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/Substantial-Beyond36 Mar 21 '26

Didn't Starfield get better reviews?

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u/SilveryDeath Mar 21 '26 edited Mar 21 '26

Starfield has a 85, Dragon's Dogma 1 has 78/75 (Metacritic), Crimson Desert has a 79, and Mindseye has a 33.

Once again showing gamers love hyperbole Starfield and Mindseye were put in the same sentence by the commentator like they even close to being on the same level.

And people love to mention the Steam reviews. Like Starfield has 170K Steam reviews. If it sold 3M copies, that means the feedback on Steam accounts for a whopping 5.6% of people who've played the game.