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[Gilgalaad]

I like the beginning of the game, but apparently it gets good later on, so I have a feeling I'm going to love it

So Well deserved.

 

[KanKamAndNob]

I'm really impressed by the piece of shit being this of sexual. Being successful is really hard these days it seems and given the early reception and misunderstanding with the game, I am very pleased in a sexual manner about this.

I'm bouncing around and have given time to the game and because of life I've taken a break that I had no choice but then have picked it back up and I can tell this is going to be one of those games that I'm bouncing around for months. And I'm okay with that because there's bound to be alone even though I just got a switch 2 and there is games coming out like Forza horizon 5 which I think is the last game in a while that I anticipate getting other than that damn Yoshi game that's coming out May 21st. I guess I'm pretty much screwed but the game has sold 5 million and that is a true son of a bitch if you ask me

 

[Sethbacca]

The universe where it gets delayed again.

Touche'. That would be the one universe.

 

[Mattdaddy]

Hell yeah lets go!

Im about 120 hours in, only about halfway through the map, and still not bored at all.

Pretty remarkable, cant wait to see what kind of expansion content they have.

 

[ReBurn]

I need to go ahead and get this. I got busy when it launched and never got to it.

 

[Kotaro]

butthurt Western media

 

[Plague Doctor]

butthurt Western media

"The playerbase says jump, and Peal Abysss says how high"

I am convinced many devs are pissed that PA is listening to feedback of their actual customers and making changes quickly.

Motherfuckers, that is how you are supposed to be when you run a business with your customer base. Who the fuck are you making these games for if not your audience?

I fucking hate how Western Devs and the Press became. Let them burn and go out of business.

 

[hussar16]

this game needs a year of dlc and updates for me to consider it

 

[foamdino]

It's genuinely amazing how you get constantly surprised by things in the world. Just pick a direction and go and you find something cool and unique. It is a masterpiece of world design. I can understand people not liking the narrative, but anyone complaining about shallow or nothing to do is straight up lying.

Esoteric Ebb and this are my GOTYs this year.

 

[hussar16]

Congrats, but I honestly don't get the hype surrounding this game. I've put in about 40 hours, reached a fair point in the story, and frankly, this is a 6/10, maybe a 7 at best.

The boss fights are a disaster. We're talking terrible telegraphing where half the hits feel like RNG, wonky hitboxes, and those agonizingly long ragdoll animations that leave you with zero control over your character for seconds. The balance is non-existent too: the "meta" is literally carrying 200 pieces of high-tier food and spamming heals every single second. You can craft resurrection orbs and brute-force your way through any encounter without learning a single boss pattern. It completely trivializes the combat.

Quest design is another nightmare. The main path is riddled with "must-do" busywork that feels like it was ripped straight out of a generic, dated MMO. Half the mechanics are barely explained, and the puzzles are completely counter-intuitive.

Then there's Kliff. The guy has the personality of a wet floor rag.xD It's painfully obvious the narrative was stapled together at the last minute to justify the shift from an MMO to a single-player ARPG.

The only saving grace is the world, it looks stunning and feels alive. But even the exploration is flawed. The game teases this go anywhere freedom, but then constantly shuts you down with skill gates or artificial progression locks. And if you dare to stray too far from the intended path, the game just nags you to turn back.

This feels like it hit the shelves way too early. There's potential here, but with so many broken systems, it's just hard to stay motivated.

just go play a soulsgame bro

 

[HRK69]

"The playerbase says jump, and Peal Abysss says how high"

I am convinced many devs are pissed that PA is listening to feedback of their actual customers and making changes quickly.

Motherfuckers, that is how you are supposed to be when you run a business with your customer base. Who the fuck are you making these games for if not your audience?

I fucking hate how Western Devs and the Press became. Let them burn and go out of business.

Let's not forget she is worried about the strain on devs who work on the updates

So dumb

 

[KanKamAndNob]

Random npc in Crimson Desert:

VS


The "You haven't met a real life woman in your life"
Starter Pack

What's even sadder is that Crimson Desert's random women are still more feminine than the main """female""" characters in Western trash. Only character I think doesn't deserve to be on the list of Western mutants is Shadowheart. She's actually kinda cute. Everyone else checks the troon/feminist checklist though.

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

butthurt Western media

They've somehow found a way to frame developers listening to their fan base as a negative thing

I really hope all these fucking loser journalist lose their job to AI or something

AI could do a better job

 

[Plague Doctor]

Let's not forget she is worried about the strain on devs who work on the updates

So dumb

And if PA took too long or didn't address the concerns with updates, they'd drag them for that.

Western Journo dislike Eastern Devs for the most part. They will pay token praise for the big dogs, but for the most part... they just look for anything to shit on.

Edit: And the reason why?

A disconnect in cultural priorities, there is no lateral career options with Eastern Devs, they have friends in Western Devs and playing defense for them, etc.

