{"id":1674983,"date":"2026-08-26T11:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T11:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/6CvYCE73KYxgccZsJNsw5C"},"modified":"2026-08-26T11:36:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T11:36:00","slug":"crimson-deserts-2-0-updates-most-surprising-change-is-an-effort-to-make-kliff-a-fully-realised-character-with-thoughts-and-opinions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/crimson-deserts-2-0-updates-most-surprising-change-is-an-effort-to-make-kliff-a-fully-realised-character-with-thoughts-and-opinions\/","title":{"rendered":"Crimson Desert&#8217;s 2.0 update&#8217;s most surprising change is an effort to make Kliff a fully realised character with thoughts and opinions"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/crimson-desert\/\">Crimson Desert<\/a> didn&#8217;t get its jaws into me as deep as I&#8217;d hoped\u2014partially because of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/action\/after-over-150-hours-with-crimson-desert-it-still-makes-no-damn-sense-compels-me-though\/\">somewhat scattershot, overwhelming nature<\/a>. This is purely a matter of personal taste, mind. If I weren&#8217;t obligated to keep up with new games, my MMOs of choice, and y&#8217;know, social obligations, I probably would&#8217;ve gotten arm-deep within Pearl Abyss&#8217; systems-driven buffet.<\/p>\n<p>I do have to give its developer credit, though. Crimson Desert has been utterly flooded with free updates without any sign of actually stopping. The latest in this long line is the &#8220;Crimson Desert Enhanced&#8221; patch, <a href=\"https:\/\/crimsondesert.pearlabyss.com\/en-US\/News\/Notice\/Detail?_boardNo=123\" target=\"_blank\">which is live now on PC<\/a> and was announced during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/news\/live\/gamescom-opening-night-live-2026-live-coverage\/\">Gamescom 2026 opening night live<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of nitty-gritty gameplay changes, it&#8217;ll now be easier to get skill points for all three of the main cast, rather than having to ration out your Abyss Artefacts across all of &#8217;em. There&#8217;s also eight new skills for main man Kliff himself, UI tweaks, and bug fixes.<\/p>\n<p>But the premier feature of this patch is a re-tuning of the game&#8217;s main story\u2014it&#8217;s unclear how deep this goes, but doing some digging and watching playthroughs (such as this helpful primer by <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/fFezF04B58Y?t=74\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube channel GamingBolt<\/a>) shows Kliff&#8217;s first foray into the abyss accompanied by a mournful reflection on his history with his Greymane companions. Meaningful story\u2014or lack thereof\u2014was a major complaint on launch for Crimson Desert, so it&#8217;s nice to see Pearl Abyss trying to turn Kliff into more than a gruff yes man.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s no longer completely lacking in introspection, either. In the same video, we join Kliff several months later not nattering to some random jobber, but actually <em>thinking <\/em>about the crazy magical events that have led him to this point. Character development? Could it be?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m yet to invent time travel, so I haven&#8217;t had 60 spare hours to chew through the opening questlines of Crimson Desert&#8217;s revamped story to tell you whether it does a good job or not, but I&#8217;m honestly charmed by the effort, anyway. <\/p>\n<p>I legitimately think Pearl Abyss could&#8217;ve simply gotten away with allowing the game&#8217;s storyline to take a backseat, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/pearl-abyss-heard-you-didnt-like-crimson-deserts-story-so-its-fixing-it-to-strengthen-the-narrative-flow-of-kliffs-journey\/\">recognising and addressing<\/a> that major complaint\u2014the scattershot, absurd nature of the game&#8217;s opening hours\u2014is a valiant task to take on. <\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"38969a9c-a142-11f1-8125-5b847f9204aa\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:661px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:98.94%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"6offQUY4CXebir2TC27dMd\" name=\"kingdom come 2 square\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/crimson-deserts-2-0-updates-most-surprising-change-is-an-effort-to-make-kliff-a-fully-realised-character-with-thoughts-and-opinions.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"661\" height=\"654\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-pc-games-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"38969a9c-a142-11f1-8125-5b847f9204aa\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2026 games<\/strong><\/a>: All the upcoming games<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/action\/crimson-deserts-2-0-updates-most-surprising-change-is-an-effort-to-make-kliff-a-fully-realised-character-with-thoughts-and-opinions\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crimson Desert didn&#8217;t get its jaws into me as deep as I&#8217;d hoped\u2014partially because of its somewhat scattershot, overwhelming nature. This is purely a matter of personal taste, mind. If I weren&#8217;t obligated to keep up with new games, my MMOs of choice, and y&#8217;know, social obligations, I probably would&#8217;ve gotten arm-deep within Pearl Abyss&#8217; systems-driven buffet. I do have to give its developer credit, though. Crimson Desert has been utterly flooded with free updates without any sign of actually stopping. The latest in this long line is the &#8220;Crimson Desert Enhanced&#8221; patch, which is live now on PC and was announced during Gamescom 2026 opening night live. In terms of nitty-gritty gameplay changes, it&#8217;ll now be easier to get skill points for all three&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/crimson-deserts-2-0-updates-most-surprising-change-is-an-effort-to-make-kliff-a-fully-realised-character-with-thoughts-and-opinions\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1674984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[23,748],"class_list":["post-1674983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-action","tag-games"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Crimson Desert&#039;s 2.0 update&#039;s most surprising change is an effort to make Kliff a fully realised character with thoughts and opinions | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Crimson Desert didn&#039;t get its jaws into me as deep as I&#039;d hoped\u2014partially because of its somewhat scattershot, overwhelming nature. 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