A Skeptical Look At 'Crimson Desert'

[@LukeStephensTV]

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[@domomonstero3077]

Wait wait wait, so they are relaunching a game that never shut down. Wtf. They are selling us the same game? If I own New World, do I get this for free?

[@RichardPhillips1066]

Outlaws is fun ...i will never forget you saying that

[@DustinCobb-z9q]

My only complaints are it's not an action "RPG." and two it seems like some of the bosses the slams don't work on. Now I get you can't slam certain bosses like the turtle but it just seems like a wasted talent if it only works in regular combat. 3 I wanna try it before I say I don't like it it might make it better but I wish there was an option to autolck enemies off and on so you could try both ways.

[@tacticoolsteve]

@@domomonstero3077 its a free update. its gonna work the same way it does now. you get everything coming for free when it drops october 15. see it as an update. your still gonna need the dlc for mounts pretty sure. you can use mounts for free in the open beta though. if you get the dlc and login before october 15 they give you a free nice wolf mount.

[@ArestheLoyal]

Only if you bought the expansion. Otherwise youll have to pay again ​@@domomonstero3077

[@SojiFro_0]

“Hey you know all the games you’ve ever loved? Crimson Desert is basically that! Yes, including Tetris.”

[@tinypixiebread]

Really make you feel like BATMAN

[@whylekat]

Then why have I never heard of it before??

[@brianj436]

🤯

[@TheSoleDweller]

@@whylekat What cave are you living in?

[@Kometheus]

Character customization?

[@kodo2795]

The draw distance is absolutely insane and goes a long way to making this footage look as good as it does. If it actually looks like this at release and can keep a stable 60fps, it'll set a new standard, at least in terms of graphics.

[@WeirdFix]

Red dead redemption 2, literally referenced in the same video, already set that standard in 2018

[@alkazarjkdghjd]

Their MMO had this for year now. There's is nothing new nor surprising.

[@chocolateman2554]

It does because its the same developers who created black desert and that game looks beautiful

[@PeaceK3Y]

Don’t you remember how good black desert looked when it first came out compared to other games? This company has the best graphics / optimization ratio I’ve ever seen

[@CactousMan]

@@WeirdFix What is impressive here, is the very wide scope and ultra detail of the draw distance, including the shadows of every tree.

[@LukeStephensTV]

TLDW: Crimson Desert is a VERY ambitious game coming from a very capable team. Other than the writing in some cases, it seems that the game is extremely impressive and melds some of the best parts of Zelda, Assassin’s Creed, and the Witcher. While I haven’t personally played the game, I feel that they have been extremely transparent and willing to let the public see the game at various trade shows, which is a very good sign. We will continue to keep a close eye on it, but as for right now I think it’s perfectly reasonable to be intrigued and excited for this. It would not surprise me at all if this ends up being another big hit for a relatively unknown eastern studio.

[@leandroguzman4384]

hey there luke

[@seanguinn]

I value your opinion so thanks for looking into the game. This will be my game of the year. Stay cool bro. 🦁 🇺🇸

[@kiwd-dynamic]

Masculine and manly protagonist, good looking women in important roles, no shady hiding of the games characteristics, not afraid to show what they got, packed with action and stunning visuals. The east is making their voice be heard, they've come as a permanent high level competition to western game makers.

[@jasonkeely7269]

Black Dessert is SUPER P2W. im expecting the same type of monetary system in this one also

[@Nimora]

As someone who worked on the game, the studio is such a shit show at the moment.. Non-stop sexual harassment and money issues... It's one of the reasons Dokev hasnt been delivered yet

[@lordwurst9331]

This looks like what i wanted dragons dogma 2 to be

[@ISGAMINGFORNERDS]

Dgoma 2 felt too much like a reskin of the first one but yea if you want crazy action you will love this

[@vee1766]

It looks like the same kind of bullshit that Dragon's Dogma is selling, the whole thing is just "muh freedom" and everything else is half assed, the story, the worldbuilding, the writing, the gameplay... But hey, 'you can explore", yay !

[@FirstChronus]

💯%

[@kp-legacy-5477]

Dragon's dogma 2 only felt like a reskin because it literally was. You beat the first game again and unlock the second game. Alot of people don't realise this and have missed heaps of content in dragons dogma 2. Even the title screen changes and everything.​@@ISGAMINGFORNERDS

[@Aokami11]

Same

[@tonydeluna8095]

The game sure does look promising with its stunning visuals and immersive gameplay like Zelda, Witcher, Dragons Dogma etc, but I just hope that it delivers.

