Crimson Desert is officially out and, as customary with most games nowadays, developer Pearl Abyss has issued a meaty day-one patch that is around 3.1 GB in size. Do note that the update has been released for Steam and PlayStation 5 so far, with Xbox, the Epic Games Store, and the Mac App Store receiving it at a later time.
You can find the full changelog, which mentions unspecified performance improvements on both PC and consoles and various fixes and quality-of-life tweaks, below:
Quests
- A tutorial quest has been added at the start of Chapter 3 to help players learn more about Abyss Gears.
- Fixed an issue where certain quests would not progress properly.
Content
- Improved usability for certain systems and content, including Housing mode.
- Fixed issues where certain content did not function as intended or incorrectly.
- Adjusted QTE difficulty when captured by enemies to gradually increase based on the number of times captured.
- Removed the bear’s instant-kill damage and adjusted its overall damage.
- Fixed an issue where the number of Greymane comrades owned may be displayed as lower than what the actual count is, or some comrades sometimes do not appear on the list.
- Recently viewed cutscenes can now be fast-forwarded more quickly.
Skills
- Improved the usability of the skill-learning feature "Watch and Learn"
- Improved the Skills menu so that skill names and descriptions are separated by weapon type, and descriptions and videos for certain skills have been updated.
- Added a finishing blow to Kliff’s Flurry of Blows.
- Added a follow-up skill to Damiane’s greatsword stab and uppercut.
- Added a follow-up attack to Oongka’s dual-wield stab.
Boss Fights
- Improved the Tenebrum battle in Chapter 4 so that the puzzle section no longer has to be replayed after dying during the fight.
- Adjusted the combat balance of certain bosses, including Reed Devil.
- Fixed an issue where bosses could attack the player while the player is in the motion of reviving.
- Fixed abnormal movement and fight progression issues for certain bosses.
- Improved the combat behavior and animation of Walker-type monsters.
NPC & NPC Dialogue
- Various improvements and fixes were made to animations, movements, lip-sync, visual clipping, visual effects, and voice acting for NPCs and animals.
- Improved the dialogue, voice, and reactions of some NPCs to feel more natural and better fit their situations.
- Fixed an issue where voice dialogue and subtitles did not match when greeting NPCs.
- Fixed issues related to abnormal interactions with some NPCs and animals.
Localization
- Fixed various localization errors and improved localization quality across all languages.
UI
- Fixed UI related issues, including issues with some text display, functionality, sound effects, etc.
Performance
- Made various performance and stability optimizations across PC and console, as well as crash issues.
Pearl Abyss also shared a list of known issues that still affect Crimson Desert even with this day-one patch applied:
- In certain situations, the Abyss can be seen from the world below, resulting in slight drops in frame rate.
- During the “Deferred Advance” quest, retrying or abandoning the Ultimate Weapon fight when Blackstar’s Health is depleted causes Blackstar’s Health to not fully recover.
- Attempting to steal fruit at the back of a stall results in the character becoming unresponsive to controls.
- When receiving damage while holding a tree, the character can become stuck to the tree.
- During the Gregor, the Halberd of Carnage boss fight, if surrounding objects are destroyed at the same time the character dies, the character cannot revive and progress.
- Under certain conditions, applied settings are not saved after restoring settings.
- While progressing through some quests, the next objective is not automatically tracked.
- When using FSR4 upscaling, an issue occurs in rainy environments where rain disappears, or the screen becomes blurry or distorted.
- An issue has been identified where the game cannot be launched properly on Xbox ROG Ally and Xbox PC.
- We are currently investigating an issue where Steam pre-order purchasers are unable to claim their pre-order bonus and deluxe pack items.
Crimson Desert is off to a strong commercial start on Steam thanks to great pre-orders, but the lower-than-expected critic reviews have caused Pearl Abyss shares to crumble by 30% yesterday. Today, the South Korean studio is still losing nearly 10% on the Seoul stock exchange. User reviews on Steam are also on 'Mixed' currently, with a 67% approval score after 4,879 reviews.
For everything about Crimson Desert, including links to our review and guides, check out the game's dedicated hub page.
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