Even Crimson Desert's lead actor knows you're not here for the story: The boon of this game is clearly the size of the open world, and, you know, the fact that you can pick up a cat

GamesRadar.com / 30.03.26

Even Crimson Desert's lead actor knows you're not here for the story: The boon of this game is clearly the size of the open world, and, you know, the fact that you can pick up a cat

Alec Newman worked on Crimson Desert for 2 years before he started "recording in earnest," and even then the devs "kept moving the focus"
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