Exclusive Crimson Desert Gameplay Preview from IGN - Renfail Reacts

we're going to be starting off the morning with um a look at Crimson desert which dropped an exclusive glame gameplay video glame it's too early I'm not awake yet exclusive gameplay video yesterday with IGN actually more than one but this is a 52 minute uh extended gameplay look at Crimson desert which is forthcoming from Pearl Abyss now I had previously sort of looked at this and wasn't exactly sure what to think about it because um it's like it you know they did Black Desert online which I'm not a huge fan of but this looks to be something a little bit different in terms of blending like single player stuff with other stuff I don't know we're going to watch this video and see what we think the continent of pwell a land soap and blood whose history is written in Warfare here unfolds a decisive battle this voice actor is the guy playing King dur and Rings power who seek [Applause] sh die gra That's Heavy twitch based gam play Okay so we've got finishing moves lots of B effects self heal when he does a certain thing die Beast you all right not really that's not good you're back to come I'll meet you there it won peace I hope so this is going to be like action adventure of some type that was a nice kick take down across the throat so we're watching this um I believe in 1920 by 1080 let's double check yep C there [ __ ] swaglers I'm not going to turn it up any higher because um my my Internet won't be able to handle the streaming but they do have uh up to 4K preview up chucking them off edges here so I'm G to pause here for a second because I was not sure what type of game This was um now that I've seen some of this initial gameplay it's looking like it's definitely more like an action adventure RPG as opposed to what they built with Black Desert which was a online MMO so I'm interested to learn more about this now because I didn't know anything about this game other than I remember the preview trailer from like a year or two ago and I was just thinking oh it's Pearl Abyss they'll do another Black Desert online but this time it's going to be a different type of MMO but this does not look like an MMO this looks like something different go easy will [Applause] you come here you SL [ __ ] get your fat fingers off me that heat ability is pretty cool you're all that's left must be lonely M should have taken our offer when you had the chance look at yourselves peace what good is that if you're all [ __ ] dead that's good my comates died for a noble cause I'll tell you what's Noble wine wealth and women the those you follow me shall have all three get him so definitely lots of combat so far we're like What 10 minutes we're not even 10 minutes in we're like probably 6 minutes into this video and it's been pure combat so far I need to know how the story is cuz uh combat's fine but uh I like Star I need good story with the 52-minute preview on the line here I'm thinking that we're going to get a pretty good chunk of everything in this video profound Pearl says it reminds me of a Witcher to some degree there I see I can see some similarities bye-bye gay man tell me where it is you're going off the cliff buddy no never never is a strong s i find never are quite malleable Under Pressure you will never know wrong answer better look to the next gray man better luck to the next screaming he's going to eat you off the cliff or just let you fall give Jen my [Music] regards bring me the others the laun has begun tell us [Music] more Crimson death so he's remembering before or what's what's the case here okay we've got I like the the text font they're using for the layout for all the UI stuff should wait for you be on the grand door yeah I need to know how though like how it's related to boo cuz so far I don't see any MMO aspects to this this definitely looks like a single player action RPG which I'm totally fine [Music] with the world Building looks decent frames look decent you believe it B's house was completely ranser they even took the horns off his goats I wonder if this is backdrop or if you see it you can get to it we got a mount okay definitely getting more Witcher Vibes more Witcher 3 vibes from this that horse the horse animations look good wonder how the horse controlling is because so far red D Redemption 2 is still like the peak horsemanship game definitely this is this is looking pretty good where's my phone I need to look this up really quick because yeah the horses look beautiful emulator says I saw an alchemist in this that looks like and his name the same as a famous Alchemist in black there an online so it's okay so World lore related got you let me look this up while we're playing this trailer this all looks amazing Crimson desert is an upcoming open world single player action adventure game developed and published by Pearl Abyss so it's an action adventure RPG no release date but well be a simultaneous release on Windows PS5 and Xbox series X and S if they're showing off right now I'm going to say it's a 2025 release cuz they just started doing there's several videos out with IGN right now including this one which is 50 you're not going to drop 52 minutes of gameplay unless you're pretty close to the finish line so a Witcher 3 style action adventure game from Pearl Abyss I'm this is this is on my radar and and probably is going to a must play from what I've seen so far it looks like it might be a little too much on the adventure or excuse me a little too much on the action combat side for me but