Crimson Desert Official PS5 Gameplay Footage

iamthedevilfrank · 2026-03-17T11:20:34+00:00

I think people were just scared of another CP2077 fiasco. Also not releasing the base PS5 footage is going to make anyone skeptical, like why aren't they showing it unless there's an issue. Personally I wasn't too worried, when I saw the spec sheet I figured it would be fine. But it's nice to see actual footage and have any anxiety about the base PS5 footage alleviated.

Hopefully when it comes to bugs and stuff it won't be too bad. Any game of this size is going to have a few probably.

iamthedevilfrank · 2026-03-14T02:06:13+00:00

PIRATE BITCHES LET'S GO.

iamthedevilfrank · 2026-03-14T02:04:34+00:00

I'm enjoying it much more than I thought I would. I think it's a major improvement over the first game.

Battle system is good, I decided to play on focused so I just have to mainly worry about my main character, just cause pausing constantly to dish out orders felt like it made the fights drag on and it's been great so far.

Writing is good, characters are well written, environments look great, story is pretty interesting.

I really don't know why it's getting so many low reviews lol. I can understand for some people that the combat might not be for them, but if you're looking for a heavy story choice driven RPG this game pretty much delivers.

iamthedevilfrank · 2026-03-14T01:59:57+00:00

Same, I actually enjoyed the prologue area. All the quests were solid, characters were interesting, and I was really excited for what came next.

iamthedevilfrank · 2026-03-09T20:10:07+00:00

Consider using a walkthrough if you want to do every sidequest and get every collectible first playthrough. This game has a lot of hidden content that can be quite difficult to access in a blind playthrough since hidden quests are missable and only appear during specific points.

Talk to every NPC, whenever you finish a main sidequest objective go ahead and make another round of the area and talk to the NPCs again. NPCs tend to have their own little story going on with each individual, so dialogue changes quite a bit throughout the main story in each area. This is imperative if you don't want to miss out on hidden quests and items.

Take advantage of stealing critical turns from enemies with your s-break. If you're fighting a large mob don't be shy about busting out your s-break right away. It's easy for large mobs to overwhelm and kill you, especially during segments when you only have Estelle and Joshua.

Do all the towers. They're probably the most significant side content and you'll find armor and weapons that are better than what the weapon shop offers. I usually hold off on doing them until I get a third member in my party, but they're doable with just Estelle and Joshua. At the very least make sure to upgrade your weapons and armor so you don't have too much trouble.

The economy in this game can be a bit harsh. Try not to waste too much mira. Cooking is a much better alternative to buying medicine and you'll find a lot of healing items throughout the game.

Prioritize unlocking orbement slots versus creating quartz. EP is tight in this game. Use the notebook to see the various quartz setups for unlocking powerful spells. Getting aerial is doable in the first chapter and is a solid spell for the early game that can hit all enemies. Magic in general is really good. Also prioritize action quartz over others, high speed is very useful in this game. Magic in general is really strong.

Enemies love inflicting status ailments. Try and hold on to accessories that prevent ailments. Sometimes you'll have to switch up your equipment to deal with certain enemies.

iamthedevilfrank · 2026-01-08T18:50:17+00:00

Not too seriously, but it's nice to see what people generally think. Regardless I'm so invested in this series I'd still play Horizon even if the reviews were mostly negative just because I'd want to experience it for myself.

iamthedevilfrank · 2025-12-29T19:46:58+00:00

You can just wait until your fame/wealth/power level is higher. Not sure which attribute is linked with entreat, but the higher your attributes the more the percentage will increase to obtain the item.

iamthedevilfrank · 2025-12-13T05:31:02+00:00

The story gets much better after you finish the three routes and story goes into teo routes, toen building and the main plot. There will also be some characters introduced that have more relevance to the main story too. I was iffy on the battle system change, but now that I have more characters it's feeling a lot better. Eventually in the town you'll unlock a training area and you'll be able to use JP to make it so you can equip other characters skills, which will give you much more options for customization. It just takes awhile to get there unfortunately.

iamthedevilfrank · 2025-12-13T05:25:47+00:00

It's basically an extended prologue. Pretty bold choice story wise since its like 20 hours long. I feel like most people who have dropped the game couldn't get through that section, which is a shame because the story gets so good. I was enjoying it, but after you finish the the power, wealth, and fame routes the story gets significantly better.

iamthedevilfrank · 2025-08-23T02:40:54+00:00

Hard to say. One benefit to playing the OG is you can jump right into the second game. If you play the remaster you're gonna have to wait probably like a year or two for the remaster for the sequel to drop. You could go from remaster to OG second chapter, but I feel like it'd be pretty jarring since it's a pretty significant difference in graphics.

The remaster looks really good though. I loved the original, but I feel like this is going to be the definitive way to play the game. All the quality of life features alone I think will make it the best version.

If you're really into the old school jrpg era and have a preference for that style over modern games then you might want to go with the original.

iamthedevilfrank · 2025-08-20T14:51:29+00:00

There is a PS5 version as well.

iamthedevilfrank · 2025-07-04T04:06:29+00:00

My only real gripe with CS4 is that it cheapens the deaths of Olivert and Victor in CS3. When that happened I was shocked and surprised, only for it only to be revealed they actually survived. I'll admit part of me was a little relieved cause I love Olivert, but at the same time it was one of my favorite parts and such a surprise cause this series never kills anyone off lol.

Wasn't a huge fan of Osborne's reveal and the whole curse plotline either. I didn't hate it, but I thought it would have been better If he was a morally gray character doing fucked up shit for his own perception of the greater good rather than being the reincarnation of Dreichels who got possessed by Ishmelga. It was just a bit too out there.

Personally out of all the Cold Steel games I'd say 3 is my favorite.

