Crimson Desert Completes Its Entire Three-Month Roadmap in Just Three Weeks

Three Months of Promises, Delivered in Three Weeks

Pearl Abyss's open world action RPG Crimson Desert has completed its entire three-month post-launch content roadmap in just three weeks, a feat with few parallels in the industry, particularly for a single-player game of its scale.

Community Reaction

The response on r/pcgaming has been overwhelmingly positive. Remember when all the game studios were saying not to compare their quality to BG3? Yeah, we need more studios stepping up and showing how it is done, wrote one top commenter with nearly 800 upvotes. Others drew parallels to Larian Studios and Iron Gate as developers who over-deliver on promises.

Some community members raised concerns about whether this pace of delivery might involve heavy crunch at the studio, a fair counterpoint to the celebration.

Context

Pearl Abyss noted that some implemented features are early implementations that will be refined in future patches. Still, the pace of delivery is remarkable by any measure and has set a new benchmark for post-launch support expectations in an era where such disappointments have become all too common.