Black Desert Online

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

Mixed or average reviews- based on 1667 Ratings

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  1. 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.
  2. 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
  3. 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 $25 for an outfit ...Pass on this game.… Expand
  4. Monstreur
    Mar 6, 2016
    0
    NA/EU ip block, KR ip block and bans, RU ip block, JP ip block and bans... They give you a great character creator but the all gear in this game looks the same, if you don't buy a 25U$ skin. Back to Blizzard.
  5. MusclePig
    Mar 11, 2016
    0
    Saw this on reddit and it pretty much sums up why I am so EXTREMELY disappointed:

    "The looks of your gear will stay pretty much the same through the entire game; The visual differences between each set are usually only minor. If you want to customise your looks you can do so by dyeing your gear or buying cash shop costumes." What the hell? Grinding your way up to a sweet, cool,    Saw this on reddit and it pretty much sums up why I am so EXTREMELY disappointed:

    "The looks of your gear will stay pretty much the same through the entire game; The visual differences between each set are usually only minor. If you want to customise your looks you can do so by dyeing your gear or buying cash shop costumes."

    What the hell? Grinding your way up to a sweet, cool, awesome character is the main reason why I play MMO's. And it's not even f2p! You have to buy the game first before you can buy more stuff ingame    … Expand
  6. Atahal
    Mar 17, 2016
    0
    Since when graphisms and character personnalisation are more important than gameplay, end game, and PvP?
    For me, it's not the case.
    And that's why i put 0/10 There is no way a game with horribles quests, no instance/dungeon, no world boss and a **** pvp can have more than 4/10. And i wont talk about the sandbox, which is currently 404 not found (Sandbox without wild pvp lal). The only    Since when graphisms and character personnalisation are more important than gameplay, end game, and PvP?
    For me, it's not the case.
    And that's why i put 0/10
    There is no way a game with horribles quests, no instance/dungeon, no world boss and a **** pvp can have more than 4/10.
    And i wont talk about the sandbox, which is currently 404 not found (Sandbox without wild pvp lal).
    The only "good" stuff about this game is the fight system. Probably the only reason we can found people defending this game. But let's be honnest.
    This game is a disaster.    … Expand
  7. Lederzwerg
    Apr 17, 2016
    0
    Hello,
    why giving 0 points? It´s a really simple reason - rng. The game was published first in 2014, it´s no real asia grinder cause of its strong restrictions in many parts of core gameplay, like no trading, high ah taxes, NO real multiplayer features. Just uninspired, lazy developers with no ideas. So everyone wanna try this game, be aware it´s more RNG you reach something or get    Hello,
    why giving 0 points? It´s a really simple reason - rng. The game was published first in 2014, it´s no real asia grinder cause of its strong restrictions in many parts of core gameplay, like no trading, high ah taxes, NO real multiplayer features. Just uninspired, lazy developers with no ideas. So everyone wanna try this game, be aware it´s more RNG you reach something or get something than you can effect getting it!    … Expand
  8. AdamM88
    Apr 24, 2016
    0
    If you want a game with 0 story, an awful, empty world, ugly, unimaginative monsters, server side disconnects every 30 minutes that require you to restart the client and log in again, a game where botting is a FEATURE, where the content literally IS grinding the same mobs over and over by the tens of thousands, where your inventory is tailored to be extremely tiny in order to make you buyIf you want a game with 0 story, an awful, empty world, ugly, unimaginative monsters, server side disconnects every 30 minutes that require you to restart the client and log in again, a game where botting is a FEATURE, where the content literally IS grinding the same mobs over and over by the tens of thousands, where your inventory is tailored to be extremely tiny in order to make you buy inventory extensions from the cash shop, then BDO is for you.… Expand
  9. VerynCE
    Aug 8, 2016
    0
    This game was literally my favorite MMO with massive amounts of potential. Now the game is full blown P2W after promising B2P. I hope developers took notes and make a game just as fun with a strong commitment to their players and not short sighted money grabs.
  10. Turcoda
    Jun 1, 2016
    0
    Not worth the base $30 USD price, and the cash shop is highly inflated and not worth the money either. The story and in-game dialog is highly incoherent and makes little sense. Needless to say don't play this game for the story. The game has you afk/auto running all over the map at all times, which makes it impossible to play with friends in a certain area. You're mostly playing the gameNot worth the base $30 USD price, and the cash shop is highly inflated and not worth the money either. The story and in-game dialog is highly incoherent and makes little sense. Needless to say don't play this game for the story. The game has you afk/auto running all over the map at all times, which makes it impossible to play with friends in a certain area. You're mostly playing the game afk for most things. The game is most definitely not immersive. During my last week of playing, my interest in the game was already diminishing and I was promised in game rewards for logging on every day and I never received them, so it was the final nail in the coffin for me. Quests and in-game rewards are insanely buggy, so don't expect to always receive what you are promised. Support was of no help at all and just basically laughed at me. In the end I told them I would never play again and to just delete my account. They refused to even do that much. I want a refund.… Expand
  11. Shaide
    May 22, 2016
    0
    Poor localization combined with poor voice acting and nonsensical story. Sure it has good graphics, but that alone is not enough to hold my interest...It's also buggy! To be fair, I am not holding that against the game. All MMORPGs are buggy, it's impossible to make a large expanding world and not have bugs. Still, it's annoying to encounter bugs early on in the game.