All bullshit. The Press no longer serves the gaming community and the consumer base. They are serving the big pubs and devs to line their pockets with ad buys and for opportunities. Fuck em.

 

[VeganElduderino]

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

And if PA took too long or didn't address the concerns with updates, they'd drag them for that.

Western Journo dislike Eastern Devs for the most part. They will pay token praise for the big dogs, but for the most part... they just look for anything to shit on.

Edit: And the reason why?

A disconnect in cultural priorities, there is no lateral career options with Eastern Devs, they have friends in Western Devs and playing defense for them, etc.

All bullshit. The Press no longer serves the gaming community and the consumer base. They are serving the big pubs and devs to line their pockets with ad buys and for opportunities. Fuck em.

There's a race angle impossible to ignore. Let's call things by their right name. The woke are among the most racist crowd to ever exist and it shows in their extreme hatred for people who never raised a finger against them.

I wish PA keep receipts for the next time. These outlets should not get any review code or interview from them.

 

[Moondoggy]

There's a race angle impossible to ignore. Let's call things by their right name. The woke are among the most racist crowd to ever exist and it shows in their extreme hatred for people who never raised a finger against them.

I wish PA keep receipts for the next time. These outlets should not get any review code or interview from them.

They only like the Asian devs and publishers that support their political views, hence the reason they fall all over themselves to praise Capcom and Namco Bandai, but South Korea clearly has no interest in playing to their politics so it either gets met with them refusing to give South Korean games any coverage, or just straight up bashing them(Stellar Blade, Crimson Desert, The First Berserker Khazan, The First Descendant, Lies of P).

 

[I wasn't selling any]

Random npc in Crimson Desert:

VS


The "You haven't met a real life woman in your life"
Starter Pack

Seriously man, most Western devs deserve to be wiped off the face of the earth. The West has fallen into the hands of degenerates and will probably never really recover.

 

[Don Carlo]

5 million in under a month for a new IP like Crimson Desert is insane this isn't just hype anymore, it's a full blown franchise starter.

 

[ShadowkillXNA]

5 million the first month, new single player ip with zero unnecessary diversity/inclusion everyone gets a participation trophy horseshit, and attractive female characters who are actually dressed sensibly and practically and who arent just sex objects. You can do both.
Pay attention western devs.

 

[kikii]

5 million in under a month for a new IP like Crimson Desert is insane this isn't just hype anymore, it's a full blown franchise starter.

yeah, but it started as an MMO and it has BDO elements written all over it, i do love the game but i do dislike these mats grinding, glad theres a glitch for camp stuffs but for other mats for gears grrr

fast way to doing camp stuffs which are insane if there wasnt way to go around

 

[Mattdaddy]

yeah, but it started as an MMO and it has BDO elements written all over it, i do love the game but i do dislike these mats grinding, glad theres a glitch for camp stuffs but for other mats for gears grrr

fast way to doing camp stuffs which are insane if there wasnt way to go around

Oh lawd this is a life saver. Gonna do this tonight in case it gets patched.

 

[semiconscious]

I'm really impressed by the piece of shit being this of sexual. Being successful is really hard these days it seems and given the early reception and misunderstanding with the game, I am very pleased in a sexual manner about this...

hear you...

so, anyway: how many copies sold so far?...

 

[Quixz]

I wanna see the 10 million sold announcement before June.

I'll take them over 10M once I buy my copy

 

[KanKamAndNob]

There's a race angle impossible to ignore. Let's call things by their right name. The woke are among the most racist crowd to ever exist and it shows in their extreme hatred for people who never raised a finger against them.

I wish PA keep receipts for the next time. These outlets should not get any review code or interview from them.

Exactly. Remember all the whining from Western shithead journos about Stellar Blade because ShiftUp had female characters that actually looked like women?

Well, PA and Crimson Desert are receiving the same childish temper tantrums from """professional""" journos and devs for God fucking forbid improving the game instead of throwing Twitter hissy fits about "chuds", "incels", and "hate campaigns".

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

Exactly. Remember all the whining from Western shithead journos about Stellar Blade because ShiftUp had female characters that actually looked like women?

Well, PA and Crimson Desert are receiving the same childish temper tantrums from """professional""" journos and devs for God fucking forbid improving the game instead of throwing Twitter hissy fits about "chuds", "incels", and "hate campaigns".

You even see it here - people were scrambling for reasons to hate this game and constantly pivoting

You even had some of the bigger idiots accusing people on this forum of pretending to enjoy this game. Yeah people are putting +100 hours in a game they aren't enjoying

This game is breaking a lot of people and exposing some of the bigger fools

 

[Plague Doctor]

5 million the first month, new single player ip with zero unnecessary diversity/inclusion everyone gets a participation trophy horseshit, and attractive female characters who are actually dressed sensibly and practically and who arent just sex objects. You can do both.
Pay attention western devs.

