Crimson Desert Lets You Beat Up Kids

Gamers online have discovered that they can beat up kids in Crimson Desert. Although it may not be the developer’s original intention, it hasn’t taken long for Crimson Desert players to figure out how to beat up children in the brand-new RPG. Typically, many open-world games exclude children for this reason, but Crimson Desert breaks the mold.

The sandbox freedom in Crimson Desert is a big selling point for the game. Although Pearl Abyss’ latest RPG has received some criticism for certain game design decisions and its narrative, the open-world sandbox has come in for plenty of praise. Players are still figuring out everything possible in the game, and it will likely be a while before they exhaust their options. Just recently, another Crimson Desert player figured out a way to use a tree as a slingshot. Giving players this type of freedom is the right way to ensure longevity, as there is no shortage of gamers willing to experiment with every aspect of a game once they know their creativity and adventurous impulses will be rewarded.

Crimson Desert Players Are Barging Into Children

A Reddit thread started by user ok0513 pointed out that players can sprint and barge into children in the game to “lay them out.” The player said that they sprinted into a child, providing a colorful description of it as being “like a tank hitting a squirrel.” They pointed out how unique it was that Crimson Desert’s sandbox allows this, saying, “I don’t know if another game lets you steamroll children the way this one does.” While the game doesn’t let Crimson Desert players RKO children as it does their regular enemies, it does appear to have nothing stopping them from knocking them to the floor. Others in the thread hailed the fact that characters will often scream obscenities at the player when shoved over, praising the reactivity of Crimson Desert’s game world.

For obvious reasons, the limit to which players are able to attack children in Crimson Desert stops at shoving them over. This is very standard for open-world titles and RPGs where children might appear, even in games where players can usually kill every NPC. Many games avoid the issue altogether by excluding children entirely. For example, Red Dead Redemption 2 featured Jack Marston as part of the supporting cast, but he was the only child in the whole game. Frankly, it’s understandable that a lot of developers take this route, even if it makes the game worlds a little unrealistic.

In the coming weeks and months, it will be interesting to see how players push Crimson Desert to its limits. It’s clearly a game that wants to give players as much freedom as possible, and that always comes with chaotic consequences. While players continue to experiment, developer Pearl Abyss has already confirmed it has begun its post-launch support for the game. Just days after its release, the developer confirmed it is working on a fix for Crimson Desert’s frustrating controls, which should resolve many players’ biggest issue with the game. Hopefully, the game gets post-launch updates for a long time to help it live up to its full potential.