[@D4C_LoveTrain1]

>stunning visuals >Pearl Abyss devs don't expect too much now...

[@NickCageDrippp]

@@D4C_LoveTrain1 theyve shown like 2 hrs of gameplay it looks great (well see tho)

[@CatalinGeorgeMarin]

The only thing probably will not be good will be the story since we know PA

[@seven7383]

that's kind of what worries me about this game and the hype surrounding it. "VISUALS ARE AMAZING AND FEATURES OMG". I don't know, graphics look generic. The particles are literally just the default unreal-generated particles, and the graphics are more focused on looking realistic than actually having a defined art style. It looks like every other AAA game that's been released in recent years. And the features seem way too ambitious that I feel like there's no way most of these wouldn't fail in actual gameplay. Just to remind you, trailers cherry pick what works and what doesn't; even if that trailer is an hour long. Overall, just looks like a game made to hype with these hyper-realistic visuals and pretty sceneries with all the features you've come to love from all the games that came before it that would definitely require the latest gaming hardware to even run. It really does look like a light show that tries the most basic things to impress the audience, and it works. I'd be skeptical, too. Not to mention, it's made by a company that runs an MMO that claims to be a sandbox minus the sandbox.

[@1_underthesun]

Skyrim meets BotW meets The Witcher 3 meets Prey..... Color me intrigued.

[@TheElly750]

On the monetization aspect, I think an interesting comparison might be to look at Stellar Blade and the devs (shift up). The Korean game market has been changing a lot in recent years and we might be seeing companies that were making gacha/mobile/mmorpg games (all with heavy monetization), leveraging those to have the resources necessary for higher quality "marquis" products. Products that build your reputation. This would be a great way for those devs avoid becoming stale while getting some good coverage online. Shift Up made one of the most egregious gacha title out there but they also made Stellar Blade which is definitely not aggressively monetized.

[@asukas666]

The village scenes remind me a lot about Skyrim. 13 years and you can still see the influence.

[@dontmesswiththeinsomniac]

Skyrim's legacy is that it is the base and inspiration of literally every open world rpg you see today. From rdr2 to dragons dogma and what not

[@marcellostraps]

Pearl Abyss has an office 5 minutes from my house (Gwacheon, Korea) and I saw that they are recruiting translators for this title. Perhaps there is some hope that dialogue will improve if they hire the right people.

[@dontmesswiththeinsomniac]

Woo. Could you drop some more infos if you get any

[@49HEALTH]

I’ll always respect studios that are super transparent. Even if their games are bad.

[@JG-jz3wh]

Cool Gazi’s from DL1 pfp :)

[@Nimora]

As someone who was working on the game, the studio and this game has so many issues, it's terrible. The last 2 writers quit due to sexual harassment and the game was originally something completely different, which is why they don't have anything but some boss scenes

[@49HEALTH]

@@Nimora why are you no longer working there? And do you have any other reason why the game will be terrible besides the writing? The writing isn’t exactly why people played black desert.

[@madmantheepic7278]

@@49HEALTH BD's selling point isn't the same as a standalone action RPG, most people don't play MMO for the story either so what's your point exactly?

[@49HEALTH]

@@madmantheepic7278 they clarified multiple times that this isn’t a RPG. It’s an action adventure game. They are leaning away from RPG because they know it isn’t what they are good at.

[@BestMCInAllMedium]

The only skepticism we should have about this game is greed & microtransactions. I have faith in the game itself they were confident enough to show 52 minutes of gameplay. Only the executives can make this fail.

[@moatazamrelrawy9765]

Why Microtransactions are bad? You get cool skins and weapons and you support the developers and the franchise. Also no one forces any one to buy the Microtransactions. For Example, Ac Valhalla has Microtransactions but the strongest weapons are free to be found on the map ( Varin's axe and House carl's axe) while the skins and the weapons that are payed for are niche from a gameplay perspective. Also you can buy Microtransactions in AC Valhalla with opal which is earned for completing contracts in game for free.

[@fat4eyes]

Remember it's made by a Korean MMO dev. It's not just microtransactions that can be a problem, but hellish K-style grind. Wait for reviews.

[@Steve-Rendom]

@@fat4eyes so u have problem with grind in singleplayer game? it is single player and usually grind at rpg action adventure is a must.

[@hundvd_7]

@@fat4eyes Bullshit. The excessive grind is there _only_ for those that look to go into PvP. BDO is very well balanced in terms of progression if you just wanna get to Ascension/Succession as a casual player. I'd know. The end-game is more grindy than most MMOs, but the "exploration" part of it is way more forgiving than most others-even western stuff like WoW. It's really only there to incentivize players to spend money after they ran out of novel content. And as Crimson Desert is a singleplayer game, they simply don't have to do that.

