Here are 9 incredibly specific and petty beefs I have with Crimson Desert

Here are 9 incredibly specific and petty beefs I have with Crimson Desert | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these Action Crimson Desert review: The Forza Horizon of action RPGs Action After 6 hours, Crimson Desert is one of the most overwhelming, chaotic, madcap videogames I’ve ever played—and I’m hungry for more Action Crimson Desert has the most diabolical lock and key system I’ve ever seen Action Crimson Desert’s bafflingly convoluted controls are already frustrating players: ‘That’s basic f*cking video game functionality’ Action If there’s one thing I’ve learned playing Crimson Desert for 75 hours, it’s that you should absolutely treat this game as a slow burn Action Crimson Desert launches to 239,000 players on Steam but ‘Mixed’ reviews, and it’s mostly because of how dense and cryptic the whole thing is Action Do yourself a favour in Crimson Desert and play the game with a controller Action Can you store items in Crimson Desert? 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From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we’ve got you covered. Signup + Once a month SFX Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month! Signup + An account already exists for this email address, please log in. Subscribe to our newsletter Crimson Desert is a monster of a game. A labyrinth of cool ideas communicated in frustratingly obtuse ways. It can be an absolute whale of a time, a game hiding tons of neat little mysteries and moments of wonderful discovery. It can also be a complete pain in the ass to play.I yap forever about the things I love and hate about the game in my Crimson Desert review, but I didn’t get the chance to get into the weeds about my pettiest of beefs with this game. The seemingly small stuff that has really added up into bigger frustrations over my 80 hours of playtime. So here I am now, to tell you all the little things that drove me insane and stuff I sincerely hope Pearl Abyss deals with in future patches.Jumping instead of picking up an item (Image credit: Pearl Abyss)If I had a dollar for every time I accidentally jumped over or next to an object instead of picking it up in this game, I’d probably have enough to buy your whole family copies of Crimson Desert. It’s a game that suffers from incredible button bloat (just one of the many things that makes me remember this is a former MMO from an MMO developer) and that ends up rearing its ugly head in many ways.Article continues below You may like Crimson Desert review: The Forza Horizon of action RPGs After 6 hours, Crimson Desert is one of the most overwhelming, chaotic, madcap videogames I’ve ever played—and I’m hungry for more Crimson Desert has the most diabolical lock and key system I’ve ever seen The biggest way, though, is jumping next to stuff instead of interacting with it. On controller it’s Square to jump, but then holding Square to greet an NPC, mount your horse, or pick something up. It’s also frustratingly finicky to do those things at times, leaving me catching airtime next to an apple like an absolute buffoon.No fast travelling while sprinting or mounted (Image credit: Pearl Abyss)This may be my biggest, pettiest beef with Crimson Desert. Pearl Abyss loves to pepper pizzazz in all the wrong places, like forcing you to watch Kliff walk through some messed up cube matrix every single time you want to fast travel somewhere.That unne