The consensus is that Crimson Desert has terrible storytelling—it's not true

Fraser Brown, Online Editor

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Last week: I gushed about Crimson Desert.

This week: Oh, will you look at that, I'm doing it again.

Even among Crimson Desert's most ardent fans, like myself, the consensus seems to be that the game's weakest element is its storytelling. And despite everything I'm about to write (and my spicy headline) that's a pretty fair assessment. But it's not remotely terrible.

Sure, Crimson Desert's narrative is constructed in such a way that it's impossible to not be baffled.