Black Desert Online
Overview
Black Desert is an upcoming sandbox-oriented massively multiplayer online role-playing
game by Korean video game developer Pearl Abyss. The game has been in development since 2010, and
entered closed beta testing (CBT) in October 2013. The game uses Pearl Abyss' own "Black
Desert" engine specifically created to handle the fast rendering required for its seamless world and
large-scale castle sieges. Black Desert will be released using "free-to-play" model in Korea,
Japan and Russia, although no further details of the business model or revenue generation have been
announced, while in Europe and North America the game will use "buy-to-play"
model.
Setting
Black Desert takes place in a high fantasy setting and revolves around the conflict between two rival nations, the Republic of Calpheon and the Kingdom of Valencia.
Combat
The combat in Black Desert is action based, requiring manual aiming similar to those found in first-person shooters. Skills can be activated through use of combos. With the lack of a healing class players must rely on well timed dodging or blocking as well as the use of potions. Players can use the mouse and keyboard or gamepad for navigation and combat.
Setting
Black Desert takes place in a high fantasy setting and revolves around the conflict between two rival nations, the Republic of Calpheon and the Kingdom of Valencia.
Combat
The combat in Black Desert is action based, requiring manual aiming similar to those found in first-person shooters. Skills can be activated through use of combos. With the lack of a healing class players must rely on well timed dodging or blocking as well as the use of potions. Players can use the mouse and keyboard or gamepad for navigation and combat.
