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Fraser Brown

Players are starting to click with Crimson Desert as it climbs up to Very Positive on Steam and reaches 3 million sales—but Pearl Abyss promises more improvements

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As an unrepentant lover of weird, obtuse RPGs, I've been pleased to see the critical consensus on Steam turning in Crimson Desert's favour—and it is an RPG, despite Pearl Abyss's baffling insistence that it is not.

When Crimson Desert launched last week, it was quickly inundated with reviews both positive and negative on Steam. Players seemed to love its incredible scope, but they found its dodgy controls and obtuse design eccentricities a deal breaker. Steam user reviews settled on Mixed.

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