    Overall? The game    Poor localization combined with poor voice acting and nonsensical story. Sure it has good graphics, but that alone is not enough to hold my interest...It's also buggy! To be fair, I am not holding that against the game. All MMORPGs are buggy, it's impossible to make a large expanding world and not have bugs. Still, it's annoying to encounter bugs early on in the game.

    Overall? The game is below average at best. If it was a free to play, it might be deserving of a higher score, but it's not! I paid almost 50 bucks for the explorers pack, and for 50 bucks? The games a mess and I probably won't even play it anymore...Prob my least played MMORPG...Honestly? You're better off sticking to Guild Wars 2.    … Expand
  12. Organnen
    Aug 4, 2016
    0
    Avoid this **** like the plague. Promises of no "P2W" from the beginning while they tiptoed and pushed boundaries, seeing how much they could get away with. They introduced an "optional" subscription to a game you already paid for. I use "optional" because the reality is you're at a disadvantage without it. It gives you more silver from selling stuff on the marketplace in-game and onceAvoid this **** like the plague. Promises of no "P2W" from the beginning while they tiptoed and pushed boundaries, seeing how much they could get away with. They introduced an "optional" subscription to a game you already paid for. I use "optional" because the reality is you're at a disadvantage without it. It gives you more silver from selling stuff on the marketplace in-game and once they realized that the whales defended their P2W, they're removing any and all cash shop -> marketplace restrictions to create a true Korean P2W **** show. 0/10. Avoid this garbage game and scummy, lying developer.… Expand
  13. alex4mc
    Aug 10, 2016
    0
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  14. lucidgate
    Jun 2, 2017
    0
    Xigncode3 remains on your PC after Black Desert client uninstall. One of the most common functions of this code is to monitor all of the files you have accessed in the last 48 hours. Do not install unless you like to have your privacy invaded.
  15. 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
  16. JavaSquirt
    Oct 1, 2018
    0
    World of Grind.
    Однообразная помоечка про гринд и донат(pay to win only).
  17. 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.
  18. 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
  19. P2W
    May 13, 2019
    0
    Scamm Cash Grab. Why i say that ?? well as you can see there is a lot of noobs saying the game looks amazing and its very easy reach lvl 50, in fact until lvl 56 its just a normal clonic asian RPG, its a clone of Continent of the Ninth Seal that was done for the same dev team, but itsnt a nice F2P like the previous one was, I have 5000 hours played on BDO and i tell you all the garbage itsScamm Cash Grab. Why i say that ?? well as you can see there is a lot of noobs saying the game looks amazing and its very easy reach lvl 50, in fact until lvl 56 its just a normal clonic asian RPG, its a clone of Continent of the Ninth Seal that was done for the same dev team, but itsnt a nice F2P like the previous one was, I have 5000 hours played on BDO and i tell you all the garbage its hiden but once you hit that wall the game dont stop ask for money.

