Crimson Desert's soundtrack is criminally inoffensive but that hasn't stopped one song from driving me insane

Kliff, the Crimson Desert protagonist. He has four blue stripes across his face, mid-length black hair, and is looking solemnly at the ground. .

There is so much about Crimson Desert that enthralls and deeply frustrates me—you can read about all that in my review—but something that had almost no impact on me was its soundtrack. That's quite the surprise for someone like myself. I'm the kind of person who absorbs every single note, melody, and instrument videogame music has to offer. I literally have a column talking about this very thing every single week. You're reading it right now!

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Welcome to Critical Hit (formerly known as Soundtrack Sunday), where I celebrate and lament all things videogame music, audio design, and the ways our favourite games make our ears tingle.