Crimson Desert is a behemoth of an open world action-adventure title from Pearl Abyss, the South Korean studio behind the incredibly successful Black Desert Online. From all the gameplay trailers shown so far, Crimson Desert looks to be a jack-of-all-trades open world title, a meaty sandwich of ideas influenced by some of the industry’s most beloved (and not so beloved) games, such as Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Red Dead Redemption 2, and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
That’s not necessarily a bad thing, and Crimson Desert continues to look impressive in its own right, with state-of-the-art visuals that are not powered by Unreal Engine 5, but rather Pearl Abyss’ proprietary BlackSpace engine. Irrespective of the kind of content you consume or look for in open world games, so far, it seems Crimson Desert has something to offer to everyone.