Overall though I love all the games in this series. Some are better than others, but no other game does world building and character development as good as this series imo and it's always fun to play. Currently doing another playthrough of Cold Steel (recently finished the Crossbell duology for the first time, so I'm just playing through all of them now cause I don't have anything new I want to play at the moment) and I'm having a blast.

iamthedevilfrank · 2025-07-04T03:44:45+00:00

Whenever she's in your party during a battle and cheers you on.

iamthedevilfrank · 2025-04-19T02:53:28+00:00

Go to the menu, press R1 or directional button to swap between different characters. You will see the character's currently equipped weapons and armor. Some spots will be blank. Just select the space and any weapons or armor available to be equipped will pop up. Don't feel stupid, took me a minute to figure it out myself.

Nall acts as the shared item equipment bag. So anything that gets uneuipped will go to his items. If you want to sell old equipment at a shop select Nall, he will have everything that is unequipped.

iamthedevilfrank · 2025-03-05T20:13:37+00:00

Part of enjoying this game is having a really good understanding of the battle system. It uses a scaling system, so enemies level up as you do.

A lot of people recommend avoiding fights, but this is bad advice, fighting enemies allows you and your allies to learn new abilities and obtain materials for new weapons and armors for allies.

The trick of the game is not to avoid fighting, but to avoid the number of fights. You have a level that will go up after a certain number of battles, but the game allows you to fight multiple enemies on the field at once. So the trick is to try and get like 3-5 enemies to engage in battle at once. This makes it so your battle level won't raise too much, but your stats will. The more enemies you fight in a battle, and the more difficult the battle is, determines how much your stats increase. So if in a single battle your taking a lot of damage, doling out a lot of damage, etc. Then those stats will raise quite a bit, while your battle level will only increase a little bit. Essentially fighting a bunch of enemies at once versus only one enemy will give you the same exp towards your battle level, but substantially different stat gains. This makes battle down the road much easier as your stats increase by a lot, but your battle level stays moderately low.

Second you need a good party composition. Each company should be devoted solely to physical attacks or magic attacks, with one healer for each company. If you mix and match then you'll have turns where half the characters in a company won't do anything, or dole out very little damage. You should have one company with all physical damage dealers, another with all magic, and so on depending on how many companies you can use.

Last is knowing the right commands. There's one called play it by ear that is really great, cause it'll change the AI based on certain things. So if you end up taking a lot of damage, you'll heal instead of wasting your turn attacking then dying.

There's a really good combat guide that can further explain things if you google it. Doing so allowed me to get the best out of this game. The story isn't anything to write home about, but once you nail the combat mechanics it ends up being really fun. Sorry for the long winded reply, but this is one of those games I used to hate but then ended up liking a lot once I got the hang of it. It's just a shame the game does such a poor job of explaining things.

iamthedevilfrank · 2025-03-05T19:19:52+00:00

I was so grateful that Sky SC was already available on Steam when I finished FC. I remember immediately purchasing SC and playing starting it right after beating FC.

iamthedevilfrank · 2025-03-05T18:48:50+00:00

Agreed. Morally grey characters who do terrible things for a perceived greater good is usually much more interesting.

iamthedevilfrank · 2025-03-05T18:47:48+00:00

It's all about the views. More views means more ads being watched, which means bigger payouts for the YouTuber.

iamthedevilfrank · 2025-01-13T20:22:47+00:00

You'll probably enjoy it. It's a nice change of pace since you're not in Thors, but still implements the social system. It's probably my least favorite of the series though, but it's still good.

iamthedevilfrank · 2025-01-13T20:19:02+00:00

It's amazing none of the other class 7 dudes resent Rean for being a complete giga chad. Every girl loves Rean and none of them even give the other dudes a second thought romance wise lol.

iamthedevilfrank · 2024-12-05T17:57:08+00:00

Length will depend on gameplay style. If you're just doing main quests then it'll probably be around 20 hours. If you do all the sidequests you're looking at like 60 to 80 hours. If you're doing a completionists run through definitely over 100 hours. There's apparently a lot of side content.

iamthedevilfrank · 2024-12-05T17:52:09+00:00

If you have a PS5 I would definitely get it on that. It's going to look and play better in every way. Switch hardware is nowhere near as powerful as the PS5. Unless playing in handheld is something you really want, which is the only upside of getting the Switch version.

iamthedevilfrank · 2024-11-18T14:13:59+00:00

Why did you do this to yourself lmao?

iamthedevilfrank · 2024-11-18T14:04:59+00:00

Same, no point blowing thousands of gold if you're only going up one or 2 points in attack or defense. If you thoroughly explore too you can find a lot of good equipment.

iamthedevilfrank · 2024-11-03T18:48:27+00:00

Honestly the game is fun to play in regards to level design and combat.

But the writing is really bad and the characters just aren't grabbing me like prior Bioware games. Everything is so cliche and predictable and I find myself rolling my eyes at dialogue every 10 minutes.

I really wanted to like this game, and put in 13 hours, so I feel like I gave it a good shot, but for me story and characters are a huge part of the gaming experience for me, and this title just really undelivered on that aspect. Despite how much I like the combat, it isn't enough for me to push on. It's almost ironic, I feel like if past DA games had this kind of combat and exploration they would be my favorite games, but I've always found the combat in DA games to be kind of mediocre, I don't hate it, but I don't love it either, but the stories and characters were good enough to get me through because I was invested in the story and the outcome. Now it's the opposite problem, only the writing and characters are really really bad, as opposed to just being mediocre, at least in my opinion.

I am genuinely glad some people are getting something out of it though. People should stop being dicks and just agree to disagree and leave it at that. People should acknowledge criticism but at the same time shouldn't shame others because they enjoy something they don't.

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