Black Desert Online

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  • Publisher: GameOn
  • Release Date: Mar 3, 2016
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6.6

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  1. kyriores
    Aug 1, 2017
    3
    Good game, but do yourself a favor and play on a private server. You won't have to deal with Kakao's greed, which is pretty much the only thing that's ruining this game.
  2. SimplyMog
    Mar 5, 2016
    4
    This is a hard one to review, but i'll be trying to be as unbiased as possible... The game has a brilliant character creation system, by far the greatest i've ever used, to the point i spent hours in it. The graphics are nice and controls fairly easy to get the hand of. Unfortunately, in it's current state the game is in a bit of a mess...

    There is a point where everyone leaves their    This is a hard one to review, but i'll be trying to be as unbiased as possible... The game has a brilliant character creation system, by far the greatest i've ever used, to the point i spent hours in it. The graphics are nice and controls fairly easy to get the hand of. Unfortunately, in it's current state the game is in a bit of a mess...

    There is a point where everyone leaves their horses in certain spots, and due to not being able to toggle them from your own vision, the screen can get fairly clustered with other people's horses, not just yours. The game feels also quite like a mobile game, in the sense there's quite a few "waiting" portions, however, while some may have a problem, the game offers multiple ways to shorten that time, if you're observant.

    While my biggest complaint is directed at the character customization, and don't confuse that with character creation, it's much different. When you first receive new armor or a weapon, you're excited to equip it to change your characters default look, only to realize, it doesn't actually change. Some going in blind to this game will be incredibly disappointed, for a game that stresses character customization there is a significant lack of.

    One of the "best" ways to change your looks is through the cash shop, where my other large complaint comes in, through purchasing of costumes and accessories. I completely understand vanity items, and that they're not a necessity, but $30 for a full set, or $16 for the torso/main piece only. If this had been a F2P game, i would completely ignore this matter, but that isn't the case.

    However, this game does offer a lot in the sense you can leave your computer running, and it will accumulate points for various sections of the game, and even when offline. However, while this is a nice time saver, this relates back to the feeling of a "Mobile game", which it shouldn't be, it's an MMO on a PC.

    Combat is nice and fluid, but some classes are more interesting than others. The skill tree system (currently) feels vast enough for me to say it's enjoyable to try out new skills when I get them.

    Voice acting in the game is... actually really bad. It pains me to say it as they must have put a lot of work into it, as a lot of NPC's speak when you're simply idling in town. If i had the option to just have the korean audio, i would take it.

    Overall, BDO gets a 4, a deserving 4. Does this mean the game is crap, no, no it does not. Does it mean you should throw your wallet on the screen, as i did, no, no you should not. The developers need to really consider what it means to have a game "Buy to Play", for as it stands, it feels like i've been playing a glorified farmville, apologies for the analogy to those hurt by that comment, but think about it...

    You start out with nothing, go out do missions, eventually get to crafting and the core section, and things start costing points that are returned by waiting: making food costs points, chopping trees costs points, making swords costs points, and getting those points back takes literal time. There are ways to get points back besides quests and waiting, through "loyalties", or real money, speeding things up, like a mobile game.

    I, like others, believe Black Desert will go F2P if things continue as is, and that's a shame, as i would love to see it prosper.    … Expand
  3. LypseDK
    Mar 5, 2016
    2
    The Bad..
    Voice and text are not matching.
    The black spirit... who thought that whine when summoned was a good idea.
    Mobs die in one hit.. then at the first real fight with the summoned imp you almost die... very strange.
    So many systems in place, that are just diffrent grinds?
    I got the most fun out of the character generator, then it fell apart after that...
  4. snooze4321
    Mar 4, 2016
    4
    Black Desert Online is enjoyable if you like pvp or running goods between cities for profit. But the games pros are outweighed by its cons.

    Pros: - An amazing parkour system where you can climb over any wall and onto roofs etc. - The game looks great and has good optimization - The autorun feature means you can set a destination to a quest or location and just hit your run key - The    Black Desert Online is enjoyable if you like pvp or running goods between cities for profit. But the games pros are outweighed by its cons.

    Pros:
    - An amazing parkour system where you can climb over any wall and onto roofs etc.
    - The game looks great and has good optimization
    - The autorun feature means you can set a destination to a quest or location and just hit your run key
    - The lack of fast travel gives the game a more life like feel to it. Combined with a trading system that has you running goods between cities.

    Cons:
    - THE ENERGY SYSTEM. Everything you do requires energy, if you cut down 10 trees you then have to wait HALF AN HOUR to cut down another 10.
    - The voice acting is atrocious
    - Such little effort has gone into the quest text and dialogue, combined with how fast you level it might as well not exist
    - The ludicrous cost of cash shop items. An outfit will cost the same amount as the game itself. Your auto loot function costs $10. And the dye system is a joke.
    - Daum's business practises. The way they interact with the community, the prices they put on items and the fact they had you waive your rights to a refund if you pre-ordered the game all ties into the fact that Daum can not be trusted. I really would not be surprised if they made the game free to play 6 months later.

    You will get enough fun out of $30 if you can ignore the cons just don't support bad business practises; don't buy cash shop items.    … Expand
  5. boxgurl160
    Mar 3, 2016
    0
    Black Desert Online Is a buy to play MMO with a price tag of $30

    This game has a lot of issues. Most mainly being from it's terrible publisher DAUM. I think it's quite clear that this game for them is nothing more then a quick cash grab. Let's talk about DAUM's communication skills If there's anything this last week proved it's that DAUM is terrible about communicating to their    Black Desert Online Is a buy to play MMO with a price tag of $30

    This game has a lot of issues. Most mainly being from it's terrible publisher DAUM. I think it's quite clear that this game for them is nothing more then a quick cash grab.

    Let's talk about DAUM's communication skills

    If there's anything this last week proved it's that DAUM is terrible about communicating to their player base. During the 2nd closed beta people were given a look at the cash shop items, a lot of people were upset with the pricing and RNG items. A costume would cost more then the actual game. So DAUM created a thread on the official forums to keep all the angry players in one spot. A whole week of people complaining and DAUM said nothing to anybody. At the end of the week it was the last day to pre-order and still DAUM had said nothing about it. Only the day after the pre-orders ended did people finally get a response. It's almost like they purposely waited till after pre-orders ended to release a statement to make sure they got no more negative press. They also didn't get the response from DAUM, they got it from MMORPG, that's right a third party site.

    Did they listen to their players? Well yes and no. They did reduce the price---of just the costumes, and only by $3 from $32 to $29. In fact it almost seems like they lowered the prices by $3 just to shut up the people who were complaining about costumes being more then the game itself. Everything else stayed the same in the cash shop.

    During the Early Access stage of the game people like myself who spent $100 on the game tried to claim our pre-order items had many issues. What happened when you tried to send in a support ticket asking for help? Nothing, Till this moment I still haven't gotten a response to my ticket asking for help. Sure eventually I got my items after the game launched, but it's really telling when DAUM can't be arsed enough to even reply to support tickets asking for help.

    on 3/3/2016 the game officially launched. When it went live there was a 1 gig patch. Normally with a MMO you expect for there to be some sort of patch notes. So was there any patch notes? Nope, apparently 1 gigs worth of changes isn't important enough to tell their players about.

    Now let's talk about character customization.

    BDO has a very detailed dye system, and a good amount of dyes. How do you get dyes you ask? Well through the cash shop of course! There's no way to obtain dyes in the game itself without paying for them. Oh did I mention that the dyes are rng one time use items? I hope you don't have a certain look you want because good luck getting the dyes without spending $100.

    I bet you're thinking "well if I can't dye my gear surely I can just use a wide variety of costumes at my disposal!" you'd be wrong. Each class has about 4 different outfits in the game, that's right 4. There's more in the cash shop of course. So really if you want to look different then other people you're gonna have to pay money at some point. It's almost mind boggling, since you can play mmos from 16 years ago that offer more character customization then BDO does(without using cash shop items). Heck even modern F2P games have more customization then BDO does.

    Being able to style and customize your character in an mmo is a very important feature, and has been a fundamental part of MMOs for over a decade. The fact that DAUM has restricted that customization to the cash shop is disgusting.

    DAUM sold a B2P game which has a worse cash shop then most F2P games. I like the game, but I would not recommend it to anyone with how greedy and lazy the publisher DAUM is. Black Desert Online does not have a bright future if DAUM keeps up with their shenanigans.    … Expand
  6. Marulk
    Mar 3, 2016
    0
    Moneyscammers i say who does nothing to fix the problems who overflowing atm . Can`t even login on my server and it`s no use write a ticket as they got 0 support. Beta i would say but u pay for Alpha..if i could i would sew their lazy money asses on all they got...
  7. Edean
    Mar 4, 2016
    0
    This game has no pve endgame content and the combat gets really boring after few hours.
    The only reason this game is getting any good reviews is that you can play as pornstar looking skimpy anime girls.
    Stay away. Its not worth your time.
  8. Bjoernen
    Mar 3, 2016
    1
    The game have their classes gender locked. Meaning that if you want to play as a specific class, you are forced to play either a little asian girl or - if you are a Bezerker - a huge monstrous man.

    People are defending it by saying its "in the lore" which in all RPG's is a **** excuse to limit player customization and personal choice. If only the female gender can pick up a bow in Black    The game have their classes gender locked. Meaning that if you want to play as a specific class, you are forced to play either a little asian girl or - if you are a Bezerker - a huge monstrous man.

    People are defending it by saying its "in the lore" which in all RPG's is a **** excuse to limit player customization and personal choice. If only the female gender can pick up a bow in Black Desert the "lore" is a **** disaster.

