Crimson Desert: See a Mechanical Dragon Go Wild in New Quest Gameplay

October’s IGN First continues with adjacent much gameplay from Crimson Desert. This clip we’re taking a look astatine a main communicative quest, 1 which brings america look to look with 1 of the campaign’s astir imposing foes: Golden Star, a colossal mechanical dragon.

So far, we’ve shown disconnected a batch of combat. Crimson Desert is an open-world enactment game, of course, truthful people combat is cardinal to the full experience. You’ll spot plentifulness much sword-slinging successful the video above. But we besides wanted to showcase a small much of the communicative and assistance contextualize wherever immoderate of those… alien elements travel from.

But first, the basics. You play arsenic Kliff, person of the Greymanes escaped sword company. Not that he’s doing overmuch starring close now. Crimson Desert’s prologue sees the Greymanes attacked by their sworn rivals, the Black Bears, and the battle leaves the institution wounded and scattered (a bloody opening you tin spot successful enactment here). Alone, Kliff sets retired connected a ngo to question retired his mislaid allies, rebuild the Greymanes, and nonstop vengeance connected the enemies who tore the institution apart.

That ngo takes Kliff connected a travel crossed Pywel, a monolithic continent made up of galore regions, including the titular Crimson Desert. As helium explores, helium learns of a fig of almighty artefacts that assistance immense powerfulness – a powerfulness that immoderate are utilizing to wreak destructive havoc alternatively than enact bully deeds. Kliff takes it upon himself to get progressive and finds himself falling down a rabbit spread that leads to a grander destiny.

In the quest we’re showcasing today, "Master of the Forgotten Lands", Kliff has recovered himself coiled up successful the affairs of Marni, a technological genius. Fans of Black Desert Online, developer Pearl Abyss’ erstwhile game, whitethorn recognise the sanction Marni, and portion Kliff’s caller acquaintance is not the aforesaid character, they are somewhat reflector images of each different – some incredibly intelligent scientists who marque the intolerable imaginable via unorthodox methods. In Marni’s concealed cliff base, you tin spot 1 of the root points of Crimson Desert’s steampunk aesthetic. His array of unusual devices suggest he’s overmuch much precocious than Pywel’s wider Medieval-like society.

This quest takes Kliff connected a travel on the Great Ocean of Pywel’s coast, up Mount Benus, and into Marni’s Masterium, wherever an service of unexpected foes await. And then, astatine the castle’s summit, Kliff indispensable clasp his ain against the colossal Golden Star. Will helium succeed? You’ll person to ticker our marque caller gameplay video to find out.

Stick with IGN passim this period for adjacent much from Crimson Desert. Later this week we’ll beryllium revealing however Pearl Abyss created Golden Star, taking you down the scenes to spot however sound, vision, and gameplay mechanics harvester to make a striking brag battle.

Matt Purslow is IGN's Executive Editor of Features.