Alex Tudor
Digital ChumpsBlack Desert Online Review
Published 3/30/2017
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Series X|S / PS4 / PC / PS5 / XONE - 3/3/2016
Black Desert Online
Black Desert is a game that tests the limitations of MMORPG by implementing remastered graphics and audio. Enjoy exciting combat and siege, exploration, trading, fishing, training, alchemy, cooking, gathering, hunting, and more in the vast open world.
- Developer
- Pearl Abyss
- Publisher
- Pearl Abyss
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70
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Critic avg
70
22 scored reviews
Total coverage
22
All coverage currently scored
Score range
50–90
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Signal shape
Polarized
Score range is 31+ points
Critic landscape
The critic average is 70 across 22 scored reviews, with a 40-point spread. Critics are far apart on this one.
How to read this
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Most scored reviews currently sit in the 70–79 band.
Score distribution
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22 included scored reviews
90–1001 review · 5%
80–895 reviews · 23%
70–798 reviews · 36%
Below 708 reviews · 36%
Showing 11-20 of 22 matching critic reviews. 22 total critic reviews. Page 2 of 3.
Chris Wray
WccftechBlack Desert Online Review - The Power of Great Updates
Published 6/3/2016
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80
+10 vs critic avg
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Read originalAdam Reese
RPG SiteBlack Desert Online Review | RPG Site
Published 5/1/2016
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70
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Read originalGiuseppe Nelva
DualShockersBlack Desert Online Review: a True “Next-Gen” MMORPG that Makes You Feel Small
Published 4/11/2016
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90
+20 vs critic avg
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Read originalWilliam Murphy
MMORPG.comBlack Desert Online Review | The Way Forward for a Genre
Published 4/7/2016
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86
+16 vs critic avg
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Read originalChris Shive
Hardcore GamerReview: Black Desert Online
Published 4/2/2016
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70
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Read originalKevin VanOrd
GameSpotBlack Desert Online
Published 4/1/2016
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70
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Read originalAaron Riccio
Slant MagazineBlack Desert Online | Game Review | Slant Magazine
Published 3/30/2016
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60
-10 vs critic avg
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Read originalPatrick Anderson
COGconnectedBlack Desert Online Review – Behind This Pretty Face is a Deep & Demanding MMORPG
Published 3/22/2016
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Score
83
+13 vs critic avg
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Read originalAlexander Leach
CGMagazineBlack Desert Online (PC) Preliminary Review
Published 3/15/2016
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Score
85
+15 vs critic avg
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