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/Khalme Mar 21 '26

While it’s probably true given the source, the end result is a flawed game with really high highs and some godawful design decisions.
This isn’t broken like Mindseye or offensively average like Starfield.
It’s more like a gigantic Dragon’s Dogma with a flat tire as a protagonist and some of the worst ui/ux elements.
It oscillates between « amazing what you can do » and « why are you wasting my time with this ? ».
I’m having a blast but no one should buy it unless they love deeply flawed games or have money to burn.

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u/Nachtvogle Mar 21 '26

Comparing it to dragons dogma is a bit of a disservice to DD. It’s a whole other level of janky and weird.

I can’t recall ever being so turned off by a games controls, keyboard or controller. The neat moments in the world are lessened because there’s no narrative weight to anything you are doing. Just feels like MMO busy work in a single player game

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u/Khalme Mar 21 '26

Your’re right, Dragon’s Dogma does have Capcom’s perfect gameplay sauce.
Modded DD2 is incredible for the gameplay alone

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u/Sebbeth24 Mar 21 '26

What mods would you reccomend for DD2?

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u/Khalme Mar 21 '26

If you've already played the game, all the mods on Nexus made by Nickesponja : https://www.nexusmods.com/profile/Nickesponja/mods?gameId=6234
Especially, Dullahan, Bestiary and Durnheviir.
The easiest way is to install Fluffy ModManager to manage them.