{"id":70555,"date":"2025-08-16T05:41:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T05:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/70555\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T05:41:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T05:41:10","slug":"astoundingly-ambitious-ps5-rpg-crimson-desert-looks-like-itll-ease-the-wait-for-the-witcher-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/70555\/","title":{"rendered":"Astoundingly Ambitious PS5 RPG Crimson Desert Looks Like It’ll Ease the Wait for The Witcher 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Astoundingly<\/a><\/p>\n

An epic 13-minute gameplay demo for Crimson Desert<\/a> has been released, following the game\u2019s delay into 2026 recently.<\/p>\n

While the setback may be disappointing, this new PS5 footage should help ease the wait. It\u2019s clear that Korean developer Pearl Abyss has got something special cooking here.<\/p>\n

Watch on YouTube <\/a><\/p>\n

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Just to be clear, this is not an MMO, and is not to be confused with Black Desert<\/a>, as it so often is. This a full-scale single player open world RPG, and it looks incredible.<\/p>\n

This video is based on a gameplay demo that\u2019ll be playable at Gamescom<\/a> in Cologne next week, as well as PAX West<\/a> later in the month.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s some narrative context for the clip:<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore this point in the story, the protagonist \u2013 the Greymane Kliff \u2013 and his fellow Greymane members are caught in an ambush orchestrated by their enemies, the Drunken Black Bears. After a fierce battle, Kliff and his comrades are separated and scattered. Kliff embarks on a search for his companions, and during his journey in the continent of Pywel, Kliff hears news that the Greymane Oongka \u2013 one of his most trusted companions \u2013 is in the region of Calphade.\u201d<\/p>\n

The video includes a good mix of gameplay, ranging from traversal and exploration through to fist-pumping combat. It all concludes with a boss fight against Cassius Morten, which shows off the versatility of the protagonist well.<\/p>\n

Honestly, we\u2019re really impressed by this. The world feels extremely alive, with NPCs wandering about everywhere, and we love how there\u2019s various stages to the quest \u2013 including one sequence where you need to rain cannon fire down on your target.<\/p>\n

If the developer can maintain this kind of quality over the duration of a full-length single player campaign, then this will surely be one of the generation\u2019s defining games.<\/p>\n

If nothing else, it\u2019s certainly going to ease the wait until The Witcher 4<\/a>.<\/p>\n

[source youtube.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\tRelated Games<\/p>\n

\tSee Also<\/p>\n

\"Sammy<\/p>\n

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He\u2019s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An epic 13-minute gameplay demo for Crimson Desert has been released, following the game\u2019s delay into 2026 recently.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70556,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[36484,59,36483,112,86,7021,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-70555","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-crimson-desert","9":"tag-gb","10":"tag-pearl-abyss","11":"tag-ps5","12":"tag-technology","13":"tag-trailers","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}