Crimson Desert Discussion

[neogunhero]

Everyone getting their controllers ready? Me, I'm ready to make macros for my mouse and tear this joint up.

Had it charged and cleaned since yesterday. It was a bit dusty, don't use it that much anymore.

Funnily enough it's a Starfield branded Xbox Series controller, perhaps the last game I was this hyped for, and the last game I preordered. Good thing it didn't turn out to be a bad omen.

 

[Pifanjr]

What is odd is that the tag line is different in what you linked than what is showing on the site now. When you posted, it said "The most fascinatingly obtuse game ever" or something like that, now it says (on the site) "The Forza Horizon of Action RPGs". Those two statements are astonishingly different.

You mean the tag line that now says "A game that tries it all, even if it's not always a success."?

 

[neogunhero]

Game comes out right as I get off work. Excited all day about it. Then, the wife texts me if I want to go on a walk with her after work. Grumbles, then begrudgingly accepts.

I'll be able to game uninterrupted when I'm dead, apparently 🤣

 

[neogunhero]

Do yourself a favour in Crimson Desert and play the game with a controller

It's the lesser of two evils.

www.pcgamer.com

Default controls seem to be confusing and complicated, so she recommends a controller unless you are willing to go through with rebinding keyboard controls. I wonder how that will work for @Zed Clampet , as I still prefer keyboard as long as the controls work good.

 

[Frindis]

As we soon move into the world of Pywel, I wish you all an awesome time! *tips hat*

 

[Colif]

I haven't started it yet but the 48gb patch hasn't installed yet

I was right about one thing though

https://www.amd.com/en/resources/support-articles/release-notes/RN-RAD-WIN-26-3-1.html

FSR 4.1 included

rain today, I play it later. Need time to wake up... long ago I would wake up and play, but I need time now.

 

[Frindis]

Future pet or stew, I dunno. But, I'm keeping it!🙂

 

[neogunhero]

https://www.amd.com/en/resources/support-articles/release-notes/rn-rad-win-26-3-1.html

AMD GPU users, I think this driver literally JUST dropped. FSR 4.1 and game support for Crimson Desert. Was getting some flickering using FSR 4 in game, quit and checked AMD Adrenaline and boom, there was a driver update.

 

[Zed Clampet]

I don't really play at night anymore. Finished what I guess is the prologue and will pick it up in the morning.

Do yourself a favour in Crimson Desert and play the game with a controller

It's the lesser of two evils.

www.pcgamer.com

Default controls seem to be confusing and complicated, so she recommends a controller unless you are willing to go through with rebinding keyboard controls. I wonder how that will work for @Zed Clampet , as I still prefer keyboard as long as the controls work good.

Well, I couldn't get one thing to work at all until I created a macro for it, so I'm at least a little skeptical at this point that its playable with m/kb unless you are willing to make macros. I have no idea why it wouldn't work without the macro. I was standing there hitting the same two things over and over and nothing. Made a macro for it, and it worked instantly. It might have been a timing thing, in that they had to be pressed very nearly simultaneously, and I apparently wasn't doing that, but that's just a guess. Everything else, so far, has felt good except that you move really sluggishly imo.

You mean the tag line that now says "A game that tries it all, even if it's not always a success."?

Alright, then. I'm assuming they have a good reason for rotating those lines, probably something to do with SEO. Maybe search bots think the article has been updated, so it gets ranked higher.

 

[Colif]

click bait wars. Who can get the most clickable headline...

So I should have looked harder, the 48gb patch is for PS5 physical editions. Clearly different.

Maybe I wait a while and let you all beta test it so they can find the bugs and release a patch that fixes it.

 

[Frindis]

Five Chillings you say?

 

[neogunhero]

After 5 hours I can definitely say I'm sold. Within those hours I chased cats, used a tree to destroy a bandit camp, swept a chimney, illicitly sold a stolen goat, and much more. The controls are for sure tough, but that's part of the challenge.

Here's some screenies:

Spoiler: Screenshots

Looks like @Frindis and I found the same hat 🤣

 

[neogunhero]

View: https://youtu.be/Zv3Zh6-Wcz4?si=AWyb79hx792eaVT6


Put up a very quick video showing off performance of the game. With FSR 4.1 it runs very great for a midrange PC at 1080p. I averaged around 70-75FPS, going down to about 60 in heavily populated areas then up to 80 and beyond in the wilderness and open areas.

No stutters or glitches, but there is lots of pop-ins, mostly debris/foliage. In one review I read it is apparently an intentional trade off to not have stutters. I would say I prefer the way it is, stutters gets very annoying after so long.

 

[Colif]

The pop in is not something you can fix, its how the engine deals with high quality assets. Even on a top spec PC with a 5090, and on max settings, it still happens.

That was mentioned in the last video I linked.

Storms next two days so maybe by Sunday I can play game. I don't like playing when I might have to stop playing due to a storm. So I just don't. Its only really a problem in Summer and hasn't really been a problem much this summer.

I haven't had 1080p for 10 years so I see how it goes at 1440p. I wonder what it will default to in settings.

 

[dxchase]

I bought this. First game that wasnt a seasonal or cosmetic i bought this year.

Ive played a total of....1 full hour. Tough to squeeze a good session in between 12 hour shifts oh and the wife obligations of course 😭

It looks great. First and foremost. It shines in ultrawide on an oled and seems to running pretty well for me. Gettin ~110 fps at max bell and whistle with a 4080super even with its denuvo.

The combat seems ok, i didnt get into anything heavy except that very first "boss" encounter so i cant speak too much on that yet.

The VA is....ok, story seems fine so far nothing hear to write home about.

My biggest gripe is the controls and i gotta agree with most people that they are clunky and you cant really change controls.

Theres also too much goin on when you want to exit the game and theres no difficulty slider.

Im gonna def stick with this because i want to fly around on a dragon.