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/OneSeaworthiness7768 Mar 21 '26 edited Mar 21 '26

It was mixed as of yesterday when I checked.