[@hundvd_7]

The (former) Publisher of BDO, Kakao Games, is terrible with microtransactions and greed. But Pearl Abyss, the developer, has since acquired the full publishing rights (outside of Korea, iirc), and has made a fair few player-friendly moves since then. And Crimson Desert is also fully self-published. So BDO's greedy history should not be what we base our expectations on.

[@Daevawolf]

As someone that played Black Desert Online on day one and for a couple of years and now I occasionally check it out to see what's new, I have no doubts that this game is real and will look amazing when it launches. Black Desert is visually amazing, especially for an MMORPG. It was ahead in visuals by a mile when it was first released and it's only gotten better. With Crimson Desert being a single player game and not an MMORPG, I don't have the worries that I would if they were making another MMORPG. I don't have worries that this game will be grindy. Black Desert is an absolute grind fest but it's also not a single player game. I also don't have to worry about Crimson Desert being pay 2 win like Black Desert cause again, it's a single player game. The only thing we have to worry about is them releasing a completed game with a compelling story. Black Desert's storyline has been changed around quite a lot since it's release, it's gone through entire reworks of systems, questlines and such. Granted, Black Desert is an MMORPG and should be ever changing and being added to but I just hope that they don't do stuff like that to Crimson Desert, a single player game, and they're able to put out a great story (Black Desert's story can be kinda wonky and boring at times, and was especially boring at release). I do hope that they do improve the facial animations to be like those in the trailers from years ago and I'd also like them to add some variations to the sounds enemies make because I watched the whole 50min gameplay video and all of the enemies make the exact same "auugh" sound when they're hit and get thrown around. Though that being said about the facial animations.. it's still a MASSIVE upgrade from the overall animations and cutscenes that're in Black Desert.

[@Athasin]

Pearl Abyss made one of the most popular MMOs. I have full confidence that Crimson Desert (a singleplayer game) is what they show. What I have doubts on is whether the story will actually be engaging enough to complete it.

[@kylehues8465]

This. I remember when Crimson Desert was first announced, and I said to myself "This just looks like Black Desert". The story will make or break this game.

[@daniel8181]

@@kylehues8465 Considering how awful it is in BDO and its pacing that moves like room temperature amber, I don't know why you think it would be any better. They should have focused on making a game that didnt play exactly like the friggin mmo.

[@jayg.2066]

@@daniel8181 BDO's story was only awful because there are barely any cutscenes, no lip-sync, no dialogue animations, etc.

[@daniel8181]

@@jayg.2066 I could be wrong, considering that after 28 feckin hours the only story I got was "theres a spoopy demon assisting you and he's sooooo mischievous!" and "there are people that need your help with goblins or some shit" The story doesnt move at all, so who knows, maybe it gets good, but I can only think of Shakespeare's line from polonius "brevity is the soul of wit". I'll also point out that you dont need cutscenes, lip sync, or dialogue animations, I am a fan of the zelda series which went 25 years without any of that while delivering serviceable stories, and Ace attorney, which still doesn't do anything of the sort, and has great stories.

[@val7885]

@@jayg.2066 Nah, that's not the only thing wrong with BDO story. The actual narrative being told is a mess that's 70% showing you new grind spots, 20% showing you mysteries it will lose interest in couple hours later, leaving them unresolved, and 10% extremely surface level character writing, and if you're not speaking Korean (maybe if you are, idk, I don't), all that is in package of Google translate level clunky sentence structure. If I was a betting woman, Crimson Desert narrative will be somewhat more coherent, but I expect it will land on 'very mid'

[@3choblast3r4]

Anyone notice lately that youtube's bitrate has become so poor, so bad that 4k looks 1080 now? It's actually been annoying me a lot lately, every time I watch a video I'm convinced that I'm watching it on lower quality. And then I checke the gear icon and it says 4k 60.

[@polokishijiba261]

Need KZbin premium for that one

[@emperormouse5487]

I have you tube premium and all my 4k videos look amazing

[@3choblast3r4]

@@emperormouse5487 You realize, people like you paying for premium is why the quality is lower for the rest of us? You are paying for something you already had before youtube decided to lower bitrate for non youtube premium members. The only other benefit of premium is no ads... which free adblockers already do. lol

[@deflategate1297]

U need to pay smh

[@deflategate1297]

@@3choblast3r4I had KZbin premium for free thanks to jailbreak since 2011 lol

[@gregnezz]

I love attacking with rainbows hit effects...just love it..nothing better than multi coloured sprinkles flying around an action game. So awesome....

