I'm having a grand old time with Crimson Desert, but one critique I can fully put my weight behind is that the story is, like, whatever—it's not offensively bad, and so often the vibes of individual segments are great and entertaining, but it's just about as disjointed and chaotic as the mechanics are.
And while said mechanics are often charming in their absurd, sprawling nonsense, it's hard to say the same thing for the narrative. Turns out, according to Alec Newman, who voice acted protagonist Kliff, the writing was just as scattershot.