    I never made a character. I usually play spellcasters in games, and I was limited to the choice of being an old man. The game is Korean. It shows. A lot of skimpy dressed pretty females fighting monsters.    … Expand
  9. zutkos
    Mar 3, 2016
    0
    The game had potential, I'll give it that. Sadly the final product is just horrible. For all you PvE lovers, just turn back and never return, BDO has no PvE at all.
  10. bemaniac
    Mar 4, 2016
    2
    I find that the games icons are confusing and cheesy voice overs are embarrassing to listen to. I get the sense of an inferior product as there doesn't seem to be much player cooperation in the game and everything is much too easy to kill. Leveling up was so quick and then there was nothing to do except pvp. I find the character graphics as good as they say but the world is blurry in theI find that the games icons are confusing and cheesy voice overs are embarrassing to listen to. I get the sense of an inferior product as there doesn't seem to be much player cooperation in the game and everything is much too easy to kill. Leveling up was so quick and then there was nothing to do except pvp. I find the character graphics as good as they say but the world is blurry in the distance and the pop in on all settings is really bad. It's like a really broken version of the Arcania Gothic 4 graphics engine but ends up looking less attractive as a result. I think the steady solid graphics of Rift and Wow are more appealing. All the icons and wibbly screen effects in this confuse the eyes. For 4k gamers in particular the game only runs in 24 frames per second when you choose 4k.… Expand
  11. archanjo
    May 17, 2016
    3
    boooriiiinggggg yawnnnnnnnn .
  12. KrytyNiekrytyk
    Mar 9, 2016
    4
    Pros:
    - great graphics
    - great character creator - sandbox Cons: - boring (go to place B from place A and kill everyone, do the same from B to C etc). - no equipment system (you will look the same from lvl 1 to lvl 50, or you can pay 30 euro for some epic outfit) - hud - no tutorials - combat system has too many keyboard shortcuts, so you can be pro player if you will just hit    Pros:
    - great graphics
    - great character creator
    - sandbox
    Cons:
    - boring (go to place B from place A and kill everyone, do the same from B to C etc).
    - no equipment system (you will look the same from lvl 1 to lvl 50, or you can pay 30 euro for some epic outfit)
    - hud
    - no tutorials
    - combat system has too many keyboard shortcuts, so you can be pro player if you will just hit keyboard with your head.

    So:
    Wait for f2p or for equipment system patch, and this will be quite better (like 6/10).    … Expand
  13. Dragonfire14
    Mar 8, 2016
    4
    PROS:
    - Unique character creation
    - Multiple character slots - Interesting trade route system - One time purchase CONS: - The UI is confusing and all over the place - Combat keys are random, for example to do a skill you may have to press a combination of keys such as "S, SHIFT, left click). Acts more like a fighting game. - Quest trails don't lead to the next objective for    PROS:
    - Unique character creation
    - Multiple character slots
    - Interesting trade route system
    - One time purchase

    CONS:

    - The UI is confusing and all over the place
    - Combat keys are random, for example to do a skill you may have to press a combination of keys such as "S, SHIFT, left click). Acts more like a fighting game.
    - Quest trails don't lead to the next objective for some quests
    - Boring dialog
    - Bad english voice overs
    - Male characters limited to one class (unless you want to be old or a giant)
    - Energy system that limits your gameplay
    - Energy is used on almost everything. From Gathering to talking to some npcs
    - Game feels like an alpha
    - characters sometime appear as default class looks
    - feels unpolished
    - Game mechanics are not explained (or not explained early enough)
    - classes are gender locked
    - First boss is a massive increase in difficulty compared to all the enemies you fight before hand
    - Many free to play systems in play
    - boring quests
    - random arrows that point to nothing    … Expand
  14. DeanNovelli
    Mar 6, 2016
    1
    Pay to Win, Breast sliders and fetch quests, i think that sums up the game after leveling to 50.

    Don't get me started on the black spirit which is easily the worst part of the game.
  15. mishayangg
    Mar 7, 2016
    2
    No dungeons. No raids. No endgame. What is the point of gearing up? Guess I will go to max level because I was forced to buy this free to play game....
  16. Wandering_Fox
    Mar 7, 2016
    2
    BDO gets a lot of the basics right which give it a lot of attention. However it lacks a true end game and has too much in the way the game has become pay to win. Furthermore, they turned a F2P game from KR into a Western Buy to Play game with a Free to play cash shop.

    Its really starting to feel that these KR ports are becoming cash grabs from the unsuspecting western audience that is    BDO gets a lot of the basics right which give it a lot of attention. However it lacks a true end game and has too much in the way the game has become pay to win. Furthermore, they turned a F2P game from KR into a Western Buy to Play game with a Free to play cash shop.

    Its really starting to feel that these KR ports are becoming cash grabs from the unsuspecting western audience that is too willing to forgive in order to fill a gap in the current MMO market for open world gameplay.    … Expand
  17. MagicSquid
    Mar 17, 2016
    1
    I came back to give this game a lower score/review. I had uninstalled it and decided to re-install it. Despite its bugginess, the general lack of enemy AI that I had seen, and all the other issues, I figured I'd give it another chance.

    Well, upon creating a new character, I loaded into the game and found that every single one of my key bindings, including the Escape button to bring up    I came back to give this game a lower score/review. I had uninstalled it and decided to re-install it. Despite its bugginess, the general lack of enemy AI that I had seen, and all the other issues, I figured I'd give it another chance.

    Well, upon creating a new character, I loaded into the game and found that every single one of my key bindings, including the Escape button to bring up the menu to re-bind the keys, as well as the mouse buuttons, had been unbound.

    Currently there's no way within the game to re-bind the keys, so the game is completely unplayable. This game breaking, massive bug, on top of all the other issue I encountered and the utterly lack-luster combat system that I had seen, earn the game a dismal 1/10.    … Expand
  18. PrincessRose
    Feb 13, 2019
    0
    I liked this game at first, but that was before I realised it had soul destroying RNG for everything. Want to upgrade gear, it's not too difficult until you try and get tet gear I failed many times and spent nearly 3 billion on cron stones so my gear would not degrade back to duo. It's a terrible system of non stop failure, tedium and effort and getting no reward for my efforts.

    Decide    I liked this game at first, but that was before I realised it had soul destroying RNG for everything. Want to upgrade gear, it's not too difficult until you try and get tet gear I failed many times and spent nearly 3 billion on cron stones so my gear would not degrade back to duo. It's a terrible system of non stop failure, tedium and effort and getting no reward for my efforts.

    Decide that you want a better horse, spend many months, as training them and getting good skills is also random and you are more than likely to end up with a dud horse that you can spend money on to try and change it's skills which could end up costing you $100's to get all the skills you want.

    If you eventually get a courser to try and turn into a Pegasus, that is also random and can take 50+ attempts and it is also random and you may not get the dream horse you want.

    Everything in this game is a trap that gives lots of failure to encourage lots of spending of money to try to increase your success, but even then you aren't guaranteed to get what you want.

    This game is a trap, stay away escape while you can, this game is rng heavy designed for lots of tedious frustration and failure to try and milk you of your money. Avoid at all costs.

    Only recommended for those who like wasting money and time. As this game feels like work with no fun or reward for your efforts.    … Expand
  19. OriginalConcept
    Mar 6, 2016
    4
    Black Desert Online is a game that's cool until you realize how much grinding everything takes. Wanna make a boat and go deep sea fishing? You'll have to spend 10 hours getting it.

    Combat involves pulling enemies into a group and dropping AoEs. Even the "bosses" have laughably telegraphed attacks. It's flashy but it's not deep. I haven't tried PvP. Sounds cool, but I'm not going    Black Desert Online is a game that's cool until you realize how much grinding everything takes. Wanna make a boat and go deep sea fishing? You'll have to spend 10 hours getting it.

    Combat involves pulling enemies into a group and dropping AoEs. Even the "bosses" have laughably telegraphed attacks. It's flashy but it's not deep.

    I haven't tried PvP. Sounds cool, but I'm not going to grind for 50 hours so I can be on level footing.    … Expand
  20. alex_dragon
    Mar 7, 2016
    0
    Cashshop is completely p2w. gear are not equalized in any means meaning someone can just spent $1000 on this game and owns everyone in open world.

    its not about skills because if someone spent more money than you they will have an easier time beating you, sure you can gear up ur stuff for free but that will take forever and the grind in this game is insane. combat system it doesn't    Cashshop is completely p2w. gear are not equalized in any means meaning someone can just spent $1000 on this game and owns everyone in open world.

    its not about skills because if someone spent more money than you they will have an easier time beating you, sure you can gear up ur stuff for free but that will take forever and the grind in this game is insane.

    combat system it doesn't really require strategic thinking and is just buttons smashing. however it has the best graphics and character customization no doubt.

