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Crimson Desert, the game we all deemed too impossible to be real, has stirred up quite a considerable amount of controversy. Surprisingly, it isn’t surrounding the merits of its gameplay, of its ...

I'm tired of seeing every open world game offer the same gameplay, and one simple change can completely fix that.

Crimson Desert throws out XP bars and traditional leveling, replacing RPG norms with exploration-driven growth and skill discovery.

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Erik Hodges has been gaming since he could walk. He considers himself an authority on Fantasy and Horror, with a good knowledge of horror-fantasy as well. Since 2020, he's been writing about and ...

Loot drops, level requirements, skill trees, equipment stats: these are all defining parts of the RPG genre, but they're making their way into many modern action games. As a fan of action RPGs like ...

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New open-world game Crimson Desert has a lot of RPG mechanics, but developer Pearl Abyss is wary of setting the wrong expectations.