'I have 100% Crimson Desert': Palword's community manager completes every achievement after just 189 hours, and honestly, I'm surprised that's even possible
I haven't 100% Crimson Desert, I haven't even attempted it because, if I can be frank, I'm too sleepy to deal with what ever this, this, or this is. But you know who isn't scared to take on the challenge? Palworld's community manager John "Bucky" Buckley, who recently shared that he completed Crimson Desert's achievements.
"I have 100% Crimson Desert," Bucky says in a social media post. "Simply put, Crimson Desert made me feel a sense of wonder and adventure that no other game has. The only thing that comes close for me is Morrowind. A truly breathtaking experience, and one that I enjoyed ever second of. Easily my game of the year."
It's certainly impressive, but on further inspection of Bucky's screenshot my emotions shifted to a primal sort of terror. Next to the 100% metre which shows he's finished all 34 achievements you can see the play time, which is currently sat at 189.1 hours—bone chilling.
You know who else finds this impressive? The Crimson Desert devs: "Wow, in under 200 hours? That's impressive! We're glad you enjoyed the journey." I've only put hundreds of hours into a few select games, and thousands into the one which shall not be named (Overwatch). But that's over multiple years, Crimson Desert has only been out for just over a month.
But even after so many hours Bucky reveals that he's not even close to being done yet: "Ironically, 100%ing Crimson Desert actually means you completed every challenge. I still have like 20 plus hours worth of side missions still available to do. Such a fantastic game. Genuinely made me feel like a little kid again."
Like I said before, I've not given Crimson Desert a look in yet. But it sounds like an interesting game if all my colleagues are to be believed, alongside the over 5 million sales it managed to swipe up just a couple of weeks after launch. Although one thing's for sure it'll be a very, very long time until I can boast about 100% Crimson Desert.
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