Crimson Desert is an open-world action-adventure sport set on the continent of Pywel. However how massive is the open world, precisely? It’s “completely huge,” its developer has stated, larger even than that of Bethesda’s Skyrim and Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption 2.
Talking on the Gaming Interviews YouTube channel, Pear Abyss’ Will Powers stated that describing the dimension of Crimson Desert’s world when it comes to numbers doesn’t do it justice, as a result of doing so fails to seize the scope and scale of the sport. However he did go as far as to check it to 2 of the largest open world video games round.
“I do not assume numbers actually do it justice as a result of, how massive is that when it comes to scope and scale?” he stated. “However what we are able to say is that the world’s at least twice as massive as the open world, the playable space, of Skyrim. It is bigger than the map of Red Dead Redemption 2.”
Powers went on to insist that the dimension of Crimson Desert’s open world gained’t decide its high quality. Somewhat, what you really do in it’s the key issue.
“The continent of Pywel is completely huge, however dimension would not actually matter if there’s nothing to do,” he stated. “Open-world video games are about doing issues, having actions, having distractions. So we wished to create a world that is not solely huge, however can also be extremely interactive.”
In contrast to Skyrim and Red Dead Redemption 2, in Crimson Desert you may fly round on a dragon, so regardless of the dimension of its world, you’ll be capable of get about rapidly. And don’t count on RPG components when it comes to decision-making and alternative and consequence as it pertains to your character, both. The sheer quantity of issues to do in the world will facilitate the role-playing a part of Crimson Desert, which gamers will type via “head canon.”
“You select the sort of character you need to play as when it comes to your development inside the programs in the sport,” Powers defined. “After which via head canon you’re having this very completely different expertise than different gamers due to the scope and scale of the sport. You’ll be distracted by one thing, you’ll go on this quest line, you’ll have an expertise that’ll be radically completely different than another person, regardless that they’re enjoying the identical sport and the identical canonical storyline that you just each are going via.”
Certainly, the a part of Crimson Desert proven off to the media in previews is simply “a tiny nook of the map,” Powers added. Crimson Desert is due out March 19, 2026.
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