It's hard to describe Crimson Desert, the upcoming open-world RPG from Pearl Abyss, without breaking into a long list of other popular games. A newly released 15-minute overview trailer that's making the rounds will likely remind you of titles like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, God of War, The Witcher, Shadow of Mordor, Uncharted, Skyrim — you name it. It's hard to say what makes Crimson Desert stand apart amid the Mount Rushmore of RPGs, but that isn't stopping people from declaring the game and its massive open world to be one of the most impressive things they've seen in recent memory.

Between the trailer's upload on YouTube and clips shared on sites like X and TikTok, recent footage of Crimson Desert has amassed millions upon millions of views in just 24 hours. Most of the reactions fall into two buckets. The first one is hype, as people cling to the hint of their favorite games within Crimson Desert's lofty features.

"This is like open world [medieval], modern, future everything combined into one," one highly-voted YouTube comment says.

"Feels like you take the best of........

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