Mid at Best.
Guys I don’t generally drop games before I platinum them especially if they are open world games. Crimson Desert started as a great experience and felt like it was going to be my new Favourite game but it’s just getting depressing at this point. Empty feeling of exploration everywhere I go, in fact horizon zero dawn you could read peoples journals or shards if they called it iirc which made exploration feel kinda rewarding since it meant you could learn something about a character. Here all npcs and more or less place holders, few randoms that actually have white dot on the minimap mean they can actually share some extra dialogue other than the customary greeting and I interacted with a lot of them and they were reused information tid bits at best no new information or lore. The game is amazing at a few departments which carry the game to being mid at best. Like the start where you are almost dead and revive in the heavens felt like a great launching point for a character like kliff that wanted to build back the camp and gather the team. Everything is good until it’s not and it clicks you slowly and gradually that the game doesn’t get better anymore.
The graphics are really good as well and combat clicks eventually but by the time it clicks you are just too strong for most bosses so boss fights don’t feel rewarding slashing through enemy hoards becomes monotonous after a point.
Some puzzles felt really well designed on the other hand many were really tiresome to do with the solution being easy but the janky controls but it feels rewarding for the amount of work that was put in.
Like many said it’s kms wide but only inches deep.
I think this is like an advertisement of their engine capabilities like they showcased so much that’s possible where unreal would struggle sadly the game lacked story telling through world or its characters or its narration.
So basically story mid, exploration mid (exploration for the sake of skins on your gear, puzzles mid), combat good but mostly easy since boss fights really have 2-3 moves that you need to understand.
I think imma stop playing I’m at 180 hour mark.
Hope you guys enjoy it more than me because it had so much potential.