Reaching Crimson Desert‘s third chapter was a turning point in my relationship with the game. That’s when you unlock Damiane, the game’s second playable character. It didn’t fix all of the issues I had with the game, but it put one of the big ones out of the picture for a little bit: how tedious combat and exploration are and how playing as Kliff is flat-out boring. It’s just a shame he’s still mandatory for a large part of the story.