    lack of PVE content i am hugely disappointed bu this. the game as a whole right now is just a open world pvp game    … Expand
  21. Monstreur
    Mar 6, 2016
    0
    NA/EU ip block, KR ip block and bans, RU ip block, JP ip block and bans... They give you a great character creator but the all gear in this game looks the same, if you don't buy a 25U$ skin. Back to Blizzard.
  22. Bombzy
    Mar 7, 2016
    2
    I was really looking forward to this game, but I have to say I am disappointed. Character creation is quite nice and very detailed - but gender locked classes was a bit annoying. However, that was the best bit - it is really all downhill from there. The game itself is a mess. Confusing and cluttered UI, glitchy graphics, lag, lighting effects where you can't see what the hell is going onI was really looking forward to this game, but I have to say I am disappointed. Character creation is quite nice and very detailed - but gender locked classes was a bit annoying. However, that was the best bit - it is really all downhill from there. The game itself is a mess. Confusing and cluttered UI, glitchy graphics, lag, lighting effects where you can't see what the hell is going on half the time. Combat looks quite good but is way too easy. Maybe this changes at higher levels, but even the first boss fight with the Giant Imp required no thought, planning or skill. Quests are boring and unimaginative and text and voice acting is truly awful. Steer well clear - this will be F2P soon.… Expand
  23. Sajonara84
    Mar 7, 2016
    4
    ignore 10/10 and 0-1/10 reviews, those are clearly paid reviewers....
    As i predicted this is just another overhyped asian grindfest with nice graphics and combat mechanics.
    Everything else is just mediocore at most with terible UI/Story/PvE/fetch quests
    If u like endless grinding and u are fan of echii thats game for you, otherwise stay away from this...
  24. CroGerA
    Mar 7, 2016
    3
    I played it for few days with an "guest pass", and this game is one of the most terrible mmorpgs i ever played. Really glad i didn´t pay for this **** Its like the most of asian mmorpg - they just cant do it.
  25. Proudsoul
    Mar 6, 2016
    0
    When it comes to DAUM the word Greedy just doesnt fit. They are without a doubt the WORST company I have ever given my hard earned money to. They have ZERO communitcaton with their customers, they STILL havent given people what they paid for from the pre-order. They THEN promise COMPENSATION and have yet to deliver it nor even speak of it ! If you want to be robbed of your money and play aWhen it comes to DAUM the word Greedy just doesnt fit. They are without a doubt the WORST company I have ever given my hard earned money to. They have ZERO communitcaton with their customers, they STILL havent given people what they paid for from the pre-order. They THEN promise COMPENSATION and have yet to deliver it nor even speak of it ! If you want to be robbed of your money and play a game that is just another Archeage this is for you ...Oh lets not forget the GREED of DAUM want to make you character lok better with gear well you cant you have to BUY gear with Real money ..ok so $5 $10 is okay ..no $25 for an outfit ...Pass on this game.… Expand
  26. macho41
    Mar 9, 2016
    0
    This childish community can't take a criticism so I'm giving it a zero...

    Othervise the game is not that bad it's just not as good as the others.

    My biggest gripe with it is that it doesn't have any pve content...
  27. julama23
    Mar 9, 2016
    0
    My god this is hilarious. Aren't we done with these korean garbages already? Blade and soul failed 1 month ago and now this failure. Korea just stop, you suck.
  28. jon43
    Mar 9, 2016
    0
    Is this the new trend? Releasing crappy korean MMOs?

    PROS - Graphics, character creator

    CONS - everything else

    TLDR: Get a better MMO..............
  29. davana
    Mar 9, 2016
    0
    Lol people going nuts because of 2 or 3 guys said they prefer ESO. I'm not even playing ESO, but I can at least see where they are coming from. When I played ESO there was at least high quality stuff, I don't see anything that good in BDO. Get a better taste people.
  30. mary94
    Mar 9, 2016
    0
    Maybe I'm just too old, but there is nothing that Black Desert does, which hasn't been done before or done better. Same old, just of a mediocre quality. Might as well play WoW, at least it has some PvE.
  31. alanaw
    Mar 9, 2016
    0
    The game is probably more like 4 or 5, but I'm just giving it 0 to even the score for all those fanboys giving it 10. It's perhaps worth the 30$ price tag, even though it won't last you for more than 1 month, unlike other AAA mmos.
  32. misal
    Mar 9, 2016
    0
    Pretty graphics don't make a game. Black desert is a perfect example of that. What a souless game. Besides why the hell asians can't create a good action combat is beyond me.
  33. julaw
    Mar 9, 2016
    0
    I'm absolutely digusted by the performance issues. The game is crashing every 5min. It's not even a new game, you'd think the game would have been fixed by now, but no.
  34. kokolo
    Mar 9, 2016
    0
    BDO is anything but decent. This grindfest mess that they've created deserves to die, and I'm sure it will very soon. If blade and soul didn't make it, Black Desert has no chance at all.
  35. japaba
    Mar 9, 2016
    0
    This game is not a sandbox. The company lied and I was very mislead. I guess I'm staying with EVE till a true sandbox game comes along. It's way better anyway.
  36. kosa
    Mar 9, 2016
    0
    Black desert probably has the most immature community I've ever seen. Well at least it seems very similar to WoW, so that's bad enough. If only the game was that great to tolerate all these kids.
  37. mieal
    Mar 9, 2016
    0
    Have we really gone so low that we have to play this kind of mmos :)? I'd rather watch a paint dry than play black desert, it's so boring and uninspired, on top of that even very buggy and unoptimized.
  38. ljuaw
    Mar 9, 2016
    0
    People saying it's a conspiracy, no game sucks. Releasing a low quality korean grindfest and putting a price tag on it, do you think we western players are that stupid to play it? Apparently we really are that stupid to buy it, and drop it in a week as the quality is just not there. You could it takes much more to satisfy a player in the west because we're not used to so bad games.
  39. kolinka
    Mar 9, 2016
    0
    Just as I though I was getting bored of Guild Wars 2, this game came along. And I was all hyped and that. I even spent 60$ on it. The end result? Bad product. This is the worst MMO I've tried so far, and that's saying a lot. I guess I'll just stay in GW2.
  40. zubawa
    Mar 9, 2016
    0
    To be honest I've seen worse games, however this community is just horrible with it's accusations just because others prefer better/way more popular mmos. I've seen some horrible fanboys over the years, but BDO fanboys have to be the worst. Yeah really cool to go search for a conspiracy when your game is not good enough.
  41. ImSoto
    Mar 12, 2016
    4
    Edit; It has come to my attention that both an subreddit called /r/BlackDesertOnline and the Official forums participated in vote brigading(downvote negatives, upvote positives reviews) of Metacritic because people have different opinions then them. The saddest part was that both the moderators of each site allowed this to happen freely and seemed to support this action by not evenEdit; It has come to my attention that both an subreddit called /r/BlackDesertOnline and the Official forums participated in vote brigading(downvote negatives, upvote positives reviews) of Metacritic because people have different opinions then them. The saddest part was that both the moderators of each site allowed this to happen freely and seemed to support this action by not even attempting to do anything to prevent this type of thing.

    Also if you noted, it was even encouraged by them to create new accounts just to submit an positive review at the same time so they could get the average user score from 5.1/10. This just goes how immature the majority of the playerbase including lacking common decency.
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    This review is based on me owning the conquers pack and logging 60 hours, having access to CBT1&2 and currently having an level 51 Tamer and an level 46 Archer.

    First of all, for anyone giving this game an 10/10 please don't write an review if you're just going to follow along with the flock and try to fit in. I can see other people giving this game an 8.5/10 at best, however this is simply not an 10/10 game. This also apply's to people giving this game an 0/10, lets be honest this game is no way your worst game of the year by any standards.

    So down to the review I'll be breaking it into my basic cons and pros to help shorten this list as much as possible.

    Pros:
    - Graphics (I'd say on-par with Witcher 3 on low, however for an MMORPG is very impressive of itself)
    - Combat (Currently one of the best, if not the best combat systems in any MMORPG currently out)
    - Theme park sandbox (Plenty of things like fishing,trading,crafting,harvesting,worker management, etc)

    Neutral:
    - Parkour system (An very shoddy attempt which leaves an bad taste if you've played other great parkour systems done right like Thief, Dying Light, Sleeping Dogs, AC Series, Etc)
    - Living World (It's decent, however it requires an high activity of players to feel like its immersive)
    - Plot (Great story writing, however the voice acting really ruins what the writers have achieved)
    - Customizability (Its locked behind an paywall, sadly to say so most of the time you're going to look just like everyone else, so much for that character creation)

    Cons:
    - The Community (Read the edit at the top)
    - PvP (Mostly dead due to the Karma system and this was expected, yet Daum games chose not to address this issue so most of the great PvP will be happening in GvG and not in the world itself)
    - PvE (WAY TOO EASY, from the tutorial mobs at the beginning to the end game mobs there is virtually no difference in difficulty. We're talking about those "epic" boss summons you can do, well the fact is you can do them when you're 15 levels behind and still have an easy time)
    - No real type of raids or dungeons (because the only difference between an summoned quest boss and the open world boss for guilds is literally one soaks up way more damage. That's all the challenge)
    - General game mechanics (None of them connect into any meaningful systems, which is quite disappointing given how much time must of been put into each of them)
    - Daum themselves (After seeing them banning players on forums for pointing out their mistakes and then lying about it (If you're interested I'd suggest googling there's plenty of drama on the subject), enforcing non-existent rules,dropping all communication with the community, etc. It really shows an lack of control or caring about the players in general)
    - "P2W" (This is an very hot topic and I define anything P2W that offers anything not obtainable VIA in-game methods EXCEPT for the standard EXP boosting items that help later joiners/less time available players still be able to play reasonably well. However the fact is you have abilities, stats, customizability being locked behind an pay wall which the game itself is B2P is sickening and the defenders of this have some type of Stockholm syndrome from previous games that abused these type of cash grabbing before)

    TLDR REVIEW; The game is average, nothing more and nothing less. For $60($30 base and $30 for 3 pets) its really up to you. I'd advise you to get an 7 day guest invite and play it the game until that guest period runs out to decide if you'd play this over other MMORPGs you'd like to try out    … Expand
  42. nuia
    Mar 9, 2016
    0
    BOOOORINGGGGGG...........

    If you are expecting a good story, quests or whatever, don't bother playing BDO. I've found the hard way that BDO is all about grinding with no meaning.
  43. fukwa
    Mar 9, 2016
    0
    Overhyped mess of a game. I've got best performance PC you could as for, and this game doesn't run good. Getting 20-30 fps what the hell. Go free to play already, you don't deserve to be b2p. who even plays this wtf
  44. Johan701
    Jan 31, 2018
    2
    I had pretty much mixed feelings about this game, but the more i discovered about it, the more disappointed i became.

