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Our early verdict on Crimson Desert: bad bugs, great cats, and an open world that could use a big bucket of yellow paint
Edwin Evans-Thirlwell & Callum Williams & James Archer & Jeremy Blum & Ollie TomsRock Paper Shotgun
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