För mycket ambition och för lite tydlig riktning? Det är vad en anonym utvecklare från Pearl Abyss, kreatörerna bakom Crimson Desert, som målat upp en ganska stökig bild av produktionen.
Enligt uppgifterna ska teamet ha saknat något konkret mål, och spelets riktning sägs ha gjort kursförändringar flera gånger under utvecklingen. Man saknade helt enkelt en tydlig och enad vision om vad Crimson Desert i slutändan skulle vara, vilket enligt den anonyma källan också är anledningen bakom mycket av den kritik som riktats mot spelet – bland annat dess spretiga story.
Användaren skriver att:
"The story was not decided until right before release. Therefore, a story trailer could not come out, and since it is a story about a mercenary group, there is inevitably no talk about the mercenary group. The fact that it proceeds only with the protagonist Kliff is also for this reason. Additionally, Kliff was originally named "Macduff", but the name was changed because it has a serial killer vibe…?"
"The story originally started with a young king who had his throne usurped, coming to the Greymanes. A middle-aged prime minister who was looking after the young king and a young princess came and asked to make them royalty, and it was content about recapturing a type of "currency" manufactured from minerals that can only be collected in the regional area of the "Crimson Desert." So, in the process of occupying the Crimson Desert to seize hegemony and making them royalty, this middle-aged prime minister was supposed to betray them and try to become king himself, and the story was about stopping that and winning."
"In the middle of it, a director was pushed out in a power struggle and resigned, and once someone from an art background became the General Manager, they started overturning everything. This person, who became General Manager, is a general manager in name only; they are just a compliant subordinate. And every person in the team who holds a rank is just a compliant subordinate. Individual will? Personal opinion? They do not exist. That is why they can hold a rank. The current result is what happened as everything began to be overturned for art. Even Ervin was originally that young king’s bodyguard and was a man."
Källan hävdar även att arbetsmiljön varit allt annat än trevlig, där beslut från cheferna i princip inte gick att ifrågasätta. Vilket också ska ha skapat problem för produktionen, där problemen fått gro i bakgrunden snarare än att åtgärdas i god tid. Något den anonyma personen ger exempel på och skriver:
"Once, a high-ranking Leader said to me, "Do you know why you can’t be one of us? It’s because a Leader has to be someone who looks in the same direction we do." What that actually meant was that they only want people who unconditionally say "Yes," follow orders, and never talk back. In other words, every head at the top of that inverted pyramid is filled with people who think exactly the same way. I believe most of my colleagues involved in development were aware that Crimson Desert was going off the rails. However, I don’t think many were in a position to speak up about it. As I mentioned, they don’t acknowledge anyone who doesn’t share their exact mindset."
" They just praise their own work as "amazing," and whenever they see a reference from here or there that looks good, they just shove it in. Because it became such a hodgepodge of features crammed together, the control layout must have been a mess, too. I believe it was an inevitable conclusion that Crimson Desert would become a disaster. I don’t think a proper direction can ever emerge from a company that suppresses people for calling out what is wrong"
Som alltid när det gäller anonyma källor bör uppgifterna tas med en nypa salt, men uppgifterna kommer från Blind, där primärt tech-arbetare hänger, samt där alla konton verifieras med riktiga e-postadresser från arbetsplatser.
Lirar du Crimson Desert och håller du med om mycket av den kritik som riktats mot spelets karaktärer och story?
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