[@nutherefurlong]

With that quest system, I'm curious if you can just... avoid questgivers altogether and just bump into things, "solve" them, and then get rewards from the quest givers the first time you meet them, or at the very least their situation has changed because what they wanted to happen happened

[@theusername5869]

I assume you would need to find the quest givers to trigger events for the quest

[@huskytzu7709]

thats just weird imo. They would not be obligated to reward you if they never hired you in the first place.

[@John-996]

KCD2 will have design like that not sure about.

[@John-996]

​@@huskytzu7709Not really i did one quest in RDR2 were a guy wanted me to get Rid of Some guys causing issues i did before even getting the quest and he came up and thanked me and gave money. if you get the quest off it turns out differnt as you end up in Quick draw duel. Kingdom Come Deliverance and Witcher 3 also do this..

[@nutherefurlong]

@@huskytzu7709 There are games that do that, Skyrim comes to mind. "Help me out with this" "I did it already" "Thank you!" sort of thing. As long as the act itself is rewarding, though, it's not necessary

[@darkmattergamesofficial]

Looks like they are throwing a bunch of crap at the wall and seeing what sticks. But the crap in question looks pretty good! 😂

[@kinteswauve]

well said 😂 im here for it

[@dayanvaldes1349]

" Crimson desert is gonna be the GTA 6 of the medieval fantasy games probably. " Sun Tzu.

[@Arthuraband]

The 3 things I didn’t particularly like from what they’ve shown: -The facial animations: the look pretty basic, but to be expected from an rpg -The sprinting: it looks alright in battle as you’re sprinting towards the next foe, but in exploration it looks weird, out of place and kind of over the top -Everything looking so clean: the game looks pretty new and shiny, as other commenters have said, and I don’t know if it fits the vibe Overall this looks really nice though and I am sure that this could get a GOTY nomination if the devs succeed with their vision

[@yxon1ph]

i mean aesthetics are personal thing and faces and animations yeah not pleasant to look at lol no reflections on skin aswell only in cut scenes

[@zaidebtw4438]

For me it was the disgusting camera which felt way too high for some reason

[@deflategate1297]

It’s art style

[@Maitredebo2]

Honestly, devs that just showcase the game, no bullsh*t talk,This is a green flag. Sure, this is not perfect but at least they don't lie about their product. Unless they make a downgrade buggy mess at launch.

[@Sad_Elf]

man i love having so many particle effects from a basic attack that i cannot see what the fuck is happening

[@anonymous_dot_com2326]

Yeah, adds atmosphere

[@apexalaska]

I would say they should replace the sword particle effects with streak effects.

[@nicolaspeigne1429]

If they do the same way than BDO, you will be able to reduce it in tge options

[@kubaniedziela1346]

I think you just need to fix your eyes man, they aren't that insane

[@Sparta670]

I’d rather spend my money on this than AC shadows

[@Crusader1984]

its woke why would you do that?

[@indulgente24]

Bro, read better ​@@Crusader1984

[@shawnpage6726]

​@@Crusader1984 yall over use that term

[@DarkKing-z6b]

@@shawnpage6726 as it should

[@js-ro5jk]

​@@Crusader1984woke is a buzzword that has lost all meaning at this point

[@noamias4897]

Ghost of Tsushima added lock on later but I really liked it before that too. The director said it was to add to the feel of being a samurai in a samurai movie where the protagonist often switches targets back and forth through the fight, which translated amazingly to GoT

[@RobFike]

That fight at 13:00 reminds me of Shadow of the Colossus 👀

[@daniel8181]

That's because it is, lol.

[@dylanschnabel4859]

What most people who’ve never played Black Desert Online might not know is that the game has one of the best character creation systems of all time - so much so that I initially bought the game specifically to make rpg characters for my own projects. With that in mind, it would be an absolute shame if we do not get to create our own characters in this story, using the same or even just slightly upgraded system. But so far, all I’ve seen is the same dude in all of the gameplay footage, so I’m a little worried. If you cant create a protagonist as iconic as Geralt, 2B, or Aloy (and I don’t have confidence that Pearl Abyss can), then you need to let the players create their own characters to fill in the rpg elements themselves.

[@Verchiel_]

Having watched fextralife's gameplay impressions, he did mention that there is no character creation. Definitely a huge shame as it's a super enjoyable part for me, and i miss out on most great character creators because well i don't play multiplayer games.

