PS5 Open World Crimson Desert Gets 7 Minutes of Raw Gameplay, and It Looks Ridiculous

I think the downgrade to visuals is significant from the announcement videos

The potential is clearly there but personally, I need to see more. And that screen shaking is already nauseating.

The screen shake is a deal breaker for me. I get motion sick.

Black Desert looked amazing put played reallly, really badly.
At least it looks like the character can walk in this demo, rather than running everywhere!

This honestly just looks largely similar to other games currently on the market? Very graphically pretty but I wouldn't say it's leaps away from most recent AAA titles.

@ShogunRok Screen shake may be an option that can be turned off, like it usually is in games. Did you look for it?

The screen shake is an issue, as was Black Desert Online. I played a decent amount of BDO and got used to the screen shake where after awhile I barley noticed it. The issue I had with BDO was the crazy amount of pop in. Now that was on ps4, but clips I've seen of BDO on ps5 did the same. Hopefully that is much less in Crimson Desert. I am looking forward to it.

This looks pretty janky and the writing was very wooden; hmm not sold at all

@Victor_Meldrew do you think every character action game or ARPG is Soulslike?

All I could think during the video is: why that font?!

Definitely a game we need to make sure PushSquare get the inside scoop on at gamescom, hint hint @shogunrok et al

yep... on the list. Combat looks good. Just need an amazing world (seems to have the art down, good start) to explore and a decent story.

Played Black Desert for a while. Opening up the world was the highlight. Always wished it was a single player/story game.

Always been hot on this… the way I’ve always been hot on Black Myth Wukong (although the genres of each differ). Even if it ends up a 7 (maybe even a 6) with that setting, freedom and verticality, I’m in!

Ehh, you think this looks good? Maybe for a ps3 game

Combat looks like an upgraded Dragon's Dogma, but I'm not entirely sold on the boss defying gravity and hovering a second in the air, before slamming down.

@Yagami had a quick look at that menu, and no idea 😅 in one of the trailers it looked like they had just quickly nicked some ideas from TotK (and many, many other popular games) so maybe it's that.

But one positive: it has item "buy" AND "sell" prices in your inventory. Hallelujah!

This looks like every other open world game we have been getting.
I don't get excited for it with a generic boss fight when i know how boring it will be to navigate the map and get to it and all the collect-a-tons the game will put me through.
There is nothing here you can't see in dragon's dogma. The original, mind you.
Except that there is snow here. 🤷‍♂️
Been there, done this. Not that fun.

The only different thing here was the voice acting. The accent on the main characters is the thing making it look a tiny bit different.

@Victor_Meldrew this looks more like DD2 or even something like Horizon. no idea how you are getting souls like from it

@riceNpea pretty sure the screen shake is foundational to the presentation they're using it to obscure the action to make it look "better" and i really don't think it will be optional

Another game that we will see only PC footage until release I’m sure

I hate boss fights that go on for too long.

This looks pretty good. Looks like a total combat overhaul to a weighty Souls/MH style instead of the more MMO-style Black Desert combat.

Hate games set in snow environments.

Graphically, it looks very similar to Dragon's Dogma 2, but with better art direction.

@Lembit Troll somewhere else, dude.

Wow lotta whining here. This looks pretty good. Got the Witcher vibes - from the combat only, can't say anything about the story.

Crimson desert looks really good.the gameplay is n.i.c.e.word up son

Hopefully motion shake is an option you can adjust or turn off. Otherwise this is one of my most anticipated games coming next year. I'm not big on the group of four games like Dogma. I really like just focusing on my one character and exploring a huge world while progressing and improving my gear. This could be my dream game.

@Boxmonkey Its just one biome. Like most games like this there will be numerous different areas. Desert, jungle, snow, forest, etc.

How has this passed me by. Looks fantastic.

Looks fan-flippin-tastic. FAN. FLIPPIN. TASTIC. The open world bums me out since very few open worlds were actually entertaining to me but maybe this one will be enjoyable. Can't wait

So when's current generation starting then ?

The boss enemy AI needs significant improvement.

Joystick destroyer if ever I see one.

It was good to see some raw combat footage. The other trailers have showed a lot more kind of edited blending of the cinematics and gameplay moments. I'm just hoping that it looks like it's very mechanic heavy in the way in which you traverse and explore the open world, which is what I'm always looking for. It'll be cool to see something that allows you the opportunity to find various ways to sneak into like strongholds or bandit camps (similarly to assassin's Creed) but hopefully with deeper RPG mechanics as far as like leveling and and creating a class build. I know initially they had talked about a co-op mode. I hope that's still a thing as I'd love to be able to enjoy the open world with my brother. Without having to be stuck in an MMO.

I am as far removed from WRPGs as possibly can be. I enjoyed Risen 1 the most because it felt almost like an immersive sim (learning skills and upgrading weapon was done in-universe and not in a menu screen).
This is the first WRPG that really got my attention since then. The platforms are officially still not announced, but it's safe to say it's coming to PC and PS5.

I like the camera pulling back further,giving you a better view around your character,,and more cinematic too.

I don't think fighting the same boss for 3 times in a row will be a fun experience. And the combat looks like a mixed of GOW x Dragons Dogma.

@ShogunRok screen shaking is always the first thing I turn off when I buy a game. I cant stand it.

I think the game looks incredible. Hope it's not too difficult.

I kinda love that the main character does pro-wrestling moves during combat

@BIG3 For me it's usually motion blur, but screen shake also gets disabled if it's as noticeable as this!

@vrubayka Did you ever play Kingdom Come? That's a game that goes pretty hardcore on the immersive aspect, and can ususally be picked up for a few quid in sales

@Yagami I meant just in terms of being able to climb things, and all the variety and fluidity of attacks- having a sword and shield, but also a bow.
The one thing about combat in DD that always put me off, was just how you were limited to only 3 or 4 skills per weapon, so being able to 'multiclass' like this makes me think there will be a more extensive skill list- and I see that as an upgrade.

@Yagami Yeah, that's fair. I'm also not opposed to limiting spellcasting to magic classes, etc. (Witcher 3 struck a good balance, with a mix of ranged attacks, not OP spells, and melee). I've yet to play DD2, but was a big fan of Dark Arisen, and I was always left a little disappointed that you were only able to have 3 skills for the greatsword. Seems 2 has made combat more intuitive with opening up how combat works, so I can't really compare to this, but I'm a simple man who likes having options, haha.

This game looks amazing. Seems to be a rise in gaming in asia

@J2theEzzo It was a little too hardcore for me

@Yagami Dragon's Dogma 2 is considered a WRPG, I take it this game will be similar.

Some horrific graphics, and animations. Gameplay looks good though.

Someone on the dev team watches a lot of wrestling