Now it's clear why the publisher of Crimson Desert didn't provide journalists with console versions in advance. Fresh gameplay footage shows that during a battle with one of the bosses, the frame rate regularly drops to 10 FPS on both the base PS5 and the more powerful PS5 Pro. At such moments, the gameplay turns into a "slide show." For a project where timings, perfect dodges, and parries are critical, such a frame rate becomes a serious obstacle.
It seems that Pearl Abyss still has a long way to go in optimizing the game. In addition to fixing frame rate drops, developers need to implement FSR upscaling for performance mode, as the image in 60 FPS on PS5 now resembles games from the first Switch model.