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0.0 hrs last two weeks / 213.7 hrs on record (14.8 hrs at review time)
Posted: 24 May, 2017 @ 4:15pm
Updated: 24 May, 2017 @ 4:15pm


I give Black Desert Online: 8.5/10

Total time before Steam release: 70+ (Estimate)

Note: I've played this game before steam release with 6 characters on soft cap and 1 over soft cap

SPOILER FREE! In a world of fantasy where travellers set out on their own journey of adventure. Where they travel from one settlement to another in search of a better life. They meet other fellow trailers along the way and cherish the memories that they have along with them. Welcome to Black Desert Online.

Pros
  • Combat: The combat and classes in this game is very promising and special. It's action combat at its finest. This game makes you feel really bad ass with the amount of diverse classes that it has although some of them are gender locked. The combat revolves around you levelling up and as you level up, you get to unlock more powerful skills within you respective role.

  • Graphics: Most MMORPG games have very bad graphics, not in black desert online though. Black desert online has some of the best graphics I've seen for a game. This games level design and in-depth modelling models in beyond what other MMORPG's can do. The lightning is what makes the game truely amazing and beautiful.

  • Character customisation: Most MMORPG's have like a template where you have to follow, and this leads to a lot of characters looking the same which is a real big turn off for me. That's not the case in Black Desert Online, This game has an insanely in-depth customisation that makes every character look unique in their own way. This customisation on its own is aesthetically pleasing.

Cons
  • Performance: One of the biggest issues this game has is it's performance, mainly the texture pop-ins. At times I feel there is no point in having a tier 5+ horse since their movement speed is too fast for the game to handle and thus causes freezing which is really annoying at times. However, it's mainly the text pop-in that made me put it on the cons list but other than that, it runs fine on any kind of hardware.

  • Clothing: Another con about this game is the clothing that it provides can be near the same as you got when you was a level 1 (not including cash shop items). I feel like a more diverse range of clothing would make the game even better and make it stand out further more.

  • Grind: Now the grind isn't too great but its big enough to set it as a con. After hitting level 55, it becomes significantly harder to level up the character as there are little grind spots that are over-crowded by fellow adventurers doing the same thing. If they add in more grind spots or make the game more fun whilst grinding, it can make the game feel a lot better.

I hope you enjoyed my quick review of Black Desert Online. I highly recommend this game to fellow MMORPG fans around the world as I would love to see a bigger community for this game. The bigger the community, the more content that can be pushed out by the developers. This game has every MMORPG element that is required to make the game feel immersive and enjoyable.

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Outer Ocean 27 Aug, 2017 @ 9:33pm 
Enjoy your p2w game.
Outer Ocean 27 Aug, 2017 @ 9:33pm 
Complete Now buttons have been added for worker promotion.
The Complete Now button will appear at the bottom of the worker list while worker promotion is in progress. The amount of Pearls deducted depend on the time remaining.
ZeroLegion 30 May, 2017 @ 12:04pm 
Add me if you want to play with a veteran #1500H
Linger | 零二 25 May, 2017 @ 3:26pm 
@DiBBz Think whatever you want about cash shop. I'm just saying that you have to spend money to enjoy the game. Also i know that BDO is dependent on CPU a lot. But it still runs like shit even when my CPU is not that bad. At least never had a problem with that in any other game. When i still played the game i was crashing 2 times a day. Every day without an exception.
DiBBz 25 May, 2017 @ 3:22pm 
@strelokcyka. time for you to move then as they have all ready stated on their old forums as to why there is no oceania servers

@👌 Dukhat. i guess youre new to korean MMO's... ? yea you must be knew!
DiBBz 25 May, 2017 @ 3:20pm 
@RavenAxercion'sMemes. the story is actually all right. defo better than other MMO's ive played. it takes a while to get going tho. but with no voice dialogs to help convey the story to you it becomes a pain reading text upon text. but overall if you just read the black spirit quest that he gives you and that you complete with him it convays a slowly building up story thats okey.

@Entery The performance is a real kicker for majority of people within the game. with a scheduled engine update to hit later this year and the devs working on the pop in issues and either fixing it or changing it. its a major problem within in the game when it comes to combat / pvp etc etc. you wont believe how incredibly CPU dependent the game is. some of that workload needs to be pushed to the GPU rather than it being totally reliant on caching and CPU processing. also there is nothing wrong with the cash shop stop q.q about it.
DiBBz 25 May, 2017 @ 3:20pm 
@Miu You must be the most unluckiest person to ever have lived or are just a troll in game if you honestly think the community is toxic. play archage or LoL and come back and say that. ive been playing since closed beta and since launch up till now and not once have i ever seen a bit of toxicity. ive seen the whine & saltyness. but never toxicity.

@MangaWizard Erm no you can play the game fine on medium settings with a GTX660ti. the games performance problem is due to CPU. if your CPU is a first or second generation i3-i5-i7 you wont be able to play at low-medium settings because so much workload is going through the CPU. dont comment if you dont know jack shit.
Kat 25 May, 2017 @ 1:13pm 
I do agree with most of this review but you forgot a key thing about MMOs The community is a big part and BDO has one of the worst communities full of trolls with 0 filters it's one of the most toxic ones out there
Wardaddy™ 25 May, 2017 @ 11:54am 
This review is a joke. Like Rave said below, the story doesnt even exist lol. Perfmance is a 7? More like 3-4 and I have a good rig.
Raven's 25 May, 2017 @ 11:47am 
To be honest, i don't know if a story is even existant. Unless you cocluded your score based on the actual writing, the game doesn't really make you listen to the lore that much. I have well over 1000 hours in this game, and the story that's noly really memorable to me is the fact that the Tamer is a princess. ( i have 4 lvl 57+)

Furthermore, the game looks phenomenal based on the standards of MMOs. If we're using general graphics rating then sure, but it would be a 10/10 if compared to the rest of its competitors.