After 150+ hours with Crimson Desert here’s the honest answer. Is it actually worth your time? Thanks to Pearly Abyss for early review access. After covering this game for over 6 years, we finally got full hands-on time and broke it down from both a story-focused and exploration-heavy playthrough. In this review, we cover everything you need to know about Crimson Desert including gameplay, combat, open world systems, bosses, dragon riding, performance on PC and whether it lives up to expectations. 0:00 ULTIMATE Gameplay Review 1:27 What Is Crimson Desert? 2:24 The Story 5:05 The Gameplay 7:46 Dragon Riding & Bosses 8:45 The World 10:12 Performance, Graphics & Music 11:50 Final Thoughts If you're thinking about picking up Crimson Desert on PC, PS5 or Xbox, this should help you decide. #CrimsonDesert #CrimsonDesertReview #OpenWorldRPG #review If you enjoyed the video, don't forget to hit LIKE and leave a COMMENT down below. SUBSCRIBE for daily gaming videos! Join the Arekkz Gaming Discord: ► https://discord.gg/arekkzgaming
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I was not sure what review to watch, the 80 hours, 100 hours, 100+ hours, 110 hours, but then I saw your 150 hours!
I dont need a masterpiece, fun gameplay and exploring is all I wanted
My heart is telling me yes, but my mind is telling me wait
How is it overhyped but lives up to the hype at the same time? Wouldn't it be appropriately hyped?
I've heard so much about how story is non-existent and it's more of a sandbox etc. So happy to hear there's a somewhat decent narrative here 🙏
What I've learned from the reviews of this game is that most outlets care more about polish and story than they do gameplay and exploration.
Reminds me of early 2000s era games. No hand holding. Just pure gaming.
Thanks for watching everyone 🥰 A like means a lot if you enjoy the work we put into these kind of videos, reviews and breakdowns! PC Specs as promised: CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D (16-Core, up to 5.7GHz) GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 RAM: 32GB DDR5 6000MHz (Corsair Vengeance) Motherboard: MSI MPG X870E EDGE TI WIFI PSU: Corsair RM1000e 1000W Gold OS: Windows 11
Grand Theft of The Wild. Tears of The Witcher. I’m ready.
The speedruns are gonna go crazy
N-Ninty hours while focused on the story? Whew- gonna have to take a week off work to take this one.
Your review seems genuine, I was almost positive this game wasn’t gonna have a good story, and I didn’t know about the different characters? Oh yeah I’m getting it 😊
9:11 That shot alone is enough..
I think this game is going to age good. I'm sure Purl Abyss has updates & DLC plans for it & absolutely can't wait to see what modders can do to this.
Lets be honest: Under normal circumstances this game is a 10/10 Masterpiece. The massive size of the world, the stuff you can do, the great optimization, the visuals, everything is really awesome! But... the gaming community are so saturated and blunted today, for them its a OK game. Crazy.
Crimson Desert has been my Most Anticipated Game since 2024, so I’m HYPED AF to play it tomorrow! 😮💨❤️
They really really REALLY should've made the look of Kliff completely customizable ala Commander Shepard even if not his species like in Elder Scrolls or Dragon Age. Considering how they severely limit the extent to which you can play as Oongka and Damiane, both of whom, in all honesty, I was actually more excited to play as.
90 hours to complete main story!! thats a lot of content
A game where love and frustration coexist? That’s basically the definition of family and romance
dude thank you so much for the review, this game gonna be generational