So far I like it!

13 hours in, will update this after playing a lot more. Crimson Desert is good so far, I do not regret buying it and will likely log more than enough hours on this game to justify the cost. As far as gameplay goes, its a combination of genres, and youll see influences from games like Zelda right away. It has some frustrating aspects, the menu and navigating menu/inventory etc is a little wonky, they tried doing something a bit different I think to make it compatible with controller and WASD as best as possible, though that makes it not particularly great for either. Wonky menu is far from bad enough to make me not like this game - you just have to spend time getting used to how things work, its a different combination of button presses than what im used to but it only ends up slowing me down a fraction. It's the same with combat, the combat is fast paced and can be very challenging to do basic things like dodge roll on keyboard, having my fingers on CTRL, ALT, and WASD makes it very awkward. Again, its a bit weird, not the greatest, but not the end of the world. As far as the world, and general gameplay goes - it's been pretty damn smooth, beautiful, and fun. I went through that 13 hours like nothing. The hate campaign against it doesn't seem to live on solid ground - I'll update with a better look after I've played it quite a bit more.