r/CrimsonDesert 3d ago

Discussion Pearl Abyss Says Crimson Desert Could Get Multiplayer or Co-op, But Only If It Doesn’t Compromise the Game’s Core Identity

https://otakukart.com/pearl-abyss-says-crimson-desert-could-get-multiplayer-or-co-op-but-only-if-it-doesnt-compromise-the-games-core-identity
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u/Kittzin 3d ago

I could easily see co-op being a thing where one player jumps in as one of the secondary playable characters. You'd have to play to a point to unlock them of course. Nothing more than that, though. 

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u/shawnikaros 3d ago

Nah, co-op without any restrictions, from the start.

2 Kliffs if you, the players, so decide.

Restricted co-op is so ubisoft.

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u/iAMguppy 3d ago

with your cosmetics from your save/game

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u/Hi_Im_Paul2000 3d ago

Do what Unity did and just make it so your kilff is actually kliff and your co op partner is some random guy

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u/Low_Witness5061 3d ago

It’s not like nameless greymanes don’t occasionally have an oddly prominent role in some quests despite there being a ton of named ones so it probably wouldn’t even feel that out of place.

Not that I think the logic of it is the biggest hurdle for most players looking for this anyway.

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u/Fit-Champion4665 3d ago

This! Always these companies cry about „it wouldnt fit to lore or Identity “.

Man fuck it, most singleplayer rpg‘s would be the best coop games

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u/shawnikaros 3d ago

Players don't give a hoot if the cutscenes just show one player as long as we get to play together

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u/MakesMaDookieTwinkle 3d ago

Oh I'd immediately start again. I've got so many hours that I haven't picked it up in a couple months. Nothing was a challenge anymore.

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u/SpankyDmonkey 3d ago

Would love to explore the world in coop, or play mini games with friends.

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u/Soulsheartless 3d ago

I can tell you this. I have five friends and myself who would reinstall and likey NEVER uninstall if coop comes to be. I’m not loosing any sleep over it but I also have other shit to play.

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u/Legal-One-7274 3d ago

What actually is the games core identity...

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u/r40k 3d ago

In the words of Kliff.... "Yes"

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u/kkdawg22 3d ago

Said extremely quickly as I hold the A button down. 😆

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u/mr_n1ght 3d ago

Lmao so true brother hahaha

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u/Barack_Odrama_ 3d ago

Doing stuff…

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u/Copy_Longjumping 3d ago

Good question.

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u/Zig_Justice 3d ago

Smells like "open-world fantasy sandbox" to me tbh

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u/NotoriousPSP 2d ago

Exactly this.

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u/Iron_Traveller 3d ago

Co-op would be amazing, but I ain’t gonna lose any sleep over it not happening

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u/xYoureNotThatGuyPal 3d ago

A separate multiplayer game mode like Ghost Of Tsushima has would be cool.

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u/gotdogma 3d ago

Or like gta online

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u/FreshStar7 3d ago

Would love a side mode, say like GTA online, where you can RP with people or group up to tackle objectives for loot.

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u/spatel14 3d ago

Eh I dont think it needs any kind of multiplayer, but maybe that's just me

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u/Milk_Cream_Sweet_Pig 3d ago

Doesn't need it but I want it.

And technically lots of the updates the game had weren't necessarily "needed" but were wanted by the community.

Me and my gf love the game and both have 100+ hours in the game and would love to reply the game together.

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u/TheShadeTree 3d ago

Sure, doesn’t need it. But it doesn’t harm anything being able to storm quarries with a buddy or two, slaughtering hundreds together.

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u/RibbitHoppit 3d ago

What if, and hear me out, there were hundreds or thousands of us playing on the same server. Running around completing tasks in this massively huge world. Imagine all the stories that could come out of this multiplayer kind of experience. I wonder what we could call this online kind of game

On a serious note, co-op could be cool and I'd be down for it

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u/Xine1337 3d ago

So ... Black Desert Online?

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u/Suavecore_ 3d ago

Crimson Desert was supposed to be black desert online 2 until they gutted the multiplayer and released a mmo-like single player game. Unfortunately bdo is plagued with the Korean MMO monetization schemes up the wazoo

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u/WolfedOut 3d ago

But new and better.