    - All the initial phases of the game are way too easy, you can just go on, aggro an indefinite amount of monsters and grind them off without even losing HP, there is no punishment for poor-playing at least for the first 50 levels of the game, no risk, no real feelings    I had pretty much mixed feelings about this game, but the more i discovered about it, the more disappointed i became.

    - All the initial phases of the game are way too easy, you can just go on, aggro an indefinite amount of monsters and grind them off without even losing HP, there is no punishment for poor-playing at least for the first 50 levels of the game, no risk, no real feelings besides the "omg, i can grind everything" one. That becomes boring pretty fast.
    - Developers are greedy, and the game is pay2win: you can buy a lot of stuff from the premium shop that you can directly resell for silvers, that way you can have any amount of currency based on your credit card. On top of that, there is no room for trading between players, everything is strictly controlled and restricted, prices on AH are controlled, you can't even give an item you don't need to a friend. All of this to prevent goldsellers, except the game itself is run by goldsellers, and they are just ruining the game experience for everyone to insure they have no competitors, no better than a mobile game does.
    - Many things are very complicated for no real reason: The whole nodes/worker/city system is needlessly complicated, you just have to master it in order to accomplish nothing more than having a daily silver income, which creates nothing but inflation of the economy.

    The whole game seems like a very complex and deeply structured living economy and crafting environment, but it only seems so, once broken down, it's actually not at all.

    The whole purpose of the game is "appearing".

    Fights appear complicated, skill based, fast and intriguing, it's not really so.
    Markets and economy appear to be very sandboxy, free and complex, they aren't at all.
    Characters appear to be very customizable, it's not so.
    Graphic style is kinda trash, involves a lot of different styles and comes up as the usual popular-mmo-laughable-mixup of pseudo-fantasy and trash.

    Nothing is there to actually keeping me playing the game. and it was overall a big disappointment.    … Expand
  45. MoonLess
    Jul 28, 2023
    0
    Stop killing pvp! Stop killing pvp! Stop killing pvp! Stop killing pvp!
  46. Sirius_Drake
    Jul 28, 2023
    0
    I want to say a few words about the announcement of the upcoming update. I hope the developers will listen to the majority of players who protest against the removal of the guild war system from the game. In the game and so the minimum number of pvp. Personally, I play in the RU region. We do not even have an arena Solare, as in Euro players. After all this you want to remove and guildI want to say a few words about the announcement of the upcoming update. I hope the developers will listen to the majority of players who protest against the removal of the guild war system from the game. In the game and so the minimum number of pvp. Personally, I play in the RU region. We do not even have an arena Solare, as in Euro players. After all this you want to remove and guild warfare. I understand that the game has recently evolved towards newcomers. Combat equipment is losing its relevance, all the main spots can be farmed in the usual tuvala. The only purpose to develop their equipment remained the opportunity to participate in PVP, which you want to take away from us. The game has a huge number of guilds, both peaceful and warring. If a player does not like PVP he can always join a regular PVE guild and play peacefully. As well as PVP players go to PVP guilds to fight. Yes, you can organize large-scale PVP battles of 300 by 300 people, but I think that they are unlikely to reach the Russian servers. If you can't even organize a Solare arena like on European servers, then what can we say about a large-scale PVP battle of 300 by 300 players. In general, I am very upset and hope that the developers will listen to the opinion of players and leave free PVP between guilds. I don't want to play in the likeness of genshin impact.… Expand
  47. Arktos
    Jul 28, 2023
    0
    In pursuit of new players, the PA company simply spits on the wishes of the players who have given years of their lives to this game. Soon (the next patch) pvp in the open world will be practically destroyed, pvp potential in sieges will be limited. Players no longer need to develop, and the efforts of players who have been playing for 5-7 years are simply thrown into the trash.
  48. EpicJessey
    Aug 28, 2018
    3
    TL;DR: BDO is a full­time job you don't get paid for, but instead asks you for money.

    Still a Free-to-Play / Pay-to-Win game in it's core with a entry fee. No meaningful PvE content !. PvP with huge balance problems, exploits and server lags !. It is not rewarding at all. Almost all quest, event, loyalty, returning, login and what not rewards are crap. Pray to RNG to get something    TL;DR: BDO is a full­time job you don't get paid for, but instead asks you for money.

    Still a Free-to-Play / Pay-to-Win game in it's core with a entry fee.
    No meaningful PvE content !.
    PvP with huge balance problems, exploits and server lags !.
    It is not rewarding at all. Almost all quest, event, loyalty, returning, login and what not rewards are crap. Pray to RNG to get something usefull !.
    To many stacking advantages behind a paywall to reduce the annoyness. Some of them you can optain in the market with ingame currency and a ~0,0000001% chance... if they even appear at all.
    No visual changes on your character unless you pay, after hundrets of hrs you look as someone who just started the game.
    The few outfits you can craft look ugly af and the once you get for a short time don't count. Also always the same that no one wants.
    (you'll end up easly with a few hundret bucks for a semi-normal gaming expiriance.)

    While the combat is one - if not the best out of every MMORPG out there
    (and I hate all tab-targeting MMO's, this and ESO were the closest to a somewhat singleplayer experience I've found), everything else in this "game" is designed to waste your time as much as possible, timers and long♥♥♥♥♥animations behind almost every action you do like a stupid free mobile game and most rewarding with AFK activites everyone uses macros and/or bots.
    The world feels alive but at the same time, almost every player is AFK or set to autopilot because no fast travel and lifeskill.

    (aka - the game you will barly play, if you want to progress, only background / second monitor.)

    Have fun wasting time with killing the same mobs 10^12 times on the same spot, just to reach one level endgame and making a bit gold for RNG gear progression, that whenever it deciteds do fail, makes you grind for another dozen of hours and at the end, you'd never catch up unless you dedicate your life to it and your wallet. - the game.

    Not to mention the utterly bad optimization, servers and pop-in / draw distance issues.    … Expand
  49. goufas13
    Feb 5, 2019
    2
    Keeping it short.
    The game had potential but nobody expected something better from Korean Devs.
    P2W elements are everywhere, from enchanting to even leveling your horse. The punishment system is ridiculus, encouraging people to abuse it over a spot, sending others to jail. The community is toxic, rush-ish. RNG and Grinding is everywhere
  50. frosteye
    Jul 22, 2018
    1
    This game has most obnoxious cash shop it made me hate myself for even trying this game out. It gets one point for graphics but theyre not really that good since the game runs terribily on high settings and you need to lower it to play the only "content" that this game has which is pvp because the more frames you have the more damage you deal in pvp somehow. Not to mention pvp is entirelyThis game has most obnoxious cash shop it made me hate myself for even trying this game out. It gets one point for graphics but theyre not really that good since the game runs terribily on high settings and you need to lower it to play the only "content" that this game has which is pvp because the more frames you have the more damage you deal in pvp somehow. Not to mention pvp is entirely gear based with pretty significant imbalances between the classes to the point that even with same gear Class A has no way to win vs Class B no matter what. If youre looking for fun pvp game which BDO was advertised as i cant recommend it. The best way to play it would be to create characters since character creator is pretty neat and then just casually wander around the world, but just forget about being into any sort of competition and pvp since youll need thousands of dollars and hours to achieve that.… Expand
  51. Kracej
    Jul 28, 2023
    1
    Thanks for killing open world pvp. That is what players always asked for. gg
  52. gameshellex
    Jul 27, 2023
    0
    A deceived their community and abandoned the most dedicated players.They promised pvp, but as a result of the last patch, they killed all pvp content.Disregard for a huge group of players, constant server lags, and just no communication with the community
  53. Hasdegar
    Jul 27, 2023
    1
    PvP based game who managed to kill PvP function. If i want to play a grind game i will choose PoE or D4
  54. SHAPEofSHADE
    Jul 28, 2023
    0
    A deceived their community and abandoned the most dedicated players.They promised pvp, but as a result of the last patch, they killed all pvp content.Disregard for a huge group of players, constant server lags, and just no communication with the community
  55. Koraf
    Jul 28, 2023
    0
    Apparently PearlAbyss decided to create a parody of Genshin, otherwise I don’t understand the trend of recent years to kill pvp, first they killed the sieges, making them with restrictions on the number of players and the gear equation, then they killed the Saturday sieges by removing 1 of the territories, and most of the rest were added the same cuts on gearscore, and cuts are evenApparently PearlAbyss decided to create a parody of Genshin, otherwise I don’t understand the trend of recent years to kill pvp, first they killed the sieges, making them with restrictions on the number of players and the gear equation, then they killed the Saturday sieges by removing 1 of the territories, and most of the rest were added the same cuts on gearscore, and cuts are even stronger than on node sieges, equalized all castles in terms of rewards and killed the motivation for weaker players to go to sieges without cuts and develop their gear, killed mercenaries for sieges by introducing a limit on the number of mercenaries for Saturday sieges, removed the arena Solarium because they can’t make normal servers that any fool can’t piss off, servers don’t work on sieges at all, constantly “try again later” and other lags, even if there are about 300-400 people on the territory / node, now you also want kill the guild wars... I really love BDO and I like to play it, but for me, as a pvp player, the content in the game is getting smaller and smaller and the motivation to play further and improve my gear is also getting smaller. Trying to please new players, you decided to forget about those who have been playing for 5+ years, at the moment content for old players is not released at all, only those mechanics are removed, for which we fell in love with BDO when we came here.… Expand
  56. Greymori
    Jul 28, 2023
    1
    Stop killing pvp! Stop killing pvp! Stop killing pvp! Stop killing pvp!Stop killing pvp! Stop killing pvp! Stop killing pvp! Stop killing pvp!Stop killing pvp! Stop killing pvp! Stop killing pvp! Stop killing pvp!Stop killing pvp! Stop killing pvp! Stop killing pvp! Stop killing pvp!
  57. pvpbdo
    Jul 28, 2023
    0
    Thanks for killing open world pvp. That is what players always asked for. gg
  58. GibMeMyPVP
    Jul 28, 2023
    0
    I want to say a few words about the announcement of the upcoming update. I hope the developers will listen to the majority of players who protest against the removal of the guild war system from the game. In the game and so the minimum number of pvp. Personally, I play in the RU region. We do not even have an arena Solare, as in Euro players. After all this you want to remove and guildI want to say a few words about the announcement of the upcoming update. I hope the developers will listen to the majority of players who protest against the removal of the guild war system from the game. In the game and so the minimum number of pvp. Personally, I play in the RU region. We do not even have an arena Solare, as in Euro players. After all this you want to remove and guild warfare. I understand that the game has recently evolved towards newcomers. Combat equipment is losing its relevance, all the main spots can be farmed in the usual tuvala. The only purpose to develop their equipment remained the opportunity to participate in PVP, which you want to take away from us. The game has a huge number of guilds, both peaceful and warring. If a player does not like PVP he can always join a regular PVE guild and play peacefully. As well as PVP players go to PVP guilds to fight. Yes, you can organize large-scale PVP battles of 300 by 300 people, but I think that they are unlikely to reach the Russian servers. If you can't even organize a Solare arena like on European servers, then what can we say about a large-scale PVP battle of 300 by 300 players. In general, I am very upset and hope that the developers will listen to the opinion of players and leave free PVP between guilds. I don't want to play in the likeness of genshin impact.… Expand
  59. Aelinn9
    May 14, 2018
    1
    This game boasts beautiful graphics it uses to hook people in. But past that surface beauty this game is a complete mess. I have played the game for 2 years now and up until now it's PvP made up for it's flaws. Now however they have taken the game back to alpha stage and we the players are suffering through a completely broken and unbalanced game. The new devs have turned everything on itsThis game boasts beautiful graphics it uses to hook people in. But past that surface beauty this game is a complete mess. I have played the game for 2 years now and up until now it's PvP made up for it's flaws. Now however they have taken the game back to alpha stage and we the players are suffering through a completely broken and unbalanced game. The new devs have turned everything on its head and are implementing changes nobody asked for.

