Re: FREE GAME: Black Desert

Spalls Hurgenson  <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

* Black Desert
https://store.steampowered.com/app/582660/Black_Desert/
  Dunno much about it; it's a free-to-play MMORPG (which is
  never a good starting point) with a lot of ad copy focused
  on cooking and crafting, and mixed reviews to boot. Apparently
  the game is very pay-to-win and there's a lot of grind that
  can only be alleviated by buying DLC and MTX. I think
  I'll pass.

The grind can't really be alleviated much by paying money and there's
no real DLC.  All the content is unlocked with the base game, there's no
expansions to buy.  In theory you could spend tens of thousands of dollars
to get the in-game currency necessary to buy the best gear in the game
off the market, but even if someone is willing to spend this much money,
the few players that have the best gear aren't willing to sell it.

It's also one of the the most generous MMORPGs out there in terms of
freebies.  That includes premiunm stuff that normally costs real money
to get, so there's less presure to spend money on this game than any
other MMORPG I've played.

It is however a very grindy game, so I wouldn't recommend it to everyone.
Graphically it looks better than most MMORPGs and there are other things
to do than killing monsters over and over for hours.  It's gameplay
is quite different than the typical MMORPG, so if you haven't played a
grindy Korean MMORPG it may be worth checking out for that reason alone.

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