40 Hours In and I'm Hooked. Why Crimson Desert is the Only RPG That Matters Right Now
- 6 days ago
- 1 min read
This wildly ambitious open-world RPG is a wonderful combination of gameplay ideas that pays homage to the genre's best releases. I'm 40 hours deep into Crimson Desert ($69.99 on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S), and I'm eager to play more. The action-RPG deftly blends Dragon's Dogma's combat, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's scope, and a sprinkling of gameplay ideas borrowed from other recent open-world releases. The result is a title that successfully borrows from the past, while shaking things up with enough mechanical uniqueness to shine as its own engaging genre entry.