I need to see how much of it cuz Dragon's Dogma 2 looked beautiful but it was way too much [ __ ] grinding in combat there wasn't enough story there so I'm wondering because Black Desert online the storyline was that's like a giant ogre of a guard he had fangs and more people with ring well I'll be down me here of all faces well how do they know who or what I am is it the markings on my shield or something so his feet are sinking into the Cobble stones that definitely needs some more polish they've got the uh nav mesh pretty down I mean his whole feet all of his feet are going into the the cobblestones so okay we did he just change armor in the middle of things with a radio menu it might have given bonuses and I didn't see look at that that's definitely an ogre or something right there it's the second one we've seen there's another one over here and and there's one at the castle gate it's set in the same univers Is Black Desert interesting I didn't um I didn't play a ton of Black Desert online a little bit I also Black Desert online it we don't look like the troublemaking type right he can pass then open the gate head on through and find yourself inside go on now my God is that true when we're in for aot TR I'm going to see if my internet can support doing the 4K while doing all this stuff guys I live in the booties so this might not work but I'm genuinely curious to see what the quality difference is at 4K I mean it's not that great of a difference it's a little crisper but it's still looks about the same anyone's here I should look around nice oh that was interesting like a cube of something and then it was this what was that yeah I didn't get to see it artifact acquired Abyss artifact oh where's this taking me magic portal where we going okay now I'm getting Assassin's Creed Vibes with like sci-fi elements to this what the hell is even going on is this the place written on the invitation so he's changing armor before he goes and does stuff look at this world design uh hulat says valara Abyss gate it said valara mountains are in the Kamas Sil region of Black Desert online Tanner Jack just became a member over on YouTube thanks so much for the support Tanner and also ask am I going to be playing Dragon Age oh yeah I've been covering Dragon Age bailu guard for like two years on my channel um we've got a video coming out tonight I think or this afternoon there's a video on YouTube coming out today doing the most recent coverage around the uh the zones of Dragon Age the I can't believe it we have a guess that's a troll not an ogre okay you were you the one who asked me to do good this is not the first time we've met my name is alist I have seen the library of Providence this place holds the records of the world's Providence each record signifies a world each record signifies a world of providence is the center of all World okay so he's like this is my tower of knowledge and we have access to all the worlds from my tower you brought me here there are beings who brought chaos to Providence so that explains the I'm in beo and I'm in desert I'm a multi-dimension traveling space wizard nothingness we seek to correct this so please fulfill the mission Gian desired you know Jen there will be why would Dragon Age come in late bully Wags I don't understand that commentary what I can tell you now Dragon Age is coming in October this is going to be next year will restore the disrupted Providence so please honor gian's will I asked if you know gien that's a large request yeah my Dragon Age video is not coming out until till uh 2: p.m. today I do have a Dragon Age video coming out though that's today around 2: p.m. [Music] central shall we walk together white crow the witch I am white crow a guardian of the Abyss if you will abys you can call it the Cradle of Providence it serves as a bridge between Providence and the world is there a reason you waited for me aliston wishes to repay the kindness shown to [Music] him have you ever imagined flying I hope you are not not easily [Music] frightened are you telling me to jump from here don't worry it's only one step that step better not lead to the afterlife [Music] it says I've gained the knowledge of cro [Music] WIS simulation loading all right that's a pretty impressive view especially if we can go explore all of this as a huge open game map which it looks like it is this looks like it's all explorable territory that's a pretty massive [ __ ] map as we freef falling oh that's a trip dude so we can fly or just Glide we're hovering right here sort of we're like Glide hovering and now we're moving forward so how much do you control of the flying can you go up as well or is it only down it looks to me like it's only going to be down you're not going to be able to go up unless they've got gusts or something you can see what game is this ask blw walk this is a crimson desert extended gameplay preview from over at IGN they dropped this video last night it's 52 minutes long we're doing our watch through and reaction video this morning live here on YouTube and twitch it's from Pearl Abyss I'm assuming it's coming next year it has no release date as at the moment this is their first extended preview we've gotten of this game seems as if he can't Xbox PS5 and console multi release sword swinging fools are running about by the day open world action adventure RPG [Music] no one wins at the gambling tables there's only losers like yourself the music's pretty good so far too yeah hulat I remember this like from like it's got to be three years