'Crimson Desert' Is an Ambitious, Messy, and Tantalizing Open World Game

'Crimson Desert' Is an Ambitious, Messy, and Tantalizing Open World Game

Pearl AbyssCovering games for over 15 years, I’ve played a lot of open world games, some of which I wanted to, and many of which I didn’t. It’s fair to say I’m a bit jaded by the idea of open world games, largely because of how the genre has started to groan under the weight of being overdesigned — worlds filled with bloat and activities to simply waste your time. But I still enjoy the occasional open world, especially if a game can find a way t…