After one of the most beautiful MMORPGs of all time, a graphically more impressive open-world-RPG will come in 2025

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In the course of the Game Developers Conference 2025 (short: GDC), the developers of Crimson Desert presented the “BlackSpace” engine more precisely. If you like pretty water effects, the developer of Black Desert is offered a lot in the new role -playing game.

What is the graphic from Crimson Desert? It has been clear since Black Desert at the latest that the designers can create beautiful game worlds at Pearl Abyss. A few years ago, the MMORPG was even named genre representative with the best graphic by the MeinMMO community.

The previous trailers from the new role -playing game Crimson Desert also show busy cities, detailed regions, an enormous foresight and beautiful panoramas. What the in-house “BlackSpace” engine on it was on it in detail, which was about in various presentations and interviews on the GDC 2025.

In parallel to the industry fair, a new trailer has been live-available for everyone interested-that focuses on special features for the display of water, fog, fabrics, hair and light. Looked in:

Crimson Desert: Trailer shows powerful graphics engine of the Open World RPG

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Pretty water in games? There is nothing better!

What can I look forward to? The following optical delicacies can be seen in the 195 seconds:

  • Shallow-Water function: Simulates the interaction with the surrounding area like stones in order to present water currents and tides particularly realistically.
  • Volumetric fog and fluid simulation: Throwing dynamically for all movements of the character – whether walking, running or rolling – with all movements of the character.
  • Timelapse (atmospheric scattering): Thanks to the lighting (Real-Time Lighting) and the so-called atmospheric scattering adapted in real time, the world of Crimson Desert is supposed to act alive.
  • Fabric & hair simulation: Clothes and hair move in the wind and thus increase the immersion feeling.
  • Raytracing: The real-time light calculation of the BlackSpace engine should already ensure a realistic environment without activated ray tracing. With Raytracing, the developers promise an even more impressive gaming experience.

    • Remarkable anecdote from an interview: Austin Wood from Gamesradar.com had the opportunity to show the engine on the GDC 2025 and then ask questions. As a big fan of beautiful water in games, he wanted to find out in the interview how far the level of detail of the water simulation goes.

    So he asked the designers present: “When my play figure ends up in a shallow river with his face down, catches his hands and then gets up, is the back then still dry?” This question is said to have triggered a “deep talk” several minutes long about the exact engine technology.

    For you the crunchy summary of the answer: In such a case, the back and the coat should actually be dry while the sleeves would be wet. Due to the “Volumetric Masking Features”, the Engine of Crimson Desert is said to be able to simulate different conditions on a surface.

    The clothes of the main character are divided into many sub -areas, which can be individually influenced by elements such as water. Already crazy what is possible today, right? When playing yourself, you will probably hardly pay attention to this. Another, much simpler observation (from the trailer) is much more important: the water from Crimson Desert looks great.

    When does crimson desert come? The open-world role-playing game is scheduled for Playstation 5, Xbox Series, Steam and Mac at the end of 2025. There is no precise appointment. There was a new gameplay at the last Game Awards that made a lot more: Crimson Desert shows further parallel to Game of Thrones, lets you riding in the Targaryen style

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