ago four years ago it's it's been a while since the initial release maybe even longer than that I don't I never covered this I remember it getting announced I remember seeing like something a couple of years ago and then nothing and then just during Gamescom they released like a series of boss fight videos and I watched a couple of them and went okay you're showing me boss fights that's cool but I don't understand the context of you showing me boss fights on your YouTube channel without knowing why why you're showing me boss fights now they released the gameplay preview which should have released this before those boss fight previews um okay now I kind of understand we're getting a better you know better look at the game play overall Cliff thought I'd never see you again you're alive but your leg I'm just glad I'm still breathing and what the somebody's going to trip out about how the fact that the brace underneath his arm is fading in and out of line of sight na Yan yes but I'm sure they're well alive out there yeah see that's the thing later I vaguely remember being announced as something along the lines of like black there online but a different world or something like another MMO multiplayer thing and now draw ATT sense to what I remember the black bears are on our tail right and Russell's here too carried me on his back all the way here he's still searching for the artifacts once a grey man always a gray man where are you staying Marius in this corner of the streets got some nice neighbors to keep me company I'm sorry I'll look for a decent place don't push yourself too hard Cliff I mean it I've gotten used to my life here Marius you I need to find my comrades a home have you heard they say grey man's here in herand I wonder if you're going to get an option of um ways to play or if it's kind of like The Witcher 3 where you're pretty much guaranteed you're using sword and shield I'm looking for my comrades abilities that customize a little bit but it's always Shield I think a grey man's gone un F can you go Archer how much was mut bouncy again two gold pieces is your life worth so little enough forgive my men they may have given the wrong impression you may call me Matias oh I've always wanted to test my skills against a grey man what say you you're here standing before me what reason of you to refuse my challenge none that I can think of ah so it's true gry Ms never run from a fight I've heard the lenss you'll go for the sake of your mission you seek radiant fragments that fall from the sky is that right what's it to you and why are you seeking them I need to know tell me more of the story now no further I assure you do your wor it's a nice Shield back so I'm assuming red is telegraphing an unblockable ability so Force those knockback kicks he's put on Mo pretty mobile for a dude with a sword and shield man bam stay down they say quen's finest swordsman is a Gade it was an honor to Julia at least you're not a sore loser Maas was a good boat Anand is home many Mighty Warriors one cleave the ox's horn without his blade ever touching it just a warning to a worthy opponent I'll keep that in mind incredible you really are the esteemed greyman I am it appears the clucking of house hens held a kernel of truth I'm Bon Midler The Man responsible for keeping peace in [Music] herand come walk with me would you do you know me the glory of the grey Ms is known throughout herand pardon my presumptuousness but I have come with an urgent request go ahead not long ago a boulder fell from the sky and crushed a farmhouse we're calling it a uh a sky Boulder considering its Origins shortly after briggins appeared utilizing A peculiar form of trick y trickery you say they employ a red smoke that bewitches the senses drugs so I beseech you will you capture them and reveal their identities I have my own mission seeking out my grey main comrades I'll do what I can to help but make no promises that's more than enough until we meet again more quests well so far I'm seeing what looks to be a very solid action RPG I'm not seeing anything that like breaks the mold or does anything super new the world Building looks pretty decent I will say that I know for a fact that some people are going to complain that this looks like a last gen [Applause] game cuz it definitely looks even on the I'm watching it in 4k right now and it's it looks good for me it looks fine but I can already tell you some I I can tell you that they're going to people who complain about the graphics on this and say it looks like a last gen game the house is about to collapse great Solomon save us I scum to do such a Despicable thing there are still Souls trapped within speaking of greedfall too Dr isn't that going into isn't the second game going into Early Access like all hope is isn't the public Early Access happening like right around right now for greed fall too without Aid they'll all die how can anyone get to them please help the fire is spreading no we must save them no you fool side quest we still must save who we can for Solomon's sake was that Rock worth all this what rock tell me more about the rock I'll rescue your people for more information about the rock this is not the time for such musings we must save our people first I've got to Quil the Flames first got to get them out quickly especially if they work started working on this game you know eight or 10 years ago and then re vamped it halfway through the development process that would also contribute it contribute to it looking like it was for last gen come