The developers behind Crimson Desert want to continue working on their rival to Pokémon. It was announced 7 years ago and could now be released in a few years.
What kind of Pokémon rival is this? In 2019, the developer behind Crimson Desert, Pearl Abyss, announced the new game called DokeV during a presentation. It’s an open-world game where a bunch of creatures has to be captured (youtube.com).
Originally, DokeV was intended as an MMORPG but was later developed into a single-player RPG (via gamesradar.com). For many years, there was little news about the Pokémon rival until now, when the CEO of Pearl Abyss has commented on the game.
Here is an older trailer for DokeV. What it will look like in the final version is unknown:
After the success of Crimson Desert, the focus is on DokeV
How successful was Crimson Desert? On the first day, 2 million copies of Crimson Desert were sold. Within the first four days, the number rose to 3 million. During a meeting, the CEO of Pearl Abyss, Heo Jin-young, announced that the studio would soon be able to report 5 million copies sold to the shareholders (via videogameschronicle.com).
The focus is now on DokeV: The site gamesradar.com reports on another meeting with shareholders. There, the CEO states that the core team of developers at Pearl Abyss will be working on DokeV in the future.
Furthermore, Heo Jin-young mentions a rough estimated timeframe for the completion and polishing of the open-world Pokémon-like game. According to him, the team will increase the pace of development, and in 2 or 3 years, DokeV should be finished and polished.
What do you think of DokeV so far, and are you still waiting for the big single-player Pokémon competitor, or do you prefer the original? Pearl Abyss was recently criticized. An AI-generated image was found in Crimson Desert, even though no AI was supposed to be used for the game’s design: Crimson Desert apologizes for AI images, promises to take action: “Does not meet our standards”
