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Crimson Desert has a high-profile fan: the director of The Witcher 3.<\/p>\n

Both games are single-player fantasy adventures, and while The Witcher 3 leans more heavily on story, character, and traditional RPG elements, Pearl Abyss and CD Projekt\u2019s vast open worlds are often compared.<\/p>\n

Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, the director of The Witcher 3 and former Cd Projekt executive, told The Game Business that Crimson Desert, alongside Sandfall Interactive\u2019s Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, are \u201cdifferent.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe problem in this industry sometimes is that people opening companies are thinking [too much] about how to make money,\u201d Tomaszkiewicz said. \u201cThis is a really cold approach for the games. You cannot create art like this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tomaszkiewicz, who left CD Projekt to start his own studio, The Blood of Dawnwalker developer Rebel Wolves, said both Crimson Desert and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 rekindled memories of the nineties, when \u201cevery game was some unknown.\u201d The approach, he said, of \u201cadding some risky stuff\u201d to triple-A RPGs so they\u2019re not simply the same as what has come before, was the whole point of setting up Rebel Wolves.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that this [idea] is growing these days, because when you look at Clair Obscur, or Crimson Desert right now, those games are different,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are not a copy of other AAA games, but delivering something quite fresh. And I\u2019m really glad of it because I\u2019m starting to feel like I did in the 1990s when I played games on my 286 PC, or even on the Atari where every game was different game. Every game was some unknown. We want to deliver a similar experience for people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both Crimson Desert and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 are big hits, with the former selling 4 million copies so far, and the latter selling over 5 million and winning most 2025 Game of the Year awards. Tomaszkiewicz will be hoping for similar returns from The Blood of Dawnwalker, which is another single-player open world fantasy adventure.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve got plenty more on Crimson Desert, including a story on how the NPCs are the stars of the show, a hidden food consequence system that a modder has restored, and an impressive character creator mod. We recommend you take a look at our guide to Things to Do First in Crimson Desert, plus Things Crimson Desert Doesn\u2019t Tell You (we\u2019ve got 28 and counting!). We\u2019ve also got a guide to the Best Early Weapons we recommend picking up, the Best Skills to Get First (including a handy explainer of the skills system), and 34 Essential Tips and Tricks to help you succeed in Pywel.<\/p>\n

Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.<\/em><\/p>\n

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