Black Desert

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Beautiful graphics and tons of things to do. customization is very good! This game is Best MMO to console !

До 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.

Black Desert is an MMORPG that promises a lot with its intriguing story and visually stunning world. However, despite its strengths, the game has some significant flaws that can impact the player experience. Black Desert's story is undoubtedly one of its greatest strengths. It is promising, with a plot full of mysteries and rich worldbuilding that can appeal to players who enjoy good storytelling. The main quests and story lines provide an engaging backdrop that keeps players curious about what will happen next. However, one of Black Desert's biggest problems is the excessive amount of menus and information that appears on the screen. The user interface is often overloaded, with a profusion of icons, notifications, and menus that can be confusing and distracting. This not only affects immersion, but can also detract from the gameplay, making it difficult for players to focus on their tasks and combat. Another negative point is the excessive requirement to grind to get better items. Black Desert is notorious for its focus on grinding, requiring players to invest a significant amount of time repeating tasks and combat to improve their gear and abilities. This aspect can be frustrating for many players, especially those who prefer more balanced and rewarding progression without the need for endless repetition. Despite these issues, Black Desert offers a visually stunning experience and a depth of content that can appeal to dedicated players.

My score for Bdo Xbox would've been around an 8 or higher after playing it for about 4 months back in 2022 , if it wasn't for the other player achievement stuff popping up everywhere and always. And , no , pc players , on an Xbox you can't actually disable most of the notifications, I spend a month looking and asking everywhere . And those many notifications on console are on top of an already way too busy UI and player screen . The world is stunningly beautiful, one of the best I've seen in single or multi player , the combat is awesome , character creation is world beating , best in the industry so far (even in 2025) But any stroll trough a forest or a desert or at sea on a boat miles away from anything , you get messages about some dude achieving something with some whale , or a sword , or a treasure . I don't care . I really don't care what other players do. You should've made this game an optional single player like Bethesda wisely did with ESO.

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