Game Information

Game Title: Crimson Desert

Platforms:

• PlayStation 5 (Mar 19, 2026)
• PC (Mar 19, 2026)
• Xbox Series X/S (Mar 19, 2026)

Trailers:

• ‘Welcome To Crimson Desert’ Final Trailer (4K)
• Crimson Desert - Official Launch Trailer
• Crimson Desert - Launch Trailer | PS5 Games

Developer: Pearl Abyss

Review Aggregator:

OpenCritic - 80 average - 81% recommended - 44 reviews

Critic Reviews

ACG - Jeremy Penter - Wait for Sale

“Fantastic exploration, amazing systems, but ultimately bugs and lots of idiosyncrasies bring this one down a peg or two. “:

But Why Tho? - Kate Sanchez - 9 / 10

This is a massive undertaking for any development team. It’s ambitious to a point that it becomes curious that it was attempted. But unlike Captain Ahab, this is a level of investment and ambition that ultimately pays off in the highest order. The level of detail in Crimson Desert is unlike anything we have seen in this console generation.

CBR - Mark …

Game Information

Game Title: Crimson Desert

Platforms:

• PlayStation 5 (Mar 19, 2026)
• PC (Mar 19, 2026)
• Xbox Series X/S (Mar 19, 2026)

Trailers:

• ‘Welcome To Crimson Desert’ Final Trailer (4K)
• Crimson Desert - Official Launch Trailer
• Crimson Desert - Launch Trailer | PS5 Games

Developer: Pearl Abyss

Review Aggregator:

OpenCritic - 80 average - 81% recommended - 44 reviews

Critic Reviews

ACG - Jeremy Penter - Wait for Sale

“Fantastic exploration, amazing systems, but ultimately bugs and lots of idiosyncrasies bring this one down a peg or two. “:

But Why Tho? - Kate Sanchez - 9 / 10

This is a massive undertaking for any development team. It’s ambitious to a point that it becomes curious that it was attempted. But unlike Captain Ahab, this is a level of investment and ambition that ultimately pays off in the highest order. The level of detail in Crimson Desert is unlike anything we have seen in this console generation.

CBR - Mark …

Hopefully someone from Embark reads this.

The Firefly needs a buff. As a new player I shouldn’t be able to fire 18 heavy rounds at this thing for it to go down. Maybe a forcefield around while it isn’t firing to make it a little more tanky.

It should also get a pretty decent speed buff to make me panic miss even more shots. Not just a little faster, we should be touching tips with this thing at all times.

The fire also needs a rework. Either wider spread or brighter flames, it’s honestly way too easy for us to see it’s (far too big) weak spot. They’re already a rare spawn so at least make them do something other than fly around being weak.

Anyway, just some suggestions.

I never seen this before my 500 hours of playing this game not even is single person was using this. Am I missing something?

So.. now that most of the big goals are done and the grind has settled, I’ve started setting my own entertainment objectives. Accidentally discovered a new sport, and honestly? It’s way more fun than it has any right to be.

I call it White Knight Fishing.

The setup is simple:
I sneak into Stella, pop a couple of Raider flares in random corners, and wait. Within seconds, a squad of freshly awakened White Knights usually forms.. sprinting through the corridors.

Their mission: Find the “rat” who dared disturb the holy peace of this chill lobby.

My mission:
Watch the show.

I let them chase ghosts for a bit, wait until they all bunch up in a little cluster.. and then I drop a smoke grenade right into the middle of the pack.

Then I lean back and enjoy the fireworks:
accusations, denials, moral outrage, flares popping off like it’s New Year’s Eve.. pure chaos. When the dust settles, I stroll over, ask innocently what happened, hang out with the survivors, and loot the bodies.

Works 9 …

My daughter loves fighting Arc and gets scared playing from the stress. She often runs into friendly Raiders who defib her when she’s downed, share their loot and let her join them on their quests. It’s just heartwarming to see so many people have the patience, it makes her day.

This funny bug happened . My friend had send it to me . For me it looked normal . Is this some pre-april fools -leak ?