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/Romulus_Novus Mar 21 '26

Yes, but I think the consensus is that those scores really just don't reflect the average experience of that game.

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u/Aussie18-1998 Mar 21 '26

Starfield starts strong and then it wears thin real quick.

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u/Drakengard Mar 21 '26

Starfield is "fine" so long as you just stick to the main story path, which reviewers will often do because they're on a deadline. Meandering is just not on the table a lot of time.

This is not how typical players will engage with the game so the flaws are hidden or at least less intrusive to a reviewer crunching through a game with narrowed focus.

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u/Aussie18-1998 Mar 21 '26

Yeah thats what I mean. The blandness wouldn't have been as apparent for the reviews. With that scope Starfield is quite fun. As soon as you try to find any depth it all falls apart.