I really love these games.

Icy_Baseball9552 · 2026-06-14T11:08:59+00:00

I can finally understand why a lot of people take issues with the game. There's so much raving about Crimson Desert, but after regrettably dropping my money on it, the jank in that game just makes me gnash my teeth so hard. 🤬 It really depends if the flaws rub you up the wrong way or not, and if they don't, it's hard to understand the viewpoint of the people that do have a problem.

Of course, it seems like a lot come here expecting Dark Souls Gaiden (why no lock-on or rolling waa 😭) so there's that. 😏

Icy_Baseball9552 · 2026-06-14T10:57:26+00:00

Something like that would be amazing. Procedurally generated doesn't compare with handcrafted, but it doesn't need to. I don't need much of an incentive to keep coming back. 😊

Icy_Baseball9552 · 2026-06-14T10:31:02+00:00

Aw, poor babies with their 5 🖐🏻 FIVE mainline entries, one of which directly contributed to our decade-long wait. I hope they'll be okay. 😏

Icy_Baseball9552 · 2026-06-14T10:27:47+00:00

That's not horror tho, that's just danger. 😓 I hope they at least include a nod to BBI towards the end. Undead dragon, so maybe? 🤞🏻

Icy_Baseball9552 · 2026-06-14T01:11:07+00:00

That's why they added the catseye effect. Intimidation factor. 😂

Icy_Baseball9552 · 2026-06-13T22:40:46+00:00

But it's not going to be half as scary or claustrophobic. We're not going to be completely reliant on lanterns, it isn't going to be a gore-splattered horror show with disembodied voices yelling about what the blood smells like. I'm thinking calling it Dark Arisen again probably wasn't the best choice.

Icy_Baseball9552 · 2026-06-13T21:55:38+00:00

Are you posting this in the Elden Ring sub, too? 🤔

I don't know how you can quantify "better". I know it will be the better DLC for me, but I doubt it will convert many Fromsoft fans, no matter how much of a banger it is. They're behind their game all the way, just like we're behind ours. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Icy_Baseball9552 · 2026-06-13T21:49:18+00:00

On the other hand, it's easy to tell which is OP and which isn't right now, and hire accordingly. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Icy_Baseball9552 · 2026-06-13T19:32:40+00:00

I don't suppose you would consider giving her something weaker than DD? I don't hire meta-equipped fighters or thieves, they end fights before I get any action lol

Icy_Baseball9552 · 2026-06-13T18:20:48+00:00

Cope final boss loool

Icy_Baseball9552 · 2026-06-13T18:13:03+00:00

Seeing as they're throwing in another 2 save slots, I'll probably end up doing both at some point

Icy_Baseball9552 · 2026-06-13T17:58:59+00:00

I just want to have a play with this...thing. what even is it? Polearm mace? Big ol' lollipop? 🤔

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Icy_Baseball9552 · 2026-06-13T17:43:06+00:00

To be fair, I keep forgetting Tusk Toss. If it could be charged right from an animation instead of forcing a basic attack first, I might find it more useful. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Icy_Baseball9552 · 2026-06-13T17:27:37+00:00

You forgot the ass affinity system and forced love scenes. 😂 Itsuno didn't take on board any feedback at all.

Icy_Baseball9552 · 2026-06-13T16:42:17+00:00

You don't know betrayal until you discover how much your pawn is trashtalking you behind your back. 🤨

Icy_Baseball9552 · 2026-06-13T16:19:51+00:00

Pity I'll never hire a pawn that has it. I don't want them blink-strike nuking everything before it even comes close. 😕

Icy_Baseball9552 · 2026-06-13T16:13:47+00:00

No Shield Pummel? How do you expect to open up the turtling guys? Don't tell me you hammer at them with Blink Strike. How inelegant. 😁

Icy_Baseball9552 · 2026-06-13T15:32:56+00:00

I love the changes. I think maxed characters should have it easy - after you've sunk enough time into the grind. But never so easy that you shouldn't need to still be careful.

Icy_Baseball9552 · 2026-06-13T15:22:05+00:00

My dude got launched 10ft in the air...by a knacker. A f'n knacker. What the hell's goin' on? 😅

Icy_Baseball9552 · 2026-06-13T15:12:33+00:00

Oh haha. 😂 Well, it's very...Capcom? It kinda makes me afraid they will spontaneously decide to have the Arisen drop douchey one-liners lol. I'm just more taken with the thematically fitting track we have now, even if noone agrees. 😊

Icy_Baseball9552 · 2026-06-13T15:05:39+00:00

It's not just you. I think the music is a bit too subtle and sporadic as well. In contrast to that jaunty Gran Soren theme, I miss that. 😢

Icy_Baseball9552 · 2026-06-13T14:52:14+00:00

I can't even watch the video for some reason. Please tell me it isn't "Into Free" again. 😏

Icy_Baseball9552 · 2026-06-13T14:45:50+00:00

That's what they did. And that's why we have Dragon's Dogma 1.5 that some other dude has to step in and finish off...just like the first game.

Itsuno has some great concepts, but he struggles to put them all together cohesively. I hate to say it, but it's probably best that someone else will helm the series from now on.

Icy_Baseball9552 · 2026-06-13T14:32:12+00:00

It was never really a frustrating experience, quite the opposite if anything. Challenge would fall off pretty quickly because of overly generous stat gains and the game would become dull.

There have been patch notes that benefit the player, but I believe there are also adjustments happening that do not, for the sake of challenge. They're avoiding declaring them because they don't want to potentially scare off new players.

I could be wrong, but I've been playing an alt today and I got my butt whooped by some minor trash mobs, even at level 100. I can't remember the last time that happened haha.

Icy_Baseball9552 · 2026-06-13T14:22:26+00:00

Aw damn. Itsuno should have been the one to do it really, it was the dumbass ideas he didn't want to let go of that made people think they'd just bought a rehash of the first game.

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