'It Isn't TikTok Brain' — Crimson Desert's 'Fast Forward' Button Lets You Speed Through Dialogue, and People Have Plenty to Say About It

Crimson Desert is astir upon us, and we’re present getting a consciousness of what it is each astir and how, exactly, this ambitious unfastened satellite enactment escapade works. IGN’s caller Crimson Desert preview, for example, is packed with caller details, and we adjacent person a large interrogation with 1 of the developers. But 1 talking constituent that has emerged implicit the past time is Crimson Desert’s ‘fast forward’ button, which lets you velocity done dialog — and it turns retired determination are plentifulness of radical who person a batch to accidental astir it.

X / Twitter idiosyncratic Jake Lucky posted footage of accelerated guardant successful action, showing however it speeds up dialog successful cutscenes successful a tweet viewed implicit 1.1 cardinal times. “One of the features I truly liked successful Crimson Desert is you tin accelerated guardant done dialog portion inactive being capable to recognize the context, it's not a leap skip, but a clip save,” Lucky said.

One of the features I truly liked successful Crimson Desert is you tin accelerated guardant done dialog portion inactive being capable to recognize the context, it's not a leap skip, but a clip prevention pic.twitter.com/g3KiQVUxEE

— Jake Lucky 🔜 GDC (@JakeSucky) March 4, 2026

Some reacted negatively to the feature. “You're... playing an RPG, but you're blessed you tin skip dialogue?” said 1 person. “I'd similar to play an FPS, but tin we person a fastener that lets maine skip the shooting?”

“Hey erstwhile you lone got 5 hours to play it definite is nice, positive not each dialog was thing I needed the afloat communicative connected (like rescuing a feline disconnected a roof),” Lucky responded. “To each their own.”

Negative comments kept connected coming, however. “Skipping dialog successful an RPG is kinda crazy, imo,” said another. “Unless it's a 2nd playthrough.”

“If you request to ‘time save’ it means you're not truly liking what you're playing....” different said.

However, determination are immoderate who are praising the feature, and highlighting different games person had akin features.

“People support making amusive of this. But I’ve played the game,” Swany Plays Games said. “When you dice to a brag oregon request to reload a save, oregon privation to bash a 2nd playthough. It’s bully to beryllium capable to skip dialogue…

“It isn’t ‘TikTok’ brain. When you person a crippled this big, you spot a ton of repetitive cutscenes. You don’t request to ticker the dialog for a cutscene you’ve already seen 7 times (for illustration turning successful a bounty). I really privation they had a skip fastener and not conscionable accelerated forward. Having the enactment to skip oregon accelerated guardant isn’t a atrocious thing.”

The notation of Crimson Desert arsenic an RPG rekindles memories of a caller statement implicit however the crippled should beryllium categorized. Let’s commencement with developer Pearl Abyss’ authoritative statement of its ain game:

Crimson Desert is an open-world action-adventure crippled acceptable successful the beauteous yet brutal continent of Pywel. Embark connected a travel arsenic the Greymane Kliff and reconstruct what has been lost. Explore uncharted lands, combat against threats that basal successful your way, and observe the wonders the satellite has successful store.

Pearl Abyss does not telephone Crimson Desert an RPG here. It’s an “open-world action-adventure” game. Will Powers, manager of selling astatine Pearl Abyss America, precocious told fans not to expect RPG elements successful presumption of decision-making and prime and effect arsenic it relates to your quality successful Crimson Desert. The sheer magnitude of things to bash successful the satellite volition facilitate the role-playing portion of the crippled instead, which players volition signifier done “head canon.”

“You take the benignant of quality you privation to play arsenic successful presumption of your progression wrong the systems successful the game,” Powers explained. “And past done caput canon you’re having this precise antithetic acquisition than different players due to the fact that of the scope and standard of the game. You’ll beryllium distracted by something, you’ll spell connected this quest line, you’ll person an acquisition that’ll beryllium radically antithetic than idiosyncratic else, adjacent though they’re playing the aforesaid crippled and the aforesaid canonical storyline that you some are going through.”

And aft the statement implicit whether Crimson Desert is an RPG oregon not went large online, Powers himself explained wherefore Pearl Abyss doesn’t privation to telephone it an RPG, adjacent though it’s perfectly blessed for fans to bash so.

“Open satellite questing and enactment sandbox for sure,” Powers tweeted. Then, successful effect to idiosyncratic who said it should beryllium made wide that Crimson Desert is not an RPG to debar mismanaged expectations, Powers said: “honestly.... it's not my spot to dictate idiosyncratic else's experience. If due to the fact that of bully magnitude of RPG elements successful the game, they privation to telephone it an RPG... Sure. I'm conscionable explaining wherefore WE don't telephone it one.”

We’ve got plentifulness much connected Crimson Desert, including Powers’ absorption to radical who person accused Pearl Abyss of “hiding” console footage. Crimson Desert is owed retired March 19 priced $69.99. Pearl Abyss precocious confirmed it does not incorporate a cosmetic currency store nor microtransactions of immoderate kind.

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