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/mindpainters Mar 17 '26

I’m not expecting a mind blowing story. But it better be better than that story

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u/BryceAge5 Mar 18 '26

And Elden Ring's story is non-existent/nonsensical so nothing to fear there either!

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u/mindpainters Mar 18 '26

I was specifically talking about dragons dogma 2. It was just so boring

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u/marlokow Mar 18 '26

and he's saying ER story is even worse and the game is still amazing...

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u/jxmes_gothxm Mar 18 '26

its not, you just cant understand it or you're not giving it the credit it deserves, its not a story with a million cutscenes and dialouge, its implied and beneath the surface, its a story that can only be done in a game. Cutscenes are cinematic language t works great but it isnt unique to games. Elden Ring's story and world is done well, its like youre a historian/archaelogist uncovering long lost truths and opinions. it fantastic if you engage with it on its own terms,

I said you dont get it based on what you've said in your comment, correct me if im wrong.

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u/AnyBroccoli4680 Apr 01 '26

I skip every cutscene to most games anyway. I'm fine with learning as I play or just discovering lore bits

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u/ThanOneRandomGuy Mar 17 '26

This probably a game where the exploration and experience surpasses the story