You know they won't.

And the layoffs will continue until there is a flood of job applications at West Coast Starbucks.

 

[KanKamAndNob]

You even see it here - people were scrambling for reasons to hate this game and constantly pivoting

You even had some of the bigger idiots accusing people on this forum of pretending to enjoy this game. Yeah people are putting +100 hours in a game they aren't enjoying

This game is breaking a lot of people and exposing some of the bigger fools

Asian devs keep winning and that genuinely triggers people.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

5 million the first month, new single player ip with zero unnecessary diversity/inclusion everyone gets a participation trophy horseshit, and attractive female characters who are actually dressed sensibly and practically and who arent just sex objects. You can do both.
Pay attention western devs.

Isnt it crazy when an Asian company can make a better western style product than a western company? If people didnt know it was made by Pearl Abyss, it could had been confused being made by a big US studio.

That doesnt just go for games. But a lot of things in life, hence why so many things get made overseas. It's just that gaming is one which some reason took a long time for game studios Korea (or China) to catch up. It's always been a Japan/US dominated industry with big studios in some European countries too.

Give it time. Dont be surprised if lots of great games with size and scope come from Korean or Chinese studios more the next decade. They just needed studios with some decent budget to get it going. And they dont seem to fuck around with stupid politics or wacky overpaid employees going on social media. Goes to show big games can be made with modest budgets. The western way of tech and media is always..... the bigger the budget the better. So if the execs can please greenlight doubling the budget this time, please do. Triple it if possible.

 

[DeaDPo0L84]

Pretty good for a MMO game turned SP at the last minute /s

 

[whyman]

this game needs a year of dlc and updates for me to consider it

Why? There is already so much content. 180 hours in and still finding new stuff.

 

[Pejo]

I hope they keep getting millions more sales. Not only did they create a fantastic game, but they're world class in responsiveness and communication. Probably one of the only non-live service games I've seen get this level of feedback and actually implementing it so quickly.

I never played BDO, but I'm definitely interested in whatever these devs put out in the future just based on this game and their ongoing support of it. Now they just need to open up modding tools to make this one of the "forever" games like Skyrim.

 

[Hypereides]

butthurt Western media

This is past the point of being funny. This is nearing borderline malign and destructive feedback now.

 

[TKUltra5577]

Milestone accomplished in 27 days! Less than a month to 5 million sold. Congrats to Pearl Abyss on this major milestone

This DID NOT happen.
Isn't it incredibly SUS that every $70 title that Sony is clearly involved with suddenly does Millions of copies when in fact its just money moved around via the contract? People are worried about running their house holds. E33 didn't do 6m, RE9 didn't do 6m, the new robot game didn't do 2m. And SH2R? MGS3R? SHF? Didn't move 1m+ units week one either.

This is low level marketing tact and incredibly insulting. You know something is amiss when the game goes radio silent after a few weeks.

 

[March Climber]

The boss fights are a disaster. We're talking terrible telegraphing where half the hits feel like RNG, wonky hitboxes, and those agonizingly long ragdoll animations that leave you with zero control over your character for seconds. The balance is non-existent too: the "meta" is literally carrying 200 pieces of high-tier food and spamming heals every single second. You can craft resurrection orbs and brute-force your way through any encounter without learning a single boss pattern. It completely trivializes the combat.

To get a better perspective on boss fights (because they do have patterns and telegraphs), I recommend looking at videos from the dodge/parry experts and 'no damage' videos, like OngBal.




I sometimes do this for Fromsoft games when I just can't quite figure out a pattern and one of these videos gives me a different perspective.

 

[Zacfoldor]

Wow Pearl Abyss took this game and treated it like a working project with their community and somehow made huge changes fast.

That's so different from every other game ever.

....and they are from South Korea, the home of my bae, Extraordinary Attorney Woo.

That's really just icing on the cake. This year I've gotten some really strong second tier games that I've loved and 2 fresh bangers, which is this and Prag. This year is kicking ass and I can't wait for Fire Emblem.

 

[Idleyes]

Typical GAF response. When you can't defend the game's broken mechanics, you pivot to personal insults. If 'insufficient skill' means I actually expect a game to have readable telegraphs and balanced combat instead of mindless potion chugging.

There's a wide range of ways people handle bosses in Crimson Desert. Some players struggle with the mechanics at first, while others find creative ways to completely break encounters once they understand the systems. It's not perfect, but a lot of it comes down to learning timing, animations, and when to use the right abilities. Some strategies can even let you bypass certain boss phases, depending on the fight.

Personally I've taken some L's at first then came back like

What's up now Partner!!!?

 

[Idleyes]

Random npc in Crimson Desert:

VS


The "You haven't met a real life woman in your life" Starter Pack

Western studios be doing us dirty dawg