[@dontmesswiththeinsomniac]

It's an rpg like rdr2. You get fixed characters like John and Arthur

[@CactousMan]

The very wide scope and ultra detail of the draw distance, including the shadows of every tree, is indeed truly impressive.

[@dieyng]

To be fair, I've played Black Desert about a year ago the last time, and while yes, it is monetitzed out the wazoo, but they've made it much more playable for people who don't want to pay or pay very little, compared to when they had a Western publisher. They often have gift packs, you can get a lot of stuff you normally need to pay for as gifts for regular play etc.. The only thing where I really felt restricted as far as content goes is the houses and ressource management you can do, where you really only have a chance to get the good stuff (at least in my experience) when you pay to get it.

[@thegamehud8214]

crimson desert looks so good that i would not even care if there was zero story, i just want to walk around in this amazing looking world.

[@Deshxnnn]

U would care after a certain point

[@Lumilicious]

To be completely honest... I don't care what the story is like. I don't care how good the boss fight will or will not be. The game already had my money when I saw how big the world is. Just let me run around in that, run from city to city, beat up some goons and monsters on the way. Let me find some nice loot (the thing Dragon's Dogma 2 failed to do) and I am good. I don't need anything else in a game. lol. A good compelling story or side quests are a nice bonus, though.

[@bigmanfoundlove]

I was waiting for this review by Steph. This game will cook im sure of it

[@zaidebtw4438]

This game is 100% going to be capped at 30FPS on consoles. If it isn’t then we’re gonna have another ac unity or cyberpunk situation

[@pmApostic]

Black desert online completely blew me away in 2016 and this game looks to be in line to do the same. The graphics look extremely similar to bdo but a natural evolution to it as well. Very interested to see where this goes

[@OctoberHourglass]

Dude, the world is like a Bob Ross painting. This looks beautiful

[@brantrutland1979]

Dude I’m on board 1000% I hope nay I pray it’s half as good as it looks

[@blarghmcblarghson1903]

What really put Peal Abyss on the radar for me was the insane character creation, which the industry still hasn't really beat all these years later. More than a bit disappointed their next game doesn't have that feature at all.

[@jesustyronechrist2330]

I think the reason this game looks so impossible is that the devs seem to be VERY economical with their priorities. I think far too many games nowadays focus on the absolutely meaningless details. Take something simple like the belts and buckles at 15:46. Those looks so flat. But does it matter? The rest looks pretty good. The motion looks good. You probably didn't even notice. But most AAA devs would cope and seethe seeing and not "fixing" that, spending a week remodelling and making it work. You can find these kinds of "shortcuts" everywhere in the footage. But they are more like... An artist choosing not to render every single point in the painting, only the parts in focus.

[@Verchiel_]

In the development process that's definitely true, but things like belts seem somewhat odd to not have physics. Or, for that matter, animals when they're being carried? Just become frozen. With how much attention is paid to all the particles and the fur simulation and such, i don't really see them picking between which details to forgo. Though evidently, as you said. I didn't notice, and even if i likely did if i were playing myself, it'd probably be nothing but a nitpick.

[@alkazarjkdghjd]

Black Desert online is far from being the most greedy MMO. You can easily get a massive amount of free stuff that otherwise are locked in the casshshop if you play the even. They give high tier mount, outfit, item for house, XP booster (massive one like a 530%), and many other minor stuff. People have always said this for BDO because they never played it and stopped at the cash shop. Because someone is in the cash shop dont mean that you can easily get it while playing. People also ignore that BDO is one of the rare MMO that have people who only play to commerce, some focus on fishing or going after whale, and some just do their farm stuff.

[@adrianbland6024]

Just because particle sims are better now, doesnt meant you need to turn it all up to 11. I felt sick watching the gameplay because of how all the particles just read as noise.

[@LoveJattt]

HOPEFULLY , you can turn it off

[@Insanepie]

You can definitely turn it off if you play on PC

[@Seracen]

This looks like what we'd hoped a next gen Elder Scrolls would eventually become. Here's hoping it can live up to the hype, and has mod support.

[@IIITangentIII]

I'm glad that they have come up with very original names for their games. It really keeps me guessing about what the next game they are going to make is going to be called.

[@DaringDan]

You ever played BDO? This game is EXACTLY like it. Also, the translation, story and plot will be just as poor. Most people don't play MMOs for story so it's fine there, but this? This is gonna be such a shallow hack and slash game.