now keep your speech animations will most likely always dub some simulator probably because they're first studing Korean language of voices save us all how could we repay such kindness uh first water bring water water I've never seen GRE fall yeah it's early access is on the 24th Rock worth a man's life the Healer must be oh Lord of Light the Healer ah dear savior I am ashamed to ask but uh what is it please rescue our healer well he acted as bait to lure the bandits away but he won't last long as payment I'll I'll give you this cursed thing it's the source of all our Misfortune but must be of some worth all right I'll find him all right we're going to go look for the Healer now it looks like I'm looking up Great Fall 2 now because I I could swear it's early access it's not a full release but I need to double check here it was announced in May of 2022 uh September 24th Early Access okay yeah run the first one is interesting it was it was I played it um I didn't I don't think I was streaming at the time maybe um I vuly remember playing it let's I won't have time to jump into the Early Access but it'll be something to keep my eye on at the very least never know I might jump in you just you never know I might decide at the last minute be like let's do it anyway nope I am not going to play black myth Wukong because it's a Souls likee go and I don't do Souls like names I refuse to play a game that won't let me adjust the difficulty and wants me to go face monsters that take 25 35 45 50 tries to must be the so no oh yeah we're going deep on shattered space profound the 20th is the plan I'll be jumping back into Starfield on the 20th give us about 10 days of getting back into my second playthrough we'll pick up where we left off I've got the Rover now we're going to find a Planet build an outpost continue doing quests we haven't done Bethesda should be announcing something soon on uh shattered space give some more details and I apologize for the sniffles guys I've got a sniffly morning going on allergies or so speaking of which where did I put my allergy pills oh mighty Solomon you have sent your Apostle to me no no your friend sent me you're the Healer by solon's light I knew they would never forsake me oh how blessed I I am for such friendship do you know who torched your house you're damn right I do those scum sucking Blasphemous oh light's Mercy my apologies the Lord's Fury just flows through me but Gold Leaf thugs came to steal my stone to many games not enough time he warned this would happen slow down who warned you a man in merchant clothes he warned me thieves would come for the stone what stone and you guys keep talking about Stone to save me come he said you'd want to see him is this man a prophet I couldn't tell you I didn't even see his face he just said that you may now see his value and if so to guide you to the Eastern swamp does that mean anything to you the Eastern swamps ooh we can Harvest plants sounds like AER I know well I'm glad I'm guiding the right person definitely getting more Witcher 3 Vibes could you tell me more about the stone H you mean that accursed rock well one day a boy named Willian came to me pleading for me to help an injured farmer by the name of bremma as I stepped into what remained of the poor man's house I was quickly enamored by a glowing stone at his side before I realized what I was doing I had the stone nestled deep in my arms alas the branch Master of the gold leaves was after that very same Stone all right who's the gold leaves who are the gold leaves Solomon must be punishing me for my greed well you're on your own from here this is all the instruction I received well then what are we looking for take care of yourself drag YouTube says it's a great holiday season to be a gamer told my wife all I went for Christmas it's time to play games I heard there's gold on the grey man's head then let's go hunt ourselves a greyman you the greyman not here to fight who the [ __ ] asked nice headband brother we were setting off to find you anyway the branch Masters put a generous bounty on your head one whole gold piece seems a bit low low you cheeky [ __ ] get him at least they've got adult language in it oh the new Dragon Age has completely different art style but legs yeah I got a video coming out at 2 pm. today if you want to go watch that and I've done probably 2030 other videos on Dragon Age vilard on the channel he multi- punted those guys well so far I've only ever seen the same like two or three abilities he's got the shield bash some some different types of Sword strikes he's got a throw a kick I haven't seen any magic I haven't seen him using bow ever so what's the point of the bow if you're never going to use it haven't seen a skill tree yet so I don't know how leveling Works in this game or if there's any skills some different finishing GRS Mercy Mercy please these men have no sense of hospitality you a goblin or something is see I beg forgiveness on their behalf their aggression stems from a world in I'd say it's the other way around an insightful sentiment I wish that it were otherwise perhaps it can be do you remember when we last met you had something to ask of me indeed you saw no value in the proposition then we never got that far but you can see it can't you the gold leaf name being tarnished beyond all recor says that Shoku is the richest Goblin in Black Desert online but this version of him is not nearly as extravagantly dressed selfish desires you take isue with him split horn is a blight Upon Our Guild we