Crimson Desert

[Wayno]

Sitting at 78% on metacritic. Lots of mixed reviews, plenty of them annoyed with the controls. I still think I'll pick this up at some point.

[NateDog]

Sitting at 78% on metacritic. Lots of mixed reviews, plenty of them annoyed with the controls. I still think I'll pick this up at some point.

Yeah I've seen some losing their minds over it and saying some ridiculous shit like "reviews with less than 100+ hour playcount should be discounted!". I hate the review game. But the one thing I do look out for is common complaints or concerns running throughout multiple reviews and those seem very fair and probably expected (story and characters, and some not liking the systems). Not one bit surprised by the controls complaints given the complexity, if anything I'm actually glad to see that particular "issue" as it was known to have some insane options and that was always going to put off people. Very curious to see user reviews on it after 2-3 months or so.

[Null]

Has the critical reception of a cult classic going on. I think I’ll pick it up at some point.

[Wayno]

I've bought it and hopefully I'll put more than the 1 hour I put in to ARC Raiders with it. The positives I've seen in the mixed reception are enough for me to think I'll enjoy it.

[NateDog]

I've bought it and hopefully I'll put more than the 1 hour I put in to ARC Raiders with it. The positives I've seen in the mixed reception are enough for me to think I'll enjoy it.

I planned to install it at least last night but ended up home late after the cinema before an early shift and taking an extra one on for the weekend so who knows when I'll actually get on but I hope I can match your 1+ hours.

[Bread]

Think this is one of those for me that I pick up when it inevitably becomes available as part of the PS+ extra catalogue in 2027.

[NateDog]

I've bought it and hopefully I'll put more than the 1 hour I put in to ARC Raiders with it. The positives I've seen in the mixed reception are enough for me to think I'll enjoy it.

Any progress Wayno? I didn't get started on it and at this point I'm starting to think I might just wait a few weeks for some things to settle with it to do so. Quite disappointed by the AI usage too and the lame excuse for its presence which is further putting me off.

[Wayno]

I've bought it and hopefully I'll put more than the 1 hour I put in to ARC Raiders with it. The positives I've seen in the mixed reception are enough for me to think I'll enjoy it.

Any progress Wayno? I didn't get started on it and at this point I'm starting to think I might just wait a few weeks for some things to settle with it to do so. Quite disappointed by the AI usage too and the lame excuse for its presence which is further putting me off.

I've not played much. Too busy with existential crisis' and work. But yeah the controls are dogwater and I'm in no rush to jump back in.

[NateDog]

I've bought it and hopefully I'll put more than the 1 hour I put in to ARC Raiders with it. The positives I've seen in the mixed reception are enough for me to think I'll enjoy it.

Any progress Wayno? I didn't get started on it and at this point I'm starting to think I might just wait a few weeks for some things to settle with it to do so. Quite disappointed by the AI usage too and the lame excuse for its presence which is further putting me off.

OK scratch that. I've seen opinions have picked up from many people. General opinion (which I've seen from critics as well as general players) is that the first 8 hours are at best not good or just flat out bad but things really click for a lot of people after that. I'm about 3 hours in, definitely feel the jank although I actually kind of like it in places? Kliff is boring as fuck and I'm blasting through dialogue but I'm enjoying the bits of exploring I've done so far even though this opening area is small although it does feel dense enough. I'm getting through the main quest only now to get this long tutorial section done and will see how I feel then.

[Aragorn]

This game is the definition of mid. Does a lot of things super, super right - like extraordinarily right, and does other things to a standard even early PS3 games would be ashamed of. The original consenus of 78% was right on the money tbh, it is one of the more interesting 6-7/10 games i've played in recent memory.