[@JohngeeDoyle]

Nintendo probably has a patent for diving from a sky island knowing them...

[@The_Glazer]

And a patent on a male main character using a sword and shield.

[@domino4843]

​@@The_Glazer And a patent on riding horses.

[@trentwhite1759]

21:10 Did he just RKO that guy? 😂

[@pico9509]

I don’t normally leave comments but I can really appreciate a “review” or overview of a game through a skeptical lens. Not a lot of people can do this without being overly critical or overly enamored with a game now a days and I really do appreciate this gentleman’s views when discussing a game that he seems interested in since we’ve all been burned by games that did not live up to what we were hoping for.

[@ArtOfDyingWell]

Honestly the only things right now I'm curious about are the progression and the monetization. Otherwise this is a game I really want to be hyped for.

[@anonymous_dot_com2326]

Want to be hyped for, or hyped for??? Make up your mind foo

[@nicolaspeigne1429]

As far as i know, there is no "levels", and you can find and equip weapons and armor in the world, even taking them from bosses you've beaten. Maybe you have a skill tree instead but we haven't seen that yet

[@ChrisHarperBooks]

Ngl, the ability to yeet myself off a mountain (and not end up a puddle when squishy character meets immovable earth) is always going to be a major point in the pro column for me.

[@Lord-Kreeka]

Well it looks better than Starload-field

[@devak45167]

If the monetization is like BDO I am never touching this. Don’t even care if the gameplay is amazing. Saying that game is predatory is putting it suuuper mildly

[@LukeStephensTV]

Totally agree. MMO players are more accustomed to dropping a ton of cash on a game they are playing, but if they think the same thing is gonna work with single player gamers they are sorely mistaken.

[@Athasin]

It's a singleplayer game. I don't know how it could have the same monetization as an MMO.

[@Verchiel_]

@@Athasin Far cry. Assassin's creed. Star wars outlaws. Dragon's dogma 2. It has been proven time and time again, people are willing to buy skins and "season passes" for singleplayer games.

[@alkazarjkdghjd]

@@Verchiel_ dragon's dogma 2 is the worst exemple you could chose. It's the less greedy game capcom made in the past decade, everythings you can buy with realy money are extremely easy to get from playing. this is the one thing that cant be used against dragon's dogma 2.

[@paulward9038]

Hearing Luke promote new world makes me a lot better about my purchase.

[@nicolaspeigne1429]

BDO's world looks amazing for a game that old, Crimson Desert run on an improved version of the same engine

[@matthewwebster3143]

Two birds, one stone! As far as making an analogy stick for the quests.

[@joeherrera8826]

If this game turns out to be great that will be another win coming from a SK developer these guys have been are on a roll so far.

[@andrewdaileychufable]

I just want it to have that red dead factor where you feel like you can just get lost like what you were talking about

[@Verchiel_]

Been recently working on my first playthrough of rdr2, and besides some of the gameplay issues i have with it, i don't get that feeling of "play and get lost in the world" And i think this is in large part because RDR2 like many open world games, including crimson desert or witcher 3 etc. feature too much guidance on where content is. Watched some youtube video a while back talking about how seeing map markers with highlighted "points of interest" telling you to go there to find the content, which makes the game feel less like a free to use chef's kitchen and more like a buffet. And that's a huge reason why i think games like skyrim damn near perfected it, because besides floating markers hinting at a nearby ruin or camp, exploration is entirely personal incentive. Like Luke said, "see a structure in the distance and be intrigued enough to go see what it is" kind of deal. Elden ring did that rather well too.

[@andrewdaileychufable]

@@Verchiel_ How far you a long in the world? So lets take a second to realize that Luke Stephens said himself that rdr2 is one of those games you can get lost in. I happen to agree with him and that is one of my most favorite games to date. My point is that there is 99.9% chance that its one of those games because so many respected people in the video game industry have described it as just that. Just give it some time buddy. Go check it out and explore. There's soooooooo much content and interesting things that happen in the game Also a point I want to emphasize on is Luke Stephens is a great judge/ analyst of video games. Thats not really an opinion as the numbers and subscribers he has is clear evidence of that.

[@anonymous_dot_com2326]

Seems like it, the hunting, fishing, and also how he carries the animal carcass, the horse taming. This game definitely took many ideas from RDR2. Its basically Assassins Creed meets RDR2.

[@monkeytron5061]

Yes this is the next one I’m interested in.

