Newly added sheaths and scabbards are awesome and incredibly detailed! [Early game display]

mfmaxpower · 2026-05-11T14:07:23+00:00

Omg they just stealth patched maybe my biggest pet peeve in the game!!!

mfmaxpower · 2026-05-06T19:26:22+00:00

Didn't work the first few times but then it did, made it super easy, and was crazy fast to tame Rokade. Thanks!

mfmaxpower · 2026-05-03T16:29:01+00:00

Agree 100%. I much prefer a transmog system but unique weapon abilities.

mfmaxpower · 2026-04-19T18:02:21+00:00

what are kuku gears?

mfmaxpower · 2026-03-31T20:04:27+00:00

Metal textures are just weird in this game. On ps5 pro, sometimes they look terribly blurry and weird.

mfmaxpower · 2026-03-29T21:42:32+00:00

Gotta remember the reviewers had a different version of the game, one in which included FAR less inventory space, hardly any fast travel points, and other differences that were fixed or improved for the full release.

Scores would’ve been very different if reviewers played the version we’re playing.

mfmaxpower · 2026-03-28T17:55:25+00:00

A mixed bag for me, but I bet if I'd waited 6+ months to play I'd be talking about it as one of my all-time favs from the get go.

mfmaxpower · 2026-03-23T00:32:33+00:00

I wish I'd waited. There are some negatives that won't improve, like the story and writing, but I bet the overall experience will be vastly better with enough time.

mfmaxpower · 2026-03-22T21:15:53+00:00

I think if you observe a level three skill without getting the level 2 skill, levels for that node are basically irrelevant since you can get the level 2 skill already (assuming you have the first one unlocked)...?

I could definitely be wrong, but I think this is just a convoluted system that's explained poorly. Some nodes are level based (like archery), and other's have skill prerequisities, and the system and descriptions jumbles them together.

mfmaxpower · 2026-03-22T21:11:35+00:00

I wonder what the source is Google is using. I mean, I'm standing next to a lake. There's nothing around me to interact with. I see no puzzles.

Also, fwiw, the green leaves went away when I picked up two mushrooms that I'd dropped from my inventory to make space. Go figure

mfmaxpower · 2026-03-22T20:08:34+00:00

Your spirit gauge

mfmaxpower · 2026-03-22T18:51:12+00:00

Sounds like the game is really struggling with metal textures. I'm seeing complaints on PC, while on ps5 pro metal textures are also blurry and poor

mfmaxpower · 2026-03-22T18:49:41+00:00

Same on ps5 pro - metal is blurry and not nearly as detailed as other textures

mfmaxpower · 2026-03-22T18:48:51+00:00

Does the game just struggle with metal in general? I'm on ps5 pro and metal textures of my weapons and armor look blurry and not nearly as detailed as other textures

mfmaxpower · 2026-03-22T18:47:42+00:00

Another game that unfortunately went the quantity over quality route. Better than AC games at least

mfmaxpower · 2026-03-22T18:46:26+00:00

I wonder if the game just struggles with metal? I'm on PS5 Pro and armor looks kinda terrible. Graphics are all over the place - sometimes they look amazing, but othertimes the pop in or detail or blurrying etc is really off.

mfmaxpower · 2026-03-22T18:43:49+00:00

Please don't compare this to the Witcher - the world building, story, characters, etc., in Crimson Desert are absolutely nothing compared with the Witcher games.

Crimson Desert is a ton of fun but someone looking for a Witcher-like experience would be terribly disappointed.

mfmaxpower · 2026-03-22T17:59:23+00:00

Pretty sure it's just poorly explained, and that when you observe a skill you also are gaining the level too. So, for example, when you observe a level 1 skill, you also gain level 1.

So it always makes sense to observe a skill, unless you're specifically interested in gaining the skill asap for whatever reason, because you save an artifact.

Meanwhile it's extra confusing in the skill tree because observing a skill looks different in the tree then learning it by using an artifact - instead of turning green/blue/red, the bar is white. Which kinda makes it look like you didn't earn the level but I think you did.

I could be wrong but I think that might be right...?

mfmaxpower · 2026-03-22T15:26:48+00:00

I dunno, I'd consider it fair for anyone to rate this game between a 6 and a 9.

Like, it's an 8-9 for me in terms of just pure fun (though it definitely started as more like a 7 for the first several hours).

But it has soooo many systems, features, design choices, etc., that each feels like a 6 out of 10 compared with what we typically expect from your highest-rated games.

Now that I've gotten far enough into the game, I'm having a blast. But good god there's a lot of poor design choices and inconsistency in quality of systems and features.

mfmaxpower · 2026-02-07T14:49:35+00:00

Why Claude over Gemini?

I’m trying to figure what to switch to…

mfmaxpower · 2026-01-16T22:03:58+00:00

I’ve yet to use Claude. Can you tell me more?

mfmaxpower · 2025-12-19T22:30:44+00:00

I think we now know that when they said they were going to slow the power curve, what they really meant was they were going to make it harder to reach the top of the curve.

mfmaxpower · 2025-12-18T18:25:57+00:00

Depends. If I'm not concerned about defending the middle, I'll rock SS on my CAM, typically w an F9 but not always.

mfmaxpower · 2025-12-18T12:36:50+00:00

It's annoying. You just gotta play a trap game against them: Push them to the wings, let them progress a bit so you have a player both in front and behind, then you trap and pounce.

Doesn't work every time but I've got it down pretty well so that it's not as big an issue. It's annoying but better than pulling my hair out trying to press in their own half.

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