disappointing endgame drag it down hard.

Final score: 7/10.

BrandonM

1mo

Trips me out. From what it looks like, they made the most ambitious open world ever (at least until GTA vi) and couldn't be bothered to make a good story. A great story for this would have made people really love this game. I know it's still really successful sales wise but whatever

Cherrywine001

2w

Every time I boot this up, I get overwhelmed with the confusing ass controls and then I end up closing application.. when will they let us reconfigure the controls on ps5?

Kabel

2w

You dont have the mind for piano