This game reminds me of how games used to be before monetization took over the gaming world.Our reading
Negative
Player feedback, counted and quoted
Player feedback, counted and quoted
6,006 of the 10,128 players who took a side are negative; 2,127 took no side.
Of 12,255 players counted on this topic.
| Source | Positive | Negative | Mixed | No side | Players |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,827 | 4,350 | 583 | 1,555 | 8,315 | |
| Steam | 1,294 | 1,278 | 38 | 71 | 2,681 |
| YouTube | 359 | 378 | 21 | 111 | 869 |
Highlighting shows the words used for Our reading.
This game reminds me of how games used to be before monetization took over the gaming world.Our reading
Negative
ThreadJust a small rant, I hate this in games
I absolutely hate when they do things like this in games, I mean gold bars are an actual freaking item!Update period dates are unavailable. Period counts are unavailable, not zero.
| Request | Players asking |
|---|---|
| dlc | 156 |
| refund | 20 |
| denuvo | 17 |
| money | 8 |
| paid dlc | 8 |
| Request | Players asking |
|---|---|
| code | 6 |
| microtransactions | 5 |
| pearl abyss | 5 |
| free dlc | 4 |
| full price | 4 |
| price | 4 |
| sale | 4 |
| cash shop | 3 |
| cosmetics | 3 |
| drm | 3 |
| mod support | 3 |
| my money back | 3 |
| pre purchase reward code | 3 |
| pre-order code | 3 |
| silver | 3 |
| the game | 3 |
| Language | Positive | Negative | Mixed | No side | Players |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | 3,012 | 5,369 | 616 | 1,617 | 10,614 |
| Portuguese | 68 | 59 | 2 | 5 | 134 |
| Chinese | 55 | 62 | 2 | 7 | 126 |
| Language | Positive | Negative | Mixed | No side | Players |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russian | 24 | 78 | 1 | 2 | 105 |
| Korean | 42 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 85 |
| Spanish | 27 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 64 |
| German | 23 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 55 |
| Turkish | 22 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 48 |
| French | 10 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 39 |
| Italian | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 24 |
| Polish | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Thai | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Ukrainian | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Dutch | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Japanese | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Filipino | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Vietnamese | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Catalan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Danish | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Arabic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bulgarian | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Czech | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Estonian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Finnish | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Croatian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hungarian | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Indonesian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Norwegian | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Serbian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Swedish | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Quotes are players’ words; the side is our reading. One person with two accounts counts twice.
Quote dates are when players posted.
390 players in the total above appear in no source row; our data does not say why.
Our reading
Negative
ThreadWitcher 3 Director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz praises Crimson Desert: “The industry is too focused on money... you cannot…
He's basically saying the industry is too obsessed with ROI and monetization these days, which is why we never see bold games anymore.Our reading
Negative
ThreadJoined the club…Time for an adventure!
Thx Walmart for the $40 price!Our reading
Positive
Examples, not proportions.
We read 642 players as mixed, but no quote from them can be shown here.
ThreadDear Pearl Abyss.
Black Desert suffered the pain of unending microtransactions so Crimson Desert could flourishOur reading
Negative
Id rate mixed if I could but as is I struggle to see how this game justifies its 70$ price tagOur reading
Negative
ThreadMAJOR running out of content issue
How dare Pearl Abyss charge $70 for only several hundred hours of entertainment.Our reading
Negative
ThreadFeels like Crimson Desert is 5 games worth of content
Feels nice to have access to all the planned items in a game of this scale, with customization options no less, without having to pay for it.Our reading
Positive
ThreadSummary of Pearl Abyss Shareholder Meeting: Crimson Desert Updates (DLC, Story, Mods, and more)
Free updates over paid DLC.Our reading
Positive
ThreadMassive Crimson Desert DLC & Multiplayer Teased! 😳 #crimsondesert #crimsondesertgame #shorts
I mean, if they ask for money in dlc, i will gladly pay.
Our reading
Positive
ThreadCrimson Desert Update 1.13 Changes Are Insane 😳 #crimsondesert #crimsondesertupdate #shorts
I can’t believe I payed for this game once and haven’t had to spend another penny.Our reading
Positive
ThreadEx-ESO boss on Crimson Desert: "Making a singleplayer MMO is almost like cheating." Dude is obsessed and has no idea…
Usually when you see something like this, there's always some live service, microtransaction and gacha elements baked in that ruins it because there's this looming feeling that they want to nickel and dime you. CD skipped all that so far and managed to present a complete experience that they're constantly improving.Our reading
Positive