A former Rockstar animator wants to play Crimson Desert

Mike York, who worked on Red Dead Redemption 2 and God of War Ragnarok, spent more than 20 minutes reacting to a new Crimson Desert overview. The game was already gold, with a little over two months left before launch.

He liked the scale, the uncanny parts of the open world, the facial animation even without MetaHuman, and the look of combat and traversal. He said Pearl Abyss is mixing several genres and still making them sit together, and that he wants to play it himself.

His concrete criticism was texture clipping, on both objects and characters. The video still left him with a strongly positive impression.