Im going to evaluate Crimson Desert as I go, if my opinion changes then my review changes. I think thats fair for a game of this size. First couple of hours are as bad as everyone says. Im really hoping that the amazing game I keep hearing about after the first 10 hours happens and isnt just cope and sunk cost. Im happily playing the game but Im starting it at a thumbs down because 1) game has major lighting problems, for most people the game will not be the beautiful game you heard it is. It will be dark, shadows will flicker and weird blurring and artifacting will occur. The game relies heavily on Ray Reconstruction to make its lighting...less unacceptable and RR is extremely taxing. If you dont want your card red lining you probably cant run RR and if you cant run RR then the lighting is totally f*****. Game looks good in some places and pretty bad in others its really all over the place and the rumors of this games unparrelled beauty are greatly exaggerated. Combat so far is kind of brain dead but its also fun in a way. So far all Ive done is very random fetch quests and odd tasks for no real reason as the game introduces every mechanic it has (it has a lot) one at a time at random. I can envision this game getting really good but right now its not. Everything you heard about the game good and bad is in someway true. It can look beautiful and it can look like mud smeared over Sh**. It can be fun and then boring as hell. A ten hour long tutorial which is what the first 4 chapters of the story have been is beyond too long and other games have been blasted for taking less time to get going. Its a huge game that is theoretically up my alley so ill stick with it for at least 10

Got another couple of hours in and unlocked the Greymane camp and the game has kind of said ok now you can explore the open world. Its not true you have to wait until now to do it but this is where the game feels like its tutorial is over. I have another character I can play as, I have more of a reason to chop trees and find ores, I found a cool armor behind a waterfall. Im starting to enjoy the game. At this point I would agree with steams 82%. Im hoping the game manages to continue to reel me in. Is 7 hours too long? Yeah but its not quite the 10 I was told and if you really wanted to you could probably do it in 3 or 4 if you know you need to speedrun the opening hours.

Im going to evaluate Crimson Desert as I go, if my opinion changes then my review changes. I think thats fair for a game of this size. First couple of hours are as bad as everyone says. Im really hoping that the amazing game I keep hearing about after the first 10 hours happens and isnt just cope and sunk cost. Im happily playing the game but Im starting it at a thumbs down because 1) game has major lighting problems, for most people the game will not be the beautiful game you heard it is. It will be dark, shadows will flicker and weird blurring and artifacting will occur. The game relies heavily on Ray Reconstruction to make its lighting...less unacceptable and RR is extremely taxing. If you dont want your card red lining you probably cant run RR and if you cant run RR then the lighting is totally f*****. Game looks good in some places and pretty bad in others its really all over the place and the rumors of this games unparrelled beauty are greatly exaggerated. Combat so far is kind of brain dead but its also fun in a way. So far all Ive done is very random fetch quests and odd tasks for no real reason as the game introduces every mechanic it has (it has a lot) one at a time at random. I can envision this game getting really good but right now its not. Everything you heard about the game good and bad is in someway true. It can look beautiful and it can look like mud smeared over Sh**. It can be fun and then boring as hell. A ten hour long tutorial which is what the first 4 chapters of the story have been is beyond too long and other games have been blasted for taking less time to get going. Its a huge game that is theoretically up my alley so ill stick with it for at least 10 Got another couple of hours in and unlocked the Greymane camp and the game has kind of said ok now you can explore the open world. Its not true you have to wait until now to do it but this is where the game feels like its tutorial is over. I have another character I can play as, I have more of a reason to chop trees and find ores, I found a cool armor behind a waterfall. Im starting to enjoy the game. At this point I would agree with steams 82%. Im hoping the game manages to continue to reel me in. Is 7 hours too long? Yeah but its not quite the 10 I was told and if you really wanted to you could probably do it in 3 or 4 if you know you need to speedrun the opening hours.