Crimson Desert

Zindan

Zindan

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Springbok said:
Call me a cynic, but if this game is even remotely the "RPG" experience some people are hoping I'll be shocked. I suspect this will be a massive open world combat sim with very light world building/story stuff. My expectation is the "story" just exists to push you around the world so you can continue to engage with the combat. Watching youtube, there seems to be this sentiment after the last official video that you'll be able to base build, do a ton of meaningful side activities, etc - aka this is fantasy RDR2, or akin to the witcher 3 or something, when to me this looks much more like a Nioh 3. A pure action combat game. Guess we'll see, I'm interested either way.
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Mostly agree. I think it will just be a bigger BDO with a focus on combat, a more coherent Story and with all its various lifeskill (aside from Sailing). I hope the exploration side of CD will be worthwhile, I want to be running around and find some hidden away "dungeon like" area, kinda like the cave dungeons in Elden Ring. If it manages to scratch my itch for Character Progression and Exploration, I'll be happy.
 
Uriel

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Springbok said:
Call me a cynic, but if this game is even remotely the "RPG" experience some people are hoping I'll be shocked. I suspect this will be a massive open world combat sim with very light world building/story stuff. My expectation is the "story" just exists to push you around the world so you can continue to engage with the combat. Watching youtube, there seems to be this sentiment after the last official video that you'll be able to base build, do a ton of meaningful side activities, etc - aka this is fantasy RDR2, or akin to the witcher 3 or something, when to me this looks much more like a Nioh 3. A pure action combat game. Guess we'll see, I'm interested either way.
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I'd prefer that honestly, I don't care about story in these games really (RDR1 probably did story the best for these types of games, so I appreciate it if they do it well). I want a huge immersive world with tons of stuff to do like Skyrim, New Vegas, Elden Ring, RDR, Terraria, Stardew Valley, etc.
 
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Pyros

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Yeah story is somewhat secondary for this type of game versus fun combat and large detailed world. I spent hundreds of hours on Skyrim, Terraria and Elden Ring and none of these have a good story(can argue Elden Ring but it's the usual Souls "the story is in the description of the items" shit which I can't be assed to bother with). Considering their track record, I'd expect an absolute dogshit story, especially since they're mixing in "aliens" or whatever the ancient tech floating islands bullshit is, 100% going to go from re-assembling your clan to fighting some otherworld entity that threatens the world, and that's about it. Side stories might actually be more interesting than the main.

Ultimately while I'm quite excited about this I'm also likely not buying it at release anyway, so I'll see what ppl say about the game.
 
Mahes

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I could care less if they try to sell pixels for a one player game. If there are people out there that actually care how they look to themselves enough to pay for it, more money to the company. This in turn leads to more products being made. The only time I care if company's sell pixels is if the pixels give a distinct advantage in a multi-player game. I am not sure why a person would care how their character looked when nobody else sees it, but I am sure those people exist. Let the company make some money.

I am waiting on reviews from you guys before I buy this game. I want to see how truly in depth the game play really is. If I want a fight sim, there are many many games that fulfill that role better. I want story and exploration, with character power development, that allows me to cheese my way through if I put the time into the game. I am not one of those players that can play the game with my character being naked with a dagger, because my fight skills are so awesome. I need a game that recognizes that some players just suck at timed button mashing.
 
Zindan

Zindan

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Mahes said:
I could care less if they try to sell pixels for a one player game. If there are people out there that actually care how they look to themselves enough to pay for it, more money to the company. This in turn leads to more products being made. The only time I care if company's sell pixels is if the pixels give a distinct advantage in a multi-player game. I am not sure why a person would care how their character looked when nobody else sees it, but I am sure those people exist. Let the company make some money.

I am waiting on reviews from you guys before I buy this game. I want to see how truly in depth the game play really is. If I want a fight sim, there are many many games that fulfill that role better. I want story and exploration, with character power development, that allows me to cheese my way through if I put the time into the game. I am not one of those players that can play the game with my character being naked with a dagger, because my fight skills are so awesome. I need a game that recognizes that some players just suck at timed button mashing.
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The game has 5 "zones", but there will be no monster scaling. There will be areas that have higher lvl enemies that you will need to gear up for. From what I've seen being alluded too, your Character power will come from your Gear and Skill unlocks (more skills, more options). So yep, you can spend the time to out gear encounters.

In terms of Combat though...I think its going to be complex. All inputs on a controller will be used, by themselves, in combination and contextually.
 
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