Say what you will about Red Dead Redemption 2, the finer details in Rockstar's open-world Western are second to none. A game that's gotten close, however, is Crimson Desert from Pearl Abyss, as an environment artist on Arthur Morgan's great misadventure heaped praise on the RPG's water.
In a first-impression video, David O'Reilly, a water artist on Red Dead Redemption 2, focuses especially on the hydrophysics of Crimson Desert. "This water is amazing," he gushes. "There are all sorts of interesting things about how they're handling the water in this game. They're using, effectively, a live particle simulation."