    To play your character you need 30$ to unlock the weight limit and inventory slots of 1 char + get your autoloot function and few maids that you need for the RNG market 200$ now multiply for 16 diferent characters 3.200$ now you discover all that its garbage if you dont pay the monthly subscription, another 30$ but now each month, your character cant take all the junk that mobs drop ?? another 15$ each inventory slot expansion, you want P2W we have it aswell, for another 10$ you can fuse combat stats in your cash shop outfits over the game cap with Tailoring coupons, want RNG lottery boxes like the infamous ones of Battlefront Reddit Drama ?? we have them, so you pay to get a T4 Pet 30 bucks and you maybe get it, maybe not, maybe the game delete one of the pets you owned previously, You can also get ultimate gear and wepons (pure P2W) by metlting cash shop outfits, wich mean you pay 30 bucks for each outfit, and you buy a lot of them, then you melt them all ingame to get Endgame weapons and armor, want powerleveling? for 300 euros a chinese dude will makes you start your adventure at LVL 60, and a long etc....

    Yes the game has an amazing graphics compared to WOW wich is a pretty lame MMO in terms of graphics, but this graphics are not better than other MMOs like GTA V, or other RPGs like The Witcher 3, in fact you can buy the Witcher 1,2 and 3 + all DLCs for the price of 1 swimming clothes in BDO.

    The worst its everithing its RNG based, all your progression its RNG based if you dont pass through the cash shop, so you can play 10 years and still be garbage cuz RNG, fishing its RNG, leveling its RNG, blacksmithing its RNG, buy items in market its RNG, etc...ofc you can skip that RNG by paying but ppl here call that pay for convenince, because as you can see by the positive comments the community its kinda sectary and full of white knights and fanboys that will never accept their game is garbage cuz they sunk yet Thousand ofdollars on it, or they dont even reached lvl 56 so they dont know where the scamm its.

    So in Resumme, the game on begunning looks nice, but its procedural generated maps, so after the first village all looks the same, plane boring green forest or empty deserts, the community its Toxic like in LOL, no one play in partys or with other players, 99% of online players are doing AFK activitys so you cant even talk with other ppl, and when they are not AFK or being TOXIC, they are fanatic Fan Boys and Wallet Warriors, P2W everywhere, lottery scamms, the game its more a casino than a game, the history and lore its garbage and in general its boring unless you pay thousand of $$$ to beat the RNG with your Visa Card and use the power earned to be a bully, it dosnt have dungeons, Role Players are hunted and bullyed, it lacks of many features, you cant marry other players, or dance, or kiss other players, you cant even trade your items with your friends, the market prices are fixed and you have to win a lottery ticket to buy items on market, the game its super bugged with flying farm wagons in the sky and NPCs walking through walls, the PVP combat its broken, it also force you play offline meaning you have to leave your computer ON while you sleep to progress until your PC get burned, there is bots and hackers, the gear gap makes 1 player that sunk a lot of money in the game can bully a whole enemy guild, if you want start play now just give up, there is no way in the world you catch up, the grind fest its 100% worst than any MMO out there, the Devs dont give a ****** about the playerbase, they game itself dont give a crap about you.

    My reward for 5000 hours played its a cat and 5 memory fragments when Revelation Online gift you a flying mount the first day you play. Not worth your time. SCAMM P2W GARBAGE, 1/10 cuz the Graphics atleast are meh...    … Expand
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. Nomimetacritic
    Feb 12, 2020
    0
    this is single player games that just had AFK player around you. You gonna keep grinding endless grinding for just failed enchant or P2W just for failed enchant fail again and again
  25. Joehaagaba
    Feb 27, 2020
    0
    Worst online games I’ve ever played the content is terrible the graphics are terrible and it can barely run on my xbox
  26. 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
  27. Jorgenn
    Dec 6, 2020
    0
    Gambling worse than any casino , bank alwayz winz and playerz just lose over and over , 20 classes now just to milk money this is a money grab monster
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. FoxHound24
    Jun 10, 2022
    0
    The very first mission in this MMORPG involves going on a rampage against a peaceful community of foxes. This should qualify as a hate crime.
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#12 Most Discussed PC Game of 2016
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#4 Most Shared PC Game of 2016

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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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