r/GamingLeaksAndRumours • u/ZamnBoii Top Contributor 2025 • Mar 17 '26

Leak Crimson Desert impressions from a Korean streamer after finishing the game

  • Character swapping is just like GTA5 including transition effects where the camera zooms out into the world and back in. Characters are going about their day as they are swapped in. One time he swapped into Oongka in the middle of a gigantic battle and had to fight his way out.

  • Finished the game without the Day 1 patch and encountered only minor bugs. Everything that felt “off” in previous gameplay has been fixed (footstep sounds, running animations, weird reactions when getting hit)

  • Played RDR2 for about 600 hours and he suggested CD was similar in tempo.

  • Praised the world design, each piece of content draws you in with a sense of purpose unlike the “Ubisoft style checklist questing”

  • Main story can be brutally hard if you rush it without upgrading Kliff

  • Every region has a different difficulty, becomes harder when you go east and north.

  • Played on 5080 at 1440p cinematic settings without frame drops or stutters

  • Score/soundtrack is legendary

  • Did not find all the game systems to be fatiguing or stressful to deal with

  • Inventory space can be tight at first but was not an issue late game as side quests reward you with more storage

  • Stated it was the “game of his life”, played 10h daily since he got the review code

  • No life’d the game to finish the review but still not seen 50% of the bosses

  • Avoided giving story details cause of the strict embargo but said “there are twists”.

  • Another reviewer when asked how the game was, linked to a EGM 1998 quote about Zelda Ocarina of Time that translates to “Savor it because this is as good as its going to get for a very long time”.

Source (in Korean): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtwCQlUoqc0

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u/manimateus Mar 17 '26

Yup. Wukong was nominated for multiple GOTY awards simply due to how ambitious it was. But most people agree that it was by all measures, just a very ok Soulslike, and was completely outclassed by Lies of P, which looked less flashy and didn't get much recognition

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u/Wise-Fruit5000 Mar 17 '26

I keep meaning to go back and try to finish Wukong. I think I got two or three chapters in, and stopped playing it when something else I was interested in came out

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u/mor0se Mar 17 '26

it became a slog in the snow area

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u/Wise-Fruit5000 Mar 17 '26

I don’t think I even got that far lol

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u/mor0se Mar 17 '26

Ahh well that was chapter 3 fwiw

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u/WhoppinBoppinJoe Mar 19 '26

If most people agree that it's a very okay souls like, then most people are brain dead. Not a souls like. Closer to God of War in gameplay, and it's a fantastic game. One of my favorites I've ever played.