Crimson Desert News

[p]Find Crimson Desert’s PC, console, and Mac performance specifications below. Before playing the game, please make sure your hardware meets or exceeds the minimum requirements.[/p][p][/p][p]PC[/p][p]- The performance figures shown are based on internal testing results. Performance may vary depending on your PC’s hardware and software configuration, as well as changes made to individual graphics settings.[/p][p]- The latest DirectX 12 is required. [/p][p][/p][p]Console[/p][p]* Requires compatible display (120/240 Hz) and HDMI 2.1 cable [/p][p]** Requires VRR compatible display and HDMI 2.1 cable [/p][p][/p][p]Rog Xbox Ally X | S[/p][p]- The performance figures shown are based on internal testing results. Performance may vary depending on hardware and software configuration, as well as changes made to individual graphics settings.[/p][p]- Measurements were taken with the power connected and Turbo Mode enabled. [/p][p][/p][p]Mac [/p][p][/p][p]* “For this Mac” is a preset which will assign the settings and resolution that provide optimal visual quality and performance on your Mac. Specific settings may vary depending on how powerful your hardware is. [/p][p]- The performance figures shown are based on internal testing results. Performance may vary depending on your Mac hardware and software configuration, as well as changes made to individual graphics settings. 
- We recommend using macOS 26 “Tahoe” or a later version for optimal performance and stability. [/p]

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it a really shonky Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom? Is it a dork ass enormity of an open world action-RPG? Is it a sort of janky Assassin's Creedlike where you explode stuff a lot? Is it something with slippery combat that'll break your heart? Is it a game where you've got to press 15 million buttons just to pick up a thing?

All of these are the sorts of questions folks have asked as they've grappled to understand exactly what Crimson is ahead of its release this month. According to developers Pearl Abyss' main marketing man, that's a consequence of the shonky enormity of exploding slippage being announced way too early.

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[p] [/p][p] [/p][p]Go behind the scenes of Crimson Desert's voice recording with Alec Newman, Stewart Scudamore,[/p][p]and Rebecca Hanssen—the voices of Kliff, Oongka, and Damiane. [/p][p]Hear how the actors approached their characters and brought them to life in the studio. [/p]

I think that with a game like Crimson Desert, you'd be well within your right to have an eyebrow pre-raised considering its online, sort of free-to-play (depending on where you live) predecessor Black Desert Online regarding the like of microtransactions. I know I certainly have! At a glance Crimson Desert certainly looks like it could fall into similar pitfalls if only based on vibes alone. However! Developer Pearl Abyss would quite like you to know that, in that regard at least, you have nothing to worry about.

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