    Everything users made their class choices based off, their PURCHASES is now invalid. This game was truly a gem for anyone that loved to PvP and even it's lifeskills can be enjoyable and play a role in top end pvp making elixirs etc

    If you buy this game in it's current state you will spend 95% of your time on the floor in a combat system that has been dumbed down beyond belief.    … Expand
  60. n0lt0c
    May 26, 2018
    0
    I want to love this game and enjoy the combat but its a p2w Korean grind fest with the worst game devs Ive seen in regards to treating their customers right and not like milk cows.

    Nice graphics but runs like **** performance wise. games say $5 but you got to spend at least $100 on pets to make the game playable after the beginner area. tehn more and more after that to reduce the    I want to love this game and enjoy the combat but its a p2w Korean grind fest with the worst game devs Ive seen in regards to treating their customers right and not like milk cows.

    Nice graphics but runs like **** performance wise.

    games say $5 but you got to spend at least $100 on pets to make the game playable after the beginner area. tehn more and more after that to reduce the inconveniences to playable levels.

    had so much potential but currently the devs are redoing the in depth fighting game-esc to be easier for casuals and new players as they gear for xbox release.

    GG was a fun game at times, too bad Pearl Abyss are ****ty people    … Expand
  61. Thsar
    Nov 25, 2018
    1
    The Launcher is unable to start, the game needs to many resources, finally, very bad programmed, not Win 10 ready.
  62. Fidi
    Apr 3, 2019
    0
    Total bait and switch.
    The game turns in to mandatory PVP after you reach level 40, so if you are offending another player by killing monsters first that they also wanted to be killing, they can murder your character as many time as they want with almost no consequences beyond having to kill some of the monsters that you were first killing to regain their karma.
  63. PoorMerlin
    Jul 27, 2023
    0
    The game positions itself as an "open world with PVP". But the developers killed this concept. There is no point in playing it. Because it made sense to raise gearscore exclusively for PVP. But now we have a peaceful sandbox with reduced sieges. Deleted the game.
  64. Shianari
    Jul 28, 2023
    0
    The developer systematically kills his MMORPG, turning it into a solo game. Disgusting servers, lack of motivated pvp and boring pve for 9999 hours - that's what awaits you in this game.
  65. Killerondk
    Jul 28, 2023
    0
    How can we play a game when PA doesn't listen players? Stop it, you are killing pvp content which is main reason for many to play! Don't make pvp players quit BDO.
  66. Grumpy_trip
    Jul 28, 2023
    1
    We should thank the developers for gradually removing PvP content from the game over the course of several years and turning it into a PvE grind simulator... Also, the absence of any actions of developers in relation to DDoS attacks, and the simple removal of this content for some regions.
  67. root10mail
    Jul 28, 2023
    2
    Black Desert used to be a good game. Unfortunately, the developers went in the wrong direction. They introduced equalization during sieges, cuts.
    They devalued the achievements of the players.
    They have moved away from the open world. The latest update completely removes PVP in the game. It makes no sense to improve the character. Don't start playing BDO - now it's a game without    Black Desert used to be a good game. Unfortunately, the developers went in the wrong direction. They introduced equalization during sieges, cuts.
    They devalued the achievements of the players.
    They have moved away from the open world.
    The latest update completely removes PVP in the game. It makes no sense to improve the character.
    Don't start playing BDO - now it's a game without meaning and interest.    … Expand
  68. Likej
    Jul 28, 2023
    1
    I love BDO, but this direction is all for beginners, it kills the desire to enter. Being an average player, not a beginner who gets kissed on the butt by the developers, or a top player who has amassed maximum gear a long time ago, I want to leave
  69. FisitngKnight
    Jul 28, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I've been playing this game for more than 10 thousand hours and the developers decided to cut off the last influx of content for the players. Murder war system. Opens the possibility for bad players to interfere with your game for free and now you can't do anything about it. The game that positioned itself as an open world pvp has now turned into pve not just pve and the developer is completely not interested in what old players need, they are completely immersed in work for content for beginners and only for them. As you move into the high class of players your experience just gets worse and worse. What a pity that a greedy developer kills his creation… Expand
  70. VanGhoul
    Jul 28, 2023
    0
    Players in RU are upset about a potential update removing the guild war system, as the game lacks PvP content compared to EU servers. PvP is vital for gear progression, and its removal would be disheartening. They cherish the game's diversity, joining PvE or PvP-oriented guilds. They hope developers consider player feedback, retaining free guild PvP to preserve the game's uniqueness andPlayers in RU are upset about a potential update removing the guild war system, as the game lacks PvP content compared to EU servers. PvP is vital for gear progression, and its removal would be disheartening. They cherish the game's diversity, joining PvE or PvP-oriented guilds. They hope developers consider player feedback, retaining free guild PvP to preserve the game's uniqueness and not resemble Genshin Impact. Large-scale 300 vs. 300 battles may not be feasible on Russian servers.… Expand
  71. razordaman
    Apr 29, 2018
    1
    Don't waste your time on this garbage. There are no dungeons. There is one set of final armor to get for all classes. That's right everyone has the same gear set in the end lol. You pay to look different even thou you have the same armor. You can buy the final BOSS armor with real money via buying and selling cash shop costumes. You can also just log in daily and collect 10 tokens a monthDon't waste your time on this garbage. There are no dungeons. There is one set of final armor to get for all classes. That's right everyone has the same gear set in the end lol. You pay to look different even thou you have the same armor. You can buy the final BOSS armor with real money via buying and selling cash shop costumes. You can also just log in daily and collect 10 tokens a month and you'll get it in a few months. That's right folks, you don't have to ever kill 1 mob in order to get the best gear in the game. The ONLY reason you do anything in the game including combat is to get money to upgrade the BOSS gear and that's it...Yep NO END game, no dungeons, no nothing except unfair PvP at to take points in the world to , guess what, make more money.....there is 0 substance to this trash pile.… Expand
  72. Troystorm
    Jan 15, 2018
    4
    They called it an ambitious game. So it's true, but it's all terrible. All Korean bells and whistles. The epilepsy combat system, the lack of a normal interface, the lack of variation in the choice of race / class, the absence of any division into roles in the game. Everything is done as inconveniently as possible. And most importantly - the lack of optimization. Gives out a 10-30 fps onThey called it an ambitious game. So it's true, but it's all terrible. All Korean bells and whistles. The epilepsy combat system, the lack of a normal interface, the lack of variation in the choice of race / class, the absence of any division into roles in the game. Everything is done as inconveniently as possible. And most importantly - the lack of optimization. Gives out a 10-30 fps on any settings.Constant hovering, crashes, do not give a normal enjoy the game.
    Of the good moments worth praising developers for a very huge open
    a beautiful world, a detailed customization of the character and unusual gameplay chips, in the form of sea battles, the economy, trade and other things, but unfortunately it's realized terribly, but at least somehow    … Expand
  73. JavaSquirt
    Oct 1, 2018
    0
    World of Grind.
    Однообразная помоечка про гринд и донат(pay to win only).
  74. Leeeeeeeel
    Dec 8, 2018
    0
    jungs... ich tu ja echt nicht haten.... ihr könnt da Mario fragen ich tu echt nicht haten aber... das spiel ist halt schon irgendwie naja.... scheiße
  75. RobertDirk
    Mar 5, 2019
    3
    Worst MMO I have played. No explanation of any systems other than basic movement, camera and starting skill set. Combat is some strange system I have never come across. Kill things until your "knowledge" increases so that you do more damage. This is done AD NAUSEUM for every creature you come across. I only paid for the $10 version - and I wish I could get my money back. Stay far away.
  76. Fredcrit
    Mar 18, 2019
    3
    I can write a long list of positives. But I stay by the main reason I am interested in this game. Its the unique constellation of a good Fight system with a interesting Life-skill system for one goal, Top Gear.
    Unfortunately this game moves more to P2W. But you can work around.
    The Negatives overshadow the positives with time. Technical issues, like Server lags and crashes are not    I can write a long list of positives. But I stay by the main reason I am interested in this game. Its the unique constellation of a good Fight system with a interesting Life-skill system for one goal, Top Gear.
    Unfortunately this game moves more to P2W. But you can work around.
    The Negatives overshadow the positives with time.
    Technical issues, like Server lags and crashes are not getting fixed. Now people with older Windows versions cant access to the new Market. Trade items in the trade window are not loading. NPCs are not accessable. Quest Rewards cant be accepted afer finishing a Quest.
    Event Quests cant be finished for unknown reason and many more!
    But the most frustrating issues are by design. To make money you need to do a lot of AFK. People keep they computer on for days to process close to the town storage. if you somebody with connection issues, you cant open your storage because of lags and crashes.
    You die because of this and lose xp, you earned grinding for a hurtful amount of time.

