Underneath his absurdly heroic grin and silly hair is the soul of a man who likes to buy low and sell high

10 七月 2016, 07:05
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Black Desert Online looks like a flashy action-MMO, all beautiful fantasy vistas and spectacular, over-the-top combat. There’s a big, gorgeous world filled to the brim with monsters waiting to be dispatched with a bit of panache, and a multitude of threadbare quests serving as the impetus for slaughtering loads of goblins and other beasties.

At a glance it’s evocative of fellow action-MMO, Tera, but not long after explaining the nuances of its combat system, the game suddenly shift gears. It becomes a trading simulator. And during the recent beta, I’ve been attempting to turn one dashing, slightly stupid hero into the world’s most savvy merchant.

Underneath his absurdly heroic grin and silly hair is the soul of a man who likes to buy low and sell high. A man who maybe knows a good deal on some cheap chickens in the area. A man who most definitely has aspirations of one day riding a mule from town to town, hawking wares.

Black Desert Online kicks off with some awkward tutorial quests and what really amounts to a bunch of loosely connected chores, often doled out by a dark spirit who happily admits that they are busywork. After the the first couple of hours, which is mostly a whirlwind of empowering, csgo skins cheap kinetic combat and instantly-forgettable quests, the reins get slacker, the pace slows down, and it expects players to find their groove.