Player feedback, counted and quoted
Counted from the posts we could read, so not every mention. One person with two accounts counts twice.
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Newest first, so not a balanced sample. Each quote is a player’s words; the side beside it is our reading. Highlights mark the words our reading applies to.
ThreadCan you make me want to play the game?
…I'm only up to chapter 7 of the main story but the exploration, number of quests(and many of them are so different rather than them all being fetch/kill quests), puzzles, challenges have all been amazing that CD has currently replaced skyrim for me (which is saying something as I own…Our reading
Positive
ThreadHow are people finding the story now?
0, but so far I'm seeing same kind of crap - lack of logic in Kliff's actions, next quest markers appear without much background or explanation.Our reading
Negative
ThreadCan you make me want to play the game?
I can jump off the sky island, land somewhere new and find something to do, I can head to a side quest and run into 2 new side quests, there is no big empty areas, and I only use flying mechanics to traverse places I've already been rather then feeling like I'm trying to get from a to b.Our reading
Positive
ThreadOne of the hardest-working dev teams of 2026 🔥 Thank you PEAK ABYSS 🙌
I've even enjoyed all the faction quests I've done like the house Roberts ones with their gimmick bosses.Our reading
Positive
ThreadDo this one step for some interesting implications
We unlock Demeniss jobs, which pay us more; we can upgrade the camp fully, and it gives us a narrative continuation.Our reading
Positive
ThreadPLEASE KILL OFF YANN ASAP!
Every other mission he makes an appearance, and he swears with every other word which matches his obviously low IQ character but every mission he drags you slowly across the entire map just to make you do some small useless job and leaves you to do it.Our reading
Negative
ThreadPossible returning player questions
So I put around 20 hours into the game when it first came out, but I dropped it due to smudgy and grainy graphics and soulless poorly designed quests.Our reading
Negative
ThreadZombey zeigt seinen 160 Stunden Spielstand in CRIMSON DESERT
Ich mag es auch alle kleinen Quests zu machen, so banal die auch sind.
Our reading
Positive
ThreadCan I just do the story missions and not explore much, or is most of the fun in this game from side quests and stuff?
Most people would say the best stuff is not in the main story, but the main story contains missions that are very fun and exciting and always new things.Our reading
Positive
ThreadCan I just do the story missions and not explore much, or is most of the fun in this game from side quests and stuff?
most of the side quests aren't that great anyhow.Our reading
Negative
-the game is basically 33% puzzles (that you will be looking up most of the time because they dont give hints at all)Our reading
Negative
ThreadCrimson Desert - Charting the Unknown DLC Reveal Trailer | PS5 Games
Bounties being more than just a glorified "pick up a herb (random guy) and bring it back to me" and more of a dangerous mini boss, or an actual fun chase.Our reading
Negative
ThreadCrimson Desert - Charting the Unknown DLC Reveal Trailer | PS5 Games
New lands, new quests, new features, etc.Our reading
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ThreadQuestion about the story additions
Allright" guy, but the main questline seems well improved.Our reading
Positive
ThreadI want to know if crimson desert is my type of game or not
Because the questing and puzzling doesn't keep me interested if I only play an hour or so.Our reading
Negative
ThreadI want to know if crimson desert is my type of game or not
It's also full of fetch quests (in the hundreds), exploration is restricted by sidequests and will require you to activate certain quests before it populates entire areas with enemies and b…Our reading
Negative
But the quests are so frustrating, they're confusing on what exactly it wants you to do.Our reading
Negative
ThreadDoes the story get better ?
That's an example of how it used to be now there's story beats in-between and they'll say maybe the beggar outside knows something to lead you into the next objective.Our reading
Positive
serious issue with mission design and narration design, mission and world feels so boring.Our reading
Negative
ThreadI want to know if crimson desert is my type of game or not
do you think I can enjoy it as much as you even with me really disliking puzzlesOur reading
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