Crimson Desert launched in the present day and has to date reached a peak of 239,045 concurrent gamers on Steam, which is fairly respectable for a sport nobody appeared to care a lot about two months in the past. The launch hasn’t been with out its issues although, and chief amongst these is a bug stopping gamers from claiming their pre-order and deluxe pack bonuses.
Gamers have reported that accessing the in-game provide field the place the pre-order and deluxe spoils are supposed to be saved is displaying nothing. If that is you, relaxation assured that Pearl Abyss is on the case.
“We’re at the moment investigating a problem the place Steam pre-order purchasers are unable to assert their pre-order bonus and deluxe pack objects,” the studio posted on X. “We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and can get again to you as rapidly as attainable with an replace.”
Article continues beneath
Chances are you’ll like
The pre-order bonus is a Khaled Defend. The deluxe pack comes with a bunch extra in-game garb, together with one other defend, 4 items of horse armor, and a Kairos armor set for the protagonist, together with a helm, armor, cloak, plate gloves, and plate boots. I do not know the way good these things is relative to different early sport gear, or whether or not it is even merely beauty or not, however I suppose I am not alone since Steam customers cannot entry any of it.
Crimson Desert’s early participant statistics are respectable, however to place it into context: Resident Evil Requiem loved a peak of round 270,000 gamers inside two hours of launching on Steam. Anybody anticipating an enormous breakout success within the fashion of Black Fable: Wukong could also be disenchanted, as Crimson Desert is nowhere close to the latter sport’s astonishing 2.1 million concurrents.
Huge breakout success or not, it appears to be an excellent time when you’re into sprawling open world journey video games filled with busywork. “Huge and obtuse in a manner that’s going to frustrate some and exhilarate others, Crimson Desert is an enchanting journey, even when the vacation spot is not all that,” Mollie Taylor wrote in her 80/100 overview.
