Crimson Desert has always looked ridiculously ambitious — to the point where plenty of people outright doubted its validity — but with its late 2025 release window in hand, the title's keen to keep impressing.
Case in point, developer Pearl Abyss has debuted several gameplay videos that showcase the game's engine. They cover aspects like physics and ray tracing — and it's becoming abundantly clear that this project is the kind of title that people will single out as being truly next-gen.
Now, we should caveat this by saying that these clips are taken from the game running on what is most likely to be a very high-end PC. As such, we currently have no way of knowing how many sacrifices will need to be made in order to get Crimson Desert running smoothly on PS5.
Still, the potential that's on display here is seriously impressive. Purely from a technical standpoint, there'll be developers watching these videos and picking their jaws off the floor.
Last year, Pearl Abyss wheeled out a massive 50-minute gameplay video that captivated many — and with Crimson Desert still aiming for that late 2025 launch, we're bound to see even more of it over the coming months. In particular, we're hoping that footage taken from Sony's current-gen system is heading our way.
What do you make of Crimson Desert? Does this kind of ambition concern you, or do you think there's something special brewing? Discuss your favourite cloth physics in the comments section below.
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This looks so good! Hope it’s better than Black Desert.
OK yeah that's nice looking and all, but at what cost? Is this only available in a quality mode?
I mean AC: Shadows manages full RTGI in performance mode on the pro and it looks and runs incredible. Sets a nice bar I think. Not sure yet if this can match.
I've been consistently impressed by how this game looks, but will this game be a banger or a glorified tech demo? I'm keeping a close eye on this one, but until people get their hands on it, I will remain cautious.
Beautiful world but yet to see a crimson desert~ 😘
Somehow i was more impressed by previous videos. Some things like shadow quality and textures seem a bit low and shimmery, but fair enough, its still a work in progress. Besides, what do i know? I’m not so good with the technical stuff, just how it comes across to my eyes. I do love the physics of everything though. It does look to be a heavy game with all these graphical features, i wonder how this will run on consoles
Please, just don't run like ass like MHWilds.
I don't need these bells and whistles if they come at the cost of frame rate and texture quality.
Keep getting excited by the trailers then I remember these guys made Black Desert Online 😭
Waiting for reviews, if they ever come this year.
The game feels too good to be true, hope i'm wrong though and it lives up to the hype.
@DonJorginho I heard they changed the desert from Black to Crimson because they didn't want to be accused of going woke LMAO! ** I'll see myself out... **
Every new trailer seemed to have clear visual downgrades, so it's hard to trust a static tech demo being anything like what is possible, especially on console. We shall see.
It's one I hope nails it, but I'm still a little uncertain whether it's a passion project or a trend chaser with a scope beyond what can actually be realised.
It will be the most interesting review of the generation. And I hope PushSquare get a lot of time with it, and get to make a lot of content about it when they get the codes.
This has a potential to be game of the year. This year is packed with massive releases
I Hope it's got a performance mode on ps5 can't play games at 30 fps anymore
This is definitely day 1 for me, but I'll be getting it for PC.
Crimson Desert looks more breathtaking with every trailer. Really curious to see how the game scales to console and what the PS5 Pro can do with it specifically. Can't wait to see more leading up to launch.
Optimistic about this one, just please don't cram every mtx known to man in it. 🙏
It’s disappointing that the game won’t have a character creator even though black dessert had one
This and phantom blade zero feel too good to be true. They look amazing, but from studios that have minimal track records. The latter’s studio legitimately has only made mobile games that were not great to put it mildly.
Oh yeah. This will be 30fps for sureeeeeee
This has to be a PS6 game ain't no way we running this lol
@0niguy it's meant to be releasing on series s too
@Toot1st ain't no way that's happening lol
Been waiting on "next gen" for 3 generations now.
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