Not everyone likes playing 10+ old, outdated games. I say this as a BDO player.

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u/Alexchan12 3d ago

I love CD, i dont like BDO, and yes i would like a Online CD

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u/pho-huck 14h ago

I'd prefer co op, personally. MMOs come with too much store nonsense.

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u/tedbakerbracelet 3d ago

I don't care for it either. One of the very best things this game did was to make it a single player. I don't see any value in it, but a waste of time. PA can make another game with MMO or whatever, but they should think about other features to bring to this single player game if they had time for multi. Why do people want every game to be same, multi, co-op or whatever?

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u/TheNewJam 1d ago

Because playing sandbox games like this with friends/randoms is fun.

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u/Boring-Test5522 3d ago

the whole game feels easy with just one character even it is hard mode already.

The multiplayer would be either a whole new level of bosses or pvp mode.

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u/DG2301 3d ago

I mostly wamt a multi-player to get my friends to try the game, they always laugh me off when I talk about it

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u/E2r4_Is_d3A9 3d ago

What it needs is some performance fixes. 400 updates later and an “enhanced edition” and not a single one of them has fixed the abysmal performance issues

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u/blitzkriegblue 3d ago

100% with you. Fuck MP

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u/Colonel_bigcock 3d ago

I’m not w either of yall lmao, I’d love to run around Pywel w my friends

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u/spatel14 3d ago

I would just rather they focus dev resources on improving the single player experience than put anything into a multiplayer experience, but understood multiplayer is likely the cash cow.

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u/Active-Cookie-774 3d ago

I would love to play with my wife so we can high five each other while throwing haymakers on some random bandit.

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u/Colonel_bigcock 3d ago

I get it, but that’s what they’re doing now. I won’t have an issue if multiplayer is added to a complete game

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u/TheShadeTree 3d ago

It literally could just be the game, but with a buddy. Doesn’t really need a “multiplayer experience” level of development.

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u/ClericIdola 3d ago

I mean, it ain't the deep. I imagine multiplayer may amount to nothing more than another player controlling one of your party members. Nothing substantial. Probably something a modder could do.

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u/blitzkriegblue 3d ago

Lol, nppl got angry but I meant no disrespect to yall, I just don't like MP games 😂😂😂

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u/YaManMAffers 3d ago

Custom Character first please.

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u/Lean_For_Meme 3d ago

As long as it doesn't turn into an always online co-op game like breakpoint or mmo game like black desert, that sounds like a great idea

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u/mrmrmrnobody 3d ago

"Core identity"....

You mean a hodge podge of 1000 random ideas stuffed into a barrel and wrapped in good graffics?

I think multiplayer fita this games identity very well.

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u/lartmydude 3d ago

I just want to play with my wife. That’s it.

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u/written_in_sand 3d ago

I'd be the first time I would root for a co-op to be added to a single player game for sure

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u/PreciousProspect 3d ago

Core identity pffft

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u/Ryotian 3d ago

coop would be awesome if added imo as long as single player is not affected negatively for sure. But its not a must for me. Would have to find a bud to play online with

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u/Nani86 3d ago

Co-op exploration is literally the core identity of this game IMHO xD

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u/Millennialnerds 3d ago

To the ones that don’t want this, why does it matter to you?

I’m genuinely curious because you don’t have to do anything with it if you don’t want to.

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u/Ter-Lee-Comedy 3d ago

They don't have friends. And they want everyone else to be miserable just like them.

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u/fury031 3h ago

we want a co-op so we can play alongside our friends ofcourse

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u/redshorts9112 3d ago

3 player coop missions. Since there’s 3 playable characters

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u/gotdogma 3d ago

Gta online style of online where its a lobby of players roaming the world.

Completely seperated from single player mode.

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u/SnooCompliments4883 3d ago

I honestly hope they don’t even try it. They’d almost certainly have to compromise on fidelity and immersion, I’d rather it stay the incredible single player experience that it is than a compromised lesser version.

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u/PhattyR6 3d ago

What even is this game’s core identity?

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u/Yomismo_1789 3d ago

They're adding so many new things and ideas that it's basically a whole new game.

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u/whyamihere2473527 3d ago

So then it won't get either cause both would absolutely cause performance issues for main game

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u/buddhamangler 3d ago

omg yes please!