[@SlothmanTV]

Checks all the boxes for me I’m very excited for this and I hope it releases in Feb so I can use the cold weather as an excuse to dump 1k hrs into it

[@PerfectDeath4]

Was really weird watching the recent footage because the bottom of the screen, textures like the stone pavement really starts to warp and bend. xD

[@Vatayah]

Well to be fair, Stellar Blade was one of the best releases this year, but Shift Up's other game (NIKKE) is a gacha, with a lot of ways to get your wallet crying. That being said, there was no extra scummy microtransactions in Stellar Blade (even tho they could just sell ever living crap out of Eve skins). I'm really positive about Crimson Desert being just one time purchase, it would one up Capcom's dragon dogma from start, which had paid teleports and so on.

[@andreasplosky8516]

It looks extremely interesting to me. I hope this is not an MMO, or multiplayer. I just found the info I need. It is single player. Now I am truly excited!

[@Jmerithew87]

My hope is that the monetization side of things is similar to the difference between Stellar Blade and Nikke, where they understand this is a very different type of product and should have everything included in the box price

[@emperornike]

this is one of the games i can confidently say actually looks next gen

[@huskytzu7709]

I feel like up-scaling have impacted the industry rather negatively. Some PS4 games actually look nice and run amazingly without any need of DLSS. RE4 on my PC runs at max 4K almost 100FPS and that game looks awesome fidelity wise. I just think there should be a collective cap on fidelity by the devs to determine a normalized quality level without relying too much on upscaling methods while also maintaining satisfying performance at the very least 60 FPS.

[@XYVTN]

Black Myth Wukong also looked to good to be true from a studio that has only worked on mobile games prior.

[@CoDwithSwords]

If I hadn't put a couple hundred hours into Black Desert, I wouldn't have nearly as much faith in this game actually functioning.

[@aoihitori]

Remember Pearl Abyss also had a project that looks like a Pokemon, yeah it's been years since they announce that so I doubt they could finish this one as well. lol.

[@Bongz187]

Dropping 50mins of gameplay, shows the devs trust their product

[@NDenizen]

I'm interested but i've rarely seen anything as "bullshotty" as this. There have been plenty of tense, eventful, impressive game trailers shown over the past few years that just lead to nowhere.

[@HuntressGamer]

I hate boss fights but looking forward to play this on my plain PS5 . Thanks for the video❤

[@PlayGameOnMac]

Hope they release a demo..!

[@kiekeyz]

I just need it to run decent enough cause those particle effects are BONKERS. Need it.

[@GamingMyWholeLife]

I did a Video on this Developer and am VERY excited for the future Games. Love their proprietary engine and their focus on FUN!

[@thomasparker46]

Another brilliant breakdown Luke cheers 🧐

[@xSuspect-7]

8:30 Yeah, wince youtube removed the resolution to implement those new options videos usually default to 720p (even if you set highest quality on settings)

[@kimberly4275]

Hopefully the pop ins aren't as bad as in black desert. It's so bad it's immersion breaking

[@babaG819]

@18:50 regarding multiple quests with one answer, do you lose out on rewards if you don't talk to every npc beforehand? Might lead to people holding out and grinding npcs before doing anything. Also dialogue. Will someone say something like "thanks for doing my quest" without talking to them previously? Etc.

[@Tentacl]

I'm interested, but lame stories are something that kinda make me less excited. Writing is really important to me, so Avowed is still the game that makes me most excited for 2025. I guess I'll wait and see.

[@badaxtion1878]

This is looking like what DD2 was supposed to be lol.

[@antagonistes_]

20:30 There seems to be a lock-on actually, you can see it in the footage you put on screen. I don't know if this is an input or if it's dynamic but the crosshair seems to be moving from target to target when the camera turns toward them and then resets when there seems to be no enemy in the center of the screen.

[@WesODonnellX]

That Captain Titus statue in the background ❤❤❤

[@vassonly]

I played BDO a little, by a little I mean a little too much (48.080hrs yes, forty eight thousand) to know by now that Pearl Abyss is really good in building hype for things, but really bad at delivering them. I'm not hating (i still play that god forsaken game), just keeping it real.

[@vissupercool]

Dawg that’s 5 and a half years

[@daniel8181]

You need help, brother. But yes, Pearl Abyss is the "ideas guy" of game developers.

[@Theodisc]

As my Sorceror in D4 likes to be had to say: *"Impressive(clapclapclapclapclap)!"*

[@avocaza1393]

If I want a good story, I could just watch a movie or read a book. If the game looks like the trailers on release, I am sold.

[@gamesrealm.]

I like this Channel more and more

[@xjj7394]

Am I the only one that is bugged out by how shiny and new everything looks? From the NPC clothing to the houses, walls, etc?

