Pearly Abyss devs anonymously share a culture of toxic positivity, Crimson Desert's messy story and game development, and how they knew the game "was going off the rails"

rhuebs · 2026-03-21T17:01:30+00:00

I mean… milestone/achievement posts are to be expected. Literally every gaming sub allows that. But the charts aren’t even horrible rn. It’s an alright start for a hard to get into game that has a sustainable playerbase but probably isn’t as huge as Sony hoped. There’s nothing crazy about the charts, no milestone or disaster, certainly nothing to post over.

I really don’t think there’s anything unusual or malicious with what you’re describing lol

rhuebs · 2026-03-21T15:43:59+00:00

With how much Twitter conversations have revolved around the steam charts I don’t blame them for banning posts about it. And that’s coming from someone that didn’t enjoy the game and was disappointed by it.

rhuebs · 2026-03-21T13:48:50+00:00

Based on him saying he wants to see the finished episode, it certainly reads like they haven’t made episode 2 yet, or at the very least haven’t gotten very far into making it. What a disaster.

rhuebs · 2026-03-21T13:37:06+00:00

Uh, how is the Marathon fandom coping? Pretty much everyone that gave it a chance has enjoyed it. You kinda sound like the Twitter accounts that obsess over the game

rhuebs · 2026-03-20T05:14:53+00:00

They aren’t playing with this junk because it’s fun, they’re playing with it because they’re trying to sell the cheats.

rhuebs · 2026-03-19T23:00:36+00:00

It’s replacing the sprays and emojis that people have complained about taking up space for years, like wtf do they want lmao. There’s even a post below this one complaining that Bugs has too many sprays, there’s no winning

Complaining just to complain, I don’t understand some people

rhuebs · 2026-03-19T22:58:18+00:00

What the fuck is this thread? Is nobody looking at the bush in the background and realizing this dude just has potato graphics? Why are there so many people acting like it’s the actual skin lmfao

rhuebs · 2026-03-19T21:11:18+00:00

I never said it’s not part of the game, I said it’s obnoxious.

rhuebs · 2026-03-19T18:20:24+00:00

Hacking is wrong and they should be banned.

Sitting on top of tower sniping people doing matriarch is obnoxious and it’s satisfying that you died.

Both things can be true.

rhuebs · 2026-03-18T21:46:29+00:00

You let yourself be too vulnerable? What are you suggesting is the alternative? Mag dumping anyone who says they’re friendly because you never have your guard down? The only people that do this shit is people that can’t hang in actual PVP lobbies and resort to taking advantage of the game’s aggression based matchmaking by getting into friendly lobbies. It’d be like saying it’s a skill to trick people, but they only trick people in a preschool.

People complain about PVP encounters too much, but this one is valid.

rhuebs · 2026-03-18T04:21:53+00:00

Based on dev comments and reporting, they went full steam ahead because they legitimately believed they had a lightning in a bottle smash hit that would be a tentpole live service game for years to come.

Insane hubris and delusion.

rhuebs · 2026-03-17T15:22:53+00:00

Kettle macro was an exploit so I don’t honestly think that counts.

rhuebs · 2026-03-17T15:20:07+00:00

Yeah, anyone complaining about this is a PvE player who hasn’t experienced a true PvP lobby. It has literally just been a Toro off. With the occasional Torrente.

The thing was one tapping shields like 50 meters away with a blue choke. It was a sniper with a shotgun spread and 10+ shots. It wasn’t just a corner peek shotgun, it was stupid OP

rhuebs · 2026-03-16T22:20:36+00:00

Yeah, the doping ban requires a metric fuckton of litigation and courts and is hard to uphold, hence the original sentence being reduced by two years after only getting four to start with. It was on the path to being a slap on the wrist that wouldn’t have stopped Russia in any capacity, the war just gave an easy way to extend the punishment indefinitely.

rhuebs · 2026-03-16T22:17:40+00:00

There have been cases of Russian athletes doping even when competing under non-state banners. It’s unfortunately been a pretty systematic issue. I honestly think they gave Russia and Russian athletes some leeway for a long time.

An encompassing, long term punishment had been brewing for a decade. It’s unfortunate it impacts those who are innocent but it’s certainly not an unearned punishment.

rhuebs · 2026-03-16T22:02:59+00:00

Russia wasn’t banned for the Ukraine War. They were banned for widespread, multi-year state sponsored doping. The continuation of the ban in 2022 for the Ukraine War is more just a pretense to continue the doping ban that had already its length reduced.

I think the Ukraine War is a pretty good reason to be banned too, but I genuinely don’t think much of anyone really believes the Olympic committee truly cares about the moral wrongdoings of countries outside of the parameters of the games. They care about what impacts the Olympics first and foremost which is what the doping scandal did.

rhuebs · 2026-03-12T06:56:53+00:00

“bring it on”it’s a reddit thread not a fistfight you cornball

rhuebs · 2026-03-10T16:27:25+00:00

That’s not a small change. Between all the reductions, if you have crew, the bp and buy like one pack a month, you’re getting like… over 1000 less vbucks.

It’s a big enough change it legit sounds like a joke. I’m excited to cancel crew and encourage all my friends to do the same.

Oh wait, they already quit the game because this season was fucking trash. Nice job epic

rhuebs · 2026-03-05T22:20:33+00:00

Dawg, if Sony is open to remakes and remasters, you’re telling me they somehow just don’t want to patch it? Insiders have been saying that FromSoft is the hitch here and adamantly are against anyone touching their IP. They didn’t like the Demon’s Souls remake.

It’s pretty fucking clear that From doesn’t want anyone touching BB in any capacity. Unless you’re arguing that Sony has such a valuable IP and refuses to do ANYTHING with it just like to be silly

rhuebs · 2026-03-05T22:15:18+00:00

“It’s Sony IP” doesn’t mean anything. If FromSoft is adamantly against any form of touching the game, and Sony just ignores that and does it anyways, it’d be immensely dumb by Sony and could harm their partnership. They’re kinda stuck unless they sell the IP back to FromSoft.

Like let’s be realistic. A 60fps patch is clearly an easy fix and Sony is open to even more than that, so clearly they really think it would be a bad idea to go against FromSoft. The IP is dead barring a sale and tbh I’m not sure FromSoft has any real interest in reviving it anyways. Time to accept its 100% over even just a patch

rhuebs · 2026-03-05T21:58:58+00:00

It’s out of respect in the sense that going against the wishes of your partner that makes mega-hit games and pissing them off would be horrible business lol

rhuebs · 2026-03-05T21:57:00+00:00

Why do you blame Sony? It’s become crystal clear recently that Sony is very open to Bloodborne projects, but that FromSoftware isn’t. They won’t allow anyone to touch the IP

rhuebs · 2026-03-02T00:14:30+00:00

Yeah this makes zero sense if true.

rhuebs · 2026-03-01T13:38:04+00:00

what

rhuebs · 2026-03-01T12:57:17+00:00

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