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@Jammer I was getting those vibes too it feels like Crimson Desert might be to the Witcher what LSA was to Final Fantasy

This game does look cool and impressive but I do think it lacks a specific vision and looks more like a bunch of fantasy elements from other media slapped together without a strong foundation of creative purpose. It really feels like they set out to make “cool medieval action fantasy game” without having a unique story to tell or anything to add to the genre. I know you could say this to some degree about a lot of games but it feels particularly surface level here. I would be thrilled to be proven wrong though

@Jammer I understand not wanting to label everything like that but Code Vein is souls-like to a T, almost everything about it is crafted intentionally to follow the DS model. and then they just made it anime

Fantastic game so far, really blowing me away the world is breathtaking. I cannot stop thinking about it when working or busy and can't put it down when I get the time to play. There's so much to do too it is wild. Cannot wait to work on the platinum!

@nomither6 no way he has one if he behaves like this over a video game lolol

yes yes yes a million times yes please yes

@Dogbreath certainly not fundamentally broken on PlayStation. The performance issues seem to vary in severity person to person but to throw the baby out with the bathwater for any game that doesn’t run perfectly is to miss out on a lot of great experiences

More of an 8 for me at this point but I’m still pretty early into it, no frame drops for me on base PS5 outside or some in the cutscenes. Gameplay is extremely satisfying and a lot more challenging this time around which works well. Lots of fun so far

@MFTWrecks your character in this game is super vocal if I’m understanding your critique correctly they talk all the time

i was bored to tears with the demo of this one it looked pretty good before but i can comfortably say i will be avoiding it now

@DarkTron relax it ain't that deep

the only thing in contention for my GOTY is KCD2 it stinks that it is overshadowed a bit by this one but E33 is just such a special, once in a lifetime kind of game that is does just enough to surpass it for me personally. they are both 10/10s though in my book and two of the best games I've ever played. wild that they were released just months apart, and I don't think anything will match those experiences for a long while to come

have to echo Horizon FW and Death Stranding 2. Nothing else is even really close that I can think of

@Odium very helpful thanks so much

Can anyone give me a ballpark of how the difficultly is? It looks great but I don’t really want anything overly frustrating right now

Might have to take the leap on this one I was planning on getting borderlands but no console reviews is making me want to wait a while. And it’s 50 bucks cheaper cannot beat that

@Alps_Stranger one of my more fun platinums in recent memory. great time and nothing overly frustrating to do

Thought it was delayed again at first lol

@djlard 🤝

@dskatter might even be worse than some of those lol idk what this guy is on about

@Zeke68 of course! Hope you enjoy it!

@carlos82 yeah resi 9 looks outstanding. agree about the motion blur I don't usually have the best eye for that stuff but it was really distracting and looked pretty detrimental to the experience. other than that the game looks awesome!

for anyone that likes these games do yourself a favor and pick up Brotato. the name is off-putting but the gameplay is best in class

@Rich33 the demo really impressed me, not quite enough to pull the trigger but i thought the combat was super fun and the boss fights were really entertaining. again not going to buy it yet but i will definitely revisit it down the line just based on the gameplay alone

@djlard bet accepted

@djlard there is no way this is getting an 8 based on the details shared so far

I still can't get over how fluid the animation looks in combat. Wow!

Hopefully more useful than Torgal in FF16

@Oram77 both work for me

@SuperSilverback i actually read it plays better on base than pro somehow

@Zeroo very similar setting and gameplay?

@Simulated-Soul "Expect some new activities and gameplay, arriving free for all players in the coming months"

the game is great and deserves its sales. people ask for shorter story driven games all the time but then turn around and complain when they get exactly what they asked for so there is just no pleasing them lol. loving my time with this one and love the price tag to quality ratio

@windxtravelerx I am playing on base PS5 and performance is totally solid so far

I respectfully disagree although I do understand the criticisms. I love it so far for what it is, I think the story is actually really great mainly because of the characters and performances, and I find the gameplay pretty engaging although it is simplistic. Certainly does not reinvent the wheel in any area but the combination of all elements comes out to something really special for me

Those animations are amazing so smooth

@mikeawmids that is really not the case in the last few years but I agree they aren't the most reliable

For what it’s worth (maybe not much) IGN gave it an 8. I will wait for some more trusted sources on YouTube to give a fleshed out analysis before deciding, I really want to play in Old Italy but idk if they really brought the full package here based on the mixed responses and lack of transparency

@pharos_haven it does, yes

I was really hyped for this but the more I have seen it just does not look like anything special at least from a gameplay perspective. I do love the setting though so I will see how the reviews turn out

@B0udoir 7 is not a low score at all

This game slaps. Hope more people play it. The soundtrack is unbelievable

Oh boy “serviceable” under pros is not a great sell lol this one looked pretty generic from the first trailer

The demo was fine but not nearly enough to make me open my wallet. Nothing innovative or particularly interesting to me so I’d rather play something with a better hook or at the very least better production value. Not going to compare everything to E33 but this was more expensive at launch and not even half as interesting so I don’t feel all that bad overlooking it

@Frmknst what uhh...what games do you even like man?

@DennisReynolds one nice thing they included in accessibility is the ability to turn down their intensity, not sure if you can completely get rid of them but you can minimize them significantly from my understanding. I love them though even if it means I can only ever play the game in small doses lol

@Coffeeglitch I suppose it’s kind of like a Death Stranding 2 situation where the core gameplay elements remain the same but the story is different and there’s a lot more options on how to approach things. That is working very well for me personally with DS2 and this looks like it will do the same. I guess I just don’t know what else anyone would expect

Very surprised by the negativity in these comments I thought it looked like it innovates a lot on the first game and made lots of engaging improvements. I am very much looking forward to it more now than I was before the SOP

@ShogunRok thanks Robert!

@ShogunRok any idea how long it took to beat the main campaign?