    After 1,5 years of playing this game more or less active, I found out that without an extreme specialisation supported by micro-transactions, its pretty hard to reach the top. Nothing new for MMOs. But I start playing BDO, because of its unique mechanics.
    Its fun to do what your mood suggest you or follow a plan. But after time you realise its pointless and exhausting. The many silly unnecessary design flaws in the Quests and game mechanics are frustrating. Sometimes they seem to be installed to force us to take the shortcut buying stuff in the Shop.    … Expand
  77. Meko747
    Aug 16, 2019
    0
    1.Black desert is truly pay to win game.
    2.grind grind grind grind ....
    3.Life skill not fun for me.
    4.bad story telling
  78. Talak
    Nov 23, 2022
    0
    I've been playing since the Beta, and I've spent a lot of money in that game. But the reallity is that they make content for Korea's users and they don't care about NA/EU players.
    They pretend to make a lot of classes but at the end, the content is always the same kind of female characters. No variety at all. Some class got 2 outfits and the same boring content during years.
    If you like    I've been playing since the Beta, and I've spent a lot of money in that game. But the reallity is that they make content for Korea's users and they don't care about NA/EU players.
    They pretend to make a lot of classes but at the end, the content is always the same kind of female characters. No variety at all. Some class got 2 outfits and the same boring content during years.
    If you like to grind A LOT, and get always the same content, maybe it will be more for you then.    … Expand
  79. Nyakuya
    Mar 13, 2019
    3
    Un excelente juego empañado por un sin fin de problemas de planeamiento e implementación.

    - Primero: Es un Pay To Win. Pues todo el proceso de mejorar tu PJ va destinado al endgame del juego que es el pvp, y como podes comprar cosas con dinero real para sacar ventaja, pagando tienes ventaja. - Segundo: El juego te propone que inviertas dinero en él de forma MUY AGRESIVA. Okay, es un    Un excelente juego empañado por un sin fin de problemas de planeamiento e implementación.

    - Primero: Es un Pay To Win. Pues todo el proceso de mejorar tu PJ va destinado al endgame del juego que es el pvp, y como podes comprar cosas con dinero real para sacar ventaja, pagando tienes ventaja.

    - Segundo: El juego te propone que inviertas dinero en él de forma MUY AGRESIVA.
    Okay, es un juego coreano, allá por Asia la gente es MUY ADICTA y se deja todo su sueldo en videojuegos de este estilo. Pero vamos, que Asia no es el resto del mundo y si quieres sacarlo en otros paises no podes implementar las políticas abusivas de tu país en ellos. (Miren a Warframe, que es el juego con el sistema de monetizacion más light que he visto en mi vida. Lo juego hace 2 años y ya tengo todos los cosméticos sin haber pagado nunca, y según datos financieros de Steam 2018, Warframe fue el segundo juego de TODO Steam en más recaudar dinero dicho año. ¿Por qué será que Black Desert no estuvo en la lista a pesar de estar en steam?).

    Voy a seguir justificando por qué creo (por no decir "Es así") que este sistema es abusivo. Primero, hay MUCHISIMAS cosas en las que podrías invertir TANTAS horas en conseguir, que terminarías generando más gasto en electricidad que simplemente pagando por ello con dinero real. (Por dar un ejemplo MUY simple, la cantidad de peso que puedes llevar en tu inventario. Si quieres aumentarla debes mejorar el atributo fuerza, que por cierto tarda SEMANAS en levelear lo suficiente como para darte 50LT de peso extra, y es sumamente aburrido porque para hacerlo tienes que sobrecargar a tu personaje y correr. Eso es todo, sobrecargarlo y correr HORAS y DIAS y SEMANAS... Para conseguir solo +50LT, lo cual es MUY poco porque un cinturón pedorro te da +60LT extra. Ah, pero luego si quieres pagar con dinero real claro que puedes aumentarla al instante y en cantidades mucho más atractivas, como por ejemplo puedes comprar 1000 perlas (moneda de pago) y gastando 540 perlas consigues +250LT instantáneamente. +250LT por 5,40 dolares estadounidenses, o sino mantiendo la PC encendida SEMANAS generando gasto de componentes y eletricidad dejando a tu personaje corriendo para conseguir simplemente +50LT. (Que por cierto, a partir de esa cantidad se pone DIFICILISIMO relevar, porque cada nuevo nivel requiere x10 más de XP que el anterior, y que por consecuente requiere x10 más de tiempo que el anterior).

    - Tercero: Agregaron un modo battle royale llamado "Shadow Arena". Realmente es atractivo, pues hay cofres por todos lados y lo que looteas se transforma en equipo mientras juegas, y en dinero una vez terminas esa partida Battle Royale.
    ¿Cual es el problema de esto?... Pues hay más de uno. Primero el hecho de que no está siempre abierto, y que de hecho múltiples veces durante el día no lo está, (y de madrugada JAMAS lo está).
    Además no ocurren ciertas cosas que DEBERIAN. 1) Jamas te avisan que no está abierto siempre, tuve que preguntarle a amigos para saber por que razón me tiraba error. 2) Cuando está cerrado ell botón para entrar no se bloquea, por lo que no sabes si está disponible o no y clickear en él, te deja entrar, entra a una pantalla de carga, luego te pone el menú del modo de juego, le das a "Jugar", se pone a cargar otra vez, y recién ahí te dice, "Shadow Arena couldn't open". Osea "Shadow arena no se pudo abrir". No te dice "No esta disponible", dice "No se pudo abrir". Bien... Excelente mensaje. Tras darte cuenta por este cartel que no puedes entrar, solo te queda poner "Salir" y OTRA VEZ entra a una pantalla de carga y al terminar recién ahí puedes seguir con lo que estuvieras haciendo. (Es prueba y error todo el tiempo para ver si en algún momento está abierto o no. patético, terrible diseño, porque ni siquiera dan bien las intrucciones de a que horarios está abierto).

    - Cuarto: La traducción. Yo no sé que mierda hicieron, pero la traducción al español está hecha por un mono borracho, o literalmente metieron todo en un traductor y listo, a poner todo lo que el traductor diga. ES MUY MALA, tanto que múltiples veces no entiendes ni que carajos intenta decirte un NPC, y cito una conversación (este tipo de calidad de dialogas se repite constantemente), "Por favor a que le des prisa a que le haga la entrega el capullo". En realidad lo que este NPC quería decir era "Por favor dile que se apresure con la entrega DEL capullo", y se refería a un capullo de tela, (lo cual entendí recién al terminar de hacer la misión, porque con ese diálogo no sabia ni que mierda tenia que hacer).

    Quinto: No puedes sprintar hasta que la barra se carga toda, (aunque tengas mas de la mitad), y acabarás muriendo por esto (sobre todo en pvp cuando te persiguen).

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    No tengo mucho más que agregar. Es un juego el cual disfruto mucho la mitad de las veces, y la otra mitad me dan ganas desinstar.    … Expand
  80. Magnifigood
    Sep 6, 2019
    1
    There is a lot of debate about this game being p2w. Being a player since release, my opinion is that it is one of the most pay to win game I've ever played. It can take years to compete with players that pay to win. It is also considered "competitive pvp" for others to camp/harass you for hours. They can even use an NPC to keep finding you if you change servers. Support is rarely helpfulThere is a lot of debate about this game being p2w. Being a player since release, my opinion is that it is one of the most pay to win game I've ever played. It can take years to compete with players that pay to win. It is also considered "competitive pvp" for others to camp/harass you for hours. They can even use an NPC to keep finding you if you change servers. Support is rarely helpful compared to other games in general.… Expand
  81. Manliness
    Oct 19, 2019
    1
    Toxic Community. Unhelpful staff. Highly recommend Final Fantasy XIV as an alternative.

    Beware hidden "subscription" features like paid items that increase drop rate and profits for sold items. It's tough to keep up without these. Everything in this game is deigned around a gambling-style RNG system. It's quite clever how much they are able to integrate variable-reward gambling tactics.    Toxic Community. Unhelpful staff. Highly recommend Final Fantasy XIV as an alternative.

    Beware hidden "subscription" features like paid items that increase drop rate and profits for sold items. It's tough to keep up without these. Everything in this game is deigned around a gambling-style RNG system. It's quite clever how much they are able to integrate variable-reward gambling tactics. You do not want to allow kids to play this.    … Expand
  82. EmirhanSahin
    Jan 2, 2022
    4
    Grind Grind Grind Grind Grind Grind Grind Grind Grind Grind Grind Grind Grind Grind Grind Grind Grind Grind Grind Grind Grind Grind Grind Grind Grind Grind Grind Grind Grind Grind Grind Grind but graphics are good.
  83. TurboPsina
    Jul 28, 2023
    0
    Do not touch pvp, leave the balance between pve/pvp as it is - fair. Do you want to kill pvp, instead of solving the problem thoughtfully and rationally? Are you ready, after assurances that players are dear and important to you, to literally ignore the huge number of players who love this game?

