Black Desert

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Mixed or average reviews- based on 61 Ratings

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  • Summary: Black Desert is a living-world MMORPG. Experience fast-paced, action-packed combat, hunt monsters and huge bosses, fight with friends in a guild to siege nodes and region castles, train your life skills such as fishing, trading, crafting, cooking, and much more.

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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Xbox Tavern
    Mar 5, 2019
    85
    Black Desert won’t be to everybody’s tastes, and does little to push the MMO genre forward. With that said, it does streamline the experience into a more familiar shell, its real-time combat and impeccable UI tweaks helping it fit onto a console with the minimal of fuss. Its quest structure is lacking in variation, and it doesn’t have the complex characters of The Witcher 3, but it’s a world that is great to explore with friends, with the promise of more to come.
  2. MondoXbox
    Apr 8, 2019
    78
    Black Desert manages to surprise us with great features like its deep character editor and a very dynamic and varied combat system, with a rich world that's a pleasure to explore. On the other side, though, an overly complicated interface, some technical problems and a too repetitive mission structure keep it from reaching its full potential.
  3. Cultured Vultures
    Mar 13, 2019
    75
    It’s cool to be the hero you were meant to become in a pretty world, but Black Desert is lacking in the meat of other classic MMOs and requires a hefty grind.
  4. Screen Rant
    Mar 4, 2019
    70
    It is easily the best of its kind to be found on the Xbox One and thanks to the tweaking and simplification of the combat for the system, it's a game that feels right at home on consoles.
  5. Windows Central
    Mar 11, 2019
    70
    Black Desert is a great MMORPG, but it needs more technical polish on Xbox One. Even on Xbox One X, it's far from perfect due to its lighting and performance problems. Unfortunately, it also lacks a lot of the content found on the PC version. Pearl Abyss has promised a series of updates which will bring over new regions and features, but it's unclear how long that will take.
  6. TheXboxHub
    Mar 19, 2019
    70
    Black Desert could be an incredible MMO experience, but the lacklustre story, uninspiring quests, overly bland characters and the low difficulty of combat drag it down quite a bit. Should these drawbacks not deter you, then visiting its expansive and colourful world might be worth it.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 21
  3. Negative: 7 out of 21
  1. Barnesc9488
    Apr 19, 2019
    10
    Like other reviewers have previously stated this is a MMORPG and will not be for everyone. With that being said if you are into the MMORPGLike other reviewers have previously stated this is a MMORPG and will not be for everyone. With that being said if you are into the MMORPG genre then this is by far the best MMORPG you will be able to find on the Xbox One. This game is massive and there are countless things to do in this game. Personally I have vested 192 hours into this game and I am still learning new things and have so much more to learn. The game is ever expanding with new content and playable characters I feel I will never get tired of it. You have to check this one out and with a price tag of $10 who wouldn't? Amazing game Pearl Abyss!… Expand
  2. Largoa
    Mar 4, 2019
    10
    Best MMO to ever move to console !
    most in depth character customization in any MMO, combat is great. There is so much you can do in BDO that    Best MMO to ever move to console !
    most in depth character customization in any MMO, combat is great. There is so much you can do in BDO that its basically a second life.    … Expand
  4. hyos08
    Mar 4, 2019
    10
    Great game on Xbox! If you want to grind you can, if you want to explore you can, if you want to do life skills that's cool too. Overall funGreat game on Xbox! If you want to grind you can, if you want to explore you can, if you want to do life skills that's cool too. Overall fun MMORPG experience on console!… Expand
  5. 4ortexs
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    Good game but I wish Adding many things to character design and many activities that can be played with friends
  6. Sandro_taken
    Dec 3, 2019
    7
    До этого играл на PC почти 3 года. Последний год на консоли. Считаю, что это лучшая мморпг впринцыпе. Ставлю ей 6 баллов потому, чтоДо этого играл на PC почти 3 года. Последний год на консоли. Считаю, что это лучшая мморпг впринцыпе. Ставлю ей 6 баллов потому, что консольная версия = версии для ПК. Они должны были оптимизировать, и немного оказуалить игру для консолей,но игра фактически предоставляет те же возможности, что на ПК. Но на ПК мы имеем клавиатуры и мышки с десятками клавиш, и то их частенько не хватало. Тут же геймпад с которого мягко говоря играть так же как на компьютере сложно. Они как смогли уменьшили эти проблемы, но вышло не очень. По итогам даже опытным игрокам играть сложно. Приходится или забивать на многое или очень стараться. Я не говорю о боевке, а о взаимодействии с интерфейсом, крафтом, добычей ресурсов, баффом и тд. Так же хромает оптимизация на One X. Включать режим высокой графики нет смысла, т.к. фпс падает в бою до 10-15. В обычном режиме во время фарма постоянно проседает фпс и даже зависает картинка. Я надеялся на лучшую оптимизацию.
    А теперь плюсы, во первых бой с геймпада, руки не устают, не болит мизинец как на компьютере, играть крайне приятно. Игра за большинство классов настоятельно требует покупку Elite Controller. Поэтому за боевку однозначный плюс, фактически за боевку я готов игре поставить 11 из 10 баллов. Плюсом к этому идет закрытость системы, обеспечивающую победу над читерами. И одинаковое железо с отсуствием настроек, ведет к равности всех против всех в отличии от ПК.
    Всем советую играть, уверен многие проблемы к выходу новых консолей уйдут на второй план, фактически сейчас идет бета тест.    … Expand
  7. RainOfSorrow
    Sep 22, 2020
    3
    It's weak, it's outdated and it's paid2win. I was kinda enjoying the game on the Game pass but after some hours of gameplay it makes me wannaIt's weak, it's outdated and it's paid2win. I was kinda enjoying the game on the Game pass but after some hours of gameplay it makes me wanna puke. I'll start with Quest Glitches I have like 4 Glitched quests that I can't complete in anyway, already sent a ticket to the Admins with no answer!!! Absurd!! I'm glad I didn't waste a single cent on that game. Everything is paid2win, wanna buy a cool set from the shop ? 60$ Dollars, Quests are repetitive and boring...like go there and Kill some enemies, go there talk to someone...This game is a collosal failure!!!… Expand
  8. neomoonsevin
    Jan 8, 2023
    0
    rubbish with bs movie scenes that made me fast forward through this rubbish it gets a zero from

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