It's increasingly hard for me to not view Crimson Desert as a multiplayer game. There's its MMO bones, of course, ensuring that every moment spent in Pywel feels inspired by MMO design trends, even as you play by yourself. But just as potent is the sense of community that's sprouted up around the game—the kind that few singleplayer games typically enjoy.
Despite there being no multiplayer component in Crimson Desert, I have been relying on other players. There are all the Crimson Desert guides from my colleagues, Sean and Rory, of course, but also the army of players conducting madcap experiments or getting into wild adventures, directing me towards new diversions and hidden mechanics.
Every time I hop onto Reddit or search social media, I discover something new about this ludicrously massive (and more than a little obtuse) RPG. Just like Deathengine on the subreddit, I had no idea, for instance, that little stacks of stones denote an area in which I should be Read Entire Article
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