suffer as hernand suffers I merely wish us to turn over a new Lea a return to our former glory I want you to challenge our Branch Master to a rakash rash a duel it's a goblin term for a duel see I'm sure you've had your share I know split horn well and his insufferable arrogance if you confront him publicly his pride simply won't allow him to refuse yeah what's your motive though was in it for me yeah and for me the gold leaves vast Network and the weight of our coin of course I know you're in search of your right we could do much to Aid you in that endeavor take your time and think it over if it sweetens the deal know that split horn is a thorn in herand side I imagine the Lords would be overjoyed to see her a restructuring in our Guild a merchant through and through huh I'll take that as a compliment has a different sword I need to see more I want to see more of the UI and stuff I've not seen any potions no bombs I'm really starting to get annoyed by the fact that he has a giant [ __ ] bow and a quiver strap to his back but he hasn't used it once like seriously what is the point we did get a glimpse of weapon switching or something going on there like what is the point of a bow if you're never going to use it like just to look cool like that makes no sense did he just Chu chunk chunk down some food in the middle of combat so did they not have a hot key set up for heals or you know cuz like in Witcher 3 you could you know set different things like hot slot for your food hot slot for your potions he keeps having to open up at you a radial menu to even eat and drink that seems like it might need polish there but yeah they're not showing a lot of the UI yet just a tiny little bit this definitely seems and also like the previous videos they aired during Gamescom it was really all combat stuff like they're really pushing the combat videos with this game also this seems hyper unrealistic for one dude to go up against like 30 some really dumb so I want all the people criticizing dumb UI and Star Wars Outlaws to come here and criticize this [ __ ] cuz they're all just standing there waiting looking at him like that is dumb UI or if you want to you know put it on easy mode and have have the UI have slower response time AI not UI sorry yeah yeah I said UI I meant AI I caught myself [Music] is this the guild headquarters hear me I challenge Branch Master split horn to a rash you challenge me who are you to step into my domain and oppose me you and the sly rats who put that word in your mouth will pay now I'll gladly take this opportunity to prove why the gold leaves answer to me [Music] yeah just kick them into the crowd of unmoving people that's beautifully intelligent AI at work suspension of disbelief is required to play video games kids never forget that oh let's destroy all the things I wonder if they respawn later [Music] that oh he's about to okay there was a lightning that time oh yeah cuz it's a bigger version of what he just did earlier oh he's tired after it [Music] sh the T has fallen kill him St him apart the light has been purged new king is crowned my rat shall now take Center Stage an era of darkness has ended our branches once beset by rot shall see new growth and our efforts in herand shall finally bear fruit this I vow as Branch Master shakatu hope he keeps his end of the deal [Music] so we just watched so so hang on a second here here that's that's the end of that of that preview right um we just watched 52 minutes of a game preview and I have questions like first and foremost why did we not see the bow being used one time not one time did we see the bow being used in 52 minutes of gameplay that showcased I would argue 75 85% of that gameplay preview was all combat some parts of this look good definitely getting Witcher 3 Vibes um I understand there's a lot of lore here that's for fans of the Black Desert online franchise so I don't know anything about that so that part of it doesn't appeal to me I'm coming into this as someone who's looking at it as an action adventure RPG and potentially something that I would like to play um in um when it comes out so heavily focused on action and adventure lots of beautiful environments we saw the horse in action yeah there was a lot of walking around um but like we didn't really get any there was some glimpses of the UI but we didn't see if there's any sort of skill system at play is there a leveling system at play is it you know do you only have these six abilities during combat what's the point of a bow if you can't use it um we saw food being used during combat but it didn't appear tied to a hotkey it was instead we're going to open up a radial menu and switch to and and eat something from a radial menu which feels really clunky um I'm intrigued from purely a fantasy action RPG that looks kind of like The Witcher you know The Witcher 3 I I think I can look at that and see that's interesting and intriguing to me but there's still a lot I don't know and it's going to drive me nuts it's it's going to drive me nuts for weeks why they didn't show any bow combat despite the fact that the character has a big freaking bow and quiver on his back I I genuinely don't understand why that didn't show up in any of the footage very strange very strange um but yeah that's the Crimson desert gameplay exclusive that IGN shared last night there is another video I want to go watch as well but I'm going to timestamp this out um because we're g to pull this out for the YouTube folks who don't get a chance to tune into the live streams