    Suggestion: Enter separate servers similar to the New Olivia, one for each server category,    Do not touch pvp, leave the balance between pve/pvp as it is - fair. Do you want to kill pvp, instead of solving the problem thoughtfully and rationally? Are you ready, after assurances that players are dear and important to you, to literally ignore the huge number of players who love this game?

    Suggestion: Enter separate servers similar to the New Olivia, one for each server category, with the complete absence of the ability to enable ALT-C and kill an enemy player. Consider the opinion of people who have spent a huge amount of time on the game. Consider the opinion of people who also have every right to justice. We are no worse than pve players.    … Expand
  84. BrownFamily
    Oct 19, 2019
    0
    This game seemed fun at first, but once you play for a while you realize how quickly you fall behind because of the numerous pay-to-win mechanics. Also, the behavior policy 100% allows trolling, camping and other things that are disallowed on other much better MMOS like WOW or Guild Wars. Your reports are read by bots and get copy-paste responses primarily. Play a different MMO withThis game seemed fun at first, but once you play for a while you realize how quickly you fall behind because of the numerous pay-to-win mechanics. Also, the behavior policy 100% allows trolling, camping and other things that are disallowed on other much better MMOS like WOW or Guild Wars. Your reports are read by bots and get copy-paste responses primarily. Play a different MMO with better staff and less P2W.… Expand
  85. Swagvadar
    Mar 18, 2020
    0
    First thing I want to say is that the Witcher 3 is worth 200 bucks to me. If you were to ask me how much Black desert online was worth, I'd say it's worth what they charged during the 4th year anniversary which was $0.

    What I enjoy about this game is absolutely redundant and that's the graphics. I truly like the aesthetic look of the remastered version of the game but unfortunately, you    First thing I want to say is that the Witcher 3 is worth 200 bucks to me. If you were to ask me how much Black desert online was worth, I'd say it's worth what they charged during the 4th year anniversary which was $0.

    What I enjoy about this game is absolutely redundant and that's the graphics. I truly like the aesthetic look of the remastered version of the game but unfortunately, you can't play at those settings if you have a high refresh monitor otherwise the game looks unbelievably choppy. Just to be clear, the issue here is how the game engine works. Your entire gameplay relies heavily on your frame rates (more so than how other games work). What this means is that if you, for example, are attacking an enemy with 60 fps and you do let's say 5 attacks. If you did the exact same thing with drastically lower settings to get increased frame rates and you have 150 fps, you'll do those same 5 attacks a bit faster which means you WILL do more damage over time. If your attack last for 2 seconds but for some reason your computer drops frames for 2 seconds, your 2 second attack will go for 4 seconds. Or if you're using a mobility skill and frames drop, you could slide WAY further than the ability intended. I've had a few occasions where I'll end up at least 5 metres away from where I expected to be because of frame drops. It's such a bad feeling when you know you could be doing more damage or have a more stable gameplay experience if you just keep graphics on lowest so the game engine can keep up. This forces me to play on the lowest settings possible because my attacks and defensive abilities will work more effectively especially in PvP situations. For PvE, it really doesn't matter.

    Another issue related to this which I didn't know where to put in is this game will trust the client side rather than the server side. This can create extremely annoying syncing issue when fighting and easily allow someone to speed hack which they have never addressed ever which means there's no punishment for hackers in this game.

    The very core of the gameplay loop will be your gear grind. There's not much to it but you'll have to engage in the most absolute trash enhancement system I've ever encountered in any game possible. There's a term in gambling called "Minimum return" which means over time you should get at least something back in return after gambling. This game doesn't have that. you can invest literally billions and thousands of hours of your time and get absolutely nothing out of it towards your gear. Why is the gear important? You will need it to participate in all of the game's content. A large portion consist of PvP which is extremely gear dependant at the worst of times. In order to compete against people who have been playing for years, you will need at least 6 months of work to even consider thinking about joining. Another portion of the game is the anemic PvE grind which consist of standing in a single location for an hour and attacking the same mobs in a boring circle. You will need to do this for a long time to save enough money and also to gain enough energy points to take part in life skilling which is the 3rd large part of this game which I won't touch because it's honestly fine.

    My final main point I'm going to make is this game's awful cash shop. It sells outfits which are $45 AUD which is absolutely mind blowing. During various events this game will have sales on items which strictly benefit the enhancing mechanic in this game. That means when you inevitably your enhancement, you can pay for these items and skip the grind to repair the gear. You can also simply buy outfits and sell them on the in-game market and literally pay for gear making it pay to win. They also sell A LOT of loot box style items which are extremely predatory. There's a reason why they always say "Not available in Belgium" because they're straight up gambling garbage.

    There are many other issues with this game but they're so insignificant compared to all these other issues which will most likely make you quit when you realise what you actually need to do to play the game.

    TLDR: The game's PvE and large PVP content isnt fun to play and the gameplay loop is extremely unmotivating. Give it a miss and go play the Witcher 3 instead. You'll spend the same amount of time playing and actually have a good time from the get go.    … Expand
  86. Qjoo
    Apr 28, 2020
    4
    I've played 400 hours of this game and it feels like I did nothing, there is so much to do and so little to do at the same time!

    There is no endgame, none, you grind until 60 and that is it. when you reach the soft level cap you need to gear up to get more levels, so you can gear up and get stronger, to... nothing. There is no dungeon or raid, only word bosses with specific weekly    I've played 400 hours of this game and it feels like I did nothing, there is so much to do and so little to do at the same time!

    There is no endgame, none, you grind until 60 and that is it. when you reach the soft level cap you need to gear up to get more levels, so you can gear up and get stronger, to... nothing. There is no dungeon or raid, only word bosses with specific weekly schedule.

    I repeat, THERE IS NO DUNGEON OR RAID IN THIS MMORPG!!!

    on top of this, the amount of RNG and PAID RNG in this game in astronomical ffs, you pay to pay sometimes. yes, you can buy the economic package in the market, but with fixed prices no one want to sell it.

    Visual 8/10
    Gameplay 8/10
    Content 2/10    … Expand
  87. kwexler
    Nov 2, 2020
    0
    I made this account just to review this game and hopefully warn anyone thinking about playing it before they make a mistake.

    I played this game for years just like anyone else, AFK fishing and collecting useless aesthetic gear, but hey at least it was something to do for a while. I don't think I spoke to a single player in those years I was able to play the game. It is indeed the    I made this account just to review this game and hopefully warn anyone thinking about playing it before they make a mistake.

    I played this game for years just like anyone else, AFK fishing and collecting useless aesthetic gear, but hey at least it was something to do for a while. I don't think I spoke to a single player in those years I was able to play the game. It is indeed the loneliest MMO you will ever play.

    That's not even the worst part though. I had my account set up with 2 factor authentication and unfortunately lost my phone. I got a new one, but quickly found I was unable to log into my BDO account due to the 2fa being on the lost phone.

    I've reached out to BDO support multiple times to attempt to regain access to my account, but they have not, and will not respond to me.

    They're refusing to provide me with what I have paid for and what is rightfully mine which is theft. I haven't been angry or unreasonable, I haven't spammed support tickets.
    I've respectfully asked to have my account returned to me and to have my 2fa removed but they simply refuse to respond.

    So, don't bother reader, that's your inevitable fate with this company. Don't be like me and spend years playing a stupid trash game only to end up locked out of it with LITERALLY no support to be found. Just don't do it, go play literally any other MMO and you'll be better off I promise.

