Crimson Desert
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Kirun
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If a company feels the need to restrict reviews, it usually signals a lack of confidence that customer feedback will be positive. There's really no other reason to control it.
Late review embargos for story heavy games can be fine. Where there is no reason for it though, since there aren't really any spoilers to hide, it gets more iffy. With the marketing blitz this game has, I'd also assume that most major reviews will be in the 8+ territory since we all know they can be bought.
I think the more telling part will be once the independent reviewers like AOC and such get to release their reviews and how long they've had to play it beforehand. It will be a visually stunning huge open world, and will most likely run fairly well, something most likely every review will hit upon. However, it is obvious that this games faults (if any) lies in the depth of the game and to review that you'd need time in the game.
But, might not be an issue at all. Elden Ring also only released their embargo two days (this is one day) before release. However, reviewers had their copies well ahead of that date so they could put a lot of time into it before reviewing. If it is the same here, I don't think it's much of an issue. Most games have very close dates for review embargos now don't they? Not saying it is a good thing, but it's looking more like becoming an industry standard rather than the "oh this is suspicious" like we could say before. Add another thing into the "things were better before" pile.
Sludig
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GrossI'm the same aside from my sports titles that I'm buying regardless, but had some extra cash and got spendy on Steam. Since I got left out of Ut's screenshot--
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Cool you guys can tell me how it plays. I'm mid Silent Hill 2 remake now and will be looking for another game shortly.I'm the same aside from my sports titles that I'm buying regardless, but had some extra cash and got spendy on Steam. Since I got left out of Ut's screenshot
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Kirun
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PA has probably poured a massive chunk (if not all) of their annual marketing budget into this game. On top of that, a lot of the BDO streamers are incentivized to stay in line because they don't want to risk losing their partner status and are good little cucks that toe the line. So you can expect a flood of hype from them regardless of the game's actual quality. Even if it launches in rough shape, it'll likely be framed as "they'll fix it" or "the foundation is already amazing," rather than getting honest criticism.
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