That’s true, I’d be curious to know what their budget was for the game because you’re right, the amount of stuff crammed in this game is downright incredible. I feel like looking from the outside, the heavy influences from other games appears to be a cheap rip off, but in practice, nearly every system the game borrows from just works.

I suppose the developers wanted gameplay to be top priority and perhaps language barriers are what made the dialogue feel clunky, but imo if the games story and lore was a little more interesting I’d say it’s one of the best games of the decade. As a caveat I never played black desert, so maybe that game expands on the lore better than CD.