Crimson Desert players are visiting space and finding that Pearl Abyss modelled a really weird amount of it
Summary
One small step for Kliff, repeated several thousand times.
With things getting kind of dicey on Earth, mankind is looking to the stars. We've got that big Starfield update, those guys off loitering around the Moon, and now even Crimson Desert—a game not renowned for its hardcore space simulation—is getting in on the action as players send Kliff into orbit.
As documented by YouTube channel ItemRelocationClub, you can create CosmoKliff by the simple installation of an unlimited stamina mod for Crimson Desert. With infinite stab-juice, you can simply aerial attack your way into the sky, getting a little bit higher with every slash. Actually reaching space will take you literal hours, so be warned.
Which would be quite dull, by itself, but the strange and interesting part is this: the game seems to have modelled much more of space than you'd expect. As was also documented by X user NikTek, once you slip the surly bonds of Crimson Desert's Earth, you can find the atmosphere, the Milky Way, a curved planetary surface, and what even seems to be atmospheric compression heating when you finally begin descending*.
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NikTek speculates that the unexpected amount of space up there might indicate some upcoming bit of space-based DLC. Which, hey, that'd be cool. If you ask me, though, I suspect this is just a product of a fanatical commitment to detail (and, perhaps, an advantage of Pearl Abyss' Blackspace Engine).
Or, in other words, I think the same strange drive that led Rockstar to model horse testicle expansion in Red Dead Redemption 2 led Pearl Abyss to make sure Crimson Desert's big ol' map had a proper curvature. Either way, it's pretty impressive and darn gorgeous. Just set aside a few hours if you decide to become a gruff Scottish astronaut yourself.
*I will note that I'd be astounded if this was an actual effect Pearl Abyss has modelled, and it seems more likely to be a weird effect of the game's lantern. I live in hope, though.
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