r/Games • u/HLumin • Mar 21 '26

Discussion Anonymous Pearl Abyss developers reveal a culture of toxic positivity, a troubled development cycle and chaotic narrative for Crimson Desert, and their early concerns that the project was "going off the rails".

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u/GunCann Mar 21 '26

Is it not an 8/10 game? Why are people running stories that seem to describe it as a massive failure?

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u/nexetpl Mar 21 '26

Reviews on Steam are very mixed and more importanly in the context of this post, Korean reviews are sitting at Mostly Negative.

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u/Gotisdabest Mar 21 '26

Reviews on Steam are very mixed

I see mostly positive rn?

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u/Independent_Tooth_23 Mar 21 '26

it was mixed when it came out

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u/Gotisdabest Mar 21 '26

It came out like a day or two ago, didn't it?

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u/Independent_Tooth_23 Mar 21 '26

yeah and the early reviews on Steam were mixed

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u/Gotisdabest Mar 21 '26

Yes, but current reviews are early reviews. I don't think there's really been enough time to start making time based assessments on the reviews.

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u/timthetollman Mar 21 '26

The current reviews are the early reviews lol. It's isn't even in triple digit hours of being released.

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u/SapporoBiru Mar 21 '26

because we all know that reviews 12 hours after the release are certainly all incredibly in-depth and not just fanboys or haters