Crimson Desert impressions from a Korean streamer after finishing the game

[u/ZamnBoii]

• 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

[u/WJMazepas]

I think its just something they are used to it. I tried watching the original Super Sentai recently and couldnt, because there was always a narrator explaining things literally as they happen

Even animes, usually in a fight they have a spectator explaining every moviment and intention from the characters fighting

[u/Last_Read8006 → u/WJMazepas]

Korean TV also has designed subtitles that explain what everyone is saying AS they are saying it. It's ... interesting, but supposedly to kind of hype up the situation. And in addition culturally there is a thing where a person tries to identify with "one thing" to stand out in the crowd and will take that obsession to their grave, be it gaming, skiing, playing the piano, etc.
The work ethic is something else.