[@viorelnst]

In plywell people have a high standard of cleaning and they always like to dress up fresh

[@manuelrapino5917]

that's what you get when you use the standard pre-baked assets and effects that every other korean/chinese-style game uses.

[@alexgles3680]

Finally. Thought im the only one.

[@k2vink]

@@manuelrapino5917 That's not true at all. Crimson Desert uses the same engine as BDO (or rather an updated/optimized version), where every armor piece has visual degradation. (Most people turn that feature off, because they like to look shiny all the time.) And Pearl Abyss is VERY good at outfit/armor design. My guess is that Crimson Desert just isn't far enough into the "polish" phase yet to focus on those bits of visual realism.

[@granujja]

I guess medieval stuff should have been new in some point in story 🤣🤣

[@dopnoster2k172]

Man I was waiting for u to play crimson dessert ❤❤

[@FranklySean]

The bar is never too low for a journalist to stumble over it.

[@zedetach]

Knowing Korean devs, about the only thing that will suck is the story but I'm fairly certain that the combat and bosses will live up to expectations. Maybe even the level design.

[@swoop-in]

from east this year three games shocked me, wukong, astro bot and crimson desert

[@SilverSpectre266]

I was extremely skeptical of CD when I first saw it and they talked up everything in it. But this past Gamescom, how confident they were in not just everything they showed off, the volume, the quality, and everyones hands on impressions. Im more than convinced this game is everything said and more. That year they took off, they must have really knuckled down and worked hard on this. It even makes me excited for the potential of DokeV

[@nihilus1799]

If this game works well and also the No Rest For The Wicked game, my top 5 games in history would be excellent. 1.- The Witcher lll 2.- Disco Elysium 3.- Mario Galaxy l/ll 4.- Crimson Desert 5.- No Rest For The Wicked

[@glenndenhertog8418]

Using IGN as reference point is a joke, when IGN says its bad, its probably good.

[@humanbeing418]

I knew it, Gollum was the true 2023 Goty

[@glenndenhertog8418]

@@humanbeing418 probably is written for a reason in my message

[@Mau13-m7q]

Been waiting for this for 2 years, hopefully it's not as complicated to play as the online game.

[@yoshighomi]

Ill definately be trying this out... Please have 2 handed weapons; hammers, axes.... ect and Im sold.

[@supersnail5000]

I think it's always worth considering an example like cyberpunk (which I think is a good game for the most part) where the vertical slice shown was arguably the most complex and branching questline in the base game, which set an unrealistic expectation for the rest of the game. The quest line with the bandit camp definitely sounds cool, but will they have continued that type of story telling throughout potentially hundreds of hours of gameplay?

[@Fred-y3d]

Cyberpunk was shown a lot before release. Same with No Man's Sky. Then there's SW Outhouse, and we can all name several "content creators" that shilled that slop after 4 hours of monotoring by Ubislop, and a trip to Disneyland.

[@ricferama]

I like how luke mentioned how we dont get enough good triple a new games that are not sequels and stuff, but then immediately goes to praise BG3. Theres a 3 there because is the third entry in a series aka a sequel

[@GrezkiGazer]

Tbh I’m kinda hyped but the only thing for me it’s that is more focused on Adventure Open World, than RPG Open World, it’s not like the end of the world but at least for me it would be cool to have a character creator, different play styles like weapons, magic, character customization with races, kinda The Elder Scrolls series, but hey, so far looking good

[@Goldva]

Something I'm deathly curious about is how gear progression, levels (if there are any) and overall exploration rewards factor in. If I explore a cool cave and all I get out of it is a potion or something, I'm gonna get pissed. Also, they have been ADAMANT in letting Kliff only use a sword and a shield as his weapon. Can we use other weapons at all or are we locked to sword and board? I don't mind if we are, but the UI is super unclear about whether or not we can change our playstyle. Do we learn new moves? How's character growth gonna be like, gameplay wise? Things to consider.

[@zartic4life]

Been looking forward to this game for long time but if they charge me extra in game for *anything* I'm out the games dead to me.

[@Supadupaluvaman]

I guarantee there will be a store with crazy monetization. In an early trailer, you see the protagonist playing a flute wearing a teddy bear hat! Oh there will be monetization alright from skins to instruments, weapons even skins for his crow cape. Mounts you name it. They are definitely going to do a ubisoft. Even i can see the opportunities from a corporate perspective.

[@koshetz]

Looks awesome, but can you customize your character? Or you just pick pre-made one?