- Crimson Desert has fewer positive reviews on Steam compared to Dragon Age Veilguard.
- Most people are complaining that the game takes too long to get to the point.
- The game’s hype has also made players even more critical of it.
Update: Crimson Desert’s reviews have now climbed up to become ‘Mostly Positive‘ on Steam. The RPG has a lot of amazing content to offer, which was previously overshadowed by its flaws, but players have come to realize this.
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Crimson Desert launched yesterday, and this year’s most-awaited release behind GTA 6 wasn’t really what fans had expected. Most claim the RPG feels bloated and prioritizes quantity over quality.
Since hopes for this game were high, players are extra critical of it. Over at Steam, reviewers aren’t very happy about Crimson Desert, and in terms of positive reviews, it’s even lagging behind 2024’s disaster Dragon Age Veilguard.
Why it matters: Dragon Age Veilguard is one of the biggest disappointments of this decade, coming from a veteran studio like BioWare. It has, in a way, become a benchmark to measure quality for other RPGs.
Currently, Crimson Desert has 18,526 ratings on Steam, of which 10,850 are positive, accounting for 58.57% of the total. Whereas Dragon Age Veilguard is rated by 43,741 people, out of which 29,998 reviews are positive, which makes up for nearly 69% of the total.
The biggest argument for Crimson Desert’s quality is that it takes too much time to get to the point. For reference, reviewers expect the game to pick up pace in about 8 hours.
8 hours is a lot of time, and in most other games it’s about half the total playtime. To beat the game completely, Crimson Desert will take more than 300 hours. The map will take literally hours to traverse on foot.
Players complain about the game’s poor level design, which makes it tough to complete the puzzle sequences.
Still, there’s a lot of good about the game, too. For instance, visually, the game is incredible, and there are tons of activities that at least promise one thing: players won’t be tired. The game’s mechanics and ideas are unique, but the overall execution was lacking.
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