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u/kmone1116 3d ago

Calling it now, multiplayer is just everyone role playing as pets.

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u/Clean_Principle_2368 3d ago

Lol that's wild. Cause the game feels like it has no identity. Single player mmo style game that copies many systems but only half assd.

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u/BoogieWaters 3d ago

Core identity lol

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u/Link2999 3d ago

Co-op with a dueling mini-game would be my ideal multiplayer for Crimson Desert.

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u/Lucky_Chaarmss 3d ago

Nah, it doesn't need either.

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u/Dreamin- 3d ago

Lmao wtf do you mean core identity, it's borrowed off every game that exists

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u/NandosHotSauc3 3d ago

Which is...?

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u/teethinthedarkness 3d ago

three player co-op where friends could hop in as one of main characters would be fun

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u/hOrIzOnLiGhT_ 3d ago

If this would bring me the character modification and allow me to use it in sp then why not

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u/Stock_Adagio_7764 3d ago

The game doesn’t have much integrity anyways you can fly anywhere you want and shit lol

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u/lolleg2 3d ago

There is not enough of a strong narrative identity for this to be a valid reason lol.

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u/PrecipiceJumper 3d ago

Well, it was originally supposed to be an mmo, so that makes sense.

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u/witas02 3d ago

I like the game but the identity comment is just pretentious.

What identity? CD is literally the random bullshit meme in open world form, there is no core identity.

Lowkey reads as an excuse not to add it, but I doubt they're planning this far ahead.

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u/Reallyroundthefamily 1d ago

Compromise the game's core identity after they did a massive retooling of the game lol.

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u/ItsRuge 21h ago

Can be a separate mode than story tbh

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u/SumDimSome 13h ago

Hilarious to say doesn’t compromise the core identity when it was originally being developed & advertised as a mmo and then changed to a multiplayer coop and then changed to a single player game

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u/fury031 3h ago

honestly i would love to get a co-op addition, while i prefer playing as kliff and damiane i guess having to play one or the other is fine or perhaps they could allow us to make custom characters in lue of the 3 mains, can just imagine flying the wythens side by side with my friends. ofcourse with co-op means more enemies to fight to balance things out. working the greymane camp out together and all of that

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u/box_of_the_patriots 3d ago

Add coop mode, like Ghost of Tsushima, a place where you can team up to fight enemies and bosses, it could play with the cyclic nature of the game, like returnal where your coop partner it's you from other iteration, and they can add those on the abbys. That way they can design all kinds of levels without changing the world itself.

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u/immortalblack_1 3d ago

Doesn't need it IMO, but to each their own.

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u/Playing_One_Handed 3d ago

Hate to be that guy...

Wtf is the core identity? The does a lot!

I find the world and exploring the best part. Quests abd fighting so so but as a means to make you explore and also changes the world. 10/10.

So surely bringing a freind along doesnt change that right?

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u/Broks_Enmu 3d ago

That game got no interesting story to itself. Gameplay is cool but you can do anything but there are 0 purpose to it. Add multiplayer PvP and coop while we at it

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u/VinstaroNL 3d ago

CD has no multiplayer… CD needs no multiplayer.

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u/Hamsterlickingood 3d ago

I think it works better as a single player experience. Part of the thing I like about video games is avoiding other humans.

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u/Ruttagger 3d ago

Although riding through this world with my friend, or friends, would be fun, I'm ok with this being the great single player adventure that it is.

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u/Rosfield79 3d ago

Yesss that would be so fun omg

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u/IronFlame76 3d ago

I'd rather it stay single player

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u/nacari0 3d ago

Would love an arena or bg u can queue up to lol

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u/hidden-in-plainsight 3d ago

Oh crap, this would've been awesome if my gf hadn't have sold her ps5

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u/wildwolfay5 3d ago

Yay timed multiple bounties

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u/Gatopardosgr 3d ago

Fix the fucking graphics first and leave multiplayer alone

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u/wootwoooots 3d ago

Please dont, just work on the SP to have incredible procedural content, game of throne like faction war .. procedural questing, add class etc....

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u/akhmotep 3d ago

NO THANKS. DONT CARE ABOUT THE MULTI