Massive, open-world role-playing games are relatively rare on consoles, but games like Black Desert are slowly changing things. Because a lot of players may be new to this MMORPG, Express.co.uk has compiled five things to know about Black Desert on the Xbox One, based on the recent open beta period.
Black Desert is a visually stunning game.
After the opening tutorial, the game opens itself up for exploration.
Classes fit the usual archetypes or wizards, sorcerers, knights and archers.
But despite the modernised look, Black Desert is for the most part a standard RPG featuring lots of quests killing monsters.
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Black Desert has one of the most intricate and gorgeous character creators ever created.
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Not only do you have an immense amount of control over every single detail in your character’s appearance, the quality of the character model s and facial animations are top tier.
The only major downside for Black Desert on Xbox One at first will be the lack of a full roster of selectable classes.
There are currently six classes available, with Warrior, Ranger, Berserker, Sorceress, Wizard and Witch.
The PC version, however, has twice as many.
All of the characters also appear to be gender blocked as well.
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Black Desert’s most intriguing feature though will be the fast pace and action-packed combat system.
This is entirely different to what most people think of when they see the MMORPG acronym.
Black Desert in a lot of ways feels more like a fighting game than a MMORPG.
At first the Xbox One’s controls may take a little getting used to, with how spread-out the attacks are among numerous buttons you have to press.
But once it clicks, you will be clearing-out fields of enemies in no time.
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The beta’s tutorial could have been clearer and more easily digestible to teach all of the classes’ moves, but it is a good start.
It is recommended to play Black Desert on a 4K TV to make the most of the gorgeous visuals.
Frame rate hiccups did feature in the beta, but these are likely to be ironed-out with the full release.
Since this is a MMORPG without a traditional subscription fee, it is important to mention the cash shop.
Unfortunately the cash shop is not the easy to use.
One issue is that on the PC you can buy pets, that let you quickly loot and clear zones, giving you a major advantage.
Another is that the slew of time-saving items do not help it seem play-to-win.
The reality is tat Black Desert, despite the pretty exterior, is a very grind-heavy kind of game, so the temptation to spend will certainly be there.
Since the open beta landed on Xbox One, the developers have already started making changes and optimisation fixes, which is a good sign.
There is still no release date for Black Desert on Xbox One.