    I plan on filing as many consumer complaints for the company as I possibly can. I wonder how much money they've stolen.    … Expand
  88. Krissy004
    Sep 18, 2021
    1
    Using the term "character customization" is an under statement for its character customization. One of the game that has the most flashiest combat. The game let's you become a bad-ass slaying mobs. Has some interesting life skills mechanic that to be honest can be its own game. With that said, this game has the most shallowest game play I ever play. I don't know what's wrong with KoreanUsing the term "character customization" is an under statement for its character customization. One of the game that has the most flashiest combat. The game let's you become a bad-ass slaying mobs. Has some interesting life skills mechanic that to be honest can be its own game. With that said, this game has the most shallowest game play I ever play. I don't know what's wrong with Korean devs but they still on their antiquated belief that end game is basically leveling infinitely and "let the player decide whats their end game" trope that brings nothing new to the MMO genre. If they still believe in that then it's safe to say that minecraft is an MMO. Story and lore is meh as every other Eastern and Korean MMOs. There's no literal end game and dungeons and raids are lacking. The game is definitely created as a Open world PVP game first but suddenly change their minds because player retention, especially to casuals would be catastrophic to its player base if they keep this game an open world PVP MMO. The combat is good when slaying mobs but awful during PVP since most of the time, PVP is just hit and run tactics. It's going to be a chore if you reached level 56 because every mobs 5 levels higher than you will drop 0.0X0% experience. I'm not joking this game's exp bar has THREE DECIMAL DIGITS! There's a reason why season server exist and that's for new players to acclimate to the game, give new players a decent item sets and to rush to the "end game" and that is leveling past the level 61 which is the soft cap. The gear enhancement is what you typically expect to an eastern MMOs (the pluses) which is very antiquated and a scheme for you to get your credit card and buy a guaranteed enhancement success. I haven't talked about the awful monetization of this game, which is borderline robbery!
    If you love stylish combat and great graphics then this is the game for you. I would suggest to not buy this game on full price or even at 50% discount. I would suggest to get this game for free or even try the free 1 month play to know if this game is for you.    … Expand
  89. Bashkar
    Jul 28, 2023
    0
    PVP oriented game with PVP end game guildwars!
    Oh, wait a minute, we’ll make cuts for sieges so that we don’t have to make a gear, we’ll spend a lot of karma so that pve hamsters are not afraid to leave the city, we’ll remove the overturning of the vars so that the hamsters become even more happy. Arena of Solara, but it is simply not on RU. 300 to 300 servers will not be pulled. Hm. We    PVP oriented game with PVP end game guildwars!
    Oh, wait a minute, we’ll make cuts for sieges so that we don’t have to make a gear, we’ll spend a lot of karma so that pve hamsters are not afraid to leave the city, we’ll remove the overturning of the vars so that the hamsters become even more happy. Arena of Solara, but it is simply not on RU. 300 to 300 servers will not be pulled. Hm. We are preparing an excellent coffin for Black desert online. Save on servers.    … Expand
  90. Lixer
    Jul 28, 2023
    0
    Please do not touch the already dead pvp system. Guild wars and PvP in open world were the only ways to have PvP experience and have some fun in this dying game. And you really want to take the last thing we have left?
  91. Foryansky
    Jul 29, 2023
    0
    More trash updates. More kill PVP system.
    Lick more sausage to new whining players
  92. K1nolog
    Jul 29, 2023
    0
    Cancellation of the possibility of war unilaterally kills the game and makes its pvp content even more unplayable, we came into the game with the goal of being able to pvp, the game positioned itself this way, the entire community is unhappy with such a terrible decision
  93. miHazy
    Jul 29, 2023
    0
    The upcoming bdo update will kill pvp, please spread this information to the game developers in order to prevent the departure of many thousands of big gear players, we spent hours of our precious time in order to participate in massive battles in the open world, do not take pvp content from us
  94. Crookshanks
    Jul 28, 2023
    1
    Imagine an MMORPG whose goal is to improve the strength of equipment and characters, but in which most pvp activities have a huge limits on the level of equipment, and those that do not have are consistently killed by developers. That's what bdo is at the moment.
  95. Dragacejo
    Jul 16, 2020
    1
    Game has a lot of wasted potential keyword is wasted. Would give a zero but it's actually really beautiful game with some great characters. This game is lousy with RNG madness. Their pearl store is absolutely insanely expensive which there are so many toxic people on here that buy all their equipment to go around and just bully other characters. The chat is one of the worst ones of all theGame has a lot of wasted potential keyword is wasted. Would give a zero but it's actually really beautiful game with some great characters. This game is lousy with RNG madness. Their pearl store is absolutely insanely expensive which there are so many toxic people on here that buy all their equipment to go around and just bully other characters. The chat is one of the worst ones of all the MMOs insanely toxic hardly anything is said that's actually instructive or helpful in any way.customer support is absolutely non-existent in this game especially if you're a PS4 player. game is constantly glitching and freezing even though I have high speed internet. Instead of fixing any of the problems that exist they're just creating new characters just adding on filler and more crap to try and drown out the garbage. it's just soo unfortunate because it if they just fix these issues it'd be a fantastic game.… Expand
  96. vollmilchnoob
    Nov 3, 2019
    0
    this game is so bad, I Played till level 60 with only grinding, started questing and felt the pain, you have to explore a dessert without a map LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    The Cash shop is pay to win, the whole game is pay to win, so much stuff to purchase, but gameplay allways same, you get new gear, you feel same xD
  97. lindvior
    Apr 19, 2020
    1
    Progression is based on RNG -> you have a chance to successfully enhance an item, or it fails and goes down in enhancement / destroys itself. You can repair items that you failed at enhancing with shards, but a cash shop item boosts the strength of that shard 5x. You can also buy outfits in the cash shop and sell it for in game gold. This game has lots to offer if you play it like aProgression is based on RNG -> you have a chance to successfully enhance an item, or it fails and goes down in enhancement / destroys itself. You can repair items that you failed at enhancing with shards, but a cash shop item boosts the strength of that shard 5x. You can also buy outfits in the cash shop and sell it for in game gold. This game has lots to offer if you play it like a marathon and don't bother comparing with other players. But if you're looking to get into a MMO and wanting to be competitive in PVP, be ready to grind endlessly waves of mobs (which can be therapeutic) or drop a few G's in the cash shop.… Expand
  98. maddaF007
    May 24, 2021
    0
    Hi there,

    twitch sponsort me the game, so i had a bit time in it, found a friendly guild and liked all the first look stunning features. But ... two weeks later now i retired and here is why: Look of: The game itself looks cool, it's a pleasure to look over the landscapes, the citys feeling crowded with all the NPC in it and textures and shaders are working good. Only thing on    Hi there,

    twitch sponsort me the game, so i had a bit time in it, found a friendly guild and liked all the first look stunning features.
    But ... two weeks later now i retired and here is why:

    Look of:

    The game itself looks cool, it's a pleasure to look over the landscapes, the citys feeling crowded with all the NPC in it and textures and shaders are working good.
    Only thing on the look i would like to critic are the lightings wich are not working good. Real time lighting would be an great update.

    Character Design:

    Ok, all of you would installes the game just for the charakter design features, it's real cool and there is a great amount of classes in here.
    But for me personal i don't like the idea of genderlock. It's a big discussion out there, but for me personal the game is reduced on 9 classes out of 22.

    Mechanics:

    your first entry into the game will be a great one. It feels like an mmo, the UI could need a bit more love but the fights are great dynamic, i realy liked how the fights can be timed, moved etc. it makes fun.
    But ...

    Everything else:

    ... the interaction with other players is pvp, or near nothing. You can trade ... healhtpotions. That's it.
    Guild missions inGame i thought, cool idea, but when over one million silver payment, please let there be more than 10 members be online to get it payed. And we talk about payments over ONE MILLION Silver ... sounds a lot? In BDO it's near nothing ^^
    That's the next thing, there is no item progress ... without luck, or without money, and for both without grind.
    You can find a real poor amount of items wich are best for your character and after two weeks playing i had TET gear, wich is one step before "endgame"gear, but when you find let's say a kutum dagger, it's worth around 125.000.000 million silver. But you want it to be enhanced, get it in a higher tier and you can do it youself, or you can buy it from an price fixed market. The tiers are from 1-15 and after 15 MON-DI-TRI-TET-PEN. I had a TET version for around, take a seat, 2.000.000.000 silver. Don't think about PEN it's even higher priced and don't forget you can even try to enhace it by youself.
    ah ... but don't forget, it's just a chance and you'll even have to grind for this chance.

    Then one big, realy big anoying thing is the pearl shop, the inGame shop. There you can buy real great things like ... inventary SLOTS ... not full pages of item specific inventarys or something, nope 16 slots 15 Dollars plz!
    Or hey, we sell you a great buff for your character thats gives him less tax pay in the ingame market you can carry more loot and such things ... 15 Dollars for 30 days please!
    And so on.

    The greatest bash i got was when i tryied to craft an costumef or my character.
    Yes, you can buy costumes for 10 to over 30 dollars, but you can tailor ingame. so i thought.
    So i got eveything i needed for my wished self tailored costume aaaaand ... it is no costume, it is an armour without any needable stats. If you wish this to be a costume, please pay us 15 dollars for a coupon with that you can make a costume out of your self tailored armour ...

    Ok, Black Desert could have been potantial, but there are no dungeons, no real player interactions nothing special to do ingame, it's all just for making a real big amount of silver for just buying your PEN equipment or the enhance needed things, it's good looking but for me, there is so less to do that i real can not understand why i should play this for any longer.    … Expand
  99. Rhya1
    Oct 30, 2021
    1
    Гринд ради гринда, помойное ведро которое еще подает признаки жизни, худшая мморпг.
  100. Tsarzan
    Jan 7, 2022
    0
    - Unbalance classes/combat
    Classes are gender restricted
    Classes are scaled poorly = Either 1 shot or no dps Animation Speed disparity FPS = Influence DPS RNG combat mechanic = base on luck not skill Desync is very common - P2W Costumes = Use to failsafe enhancement failure Consumables - Spyware - Grindfest This becomes your JOB - Terrible enhancement system Gear derank on    - Unbalance classes/combat
    Classes are gender restricted
    Classes are scaled poorly = Either 1 shot or no dps
    Animation Speed disparity
    FPS = Influence DPS
    RNG combat mechanic = base on luck not skill
    Desync is very common
    - P2W
    Costumes = Use to failsafe enhancement failure
    Consumables
    - Spyware
    - Grindfest
    This becomes your JOB
    - Terrible enhancement system
    Gear derank on failure
    Enhancement based on RNG
    - Energy system
    - Gotcha
    - End game?
    Its an arms race
    Lack of Co-op despite being an MMO
    - Cheaters & Bots
    - Toxic Playerbase
    Verdict: Dont be fooled by its look. Let the fanbase pay the bills.    … Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 35 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 20 out of 35
  3. Negative: 0 out of 35
  1. Merlin'in Kazanı (Turkey)
    Jan 1, 2018
    80
    With it's massive and unique open world, Black Desert Online is inviting you to a great adventure.
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  2. Digital Chumps
    Jul 27, 2017
    50
    Overall, Black Desert Online is a typical MMO in every single way. While I disagree with their claim that it’s the “next generation” of MMOs, I did find the character creation to be the most robust of any MMO out there. Unfortunately, the character customization is the game’s biggest highlight, and many of the other elements of Black Desert Online can be found in many other MMOs.
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  3. The Overpowered Noobs
    Jun 11, 2017
    70
    Black Desert Online comes to the table with an intricate character sculpting tool, gorgeous graphical presentation, and a nuanced, exciting combat system overlying a less immediately apparent, but very unique, sandbox-style resource management simulation. Those looking for a rich narrative, complex or groundbreaking PvE questing, or highly unique monster design may be disappointed, but those seeking a mechanically rich, visually striking MMO will find themselves at home.
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